Malkin and Crosby are the top two in the playoff scoring race, but will not factor into the pool outcome in the final round.

Round 3 Analysis
Round three started off quickly with a number of challengers charging on to the leaderboard, only to stall and ultimately find themselves a few points (or a few players) short. Reuben-Apollo Jackaman-Slipacoff continues to lead but saw his margin shrink from 13 to 5 points, and now without any players left is expected to drop. Rachelle Gaudet climbed early from 13th into the top three, but has also lost all players and will only drop from her current fourth place. John Thompson made a late charge from 28th to 4th and still has a chance in a Nashville victory, but needed Anaheim to prevail for a real shot. As each Cup contender went down through the first three rounds, more poolies found themselves without the picks needed to win - until finally the Penguins scored their double overtime game seven goal to eliminate the Senators and salvage most of the remaining picks in the pool.

Murray's return the biggest story in round 3
It's unusual for two goalies on the same team to be among the leading players in the playoffs, and especially in the same round. But after Marc-Andre Fleury picked up a shutout in game 2, Matt Murray returned from injury, delivered three wins, an assist, and a shutout of his own to lead all players in pool points. He also turned the series around for the Penguins. Between Murray and Fleury was Nashille's Filip Forsberg with seven points in round three to lead the Predators to the final.

The contenders
With most of the entries locked in with their final players - all of the contenders have Crosby and Malkin, rendering them irrelevant, except for the pool leader who has nothing left - it will be action on the fringes that will determine the final outcome. The main battle is whether the Penguins lift the Cup, and with it the fortunes of the top few who took them to win. Beyond that, a battle between Phil Kessel and Justin Schultz, a few people counting on a some love from their Predators picks, and a long-longshot of Matt Murray delivering a shutout or two, are the things to watch in the final round.

Only one poolie has a full slate of six players in the finals, and that is Matt Steeves. While he starts in 12th, offence from his Nashville players will see him quickly climb the ladder - Matt has a better chance in a Penguins victory (with the 10-point bonus) but can also place in the money if Nashville wins.

In the case of a Pittsburgh win, Michael McShane will look to triumph with four players including PK Subban. Further back of Matt Steeves, Shane Kozlowich will try to hold off Jessica Thompson, who with a shutout or two from Murray can finish on the podium for the fourth year in a row.

If Nashville wins, the pool leader Reuben-Apollo Jackaman-Slipacoff has a small chance to hang on - especially if the Pens big guns are silent - but otherwise those right behind him, Phil Victor, Pasqi Porco and others, will try to chip away at each other.

Good luck to all!

Pittsburgh win				Nashville win
Reuben-Apollo Jackaman-Slipacoff	115	none		Reuben-Apollo Jackaman-Slipacoff	115	none
Michael McShane	103 (+10)	Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Subban		Phil Victor	110	Crosby, Malkin, Schultz
Shane Kozlowich	103 (+10)	Crosby, Malkin, Schultz		Pasqi Porco	109	Crosby, Malkin, Kessel
Kamerni Pillai	102 (+10)	Crosby, Malkin, Schultz		John Thompson	104	Crosby, Malkin, Kessel
Matt Steeves	101 (+10)	Crosby, Malkin, Sheary, Rinne, Arvidsson, Josi		Michael McShane	103	Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Subban
Jessica Thompson	97 (+10)	Crosby, Malkin, Murray		Shane Kozlowich	103	Crosby, Malkin, Schultz
				Glenn Zyzanski	103	Arvidsson, Subban, Johansen
				Matt Steeves	101	Crosby, Malkin, Sheary, Rinne, Arvidsson, Josi

Who's Hot and Who's Not:

Hot	Pos. Gain (R2,R3)		Hot	Rd3 Pts.
Kara Rive	92 (143,51)		Jessica Thompson	31
Steve Sealy	83 (164,81)		John Thompson	28
Daryl James	81 (121,40)		Emma and Andrew Fielding	27
Todd Beaman	78 (245,167)		Daryl James	27
Nathan Slack	77 (175,98)		Evie Christie	25
			Gary Brewster	25
Not	Pos. Loss (R2,R3)		Not	Rd3 Pts.
Molly McNulty	64 (49,113)		80 People with:	0
Blair Phillips	62 (57,119)
Brett Kirkpatrick	61 (42,103)
Owen Thompson, Jeff Wener	60 (38,98)

