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CAROLINA HURRICANES 4 @ BOSTON BRUINS 1
Goaltending match-up: Cam Ward (33/34, .971 SV%) vs. Tuukka Rask (19/23, .826 SV%)
Combos: Alexei Ponikarovsky - Eric Staal - Tuomo Ruutu/ Jeff Skinner - Jussi Jokinen - Chad LaRose/ Jiri Tlusty - Brandon Sutter - Pat Dwyer/ Brett Sutter - Tim Brent - Anthony Stewart/ Joni Pitkanen - Jamie McBain/ Bryan Allen - Tim Gleason/ Tomas Kaberle - Jay Harrison
Scratches: Dalpe, Joslin, Faulk
Top PP times: Pitkanen (7:48), Kaberle (5:49), Staal (5:43), McBain (5:15), Jokinen (4:48)
Trending: Eric Staal (1G, 3 SOG) had nothing in his past three games. Joni Pitkanen (1G, 2A, +2, 2 SOG) scored the last time these teams met a week ago and has points in four of his past five. Tuomo Ruutu (1G, 1A, +1 2 PIM, 3:40 PP, 1 SOG) ended a four-game pointless skid here. Tomas Kaberle (1A, no SOG) has helpers in two of three after three without one. Chad LaRose (1A, 4:21 PP, 3 SOG) only had one goal for his offensive output before this evening.
Combos: Milan Lucic - Tyler Seguin - Nathan Horton/ Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Rich Peverley/ Benoit Pouliot - Chris Kelly - Jordan Caron/ Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton/ Zdeno Chara - Johnny Boychuk/ Dennis Seidenberg - Joe Corvo/ Matt Bartkowski - Andrew Ference
Scratches: Krejci, McQuaid
Top PP times: Seidenberg (4:04), Bergeron (3:56), Seguin (3:32), Marchand (2:32), Peverley (2:31)
Trending: Big PIM night for Zdeno Chara (19 PIM, 2 SOG), designed to wake his team up while trailing by two. Much more broke out though, including good PIM bottom lines for Milan Lucic (12 PIM), Nathan Horton (16 PIM) and Brad Marchand (12 PIM). Rich Peverley (1G, 4 SOG) had three points in his prior four games. Joe Corvo (1A, -1, 2:14 PP, 5 SOG) looked like he might be in trouble after a big hit into the boards early on, but came back to record some pointage for his owners.
FLORIDA PANTHERS 0 @ WASHINGTON CAPITALS 3
Goaltending match-up: Jacob Markstrom (29/31, .935 SV%) vs. Tomas Vokoun (20/20). Markstrom had two periods of NHL action to his resume before tonight, but this was his first actual start. Vokoun has won all four of his starts and this was his first shutout of the season. He has 45 in his career and six of them came last season.
Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ David Booth - Tomas Kopecky - Scottie Upshall/ Marcel Goc - Jack Skille/ Shawn Matthias - Ryan Carter - Matt Bradley/ Ed Jovanovski - Erik Gudbranson/ Jason Garrison - Brian Campbell/ Mike Weaver - Dmitry Kulikov/ Keaton Ellerby
Scratches: Bergenheim
Top PP times: Campbell (2:54), Weiss (2:39), Versteeg (2:32), Kulikov (2:05), Booth (1:48)
Trending:
Combos: Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Troy Brouwer/ Alexander Semin - Marcus Johansson - Mike Knuble/ Jason Chimera - Brooks Laich - Joel Ward/ Matt Hendricks - Mathieu Perreault - Jeff Halpern/ Karl Alzner - John Carlson/ Roman Hamrlik - Mike Green/ Jeff Schultz - Dennis Wideman
Scratches: King, Beagle, Neuvirth
Top PP times: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Wideman, Green, Johansson (0:53)
Trending: Alex Ovechkin (1A, 2 SOG) had racked up 46 points in 38 GP vs. FLA coming in. He only has points in three of five starts so far. Nicklas Backstrom (1A, 3 SOG) began the night with five points in four games, including three in three home starts. Marcus Johansson (1G, +1, 3 SOG) has been averaging a point-per-game. Alexander Semin (1G, 1A, +2, no PP, 4 SOG) has delivered points in four of five. Mike Knuble (1A, +1, no PP, no SOG) had all three of his points in the two games before tonight. Dennis Wideman (1A, +2, no SOG) has points in all five affairs.
