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FLORIDA PANTHERS 4 @ NEW YORK RANGERS 3
Goaltending match-up: Tomas Vokoun (32/35, .914 SV%) vs. Henrik Lundqvist (13/17, .765 SV%)
Combos: Evgeny Dadonov - Stephen Weiss - Chris Higgins/ David Booth- Shawn Matthias - Michael Frolik/ Cory Stillman - Marty Reasoner - Radek Dvorak/ Darcy Hordichuk - Mike Santorelli - Rostislav Olesz/ Bryan Allen - Dennis Wideman/ Dmitry Kulikov - Keaton Ellerby/ Mike Weaver - Jason Garrison/ Clay Wilson
Scratches: Bernier, Callahan
Top PP times: Wideman (2:00), Santorelli (1:58), Stillman (1:58), Weiss (1:37), Kulikov (1:03)
Trending: Rostislav Olesz (1G, 1A, +3, no PP, 1 SOG) ended a five-game pointless slide here, but Mike Santorelli (1G, 1A, +3, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) now has points in 12 of his past 15. Dennis Wideman (1A, 1 SOG) had eight points this month before tonight and Dmitry Kulikov (1A, +1, no SOG) had five points in his prior three starts coming in.
Combos: Sean Avery - Artem Anisimov - Marian Gaborik/ Wojtek Wolski - Derek Stepan - Mats Zuccarello/ Chad Kalorik - Brian Boyle - Brandon Prust/ Evgeny Grachev - Kris Newbury - Chris Drury/ Marc Staal - Michael Sauer/ Michael Del Zotto - Steve Eminger/ Ryan McDonagh - Matt Gilroy
Scratches: Girardi, Fedotenko, Dupont
Top PP times: Del Zotto (4:54), Gaborik (4:30), Staal (3:58), Boyle (3:23), Gilroy (3:15)
Trending: Derek Stepan (1G, +1, 1:39 PP, 4 SOG) had five points in six games coming in and he reached the 30-point plateau here. Wojtek Wolski (1A, +1, 1:28 PP, 4 SOG) had 3-3-6 in 8 GP with NYR coming in and Mats Zuccarello (3A, 3:11 PP, 2 SOG) had four points in six games before tonight. Brandon Prust (1G, -1, 1:51 PP, 1 SOG) has goals in two of four and points in four of seven. Brian Boyle (1G, -1, 2 SOG) scored a clutch PPG in the third period and has points in five of seven. Marian Gaborik (1A, 4 SOG) has points in B2B games for the first time in more than a month.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS 0 @ PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 1
Goaltending match-up: Kevin Poulin (30/31, .968 SV%) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (29/29)
Combos: Matt Moulson - John Tavares - P.A. Parenteau/ Michael Grabner - Frans Nielsen - Kyle Okposo/ Blake Comeau - Rob Schremp - Josh Bailey/ Matt Martin - Zenon Konopka - Jeremy Colliton/ Travis Hamonic - Andrew MacDonald/ Jack Hillen - Radek Martinek/ Bruno Gervais - Dylan Reese
Scratches: Gillies, Lawson
Top PP times: Moulson (2:40), Tavares (2:40), Parenteau (2:40), Nielsen (2:22), Okposo (2:22)
Trending: Zenon Konopka (5 PIM) only had 10 PIM this month before tonight on the strength of a pair of fights.
Combos: Chris Kunitz - Mark Letestu - Pascal Dupuis/ Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Tyler Kennedy/ Michael Rupp - Max Talbot - Chris Conner/ Craig Adams - Dustin Jeffrey - Arron Asham/ Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang/ Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek/ Alex Goligoski - Ben Lovejoy
Scratches: Engelland, Malkin, Crosby
Top PP times: Kunitz (4:33), Goligoski (4:30), Letang (4:24), Staal (3:37), Letestu (3:24)
Trending: Craig Adams scored the only goal of the game.
