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WINNIPEG JETS 5 @ BUFFALO SABRES 6 (OT)
Goaltending match-up: Ondrej Pavelec (39/45, .867 SV%) vs. Ryan Miller (26/31, .839 SV%)
Combos: Andrew Ladd - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler/ Evander Kane - Nik Antropov - Alex Burmistrov/ Kenndal McArdle - Tim Stapleton - Chris Thorburn/ Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Kyle Wellwood/ Johnny Oduya - Dustin Byfuglien/ Mark Stuart - Zach Bogosian/ Mark Flood - Brett Festerling
Scratches: Jones, Postma, Maxwell
Top PP times: Byfuglien (3:33), Antropov (2:56), Kane (2:56), Ladd (2:53), 3 with 2:47
Trending: Dustin Byfuglien (1G, 1A, 12 PIM, 3 SOG) had 1-5-6 overall coming in here. Andrew Ladd (1A, 4 PIM, 1 SOG) stopped a three-game pointless skid here and had just four points on the season coming in. Bryan Little (2G, +1, 2:47 PP, 7 SOG) hadn’t scored this season until tonight and had just three points before this evening. Kyle Wellwood (1A, +2, 2:47 PP, 3 SOG) had chipped in 5-4-9 coming in here. Blake Wheeler (2A, +1, 2 PIM, 1:21 PP, 4 SOG) had nothing in five headed in here.
Combos: Thomas Vanek - Luke Adam - Jason Pominville/ Ville Leino - Derek Roy - Drew Stafford/ Nathan Gerbe - Paul Gaustad - Brad Boyes/ Cody McCormick - Matt Ellis - Corey Tropp/ Robyn Regehr - Jordan Leopold/ Tyler Myers - Andrej Sekera/ Christian Ehrhoff - Marc-Andre Gragnani
Scratches: Weber, Kaleta, Ennis
Top PP times: Pominville (9:47), Roy (9:42), Vanek (9:26), Boyes (8:25), Myers (6:38)
Trending: Thomas Vanek (2G, -1, 5 SOG) had been blanked in his past two starts, but had 8-8-16 coming in. Derek Roy (2G, 1A, -2, 5 SOG) has points in three in a row for the first time this season, as does Nathan Gerbe (1A, +1, 4 PIM, 0:14 PP, 1 SOG). Tyler Myers (1A, -3, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) had three points last month and had nothing in November coming in. Jason Pominville (1G, 2A, -1, 6 SOG) hadn’t produced in his past few games, but still is above a point-per-game average on the season. Brad Boyes (1A, 2 SOG) ended October with five points in three games, then was shutout for three games coming in here. Christian Ehrhoff (1A, +1, 6:09 PP, 4 SOG) had seven points before tonight, but nothing in the three coming in. Marc-Andre Gragnani (1A, 4:24 PP, 3 SOG) has helpers in two of three with five points overall now.
FLORIDA PANTHERS 5 @ TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 1
Goaltending match-up: Jose Theodore (38/39, .974 SV%) vs. Jonas Gustavsson (18/21, .857 SV%) & Ben Scrivens (5/7, .714 SV%)
Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ Scottie Upshall - Mike Santorelli - Tomas Kopecky/ Jack Skille - Marcel Goc - Marco Sturm/ Sean Bergenheim - Shawn Matthias - Matt Bradley/ Brian Campbell - Jason Garrison/ Keaton Ellerby - Ed Jovanovski/ Dmitry Kulikov - Mike Weaver
Scratches: Gudbranson
Top PP times: Campbell (2:32), Kulikov (1:55), Garrison (1:49), Fleischmann (1:45), Versteeg (1:39)
Trending: Dmitry Kulikov (1A, +1, 2 SOG) has points in four straight and seven of eight. Mike Weaver (1A, +1, 0:16 PP, no SOG) has helpers in three of four on D. Marco Sturm (1G, 0:54 PP, 2 SOG) hadn’t registered a point with Vancouver or Florida this season. Jack Skille (1G, 1A, +2, 1:00 PP, 5 SOG) has points in B2B games now, but only had two points on the year coming in. Jason Garrison (1A, -1, 1 SOG) added his seventh point.
Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Matt Frattin - Matthew Lombardi - 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: Kessel (2:59), Liles (2:35), Grabovski (2:19), MacArthur (2:06), Gardiner (2:06)
Trending: Phil Kessel (1G, +1, 3 SOG) hadn’t scored in his past four outings. Joffrey Lupul (1A, +1, 1:54 PP, 5 SOG) had tallied five points in three November games.
DALLAS STARS 5 @ WASHINGTON CAPITALS 2
Goaltending match-up: Kari Lehtonen (30/32, .938 SV%) vs. Michal Neuvirth (31/36, .861 SV%)
Combos: Loui Eriksson - Jamie Benn - Michael Ryder/ Brenden Morrow - Mike Ribeiro - Adam Burish/ Eric Nystrom - Vernon Fiddler - Radek Dvorak/ Jake Dowell - Tom Wandell - Toby Petersen/ Sheldon Souray - Stephane Robidas/ Mark Fistric - Alex Goligoski/ Trevor Daley - Nicklas Grossman
Scratches: Barch, Pardy, Ott
Top PP times: Morrow (3:55), Ribeiro (3:55), Goligoski (3:52), Souray (3:47), Robidas (3:41)
Trending: Michael Ryder (2G, +2, 2 PIM, 3:39 PP, 7 SOG) has three consecutive multi-pointers coming in here and has been working well with Jamie Benn (1G, 2A, +2, 3:04 PP, 3 SOG) and Loui Eriksson (1A, +2, 3:07 PP, 5 SOG) - who can do no wrong these days. Adam Burish (1G, 1A, +1, 2 PIM, 3:09 PP, 2 SOG) has points in two of three this month and has been filling in for the day-to-day Steve Ott in a scoring line role. Brenden Morrow (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SO)G had nothing in three games coming in. Sheldon Souray (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) already had 12 points in 13 GP from the back end coming in here. Radek Dvorak (1A, 0:16 PP, no SOG) has picked up helpers in four of five now.
Combos: Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Troy Brouwer/ Cody Eakin - Marcus Johansson - Alexander Semin/ Jason Chimera - Brooks Laich - Joel Ward/ Matt Hendricks - Jeff Halpern - Mike Knuble/ Roman Hamrlik - John Carlson/ John Erskine - Dennis Wideman/ Jeff Schultz - Karl Alzner
Scratches: Green, Perreault
Top PP times: Wideman (3:51), Ovechkin (3:35), Semin (3:30), Backstrom (3:24), Laich (2:31)
Trending: Nicklas Backstrom (1A, -3, 4 SOG) has been a force this season and Alexander Semin (1G, +1, 4 PIM, 2 SOG)... not so much to this point. Brooks Laich (1A, 1 SOG) had four points in three games before this evening. Marcus Johansson (1A, 1:13 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three of five now. This was Cody Eakin’s (1A, +1, 0:22 PP, 1 SOG) third start and he already had a pair of points. John Carlson (1G, -3, 1:58 PP, 4 SOG) has points in three straight and five of seven.
CAROLINA HURRICANES 2 @ NEW JERSEY DEVILS 3
Goaltending match-up: Cam Ward (33/36, .917 SV%) vs. Martin Brodeur (25/27, .926 SV%)
Combos: Jeff Skinner - Eric Staal - Chad LaRose/ Alexei Ponikarovsky - Tuomo Ruutu - Zach Boychuk/ Jiri Tlusty - Brandon Sutter - Pat Dwyer/ Zac Dalpe - Tim Brent - Anthony Stewart/ Joni Pitkanen - Jamie McBain/ Bryan Allen - Tim Gleason/ Tomas Kaberle - Jay Harrison
Scratches: Joslin, Jokinen
Top PP times: Pitkanen (3:08), Staal (2:31), Skinner (2:12), LaRose (2:12), Kaberle (2:03)
Trending: Brandon Sutter (1G, -1, no PP, 1 SOG) had nothing in four coming in, but he had his second SHG of the season here. Joni Pitkanen (1G, 4 SOG) has points in two of four after five without one. This was Zach Boychuk’s (1A, +1, 1:48 PP, 1 SOG) seventh start with the Canes this year and first pointage.