Team and Player Stats:

Top Players
Forwards Team Pts Picks Evgeni Malkin PIT 24 47 Sidney Crosby PIT 20 114 Phil Kessel PIT 19 34 Ryan Getzlaf ANA 19 65 Jake Guentzel PIT 16 1 Leon Draisaitl EDM 16 69 Bobby Ryan OTT 15 1 Filip Forsberg NAS 15 4 Jakob Silfverberg ANA 14 2 Ryan Johansen NAS 13 3 Rickard Rakell ANA 13 11 Nicklas Backstrom WAS 13 163	Defense Team Pts Picks Erik Karlsson OTT 18 43 Ryan Ellis NAS 11 0 Roman Josi NAS 10 1 P.K. Subban NAS 10 6 Justin Schultz PIT 10 28 Cam Fowler ANA 9 14 Mattias Ekholm NAS 8 0 Shea Theodore ANA 8 0 Goalies Team Pts Picks Pekka Rinne NAS 25 1 Marc-Andre Fleury PIT 19 0 Cam Talbot EDM 18 15 Craig Anderson OTT 17 2
Teams
IN Picks Cups Pittsburgh 253 28 Nashville 18 0	OUT Picks Cups Anaheim 156 11 Ottawa 67 1

Projected Round 4 Standings

Here are the projected scores and rankings for after round 4, not including the Cup winner bonus. The projection assumes (wrongly, of course) that the players you have alive will produce in round 4 at the same average rate as in the first three rounds. Of course, if you have no players left, you will definitely have the same score as you have now!

