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The Avalanche got buried, the Blackhawks and Stars put on a show, seven teams scored at least four goals and there were injuries to Evander Kane and Dan Boyle. There was a lot going on. Scott Cullen breaks down Thursdaya€?s NHL action. AVALANCHE BURIED Coloradoa€?s puck possession concerns came home to roost immediately; they were outshot 48-16. During 5-on-5 play, the Wild had 64 shot attempts, to Coloradoa€?s 23 (73.6%). Wild LW Zach Parise had a goal and two assists to lead the Wild attack, registering nine shots on goal in 15:09 of ice time. RW Jason Pominville had a goal and an assist and C Mikael Granlund had two assists. The line of Granlund, Parise and Pominville was ridiculously dominant, getting 92% of the shot attempts when they were on the ice. THE WILD SIDE PLAYER CF CA Corsi% G A PTS Mikael Granlund 26 2 92.9% 0 2 2 Zach Parise 25 2 92.6% 2 1 3 Jason Pominville 25 2 92.6% 1 1 2 CF - Corsi For; CA - Corsi Against; Corsi% - Percent of shot attempts during 5-on-5 play. Data via www.war-on-ice.com. A lot of Avs were destroyed in possession terms, but the line of Jamie McGinn (10.7%), Daniel Briere (12.0%) and Max Talbot (12.5%) was clearly overmatched. D Erik Johnson (six for, 29 against, 17.1%) had a rough night as well. More: Wild D Ryan Suter had a goal and an assista€| Wild LW Nino Niederreiter had a goal and seven shots on goal in 13:35 TOIa€| Wild LW Jason Zucker (15 attempts for) and C Kyle Brodziak (14 attempts for) were not on the ice for a shot attempt against at even strength. SPEED GAME The Blackhawks and Stars put on a show, for a season opener. The game was played at a very high pace. Between the two teams, there were 141 attempted shots (in all situations) over the course of the game, which includes overtime. The next closest were a couple of games with 117 attempts. Detroit and Boston were at the other end of the spectrum, with 69 total shot attempts. Blackhawks D Duncan Keith and LW Patrick Sharp each had a goal and an assist. Sharp had a game-high six shots on goal. The Starsa€? big line of LW Jamie Benn, C Tyler Seguin and RW Valeri Nichushkin all finished with possession numbers under 40%. More: With D Kevin Connauton leaving due to injury, the Starsa€? top four defencemen all played more than 23 minutesa€|Stars RW Valeri Nichushkin played 10:53; only Patrick Eaves (7:29) played less among Dallas forwards. BATTLE OF ALBERTA Flames LW Mason Raymond notched a hat trick and C Joe Colborne had three assists for the Flames. The ex-Leafs skated with Johnny Gaudreau for the first couple periods before Lance Bouma joined them for the third period. Flames G Karri Ramo stopped 38 of 40 shots; Oilers G Ben Scrivens stopped 21 of 26. There are some score effects in a 5-2 game, but Oilers C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was on for 23 attempts for, 6 against (79.3%). When the score was close (within one in the first two periods or tied in the third), Nugent Hopkins was still on for 18 for and 5 against (78.3%) during 5-on-5 play. More: Flames D Dennis Wideman was a healthy scratcha€|Flames RW Jiri Hudler had a goal and an assista€|Oilers D Jeff Petry was in the Flamesa€? zone a lot, with 24 shot attempts for, and 6 against (80.0%) in 5-on-5 close situations. TOP HEAVY The line of LW Chris Kreider, C Martin St. Louis and RW Rick Nash accounted for all of the Rangersa€? offence. Nash led the way with a pair of goals and an assist, Kreider had a goal and an assist and St. Louis added two assists in a 3-2 win. C Dominic Moore led Rangers forwards in ice time, playing 17:21 and didna€?t start any even-strength shifts in the offensive zone. Blues RW Vladimir Tarasenko led St. Louis forwards with 18:26 time on ice, picking up an assist and four shots on goal. More: Blues C Paul Stastny scored a goal in his first game with the Blues, though left the game briefly after a knee-on-knee hit by Rangers D Dan Girardia€|Blues C Jori Lehtera won 10-of-11 (91%) of his faceoffsa€|Rangers D Dan Boyle will be out 4-6 weeks after suffering a broken hand. With Boyle out, Matt Hunwick should move into the lineup, but Kevin Klein will likely be the one sliding into the Rangersa€? top four. FOR THE BIRDS Returning from shoulder surgery, Penguins LW Pascal Dupuis had a goal and three assists in his first game since suffering a knee injury last December. Dupuis skated with C Brandon Sutter and RW Evgeni Malkin. Penguins C Sidney Crosby looked in top form, scoring two goals and an assist, playing 20:19 to lead Pittsburgh forwards. The Ducksa€? number one line got three goals from RW Corey Perry, two assists from C Ryan Getzlaf and an assist from LW Patrick Maroon, and the trio were the only Ducks with better than 50% of the shot attempts at even strength. C Ryan Kesler had a goal and two assists in his Ducks debut. While he skated with Andrew Cogliano and Jakob Silfverberg at even-strength, Kesler notched all three of his points on the