Combos: Zach Parise - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson/ Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus/ Mattias Tedenby - Ryan Carter - Nick Palmieri/ Rod Pelley - Brad Mills - Cam Janssen/ Andy Greene - Adam Larsson/ Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne/ Bryce Salvador - Anton Volchenkov
Scratches: Fraser, Kovalchuk
Top PP times: Larsson (5:39), Sykora (4:53), Parise (4:49), Zubrus (4:49), Elias (4:25)
Trending: Adam Henrique (1G, 2:37 PP, 2 SOG) has racked up six points in his past four games. Patrik Elias (2A, +1, 1 SOG) has points in all but two starts this season. Dainius Zubrus (1G, 1A, +2, 4 SOG) has points in three of four this month. Petr Sykora (1G, 4 SOG) had one point in five games coming in.
EDMONTON OILERS 3 @ MONTREAL CANADIENS 1
Goaltending match-up: Nikolai Khabibulin (28/29, .966 SV%) vs. Carey Price (11/13, .846 SV%)
Combos: Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle/ Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ales Hemsky/ Ryan Jones - Eric Belanger - Sam Gagner/ Ben Eager - Anton Lander - Lennart Petrell/ Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert/ Theo Peckham - Corey Potter/ Cam Barker - Jeff Petry
Scratches: Sutton, Teubert, Paajarvi
Top PP times: Barker, Smyth, Gagner (2:28), Hemsky (2:23), Belanger (2:04)
Trending: Ales Hemsky (1A, +1, no SOG) was back in action tonight. Ryan Jones (1G, +1, no PP, 2 SOG) has points in four of five and this was his second career SHG. Ryan Smyth (1G, 1A, +2, 3 SOG) has been solid for the Oilers in his return to Edmonton and Tom Gilbert (1G, +2, 0:24 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three of four. Shawn Horcoff (1A, +2, 1:18 PP, 2 SOG) added his eighth point on the Smyth ENG.
Combos: Max Pacioretty - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta/ Michael Cammalleri - David Desharnais - Erik Cole/ Travis Moen - Lars Eller - Yannick Weber/ Mathieu Darche - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Blunden/ Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban/ Hal Gill - Raphael Diaz/ Jaroslav Spacek - Alexei Emelin
Scratches: Kostitsyn
Top PP times: Plekanec (7:21), Weber (6:10), Cammalleri (6:03), Pacioretty (5:59), Cole (5:55)
Trending: Tomas Plekanec (1A, -2, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) was coming off his three-assist effort against the Rangers. Max Pacioretty (1G, -1, 5 SOG) has goals in B2B games and P.K. Subban (1A, 5 SOG) had just three points on the season before tonight.
COLORADO AVALANCHE 2 @ DETROIT RED WINGS 5
Goaltending match-up: Semyon Varlamov (13/16, .812 SV%) & Jean-Sebastien Giguere (12/13, .923 SV%) vs. Jimmy Howard (24/26, .923 SV%)
Combos: Matt Duchene - Paul Stastny - Milan Hejduk/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Daniel Winnik/ Cody McLeod - Chuck Kobasew/ David Jones - Jay McClement - Joakim Lindstrom/ Kyle Quincey - Shane O'Brien/ Erik Johnson - Ryan Wilson/ Ryan O'Byrne - Jan Hejda/ Matt Hunwick
Scratches: Porter, Galiardi, Mueller
Top PP times: Johnson (2:05), O'reilly (1:57), Landeskog (1:57), Quincey (1:35), Duchene (1:32)
Trending: Gabriel Landeskog (1G, 5 SOG) had nothing in three November tries coming in here, but had 4-3-7 on his rookie campaign overall. Matt Duchene (1A, -2, 1:32 PP, no SOG) has points in three straight, which is a good sign for his owners, while Kyle Quincey (1A, 2 PIM, 1:35 PP, 3 SOG) continues to be a strong source of D points. Milan Hejduk (1G, -1, 0:57 PP, 3 SOG) had two points in eight games headed in here and Ryan Wilson (1A, -2, 0:57 PP, 1 SOG) picked up his ninth point of the season from the blueline. Erik Johnson (1A, 1 SOG) has eight, including in two of three.
