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Turns out this No. 87 in Pittsburgh is pretty good, more brilliance from That 70’s Line and a productive veteran winger in Tampa Bay. Tons of lineup news, injuries, Fantasy tips and more in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking. HEROES Sidney Crosby – The Penguins’ superstar had five assists in 15:52 of ice time in Saturday’s 6-1 win at Buffalo. This was the 13th instance, since 1987-1988, that a player recorded five assists in a game with less than 16 minutes of ice time. In the past five seasons, Crosby is orbiting in his own space when it comes to points per 60 minutes during 5-on-5 play: Points Per 60 Minutes of 5-on-5 Play PLAYER TEAM PTS/60 Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh 3.42 Evgeni Malkin Pittsbugh 2.65 Jamie Benn Dallas 2.60 Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay 2.54 Jonathan Toews Chicago 2.45 Jamie Benn Dallas 2.45 Tyler Seguin Dallas 2.39 Thomas Vanek Minnesota 2.39 Chris Kunitz Pittsburgh 2.36 Taylor Hall Edmonton 2.34 Crown Jewels - Kings RW Tyler Toffoli and D Alex Martinez each had three points in Los Angeles’ 5-1 win over Vancouver Saturday. C Jeff Carter, C Anze Kopitar, LW Marian Gaborik and D Jake Muzzin all had a goal and an assist. The line of LW Tanner Pearson, C Anze Kopitar and RW Tyler Toffoli controlled play at better than 82% for the game, with Pearson (21 attempts for, 3 against, 87.5%) leading the way. Ryan Callahan – The Lightning right winger scored a goal and added two assists against Columbus Saturday, then added another couple of assists at Detroit Sunday, giving him 11 points in 10 games, along with carrying 56.0% of 5-on-5 shot attempts, this season. ZEROES Mike Green - At Chicago Friday, Washington’s puck-moving blueliner couldn’t get into the Blackhawks’ zone, on the ice for two shot attempts for and 15 against (11.8%). Andrew Shaw – The Blackhawks centre hasn’t recorded a shot on goal in more than 52 minutes of ice time in the past three games, failing to register a shot attempt in the last two. Cory Schneider – The Devils goaltender was yanked after allowing four goals on 24 Red Wings shots Friday. It was the second straight start that he was pulled. LINEUP NEED TO KNOW Johnny Boychuk – The Islanders’ surprising blueline star suffered a suspected knee injury Friday night against Los Angeles. Brian Strait was inserted into the Isles’ lineup Saturday at Arizona. Zach Parise – Has been out of the Wild lineup, with a concussion, so Thomas Vanek joined Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville on the top line. Parise has returned to practice with the Wild, while Jason Zucker, Mikko Koivu and Charlie Coyle were on the second line. Derek Stepan – The Rangers centre returned to the lineup Saturday against Toronto and has taken a spot in the middle with LW Chris Kreider and RW Mats Zuccarello. Braydon Coburn – Returned to the Flyers lineup Saturday against Colorado, though the Flyers defence didn’t have long to revel in improved health, as Luke Schenn suffered an upper-body injury against the Avalanche and is expected to miss a couple weeks. Evgeny Kuznetsov – The Capitals scratched their skilled rookie Friday against Chicago, but he returned to the lineup with strong possession numbers (12 shot attempts for, 4 against, 75.0%) against Carolina Saturday. Dmitri Kulikov – Left Saturday’s game against Calgary with a knee injury. Colby Robak would figure to get into the lineup with Kulikov out, but Erik Gudbranson is likely to get the boost into Kulikov’s top-four role. James Wisniewski – Returned to the Blue Jackets lineup Friday after missing more than a week with a broken finger and picked up three assists in Saturday’s 7-4 loss to Tampa Bay. Bryan Allen – Played his first couple games for the Ducks, returning from a lower-body injury. With Cam Fowler and Francois Beauchemin missing, Allen averaged more than 20 minutes per game and delivered strong possession stats (46 shot attempts for, 24 against, 65.7%). Valeri Nichushkin – Dallas’ second-year winger is out of the lineup, again, with a groin injury. He missed three weeks, returned for two games and has returned to the IR. Dallas has inserted Patrick Eaves into the right wing spot with Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin on the Stars’ top line. Jiri Sekac – Has returned to the Canadiens’ lineup, while Montreal has made Rene Bourque a healthy scratch. Bourque has also been put on waivers, so it will take some change of fortune for Bourque to find his way back into the lineup. Peter Regin – Called up from the AHL, he had a stellar possession game (13 shot attempts for, 2 against, 86.7%) for Chicago against Washington Friday. Markus Granlund – The Flames rookie played 