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TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 1 @ MINNESOTA WILD 3
Goaltending match-up: Mathieu Garon (21/23, .913 SV%) vs. Niklas Backstrom (32/33, .970 SV%)
Combos: Brett Connolly - Vincent Lecavalier - Martin St. Louis / Ryan Malone - Steven Stamkos - Teddy Purcell/ Tom Pyatt - Dominic Moore - Ryan Shannon/ Dana Tyrell - Nate Thompson - Adam Hall/ Victor Hedman - Eric Brewer/ Brett Clark - Pavel Kubina/ Marc-Andre Bergeron - Matt Gilroy
Scratches: Downie, Gervais
Top PP times: St. Louis, Lecavalier (2:43), Stamkos (2:42), MAB (2:08), Malone (2:06)
Trending: Steven Stamkos (1G, -1, 3 SOG) has his first three-game goal streak of the season now. He also has at least a couple of shots in every game for the last month and all but one game this season. He had launched 82 on net in 22 GP coming in here.
Combos: Dany Heatley - Mikko Koivu - Cal Clutterbuck/ Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Matt Cullen - Devin Setoguchi/ Darroll Powe - Kyle Brodziak - Nick Johnson/ Brad Staubitz - Warren Peters - Casey Wellman/ Mike Lundin - Nick Schultz/ Clayton Stoner - Greg Zanon/ Marco Scandella - Jared Spurgeon
Scratches: Gillies, Falk
Top PP times: Koivu (2:20), PMB (2:11), Heatley (2:07), Setoguchi, Cullen (2:02)
Trending: Cal Clutterbuck (1G, 1A, +2, 1:58 PP, 3 SOG) scored his third SHG of the season and he has points in seven of his past nine now too. Mikko Koivu’s (1G, 1A, +2, 3 SOG) point streak reached six games on that SHG and he also has short-handed points in three of his past five outings. Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1G, +1, 4 SOG) has goals in two of three, but he’s been a mediocre fantasy option so far on the whole in average-sized leagues. Jared Spurgeon (1A, +1, 1:31 PP, 3 SOG) has points in five of eight on the back end.
DALLAS STARS 3 @ COLORADO AVALANCHE 1
Goaltending match-up: Andrew Raycroft (35/36, .972 SV%) vs. Semyon Varlamov (32/34, .941 SV%). Particularly strong game from Raycroft tonight, in the wake of Kari Lehtonen's injury.
Combos: Michael Ryder - Jamie Benn - Loui Eriksson/ Steve Ott - Mike Ribeiro - Tomas Vincour/ Eric Nystrom - Vernon Fiddler - Radek Dvorak/ Krys Barch - Tom Wandell - Toby Petersen/ Sheldon Souray - Stephane Robidas/ Nicklas Grossman - Adam Pardy/ Mark Fistric - Philip Larsen
Scratches: Daley, Dowell, Wathier
Top PP times: Larsen (3:35), Petersen (3:33), Vincour (3:30), Ribeiro (3:23), Ott (3:13)
Trending: Michael Ryder (2G, +1, 2 PIM, 6 SOG) scored twice in the third period, one as an ENG on a nice effort, and has points in four of five. Loui Eriksson (2A, +1, no SOG) has points in four of six and had 10-10-20 coming in here. Philip Larsen (1A, 3 SOG) has helpers in two of three and this was the fifth game of his call-up. Eric Nystrom (1G, +1, 0:04 PP, 2 SOG) already had 6-2-8 in 12 November GP coming in.
