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TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 2 @ BOSTON BRUINS 6
Goaltending match-up: Jonas Gustavsson (37/43, .860 SV%) vs. Tim Thomas (26/28, .929 SV%)
Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Matt Frattin - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Nazem Kadri - Matthew Lombardi - Mike Brown/ Jay Rosehill - Dave Steckel - Colton Orr/ Carl Gunnarsson - Dion Phaneuf/ Cody Franson - John-Michael Liles/ Jake Gardiner - Luke Schenn
Scratches: Komisarek, Dupuis, MacArthur
Top PP times: Liles (3:33), Kupul (3:26), Grabovski (2:57), Franson (2:53), Kessel (2:43)
Trending: Dion Phaneuf (1A, -2, 2 SOG) has points in five of his six starts now, including several multi-pointers. Nazem Kadri (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1:49 PP, no SOG) made his season debut here and jumped right into the scoring summary. Jake Gardiner (1A, +2, 2:00 PP, no SOG) collected his first NHL point in his fourth start. Fun guy to watch out there. Mikhail Grabovski (1G, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) only had one goal on the season coming in.
Combos: Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Nathan Horton/ Milan Lucic - Chris Kelly - Tyler Seguin/ Benoit Pouliot - David Krejci - Rich Peverley/ Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton/ Zdeno Chara - Johnny Boychuk/ Dennis Seidenberg - Joe Corvo/ Andrew Ference - Steven Kampfer
Scratches: Caron, McQuaid
Top PP times: Bergeron (5:15), Marchand (5:15), Peverley (5:15), Seidenberg (4:47), Corvo (4:23)
Trending: Zdeno Chara (1G, 2A, +1, 2 PIM, 3:27 PP, 5 SOG) had no points in six tries before this multi-point effort and quite a bottom line it was. Nathan Horton (1G, 1A, +1, 2:35 PP, 2 SOG) has points in three o four after three without one. Milan Lucic (1G, 2A, +2, no PP, 3 SOG) only had one assist before this evening. Nice night for Andrew Ference (3A, +2, 2:52 PP, 3 SOG), but it’s Andrew Ference. Tyler Seguin (1G, 2A, +2, 2:35 PP, 4 SOG) already had five points in six tries coming in here.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS 5 @ PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 2
Goaltending match-up: Tomas Vokoun (40/42, .952 SV%) vs. Ilya Bryzgalov (23/28, .821 SV%)
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 (7:02), Green (6:25), Wideman (6:02), Backstrom (5:55), Johansson (3:52)
Trending: Alex Ovechkin (2G, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has points in four of six to date. Nicklas Backstrom (2A, +1, 4 SOG) added to his season totals of 1-5-6 in 5 GP, while Troy Brouwer (1A, +1, 2:01 PP, no SOG) only had one point to his name before this outing. Dennis Wideman (1A, +1, 2 SOG) has points in all six Caps games to date. Joel Ward (1G, +2, no PP, 1 SOG) ended a three-game pointless skid here and has points in three of six overall.
Combos: James van Riemsdyk - Claude Giroux - Jaromir Jagr/ Matt Read - Danny Briere - Wayne Simmonds/ Scott Hartnell - Brayden Schenn - Jacob Voracek/ Max Talbot - Sean Couturier - Andreas Nodl/ Matt Carle - Chris Pronger/ Kimmo Timonen - Braydon Coburn/ Andreas Lilja - Andrej Meszaros
Scratches: Walker, Shelley
Top PP times: Pronger (2:33), Jagr (2:31), Read (2:17), Giroux (2:09), Simmonds (2:01)
Trending: Claude Giroux (1G, -1, 2 SOG) has points in all but one game so far this year and he’s tearing it up for his owners. He should be in line for another fantastic season. Wayne Simmonds (1A, 2 SOG) has points in four of six now. Brayden Schenn (-3, 11:02 TOI, 0:16 PP, 1 SOG) made his season and Flyers’ debut here finally. He had nine NHL games under his belt before this one. Kimmo Timonen hurt his hand blocking a shot and may not play this weekend.
