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Goaltending match-up: Curtis Sanford (26/27, .963 SV%) vs. Tuukka Rask (30/31, .968 SV%). This was Sanford's first start of the season.

Combos: Rick Nash - Jeff Carter - R.J. Umberger/ Vinny Prospal - Mark Letestu - Ryan Johansen/ Antoine Vermette - Samuel Pahlsson - Derek Dorsett/ Derick Brassard - Derek MacKenzie - Jared Boll/ Nikita Nikitin - Fedor Tyutin/ Marc Methot - James Wisniewski/ Aaron Johnson - Grant Clitsome

Scratches: Moore, Calvert, Bass

Top PP times: Wisniewski (3:23), Nash (2:41), Umberger (2:41), Carter (2:41), Tyutin (2:22)

Trending: Nikita Nikitin (1A, 1:37 PP, no SOG) has points in all three of his Columbus starts so far and he continues to receive a lot of ice time on the back end. Grant Clitsome (1A, -1, 1:28 PP, no SOG) had four points in four games on the month coming in.

Combos: Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Tyler Seguin/ Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Nathan Horton/ Benoit Pouliot - Chris Kelly - Rich Peverley/ Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton/ Zdeno Chara - Adam McQuaid/ Dennis Seidenberg - Joe Corvo/ Andrew Ference - Steve Kampfer

Scratches: Caron, Boychuk

Top PP times: Seguin (2:52), Chara (2:40), Krejci (2:38), Bergeron (2:07), Marchand (2:05)

Trending: Adam McQuaid's third point of the season was Boston's only goal. Shootout: Krejci

Goaltending match-up: Peter Budaj (29/33, .879 SV%) vs. Evgeni Nabokov (2/2) & Rick DiPietro (24/27, .889 SV%). Nabokov left with an early groin injury.

Combos: Michael Cammalleri - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta/ Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole/ Travis Moen - Scott Gomez - Lars Eller/ Mathieu Darche - Petteri Nokelainen - Aaron Palushaj/ Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban/ Yannick Weber - Frederic St-Denis/ Alexei Emelin - Raphael Diaz

Scratches: Spacek, Engqvist, Gill

Top PP times: Plekanec (5:15), Weber (4:41), Cammalleri (3:20), Cole (3:18), Pacioretty & Desharnais (3:12)

Trending: Max Pacioretty (1G, -1, 4 SOG) has scored in five of his past seven outings now and he’s been chiming in regularly for poolies. Erik Cole (1G, 2 SOG) is now riding a four-game point streak, which is his longest of the season. He had 54 SOG in his 18 GP coming in, which is one of the reasons he carries more depth value in standard leagues year after year. Tomas Plekanec (2A, +1, 5 SOG) had seven points in six affairs headed into this one. Brian Gionta (1G, 2:55 PP, 3 SOG) had a pair of two points in seven games before tonight. Michael Cammalleri (1A, +1, 1 SOG) has nine points in his 14 starts now.

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

Scratches: Eaton, Okposo, Montoya

Top PP times: Nielsen (4:12), Tavares (3:37), Moulson (3:30), Streit (3:30), Parenteau (3:30)

Trending: John Tavares (1A, +1, 3 SOG) has points in five of six. Matt Moulson (1G, +1, 4 SOG) has goals in four of five with points in all five starts. P.A. Parenteau (1G, +1, 3 SOG) hasn’t scored often this season, but he’s been chipping in points steadily overall. Mark Streit (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) only had a two-pointer against the Avs for offence in six tries this month before tonight.

Goaltending match-up: Mike Smith (40/42, .952 SV%) vs. Ilya Bryzgalov (30/31, .968 SV%)

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

Scratches: Bissonnette, Langkow

Top PP times: Hanzal (4:34), Vrbata (4:30), Yandle (4:29), Whitney (4:29), Doan (4:28)

Trending: Mikkel Boedker (1G, -1, 3:17 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three of his past four now.