(R1)	(R2)	(R3)	Proj. Rank	Name	Score	Alive	Cup	Rd4 Projection
3	26	12	1	Matt Steeves	101	6	PIT	132
2	2	3	2	Pasqi Porco	109	3	WSH	130
24	5	2	3	Phil Victor	110	3	ANA	128
6	15	6	4	Michael McShane	103	4	PIT	127
38	28	4	5	John Thompson	104	3	ANA	125
1	9	6	6	Campbell Clark-Smith	103	3	EDM	124
5	4	6	7	Shane Kozlowich	103	3	PIT	121
11	9	10	8	Kamerni Pillay	102	3	PIT	120
6	5	10	8	Kevin Pinto	102	3	CHI	120
19	19	14	8	Domenic DeMarco	99	3	EDM	120
8	7	12	11	Amelia Thompson	101	3	EDM	119
47	28	16	12	Al Champsi	98	3	ANA	116
67	42	16	12	Erin Jones	98	3	CHI	116
8	1	1	14	Reuben-Apollo Jackaman-Slipacoff	115	0	WSH	115
24	28	25	14	Mark Matheson	94	3	PIT	115
11	2	6	16	Glenn Zyzanski	103	3	WSH	114
11	12	16	16	Matthew Pledger	98	3	EDM	114
90	89	19	16	Jessica Thompson	97	3	PIT	114
59	64	22	16	Emma and Andrew Fielding	96	3	CHI	114
38	38	14	20	Gary Brewster	99	2	PIT	113
38	13	19	20	Kris Tamchy	97	3	PIT	113
21	21	25	22	Erin Ash	94	3	CHI	112
30	22	28	23	Jackson Edwards	93	3	PIT	111
24	22	28	23	Adam De Caire	93	3	PIT	111
11	22	22	25	Duncan Campbell	96	2	PIT	110
4	15	25	26	Paul Martin	94	2	EDM	108
51	28	32	26	Ryan Chirnomas	90	3	CHI	108
19	28	32	26	Leo Gaudet	90	3	WSH	108
21	57	32	29	Kovi Smolack	90	3	PIT	107
67	28	32	30	Julian Vardy	90	3	PIT	106
90	64	32	30	Carl Pledger	90	3	CHI	106
59	73	40	32	Silvio Memme	88	3	PIT	105
30	42	42	32	Becke Gainforth	87	3	WSH	105
67	42	42	32	Peta Allard	87	3	CHI	105
90	13	4	35	Rachelle Gaudet	104	0	WSH	104
38	46	45	35	Alan Eng	86	3	WSH	104
24	15	19	37	Joel Kronis	97	1	WSH	103
15	46	38	37	Shawn Morrison	89	2	PIT	103
191	121	40	37	Daryl McGee	88	3	PIT	103
90	89	45	37	Ryan Thompson	86	3	PIT	103
77	19	22	41	Peter Seemann	96	1	WSH	102
30	28	38	42	Laura Tackaberry	89	2	WSH	101
90	99	50	42	Brenden Kennedy	84	3	PIT	101
18	64	45	44	Jacob Johnson	86	2	TOR	100
38	64	45	44	Doug Frazier	86	2	CHI	100
38	73	58	44	Todd Nemisz	82	3	CHI	100
47	121	70	44	Iver Dart	79	3	CHI	100
51	22	28	48	Lori Garrah	93	1	WSH	99
51	96	51	48	Mitch Wexler	83	3	CHI	99
168	143	51	50	Kara Rive	83	3	PIT	98
77	73	58	50	Barbara Kennedy	82	3	CHI	98
30	49	51	52	Matthew Warner	83	2	CHI	97
47	49	51	52	Sammi Lien	83	2	CHI	97
30	49	51	52	Lucas Chua	83	2	WSH	97
38	8	28	55	Alvin Gainforth	93	1	WSH	96
21	49	51	55	Nolan Ash	83	2	PIT	96
191	121	60	55	Andrew Mckenzie	81	3	PIT	96
77	85	60	58	Stephen Weir	81	3	WSH	93
30	89	76	59	George Smith	78	2	WSH	92
106	96	79	59	Andy Hotson	77	3	PIT	92
24	175	98	61	Nathan Slack	74	3	PIT	91
59	9	32	62	Andrew Ryan	90	0	WSH	90
59	99	76	62	Vincent Galante	78	3	MIN	90
30	151	108	62	Jamie Sarner	72	3	SJS	90
59	99	81	65	Neil Poitras	76	2	WSH	89
51	107	89	66	Michael Varriano	75	2	CHI	88
59	15	42	67	Marie Sealy	87	0	WSH	87
77	89	60	67	Natalie MacDonell	81	1	CHI	87
51	64	60	67	Ron Ego	81	1	WSH	87
51	57	60	67	Mason Drew	81	1	WSH	87
51	73	70	67	Mike Johnson	79	1	WSH	87
