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Goaltending match-up: Ondrej Pavelec (34/34) vs. Rick DiPietro (23/25, .920 SV%). This was Pavelec's first shutout of the season and seventh of his career. He had four last year.

Combos: Andrew Ladd - Bryan Little - Kyle Wellwood/ Alex Burmistrov - Nik Antropov - Evander Kane/ Kenndal McArdle - Tim Stapleton - Blake Wheeler / Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn/ Randy Jones - Dustin Byfuglien/ Brett Festerling - Zach Bogosian/ Johnny Oduya - Mark Flood

Scratches: Stuart, Enstrom, Maxwell

Top PP times: N/A

Trending: Evander Kane (1G, +3, 5 PIM, 3 SOG) has been picking up steam lately and had six points in five games coming in here. Alex Burmistrov (1G, +3, 3 SOG) added the ENG and has 10 points already this season. Kyle Wellwood (1A, 1 SOG) had 5-3-8 overall headed in here. Johnny Oduya (1G, 1A, +2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) only had one point before this multi-pointer. Check on Nik Antropov’s injury status if he’s on your roster. He did keep playing, but maybe there’ll be a lingering issue. Randy Jones left after blocking a shot.

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

Scratches: Mottau, Niederreiter, Nabokov

Top PP times: Moulson (4:22), Tavares (3:59), Streit (3:33), Parenteau (3:28), MacDonald (3:14)

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Goaltending match-up: Jonas Hiller (24/25, .960 SV%) vs. Henrik Lundqvist (27/28, .964 SV%)

Combos: Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry/ Andrew Cogliano - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne/ Matt Beleskey - Brandon McMillan - Andrew Gordon/ Devante Smith-Pelly - Maxime Macenauer - George Parros/ Francois Beauchemin - Cam Fowler/ Toni Lydman - Lubomir Visnovsky/ Luca Sbisa - Sheldon Brookbank

Scratches: Foster, Bonino

Top PP times: Visnovsky (2:34), Fowler (2:22), Getzlaf (2:20), Perry (2:15), Ryan (2:12)

Trending: Ducks fans and poolies alike needed to see something in the box score from Ryan Getzlaf (1A, 4 SOG), Corey Perry (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) and Bobby Ryan (1G, +1, 4 SOG) tonight. Shootout: Selanne (sick backhander)

Combos: Brandon Dubinsky - Brad Richards - Ryan Callahan/ Wojtek Wolski - Derek Stepan - Marian Gaborik/ Ruslan Fedotenko - Brian Boyle - Brandon Prust/ Erik Christensen - Artem Anisimov - Andre Deveaux/ Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi/ Michael Del Zotto - Mike Sauer Jeff Woywikta - Steve Eminger

Scratches: Avery, Rupp

Top PP times: Richards (7:18), Del Zotto (5:20), Callahan (4:55), Gaborik (4:41), Stepan (4:28)

Trending: Marian Gaborik (1A, +1, 7 SOG) had chipped in eight points on the season coming in, including four in three tilts before tonight. Wojtek Wolski was hit by a Gaborik shot tonight and was injured. Shootout: Christensen, Gaborik (Suh-weet deke)

Goaltending match-up: Johan Hedberg (20/23, .870 SV%) vs. Sergei Bobrovsky (36/39, .923 SV%)

Combos: Zach Parise - Adam Henrique - Ilya Kovalchuk/ Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus/ Nick Palmieri - Ryan Carter - David Clarkson/ Mattias Tedenby - Brad Mills - Cam Janssen/ Mark Fraser - Adam Larsson/ Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne/ Bryce Salvador - Anton Volchenkov

Scratches: Greene, Pelley, Boulton

Top PP times: Kovalchuk (4:11), Larsson (2:31), Parise (2:31), Sykora (2:20), Elias (2:20)

Trending: Ilya Kovalchuk (2A, +2, 2 SOG) has points in B2B games after three without one. He confirmed after the game he pulled a leg muscle on his last shift. Stay tuned. Adam Henrique (1G, 1A, +2, 1:40 PP, 3 SOG) has points in three of four now and he potted his first NHL goal here. Zach Parise 1G, +2, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) only had five points on the season before tonight and had just one point in five games headed in. David Clarkson (1G, +1, 1:40 PP, 9 SOG) has goals in B2B affairs and Patrik Elias (1A, 4 SOG) added his 10th point in his 11th game. Shootout: Parise, Elias