ANAHEIM DUCKS 3 @ COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 2
Goaltending match-up: Jonas Hiller (35/37, .946 SV%) vs. Steve Mason (19/22, .864 SV%)
Combos: Brandon McMillan - Bobby Ryan - Corey Perry/ Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne/ Matt Beleskey - Maxim Lapierre - Joffrey Lupul/ Dan Sexton - Todd Marchant - George Parros/ Toni Lydman - Lubomir Visnovsky/ Luca Sbisa - Andy Sutton/ Andreas Lilja - Cam Fowler
Scratches: Brookbank, Mara, Chipchura
Top PP times: Visnovsky (3:28), Koivu (2:54), Fowler (2:47), Blake (2:40), Selanne (2:20)
Trending: Teemu Selanne (1G, 1A, +1, 4 SOG) had a couple of goals the last time these teams met and had four different January two-point results coming in. Lubomir Visnovsky (2A, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) had 24 points in 31 GP vs. CBJ before this outing and Cam Fowler (1G, +1, 3 SOG) had three assists when he last faced this team. Saku Koivu (2A, +1, 1 SOG) only had four January points headed in here. Jason Blake (1G, +1, 3 SOG) has points in four of eight now.
Combos: Rick Nash - Derick Brassard - Jakub Voracek/ Kristian Huselius - Antoine Vermette - R.J. Umberger/ Andrew Murray - Samuel Pahlsson - Derek Dorsett/ Matt Calvert - Derek MacKenzie - Jared Boll / Kris Russell - Grant Clitsome/ Marc Methot - Jan Hejda/ Anton Stralman - Fedor Tyutin
Scratches: Clark, Klesla
Top PP times: Umberger (3:38), Huselius (3:38), Nash (3:33), Russell (3:29), Brassard (3:12)
Trending: Rick Nash (1G, 5 SOG) pushed his point streak to eight games and Derick Brassard (1G, 1A, 3 SOG) had nine January points before tonight. Grant Clitsome (1A, -1, 2:38 PP, 2 SOG) had five points in five games coming in and this was his seventh start of the season. Fedor Tyutin (1A, -1, 2:19 PP, 1 SOG) had chipped in nine points in his 10 January starts before tonight.
BUFFALO SABRES 3 @ OTTAWA SENATORS 2 (OT)
Goaltending match-up: Ryan Miller (27/29, .931 SV%) vs. Brian Elliott (23/26, .885 SV%)
Combos: Thomas Vanek - Jochen Hecht - Jason Pominville/ Tyler Ennis - Paul Byron - Drew Stafford/ Matt Ellis - Rob Niedermayer - Mike Grier/ Nathan Gerbe - Paul Gaustad - Cody McCormick/ Shaone Morrisonn - Tyler Myers/ Jordan Leopold - Steve Montador/ Andrej Sekera - Mike Weber
Scratches: Kuba, Leclaire
Top PP times: Ennis, Hecht, Sekera, Gerbe, Montador (1:07)
Trending: Drew Stafford (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 0:48 PP, 1 SOG) returned to action after missing some time with a groin injury, but he picked right up where he left off. Tyler Myers (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 0:48 PP, 1 SOG) had three points in three games headed in and Paul Byron (1G, +1, no PP, 2 SOG) has points in each of his two games on this call-up. This was his first NHL goal too and he’s from Ottawa. Thomas Vanek (2A, +1, 0:48 PP, 2 SOG) had 5-9-14 in 11 GP before tonight and Tyler Ennis (1A, +1, no SOG) had four different two-pointers in five games headed into this clash. Jochen Hecht (1G, 1 SOG) has been pretty productive over the past month. Jason Pominville (1A, +1, 0:48 PP, 2 SOG) added an assist on the OT GWG for his 28th point of the season and 13th of the month.
Combos: Milan Michalek - Mike Fisher - Bobby Butler/ Nick Foligno - Chris Kelly - Daniel Alfredsson/ Ryan Shannon - Peter Regin - Alex Kovalev/ Zack Smith - Jesse Winchester - Chris Neil/ Brian Lee - Sergei Gonchar/ Chris Phillips - Erik Karlsson/ Chris Campoli - Matt Carkner
Scratches: Butler, Rivet
Top PP times: Gonchar (6:47), Karlsson (5:42), Alfredsson (5:06), Fisher (5:06), Foligno (5:06)
Trending: Sergei Gonchar (1G, 1 SOG) contributed something for his owners finally. Erik Karlsson (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 5 SOG) has helpers in three of six, while Mike Fisher (1A, 3 SOG) has points in five of seven. Nick Foligno (1A, 1 SOG) had five points in six games before tonight.