Combos: Matt Duchene - Paul Stastny - Milan Hejduk/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Daniel Winnik/ Kevin Porter - Jay McClement - Chuck Kobasew/ Cody McLeod - T.J. Galiardi - David Jones/ Kyle Quincey - Shane O'Brien/ Ryan O'Byrne - Jan Hejda/ Stefan Elliott - Ryan Wilson
Scratches: Yip, Hunwick, Lindstrom
Top PP times: Hejduk (2:59), Duchene (2:45), Wilson (2:45), Elliott (2:42), Quincey (2:18)
Trending: Ryan Wilson (1A, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) had seven helpers on the month before tonight. David Jones (1A, 1:49 PP, 2 SOG) has points in six of nine now.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS 2 @ EDMONTON OILERS 1
Goaltending match-up: Anders Lindback (17/18, .944 SV%) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (29/31, .935 SV%)
Combos: Sergei Kostitsyn - Mike Fisher - Patric Hornqvist/ Colin Wilson - David Legwand - Martin Erat/ Nick Spaling - Craig Smith - Jordin Tootoo/ Blake Geoffrion - Jerred Smithson - Matt Halischuk/ Ryan Suter - Kevin Klein/ Roman Josi - Shea Weber/ Jack Hillen - Jonathon Blum
Scratches: Bouillon, McGrattan
Top PP times: Weber, Suter (2:11), Wilson (1:59), Hornqvist (1:48), Smith (1:48)
Trending: Shea Weber (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) already had 10 points in 11 GP this month coming in here, while Ryan Suter (1A, -1, 4 SOG) had 3-6-9 in that same period of time headed into this affair. Craig Smith (1A, +1, 2 SOG) has points in three of five, but his production has slowed down a bit in the past few weeks. Jordin Tootoo (1A, +1, 4 PIM, 0:04 PP, 4 SOG) had four points in three affairs coming in.
Combos: Ryan Smyth - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle/ Magnus Paajarvi - Shawn Horcoff - Ales Hemsky/ Ryan Jones - Eric Belanger/ Sam Gagner/ Darcy Hordichuk - Anton Lander - Lennart Petrell/ Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert/ Ryan Whitney - Jeff Petry/ Theo Peckham - Colten Teubert
Scratches: Hall, Eager
Top PP times: Smyth (3:17), Horcoff (3:07), Gilbert (3:04), Eberle (2:36), RNH (2:24)
Trending: Jordan Eberle (1G, +1, 4 SOG) had 2G, 1A the last time he faced the Preds and he came into tonight with 23 points in 23 GP on the whole. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ (1A, +1, 1 SOG) five-pointer against the Hawks kicked off a stretch of five games where he had 10 points coming in here. The Oilers tweeted after the game it may be 2-4 weeks for Taylor Hall because of the shoulder, so we'll see how quickly he heals. He said this on the subject: "I want to get back as quickly as possible. For me all that matters is that I'll be healthy and it's not too far away."
SAN JOSE SHARKS 0 @ LOS ANGELES KINGS 2
Goaltending match-up: Antti Niemi (31/33, .939 SV%) vs. Jonathan Quick (33/33). This was Quick's fourth shutout of the year and 18th of his career. He had three of them in a row last month.
Combos: Logan Couture - Joe Thornton - Joe Pavelski/ Ryane Clowe - Patrick Marleau - Martin Havlat/ Andrew Murray - Torrey Mitchell - Jamie McGinn/ Brad Winchester - Andrew Desjardins - Frazer McLaren/ Douglas Murray - Dan Boyle/ Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Brent Burns/ Jim Vandermeer - Justin Braun
Scratches: Handzus, Demers
Top PP times: Boyle (6:35), Burns (6:06), Thornton (5:49), Marleau (5:37), Pavelski (5:23)
Trending:
Combos: Dustin Brown - Anze Kopitar - Trent Hunter/ Simon Gagne - Mike Richards - Jarret Stoll/ Kyle Clifford - Andrei Loktionov - Justin Williams/ Ethan Moreau - Colin Fraser - Kevin Westgarth/ Rob Scuderi - Drew Doughty/ Willie Mitchell - Slava Voynov/ Jack Johnson - Matt Greene
Scratches: Richardson, Lewis, Drewiske
Top PP times: Johnson (4:43), Doughty (4:32), Kopitar (3:31), Brown (3:27), Richards (2:42)
Trending: Mike Richards (1G, +1, 3 SOG) has been on a heck of a goal scoring tear in the past few weeks. He had eight goals in nine games before scoring again here. Simon Gagne (1A, +1, 2:37 PP, 2 SOG) had 3-4-7 in 12 GP coming in.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
