Robin Lehner never got the love he deserved - but led all players at the time of elimination.

Round 3 Analysis
Rick Bowness will always be known to me as the guy who coached my hometown Ottawa Senators to a 39-178-18 record as an expansion team 28 years ago. Yet here he is, as the interim head coach of the Dallas Stars, in the Stanley Cup finals. After 35 years, mostly as an assistant coach, he has stood behind the bench for over 2,500 NHL games - most in history, and far more than 2nd-place Scotty Bowman's 2,164. Oh, and he "coached" Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper as his assistant a few years ago. He has coached players on nearly every team in the bubble along with some of their fathers. So everybody's cheering for him to win his first Cup, and why not?

As for Lord Stanley's Pool, Hanna-Marea Kennedy has held on to first place after Vegas' playoff run ground to a halt, two points up on Frank Pileggi and Adam Marrus. With nearly everyone in the top 20 locked in with Tampa players Kucherov, Point, and Vasilevskiy, the only movement will come from challengers S Ripsman and Hugh MacPhie, who need a solid performance from their Dallas players along with, ironically, a Tampa Bay win. A Tampa win will likely look like a battle between Frank, S, and Hugh, while a Dallas championship might have S and Hugh challenge Hanna-Marea for the top prize. Dallas players to watch: Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov, Tyler Seguin, and top defensemen Miro Heiskanen and John Klingberg.





The contenders

Tampa Bay win				Dallas win
Frank Pileggi	147 (+10) [proj:166]	Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy		Hanna-Marea Kennedy	149 [proj:168]	Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy
Hanna-Marea Kennedy	149 [proj:168]	Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy		Adam Marrus	147 [proj:166]	Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy
Adam Marrus	147 [proj:166]	Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy		Frank Pileggi	147 [proj:166]	Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy
S Ripsman	135 (+10) [proj: 170]	Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy, Radulov, Heiskanen, Klingberg		S Ripsman	135 [proj: 170]	Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy, Radulov, Heiskanen, Klingberg
Hugh MacPhie	135 (+10) [proj: 163]	Kucherov, Point, Seguin, Benn, Hedman		Hugh MacPhie	135 [proj: 163]	Kucherov, Point, Seguin, Benn, Hedman

Lehner still leads despite elimination
Robin Lehner (4 picks) remains the top player in the pool with 27 points, earned through four shutouts despite only seven wins. Lehner is likely to be the first goalie to lead his position in the pool without making it to the Finals. Unless we see multiple shutouts, Anton Khudobin (17 pts - 0 picks) will likely finish second and Andrei Vasilevskiy (13 pts - 39 picks) possibly third or lower.

Other impact players eliminated in round three: Marc-Andre Fleury (20 picks and... lots of splinters from riding the pine), Mark Stone (79), Shea Theodore (50), Max Pacioretty (35), Mathew Barzal (13).

Kronis' Corner - notes from the pool's stats co-pilot Joel Kronis
The third round was kind of questionable, to begin with we knew the Dallas Stars were a good team, but a Stanley Cup final good team? Well I guess, because they're in the Stanley Cup finals, but at the beginning of the playoffs not in my wildest dreams would they have been there. Going over to the east the Islanders for a second there looked like they might make a run and force game 7 but they didn't and Tampa ended them in game 6. My prediction for the Stanley Cup final is Tampa is five or six.

Mitch's prediction
I called both series wrong in round 3, leaving me at a rather sad 7-7 in series predictions this year. Tampa Bay and Dallas, both big southern markets, are both teams (cities) that never felt right to me having stamped on the Cup (Buffalo on '99 and Calgary in '04 would have been nicer). I'm going with underdog Dallas to win the Cup because of Rick Bowness.

Who's Hot and Who's Not:

Hot	Pos. Gain (R2,R3)		Hot	Rd3 Pts.
Vince Pileggi	62 (144,82)		S Ripsman	30
Zoe Rabinovitch	56 (138,82)		Hugh MacPhie	29
Austin Neilson	49 (78,29)		Austin Neilson	29
Domenic DeMarco	42 (152,110)		Frank Pileggi	28
Chad Evans	42 (110,68)		Adam Marrus	28
Not	Pos. Loss (R2,R3)		Not	Rd3 Pts.
Tim Day	37 (17,54)		59 People with:	0
John Kane	34 (28,62)
Blair Miller	32 (11,43)
Mike Sennema	30 (47,77)
Azra Champsi	28 (51,79)
Laura Speciale	28 (51,79)

Team and Player Stats:

Top Players
Forwards Team Pts Picks Nikita Kucherov TAM 24 64 Brayden Point TAM 22 28 Nathan MacKinnon COL 22 133 Jamie Benn DAL 18 3 Denis Gurianov DAL 17 0 Mikko Rantanen COL 17 69 Josh Bailey NYI 16 0 Brock Nelson NYI 15 0 J.T. Miller VAN 15 5 Alexander Radulov DAL 14 1	Defense Team Pts Picks Miro Heiskanen DAL 18 4 John Klingberg DAL 15 4 Shea Theodore VGK 15 50 Victor Hedman TAM 14 26 Cale Makar COL 14 96 Goalies Team Pts Picks Robin Lehner VGK 27 4 Semyon Varlamov NYI 18 2 Anton Khudobin DAL 17 0 Carter Hart PHI 17 39
Teams
IN Picks Cups Tampa Bay 180 21 Dallas 25 0	OUT Picks Cups Vegas 215 29 NY Islanders 27 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
33	28	8	1	S Ripsman	135	6	TBL	170
41	3	1	2	Hanna-Marea Kennedy	149	3	COL	168
51	4	2	3	Frank Pileggi	147	3	TBL	166
51	4	2	3	Adam Marrus	147	3	COL	166
23	24	8	5	Hugh MacPhie	135	5	TBL	163
5	1	4	6	Richard Gretzinger	146	2	PHI	161
49	10	5	7	Mark Brewster	139	3	VGK	158
17	6	5	7	Russell Reed	139	3	COL	158
16	13	8	9	Brian Dumble	135	3	VGK	154
33	6	7	10	Joel Greenstein	137	2	COL	152
110	17	8	11	Todd Foster	135	2	VGK	147
23	17	13	11	Ryan Chirnomas	130	3	COL	147
110	42	15	13	Sandy and Noah Hurst	129	3	VGK	146
12	28	17	13	Brandon Poitras	127	3	COL	146
66	28	19	15	Steven Hawley	126	3	TBL	143
66	17	13	16	Steve Kent	130	2	VGK	142
23	47	26	17	Amy van Steendelaar	121	3	TBL	141
17	16	16	18	Jack Walker	128	2	COL	140
73	51	28	18	Dustin Hall	120	3	COL	140
17	44	25	20	Aaron Allard	122	3	TBL	139
23	59	29	20	Owen Thompson	119	3	COL	139
8	24	22	22	Josh Martin	123	2	COL	138
122	78	29	22	Austin Neilson	119	3	TBL	138
110	36	20	24	Graham Haines	125	3	COL	137
41	59	31	24	Michael Varriano	118	3	TBL	137
5	6	22	26	Judah Gould	123	3	COL	136
66	38	17	27	Jonah Rabinovitch	127	1	NYI	135
33	24	22	27	Brenda Dolenc	123	2	COL	135
51	63	31	27	Adrian Terzo	118	3	VGK	135
8	66	39	27	Paul Martin	116	3	TBL	135
58	47	31	31	Sonia Speciale	118	2	COL	133
95	66	41	32	Peter Seemann	115	3	TBL	132
144	82	41	32	Corby Fine	115	3	VGK	132
73	9	12	34	Emiliano Santiago	131	0	VGK	131
95	47	31	35	Vincent Galante	118	3	TBL	130
58	23	35	35	Nolan Sarner	117	3	COL	130
58	51	35	37	Marc De Sousa	117	3	BOS	129
1	11	26	38	Lucas Chua	121	1	PHI	128
51	82	54	39	Larry Coole	109	3	COL	126
144	42	39	40	Andy Hotson	116	2	PHI	125
79	82	57	40	Dryden Craig	108	3	BOS	125
2	2	21	42	Mark Norman	124	0	COL	124
23	66	54	43	Shain Griffin	109	3	BOS	121
41	46	48	44	Eddie Bornstein	112	1	BOS	120
90	74	58	45	Barbara Kennedy	107	3	TBL	119
110	63	53	46	Douglas Wilkinson	110	1	COL	118
51	13	35	47	David Loop	117	0	COL	117
51	13	35	47	Marc Ennis	117	0	COL	117
154	144	82	49	Vince Pileggi	96	3	VGK	116
3	11	43	50	Blair Miller	114	0	COL	114
33	28	43	50	Les Endes	114	0	COL	114
73	59	60	50	James Smith	106	1	BOS	114
95	110	68	50	Chad Evans	102	2	VGK	114
110	38	45	54	Grant Gillan	113	0	VGK	113
73	21	45	54	Todd Beaman	113	0	BOS	113
41	21	45	54	Jamie Martin	113	0	COL	113
90	94	70	54	Christopher Cito	101	3	COL	113