Combos: Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jaromir Jagr/ James van Riemsdyk - Danny Briere - Wayne Simmonds/ Matt Read - Max Talbot - Jakub Voracek/ Harrison Zolnierczyk - Sean Couturier - Zac Rinaldo/ Matt Carle - Chris Pronger/ Kimmo Timonen - Braydon Coburn/ Andreas Lilja - Andrej Meszaros

Scratches: Nodl, Gustaffson, Shelley

Top PP times: Carle (4:19), Briere (3:41), Hartnell (3:28), Giroux (3:25), Pronger & Timonen (3:06)

Trending: Jaromir Jagr was injured tonight. He'll miss at least one game, but it's not believed to be serious at all. James van Riemsdyk (1G, 1:59 PP, 6 SOG) hasn’t received as much attention as he might have this year had the first line not been so prolific, but he had a really solid 6-7-13 in 16 GP before tonight. Matt Read (1G, +1, 1:14 PP, 6 SOG) not only has goals in three straight now, but two of them have been the GWG. Jakub Voracek (1A, 2:24 PP, 5 SOG) has points in five in a row with eight points in that span and Max Talbot (1A, +1, no PP, 1 SOG) has six points in his past six outings with 11 points overall.

Goaltending match-up: Marc-Andre Fleury (14/17, .824 SV%) vs. Dwayne Roloson (33/34, .971 SV%)

Combos: Chris Kunitz - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis/ Steve Sullivan - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal/ Matt Cooke - Joe Vitale - Tyler Kennedy/ Arron Asham - Craig Adams - Steve MacIntyre/ Paul Martin - Deryk Engelland/ Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang/ Alexandre Picard - Matt Niskanen

Scratches: Park, Jeffrey

Top PP times: Malkin (7:35), Kunitz (7:06), Letang (7:05), Neal (7:04), Sullivan (6:08)

Trending: Jordan Staal (1A, -1, 1:53 PP, 1 SOG) added his 15th point of the season.

Combos: Steven Stamkos - Vincent Lecavalier - Martin St. Louis / Brett Connolly - Blair Jones - Teddy Purcell/ Ryan Shannon - Dominic Moore - Steve Downie/ Tom Pyatt - Nate Thompson - Adam Hall/ Matt Gilroy - Eric Brewer/ Marc-Andre Bergeron - Pavel Kubina/ Brett Clark - Victor Hedman/

Scratches: Malone, Gervais

Top PP times: St. Louis (5:25), Lecavalier (5:25), Downie (5:15), Stamkos (5:11), Brewer (4:33)

Trending: Steven Stamkos (1A, 4 PIM, 5 SOG) had produced 18 points in 17 GP coming in and he was pretty feisty in the last minute here. Matt Niskanen was cross-checking him repeatedly, including after he was down on the ice. Stamkos was not amused. Vincent Lecavalier (2G, +2, 4 SOG) only had one other goal in November before tonight, although he had five points in six games coming in. Marc-Andre Bergeron (1A, +1, 2:44 PP, no SOG) had one point in four games coming in, but he still had 3-13-16 overall. Brett Connolly (1G, -1, 1:37 PP, 1 SOG) has scored in four of seven games this month.

Goaltending match-up: Jose Theodore (27/30, .900 SV%) vs. Jaroslav Halak (20/21, .952 SV%)

Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ Marco Sturm - Mike Santorelli - Evgeni Dadonov/ Tomas Kopecky - Sean Bergenheim/ Shawn Matthias - Tim Kennedy - Jack Skille/ Brian Campbell - Jason Garrison/ Erik Gudbranson - Ed Jovanovski/ Dmitry Kulikov - Mike Weaver/ Ellerby

Scratches: Bradley, Goc

Top PP times: Campbell (4:22), Jovanovski (3:30), Garrison (3:24), Santorelli (3:12), Kopecky (3:00)

Trending: Mike Santorelli (1G, -1, 2 SOG) has points in four of his past six now.