MONTREAL CANADIENS 1 @ PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 3
Goaltending match-up: Carey Price (29/32, .906 SV%) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (27/28, .964 SV%)
Combos: Erik Cole - Tomas Plekanec - Lars Eller/ Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Andrei Kostitsyn/ Travis Moen - Scott Gomez - Brian Gionta/ Michael Cammalleri - Andreas Engqvist - Mathieu Darche/ Raphael Diaz - Hal Gill/ Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban/ Yannick Weber - Alexei Emelin
Scratches: Spacek, Palushaj
Top PP times: Weber (4:43), Plekanec (4:20), Subban (4:15), Gionta (3:58), Cammalleri (3:49)
Trending: Scott Gomez left his game injured. Brian Gionta (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) broke the shutout bid with just over a minute left in the game. He has four points in his last three now. Yannick Weber (1A, -1, 2 SOG) has three points this season. Fantasy owners got Michael Cammalleri (19:32 TOI, -1, 1 SOG) back tonight.
Combos: Chris Kunitz - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis/ Steve Sullivan - Richard Park - James Neal/ Matt Cooke - Joe Vitale - Arron Asham/ Dustin Jeffrey - Mark Letestu - Craig Adams/ Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek/ Brooks Orpik - Ben Lovejoy/ Matt Niskanen - Deryk Engelland
Scratches: MacIntyre, Letang, Malkin
Top PP times: Sullivan (7:12), Martin (7:04), Kunitz (6:37), Neal (6:18), Letestu (4:58)
Trending: James Neal (1G, 2 SOG) has already potted five goals in his last six games alone and he’s off to a great start. Steve Sullivan (1A, +1, 4 SOG) had just two helpers before tonight.
WINNIPEG JETS 1 @ OTTAWA SENATORS 4
Goaltending match-up: Ondrej Pavelec (26/29, .897 SV%) vs. Craig Anderson (35/36, .972 SV%)
Combos: Andrew Ladd - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler/ Alex Burmistrov - Nik Antropov - Kyle Wellwood/ Evander Kane - Mark Scheifele - Tim Stapleton/ Brett MacLean - Tanner Glass - Chris Thorburn/ Tobias Enstrom - Dustin Byfuglien/ Johnny Oduya - Derek Meech/ Mark Stuart - Zach Bogosian
Scratches: Hainsey, Jones, Slater
Top PP times: Enstrom (5:40), Wheeler (5:29), Ladd (5:29), Byfuglien (5:26), Little (5:12)
Trending: Dustin Byfuglien (1G, -1, 6 SOG) has points in B2B games after four without one and Tobias Enstrom (1A, -1, 2 PIM, no SOG) has them in three of four now. Alex Burmistrov (1A, -1, 4 PIM, 2:22 PP, 3 SOG) already had three points in two games headed in here.
Combos: Milan Michalek - Jason Spezza - Colin Greening/ Nick Foligno - Peter Regin - Daniel Alfredsson/ Erik Condra - Mika Zibanejad - Chris Neil/ Zack Smith - Stephane Da Costa - Jesse Winchester/ Chris Phillips - Sergei Gonchar/ Filip Kuba - Erik Karlsson/ Jared Cowen - David Rundblad
Scratches: Lee, Konopka
Top PP times: Karlsson (5:20), Spezza (4:04), Gonchar (3:59), Greening (3:39), Alfredsson (3:16)
Trending: Jason Spezza (1G, 2A, +2, 4 SOG) has points in B2B games after three without one. He began the season with four points in two affairs. Milan Michalek (2G, 1A, +1, 2 SOG) had been shut down in his prior two games and Colin Greening (2A, 4 SOG) ended a three-game pointless skid.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS 1 @ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 4
Goaltending match-up: Al Montoya (26/30, .867 SV%) vs. Mathieu Garon (16/17, .941 SV%)
Combos: Matt Moulson - John Tavares - P.A. Parenteau/ Kyle Okposo - Frans Nielsen - Michael Grabner/ Brian Rolston - Josh Bailey - Matt Martin/ Trevor Gillies - Marty Reasoner - Jay Pandolfo/ Mark Streit - Steve Staios/ Andrew MacDonald - Travis Hamonic/ Mike Mottau - Mark Eaton
Scratches: Jurcina, Comeau, DiPietro
Top PP times: Tavares (2:36), Moulson (2:36), Streit (2:21), Rolston (2:20), Parenteau (2:09)
Trending: Michael Grabner (1G, no PP, 1 SOG) has potted goals in two of his last three now. Brian Rolston (1A, 2 SOG) has helpers in two straight after three without a point. Mark Streit (1A, +1, no SOG) added his fourth assist in his last four outings.
