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Couturier does it all for the Flyers, Perry has a hat trick, Scrivens saves the Oilers and more in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking. HEROES Sean Couturier, C, Philadelphia – Helped the Flyers to a 5-3 win at Pittsburgh, scoring a goal and two assists, matched up for much of the game against Sidney Crosby - who was held without a point, incidentally - and Couturier started most (71.4%) of his even-strength shifts in the defensive zone. Corey Perry, RW, Anaheim – Three goals, in the Ducks’ 4-1 win, was too much for the Sabres to keep up with. Perry had seven shot attempts (6 SOG) in the game and is now tied with Rick Nash for the league goals-scoring lead, with eight. Ben Scrivens, G, Edmonton – stopped 32 of 34 shots, including 13 in the third period, to defeat the Washington Capitals 3-2. In Scrivens’ first three appearances this year, he stopped 56 of 70 shots (.800 SV%); in the next three, he’s saved 82 of 87 shots (.943 SV%). ZEROES Buffalo Sabres – Maybe they should be given credit for breaking their scoreless drought, when C Tyler Ennis found the net with 5:06 remaining in the third period at Anaheim, but one goal in three games is hardly worthy of praise. Through seven games, the Sabres have scored eight goals and are shooting 4.9% as a team. Jordan Eberle, RW, Edmonton – Generated one shot attempt (missed the net) in 19:30 against Washington and was beaten down in possession (7 shot attempts for, 22 against, 24.1%). Craig Adams, RW, Pittsburgh – It isn’t so much that Adams had a zero Corsi Wednesday against Philadelphia, because he played all of 6:13 at even strength, but it’s a continuation of a recent bad run that includes three shot attempts for and 14 against (17.6%) in the past three games. PLUS/MINUS Capitals D John Carlson scored a goal and registered a team-leading seven shot attempts (3 SOG)…Ducks G Fredrik Andersen stopped 22 of 23 shots by the Sabres and has a .951 save percentage in six starts… Brayden Schenn, C, Philadelphia had a strong possession game (13 shot attempts for, 1 against, 92.9%) at Pittsburgh…Penguins C Brandon Sutter was minus-4 despite having a solid possession game (12 shot attempts for, 9 against, 57.1%)…Oilers D Jeff Petry played more than 20 minutes, but did register six giveaways. FIRSTS 29-year-old Flyers C Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored his first career goal, and put five shots on goal, while playing 15:49 at Pittsburgh. LINEUP NEED TO KNOW Capitals C Jay Beagle got into his first game of the season, played 15:47, and had strong possession stats (19 shot attempts for, 8 against, 70.4%) at Edmonton. 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Alvaro Morata Chelsea Jersey .com) - Roosevelt Jones had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to lead No.CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers exhaustive head coaching search is expanding -- again. The team will interview former Maccabi Tel Aviv coach David Blatt, a person familiar with the teams plans told The Associated Press on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Blatt announced in Israel that hes leaving the European champion to pursue an unspecified job in the NBA. Hell meet with the Cavs next week, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team is not discussing any aspect of its search -- now a month old. The 55-year-old Blatt has known Cavs general manager David Griffin for years. At his news conference, Blatt, who led Maccabi to its first European title this year, said hes weighing offers from unnamed teams and has "a few good options." Hes expected to make a decision soon. "I am leaving here not because I was asked to. The opposite is true, I was asked to stay, and offered the best possible conditions for such an event," Blatt said. "But I just felt it is a move I wanted to make. It has been a dream of mine for almost forever to go and join a team in the NBA in some capacity. "I wish I could have done it as a player. I wasnt good enough. But now perhaps Ill have that opportunity as a coach." Blatt has ddrawn interest to be an assistant with New York, Golden State and Minnesota.dddddddddddd The Cavs, though, are interested in talking to him about being their head coach. They reached out to him last week, but had not set up a face-to-face meeting. The Cleveland Plain Dealer was first to report Blatts interview. Blatt is just the latest candidate to interview with the Cavs, who will have a second meeting with Clippers assistant coach Alvin Gentry on Friday. The person familiar with the teams plans also said the Cavs will meet for the second time with another Clippers assistant, former NBA guard Tyronn Lue. Gentry and Lue are expected to speak with Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, who did not participate in the teams first round of interviews. The team has contacted as many as 12 candidates to fill the vacancy created when owner Dan Gilbert fired Mike Brown -- for the second time -- on May 12. The Cavs would like to have a coach in place by the NBA draft on June 26, but obviously, the team isnt rushing into any decisions. Earlier this week, the Cavs interviewed former Cleveland All-Star guard Mark Price, now an assistant with Charlotte. Price has limited head coaching experience, but Griffin has said the team will not be restricted in its search. ' ' '