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NHL Review December 3, 2021

PAVELSKI PROPELS STARS TO WIN WITH ANOTHER MULTI-POINT PERFORMANCE
Joe Pavelski (0-2—2) factored on two goals, including Jason Robertson’s (2-0—2) tally 68 seconds into the contest, to record his fourth consecutive multi-point game. Dallas (12-7-2, 26 points) extended the NHL’s longest active win streak to six contests – one shy of matching the lengthiest run in Stars/North Stars history.

MAKAR, KADRI REACH SEASONAL BENCHMARKS IN WIN
Cale Makar (1-0—1) scored his 10th goal of the season and Nazem Kadri (0-1—1) reached the 30-point mark to help the Avalanche (12-7-1, 25 points) improve to 8-2-0 in their last 10 games dating to Nov. 11 — trailing only the Toronto Maple Leafs (9-1-0, 18 points) for the most wins among all teams over that span.

  • Makar (10-11—21 in 18 GP) required the fewest contests among defensemen in Avalanche/Nordiques history to score 10 goals in a season, besting the previous mark set by Sandis Ozolinsh (33 GP in 1996-97) and later matched by Rob Blake (33 GP in 2001-02).
  • Kadri (9-21—30 in 20 GP), the fourth player to hit 30 points in 2021-22, became the third Avalanche player in the past 20 years to require 20 or fewer games to reach the mark in a campaign, joining Peter Forsberg (19 GP in 2003-04) and Mikko Rantanen (20 GP in 2018-19).

KAPRIZOV, HARTMAN GUIDE WILD TO FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN
Kirill Kaprizov (2-1—3) and Ryan Hartman (1-2—3) each potted a three-point game to propel the Wild (16-6-1, 33 points) to their fifth straight win. Their 16 victories in 2021-22 trail only the Maple Leafs (17-6-1, 35 points) for the most among all teams.

  • Thursday marked Kaprizov’s seventh career outing with three-plus points – the most by any Wild skater prior to his 80th career game and five more than the next closest skaters (Nino Niederreiter, Marian Gaborik & Rickard Wallin all w/ 2).

FORSBERG’S 47-SAVE WIN
Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg, made a career-high 47 saves and tied the most by any goaltender this season (also Jake Allen on Nov. 27 at PIT).

RANGERS EYE SEVENTH STRAIGHT WIN AT MSG
Chris Kreider (16-3—19 in 21 GP) and the Rangers welcome the Sharks (13-9-1, 27 points) to Madison Square Garden on Friday, with New York having won each of its last six home games and outscoring the opposition 23-13 over that span.

  • Kreider sits tied for third in the NHL in goals this season behind only Leon Draisaitl (20 in 21 GP) and Alex Ovechkin (19 in 24 GP). With at least 20 goals in each of his previous three seasons, including a career-high 28 (tied) in 2018-19, Kreider has netted 88 total tallies in 213 contests since then and 47 at Madison Square Garden – the most home goals among Rangers skaters over that span.
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