106	26	45	72	Douglas Wilkinson	86	0	WSH	86
147	89	67	72	Dave Poitras	80	1	WSH	86
90	38	67	72	Blair Miller	80	1	WSH	86
106	121	103	72	Martha Gill	73	2	CHI	86
147	164	81	72	Steve Sealy	76	3	PIT	86
67	73	70	77	Stefano Picone	79	1	WSH	85
67	73	70	77	Andrew Rudy	79	1	WSH	85
51	73	70	77	Trish Robichaud	79	1	WSH	85
67	73	70	77	Kris Karm	79	1	WSH	85
191	151	81	77	Tim Day	76	2	CHI	85
106	73	76	82	Steve Kent	78	1	CHI	84
77	212	136	82	Colin McSweeney	67	3	PIT	84
67	46	51	84	Aron Slipacoff	83	0	WSH	83
106	164	123	84	Ruth Beder	69	3	PIT	83
90	57	81	86	Frank Iusi	76	1	WSH	82
241	206	130	86	Jeff Ware	68	3	CHI	82
106	49	60	88	Chiara Cerzosimo	81	0	CHI	81
147	36	60	88	Aaron Rowe-Jardine	81	0	WSH	81
147	64	89	88	Sandy and Noah Hurst	75	1	CHI	81
147	64	89	88	Tim Sowden	75	1	CHI	81
67	171	136	88	Amy van Steendelaar	67	2	BOS	81
253	184	123	88	Dave Spedding	69	3	PIT	81
8	57	67	94	Connor Johnson	80	0	OTT	80
77	73	98	94	Nigel Fowler	74	1	BOS	80
77	99	98	94	Samara McAdam	74	1	NYR	80
129	107	103	97	Mohan Krishnamoorthy	73	1	WSH	79
90	121	108	98	Charles Wright	72	1	WSH	78
106	206	159	98	Desmond Desrosier	62	3	CHI	78
67	64	79	100	Jay Dart	77	0	ANA	77
106	121	113	100	Steve Kerlin	71	1	WSH	77
106	49	81	102	Martin Lefebvre	76	0	WSH	76
129	85	81	102	Ethan Craig	76	0	WSH	76
24	28	81	102	Don Colangelo	76	0	WSH	76
106	49	81	102	Richard Crowe	76	0	WSH	76
15	99	119	102	Elena Noble	70	1	EDM	76
147	199	159	102	Brendan Browne	62	3	CHI	76
147	245	167	102	Todd Beaman	61	3	PIT	76
59	85	89	109	Mel McNulty	75	0	WSH	75
106	73	89	109	Hugh MacPhie	75	0	WSH	75
90	132	89	109	Ron Wener	75	0	CHI	75
129	57	89	109	Andrew Tompkins	75	0	WSH	75
129	57	89	109	Mike De Petrillo	75	0	WSH	75
30	36	89	109	David Loop	75	0	WSH	75
147	107	123	109	Shane Firth	69	1	WSH	75
59	121	123	109	Brandon Kubis	69	1	WSH	75
226	184	123	109	Gareth Neilson	69	1	MTL	75
38	38	98	118	Owen Thompson	74	0	EDM	74
38	38	98	118	Jeff Wener	74	0	WSH	74
209	203	150	118	Shannon Brewster	64	3	CHI	74
191	252	183	118	Stefano Pileggi	59	3	CHI	74
191	116	103	122	Denise Allard	73	0	WSH	73
129	64	103	122	Edward Levens	73	0	CHI	73
47	42	103	122	Brett Kirkpatrick	73	0	WSH	73
147	143	108	125	Maria De Marco	72	0	WSH	72
147	107	108	125	Kento Onishi	72	0	WSH	72
147	107	108	125	Donna Thompson	72	0	ANA	72
106	164	141	125	Isaac Nielsen	66	1	CHI	72
90	132	141	125	Gavin Bailey	66	1	WSH	72
77	49	113	130	Molly McNulty	71	0	WSH	71
90	99	113	130	Sean Sargent	71	0	WSH	71
191	99	113	130	Anthony Fernando	71	0	WSH	71
226	132	113	130	Harper Christie-Allard	71	0	CHI	71
77	99	113	130	Ira-Clarke Jackaman-Slipacoff	71	0	MIN	71
90	164	159	130	Paula Brinston	62	2	WSH	71
241	132	119	136	Andrew Hamilton	70	0	MTL	70
168	57	119	136	Blair Phillips	70	0	WSH	70
226	143	119	136	Rob Phillips	70	0	CHI	70
147	175	150	136	Richard Gretzinger	64	1	WSH	70