DALLAS STARS 3 @ COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 2
Goaltending match-up: Kari Lehtonen (38/40, .950 SV%) vs. Steve Mason (15/18, .833 SV%)
Combos: Brenden Morrow - Mike Ribeiro - Michael Ryder/ Steve Ott - Jamie Benn - Loui Eriksson/ Adam Burish - Vernon Fiddler - Radek Dvorak/ Jake Dowell - Tom Wandell - Eric Nystrom/ Alex Goligoski - Adam Pardy/ Sheldon Souray - Stephane Robidas/ Nicklas Grossman - Trevor Daley
Scratches: Barch, Petersen, Fistric
Top PP times: Ryder, Ribeiro, Goligoski, Morrow, Robidas (1:22)
Trending: Loui Eriksson (1A, +2, 1:09 PP, 3 SOG) had a three-game goal streak on the line tonight. Jamie Benn (1G, 1A, +2, 1:09 PP, 1 SOG) has points in four of six this season and this was his first multi-pointer of the season. Steve Ott (1G, +2, 2 PIM, 1:09 PP, 1 SOG) pushed his point streak to five affairs and he has PIM in all of those games too. The points continue to flow for Sheldon Souray (1A, +2, 4 PIM, 1:09 PP, 1 SOG). Michael Ryder (1G, +1, 2 SOG) secured his only two points of the season in his last game and Brenden Morrow (1A, +1, no SOG) had all three of his points in the two games before this one.
Combos: R.J. Umberger - Derick Brassard - Rick Nash/ Vinny Prospal - Antoine Vermette - Alexandre Giroux/ Ryan Johansen - Derek MacKenzie - Cody Bass/ Maksim Mayorov - Samuel Pahlsson - Derek Dorsett/ Kris Russell - Aaron Johnson/ Radek Martinek - Grant Clitsome/ Fedor Tyutin - David Savard
Scratches: Methot, Wisniewski, Sanford
Top PP times: Tyutin (4:30), Umberger (4:23), Savard (4:02), Nash (3:59), Giroux (3:40)
Trending: Rick Nash (1A, -1, 4 SOG) kept his point-per-game pace up, which is one a few bright spots for the team. Derick Brassard (1G, -1, 2:57 PP, 4 SOG) had no points at all before this evening. David Savard (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has points in B2B games after a string of zeroes.
BUFFALO SABRES 3 @ MONTREAL CANADIENS 1
Goaltending match-up: Ryan Miller (40/41, .976 SV%) vs. Carey Price (20/22, .909 SV%)
Combos: Thomas Vanek - Luke Adam - Jason Pominville/ Nathan Gerbe - Derek Roy - Drew Stafford/ Tyler Ennis - Ville Leino - Brad Boyes/ Cody McCormick - Paul Gaustad - Patrick Kaleta/ Jordan Leopold - Christian Ehrhoff/ Robyn Regehr - Tyler Myers/ Marc-Andre Gragnani - Andrej Sekera
Scratches: Weber, Ellis, Hecht
Top PP times: Myers (1:04), Leopold (1:03), Gerbe (0:59), Roy (0:59), Stafford (0:59)
Trending: Drew Stafford (1A, +1, 3 SOG) pushed his point streak to four games and Derek Roy (2A, +2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) has a point in three of four. Jordan Leopold (1G, 1 SOG) has points in two of three and he hadn’t scored before tonight. Thomas Vanek (1G, +2, 4 PIM, 0:54 PP, 2 SOG) has been explosive this season, having already tallied 3-4-7 in 4 GP before this evening. Jason Pominville (1A, +2, 0:54 PP, 2 SOG) had five points in four games headed in, while Marc-Andre Gragnani (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 0:49 PP, 1 SOG) had one helper before adding more here.
