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Goaltending match-up: Jonathan Quick (36/37, .973 SV%) vs. Martin Brodeur (10/11, .909 SV%) & Johan Hedberg (16/16). Brodeur left this game with upper-body soreness, but it's believed to be a shoulder thing. After the game, he told the press this: "The doctors feels there's nothing serious about this injury."

Combos: Simon Gagne - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams/ Dustin Penner - Mike Richards - Dustin Brown/ Brad Richardson - Jarret Stoll - Trent Hunter/ Kyle Clifford - Trevor Lewis - Ethan Moreau/ Willie Mitchell - Drew Doughty/ Rob Scuderi - Jack Johnson/ Alec Martinez - Matt Greene

Scratches: Westgarth, Parse, Drewiske

Top PP times: Doughty (1:14), Johnson (1:14), Richards (1:07), Kopitar (1:07), Brown (1:07)

Trending: Anze Kopitar (1A, +1, 1 SOG) had back-to-back two pointers in his two starts coming in. Simon Gagne (1G, +1, 0:53 PP, 1 SOG) has points in two of three, while Justin Williams (1A, +1, 0:53 PP, 3 SOG) has helpers in all three outings. Shootout: nobody scored

Combos: Zach Parise - Patrik Elias - Petr Sykora/ Ilya Kovalchuk - Jacob Josefson - Nick Palmieri/ Mattias Tedenby - Dainius Zubrus - David Clarkson/ Rod Pelley - Brad Mills - Cam Janssen/ Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne/ Andy Greene - Adam Larsson/ Bryce Salvador - Anton Volchenkov

Scratches: Fraser, Henrique, Boulton

Top PP times: Kovalchuk (4:00), Larsson (3:43), Parise (2:20), Elias (2:20), Clarkson (2:13)

Trending: Zach Parise (1A, +1, 4 SOG) was coming off his two-goal effort vs. CAR, while Patrik Elias (1G, +1, 7 SOG) has points in two of three starts. Petr Sykora (1A, +1, 0:45 PP, 2 SOG) does too. Shootout: Kovalchuk, Parise

Goaltending match-up: Dwayne Roloson (13/18, .722 SV%) & Mathieu Garon (16/16) vs. Al Montoya (34/35, .971 SV%)

Combos: Brett Connolly - Steven Stamkos - Martin St. Louis/ Ryan Malone - Vincent Lecavalier - Teddy Purcell/ Ryan Shannon - Dominic Moore - Mattias Ritola/ Steve Downie - Nate Thompson - Adam Hall/ Victor Hedman - Eric Brewer/ Marc-Andre Bergeron - Pavel Kubina/ Brett Clark - Bruno Gervais

Scratches: Pyatt, Jones, Gilroy

Top PP times: Stamkos (3:14), Lecavalier (3:14), Malone (3:14), St. Louis (2:44), MAB (2:22)

Trending: Marc-Andre Bergeron (1A, 3 SOG) has points in three of four starts now.

Combos: Matt Moulson - John Tavares - P.A. Parenteau/ Michael Grabner - Frans Nielsen - Kyle Okposo/ Brian Rolston - Josh Bailey - Blake Comeau/ Matt Martin - Marty Reasoner - Jay Pandolfo/ Mark Streit - Steve Staios/ Andrew MacDonald - Travis Hamonic/ Mike Mottau - Mark Eaton

Scratches: Jurcina, DiPietro

Top PP times: Streit (3:33), Rolston (2:47), Tavares (2:33), Martin (2:18), MacDonald (1:41)

Trending: John Tavares (2G, 2A, +4, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) was pointless coming in here, but it was just a matter of time before he began to help his poolies. There was a bit of a scare after a Victor Hedman hit, but Tavares was back for his next shift. Matt Moulson (1G, 1A, +4, 0:59 PP, 3 SOG) also had nothing in two coming in. P.A. Parenteau (1G, 1A, +4, 1:28 PP, 4 SOG) already had two points in two games, while Michael Grabner (1G, 0:49 PP, 4 SOG) had been blanked in his first two outings. Kyle Okposo (1A, 0:38 PP, 3 SOG) also had zeroes next to his name before this evening.

