1.   Great players combined with chemistry, spirit, whatever you want to call it, make great teams.

2.   Not counting Miles, the bench players combined for just seven minutes.

3.   Scott had five touchdown receptions, one fewer than the first-round players combined.

4.   Six different players combined for nine sacks, with Williams, defensive end Jimmy Wilkerson and defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek getting two each.

5.   Ten players combined for no assists.

6.   Slavia players combined well but lacked the finishing punch against a Stuttgart defense that did not always look error-free.

7.   The two players combined for high-quality rallies that were reminiscent of a final.

8.   Those two players will combine with Kovalchuk to provide the cornerstone for the franchise, which has struggled its first two seasons.