Combos: Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jaromir Jagr/ Jody Shelley - Danny Briere - Jakub Voracek/ Harrison Zolniercyzk - Max Talbot - Wayne Simmonds/ Andreas Nodl - Sean Couturier - Zac Rinaldo/ Matt Carle - Erik Gustafsson/ Kimmo Timonen - Braydon Coburn/ Andreas Lilja - Andrej Meszaros

Scratches: JVR, Read

Top PP times: Giroux (5:56), Jagr (5:55), Timonen (5:49), Briere (5:25), Simmonds (4:59)

Trending: Claude Giroux (1G, +1, 5 SOG) had a goal the last time these teams met and he padded his total of 16 points with more here. Jaromir Jagr (1A, +1, 2 PIM, no SOG) keeps on keepin’ on for his owners. Sean Couturier (1A, +1, no PP, 1 SOG) has points in B2B games for the second time this season and Zac Rinaldo (1G, +1, 2 PIM, no PP, 2 SOG) netted his first NHL goal. Max Talbot (1G, -2, no PP, 3 SOG) has come up with goals in three of four after converting his penalty shot attempt. Shootout: Briere

Goaltending match-up: Ben Scrivens (38/39, .974 SV%) vs. Steve Mason (7/11, .636 SV%) & Allen York (7/7). This was Scrivens' first NHL start.

Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tim Connolly - Phil Kessel/ Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Matthew Lombardi - Tyler Bozak - Joey Crabb/ Philippe Dupuis - Dave Steckel - Mike Brown/ Carl Gunnarsson - Dion Phaneuf/ Mike Komisarek - John-Michael Liles/ Jake Gardiner - Luke Schenn

Scratches: Franson, Orr, Rosehill

Top PP times: Liles (2:41), Lupul (2:29), Phaneuf (2:13), Kessel (2:13), Connolly (1:55)

Trending: This is going to come as a complete surprise, so you may want to sit down. Phil Kessel (1A, +1, 2 SOG) and Joffrey Lupul (2A, +2, 2 PIM, no SOG) earned some pointage for their fantasy owners. Clarke MacArthur (2G, +2, 1:05 PP, 2 SOG) already had four goals in four games before this affair and this was his seventh straight game with at least two shots. Mikhail Grabovski (1A, +2, 1:23 PP, 1 SOG) has points in four straight now and Nikolai Kulemin (1A, +2, 0:49 PP, no SOG) added to the five points he had before this outing. John-Michael Liles (1G, +3, 1 SOG) had already tallied eight assists before this evening and Jake Gardiner has them in five of eight.

Combos: Vinny Prospal - Derek MacKenzie - Rick Nash/ Matt Calvert - Antoine Vermette - Ryan Johansen/ R.J. Umberger - Samuel Pahlsson - Cody Bass/ Alexandre Giroux - Derick Brassard - Derek Dorsett/ James Wisniewski - Fedor Tyutin/ Marc Methot - John Moore/ Aaron Johnson - Kris Russell

Scratches: Clitsome, Sanford

Top PP times: Wisniewski (4:54), Prospal (4:36), Umberger (4:36), Russell (4:17), Brassard (4:03)

Trending: Ryan Johansen (1G, +1, 2 SOG) has secured goals in three of five now and Antoine Vermette (1A, 3:24 PP, 2 SOG) has a helper in six of seven.

Goaltending match-up: Corey Crawford (41/43, .953 SV%) vs. Jacob Markstrom (31/33, .939 SV%)

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

Scratches: Keith, Scott, Olesz

Top PP times: Seabrook (1:19), Hossa (1:08), Bolland (1:08), Carcillo (1:08), Sharp (1:03)

Trending: Marian Hossa (1G, 5 SOG) was coming off his three-assist effort Halloween night. Patrick Kane (1A, 0:52 PP, 1 SOG) had 2G, 1A in that affair. One of the Hawks' reporters tweeted this after the game: #Blackhawks' Marian Hossa got text from ex-teammate Bobby Holik after game saying Patrick Kane is "the best street hockey player on skates." Jonathan Toews (1G, 0:52 PP, 2 SOG) has points in B2B games after a brief three-game pointless skid. Andrew Brunette (1A, +2, 0:52 PP, 2 SOG) has points in two of three after three without one. Nick Leddy (1A, +1, 0:41 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three straight and had seven overall headed in here. Shootout: Kane

Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ Scottie Upshall - Mike Santorelli - Tomas Kopecky/ Marco Sturm - Marcel Goc - Jack Skille/ Sean Bergenheim - Shawn Matthias - Matt Bradley/ Brian Campbell - Jason Garrison/ Keaton Ellerby - Ed Jovanovski/ Dmitry Kulikov - Mike Weaver

Scratches: Gudbranson, Clemmensen

Top PP times: Kulikov, Weiss, Fleischmann, Campbell, Versteeg (1:05)

Trending: One of the consistent forces for the Panthers this season has been Stephen Weiss (1G, +2, 2 SOG) with Tomas Fleischmann (1A, +2, 3 SOG) and Kris Versteeg (1A, +2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) on that first line. Dmitry Kulikov (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had five assists in five games headed in here.