Goaltending match-up: Tomas Vokoun (39/41, .951 SV%) vs. Brent Johnson (16/19, .842 SV%)

Combos: Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Troy Brouwer/ Alexander Semin - Marcus Johansson - Mike Knuble/ Jason Chimera - Brooks Laich - Joel Ward/ Matt Hendricks - Jeff Halpern - Jay Beagle/ Karl Alzner - John Carlson/ Roman Hamrlik - Mike Green/ Jeff Schultz - Dennis Wideman

Scratches: King, Perreault, Neuvirth

Top PP times: Wideman, Ovechkin, Backstrom & Green (0:44)

Trending: Alex Ovechkin (1G, +1, 3 SOG) has points in two of three now. Alexander Semin (1A, 1 SOG) has points in two of three and he had 8 SOG coming in his two starts. Mike Knuble (1G, 2 SOG) had nothing in two coming in. Nicklas Backstrom (2A, +1, 2 SOG) already had two points and Mike Green (1A, 2 SOG) has a point in two of three. Dennis Wideman (1G, 2 SOG) scored the OT GWG and has points in all three affairs.

Combos: Steve Sullivan - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal/ Chris Kunitz - Jordan Staal- Tyler Kennedy/ Matt Cooke - Joe Vitale - Pascal Dupuis/ Arron Asham - Richard Park - Craig Adams/ Deryk Engelland - Kris Letang/ Zbynek Michalek - Paul Martin/ Matt Niskanen - Ben Lovejoy

Scratches: Letestu, MacIntyre, Orpik

Top PP times: Malkin (6:55), Letang (6:55), Sullivan (5:39), Kunitz (5:32), Neal (5:32)

Trending: Evgeni Malkin (2A, +1, 2 SOG) was able to dress for this one and it didn’t take him long to find the score sheet. Doesn’t sound like it’ll be too long before Sidney Crosby is back, but at least he’s been cleared for contact one way or the other. James Neal (2G, +1, 8 SOG) had 2-1-3 in 4 GP coming in and you have to love that shot total here, while Steve Sullivan (1A, +1, 2 SOG) had one lone assist.

Goaltending match-up: Miikka Kiprusoff (35/36, .972 SV%) vs. Carey Price (17/21, .810 SV%)

Combos: Alex Tanguay - David Moss - Jarome Iginla/ Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - Lee Stempniak/ Niklas Hagman - Roman Horak - Rene Bourque/ Tom Kostopoulos - Matt Stajan - Tim Jackman/ Mark Giordano - Scott Hannan/ Chris Butler - Jay Bouwmeester/ Derek Smith - Cory Sarich

Scratches: PLLLLLLLL, Babchuk

Top PP times: Tanguay (4:49), Giordano (4:27), Iginla (4:03), Jokinen (3:27), Bourque (3:25)

Trending: Olli Jokinen (1A, 4 PIM, no SOG) already had two points in two games headed into tonight, while David Moss (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 1:58 PP, 4 SOG) had zero. Alex Tanguay (2A, no SOG) has a point in all three outings now. Rene Bourque (2G, 3 SOG) has points in two of three and Jay Bouwmeester (1A, +2, 1:40 PP, 1 SOG) erased the goose egg next to his name.

Combos: Travis Moen - Tomas Plekanec - Erik Cole/ Max Pacioretty - Scott Gomez - Brian Gionta/ Mathieu Darche - David Desharnais - Andrei Kostitsyn/ Lars Eller - Andreas Engqvist - Aaron Palushaj/ Hal Gill - P.K. Subban/ Josh Gorges - Rafael Diaz/ Alexei Emelin - Yannick Weber

Scratches: Spacek, Cammalleri

Top PP times: Plekanec (4:19), Weber (4:06), Gomez (4:04), Pacioretty (4:04), Gionta (4:04)

Trending: Max Pacioretty (1A, 4 SOG) has a point in two of his three starts, while Andrei Kostitsyn (1G, 3 SOG) finally got some pointage after a pair of zeroes.