106	151	150	136	Kevin Boomer	64	1	WSH	70
168	193	159	136	Nathan Lodewyk	62	2	WSH	70
209	151	123	142	Laura Speciale	69	0	WSH	69
241	132	123	142	Ted Kennedy	69	0	WSH	69
77	161	154	142	Shawn Robichaud	63	1	WSH	69
191	230	203	142	Mouli Ramani	56	2	MTL	69
241	151	130	146	Paul Groba	68	0	MTL	68
226	161	130	146	Stephen Craig	68	0	WSH	68
129	121	130	146	Nolan Sarner	68	0	CHI	68
147	116	130	146	Mike van Steendelaar	68	0	CHI	68
106	73	130	146	Stacy Martin	68	0	STL	68
106	164	159	146	Mike Umana	62	1	WSH	68
226	132	136	152	Robert Struthers	67	0	WSH	67
15	85	136	152	Sam Fielding	67	0	WSH	67
168	164	136	152	Patrick Gill	67	0	WSH	67
129	171	167	152	Randy Stewart	61	1	WSH	67
191	249	211	152	Vince Pileggi	53	3	CHI	67
106	89	141	157	Joel Greenstein	66	0	MIN	66
67	89	141	157	John Upper	66	0	EDM	66
168	151	141	157	Gabe Pretto	66	0	WSH	66
106	175	173	157	Noah Bloedow	60	1	WSH	66
209	175	173	157	Mark Brewster	60	1	WSH	66
77	175	173	157	Ben Bangs	60	1	CHI	66
90	175	173	157	Steve Corda	60	1	WSH	66
106	206	203	157	Adam Bloedow	56	2	MTL	66
129	96	146	165	Fred Slade	65	0	MTL	65
209	151	146	165	Brett Bowman	65	0	CHI	65
191	121	146	165	Vince DiNucci	65	0	WSH	65
209	143	146	165	Todd Foster	65	0	WSH	65
77	184	183	165	Judah Gould	59	1	CHI	65
106	184	183	165	Connor Brewster	59	1	CHI	65
129	212	208	165	Dave Michael	55	2	TOR	65
168	151	150	172	KC Swink	64	0	ANA	64
168	107	154	173	Ryan Slack	63	0	WSH	63
168	107	154	173	Fraser Macdonald	63	0	WSH	63
168	107	154	173	Siyeon Lee	63	0	WSH	63
168	107	154	173	Scott Poitras	63	0	WSH	63
147	199	198	173	Colin Kennedy	57	1	STL	63
129	195	198	173	Andrew MacIntyre	57	1	WSH	63
191	116	159	179	Pierre Allard	62	0	WSH	62
168	116	159	179	Ava McAdam-Beder	62	0	CHI	62
191	116	159	179	Graham Haines	62	0	WSH	62
226	199	203	179	Keith Chappell	56	1	MTL	62
226	199	167	183	Erin McSweeney	61	0	CHI	61
209	121	167	183	Brad Moulton	61	0	WSH	61
168	175	167	183	Stephanie Robichaud	61	0	CHI	61
241	121	167	183	Diego DeMarco	61	0	CHI	61
226	132	173	187	Aaron Allard	60	0	CHI	60
106	132	173	187	Darrin Husack	60	0	STL	60
191	132	173	187	Pierre Maxime Gravelle	60	0	WSH	60
147	132	173	187	Russell Reed	60	0	WSH	60
226	184	173	187	Brandon Poitras	60	0	WSH	60
209	132	173	187	Frank Pileggi	60	0	WSH	60
191	243	216	187	Stephen Shore	52	2	MTL	60
168	143	183	194	Sal Scarfone	59	0	WSH	59
77	143	183	194	Dustin Hall	59	0	STL	59
129	171	183	194	Steven Hawley	59	0	WSH	59
168	175	183	194	Robert Herzig	59	0	WSH	59
209	143	183	194	Matt MacDougall	59	0	CHI	59
90	171	183	194	Jeff Lucas	59	0	WSH	59
168	143	183	194	Tim Bailey	59	0	WSH	59
129	195	183	194	Joel Borgida	59	0	MIN	59
106	184	194	202	Lanny Cardow	58	0	WSH	58
241	151	194	202	David Hart	58	0	WSH	58
90	151	194	202	Brad EJ Hotson	58	0	NYR	58
147	175	194	202	Milton Howe	58	0	CHI	58
226	161	198	206	Dan Salerno	57	0	WSH	57