power play. More: Highly-touted Ducks rookie G John Gibson, a Pittsburgh native, surrendered six goals on 39 shotsa€|Ducks D Sami Vatanen chipped in a pair of assistsa€|Penguins D Olli Maatta, coming back from shoulder surgery, had three assistsa€|Penguins RW Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist in his first game on Crosbya€?s wing. WINNING HABIT Canadiens G Dustin Tokarski stopped 29 of 30 shots, helping the Canadiens to the 2-1 shootout win in a game in which the Capitals held better than 60% of the even-strength shot attempts. Canadiens D P.K. Subban and Alexei Emelin, were both on for seven shot attempts for, 17 against (29.2%). Capitals LW Alex Ovechkin played 22:22 and had eight shot attempts (four on net). He and RW Eric Fehr were both on for better than 70% of the 5-on-5 shot attempts, to lead Washington. More: Capitals rookie C Andre Burakovsky scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL gamea€|Fellow Capitals rookie C Evgeny Kuznetsov played just 6:36, though he did get second-unit power play time. DEFENSIVE WINGS Detroit locked down defensively, holding the Bruins to 17 shots on goal (and a total of 23 shot attempts, 16 attempts during 5-on-5 play). Red Wings defencemen Niklas Kronwall, Jonathan Ericsson, Kyle Quincey and Jakub Kindl were were all on for better than 75% of the shot attempts at even strength. Bruins C Patrice Bergeron scored his teama€?s only goal, but also missed time after being elbowed by Detroit LW Johan Franzen, and ended up playing 14:26. Franzen also assisted on both Detroit goals. The winning goal was provided by Red Wings RW Gustav Nyquist, who played 12:46; only Joakim Andersson (12:08) played fewer minutes for Detroit. More: Bruins D Torey Krug led Boston with 22:39 time on icea€| Bruins C Ryan Spooner wasna€?t on the ice for a shot attempt for (but 10 against) during 5-on-5 playa€|Red Wings C Stephen Weiss a healthy scratch. DEVILSa€? NIGHT New Devils LW Mike Cammalleri scored a pair of goals and tied Flyers C Claude Giroux with a game-high 7 shots on goal. In 5-on-5 score close situations, Devils LW Patrik Elias was on the ice for 15 shot attempts for and three against (83.3%). Flyers D Mark Streit was the opposite, three for, 15 against (16.7%). Flyers D Luke Schenn was minus-5, partner Michael Del Zotto was minus-4, yet Del Zotto was on for 30 shot attempts for, compared to only nine against (76.9%), while Schenn had 25 for and nine against (73.5%). The Flyers gave Steve Mason back-to-back starts to open the season; he stopped 20 of 25 Devils shots in the second start. Notes: Philadelphiaa€?s top line of Giroux, LW Michael Raffl and RW Jakub Voracek were all minus-4a€|Devils RW Michael Ryder had a goal and two assists, C Adam Henrique a goal and assist, while RW Jaromir Jagr and Marek Zidlicky each had a couple assistsa€|The Flyersa€? attack was led by RW Wayne Simmonds, who had two goals and an assist. Giroux and C Vincent Lecavalier each had a goal and an assist while D Mark Streit had a couple assists. BATTLE OF FLORIDA Floridaa€?s top three centres a€“ Alexsander Barkov, Nick Bjugstad and Dave Bolland a€“ combined for zero shots on goal. To his credit, Barkov had the best possession numbers for Florida (11 shot attempts for, 9 against, 55%). No. 1 overall pick Aaron Ekblad had an assist and played 19:05 in his NHL debut and was paired with veteran Brian Campbell. Lightning D Victor Hedman scored the OT winner and added an assist, while playing 22:56. Steven Stamkos played 23:05 to lead Tampa Bay skaters. More: Lightning C Valtteri Filppula had two assistsa€|Lightning C Tyler Johnson was on for 18 shot attempts for and three against (85.7%) and didna€?t start a shift in the defensive zonea€|While the Lightning controlled play at even strength, getting 59.4% of shot attempts, all three Tampa Bay goals were scored on the power play. SMASHVILLE Nashvillea€?s top line a€“ LW Gabriel Bourque, C Mike Ribeiro and RW James Neal a€“ were all on for better than 70% of shot attempts. Neal recorded seven shots on goal in 16:45 time on ice. Predators LW Filip Forsberg had two assists, as did C Paul Gaustad. Gaustad also won 14 of 17 faceoffs (82.4%) and didna€?t start one shift in the offensive zone. Senators D Jared Cowen was on for 29.4% (10 for, 24 against) of shot attempts during 5-on-5 play. More: Olli Jokinen, playing right wing with C Calle Jarnkrok and LW Colin Wilson, had six shots on goal in 14:47. In his return to Nashville, David Legwand skated with Zack Smith and Mark Stone on his wings, and didna€?t register a shot attempt in 16:46 of ice time. NEW JACKETS FIT Blue Jackets rookie Alexander Wennberg recorded an assist and played 17:44, skating with C Mark Letestu and LW Matt Calvert. Fellow rookie Marko Dano had the best possession stats for Columbus (20 shot attempts for, five against, 80%). The Sabresa€? defence pairing of Andrej Meszaros (10 for, 25 against, 28.6%) and Andre Benoit (11 for, 24 against, 31.4%) got crushed in