Goaltending match-up: Jean-Sebastien Giguere (15/16, .938 SV%) vs. Craig Anderson (32/39, .821 SV%)

Combos:Joakim Lindstrom - Matt Duchene - Milan Hejduk/ T.J. Galiardi - Paul Stastny - Chuck Kobasew/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Daniel Winnik/ Cody McLeod - Jay McClement - David Jones/ Jan Hejda - Erik Johnson/ Kyle Quincey - Shane O'Brien/ Ryan Wilson - Ryan O'Byrne

Scratches: Porter, Hunwick, Mueller

Top PP times: Johnson (6:53), Quincey (6:00), Jones (5:58), Hejduk (5:56), Stastny (5:36)

Trending: Gabriel Landeskog (1G, 1A, +1, 2:43 PP, 3 SOG) was credited with his first NHL goal last night and Milan Hejduk (1G, 1A, +2, 2 SOG) has points in two of three. Erik Johnson (2A, 2 SOG) had no points in three starts coming in. Same for Paul Stastny (1A, 2 PIM, 3 SOG). Joakim Lindstrom (2G, +1, 2:17 PP, 5 SOG) made his season debut and this was his first game in the NHL since ’08-9. Matt Duchene (1G, 1A, +1, 3:05 PP, 4 SOG) has points in two of four. Ryan O’Reilly (3A, +1, 3:21 PP, 1 SOG) had one point before this multi-point affair. David Jones (1G, 2 SOG) had nothing before tonight. Ryan Wilson (2A, +2, 5 PIM, 0:45 PP, 1 SOG) has points in two of four.

Combos: Milan Michalek - Jason Spezza - Mika Zibanejad/ Colin Greening - Stephane Da Costa - Daniel Alfredsson/ Nick Foligno - Peter Regin - Chris Neil/ Zack Smith - Bobby Butler/ Chris Phillips - David Rundblad/ Filip Kuba - Erik Karlsson/ Jared Cowen - Sergei Gonchar/ Brian Lee

Scratches: Condra, Konopka

Top PP times: Gonchar (5:29), Karlsson (4:40), Greening (3:50), Spezza (3:37), Alfredsson (3:29)

Trending: Milan Michalek (1G, -2, 2:37 PP, 2 SOG) had 2-2-4 in 3 GP coming in here, while Erik Karlsson (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) pushed his point streak to all four games. Sergei Gonchar (1A, 1 SOG) has helpers in two of three.

Goaltending match-up: Cory Schneider (35/37, .946 SV%) vs. Jimmy Howard (25/25). This was Howard's first shutout of the season and sixth of his career. He had two last year.

Combos: Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows/ Marco Sturm - Cody Hodgson - Jannik Hansen/ Marco Sturm - Andrew Ebbett - Mikael Samuelsson/ Manny Malhotra - Maxim Lapierre - Dale Weise/ Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa/ Sami Salo - Alexander Edler/ Chris Tanev - Keith Ballard

Scratches: Alberts, Sulzer, Volpatti

Top PP times: Edler (5:16), D. Sedin (5:13), H. Sedin (5:13), Burrows (5:01), Samuelsson (4:55)

Trending:

Combos: Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Danny Cleary/ Jiri Hudler - Valtteri Filppula - Johan Franzen/ Justin Abdelkader - Darren Helm - Todd Bertuzzi/ Drew Miller - Cory Emmerton - Tomas Holmstrom/ Nicklas Lidstrom - Ian White/ Niklas Kronwall - Brad Stuart/ Jonathan Ericsson - Jakub Kindl

Scratches: Smith, Eaves, Brunnstrom

Top PP times: Lidstrom (6:57), Holmstrom (6:41), Franzen (6:24), Hudler (6:16), Filppula (6:03)

Trending: Todd Bertuzzi (1A, +2, 4 PIM, 0:59 PP, 2 SOG) has a point in two of three now and Niklas Kronwall (1A, +2, 5:22 PP, 4 SOG) added his first pointage after two blankings. Valterri Filppula (1G, +1, 3 SOG) had nothing coming in. Jiri Hudler (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) has points in all three outings, while Johan Franzen (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has a point in two of three.