20:33 against Florida, second among Flames forwards behind Monahan (20:34), though Granlund won just 10% (2 wins, 18 losses) of his faceoffs. Tomas Fleischmann – The veteran Panthers winger was a healthy scratch against Calgary Saturday. Fleischmann hasn’t scored a goal and has one assist, with 49.1% possession, in 11 games this season. Shorthanded Kings – Drew Doughty played 29:46 against Vancouver, while the Kings dressed five defencemen, unable to bring up someone from the AHL to replace injured D Robyn Regehr. Trevor Smith – Picked up an assist in his season debut for the Maple Leafs at Ottawa Sunday, playing with rookies Sam Carrick and Josh Leivo. David Rundblad – A 24-year-old who has played 63 NHL games since the start of the 2011-2012 season, Rundblad has replaced Michal Rozsival in Blackhawks’ lineup. He’s played a sheltered third-pair role, but has 61.5% of the even-strength shot attempts when he’s been in the lineup. Keith Aulie – The towering blueliner has been called up and put into the Oilers’ lineup, while Martin Marincin and Oskar Klefbom have been scratched, and Aulie has put up solid possession (61.8% Corsi) in three games. SHORT SHIFTS Penguins D Kris Letang had two goals and two assists, and RW Patric Hornqvist had two goals and an assist in a 6-1 win at Buffalo Saturday… Blue Jackets LW Scott Hartnell scored a pair of goals, both assisted by C Boone Jenner, in Friday’s 3-2 overtime loss to…Hurricanes C Victor Rask had a goal and an assist in Friday’s 3-2 overtime win vs. Columbus. The rookie centre has four points in the past four games and has been rocking 55.6% possession stats through his first 13 NHL games… Capitals LW Marcus Johansson and C Andre Burakovsky each contributed a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win at Chicago Friday. After scoring eight goals in 80 games last year, Johansson has six goals in 14 games this season… Flames rookie LW Johnny Gaudreau and D Mark Giordano each had a goal and two assists in Saturday’s 6-4 win at Florida...Panthers D Aaron Ekblad had a couple of assists and had Florida’s best possession stats (26 shot attempts for, 9 against, 74.3%) in Saturday’s 6-4 loss to Calgary…Flyers C Claude Giroux had two goals and an assist and RW Jakub Voracek had three assists in Saturday’s 4-3 win over Colorado. Voracek, up to 22 points for the season, sits two points behind Crosby for the league scoring lead… Rangers LW Chris Kreider and RW Mats Zuccarello, playing with C Derek Stepan, each had a goal and an assist in a 5-4 loss to Toronto Saturday. Zuccarello also had a game-high 10 shot attempts (7 SOG). C Tyler Johnson notched a pair of goals in Saturday’s 7-4 win at Columbus then added another in Sunday’s win at Detroit. Johnson has four goals and 12 assists in the past dozen games…Blue Jackets LW Scott Hartnell scored a pair of goals, both assisted by C Boone Jenner, in Friday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Carolina, then scored a pair of goals in a 7-4 loss to Tampa Bay Saturday…Predators LW Filip Forsberg continued his five-game point streak (5 G, 3 A), with a goal and an assist at St. Louis in Saturday’s 2-1 win. Forsberg leads all rookies with 15 points in 14 games. Ducks RW Jakob Silfverberg had a dominant possession game (31 shot attempts for, 6 against, 83.8%) Friday against Arizona, with most of his damage coming against the Coyotes’ line of LW Tobias Rieder, C Antoine Vermette and RW Shane Doan…That Coyotes line had a rough go Saturday against the Islanders too, lingering around 33% possession and Vermette failed to register a shot attempt in 18:34 against the Islanders. Sabres G Michael Neuvirth stopped 49 of 52 Oilers shots in a 3-2 loss Friday…Capitals G Braden Holtby had 38 saves on 40 shots to beat Chicago 3-2 Friday…Predators G Pekka Rinne stopped 28 of 29 shots at St. Louis Saturday…Ducks G Frederik Andersen stopped 34 of 35 shots and Canucks G Eddie Lack turned aside 28 of 29 shots in a 2-1 shootout win for the Canucks in Anaheim Sunday…Jets G Ondrej Pavelec stopped 37 of 38 shots and Senators G Craig Anderson turned aside 36 of 37 shots in Saturday’s 2-1 shootout win for Winnipeg. FIRSTS Iiro Pakarinen – The Oilers right winger scored his first NHL goal Friday at Buffalo. Trevor van Riemsdyk – Chicago’s rookie blueliner scored his first NHL goal in Sunday’s 5-2 win over San Jose. Mat Clark – Played his first games for the Ducks since April 3, 2012. Francois Beauchemin was out with the flu and Cam Fowler had a lower-body injury, opening up room for Clark. Brandon DeFazio – A 26-year-old undrafted free agents out of Clarkson, DeFazio has played 219 games in the AHL, putting up 81 points and 363 penalty minutes. He had an uneventful 6:04 of ice time in his debut, skating with Bo Horvat on the Canucks’ fourth line. FANTASY FOCUS Only two games on the Monday night schedule, but here are a couple of players to keep tabs on: Justin Faulk – The Carolina defenceman has five points (1 G, 4 A) in the past five games as the Hurricanes have started to turn the corner after a rough start to the season. 