WEEK 18 (thru Saturday)

Down but apparently not out, the Misconducts shredded Saturday for a league-best 28.1 points - Mitch Marner (4g, 2a) spearheading the charge with a career-best 20.0 point game - the marauding Misconducts - trailing all week - beginning play on Sunday with an unexpected 6.1 point H2H lead.

Ice Hogs: 36.7
Misconducts: 42.8­
Before the puck dropped on Saturday the Ice Hogs - leading by 16.0 points - looked like a team that was putting an end to their three-match losing streak. That’s no longer the case as the Hogs were bushwhacked by the Misconducts, the streakiest team in the league now tumbling toward yet another loss.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Ice Hogs: 5 players; Misconducts: 6 players)
Ice Hogs: Brock Nelson, Clayton Keller, Blake Wheeler, Jakob Chychrun, Justin Faulk
Misconducts: Zach Hyman, Bryan Rust, Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson, Darnell Nurse, Rasmus Dahlin

Central Red Army: 41.6
Cherry Pickers: 42.2
The Central Red Army are in position to win this match after outscoring the Cherry Pickers 9.0 points to 5.0. A comeback win however won’t be easy as the Army will be bringing only three soldiers to Sunday; the well-stocked Cherry Pickers will have as many as eight players defending their 0.6 point lead.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Central Red Army: 3 players; Cherry Pickers: 8 players)
Central Red Army: Vladimir Tarasenko, Evan Bouchard, Frederik Andersen
Cherry Pickers: Chris Kreider, Brayden Schenn, Patrick Kane, Andrei Svechnikov, Kyle Connor, J.T. Miller, Miro Heiskanen, Connor Hellebuyck*
*Start not confirmed at press time.

Boulder Flyers: 61.5
Bluliners: 49.8
The Boulder Flyers posted a respectable 11.0 points but the team couldn’t match the play of their opponent, the Bluliners and their 15.8 point effort still with a puncher's chance as they now trail by only 11.7.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Boulder Flyers: 3 players; Bluliners: 5 players)
Boulder Flyers: Roope Hintz, Quinn Hughes, Thatcher Demko*
Bluliners: Leon Draisaitl, Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal, Elias Pettersson, Adam Fox
*Start not confirmed at press time.

Wild Ducks: 67.2
Lumberjacks: 34.5
The Wild Ducks have the inside track to the $10.00 Best Week Bonus, another strong outing (13.0) bolstering their Week 18 advantage. The Ducks H2H lead also grew as the Lumberjacks were held to 12.0, the Jacks deficit now 32.7 points deep.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Wild Ducks: 6 players; Lumberjacks: 5 players)
Wild Ducks: Mark Scheifele, Evgeni Malkin, Patrik Laine, Brent Burns, Adam Boqvist, John Gibson*
Lumberjacks: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Evander Kane, Shayne Gostisbehere, Ilya Sorokin*, Ville Husso*
*Start not confirmed at press time.

Rocky Rocks: 12.5
SC Cobras: 32.9
After being outscored 7.3 to 2.0, Rocky Rocks now find themselves trailing by 20.4 points. While the numbers don’t look good for the Rocks, the week-worst team is hauling as many as ten players to the final day of the week - a monstrous come-from-behind-win not completely out of the question.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Rocky Rocks: 10 players; SC Cobras: 6 players)
Rocky Rocks: Joe Pavelski, Mika Zibanejad, Ryan O’Reilly, Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin, John Klingberg, Josh Morrissey, Kris Letang, Jordan Binnington*, Mike Smith
SC Cobras: Vincent Trocheck, Jason Robertson, Pavel Buchnevich, Cam Fowler, Igor Shesterkin*, Jake Oettinger
*Start not confirmed at press time.

Polar Bears: 45.2
Baba Booey: 26.4­
Matthew Tkachuk (2g, 1a) netted 7.0 of his team’s 12.2 points but Baba Booey still find themselves in an unenviable position, the sagging squad still trailing the Polar Bears (8.0) by almost 20.0 points heading into the final day of the week.
LAST DAY LINEUP (Polar Bears: 5 players; Baba Booey: 8 players)
Polar Bears: Sebastian Aho, Connor McDavid, Teuvo Teravainen, Seth Jones, Marc-Andre Fleury
Baba Booey: Timo Meier, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jared McCann, Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Torey Krug, Jaccob Slavin



BONUS LEADERBOARD
1. Wild Ducks, 67.2
2. Boulder Flyers, 61.5
3. Bluliners, 49.8
4. Polar Bears, 45.2
5. Misconducts, 42.8

LINK: Standings