95	28	49	58	Andrew Ryan	111	0	BOS	111
23	24	49	58	Ruth Beder	111	0	PHI	111
95	28	49	58	Anthony Bruno	111	0	COL	111
95	28	49	58	Jeff Wood	111	0	BOS	111
110	104	77	62	Matt Steeves	98	3	TBL	110
17	17	54	63	Tim Day	109	0	PHI	109
58	76	70	63	Manny Amaral	101	2	TBL	109
184	138	82	63	Zoe Rabinovitch	96	3	PHI	109
33	36	58	66	Frank Iusi	107	0	PHI	107
66	88	75	66	Pete Ostella	99	1	VGK	107
122	116	86	66	Gary Brewster	95	2	VGK	107
154	51	60	69	Zackary Winkler	106	0	VGK	106
122	121	91	69	Jason MacLellan	94	2	VGK	106
3	28	62	71	John Kane	105	0	PHI	105
23	44	63	72	Harris Beder	104	0	COL	104
79	70	63	72	Stanley Tepner	104	0	VGK	104
41	82	96	72	Matthew Pledger	92	3	PHI	104
122	158	120	72	Jessica Thompson	84	3	STL	104
160	81	65	76	Rob Phillips	103	0	COL	103
12	38	65	76	Jeff Wener	103	0	COL	103
7	38	65	76	Isaac Nielsen	103	0	BOS	103
79	94	86	76	Shannon Brewster	95	1	STL	103
41	51	68	80	Samara McAdam	102	0	PHI	102
136	121	86	80	Sandra Hennigar	95	1	CGY	102
66	134	103	80	Jeff Williams	90	2	COL	102
131	111	103	80	Della Santin	90	3	BOS	102
136	161	126	80	Donna Thompson	82	3	CGY	102
23	51	70	85	James Burnand	101	0	PHI	101
95	51	70	85	Martin Lefebvre	101	0	VGK	101
165	142	107	85	Shailyn Griffin	89	2	TBL	101
144	152	110	85	Domenic DeMarco	87	3	WSH	101
122	63	74	89	Kevin Pinto	100	0	COL	100
136	121	96	89	Connor Brewster	92	1	COL	100
181	134	100	89	Colin McSweeney	91	3	TBL	100
110	70	75	92	Daisy Marqeuz	99	0	VGK	99
58	76	79	92	Mohan Krishnamoorthy	97	1	PHI	99
41	47	77	94	Mike Sennema	98	0	COL	98
131	128	103	94	Shane Kozlowich	90	1	VGK	98
12	51	79	96	Laura Speciale	97	0	COL	97
12	51	79	96	Azra Champsi	97	0	COL	97
33	82	92	96	Joe Sanfilippo	93	1	COL	97
11	66	82	99	Michael McShane	96	0	COL	96
17	59	82	99	Alistair Viegas	96	0	COL	96
33	78	86	101	Ron Weidner	95	0	PHI	95
8	70	86	101	Nolan Coole	95	0	PHI	95
79	94	103	103	Trent Labrecque	90	1	BOS	94
41	82	92	104	Rishi Mistry	93	0	PHI	93
33	70	92	104	Pierre Allard	93	0	BOS	93
79	88	92	104	Mitch Wexler	93	0	VGK	93
58	74	96	107	Norrin Ripsman	92	0	CAR	92
49	78	96	107	Ava McAdam-Beder	92	0	COL	92
144	172	146	107	Harper Christie-Allard	75	3	TBL	92
160	172	149	107	Joy Smith	74	3	TBL	92
95	94	100	111	Daniel Levay	91	0	PHI	91
95	104	100	111	Marie Loop	91	0	BOS	91
95	104	107	113	Andrew Wood	89	0	VGK	89
174	176	155	113	Colin Kennedy	71	3	CHI	89
177	94	109	115	Daryl McGee	88	0	VGK	88
79	108	110	116	Zack O'Gorman	87	0	COL	87
154	94	110	116	Dave Poitras	87	0	BOS	87
79	88	110	116	Manuela Marinello	87	0	BOS	87
110	88	110	116	George Smith	87	0	BOS	87
131	88	110	116	Kris Tamchy	87	0	COL	87
79	108	117	116	Mike Ash	85	1	CBJ	87
79	93	116	122	Gareth Neilson	86	0	MTL	86
90	138	126	122	David Gibbons	82	1	COL	86
110	150	138	122	Ethan Suski	78	1	BOS	86
23	94	117	125	Amelia Thompson	85	0	COL	85
79	94	117	125	Philip Wilson	85	0	STL	85
122	114	120	127	Francesco Varriano	84	0	WSH	84
95	102	120	127	Mike De Petrillo	84	0	BOS	84
17	102	120	127	Peta Allard	84	0	WSH	84