Goaltending match-up: Miikka Kiprusoff (28/29, .966 SV%) vs. Jimmy Howard (18/21, .857 SV%)

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

Scratches: Hagman, PLLL, Smith

Top PP times: Iginla (3:56), Jokinen (3:56), Glencross (3:37), Giordano (3:11), Babchuk (2:50)

Trending: Jarome Iginla (2G, 1A, +1, 6 SOG) had just two goals before tonight, but the early slump is pretty much an annual tradition. Lee Stempniak (1G, +1, 0:41 PP, 3 SOG) had just one point in five games before tonight. Anton Babchuk (1A, +2, 1 SOG) has points in three of his past four starts, but when he’ll start is the question game to game. Olli Jokinen (1G, 1A, +1, 3 SOG) has a point in three of his past four, while Curtis Glencross (2A, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) added to the five points on the season he had coming in. Mark Giordano (1A, 1 SOG) has been fairly quiet this season so far.

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

Scratches: Smith, Kindl, Eaves

Top PP times: Lidstrom (3:37), Datsyuk (3:08), Zetterberg (3:08), Franzen (3:08), Holmstrom (3:08)

Trending: Danny Cleary (1G, 1:59 PP, 6 SOG) had an ugly eight-game pointless streak coming in here. Ian White (1A, 2:28 PP, 4 SOG) had nothing in six before this one, while Niklas Kronwall (1A, -2, 2 PIM, 1:59 PP, 3 SOG) had two points on the season before this evening.

Goaltending match-up: Cory Schneider (40/45, .889 SV%) vs. Josh Harding (24/25, .960 SV%)

Combos: Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows/ David Booth - Ryan Kesler - Cody Hodgson/ Chris Higgins - Manny Malhotra - Jannik Hansen/ Aaron Volpatti - Maxim Lapierre - Dale Weise/ Andrew Alberts - Alexander Edler/ Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa/ Keith Ballard - Alexander Sulzer

Scratches: Salo, Ebbett

Top PP times: Edler (6:29), H. Sedin (6:11), Kesler (6:00), D. Sedin (5:54), Hamhuis (4:49)

Trending: Daniel Sedin (1A, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had a pair of points the last time he met the Wild. Coming into tonight, all six of Alexandre Burrows’ (1A, +1, 3:21 PP, 5 SOG) points had come on the road... a trend not broken here.

Combos: Dany Heatley - Mikko Koivu - Guillaume Latendresse/ Devin Setoguchi - Matt Cullen - Pierre-Marc Bouchard/ Nick Johnson - Kyle Brodziak - Cal Clutterbuck/ Brad Staubitz - Darroll Powe - Colton Gillies/ Marek Zidlicky - Nick Schultz/ Justin Falk - Nate Prosser/ Jared Spurgeon - Marco Scandella

Scratches: Stoner

Top PP times: Spurgeon (3:16), Clutterbuck (2:58), Cullen (2:58), Setoguchi (2:58), Zidlicky (2:58)

Trending: Hell of a game for Matt Cullen (2G, 1A, +3, 9 SOG) here, who only had a sparse five points on the year coming in here. Guillaume Latendresse (1G, +1, 4 PIM, 3 SOG) had been blanked in his past four, but scored a sweet one to get Minnesota on the board. Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1G, 2A, +2, 2 SOG) hadn’t scored before tonight. Marek Zidlicky (1A, +4, 1 SOG) had two points on the season coming in here.