Combos: Lars Eller - Tomas Plekanec - Erik Cole/ Travis Moen - Scott Gomez - Brian Gionta/ Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Andrei Kostitsyn/ Mathieu Darche - Andreas Engqvist - Aaron Palushaj/ Hal Gill - Rafael Diaz/ Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban/ Alexei Emelin - Yannick Weber
Scratches: Spacek, Cammalleri
Top PP times: Subban (5:55), Weber (5:43), Gionta (5:25), Gomez (5:21), Cole (4:48)
Trending: Really nice patience by Raphael Diaz (1G, 4:14 PP, 4 SOG) for his first NHL goal, giving him points in B2B games. Max Paxioretty (1A, -1, 4:32 PP, 9 SOG) stretched his point streak to four games, while Andrei Kostitsyn (1A, 4:05 PP, no SOG) has a point in each of his past three.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 7 @ OTTAWA SENATORS 2
Goaltending match-up: Sergei Bobrovsky (21/23, .913 SV%) vs. Alex Auld (6/10, .600 SV%) & Craig Anderson (17/20, .850 SV%)
Combos: James van Riemsdyk - Claude Giroux - Jaromir Jagr/ Wayne Simmonds - Danny Briere - Jakub Voracek/ Scott Hartnell - Sean Couturier - Matt Read/ Zac Rinaldo - Max Talbot - Harrison Zolnierczyk/ Matt Carle - Chris Pronger/ Kimmo Timonen - Andrej Meszaros/ Braydon Coburn - Matt Walker
Scratches: Lilja, Nodl, Shelley
Top PP times: Giroux (4:43), Simmonds (4:43), Pronger (4:23), Jagr (4:20), Carle (4:06)
Trending: Jaromir Jagr (1A, -1, 2 SOG) has points in four of his five outings with the Flyers. Chris Pronger (1A, +2, 3 SOG) already had five points in four affairs before this one got underway. Wayne Simmonds (1G, 4 SOG) has produced points in three of five starts. He had five hits in four games coming in too. Claude Giroux (1G, 1A, -1, 1 SOG) had 1-7-8 in 11 GP vs. OTT before tonight. Matt Read (1G, 3A, +3, 1:13 PP, 4 SOG) has a point in three of his past four and this was his first NHL multi-pointer. Grand style at that. Matt Carle (2A, +2, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) has a point in three of his past four now. Zac Rinaldo (5 PIM, 1 SOG) has PIM in all five starts and he had 23 before this evening. Scott Hartnell (1A, +3, no PP, 1 SOG) had just one point before this clash. James van Riemsdyk (1G, -1, 3:28 PP, 3 SOG) has points in four in a row, while Kimmo Timonen (1A, 3:54 PP, no SOG) has helpers in two of three now. This was Sean Couturier’s (1G, 1A, +2, no PP, 3 SOG) first NHL multi-pointer as he collected his first goal.
Combos: Milan Michalek - Jason Spezza - Daniel Alfredsson/ Nick Foligno - Peter Regin - Erik Condra/ Chris Neil - Colin Greening - Mika Zibanejad/ Stephane Da Costa - Zenon Konopka - Zack Smith/ Chris Phillips - Brian Lee/ Filip Kuba - Erik Karlsson/ Jared Cowen - David Rundblad
Scratches: Gonchar
Top PP times: Karlsson (6:40), Spezza (4:49), Rundblad (3:57), Michalek (3:09), Kuba (2:55)
Trending: Zenon Konopka (1A, 10 PIM, no SOG) had 24 PIM in his only three starts before adding more here. Chris Neil (5 PIM, 2:20 PP, 2 SOG) has PIM in five of his six clashes and had 29 PIM coming into this one. Jason Spezza (1G, -1, 1 SOG) had been blanked for three straight, while Daniel Alfredsson (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) had as well. Erik Karlsson (1G, 1A, -1, 4 SOG) already had six helpers in five affairs.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 4 @ MINNESOTA WILD 2
Goaltending match-up: Brent Johnson (24/26, .923 SV%) vs. Niklas Backstrom (21/25, .840 SV%)
Combos: Chris Kunitz - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis/ Steve Sullivan - Richard Park - James Neal/ Matt Cooke - Joe Vitale - Arron Asham/ Steve MacIntyre - Mark Letestu - Craig Adams/ Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek/ Brian Strait - Deryk Engelland/ Matt Niskanen - Ben Lovejoy
Scratches: Kennedy, Letang, Malkin
Top PP times: Cooke (2:09), Staal (2:09), Niskanen (2:01), Martin (1:59), Dupuis (1:59)
Trending: Chris Kunitz (1G, 1:51 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three of five and he hadn’t scored before this outing. Jordan Staal (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had 2-3-5 in 7 GP before scoring tonight. Matt Cooke (2A, +1, no SOG) had four points on the year coming in. James Neal (1G, 2 PIM, 1:51 PP, 4 SOG) had potted five goals before scoring again.
