16. Anaheim (17)
Good: In their last nine home games, the Ducks have allowed a total of six goals.
Bad: In their last nine road games, the Ducks have allowed a total of 36 goals.
Curious: Six of the last nine home games for the Ducks have involved shutouts – four for, and two against.
17. Tampa Bay (15)
Good: Not much to choose from, but they did manage a 3-3 tie with New Jersey at home.
Bad: 7-0 at Ottawa, and in their last four road games, they've been outscored 19-2.
Curious: Nikolai Khabibulin has been pulled four times in his last seven starts.
18. Montreal (19)
Good: Marcel Hossa has five goals in four games since being recalled from the minors.
Bad: After tying for the team scoring lead in January, Doug Gilmour has been a scratch in five of six February games because of lower back pain.
Curious: Donald Audette scored a goal after going his previous 20 games without one.
19. Pittsburgh (18)
Good: Sebastien Caron won his first NHL start, 2-1 in Boston.
Bad: Mario Lemieux's absence from the lineup usually means a guaranteed loss.
Curious: Lemieux's linemates on the starting all-star team are current teammate, Alexei Kovalev, and former teammate, Jaromir Jagr.
20. Carolina (20)
Good: Jeff O'Neill is picking it up, with six goals already in January.
Bad: One win in their last seven home games.
Curious: Lost in overtime to Colorado when Rob Blake knocked the stick out of Kevin Weekes' hands.
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