PLAYERS:
Jack Campbell,
Matt Fraser,
Jordie Benn,
Cody Eakin,
Jamie Benn,
Jaromir Jagr,
Stephane Robidas,
Tom Wandell,
Philip Larsen,
Radek Faksa,
Brett Ritchie,
Ryan Strome,
Gemel Smith,
Matej Stransky,
Mike Winther,
Branden Troock,
Troy Vance,
Maxime Lagace
TEAMS: Dallas Stars, New York Islanders
TEAMS: Dallas Stars, New York Islanders
Texas Stars
To put it succinctly, it was the Cristopher Nilstorp show last week for the Texas Stars. Nilstorp put up back-to-back shutouts (including a 1-0 shootout win in which he stopped eight of nine attempts) and carried the Stars to their longest win streak of the year (three games).
Nilstorp might have been fired up by the competition that Josh Robinson presented in his recent call-up. Whatever it was, he was great in stopping all 43 shots that he faced and he was huge in overtime against the Charlotte Checkers. He's made a solid case to be the main guy going forward as Jack Campbell stumbles along. Campbell just needs to regain some confidence as he's let some very stoppable shots get by him lately.
Other guys that impressed this weekend include: Matt Fraser and his second multi-goal game in the last two weeks and Jamie Oleksiak. Oleksiak has settled down in the past couple of weeks and has been playing very well. Patrik Nemeth filled in for the injured Jordie Benn...
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