Goaltending match-up: Jason LaBarbera (23/25, .920 SV%) vs. Pekka Rinne (26/30, .867 SV%)

Combos: Ray Whitney - Daymond Langkow - Shane Doan/ Mikkel Boedker - Martin Hanzal - Radim Vrbata/ Lauri Korpikoski - Boyd Gordon - Taylor Pyatt/ Raffi Torres - Petteri Nokelainen - Paul Bissonnette/ Keith Yandle - Derek Morris/ David Schlemko - Rostislav Klesla/ Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Adrian Aucoin

Scratches: O'Sullivan, Summers, Chipchura

Top PP times: Yandle (2:16), Whitney (2:08), Vrbata (2:08), Doan (2:08), Nokelainen (1:52)

Trending: Ray Whitney (1G, -1, 3 SOG) has points in two of three and Shane Doan (1G, 1A, 3 SOG) added to the three points in two affairs he already had coming in. Daymond Langkow (1A, -1, 1:45 PP, 1 SOG) has points in two of three.

Combos: Sergei Kostitsyn - Nick Spaling - Niclas Bergfors/ Craig Smith - David Legwand - Colin Wilson/ Jordin Tootoo - Cal O'Reilly - Matt Halischuk/ Brian McGrattan - Blake Geoffrion - Jerred Smithson/ Shea Weber - Ryan Suter/ Jonathon Blum - Kevin Klein/ Teemu Laakso - Mattias Ekholm

Scratches: Hornqvist, Hillen

Top PP times: Suter (5:05), Weber (4:58), Wilson (4:33), Legwand (4:20), Smith (4:01)

Trending: Ryan Suter (1G, 1 SOG) had two points in his first two outings and David Legwand (2A, -2, 2 SOG) already had chipped in 2-3-5 in those first two clashes. Sergei Kostitsyn (1A, 1:59 PP, 1 SOG) has helpers in all three games and Colin Wilson (1G, -3, 5 SOG) has points in two of three.

Goaltending match-up: Nikolai Khabibulin (34/35, .971 SV%) vs. Niklas Backstrom (21/22, .955 SV%)

Combos: Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Ales Hemsky/ Ryan Smyth - Eric Belanger - Jordan Eberle/ Magnus Paajarvi - Shawn Horcoff - Ryan Jones/ Lennart Petrell - Anton Lander - Darcy Hordichuk/ Ladislav Smid - Theo Peckham/ Andy Sutton - Tom Gilbert/ Cam Barker - Jeff Petry

Scratches: Omark, Potter

Top PP times: Gilbert (2:22), RNH (2:06), Hall (2:06), Eberle (2:06), Petry (1:55)

Trending: This was Ryan Smyth’s (1G, 2 PIM, 1:19 PP, 2 SOG) second game back with his former team and first time chipping in something other than large PIM. Jordan Eberle (1A, 1 SOG) and Eric Belanger (1A, 3 SOG) also found the scoring summary for the first time. Ales Hemsky left this one with a sore shoulder. Shootout: Eberle

Combos: Devin Setoguchi - Mikko Koivu - Dany Heatley/ Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Matt Cullen - Guillaume Latendresse/ Colton Gillies - Kyle Brodziak - Cal Clutterbuck/ Brett Bulmer - Matt Kassian - Darroll Powe/ Nick Schultz - Marek Zidlicky/ Jared Spurgeon - Marco Scandella/ Clayton Stoner - Greg Zanon

Scratches: Johnson, Kassian, Falk

Top PP times: Zidlicky (5:41), Koivu (5:37), Heatley (5:34), Setoguchi (4:51), PMB (4:13)

Trending: Guillaume Latendresse (1A, 2 PIM, 1:35 PP, 5 SOG) has points in three of four and Matt Cullen (1G, 1:34 PP, 2 SOG) does as well. Shootout: Cullen, Setoguchi

Goaltending match-up: Ondrej Pavelec (28/32, .875 SV%) vs. Ray Emery (27/30, .900 SV%)

Combos: Andrew Ladd - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler/ Evander Kane - Kyle Wellwood - Mark Scheifele/ Brett MacLean - Alex Burmistrov - Nik Antropov/ Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn/ Tobias Enstrom - Dustin Byfuglien/ Mark Stuart - Zach Bogosian/ Ron Hainsey - Tobias Enstrom

Scratches: Meech, Jones, Stapleton

Top PP times: Ladd (2:25), Little (2:25), Wheeler (2:25), Byfuglien (2:16), Enstrom (1:51)

Trending: Jim Slater (2G, +1, 0:20 PP, 3 SOG) had 12 points in his 36 GP last season.

