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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 0 @ CAROLINA HURRICANES 3
Goaltending match-up: Corey Crawford (30/33, .909 SV%) vs. Cam Ward (30/30). Ray Emery is likely to play Saturday. This was Ward's first shutout of the season and 17th of his career. He had four last year.
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/ Brent Seabrook - Niklas Hjalmarsson/ Steve Montador - Sean O’Donnell
Scratches: Scott, Lepisto, Olesz
Top PP times: Hossa (4:53), Kane (4:37), Keith (4:28), Sharp (4:21), Toews (4:10)
Trending:
Combos: Jeff Skinner - Jussi Jokinen - Tuomo Ruutu/ Jiri Tlusty - Eric Staal - Chad LaRose/ Alexei Ponikarovsky - Brandon Sutter - Pat Dwyer/ Anthony Stewart - Tim Brent - Zach Boychuk/ Joni Pitkanen - Jamie McBain/ Bryan Allen - Tim Gleason/ Tomas Kaberle - Jay Harrison
Scratches: Joslin, Brett Sutter
Top PP times: Pitkanen (6:01), Jokinen (4:50), Skinner (4:46), McBain (4:35), Kaberle (4:04)
Trending: Eric Staal (2:59 PP, 4 SOG) was stopped on a penalty shot attempt in the second period. Jussi Jokinen (1A, +1, 2 SOG) had a decent six points in nine affairs headed in here, while Brandon Sutter (1G, +2, 2 PIM, 1:05 PP, 2 SOG) has found the back of the net in three of his past six now. Jiri Tlusty (1G, +1, 0:19 PP, 2 SOG) has points in four of seven. Chad LaRose (1A, +1, 2:34 PP, 1 SOG) had three points in four affairs coming in.
SAN JOSE SHARKS 4 @ DETROIT RED WINGS 2
Goaltending match-up: Antti Niemi (30/32, .938 SV%) vs. Jimmy Howard (26/29, .897 SV%)
Combos: Patrick Marleau - Joe Thornton - Joe Pavelski/ Ryane Clowe - Logan Couture - Martin Havlat/ Benn Ferriero - Michal Handzus - Jamie McGinn/ Brad Winchester - Andrew Desjardins - Andrew Murray/ Douglas Murray - Dan Boyle/ Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Brent Burns/ Colin White - Justin Braun
Scratches: Vandermeer, Mitchell, Demers
Top PP times: Boyle (4:21), Burns (3:31), Thornton (3:31), Marleau (3:31), Pavelski (3:31)
Trending: Such a smart play by Martin Havlat (2A, +1, 4 PIM, 2:14 PP, 6 SOG) to feed Ryan Clowe (1G, 1A, +1, 2:14 PP, 3 SOG) with a simple dish for a great opportunity, which the power forward converted, for San Jose’s first goal. Havlat has helpers in all four starts now. Clowe had 2-4-6 in 7 GP coming in here with his usual sprinkling of PIM. Patrick Marleau (1G, 1A, +1, 4 SOG) had racked up 40 points in 51 GP vs. DET coming in here. Joe Thornton (2G, +2, 3 SOG) pushed his point streak to five games after converting on his breakaway chance. He also picked up the ENG. Joe Pavelski (1A, +1, 3 SOG) entered this one on the strength of three consecutive two-pointers.
Combos: Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Danny Cleary/ Valtteri Filppula - Johan Franzen - Jiri Hudler/ Todd Bertuzzi - Darren Helm - Patrick Eaves/ Drew Miller - Justin Abdelkader - Tomas Holmstrom Nicklas Lidstrom - Ian White/ Niklas Kronwall - Brad Stuart/ Jonathan Ericsson - Jakub Kindl
Scratches: Emmerton, Brunnstrom
Top PP times: Lidstrom (5:34), Datsyuk (5:19), Zetterberg (5:19), White (5:09), Holmstrom (4:21)
Trending: Henrik Zetterberg (1G, -2, 7 SOG) had a whopping 1-1-2 in 7 GP coming in. Buy low. It won’t last. Pavel Datsyuk (2A, -2, 5 SOG) has added points in three of his past four now. Nicklas Lidstrom (2A, -2, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had added three points in his past three games. You want to see why Tomas Holmstrom (1G, -1, 1 SOG) is Tomas Holmstrom? Watch Detroit’s second goal. Beautiful.