Combos: Brett Connolly - Vincent Lecavalier - Martin St. Louis/ Ryan Malone - Steven Stamkos - Teddy Purcell/ Steve Downie - Dominic Moore - Blair Jones/ Tom Pyatt - Nate Thompson - Adam Hall/ Eric Brewer - Victor Hedman/ Marc-Andre Bergeron - Matt Gilroy/ Pavel Kubina - Brett Clark
Scratches: Ritola, Shannon, Gervais
Top PP times: Stamkos, MAB, St. Louis, Lecavalier (3:02), Connolly (2:39)
Trending: Ryan Malone (1G, +1, 1:25 PP, 1 SOG) has been blanked in his past three after beginning the season with points in three straight. Vincent Lecavalier (1G, 1A, +1, 4 SOG) has B2B point efforts sandwiching a three-game pointless skid this year. Marc-Andre Bergeron (1A, -1, 1 SOG) has points in five straight and he’s been piling up points left and right. Martin St. Louis (1A, +1, 2 SOG) only had one point in his prior four tilts coming in here, but you know he’ll put them up sooner or later. Teddy Purcell (2A, +1, 1:02 PP, 2 SOG) is up to six points in six games.
BUFFALO SABRES 3 @ FLORIDA PANTHERS 0
Goaltending match-up: Ryan Miller (22/22) vs. Jose Theodore (35/38, .921 SV%). This was Miller's first shutout of the season and 23rd of his career. He had five last year.
Combos: Thomas Vanek - Luke Adam - Jason Pominville/ Tyler Ennis - Derek Roy - Drew Stafford/ Cody McCormick - Ville Leino - Brad Boyes/ Nathan Gerbe - Paul Gaustad - Patrick Kaleta/ Jordan Leopold - Christian Ehrhoff/ Robyn Regehr - Tyler Myers/ Marc-Andre Gragnani - Andrej Sekera
Scratches: Weber, Ellis, Hecht
Top PP times: Ehrhoff (2:45), Leopold (2:42), Stafford (2:42), Roy (2:37), Vanek (2:26)
Trending: Thomas Vanek’s (2G, +2, 5 SOG) point streak stretched to six games, which includes every Sabres start so far. Jason Pominville (1G, 2A, +2, 2:21 PP, 3 SOG) has points in five of six with a better than point-per-game average, while Tyler Myers (1A, +1, 2:14 PP, 4 SOG) only had one assist headed in here. Ville Leino (1A, +1, 0:47 PP, 1 SOG) had a goal in the European opener, but then nothing until this evening.
Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ David Booth - Tomas Kopecky - Tim Kennedy/ Scottie Upshall - Marcel Goc - Jack Skille/ Bracken Kearns - Ryan Carter - Matt Bradley/ Keaton Ellerby - Erik Gudbranson/ Jason Garrison - Brian Campbell/ Mike Weaver - Dmitry Kulikov/ Keaton Ellerby
Scratches: Matthias, Bergenheim, Jovanovski
Top PP times: Campbell (1:54), Weiss (1:27), Flesichmann (1:27), Versteeg (1:27), Kulikov (1:14)
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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 3 @ COLORADO AVALANCHE 1
Goaltending match-up: Corey Crawford (31/32, .969 SV%) vs. Semyon Varlamov (27/29, .931 SV%). Some really strong saves from Varlamov in this one when I flipped over. Great to see him having success early on with his new team.