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Kawhi Leonard matched his career high with 26 points, Manu Ginobili had a season-high 26 and San Antonio eased to a 112-92 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday after losing Tony Parker to injury. Parkers status is unknown after he was forced to leave with back spasms early in the first quarter. "Theyre going to MRI his back tomorrow," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "Im not a doctor, I dont know." The All-Star point guard took a hard fall as he drove the lane, landing squarely on his back near the free throw line after being fouled by Memphis Mike Conley with 7:38 left. Parker remained on the court for about a minute, but rose and continued playing before exiting with2:41 remaining in the first. Tim Duncan added 13 points for San Antonio (60-17), which bounced back after its franchise-record, 19-game winning streak was snapped Thursday in Oklahoma City. San Antonio reduced its magic number to claim the leagues best record to three while winning at least 60 games for the fifth time in franchise history. "Wins are wins, but all of us want to be the last team standing," Popovich said. "Thats all thats really important to about six, or seven, or eight teams." The Spurs showed their focus heading into the final two weeks of the regular season, capturing their 20th double-digit victory since Feb. 26. "Youve got these guys (in) San Antonio that are in the playoffs for sure, but are playing like theyre out of it," Grizzlies forward James Johnson said. Johnson had 20 points and Conley added 18 points for Memphis (45-32), which is chasing a playoff spot in the Western Conference. Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol shot a combined 6 for 16, finishing with eight and six points, respectively. Parker finished with 10 points, going 4 for 4 from the field with an assist in nine minutes. He waved for team physician Dr. Paul Saenz as he walked through the tunnel to go back to the locker room. San Antonio general manager R.C. Buford soon followed. Parker has missed 10 games this season, including sitting out the Spurs game Feb. 6 in Brooklyn with tightness in his lower back.dddddddddddd He has battled various leg injuries this season, but also sat out seven games due to what was listed as "rest." "Hopefully its nothing," Ginobili said. "He was just sore in his lower back. We just have to hope its a couple-of-days thing. Of course, were a different team without him. We need him healthy and strong for the playoffs." Leonard took over offensively with Parker out, showing off his expanding offensive game with a series of driving layups, pull-up jumpers and going 2 for 2 on 3-pointers. The 6-foot-7, third-year forward was 12 for 13 from the field. "(Hes) a lot more confident behind the arc and his pull-up," Spurs wing Danny Green said. "And when hes making shots, it makes us that much more dangerous as a team." Leonards 3-pointer with 5:53 remaining in the game matched the career-high 26 points he set against Chicago on Feb. 11, 2013. He left the game after the 3-pointer. "I just made shots tonight, I didnt really miss," Leonard said. "As of lately, Im just knocking down shots. My teammates are looking for me. Im just going out there and having good results. Even with Parker out, San Antonio continued its fluid ball movement. The Spurs had 27 assists, with four players finishing with at least four and all but one of 13 who played picking up an assist. Parker was extremely active during his short night, helping the team overcome a lethargic start. After San Antonio missed its first two shots, Parker drove the lane for one of his teardrop shots, worked his way through screens for 21- and 17-foot jumpers and made a pair of free throws as part of a 12-2 opening run for San Antonio. Parker later drove left into the lane, spinning away from Conley and between a closing Randolph to scoop in a layup with 5 minutes left in the first quarter. NOTES: San Antonio has three games remaining away from the AT&T Center, but has already secured the leagues best road record. The Spurs are 29-9 entering a two-game road trip that begins Tuesday in Minnesota and ends Thursday at Dallas. Their final road game is April 14 against Houston. . Randolph received the loudest boos among Memphis starters during pregame introductions, as San Antonio fans apparently still remember the bruising post-season battles between the two clubs. ' ' '