terms of possession. After missing all of training camp, Blue Jackets C Ryan Johansen was eased into action. His 10:07 even-strength ice time was ahead of only Jared Boll (8:45) and Jack Skille (9:58) among Columbus skaters. Johansen had an assist, but did not register a shot on goal. More: D David Savard led the Blue Jackets in ice time, with 24:30a€|Sabres RW Chris Stewart led the team with eight attempted shots in 14:56 time on ice. GROUNDED JET Even following a 6-2 win, Winnipeg has to be worried about possibly losing LW Evander Kane to a knee injury, after he collided with C Mark Scheifele. Jets RW Blake Wheeler had two goals, an assist and a fight, with Coyotes captain Shane Doan. It was Wheelera€?s fourth fight in 455 NHL games. More: Jets defencemen Zach Bogosian and Toby Enstrom each had a couple of assists and C Bryan Little scored two goalsa€|Coyotes LW Martin Erat was minus-4 in 11:39 of ice time. PANIK AT THE DISCO The Toronto Maple Leafs picked up RW Richard Panik on waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday. A 23-year-old who has good size (6-foot-2, 212 pounds), Panik was pretty effective for the Lightning in 2012-2013, contributing nine points in 25 games, with solid possession numbers despite starting more shifts in the defensive zone. His game fell off last season, as he scored 13 points in 50 games and his possession stats declined, but hea€?s showed enough in the AHL a€“ 34 goals, 32 assists in 80 (regular season plus playoff) games over the past two seasons a€“ that hea€?s worth a look. The Maple Leafs dona€?t appear to be enamoured with the play of Matt Frattin, who had their lowest time on ice against Montreal in the season opener, and Panika€?s arrival turns up the pressure for the fourth-line right wing spot. Scott Cullen can be contacted on Twitter or via email at scott.cullen@bellmedia.ca Troy Aikman Super Bowl Jersey . The 18-year-old Januzaj has made his breakthrough at United this season, including scoring twice in a 2-1 win over Sunderland before the recent international break. His performances have sparked a debate about where his international future lies. 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Before a playoff game 7 this week between the Windsor Express and the London Lightning, Windsor owner and apparent local goofball Darton Willis ejected London Free Press columnist Morris Della Costa because he disapproved of his work, which in this case included tweeting about a Windsor player flipping off some fans. Commissioner Paul Riley cited his own experience as a journalism professor while siding with the owner, which should be taught in introduction to irony 101. If these maroons were trying to get their minor league some attention, ok, it worked. But this is what we learned: if this is how you treat the people who pay attention to you now, why should the rest of us bother? Dave Naylor, TSN My thumb is down to the trio of broadcasters at WFAN in New York, who this week criticized the Mets Daniel Murphy for missing the first two games of the Major League Baseball season so that he could be with his wife for the birth of their son, Noah. First a little perspective here folks; Daniel murphy played 161 games last season for New York, so it doesnt appear as if hes a slacker. Even if you happen to believe that a trio of baseball games is more important that being present for your childs birth - guess what - its a right the players collectively bargained. Can we all just admit that professioonal sports is the only place where anyone can be criticized for missing work to be there for the birth of a child.dddddddddddd And really, for those of us who love pro sports, thats kind of pathetic. Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated My thumb is down to the standing ovation brewers fans gave Ryan Braun at Milwaukees home opener. I get it. Sports, like politics, are local. Hey, Braun might be a drug cheat and liar, but hes our drug cheat and liar. But even after serving his 65-game suspension and kissing up with apologies to season ticket holders, Braun hardly seemed worthy of a love-in. In cowardly fashion, he tried to slough off a positive test on a urine sample collector. He attempted to cover his drug shame by implying he was a victim of anti-Semitism. Fans are free to choose their heroes, Milwaukee should have chosen more wisely. Dave Hodge, TSN My thumb is up to the legend of Johnny Manziel - yes, hes already a legend, perhaps too soon, so Ill stop short of saying thumbs up to Johnny Football himself. Yes, Johnny Football, or J-man or JFF, as he wants to be called if youre buying apparel with those trademarks that hes seeking. J-man, I would have thought Jay Onrait would have beaten him to that, and JFF is either just for fun or Johnny-freaking-football, Im not sure. But we love stories like his in this business, and so we look forward to the NFL draft primarily because of him. 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