Matthew Wood News: Finds twine on power play

Wood scored a power-play goal on three shots and blocked two shots in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Sabres.

Wood stayed at center and won six of his 11 faceoffs in Saturday's contest even with Ryan O'Reilly (face) back in action. The 21-year-old Wood has three goals over his last two games, including one while shorthanded in addition to his power-play tally Saturday. He still isn't being trusted with a full top-six workload, but Wood has been making the most of his opportunities on special teams. For the season, he has 22 points (eight on the power play), 79 shots on net, 38 hits and a minus-2 rating over 52 appearances.