Combos: Devin Setoguchi - Mikko Koivu - Dany Heatley/ Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Matt Cullen - Guillaume Latendresse/ Colton Gillies - Kyle Brodziak - Cal Clutterbuck/ Brett Bulmer - Darroll Powe - Brad Staubitz/ Nick Schultz - Marek Zidlicky/ Jared Spurgeon - Marco Scandella/ Clayton Stoner - Greg Zanon
Scratches: Johnson, Kassian, Falk
Top PP times: Koivu (5:55), Heatley (5:47), Zidlicky (5:46), PMB (5:44), Setoguchi (5:12)
Trending: Mikko Koivu (1A, 3 SOG) only had two points headed in here. Guillaume Latendresse (1G, 4:13 PP, 5 SOG) hadn’t scored before tonight, but has points in five of six. Matt Cullen (1A, 4:05 PP, 3 SOG) has points in four of his starts.
EDMONTON OILERS 1 @ CALGARY FLAMES 2
Goaltending match-up: Devan Dubnyk (26/28, .929 SV%) vs. Miikka Kiprusoff (24/25, .960 SV%)
Combos: Linus Omark - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle/ Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ryan Jones/ Lennart Petrell - Eric Belanger - Magnus Paajarvi/ Theo Peckham - Ben Eager - Anton Lander/ Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert/ Cam Barker - Ryan Whitney/ Andy Sutton - Corey Potter
Scratches: Hall, Petry, Hemsky
Top PP times: Gilbert (4:35), Horcoff (4:34), Potter (4:31), Eberle (4:28), RNH (4:28)
Trending: Ryan Whitney (-1, 21:22 TOI, 3:06 PP, no SOG) made his season debut here. Shawn Horcoff (1A, no SOG) was coming off his three-assist effort against the Preds. Tom Gilbert (1G, -1, 2 SOG) has points in two of his past three.
Combos: Alex Tanguay - David Moss - Jarome Iginla/ Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - Lee Stempniak/ Niklas Hagman - Brendan Morrison - Rene Bourque/ Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond - Matt Stajan - Tim Jackman/ Jay Bouwmeester - Chris Butler/ Mark Giordano - Scott Hannan/ Cory Sarich - Derek Smith
Scratches: Kostopoulos, Babchuk, Horak
Top PP times: Bourque (3:36), Iginla (3:28), Giordano (3:26), Tanguay (3:20), Jokinen (2:15)
Trending: Jay Bouwmeester (1G, +1, 1:48 PP, 2 SOG) has points in two of three with his first goal of the season. Olli Jokinen (1A, +1, 4 SOG) has been putting up a point-per-game early on and Lee Stempniak (1A, +1, 1:40 PP, 2 SOG) has points in three of four now. Alex Tanguay (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had 0-4-4 in 4 GP coming in and he scored the go-ahead goal as Calgary quickly turned this one around. David Moss (1A, +1, 1:32 PP, 3 SOG) has points in two of his past three.
NEW YORK RANGERS 4 @ VANCOUVER CANUCKS 0
Goaltending match-up: Henrik Lundqvist (40/40) vs. Roberto Luongo (15/19, .789 SV%). Henrik. Freaking. Lundqvist. First shutout of the season. 36th of career. Dominance. Pure dominance.
Combos: Derek Stepan - Brad Richards - Marian Gaborik/ Brandon Dubinsky - Artem Anisimov - Ryan Callahan/ Ruslan Fedotenko - Brian Boyle - Brandon Prust/ Mike Rupp - Kris Newbury - Erik Christensen/ Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi/ Michael Del Zotto - Tim Erixon/ Jeff Woywitka - Steve Eminger
Scratches: Bell, Wolski
Top PP times: Richards (2:29), Girardi (2:12), Gaborik (2:07), Callahan (2:05), Del Zotto (2:00)
Trending: Brad Richard (1A, +1, 2 SOG) has points in all Rangers games to date, while Marian Gaborik (1G, +1, 3 SOG) has markers in three of four. Brandon Dubinsky (1A, +1, 17 PIM, 1:53 PP, no SOG) had just one point in his three affairs before tonight. Artem Anisimov (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1:50 PP, 2 SOG) has points in two of four as well.