Combos: Andrew Brunette - Jonathan Toews - Patrick Sharp/ Dan Carcillo - Patrick Kane - Marian Hossa/ Bryan Bickell - Dave Bolland - Michael Frolik/ Rostislav Olesz - Marcus Kruger - Jamal Mayers/ Duncan Keith - Nick Leddy/ Niklas Hjalmarsson - Brent Seabrook/ Steve Montador - Sean O'Donnell

Scratches: Lepisto, Scott

Top PP times: Keith (4:24), Sharp (3:49), Kane (3:32), Toews (3:23), Brunette (3:09)

Trending: Jonathan Toews (1A, -1, no SOG) has points in two of three, while Patrick Kane (1G, 2A, +2, 4 SOG) has helpers in all three starts. Andrew Brunette (1G, -1, 1 SOG) has found the back of the net in two of three. Marian Hossa (1G, 1A, +2, 1:47 PP, 3 SOG) has points in two of three and Dan Carcillo (1A, +2, no PP, 2 SOG) made his season debut here on a scoring line. Nick Leddy (1A, +1, 0:46 PP, no SOG) has points in two of three. Dave Bolland (1G, 1:21 PP, 2 SOG) had a two-goal game in his debut, so that’s quite a pace after game No. 2 here.

Goaltending match-up: Jaroslav Halak (21/24, .875 SV%) vs. Kari Lehtonen (36/38, .947 SV%)

Combos: Andy McDonald - David Backes - Jamie Langenbrunner/ T.J. Oshie - Patrik Berglund - Chris Stewart/ Alex Steen - Jason Arnott - Matt D'Agostini/ Vladimir Sobotka - Scott Nichol - Ryan Reaves/ Kent Huskins - Alex Pietrangelo/ Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk/ Nikita Nikitin - Roman Polak

Scratches: Porter, Chorney, Grachev

Top PP times: Stewart (6:32), Shattenkirk (6:32), Berglund (5:25), McDonald (4:45), Nikitin (3:40)

Trending: Chris Stewart (1G, +1, 17 PIM, 1 SOG) has goals in two of three now and Patrik Berglund (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) has points in all three. Alex Steen (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 0:43 PP, 2 SOG) has points in all three outings with solid SOG totals nightly, while Matt D’Agostini (1G, 2:00 PP, 4 SOG) has points in two of three. Kevin Shattenkirk (1A, 3 SOG) had one point before tonight.

Combos: Brenden Morrow - Mike Ribeiro - Michael Ryder/ Steve Ott - Jamie Benn - Loui Eriksson/ Adam Burish - Vernon Fiddler - Radek Dvorak/ Krys Barch - Jake Dowell - Toby Petersen/ Alex Goligoski - Mark Fistric/ Sheldon Souray - Stephane Robidas/ Nicklas Grossman - Trevor Daley

Scratches: Wandell, Nystrom, Larsen

Top PP times: Goligoski (4:55), Ott (4:24), Daley (4:23), Benn (4:22), Eriksson (4:22)

Trending: Loui Eriksson (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) has goals in two of four and he secured his first SHG since last season. Steve Ott (1A, +1, 10 PIM, 3 SOG) has a three-game point streak rolling now with the PIM you’d expect as well. Trevor Daley (1A, -1, no SOG) has points in two of four now from the back end. Brenden Morrow (1G, 3:59 PP, 1 SOG) had nothing coming in here. Mike Ribeiro (1A, 3:59 PP, 1 SOG) has a point in two of four.

­Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.