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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 5 @ DETROIT RED WINGS 4 (SO)
Goaltending match-up: Brent Johnson (37/41, .902 SV%) vs. Jimmy Howard (11/15, .733 SV%) & Joey MacDonald (9/9)
Combos: James Neal - Dustin Jeffrey - Alex Kovalev/ Chris Kunitz - Jordan Staal - Tyler Kennedy/ Chris Conner - Max Talbot - Pascal Dupuis/ Michael Rupp - Craig Adams - Arron Asham/ Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek/ Kris Letang - Ben Lovejoy/ Matt Niskanen - Deryk Engelland
Scratches: Letestu, Cooke, Godard
Top PP times: Letang (4:34), Martin (4:04), Kennedy (3:24), Staal (3:24), Kovalev (3:07)
Trending: Jordan Staal (2A, +2, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had 4-1-5 in 6 GP vs. DET before tonight and had seven points in six outings overall before tonight. Chris Kunitz (1G, 1A, +2, 2:53 PP, 3 SOG) has had the hot hand of late, with 3-3-6 in 3 GP before tonight. Pascal Dupuis (2G, 1A, +3, no PP, 5 SOG) reached and passed the 30-point plateau in the first period, but only had two March points coming in. Kris Letang (1A, +2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) had no points in eight games headed in here. Tyler Kennedy (1G, 5 SOG) had 2A the last time he met the Wings. He had five points in three games overall headed in here. Shootout: Neal
Combos: Danny Cleary - Henrik Zetterberg - Todd Bertuzzi/ Mike Modano - Valtteri Filppula - Tomas Holmstrom/ Kris Draper - Darren Helm - Patrick Eaves/ Drew Miller - Justin Abdelkader/ Nicklas Lidstrom - Jonathan Ericsson/ Brad Stuart - Niklas Kronwall/ Jakub Kindl - Brian Rafalski/ Ruslan Salei
Scratches: Datsyuk, Franzen, Hudler, Osgood
Top PP times: Lidstrom (5:03), Zetterberg (3:58), Rafalski (3:53), Holmstrom (3:15), Bertuzzi (3:14)
Trending: Henrik Zetterberg (1G, 2 SOG) got the Wings on the board tonight and had three points in three games coming in after a stretch of six games without a point. Danny Cleary (1G, 1A, -1, 5 SOG) has a point in three of five now after five without one. Valtteri Filppula (1G, 1A, -2, 2:25 PP, 2 SOG) has goals in three of four now. Tomas Holmstrom (1A, 1 SOG) had three points on the month coming in here. Niklas Kronwall (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 2:27 PP, no SOG) had a three-pointer @STL as his main offensive output of the month coming in. Nicklas Lidstrom (2A, -1, 4 SOG) had one point in six games before this outing. Danny Cleary (1G, 1A, -1, 3:05 PP, 5 SOG) has goals in B2B games and points in three of five. Mike Modano (1G, -2, 3:06 PP, 7 SOG) is money against the Pens and added to the 13-15-28 in 27 GP he had before today.
CALGARY FLAMES 1 @ LOS ANGELES KINGS 2 (SO)
Goaltending match-up: Miikka Kiprusoff (26/27, .963 SV%) vs. Jonathan Quick (27/28, .964 SV%)
Combos: Curtis Glencross – Olli Jokinen – Jarome Iginla/ Tom Kostopoulos – Curtis Glencross - Rene Bouque/ Niklas Hagman - Matt Stajan - Ales Kotalik/ Lance Bouma – Mikael Backlund - Tim Jackman/ Robyn Regehr – Jay Bouwmeester/ Mark Giordano – Cory Sarich/ Steve Staios – Anton Babchuk
Scratches: Carson, Mikkelson
Top PP times: Iginla (8:51), Tanguay (7:50), Giordano (7:48), Jokinen (6:45), Bourque (5:03)
Trending: Olli Jokinen (1G, +1, 2 SOG) responded to L.A.'s opening goal with one of his own and that was also his 50th point of the season. He had 50 last year with both CGY and NYR. Shootout: Tanguay
Combos: Dustin Penner - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams/ Ryan Smyth - Michal Handzus - Dustin Brown/ Alexei Ponikarovsky - Jarret Stoll - Wayne Simmonds/ Brad Richardson- Trevor Lewis - Kevin Westgarth/ Willie Mitchell - Drew Doughty/ Jack Johnson - Rob Scuderi/ Alec Martinez - Matt Greene
Scratches: Harrold, Clifford, Drewiske
Top PP times: Johnson (5:45), Kopitar (5:45), Williams (5:45), Penner (5:45), Doughty (5:35)
Trending: Jarret Stoll (1G, +1, 2:02 PP, 2 SOG) broke a scoreless tie fairly late in this one, notching his 40th point of the season and third of the month. Wayne Simmonds (1A, +1, 0:11 PP, 2 SOG) has a point in three of four now after five without one. Shootout: Stoll, Kopitar