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: Keith (2:55), Hossa (2:14), Bickell (2:14), Bolland (2:08), Seabrook (2:01)
Trending: Patrick Sharp (1G, +1, 1:53 PP, 3 SOG) kept his point-per-game pace going. He also came into tonight averaging four shots a game. Jonathan Toews (1G, 1A, +3, 1:42 PP, 5 SOG) already had 12 points in 13 GP vs. COL coming in. Dan Carcillo (1A, +1, no PP, no SOG) has points in two of four now. Nick Leddy (1A, +1, 1:01 PP, no SOG) has a point in three of six from the back end. Andrew Brunette (1A, +2, 1:42 PP, 1 SOG) has points in four of five. Duncan Keith (1A, +2, 1 SO)G had his only two points in the last game. Marian Hossa (1G, +1, 3 SOG) scored into the empty net with Colorado on the PP. He has five points after his five affairs.
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, Hunwick, Mueller
Top PP times: Johnson (2:36), Kobasew (2:13), Duchene (2:02), Hejduk (1:59), Stastny (1:58)
Trending: Matt Duchene (1A, no SOG) only had three points coming in here. Joakim Lindstrom (1A, -1, 1:53 PP, 1 SOG) had a pair of goals in his first game, then nothing in two.
NEW YORK RANGERS 3 @ CALGARY FLAMES 2 (OT)
Goaltending match-up: Henrik Lundqvist (33/35, .943 SV%) vs. Henrik Karlsson (26/29, .897 SV%)
Combos: Derek Stepan - Brad Richards - Marian Gaborik/ Brandon Dubinsky - Artem Anisimov - Ryan Callahan/ Ruslan Fedotenko - Brian Boyle - Brandon Prust/ Michael Rupp - Kris Newbury - Erik Christensen/ Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi/ Michael Del Zotto - Tim Erixon/ Jeff Woywitka - Steve Eminger
Scratches: Bell, Wolski
Top PP times: Del Zotto (1:51), Gaborik (1:51), Richards (1:51), Callahan (1:51), Stepan (1:23)
Trending: Marian Gaborik (1G, 2 PIM, 8 SOG) and Brad Richards (1A, 1 SOG) continue to produce and the Rangers are finally starting to play some games this season. This was Derek Stepan’s (1A, 2 SOG) first scoring summary appearance. Brandon Dubinsky (1A, no PP, 4 SOG) has points in three of five now.
Combos: Alex Tanguay - David Moss - Jarome Iginla/ Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - Lee Stempniak/ Niklas Hagman - Brendan Morrison - Rene Bourque/ Tom Kostopoulos - Matt Stajan - Tim Jackman/ Jay Bouwmeester - Chris Butler/ Mark Giordano - Scott Hannan/ Cory Sarich - Derek Smith
Scratches: PLLL, Babchuk, Horak
Top PP times: Tanguay (5:33), Iginla (5:23), Giordano (4:59), Bourque (4:59), Jokinen (3:36)
Trending: Jarome Iginla (1G, 1A, -1, 3 SOG) had 18 points in 17 GP vs. NYR before this multi-pointer. Mark Giordano (1G, 7 SOG) hadn’t scored before tonight and he ended a three-game pointless skid. Alex Tangauy (2A, 2 PIM, no SOG) maintained his point-per-game average here.
MINNESOTA WILD 2 @ EDMONTON OILERS 1 (SO)
Goaltending match-up: Niklas Backstrom (30/31, .968 SV%) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (30/31, .968 SV%)
Combos: Dany Heatley - Mikko Koivu - Devin Setoguchi/ Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Matt Cullen - Guillaume Latendresse/ Brett Bulmer - Kyle Brodziak - Cal Clutterbuck/ Colton Gillies - Darroll Powe - Brad Staubitz/ Greg Zanon - Marek Zidlicky/ Jared Spurgeon - Marco Scandella/ Clayton Stoner - Nick Schultz
Scratches: Johnson, Kassian, Falk
Top PP times: Zidlicky (4:55), Heatley (4:49), Koivu (4:20), PMB (4:16), Setogochi (4:05)
Trending: Dany Heatley (1G, 7 SOG) broke the shutout and tied the game with 1.2 seconds left in the third period. He had been blanked in his past three games. Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1A, +1, 4 SOG) got his point! He already had 38 points in 39 career GP vs. EDM. He's money against the Oil and it didn't look like he'd get it. Devin Setoguchi (1A, 2 SOG) only had two points coming in here. Shootout: Cullen