Goaltending match-up: Pekka Rinne (35/35) vs. Jason LaBarbera (28/30, .933 SV%). Let's see. A $49M contract, his third shutout of the season and 23rd of his career. What did you do for your birthday this year? #icecreamcake

Combos: Sergei Kostitsyn - Mike Fisher - Martin Erat/ Colin Wilson - Craig Smith - Patric Hornqvist/ Jerred Smithson - David Legwand - Jordin Tootoo/ Matt Halischuk - Blake Geoffrion - Niclas Bergfors/ Ryan Suter - Shea Weber/ Kevin Klein - Francis Bouillon/ Jonathon Blum - Jack Hillen

Scratches: Laakso, McGrattan

Top PP times: Weber (2:51), Suter (2:37), Fisher, Erat, Kostitsyn (2:22)

Trending: Patric Hornqvist (1G, +1, 1:32 PP, 5 SOG) netted the ENG and has five goals in his past four affairs. Craig Smith (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1:02 PP, 6 SOG) has been hot and cold so far, but had nine points overall coming in here. Jonathon Blum (1G, +1, 1:03 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three of seven now with his first goal of the season opening the scoring tonight.

Combos: Lauri Korpikoski - Daymond Langkow - Shane Doan/ Ray Whitney - Boyd Gordon - Radim Vrbata/ Taylor Pyatt - Andy Miele - Mikkel Boedker/ Patrick O'Sullivan - Kyle Chipchura - Raffi Torres/ David Schlemko - Rostislav Klesla/ Keith Yandle - Derek Morris/ Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Adrian Aucoin

Scratches: Hanzal, Bissonnette, O'Reilly

Top PP times: Yandle (3:46), Whitney, Vrbata, Doan, Langkow (3:13)

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Goaltending match-up: Nikolai Khabibulin (19/19) vs. Jonathan Quick (24/27, .889 SV%). This was Khabibulin's second shutout of the season and 45th of his career. He had two last year.

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/ Jeff Petry - Corey Potter/ Theo Peckham - Colten Teubert

Scratches: Barker, Sutton

Top PP times: Gilbert (4:35), Gagner (4:29), Smyth (4:29), Petry (4:09), RNH (4:06)

Trending: Ryan Smyth (1G, +1, 3 SOG) had racked up five points in the two games headed in here and he is turning back the clock so far this season. Ryan Jones (1A, +1, no PP, 6 SOG) has points in three in a row now. Tom Gilbert (1A, +1, no SOG) has points in two straight for the first time all year. He had just three points before this outing. Corey Potter (1G, +2, 3 SOG) is more than just a boy wizard. He's a superhero of FA D in fantasy so far.

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

Scratches: Westgarth, Drewiske, Hunter

Top PP times: Brown (3:17), Doughty (3:17), Johnson (3:15), Richards (3:11), Kopitar (3:11)

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Goaltending match-up: Marc-Andre Fleury (34/37, .919 SV%) vs. Antti Niemi (4/6, .667 SV%) & Thomas Greiss (29/30, .967 SV%)

Combos: Steve Sullivan - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal/ Chris Kunitz - Richard Park - Pascal Dupuis/ Matt Cooke - Mark Letestu - Arron Asham/ Dustin Jeffrey - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams/ Paul Martin - Kris Letang/ Brooks Orpik - Deryk Engelland/ Matt Niskanen - Ben Lovejoy

Scratches: Staal, Picard, MacIntyre

Top PP times: N/A

Trending: Evgeni Malkin (2G, 1A, +2, 4 SOG) had been limited to only six starts headed in here, but had 2-5-7 in that span. James Neal (2A, +2, 8 SOG) had racked up 9-2-11 in his 13 GP before this evening, while Steve Sullivan (2A, +2, 1 SOG) had just three helpers overall. Kris Letang (1A, 5 SOG) maintained his point-per-game pace through his 12th game here.

Combos: Patrick Marleau - Joe Thornton - Joe Pavelski/ Ryane Clowe - Logan Couture - Martin Havlat/ Torrey Mitchell - Michal Handzus - Jamie McGinn/ Brad Winchester - Andrew Desjardins - Andrew Murray/ Douglas Murray - Dan Boyle/ Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Brent Burns/ Colin White - Jason Demers

Scratches: White, Demers, Ferriero

Top PP times: Boyle (2:00), Pavelski, Marleau, Burns, Thornton (1:12)

Trending: Patrick Marleau (1G, -1, 5 SOG) already had six points in five games before tonight. Martin Havlat (2A, +2, 2 PIM, 6 SOG) had been blanked in his past two after tallying five points in his first four games as a Shark. Ryane Clowe (1G, 5 PIM, 6 SOG) had zeroes in his past two games and hadn't scored a goal against the Pens in five prior tries. Dan Boyle (2A, +2, 2 SOG) had chipped in five assists in 10 GP coming in. Shootout: Clowe

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