Combos: Alex Steen - David Backes - T.J. Oshie/ Evgeny Grachev - Patrik Berglund - Matt D'Agostini/ Vladimir Sobotka - Jason Arnott - Jamie Langenbrunner/ Ryan Reaves - Scott Nichol - Chris Porter/ Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk/ Carlo Colaiacovo - Alex Pietrangelo/ Kris Russell - Roman Polak

Scratches: Cole, Stewart

Top PP times: Langenbrunner (3:23), Oshie (3:19), Shattenkirk (3:11), Arnott (3:09), Russell (2:54)

Trending: David Backes (2G, +2, 2:51 PP, 5 SOG) had three points in his six November games coming in. Carlo Colaiacovo left this one injured. Kris Russell (1G, +1, 2 SOG) has goals in two of three since the trade. Jamie Langenbrunner (1A, +1, 2 SOG) added his third point of the month and seventh of the season.

Goaltending match-up: Ben Scrivens (18/21, .857 SV%) vs. Pekka Rinne (38/39, .974 SV%)

Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Joey Crabb - Tim Connolly - Nikolai Kulemin/ Matthew Lombardi - Dave Steckel - Matt Frattin/ Mike Brown - Philippe Dupuis - Mike Brown/ Carl Gunnarsson - Dion Phaneuf/ Mike Komisarek - Luke Schenn/ Cody Franson - John-Michael Liles

Scratches: MacArthur, Orr, Rosehill

Top PP times: Kessel (2:14), Liles (2:14), Phaneuf (2:10), Lupul (2:10), Bozak (2:10)

Trending: John-Michael Liles (1G, 7 SOG) had one point in five games coming in, but still had 10 points overall. Joffrey Lupul (1A, -4, 2 PIM, 5 SOG) continues to produce and his totals remain above a point-per-game through 19 starts. Tyler Bozak (1A, -3, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had three points in three games before this tilt.

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

Scratches: Legwand, Bergfors

Top PP times: Suter (4:25), Weber (4:18), Wilson (3:14), Hornqvist (3:09), Erat (2:23)

Trending: Mike Fisher (2A, +3, 1:37 PP, 1 SOG) had chipped in 2-4-6 in his only 9 GP before adding more here and Sergei Kostitsyn (3A, +3, 2:11 PP, no SOG) ended a four-game pointless skid here. Martin Erat (2G, +3, 4 SOG) had seven points in his nine affairs before this evening. Ryan Suter (1G, 1A, +4, 2 SOG) has points in four of six and Shea Weber (1A, +4, 4 SOG) had six points in five tries before tonight.

Goaltending match-up: Jean-Sebastien Giguere (17/18, .944 SV%) vs. Niklas Backstrom (27/27). This was the second shutout of the season for Backstrom and 24th of his career. He had three last year.

Combos: Matt Duchene - Paul Stastny - Milan Hejduk/ Joakim Lindstrom - T.J. Galiardi - David Jones/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Daniel Winnik/ Cody McLeod - Jay McClement - Brandon Yip/ Kyle Quincey - Shane O'Brien/ Erik Johnson - Jan Hejda/ Ryan O'Byrne - Ryan Wilson

Scratches: Porter, Kobasew, Hunwick

Top PP times: Quincey (4:31), Stastny (4:16), Hejduk (4:06), Johnson (4:00), Duchene (3:54)

Trending:

Combos: Dany Heatley - Mikko Koivu - Devin Setoguchi/ Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Matt Cullen - Cal Clutterbuck/ Darroll Powe - Kyle Brodziak - Nick Johnson/ Brad Staubitz - Warren Peters - Colton Gillies/ Kris Fredheim - Clayton Stoner /Nick Schultz - Nate Prosser/ Justin Falk - Jared Spurgeon

Scratches: Zidlicky, Scandella, Wellman

Top PP times: Brodziak (1:55), Spurgeon (1:21), PMB (1:16), Heatley (1:04), Koivu (1:04)

Trending: Devin Setoguchi (1G, +1, 0:35 PP, 1 SOG) broke a scoreless tie late in the third period, which gives him goals in B2B games. Dany Heatley (1A, +1, 1 SOG) had four points in six games coming in and had 11 overall.