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/ Ryan Whitney - Corey Potter/ Cam Barker - Andy Sutton
Scratches: Peckham, Hemsky
Top PP times: Hall (2:41), Eberle (2:39), Potter (2:39), RNH (2:39), Horcoff (2:18)
Trending: Ryan Jones (1G, +1, no PP, 1 SOG) has potted goals in two of three, while Ryan Smyth (1A, 2 PIM, 0:48 PP, 4 SOG) had three points in his five games headed in here. Shootout: Nobody scored
NASHVILLE PREDATORS 1 @ VANCOUVER CANUCKS 5
Goaltending match-up: Pekka Rinne (12/16, .750 SV%) & Anders Lindback (23/24, .958 SV%) vs. Roberto Luongo (25/26, .962 SV%)
Combos: Sergei Kostitsyn - Nick Spaling - Patric Hornqvist/ Matt Halischuk - David Legwand - Colin Wilson/ Jordin Tootoo - Blake Geoffrion - Jerred Smithson/ Brian McGrattan - Craig Smith - Niclas Bergfors/ Shea Weber - Ryan Suter/ Jonathon Blum - Kevin Klein/ Teemu Laakso - Mattias Ekholm
Scratches: O'Reilly, Hillen
Top PP times: Weber (4:56), Suter (4:56), Hornqvist (3:36), Kostitsyn (3:16), Wilson (3:00)
Trending: Colin Wilson (1A, +1, 9 PIM, no SOG) has points in four of five.
Combos: Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows/ Chris Higgins - Ryan Kesler - Cody Hodgson/ Marco Sturm - Manny Malhotra - Jannik Hansen/ Aaron Volpatti - Maxim Lapierre - Dale Weise/ Dan Hamhuis - Alexander Edler/ Keith Ballard - Kevin Bieksa/ Andrew Alberts - Sami Salo
Scratches: Ebbett, Samuelsson, Sulzer
Top PP times: Kesler, Sedins (8:36), Salo (7:58), Edler (6:48)
Trending: Henrik Sedin (1G, 1A, +1, 2 SOG) and Daniel Sedin (1G, 2A, +1, 2 PIM, 5 SOG) with multi-pointers before the game is six minutes old. Nice. Chris Higgins (1G, +1, 4:57 PP, 1 SOG) had four points in his past five games before this outing. Alexander Edler (2A, +1, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) had a single two-pointer as his only output before this evening. This was Ryan Kesler’s (1G, +1, 4 SOG) second game and first scoring summary appearance. Sami Salo (1A, +2, 6 SOG) had four points in all coming in and three of them had come a few games ago.
LOS ANGELES KINGS 2 @ PHOENIX COYOTES 0
Goaltending match-up: Jonathan Quick (28/28) vs. Mike Smith (20/22, .909 SV%). B2B shutouts for Quick and his 16th of his career. He had six last year.
Combos: Simon Gagne - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams/ Dustin Penner - Mike Richards - Dustin Brown/ Ethan Moreau - Jarret Stoll - Brad Richardson/ Kyle Clifford - Trevor Lewis - Kevin Westgarth/ Willie Mitchell - Slava Voynov/ Rob Scuderi - Jack Johnson/ Alec Martinez - Matt Greene
Scratches: Parse, Drewiske, Hunter
Top PP times: Johnson (4:01), Voynov (4:01), Richards (3:57), Kopitar (3:49), Brown (3:49)
Trending: Anze Kopitar (1A, 1 SOG) has points in all six games and had four of five multi-pointers in that streak coming in too. Mike Richards (1A, no SOG) has a modest three-game point streak rolling, while Dustin Brown (1G, 5 SOG) was coming off his two-point effort against the Blues in that 5-0 whitewash.
Combos: Ray Whitney - Daymond Langkow - Shane Doan/ Mikkel Boedker - Martin Hanzal - Radim Vrbata/ Taylor Pyatt - Boyd Gordon - Lauri Korpikoski/ Petteri Nokelainen - Raffi Torres - Paul Bissonnette/ Keith Yandle - Derek Morris/ Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Adrian Aucoin/ David Schlemko - Rostislav Klesla
Scratches: O'Sullivan, Summers
Top PP times: Yandle (5:08), Whitney (5:07), Doan (4:40), Vrbata (4:40), Hanzal (4:10)
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Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