MONTREAL CANADIENS 2 @ PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 5
Goaltending match-up: Carey Price (30/34, .882 SV%) vs. Sergei Bobrovsky (29/31, .935 SV%)
Combos: Max Pacioretty - Scott Gomez - Brian Gionta/ Andrei Kostitsyn - Tomas Plekanec - Lars Eller/ Benoit Pouliot - David Desharnais - Mathieu Darche/ Ryan White - Jeff Halpern - Travis Moen/ James Wisniewski - Roman Hamrlik/ Hal Gill - P.K. Subban/ Yannick Weber - Jaroslav Spacek
Scratches: Picard, Pyatt
Top PP times: Wisniewski (7:54), Subban (6:52), Gionta (6:33), Desharnais (6:11), Plekanec (5:57)
Trending: Roman Hamrlik (1A, +1, 4:46 PP, 1 SOG) has a point in three of six and Mathieu Darche (1G, 1A, +2, 1:02 PP, 1 SOG) has eight points over his past 10 GP.
Combos: Dan Carcillo - Mike Richards - Andreas Nodl/ Scott Hartnell - Danny Briere - Ville Leino/ Nikolay Zherdev - Claude Giroux - Jeff Carter/ Darroll Powe - Blair Betts - Jody Shelley/ Matt Carle - Chris Pronger/ Kimmo Timonen - Braydon Coburn/ Andrej Meszaros - Sean O'Donnell
Scratches: Bartulis, Walker, JVR
Top PP times: Briere (4:56), Timonen (4:01), Carter (3:58), 4 with 3:40
Trending: Mike Richards (2A, +2, 3:40 PP, no SOG) had 4-5-9 in 11 GP in January coming in and this was Chris Pronger’s (4A, +2, 4 PIM, no SOG) fourth game back. He had two helpers coming in. Jeff Carter (1G, 6 SOG) had 1G, 2A the last time he played MON. Kimmo Timonen (1G, 3 SOG) had eight points in 11 GP before tonight. Claude Giroux’s (1G, 3 SOG) point streak reached seven games, which is his best of the season so far. Danny Briere (1G, 1A, -1, 3 SOG) had chipped in 14 points in his 11 January outings coming in. Scott Hartnell (1A, -2, 2 PIM, 3:22 PP, 3 SOG) had 10 points and 19 PIM in that same stretch.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 0 @ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 2
Goaltending match-up: James Reimer (29/31, .935 SV%) vs. Dwayne Roloson (26/26)
Combos: Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Joey Crabb - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Colby Armstrong - Darryl Boyce - Kris Versteeg/ Jay Rosehill - Tim Brent - Mike Brown/ Dion Phaneuf - Francois Beauchemin/ Tomas Kaberle - Luke Schenn/ Carl Gunnarsson - Mike Komisarek
Scratches: Sjostrom, Lebda, JSG
Top PP times: Phaneuf (2:39), Kaberle (2:22), Kessel (2:13), MacArthur (1:50), Bozak (1:47)
Trending:
Combos: Martin St. Louis - Steven Stamkos - Steve Downie/ Simon Gagne - Vincent Lecavalier - Teddy Purcell/ Sean Bergenheim - Dominic Moore/ Dana Tyrell - Nate Thompson - Adam Hall/ Brett Clark - Victor Hedman/ Randy Jones - Pavel Kubina/ Mattias Ohlund - Mike Lundin/ Matt Smaby
Scratches: Malone, Ritola, Smith
Top PP times: St. Louis (5:44), Kubina (5:40), Stamkos (5:34), Downie (5:32), Lecavalier (5:29)
Trending: Simon Gagne (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 3:46 PP, 4 SOG) had five goals in seven games before tonight. Victor Hedman (1A, +1, 3:44 PP, 1 SOG) has come up with helpers in five of his past eight now and Teddy Purcell (1G, 1A, +1, 3:34 PP, 4 SOG) has back-to-back multi-pointers after producing three helpers against ATL in the last one. Brett Clark (1A, +1, 3:38 PP, 1 SOG) collected his first point of January.
MINNESOTA WILD 4 @ CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 2
Goaltending match-up: Niklas Backstrom (31/33, .939 SV%) vs. Corey Crawford (18/22, .818 SV%)
Combos: Andrew Brunette - Mikko Koivu - Antti Miettinen/ Cal Clutterbuck - Kyle Brodziak - Martin Havlat/ Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Matt Cullen - Eric Nystrom/ Chuck Kobasew - John Madden - Brad Staubitz/ Nick Schultz - Brent Burns/ Clayton Stoner - Greg Zanon/ Jared Spurgeon - Cam Barker
Scratches: Scandella, Almond
Top PP times: Burns (2:20), Havlat (2:15), PMB (1:56), Koivu (1:52), Brunette (1:52)
Trending: Martin Havlat (1G, +1, 3 SOG) began the night with 5-15-20 in 24 road GP and Chuck Kobasew (1G, 1A, +1, no PP, 1 SOG) had three points in four games headed in here. Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1G, 1A, +1, 2 SOG) had four points in four games coming in and he has at least one shot in every game this month. Kyle Brodziak (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1:14 PP, 2 SOG) had five points in four games before this one. Antti Miettinen (1G, +1, 0:51 PP, 3 SOG) hadn’t scored since Dec. 18. Andrew Brunette (1A, +1, no SOG) had five points in five tilts headed in here.
