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Posted on December 4, 2013 at 05:57 PM.

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EA's most recent ratings update was pushed live a few days ago, and as usual, there are over 40 players who have had their stats affected in some way, good or bad.

Here are the tweaked players:

Hot Streak Players

Dustin Penner � Anaheim Ducks
Andrej Sekera � Carolina Hurricanes
Patrick Kane � Chicago Blackhawks
Jonathan Toews � Chicago Blackhawks
Semyon Varlamov � Colorado Avalanche
Henrik Zetterberg � Detroit Red Wings
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins � Edmonton Oilers
David Perron � Edmonton Oilers
Max Pacioretty � Montreal Canadiens
Marek Mazanec � Nashville Predators
Patrik Elias � New Jersey Devils
Rick Nash � New York Rangers
Clarke MacArthur � Ottawa Senators
Claude Giroux � Philadelphia Flyers
Matt Read � Philadelphia Flyers
Wayne Simmonds � Philadelphia Flyers
Sidney Crosby � Pittsburgh Penguins
Chris Kunitz � Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin � Pittsburgh Penguins
James Neal � Pittsburgh Penguins
Jaroslav Halak � St. Louis Blues

Cold Streak Players

Christian Ehrhoff � Buffalo Sabres
Matt Moulson � Buffalo Sabres
Mike Cammalleri � Calgary Flames
Jiri Tlusty � Carolina Hurricanes
Alex Goligoski � Dallas Stars
Sergei Gonchar � Dallas Stars
Kari Lehtonen � Dallas Stars
Tyler Seguin � Dallas Stars
Jonathan Huberdeau � Florida Panthers
Lars Eller � Montreal Canadiens
Adam Larsson � New Jersey Devils
Brad Richards � New York Rangers
Craig Anderson � Ottawa Senators
Mike Smith � Phoenix Coyotes
Kris Letang � Pittsburgh Penguins
Cody Franson � Toronto Maple Leafs
James van Riemsdyk � Toronto Maple Leafs
David Booth � Vancouver Canucks
Alex Burrows � Vancouver Canucks
Alexander Edler � Vancouver Canucks

There are some deserving players on the list for hot streak boosts, including Dustin Penner for Anaheim, who notched five goals in three games against Calgary, Phoenix and Dallas. He was also a +2 in that span, and he piled up 10 shots and three hits in those contests as well.

Semyon Varlamov continues to get things done for Colorado (and for his EA boosts), with a 4-1-0 mark in his last five games. In that span, he's put up a sparkling save percentage of .947, and his GAA is at 1.74. All the more impressive when he faced 44 shots against Phoenix and managed to shutout St. Louis with a solid 19-save effort.

While he hasn't been an absolute madman, Rick Nash has still managed to lift the New York Rangers a great deal since his return, with a three-game stint where he put up three goals and two assists. He also had 9 shots in those contests as well as being a +4, and he's just made every player he's skated alongside that much better.

Pittsburgh just keeps dominating in general, and three of their players were highlighted: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Evgeni Malkin. While Crosby has been reliable (6pts in 3gp) and Kunitz has done the same (6pts in 4gp), Malkin has just been beasting, with a nine-game point streak that has amounted to four goals and 15 assists. In the span EA likely looked at for this update, he's put up three goals and eight assists in five games. Crazy.

As for the bad boys this week, Brad Richards stands out, even though he's been doing okay in the last couple of days (as have the Rangers). Over a five-game span, Richards only had two points (1g,1a) and managed less than 10 shots while putting up a -3. When you're the leading scorer on a team, you have to be held to account, but so it goes for streaky players like Richards.

Lars Eller has also been stinking it up for Montreal, with a measly two assists in his last eight games. He's a -1 in that time, and he's somehow only managed eight shots -- yes, only eight -- in those same amount of games. Also, and I always find that this correlates, he's only had five hits across that time, which doesn't compare too well with earlier in the season where he actually put up some good hit numbers.

Alex Burrows continues to substitute bagels for goals in Vancouver, and now he's got a broken jaw for his trouble. Even though he's only had three assists since he's come back from his first injury, you only have to look at Burrows' last five games before getting injured again, where he had zero points and was a -2. He did have a meaningful hit blip against Ottawa with seven total hits, but two of the games in his last five featured zero-hit performances.

Mike Smith on Phoenix is having a bit a rough go of it in net, but I do have to feel a bit sorry for him getting punished by EA here. On the one hand, he did have a stretch of four games recently where he went 0-3-1 and let in 15 goals in those four games. However, that doesn't always tell the tale, as he faced stiff competition from the likes of Chicago, Colorado, Anaheim and Nashville. Not an easy slate of opponents for any goalie.

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