Combos: Danny Cleary - Pavel Datsyuk - Tomas Holmstrom/ Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Johan Franzen/ Jiri Hudler - Darren Helm - Justin Abdelkader/ Drew Miller - Cory Emmerton - Fabian Brunnstrom/ Nicklas Lidstrom - Ian White/ Niklas Kronwall - Brad Stuart/ Jonathan Ericsson - Jakub Kindl
Scratches: Eaves, Commodore, Bertuzzi
Top PP times: Lidstrom (2:56), Cleary, Datsyuk, White, Holmstrom (2:43)
Trending: Johan Franzen (3G, +2, 2:38 PP, 5 SOG) had a 1G, 2A effort in his last game, so B2B three-pointers now. Nicklas Lidstrom (1G, +1, 3 SOG) had already posted 10 points in 12 GP coming in here and he had 59 points in 67 GP vs. the Avs. Valtteri Filppula (2A, +2, 2:38 PP, no SOG) has points in B2B affairs after six without one. Jiri Hudler (1A, 1 SOG) had gone seven without a single point.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 0 @ ST. LOUIS BLUES 3
Goaltending match-up: Corey Crawford vs. Jaroslav Halak. This was Halak's first shutout of the season and a much-needed one at that. He has 17 in his career and seven of them came last year. It's only one game, but like I tweeted right after the Hitch announcement came down... Halak can't help but benefit from Hitch hockey like Steve Mason did in his rookie campaign.
Combos: Patrick Sharp - Jonathan Toews - Michael Frolik/ Dan Carcillo - Patrick Kane - Marian Hossa/ Rostislav Olesz - Dave Bolland - Andrew Brunette/ Viktor Stalberg - Marcus Kruger - Jamal Mayers/ Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook/ Nick Leddy - Niklas Hjalmarsson/ John Scott - Steve Montador
Scratches: O'Donnell, Bickell, Lepisto
Top PP times: Kane (4:39), Hossa (4:13), Sharp (4:08), Toews (4:03), Brunette (3:47)
Trending:
Combos: Vladimir Sobotka - David Backes - T.J. Oshie/ Matt D'Agostini - Patrik Berglund - Chris Stewart/ Alex Steen - Jason Arnott - Jamie Langenbrunner/ Evgeny Grachev - Scott Nichol - Ryan Reaves/ Carlo Colaiacovo - Alex Pietrangelo/ Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk/ Ian Cole - Roman Polak
Scratches: Porter, Chorney, Nikitin
Top PP times: Shattenkirk (1:47), D'Agostini (1:47), Stewart (1:38), Backes (1:35), Steen (1:35)
Trending: This was Ken Hitchcock’s first game behind the bench and having not had much time with the team, he left the lines intact from Saturday’s tilt. Ian Cole being called up was the only change on D. Chris Stewart (1G, 2 SOG) had a palty 2-1-3 coming in. T.J. Oshie (1G, 1A, +2, 2 PIM, 1:16 PP, 3 SOG) had eight points to his name coming in, including a three-pointer a few games ago. Vladimir Sobotka (1G, +1, 2 PIM, no PP, 2 SOG) hadn’t scored before tonight, but has points in four in a row now. Kevin Shattenkirk (2A, +2, 1 SOG) had four points in five games before this evening.
MINNESOTA WILD 3 @ CALGARY FLAMES 0
Goaltending match-up: Niklas Backstrom (41/41) vs. Miikka Kiprusoff (23/25, .920 SV%). This was Backstrom's first shutout of the season and 23rd of his career. He had three last season.