147	220	198	206	Andrea Phillips	57	0	CHI	57
147	184	198	206	Thomas Cheyne Matheson	57	0	WSH	57
226	164	203	209	David Minuk	56	0	WSH	56
241	193	203	209	Nolan Coole	56	0	WSH	56
191	230	217	209	Don Fudge	50	1	MTL	56
191	230	217	209	John Martin	50	1	MTL	56
168	230	217	209	Austin Neilson	50	1	MTL	56
209	195	208	214	Willow Herzig	55	0	WSH	55
209	195	208	214	Tom MacDonald	55	0	CHI	55
106	238	220	214	David Valenti	49	1	MTL	55
226	203	211	217	Zack O'Gorman	53	0	CHI	53
209	184	211	217	George Roman	53	0	WSH	53
253	230	211	217	Marie Loop	53	0	CHI	53
147	184	211	217	Dryden Craig	53	0	WSH	53
241	245	228	217	Linda Veryzer	47	1	CHI	53
168	245	228	217	Samuel Wexler	47	1	CHI	53
147	203	220	223	Azra Champsi	49	0	WSH	49
262	255	220	223	Della Santin	49	0	CHI	49
260	243	220	223	Sean Smith	49	0	ANA	49
129	206	224	226	Tim Smith	48	0	WSH	48
260	206	224	226	Roger Rooney	48	0	CHI	48
241	206	224	226	Patrick O'Keefe	48	0	WSH	48
253	230	224	226	Larry Coole	48	0	WSH	48
191	212	228	230	Bruce Bird	47	0	CHI	47
90	212	228	230	Mark Norman	47	0	SJS	47
209	216	232	232	Shaun Tanna	46	0	WSH	46
106	216	232	232	Shane Davey	46	0	WSH	46
209	216	232	232	Josh Epstein	46	0	WSH	46
209	216	232	232	Rob Kerr	46	0	CHI	46
129	220	236	236	Kapil Khatter	45	0	WSH	45
226	220	236	236	Cooper Levens	45	0	WSH	45
168	220	236	236	Drew Battison	45	0	CHI	45
129	220	236	236	Joey Speciale	45	0	WSH	45
226	220	236	236	Scott Munnoch	45	0	WSH	45
168	249	236	236	Stuart MacIntyre	45	0	MIN	45
226	220	236	236	Fred McCutcheon	45	0	CHI	45
129	220	236	236	Norrin Ripsman	45	0	WSH	45
209	220	236	236	Paula Santin	45	0	MTL	45
129	220	236	236	Aaron Pretto	45	0	WSH	45
191	252	246	246	Andrew Robichaud	44	0	CHI	44
253	230	246	246	Aaron Beder	44	0	WSH	44
147	230	246	246	Brad Hotson	44	0	MIN	44
168	238	249	249	Jeff Brinston	43	0	WSH	43
168	238	249	249	Dennis Clayton	43	0	WSH	43
129	238	249	249	Avery Spedding	43	0	WSH	43
241	238	249	249	Jonas Struthers	43	0	TOR	43
209	245	253	253	Eli Hammerman	41	0	MTL	41
266	264	254	254	Mike Siegler	40	0	CHI	40
253	249	254	254	Sarah Wardell	40	0	CHI	40
168	252	256	256	Scott Lee	39	0	CHI	39
271	267	257	257	Ruth Haaima	38	0	CHI	38
253	255	257	257	Harris Beder	38	0	CHI	38
191	257	259	259	Hanna-Marea Kennedy	37	0	NYR	37
269	257	259	259	David Schamma	37	0	CBJ	37
241	259	261	261	Sonia Speciale	35	0	CHI	35
266	260	262	262	Andrea De Petrillo	34	0	CHI	34
271	262	264	262	Jeff Bangs	32	2	CHI	34
253	261	263	264	Lee Beech	33	0	CHI	33
241	262	264	265	Peter Tanner	32	0	BOS	32
273	266	267	265	Shannon Lindensmith	30	2	CHI	32
209	264	266	267	Manuela Marinello	31	0	EDM	31
262	267	268	268	Doug Crockett	29	0	CHI	29
168	269	269	269	Chris Smith	28	0	MTL	28
262	270	270	270	Sophie Wexler	21	0	MTL	21
265	271	271	271	Joy Smith	20	0	CHI	20
266	272	272	272	Janine Pileggi	19	0	CHI	19
269	273	273	273	Ryan McLennan	18	0	MIN	18