58	104	124	130	Scott Poitras	83	0	BOS	83
181	134	124	130	Scott Lee	83	0	VGK	83
122	116	130	130	Jack Budd	81	1	COL	83
181	141	126	133	Brandon Kubis	82	0	BOS	82
95	111	126	133	Michael Long	82	1	CAR	82
90	114	130	135	Joel Kronis	81	0	COL	81
66	128	130	135	Carl Pledger	81	0	PHI	81
170	128	130	135	Steve Anderson	81	0	COL	81
144	116	130	135	Joey Speciale	81	0	VGK	81
110	147	142	135	Justin Saindon	76	3	TBL	81
122	128	135	140	Robert Seaser	80	0	PHI	80
51	111	135	140	Dennis Winkler	80	0	COL	80
95	116	135	140	Linda Li	80	0	BOS	80
160	164	152	140	John Budd	72	1	BOS	80
165	161	160	144	Samuel Wexler	68	2	BOS	79
136	116	138	145	Connie Simmons	78	0	COL	78
136	134	138	145	Kamerni Pillay	78	0	VGK	78
131	155	152	145	Don Colangelo	72	2	TBL	78
23	121	141	148	Paul Ornstein	77	0	PHI	77
144	147	150	148	Dan McGee	73	1	COL	77
73	125	142	150	Brett Kirkpatrick	76	0	COL	76
73	125	142	150	Mouli Ramani	76	0	COL	76
90	125	142	150	Lori Winkler	76	0	VAN	76
131	128	146	153	Tim Smith	75	0	BOS	75
79	128	146	153	Stephen Craig	75	0	CAR	75
136	138	150	155	Brad Chagnon	73	0	CHI	73
154	150	152	156	Hugh Freedman	72	0	STL	72
66	142	155	157	Ryan McLennan	71	0	CGY	71
144	145	157	158	Steve Kerlin	70	0	CAR	70
165	152	158	159	Al Champsi	69	0	VGK	69
122	145	158	159	Danny Cameron	69	0	COL	69
95	147	160	161	Scott Drysdale	68	0	BOS	68
188	155	160	161	Michael Sheahan	68	0	VGK	68
187	170	163	163	Sean Sargent	65	0	VAN	65
184	152	163	163	Sam Fielding	65	0	COL	65
191	185	179	165	Emma and Andrew Fielding	51	3	CHI	64
165	161	165	166	Peter Tanner	63	0	PHI	63
154	158	165	166	Zayn Champsi	63	1	VGK	63
144	157	167	168	Sean Smith	62	0	COL	62
177	164	167	168	Andrea De Petrillo	62	0	VGK	62
110	158	169	170	Silvio Memme	61	0	BOS	61
170	172	170	171	Ron Wener	60	0	CAR	60
191	185	178	171	Sajjad Champsi	52	2	TBL	60
177	179	176	173	Chris Smith	54	3	BOS	59
136	164	171	174	Mike van Steendelaar	58	0	CHI	58
58	164	171	174	Katarina Ornstein	58	0	PHI	58
110	164	171	174	Michael Parak	58	0	CHI	58
154	169	174	177	Claudia Scarciolla-Winkler	57	0	CGY	57
136	170	175	178	Paula Santin	55	0	MTL	55
95	175	177	179	Brenden Kennedy	53	0	PHI	53
144	176	179	180	Ryan Thompson	51	0	STL	51
160	178	181	181	John Thompson	49	0	CGY	49
160	180	182	182	Denise Allard	46	0	BOS	46
165	181	183	183	Dennis Clayton	45	0	CGY	45
170	181	183	183	Eli Day	45	0	WSH	45
177	183	185	185	Rachelle Gaudet	44	0	CBJ	44
174	183	185	185	Jamie Sarner	44	0	CAR	44
186	185	187	187	Mike Griffin	39	1	BOS	41
194	189	187	188	Ted Kennedy	39	0	WSH	39
144	188	189	189	Erin Jones	37	0	WSH	37
170	190	190	190	Allan Crisford	33	0	CGY	33
174	191	191	191	Sophie Wexler	32	0	STL	32
194	192	192	192	Campbell Clark-Smith	31	0	CHI	31
190	193	193	193	David Parker	30	0	MTL	30
196	193	193	193	Shawn Morrison	30	0	CGY	30
197	195	195	195	Patrick Plewa	27	0	PHI	27
188	196	196	196	Steve Vinette	26	0	CBJ	26
191	197	197	197	Andrew Mckenzie	24	0	CHI	24
199	198	198	198	Crystal Smalldon	22	1	WSH	22
198	199	199	199	Eli Hammerman	17	0	CGY	17