Combos: Dany Heatley - Mikko Koivu - Guillaume Latendresse/ Devin Setoguchi - Matt Cullen - Pierre-Marc Bouchard/ Nick Johnson - Kyle Brodziak - Darroll Powe/ Brad Staubitz - Warren Peters - Colton Gillies/ Marek Zidlicky - Nick Schultz/ Justin Falk - Nate Prosser/ Jared Spurgeon - Marco Scandella
Scratches: Stoner, Clutterbuck
Top PP times: PMB (2:27), Heatley (2:27), Zidlicky (2:13), Koivu (2:13), Latendresse (2:13)
Trending: Dany Heatley (1G, 1A, 6 SOG) has goals in B2B games for the first time this season. He had 13 SOG in two games coming in here too. Mikko Koivu (1A, +1, 3 SOG) had five points in five games coming in here and Marek Zidlicky (1A, 2 PIM, no SOG) has points in two of three. He had just three points overall before tonight though. Guillaume Latendresse (1G, +1, 2 SOG) added the ENG and has markers in three straight.
Combos: Alex Tanguay - Roman Horak - Jarome Iginla/ Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - David Moss/ Rene Bourque - Matt Stajan - Lee Stempniak/ Tom Kostopoulos - Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond - Tim Jackman/ Mark Giordano - Scott Hannan/ Chris Butler - Jay Bouwmeester/ Anton Babchuk - Derek Smith
Scratches: Sarich, Morrison, Hagman
Top PP times: Jokinen (10:19), Giordano (9:35), Bourque (9:03), Glencross (8:50), Bouwmeester (8:12)
Trending: Jarome Iginla and Nick Johnson tangled in this one and there's a headbutt of sorts from Johnson to Iginla in the fight. Iginla was pretty peeved about it.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS 3 @ LOS ANGELES KINGS 4
Goaltending match-up: Anders Lindback (26/30, .867 SV%) vs. Jonathan Bernier (27/30, .900 SV%)
Combos: Colin Wilson - David Legwand - Patric Hornqvist/ Craig Smith - Mike Fisher - Martin Erat/ Matt Halischuk - Jerred Smithson - Jordin Tootoo/ Niclas Bergfors - Blake Geoffrion - Brian McGrattan/ Francis Bouillon - Shea Weber/ Ryan Suter - Jonathon Blum/ Teemu Laakso - Jack Hillen
Scratches: Klein, Kostitsyn
Top PP times: Suter (8:01), Weber (7:52), Erat (5:48), Fisher (5:35), Smith (5:21)
Trending: Patric Hornqvist (1G, +1, 6 PIM, 4:09 PP, 7 SOG) has a six-game goal scoring streak going. When he's hot, he's hot. Shea Weber (1A, +2, 3 SOG) had four points in four games before this outing. Aside from a four-game pointless skid early in the season, Craig Smith (1G, -1, 3 SOG) has been pretty consistent over these five weeks. Martin Erat (1A, 2 SOG) had three points in his only five games of the season coming in and Ryan Suter (1A, +1, 4 SOG) had four points in four games headed into this tilt.
Combos: Simon Gagne - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams/ Dustin Penner - Mike Richards - Dustin Brown/ Kyle Clifford - Jarret Stoll - Scott Parse/ Ethan Moreau - Brad Richardson - Trevor Lewis/ Willie Mitchell - Drew Doughty/ Rob Scuderi - Jack Johnson/ Alec Martinez - Matt Greene
Scratches: Westgarth, Drewiske, Hunter
Top PP times: Doughty (5:40), Johnson (5:38), Richards (5:00), Kopitar (5:00), Brown (5:00)
Trending: Drew Doughty (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had a couple of points in his last game and has points in two straight for the first time this year. Jarret Stoll (2A, +1, 4 PIM, 2:15 PP, no SOG) only had three points in all before tonight, while Justin Williams (2A, -1, 3:25 PP, 1 SOG) has points in two of three now. He started the year off really well, then cooled off until the past few outings. Mike Richards (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had been blanked in four straight. Dustin Penner (2A, +2, 2 PIM, 3:20 PP, 1 SOG) had just one point on the season coming in. Dustin Brown (1A, +2, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had no points in three games coming in here. Simon Gagne (1G, 2 PIM, 3:25 PP, 3 SOG) has goals in two of three now after five without a point. Scott Parse was hurt in this one.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
