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Around the rink - Sunday, November 7th

Still feel like you’re hungover after thinking you slept in extra hard thanks to Daylight Savings? Yeah, we bet you are. Know what helps you shake off that nagging feeling better than a greasy breakfast and toast? Hockey. And there’s four games for you to wrap your head around today. All times listed are Eastern... We think.

5:00 pm

Philadelphia @ Washington

Welcome to the rivalry that just floats beneath the surface of being noticed. The Caps come in rather well rested while Philly is coming in building off an ugly 2-1 win over the Islanders last night. Sergei Bobrovsky played out of his mind last night, but you’d have to think with the short turnaround that Brian Boucher will get to deal with the flying Caps offense. The Caps are getting some great scoring out of Alex Semin and Mike Green and they’ve still got that Ovechkin guy floating around out there. What they will need is a better outing from Michal Neuvirth in goal as he was chased from his last start, only to see Braden Holtby steal a win.

7:00 pm

St. Louis @ NY Rangers

The Rangers got a relatively simple win over the Devils on Friday night, but dealing with the red-hot St. Louis Blues means having to deal with a team that’s actually clicking in all parts of the game. Whether the Blues go with Jaroslav Halak or not doesn’t seem to matter as they’re winning regardless. The Blues are coming off a solid shootout victory over the Bruins last night and will be looking to build off that. Just think, they’re doing that with a load of injuries along the blue line. Not bad, eh?

Edmonton @ Chicago

The last time these two played, the Oilers stunned Chicago beating them 7-4. This time around, Chicago will have Marian Hossa back in the lineup and having Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane awakening offensively. The Oilers, meanwhile, have won once in their last nine games and that one came against Chicago. After an undefeated preseason and a 2-0-0 start to the regular season, reality has set in for the Oilers. Young and skilled rookies aside, they’ve been tough to watch. Chicago will be looking to build off their shootout win over Atlanta and looking for some revenge on the Oilers.

8:00 pm

Nashville @ Anaheim

After a bad loss last night against the Kings in which Pekka Rinne was chased out of the game, the Predators will look to get something going on the road against the Ducks. Working against the Predators is the fact that the Ducks play pretty well at home and are coming off consecutive home wins against Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh. What’s helping the Ducks? Jonas Hiller’s solid play. His goals against average might be pedestrian at 2.90, but his save percentage of .920 is pretty good. Nashville will need to get their offense going against Hiller if they’re going to get it done. Coming into the game second to last in goals scored makes this game look to be a possible battle of attrition. Of course if the bad Ducks defense comes to play, the Predators just might find a temporary cure to their offensive woes.