from Damien Cox of Sportsnet,

- The Montreal Canadiens are an interesting mathematical equation.

They are 14th in goals scored per game, 11th in goals allowed, 27th on the power play, ninth in penalty killing, 27th in shots for per game and 20th in shots allowed. Their possession numbers are nothing to write home about, down in the lower range of the entire league.

Yet the Habs are first overall and looking good. Sustainable? We’ll see.

Dubnyk had 33 saves for the Coyotes in a 2-1 win over the Oilers, and there are strong indications like others before him, he has rediscovered his game under the tutelage of Sean Burke in the desert. He’s 4-0-1 for the Coyotes making $800,000 per season after making more than four times that last season.

- Jamie Benn hasn’t scored in 11 games and Dallas has one win in nine home starts. On the brighter side, room was made for 22-year-old Swedish defence man John Klingberg by the trading of Sergei Gonchar, and in consecutive games Klingberg has played 23:46, 25:29 and 25:44. He’s only played four NHL games, but the more Lindy Ruff sees him, apparently, the more he likes him.

- Yessir, that’s former Halifax Moosehead Jakub Voracek at the top of the NHL scoring list. Now if the Flyers can just find a left winger to skate consistently with Voracek and Claude Giroux, with Brayden Schenn getting the most looks. Three years after trading Jeff Carter to Columbus and then watching him win two Stanley Cups in L.A., the Flyers are at least getting some satisfaction that Voracek, acquired from the Jackets for Carter along with first and third rounders, is turning into a star.

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