EDMONTON OILERS 3 @ COLORADO AVALANCHE 1
Goaltending match-up: Devan Dubnyk (40/41, .976 SV%) vs. Semyon Varlamov (16/19, .842 SV%)
Combos: Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle/ Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ryan Jones/ Magnus Paajarvi - Eric Belanger - Sam Gagner/ Ben Eager - Anton Lander - Lennart Petrell/ Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert/ Theo Peckham - Corey Potter/ Cam Barker - Andy Sutton
Scratches: Whitney, Omark, Petry
Top PP times: Potter (4:34), Hall (4:29), Eberle (4:22), RNH (4:15), Horcoff (4:02),
Trending: Cam Barker (1G, +1, 4 PIM, 3:46 PP, 1 SOG) opened the scoring tonight and that was his first point with the Oilers. Ryan Smyth (3A, +2, 2 PIM, 3:25 PP, 2 SOG) hadn't recorded points in B2B games yet. This was Sam Gagner's (1A, 3:52 PP, 3 SOG) fourth start and first pointage. Shawn Horcoff (1G, +2, 4 SOG) had one point in four tries before tonight. Ryan Jones (1A, +1, no PP, no SOG) ended a three-game pointless slide here.
Combos: David Jones - Paul Stastny - Milan Hejduk/ Joakim Lindstrom - Matt Duchene - Chuck Kobasew/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Daniel Winnik/ Cody McLeod - Jay McClement - Kevin Porter/ Jan Hejda - Erik Johnson/ Kyle Quincey - Shane O'Brien/ Ryan Wilson - Ryan O'Byrne
Scratches: Hunwick, Galiardi, Mueller
Top PP times: Johnson (5:19), Quincey (4:50), Duchene (3:35), O'Reilly (3:34), Landeskog (3:34)
Trending: Ryan O'Reilly (1G, 1 SOG) had already chipped in seven assists before potting his first goal to get Colorado on the board. Matt Duchene (1A, -1, 5 SOG) only had one point in five games headed in here.
ST. LOUIS BLUES 1 @ CALGARY FLAMES 3
Goaltending match-up: Brian Elliott (15/17, .882 SV%) vs. Miikka Kiprusoff (28/29, .966 SV%). Elliott was the 1-pin to David Moss' body bowling ball late in the second period. Looked really bad, but Elliott was able to resume his netminding duties.
Combos: Vladimir Sobotka - David Backes - Chris Stewart/ T.J. Oshie - Patrik Berglund - Matt D'Agostini/ Alex Steen - Jason Arnott - Jamie Langenbrunner/ Evgeny Grachev - Scott Nichol - Chris Porter/ Kent Huskins - Alex Pietrangelo/ Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk/ Carlo Colaiacovo - Roman Polak
Scratches: Chorney, Nikitin, Reaves
Top PP times: Shattenkirk (2:40), Colaiacovo (2:35), Oshie (2:30), D'Agostini (2:30), Berglund (2:30)
Trending: Alex Steen (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 2:21 PP, 4 SOG) had a pair of goals in the last game and he's been fantastic this season so far. Kevin Shattenkirk (1A, 2:40 PP, 2 SOG) had a few assists in his last game and had five points overall before this outing. Jamie Langenbrunner (1A, 2 PIM, 0:15 PP, 4 SOG) only had three helpers on the season coming in here.
Combos: Alex Tanguay - Brendan Morrison - Jarome Iginla/ David Moss - Olli Jokinen - Curtis Glencross/ Rene Bourque - Roman Horak - Lee Stempniak/ Tom Kostopoulos - Tim Jackman - / Jay Bouwmeester - Chris Butler/ Mark Giordano - Scott Hannan/ Cory Sarich - Derek Smith/ Anton Babchuk
Scratches: Hagman, Stajan, PLLL
Top PP times: Tanguay (2:36), Giordano (2:15), Iginla (2:04), Jokinen (1:56), Glencross (1:56), Bourque (1:56)
Trending: Roman Horak (1G, 1A, +2, 1:12 PP, 1 SOG) was coming off his first NHL goal and multi-point game in his two-point effort vs. COL. Curtis Glencross (2A, +1, no SOG) was able to play tonight and ended a three-game pointless skid. Olli Jokinen (1G, 2 SOG) added the ENG and has points in all but two games. David Moss (1A, 1:07 PP, 3 SOG) added his fourth point of the season and has them in four of his past seven now.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