Goaltending match-up: Michal Neuvirth (27/31, .871 SV%) & Tomas Vokoun (41 seconds of a free timeout for Boudreau) vs. Ondrej Pavelec (31/32, .969 SV%)

Combos: Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Troy Brouwer/ Jason Chimera - Brooks Laich - Alexander Semin/ Cody Eakin - Marcus Johansson - Joel Ward/ Matt Hendricks - Jeff Halpern - Mike Knuble/ Roman Hamrlik - Karl Alzner/ John Erskine - Dennis Wideman/ Jeff Schultz - John Carlson

Scratches: Green, Perreault

Top PP times: Laich (5:33), Ovechkin (5:11), Brouwer (5:00), Wideman (4:40), Backstrom (4:30)

Trending: Alexander Semin (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 2:32 PP, 3 SOG) had just two other points on the month before finding the back of the net in the first period. Brooks Laich (1A, +1, 3 SOG) had five points in seven games coming in and Jason Chimera (1A, 0:41 PP, no SOG) has points in three of four.

Combos: Andrew Ladd - Nik Antropov - Kyle Wellwood/ Evander Kane - Bryan Little - Alex Burmistrov/ Jason Jaffray- Tim Stapleton - Blake Wheeler/ Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn/ Mark Stuart - Dustin Byfuglien/ Johnny Oduya - Zach Bogosian/ Mark Flood - Arturs Kulda

Scratches: McArdle, Festerling

Top PP times: Byfuglien (7:32), Bogosian (6:01), Ladd (5:09), Little (4:37), Kane (4:25)

Trending: Evander Kane (2G, +2, 6 SOG) had 5-2-7 in 9 GP vs. WAS coming in. Alex Burmistrov (1A, +1, 0:29 PP, 2 SOG) has points in two in a row after having one point in eight contests. Blake Wheeler (1G, +1, 3:50 PP, 2 SOG) had no goals before tonight and just two helpers on the month. Bryan Little (1A, +1, 1 SOG) had three points in four games coming into this affair. Kyle Wellwood (1G, 1A, 3 SOG) has points in four of eight this month.

Goaltending match-up: Craig Anderson (22/24, .917 SV%) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (4/7, .571 SV%) & Devan Dubnyk (7/9, .778 SV%)

Combos: Milan Michalek - Jason Spezza - Colin Greening/ Nick Foligno - Stephane Da Costa - Daniel Alfredsson/ Kaspars Daugavins - Zack Smith - Erik Condra/ Bobby Butler - Jesse Winchester - Zenon Konopka/ Filip Kuba - Erik Karlsson/ Sergei Gonchar - Jared Cowen/ Chris Phillips - Brian Lee

Scratches: Rundblad

Top PP times: Gonchar (5:17), Karlsson (5:05), Alfredsson (3:32), Foligno (3:32), Da Costa (3:25)

Trending: Erik Karlsson (1A, +1, 1 SOG) owners must be elated so far this season, with the talented young d-man right in there with the NHL blueline leaders all season to date. Jason Spezza (2A, +1, 2:12 PP, 3 SOG) has been a point-per-game player in his career against the Oilers, which now spans 11 contests. Colin Greening (1G, +1, 2:05 PP, 2 SOG) had nothing in seven tries this month until tonight. Milan Michalek (1G, 1A, +1, 2:05 PP, 1 SOG) has points in four of six now. Sergei Gonchar (1A, 1 SOG) is up to 13 points now, with his current streak at four games.

Combos: Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle/ Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ales Hemsky/ Magnus Paajarvi - Eric Belanger - Ryan Jones/ Ben Eager - Anton Lander - Lennart Petrell/ Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert/ Andy Sutton - Corey Potter/ Theo Peckham - Jeff Petry

Scratches: Barker, Gagner

Top PP times: RNH, Eberle, Horcoff, Hall (2:10), Gilbert (2:07)

Trending: Andy Sutton (groin at game time) and Corey Potter (ankle) are part of the injured now. Jeff Petry hurt his hand too, but may be ok. Ryan Jones (1G, 1:11 PP, 1 SOG) has points in five of nine after scoring a late one here. Ryan Smyth (1A, -3, 1:11 PP, 1 SOG) kept his point-per-game average going on that marker too.

