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COLORADO AVALANCHE 3 @ TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 2 (OT)
Goaltending match-up: Jean-Sebastien Giguere (27/29, .931 SV%) vs. James Reimer (21/24, .875 SV%)
Combos: Joakim Lindstrom - Matt Duchene - Milan Hejduk/ David Jones - Paul Stastny - Chuck Kobasew/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Daniel Winnik/ Cody McLeod - Jay McClement - T.J. Galiardi/ Jan Hejda - Erik Johnson/ Kyle Quincey - Shane O'Brien/ Ryan Wilson - Ryan O'Byrne
Scratches: Porter, Mueller, Hunwick
Top PP times: Johnson, Hejduk, Stastny, Jones (2:02), Lindstrom (1:38)
Trending: Milan Hejduk (1G, 4 PIM, 3 SOG) had four points in his past four starts before this clash. Erik Johnson (1A, -1, 2 SOG) fired blanks in his first three starts, but then had back-to-back two-pointers coming in here. Paul Stastny (1A, +1, 2 SOG) also had zip in his first three, but then had three points in two games before this evening. Ryan O’Reilly (1A, -1, 0:38 PP, no SOG) had collected four points in his past three games coming in. David Jones (1G, +1, 2 SOG) potted the OT GWG, which was his first winner of the season. He has 4-1-5 in 6 GP now. Kyle Quincey has three points in his past two games after none in four.
Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Matt Frattin - Matthew Lombardi - Colby Armstrong/ Philippe Dupuis - Dave Steckel - Mike Brown/ Carl Gunnarsson - Dion Phaneuf/ Luke Schenn - John-Michael Liles/ Cody Franson - Mike Komisarek
Scratches: Orr, Gardiner, Rosehill
Top PP times: Liles (5:54), Phaneuf (4:57), Kessel (4:27), Lupul (4:01), Bozak (4:01)
Trending: Phil Kessel (1G, -1, 5 SOG) has points in all four starts and he’s been terrific so far, having compiled 5-3-8 before tonight on his way to NHL First Star honours. Nikolai Kulemin (1G, +1, 3:33 PP, 1 SOG) hadn’t scored before tonight and had one helper. Dion Phaneuf (1A, +1, 7 SOG) had three points in his three clashes headed into this evening and Clarke MacArthur (1A, +1, 1 SOG) collected his first pointage in his second start.
FLORIDA PANTHERS 7 @ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 4
Goaltending match-up: Jose Theodore (35/39, .897 SV%) vs. Dwayne Roloson (26/33, .788 SV%)
Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ David Booth - Tomas Kopecky - Scottie Upshall/ Sean Bergenheim - Marcel Goc - Jack Skille/ Shawn Matthias - Ryan Carter - Matt Bradley/ Ed Jovanovski - Erik Gudbranson/ Jason Garrison - Brian Campbell/ Mike Weaver - Dmitry Kulikov
Scratches: Ellerby
Top PP times: Campbell (8:29), Kulikov (8:22), Versteeg (6:49), Weiss (6:08), Fleischmann (6:08)
Trending: Stephen Weiss (2G, 2A, 6 SOG) has points in three of four now and big night for his owners. Thomas Fleischmann (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) has a point in three of four now. Brian Campbell (4A, -1, no SOG) already had three helpers in three games coming in and he’s been a great bounce-back candidate so far with a prominent role. Ed Jovanovski (2A, -1, 3:51 PP, 1 SOG) has points in two of four. Dmitry Kulikov (1A, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) has points in B2B affairs after two without one to begin the year. Kris Versteeg (2G, 2A, +1, 4 SOG) has a point in all four outings.
Combos: Steve Downie - Steven Stamkos - Martin St. Louis/ Ryan Malone - Vincent Lecavalier - Teddy Purcell/ Brett Connolly - Dominic Moore - Nate Thompson/ Ryan Shannon - Adam Hall - Mattias Ritola/ Victor Hedman - Eric Brewer/ Pavel Kubina - Brett Clark/ Marc-Andre Bergeron - Matt Gilroy
Scratches: Pyatt, Gervais, Jones
Top PP times: Stamkos (3:04), St. Louis (2:50), Clark (2:57), Lecavalier (2:45), Kubina (2:45), Purcell (2:45)
Trending: Steven Stamkos (1G, -1, 5 SOG) had a pair of assists in the opener, but then just one goal in four games before this evening. Victor Hedman (1G, +1, 0:25 PP, 2 SOG) hadn’t recorded a point in five tries headed in here. Ryan Shannon (1A, 1:48 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three tilts, while Marc-Andre Bergeron (3A, 2:41 PP, 3 SOG) maintained his point-per-game average and added some gravy on top of that as well. Teddy Purcell (1G, +1, 3 SOG) had three points in four games before this outing. Vincent Lecavalier (1G, +1, 1 SOG) put the brakes on a three-game pointless skid here.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 1 @ WINNIPEG JETS 2
Goaltending match-up: Marc-Andre Fleury (32/34, .941 SV%) vs. Ondrej Pavelec (28/29, .966 SV%)
Combos: Steve Sullivan - Richard Park - James Neal/ Chris Kunitz - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis/ Matt Cooke - Mark Letestu - Arron Asham/ Steve MacIntyre - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams/ Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek/ Kris Letang - Deryk Engelland/ Matt Niskanen - Ben Lovejoy
Scratches: Orpik, Kennedy, Malkin
Top PP times: Letang (3:54), Dupuis (3:30), Staal (3:27), Cooke (3:19), Niskanen (3:00)
Trending: Kris Letang (1A, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had been blanked in his past two starts, but still has a point-per-game average thanks to his first period helper. Matt Cooke (1A, 1 SOG) had a pair of goals in the first game, but then one point in five tries coming in here.
