Dave Sandford, Getty Images Y, You Look Familiar Longtime Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman walks the walk of honor out to center ice at Joe Louis Arena Tuesday. Yzerman's jersey was retired before the Detroit-Anaheim game. His ex-mates wear not only Red Wings' jerseys with his No. 19, but also jerseys from his days with the Peterborough Petes and Team Canada.

1. Stand Up

LW Ryan Smyth, Edmonton Oilers
4 goals, 4 assists ... +3
Despite a goal and three assists by Smyth, the Oilers lost to the Stars, 6-5, in a shootout Thursday.

C Boyd Devereaux, Toronto Maple Leafs
1 goal, 5 assists ... +6
In a 10-2 rout of the Bruins Thursday, Devereaux contributed with three assists.

RW Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Minnesota Wild
4 goals, 4 assists ... +2
Bouchard had two goals and two assists as the Wild topped the Thrashers, 5-1, Tuesday.

D Kurtis Foster, Minnesota Wild
0 goals, 6 assists ... +3
Foster had three power-play assists in a 4-3 win against Central Division rival, Columbus, Dec. 29.

G Manny Legace, St. Louis Blues
3-1-0 ... 1.26 GAA, .958 save pct.
Legace had shutouts in 2-0 wins against Chicago Thursday and Colorado Saturday.

D Lubomir Visnovsky, Los Angeles Kings
3 goals, 2 assists ... +1
In a 3-0 win against Columbus Wednesday, Visnvosky had a power-play goal and an assist.

2. Calder comparison

How young Penguins standout Evgeni Malkin compares to last season's leading Calder Cup contenders Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin at similar stages of their rookie seasons (Through Thursday):

Evgeni Malkin: '06-07
34 games, 18 goals, 19 assists, -2
The skinny: Malkin had an assist in a 3-0 win against the Hurricanes Tuesday.

Sidney Crosby: '05-06
34 games, 16 goals, 20 assists, -7
The skinny: Crosby had two goals and an assist in a 5-4 loss to the Flyers Dec. 23, 2005.

Alexander Ovechkin: '05-06
34 games, 21 goals, 20 assists, even
The skinny: Ovechkin had a goal and an assist in a 4-3 loss to the Bruins, Dec. 27, 2005.

3. Oh captain, my captain

When Steve Yzerman retired following the 2005-06 season, he ended his tenure of 19 consecutive campaigns as captain of the Red Wings, the longest in NHL history. He's in no danger of losing that distinction any time soon. Only one current captain, Colorado's Joe Sakic, has had the "C" on his sweater for even more than 10 seasons. The seven longest active tenures as captain:

4. He said what?

"My shot couldn't break through a wet paper bag."

Mark Parrish, Minnesota Wild right wing on being surprised he broke Anaheim Ducks defenseman Chris Pronger's left foot with a shot in a 4-3 win Sunday.

5. The fan's hat trick

Thrashers at Capitals, 7 p.m. today
Alexander Ovechkin's hat trick in a 3-2 overtime win Dec. 15 in Atlanta is probably still fresh in the minds of Ilya Kovalchuk and the rival Thrashers.

Lightning at Penguins, 7:30 p.m. Sunday
Jordan Staal and Pittsburgh host Brad Richards and Tampa Bay in the first game of a key home-and-home series. (Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.) (TV: FSN Pittsburgh)

Red Wings at Ducks, 8 p.m. Sunday
If Dominik Hasek and Detroit want any chance at catching Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Anaheim for first place in the Western Conference, they need a win here.