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As the NHL heads into its three-day Christmas break, fans will get an early present featuring one team with the pieces necessary to contend for the Stanley Cup for a second straight season and a team riding a youth movement in hopes of regaining championship glory last experienced decades ago. Two of the Pacific Division's best square off for the first time this season on Friday night when the San Jose Sharks play the Edmonton Oilers at SAP Center. The Sharks went 2-1-1 against the Oilers last season despite being outscored 11-10. Continue to Article

December 23, 2016 12:42:am EST

(Ed. Note: We’re once again pleased to partner with Dobber Hockey to provide fantasy hockey insight throughout the NHL season. Here’s Steve Laidlaw, the Managing Editor of Dobber Hockey, as your new fantasy hockey smarty-pants!) By Steve Laidlaw Continue to Article

December 21, 2016 4:02:pm EST

Cam Talbot, EDM at ARI ($34): Independent of Talbot’s play this season, this is a pretty obvious choice. The Coyotes are 30th in goals per game, 28th in goals allowed, 27th on the power play and 23rd on the penalty kill. Indeed, Arizona is one of the league’s worst teams, and the Oilers are decidedly better. Continue to Article

December 21, 2016 2:12:pm EST

Sparked by the likelihood that Ryan Miller, a goalie who ranks in the top-30 all-time for save percentage but is likely to miss the playoffs for the sixth time in his 12-year career, Andrew Ruestow wanted to know about some historically great goalies on historically bad teams. Obviously Miller is going to be up there, but Dominik Hasek is the best goaltender of all time and didn’t get out of the first round of the postseason until he was 33 years old. Anyway, I took the example nice kind cool Andrew provided — and by all means if you have requests, send ’em in via Twitter or the email address down below — and spun off it a bit (mainly because team winning percentages are hard to separate from goalie winning percentages). Continue to Article

December 20, 2016 4:00:pm EST

By Neil Parker There are 12 games in the NHL on Tuesday. At Yahoo, it’s always worth scrolling all the way through the player pool because some solid players can be found at, or near, minimum price. With that said, here are some targets, fades and values to consider when assembling your lineups. GOALIE Martin Jones, SAN vs. CGY ($35): The Flames enter on the wrong end of back-to-back road games, and San Jose is allowing just 2.25 goals per game. After a breakout campaign last year, Jones has been even better this season with a .919 save percentage and a 2.13 GAA. ... Continue to Article

December 20, 2016 12:07:pm EST