Combos: Troy Brouwer - Jonathan Toews - Patrick Kane/ Tomas Kopecky - Patrick Sharp - Viktor Stalberg/ Bryan Bickell - Dave Bolland - Fernando Pisani/ Ryan Johnson - Jake Dowell - Jack Skille/ Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook/ Niklas Hjalmarsson - Brian Campbell/ Nick Leddy - Nick Boynton
Scratches: Hendry, Scott, Hossa
Top PP times: Seabrook, Sharp, Kane, Toews, Kopecky (0:50)
Trending: Patrick Sharp (1G, -1, 3 SOG) had just one point in five games before tonight and Jonathan Toews (2A, -1, 2 SOG) has points in three of four after one in five. Patrick Kane (1A, -1, 2 SOG) had eight points in 10 outings coming in. Brian Campbell (1A, +1, no PP, 1 SOG) has points in five of eight from the blueline.
EDMONTON OILERS 4 @ PHOENIX COYOTES 3
Goaltending match-up: Devan Dubnyk (24/27, .889 SV%) vs. Ilya Bryzgalov (31/35, .886 SV%)
Combos: Taylor Hall - Shawn Horcoff - Dustin Penner/ Magnus Paajarvi - Sam Gagner - Linus Omark/ Liam Reddox - Andrew Cogliano - Ryan Jones/ Jean-Francois Jacques - Colin Fraser - Zack Stortini/ Theo Peckham - Tom Gilbert/ Jim Vandermeer - Kurtis Foster/ Ladislav Smid - Jeff Petry
Scratches: MacIntyre, Strudwick, Hemsky
Top PP times: Gilbert (3:54), Horcoff (3:10), Foster (3:09), Hall (2:49), Penner (2:49)
Trending: Dustin Penner (1G, +1, 4 SOG) scored the GWG in the last minute of play to neatly wrap up the night of blogging. That's his second winner of the month. If you're an Oilers fan, how can you help but get downright giddy when you see Taylor Hall (1G, 1A, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) and the rest of his rookie counterparts out there? Yikes. He has goals in B2B games now and had six January points before tonight. Linus Omark (1G, 4 SOG) has a point in three of seven and Sam Gagner (1A, +1, 2:08 PP, 2 SOG) only had a pair of two-pointers this month headed in here. Kurtis Foster (1A, +1, 3 SOG) hadn’t registered a single point since Dec. 12 and had just 11 overall coming in here. Magnus Paajarvi (1A, +1, 2:29 PP, no SOG) has points in five of seven. This was Shawn Horcoff's (2A, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) third game back and first box score appearance.
Combos: Scottie Upshall - Kyle Turris - Shane Doan/ Ray Whitney - Martin Hanzal - Radim Vrbata/ Taylor Pyatt - Eric Belanger - Lee Stempniak/ Paul Bissonnette - Andrew Ebbett - Lauri Korpikoski/ Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Sami Lepisto/ Keith Yandle - Derek Morris/ Ed Jovanovski - Adrian Aucoin
Scratches: Summers, Rozsival, Boedker
Top PP times: Yandle (1:59), Doan (1:59), Upshall (1:31), Stempniak (1:31), Turris (1:31)
Trending: Keith Yandle (2A, -1, 1 SOG) was added to the All-Star roster and he’s a heck of a talent having a great poolie season for his owners. His current point streak is at eight games, while Lee Stempniak (1A, -1, 3 SOG) has them in six in a row. Kyle Turris (1G, 1A, +1, 2 SOG) began this one as the L1 pivot and even though his single season value is low, he’s still a great buy-low candidate in deeper keeper leagues with farm systems. With two key offensive draws late in the game, he was in there to take them for the Coyotes. Ray Whitney (1A, 1:21 PP, no SOG) had eight points in seven games before tonight. Scottie Upshall (2G, 4 SOG) ended a five-game pointless skid. Shane Doan (1A, 2 SOG) has points in five of eight.