Combos:Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows/ Chris Higgins - Ryan Kesler - Cody Hodgson/ Mikael Samuelsson - Manny Malhotra - Jannik Hansen/ Aaron Volpatti - Maxim Lapierre - Dale Weise/ Dan Hamhuis - Alexander Edler/ Keith Ballard - Kevin Bieksa/ Andrew Alberts - Sami Salo
Scratches: Sturm, Ebbett, Sulzer
Top PP times: Edler (8:01), D. Sedin (7:36), H. Sedin (7:22), Kesler (7:21), Samuelsson (6:31)
Trending: Ryan Kesler (2 PIM, 19:07 TOI, 3 SOG, 10-7 FO) was back in action tonight for the first time in ’11-12. Here endeth the good news tonight for fans of the Canucks.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 5 @ PHOENIX COYOTES 2
Goaltending match-up: Corey Crawford (14/16, .875 SV%) vs. Jason LaBarbera (30/35, .857 SV%)
Combos: Andrew Brunette - Jonathan Toews - Patrick Sharp/ Dan Carcillo - Patrick Kane - Marian Hossa/ Bryan Bickell - Dave Bolland - Michael Frolik/ Viktor Stalberg - Marcus Kruger - Jamal Mayers/ Duncan Keith - Nick Leddy/ Niklas Hjalmarsson - Brent Seabrook/ Steve Montador - Sean O'Donnell
Scratches: Lepisto, Scott, Olesz
Top PP times: Kane (5:37), Sharp (5:27), Toews (4:56), Keith (4:36), Hossa (4:26)
Trending: Marian Hossa (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) owners were happy to see him back in the line-up tonight and he maintained his point-per-game average. Patrick Sharp (2A, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) had three points in his four starts before tonight, while Duncan Keith (2A, +3, 2 SOG) earned his first pointage of the season in his fifth outing. Jonathan Toews (1G, 4 SOG) already had 13 points in 13 career GP vs. PHO and he has points in three of four. Andrew Brunette (1A, +1, 2 SOG) has points in three of four. Dave Bolland (1G, 1A, +2, 3:41 PP, 2 SOG) kept his goal-per-game pace up, this time potting a shortie. Make that four games in a row for Bryan Bickell (1G, 2:31 PP, 2 SOG) with a point.
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
Top PP times: Yandle (3:39), Whitney (3:31), Doan (3:31), Vrbata (3:23), Hanzal (2:58)
Trending: Ray Whitney (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) is still putting out a point-per-game after five and Daymond Langkow (1A, 2:29 PP, 1 SOG) has a point in four of five.
ST. LOUIS BLUES 0 @ LOS ANGELES KINGS 5
Goaltending match-up: Jaroslav Halak (vs. Jonathan Quick. This was Quick's first shutout of the season and 15th of his career. He had six last year.
Combos: Alex Steen - David Backes - Jamie Langenbrunner/ T.J. Oshie - Patrik Berglund - Chris Stewart/ Vladimir Sobotka - Jason Arnott - Matt D'Agostini/ Evgeny Grachev - Scott Nichol - Chris Porter/ Kent Huskins - Alex Pietrangelo/ Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk/ Nikita Nikitin - Roman Polak
Scratches: Porter, Chorney
Top PP times: Berglund, Shattenkirk, Stewart, Pietrangelo (4:35), Oshie (4:29)
Trending:
Combos: Simon Gagne - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams/ Dustin Penner - Mike Richards - Dustin Brown/ Ethan Moreau - Jarret Stoll - Brad Richardson/ Kyle Clifford - Trevor Lewis - Trent Hunter/ Willie Mitchell - Slava Voynov/ Rob Scuderi - Jack Johnson/ Alec Martinez - Matt Greene
Scratches: Westgarth, Parse, Drewiske
Top PP times: Johnson (3:42), Gagne (3:28), Williams (3:18), Penner (3:18), Stoll (2:35)
Trending: Anze Kopitar (1G, 1A, +2, 2:34 PP, 2 SOG) already had 3-4-7 in 4 GP before chipping in more in the third period. Simon Gagne (2G, 1A, +3, 5 SOG) had 10 points in 10 GP vs. STL coming in and his current point streak is at four games this year. Dustin Penner (1A, +1, no SOG) was in the line-up tonight and recorded his first pointage of the season. Jarret Stoll (1G, 1A, +2, 2 SOG) had all zeroes before tonight and Dustin Brown (1G, 1A, +1, 2 PIM, 2:27 PP, 3 SOG) had a lone assist. Justin Williams (2A, +2, 1 SOG) pushed his point streak to five.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