Combos: Andrew Ladd - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler/ Alex Burmistrov - Nik Antropov - Kyle Wellwood/ Brett MacLean - Mark Scheifele - Tim Stapleton/ Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn/ Tobias Enstrom - Dustin Byfuglien/ Johnny Oduya - Derek Meech/ Mark Stuart - Zach Bogosian
Scratches: Stuart, Kane, Jones
Top PP times: Enstrom (6:32), Byfuglien (5:21), Little (4:37), Burmistrov (4:26), Antropov (4:16)
Trending: Kyle Wellwood (1G, +1, 3:00 PP, 1 SOG) has goals in two of his past three now. Nik Antropov (1A, +1, 3 SOG) has a point in two of his four tilts and Alex Burmistrov (2A, +2, 2 SOG) also has scoring summary appearances in two of four.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS 1 @ EDMONTON OILERS 3
Goaltending match-up: Pekka Rinne (22/24, .917 SV%) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (11/12, .917 SV%)
Combos: Sergei Kostitsyn - David Legwand - Colin Wilson/ Jordin Tootoo - Nick Spaling - Jerred Smithson/ Craig Smith - Cal O'Reilly - Matt Halischuk/ Brian McGrattan - Blake Geoffrion - Patric Hornqvist/ Shea Weber - Ryan Suter/ Jonathon Blum - Kevin Klein/ Teemu Laakso - Jack Hillen
Scratches: Bergfors, Ekholm
Top PP times: Weber (6:53), Suter (6:08), Hornqvist (3:57), Kostitsyn (3:48), Legwand (3:47), Wilson (3:47)
Trending: Sergei Kostitsyn (1G, 1 SOG) hadn’t scored before tonight, but had four helpers in four games.
Combos: Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle/ Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ryan Jones/ Linus Omark - Eric Belanger - Magnus Paajarvi/ Ben Eager - Anton Lander - Lennart Petrell/ Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert/ Cam Barker - Jeff Petry/ Andy Sutton - Corey Potter
Scratches: Hordichuk, Peckham, Hemsky
Top PP times: Eberle (5:19), Hall (4:35), Potter (4:26), RNH (4:26), Horcoff (4:13)
Trending: Taylor Hall (1G, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1A, 1 SOG, 5-7 FO). Get used to that combo in the box score. It was Ryan Smyth (1G, 1A, +1, 2:12 PP, 3 SOG) bobblehead night at Rexall and he scored a sweet one to put the Oilers up 2-1 here. Shawn Horcoff (3A, +1, 2 SOG) had no points prior to this evening and his dish to Smyth was a beauty. Ryan Jones (1G, no PP, 2 SOG) scored into the empty net for his first point of the season. Smyth had the puck and could have scored on his own. Eh. Gene Principe tweeted tonight that Ryan Whitney may play tomorrow.
ANAHEIM DUCKS 3 @ SAN JOSE SHARKS 2
Goaltending match-up: Dan Ellis (41/43, .953 SV%) vs. Antti Niemi (19/22, .864 SV%)
Combos: Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry/ Brandon McMillan - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne/ Andrew Gordon - Andrew Cogliano - Devante Smith-Pelly/ Matt Beleskey - Maxime Macenauer - George Parros/ Francois Beauchemin - Cam Fowler/ Toni Lydman - Lubomir Visnovsky/ Luca Sbisa - Sheldon Brookbank
Scratches: Foster, Guenin, Maroon
Top PP times: Visnovsky (3:04), Getzlaf (2:53), Perry (2:53), Selanne (2:53), Fowler (1:42)
Trending: Teemu Selanne (2G, +1, 4 SOG) had no goals through his first four games, but, well... it’s Teemu Selanne. So naturally the markers were on their way in bunches. He came into this one with 47-46-93 in 79 GP vs. SJ too. Saku Koivu (2A, +1, 1:26 PP, 2 SOG) had a zero beside his name coming in. So did Lubomir Visnovsky (1A, 1 SOG). Corey Perry (1G, 2 PIM, 6 SOG) has found the back of the net in two straight now after three without a point.
Combos: Patrick Marleau - Joe Thornton - Joe Pavelski/ Ryane Clowe - Logan Couture - Torrey Mitchell/ Tommy Wingels - Michal Handzus - Andrew Murray/ Jamie McGinn - Andrew Desjardins - Brad Winchester/ Douglas Murray - Dan Boyle/ Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Brent Burns/ Colin White - Jason Demers
Scratches: Vandermeer
Top PP times: Boyle (9:34), Burns (7:01), Marleau (6:40), Thornton (5:57), Pavelski (5:56)
Trending: Martin Havlat is expected to make his season and Sharks' debut Friday against the Devils. Brent Burns (1G, 5 SOG) has goals in B2B games and points in three of four. Dan Boyle (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) has helpers in two of four and Joe Thornton (1A, 4 SOG) erased the zero beside his name on the season.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
