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John Kreiser | NHL.com columnist
Mar 12, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT

Paul Stastny may not wind up equaling the career scoring marks set by his father. But the Colorado Avalanche rookie now has his own line in the NHL record book.

A first-period assist on Sunday gave the son of Hall of Famer Peter Stastny an 18-game point-scoring streak, breaking Teemu Selanne’s 14-year-old NHL rookie record. One game earlier, he surpassed his father’s franchise record for longest points streak by a rookie. The assist on Sunday also gave Paul 14-straight road games with a point, breaking an NHL mark held by another Stastny, his uncle Marian, who played with Peter and brother Anton with the Quebec Nordiques (the Avalanche’s predecessor) in 1981-82. Paul is 8-18-26 and plus-10 during the record-setting streak.

While Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin has gotten most of the headlines among rookies, Paul Stastny has quietly had a terrific season. His 44 assists are tops among first-year-players, and his 66 points are second.

Peter’s No. 26 was retired by the franchise after Quebec moved to Colorado. Paul began the season wearing No. 62, but switched to No. 26 on Oct. 26 — and scored his first NHL goal that night. Like father, like son.

Five Up -- Our top five fantasy players of the week:

Henrik Lundqvist -- Last season’s rookie sensation for the New York Rangers has found his game again. Lundqvist went 3-0-1 last week, allowing only six goals and winning a pair of shootouts. He has the best goals-against average in the NHL since the All-Star break, a major reason the Rangers are tied for the last playoff spot in the East.

Evgeni Nabokov -- With Vesa Toskala on the shelf, Nabokov has finally gotten the starting job in goal for San Jose, and he’s making the most of it. Nabokov is 3-0-1 in his last four games and allowed just two goals with three shutouts, keeping the Sharks tied with Dallas and Minnesota in the Western Conference playoff race.

Vincent Lecavalier -- The Tampa Bay center is on another hot streak. He had four goals and an assist in three games last week, including the game-winner in Edmonton. With 46 goals, he’s tops in the NHL -- and now owns the Lightning’s single-season record, previously set by Brian Bradley in 1992-93, the franchise’s first season.

Andy MacDonald --

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