The Matchups
Colorado Scuba Club (260.3) def. May the Fors(berg) be with you (240.5)
Going into Sunday, Liv was up 20.6. The kind of lead you stop checking.
Then CSC won Sunday 55.5 to 15.1.
Igor Shesterkin led the whole league with 44.0, on 71 saves and two wins. John Gibson added 20.3, Sebastian Aho scored three goals for 20.0, and Nathan MacKinnon put up 18.5 in just two games.
Liv's goalies were excellent. Yaroslav Askarov, a Wednesday pickup, scored 34.9. Jakub Dobes had 29.6 and Karel Vejmelka 27.6 with a shutout. MacKenzie Weegar threw 15 hits and blocked 10 shots.
Goalies made up 44% of Liv's points, the most in the league.
Verdict: Never check out on a Saturday night.
John Tavares' Magic Amulet (241.1) def. Dude, Where's Makar? (209.6)
Heather's goalies carried it: Jesper Wallstedt 31.9, Jet Greaves 27.9. Dylan Guenther added 23.5 with three goals and five power-play points, and Cutter Gauthier chipped in 20.0.
The amulet himself, John Tavares, contributed 10.5.
Kaitlyn had real answers. Joey Daccord scored 37.4, Nick Schmaltz scored four goals for 21.0, and Makar, of the team name, was found: 10.5 points.
Verdict: The amulet works. Further study needed.
Pop That Bussi (211.7) def. Keller? I hardly know her (167.5)
Evan Bouchard scored 23 points on opening night, hat trick included, and finished at 33.0. The best skater in the league this week.
After day one, Anna led 36.0 to 18.7. After day six, she did not.
Ashley L.'s namesake showed up. Brandon Bussi delivered 20.7, Mackenzie Blackwood added 34.5, and Mikhail Sergachev and Macklin Celebrini combined for 33.5.
Anna's namesake did his part too. Clayton Keller had five assists for 17.0, and Andrei Vasilevskiy added 23.5. But goalies were only 14% of her points, the lowest share in the league, in the week goalies ran everything.
Verdict: One man's hat trick is not a business plan.
Honorable Mentions
Sorokin Deez Nutz (288.7) def. Freezing My Kucherov (231.3). House rules, so this stays short. Alexius ran into the week's high score with great goalies anyway: Jeremy Swayman scored 43.1 with a shutout, and Joseph Woll made 78 saves for 41.2. Elias Pettersson threw 19 hits, which is a lot of hitting for a center.
like breadard and butter (206.6) def. Flickin' the Bean (151.1). Going into Saturday, it was 90.1 to 89.3. Then Caitlynn put up 92.0, the biggest single day any team had all week. Filip Hronek blocked 17 shots for 23.0, Leon Draisaitl scored three goals, and Sergei Bobrovsky added 21.7. Connor Hellebuyck scored zero because he never got a start. He's fine. He's resting.