Goaltending match-up: Jonathan Quick (35/38, .921 SV%) vs. Dan Ellis (31/35, .886 SV%)

Combos: Simon Gagne - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams/ Andrei Loktionov - Mike Richards - Dustin Brown/ Kyle Clifford - Jarret Stoll - Brad Richardson/ Ethan Moreau - Colin Fraser - Trevor Lewis/ Jack Johnson - Drew Doughty/ Willie Mitchell - Slava Voynov/ Rob Scuderi - Matt Greene

Scratches: Westgarth, Drewiske, Hunter

Top PP times: Doughty (4:43), Johnson (4:13), Brown (3:57), Williams (3:42), Richards (3:29)

Trending: Need a big goal? Anze Kopitar (1G, 1A, +2, 1 SOG) will deliver. He had been shutout in the department for the past four, but has been huge for the Kings overall this season. Mike Richards (2G, +2, 3 SOG) has come up with goals in four of his past five now. He scored into the empty net for a SHG too. Simon Gagne (1G, 1A, +1, 5 SOG) has them in four of seven and he scored his first SHG since he had four in the ’08-9 campaign. Pretty nice effort on the goal too. Slava Voynov (1G, 1A, 2 PIM, 2:14 PP, 3 SOG) has shown his chops at the NHL level and he's been taking advantage of his time when called upon. Justin Williams (1A, 4 SOG) had three separate two-assist games in his past six coming in.

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

Scratches: Maxwell, Jacques, Guenin

Top PP times: Fowler (4:54), Perry (4:52), Getzlaf (4:52), Selanne (4:46), Foster (3:31)

Trending: Teemu Selanne (2A, -2, 4 SOG) has points in three of four now, while Saku Koivu (1A, 2 PIM, 3:08 PP, 1 SOG) had just six points before this evening. Andrew Cogliano (2G, +1, no PP, 3 SOG) had a two-pointer a few games back, but hasn’t done much offensively. Corey Perry (1G, -3, 6 SOG) has added points in six of eight this month and Ryan Getzlaf (1A, -3, 2 PIM, 5 SOG) had just three November points coming in here. This was Kurtis Foster's (1A, -2, 3 SOG) sixth start of the season and hopefully he can get something going with Lubomir Visnovsky out.

Goaltending match-up: Jimmy Howard (17/21, .810 SV%) & Ty Conklin (6/7) vs. Antti Niemi (40/42, .952 SV%)

Combos: Johan Franzen - Pavel Datsyuk - Justin Abdelkader/ Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Danny Cleary/ Jiri Hudler - Darren Helm - Fabian Brunnstrom/ Drew Miller - Cory Emmerton - Tomas Holmstrom/ Nicklas Lidstrom - Jonathan Ericsson/ Niklas Kronwall - Brendan Smith/ Jakub Kindl - Brad Stuart

Scratches: Eaves, White, Commodore

Top PP times: Lidstrom (3:07), Datsyuk (2:55), Franzen (2:55), Holmstrom (2:52), Kronwall (2:27)

Trending: Pavel Datsyuk (1A, -1, 2 SOG) had only three points in seven November games coming in. Niklas Kronwall (1G, -1, 7 SOG) has points in six of seven from the back end now, while Nicklas Lidstrom (1A, -2, 2 SOG) produced another box score appearance for his owners. Danny Cleary (1G, -2, 1:37 PP, 9 SOG) has points in four of seven and Henrik Zetterberg (1A, -2, 1:34 PP, no SOG) added to the three points he had on the month before tonight. Valtteri Filppula (1A, -2, 1:34 PP, 2 SOG) had six points in five games headed into this affair.

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

Scratches: Vandermeer, Braun, McLaren

Top PP times: minimal

Trending: Joe Pavelski (1G, +2, 4 SOG) had been blanked in his past two, but has been excellent on the whole with Joe Thornton (1G, 1A, +2, 1 SOG). Pavelski had 6 SHG before tonight, where he potted one near the end of the first period. Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1G, 3A, +4, 5 SOG) had four points on the season before this effort.

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