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TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 2 @ WASHINGTON CAPITALS 4
Goaltending match-up: James Reimer (21/25, .840 SV%) vs. Tomas Vokoun (26/28, .929 SV%)
Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Colby Armstrong - Tim Connolly - Matt Frattin/ Philippe Dupuis - Dave Steckel - Joey Crabb/ Carl Gunnarsson - Dion Phaneuf/ Jake Gardiner - Luke Schenn/ Cody Franson - John-Michael Liles
Scratches: Orr, Rosehill, Aulie
Top PP times: Phaneuf (2:19), Kessel, Bozak, Lupul (2:10), Liles (2:01)
Trending: No way. A Leafs’ summary with Phil Kessel (1G, +1, 4 SOG), Joffrey Lupul (1A, +2, 2 SOG) and Tyler Bozak (1A, +1, no SOG)? Go figure. Colby Armstrong (2 PIM, 12:20 TOI, 0:09 PP, 1 SOG) was back in the line-up tonight. Cody Franson (1G, +1, 1:41 PP, 2 SOG) has points in each of his past three games now.
Combos: Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Alexander Semin/ Troy Brouwer - Marcus Johansson - Jeff Halpern/ Jason Chimera - Brooks Laich - Joel Ward/ Cody Eakin - Mathieu Perreault - Mike Knuble/ Karl Alzner - John Carlson/ John Erskine - Dennis Wideman/ Roman Hamrlik - Dmitry Orlov
Scratches: Hendricks, Green, Schultz
Top PP times: Ovechkin (6:08), Laich (4:57), Backstrom (4:56), Wideman (4:29), Carlson (3:26)
Trending: Beauty night for Dennis Wideman (3G, 1A, -1, 4 SOG), who has points in three of four and collected the first hat trick from a Caps’ d-man in more than a decade. I kinda thought Mike Green had one, but I guess not. John Carlson (1A, -1, 2 PIM, no SOG) has been coming on like gangbusters for awhile now too. Nicklas Backstrom (1G, 2A, 4 SOG) continues to be at the centre of all things offensively for the Caps this season. Alex Ovechkin (1A, -1, 8 SOG) had seven shots in his last game, so it’s nice to see him getting more rubber on net. Mike Knuble (1A, -1, 3:23 PP, 2 SOG) has points in two of three after a long string of nothing. Brooks Laich (1A, -1, 1 SOG) has points in all five December games and in nine of 12 overall. Alex Semin (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 0:38 PP, no SOG). Not so hot. New team next year.
FLORIDA PANTHERS 1 @ BUFFALO SABRES 2 (OT)
Goaltending match-up: Scott Clemmensen (18/20, .900 SV%) vs. Ryan Miller (22/23, .957 SV%)
Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ Marco Sturm - Mike Santorelli - Jack Skille/ Sean Bergenheim - Shawn Matthias - Tomas Kopecky/ Krys Barch - Tim Kennedy - Evgenii Dadonov/ Jason Garrison - Brian Campbell/ Ed Jovanovski - Erik Gudbranson/ Mike Weaver - Dmitry Kulikov
Scratches: Ellerby, Samuelsson, Cullen
Top PP times: Campbell (5:10), Versteeg (4:50), Weiss (4:45), Fleischmann (4:37), Kulikov (3:46)
Trending: Thomas Fleischmann (1A, 2 SOG) had 15 points in 16 road games headed in here and Kris Versteeg (1A, 4 SOG) had 19 in his 15 games away from home. Jason Garrison (1G, 1:54 PP, 1 SOG) has points in two of three after five without one.
Combos: Thomas Vanek - Jochen Hecht - Jason Pominville/ Tyler Ennis - Derek Roy - Drew Stafford/ Luke Adam - Paul Szczechura - Zack Kassian/ Cody McCormick - Matt Ellis - Corey Tropp/ Christian Ehrhoff - Marc-Andre Gragnani/ Robyn Regehr - Andrej Sekera/ Jordan Leopold - Brayden McNabb
Scratches: Leino, Gaustad, Gerbe
Top PP times: Ehrhoff (6:31), Vanek, Pominville (6:12), Roy (6:09), Stafford (6:01)
Trending: Jason Pominville (1G, +1, 2 SOG) made no mistake on his OT breakaway and he won the game for his Sabres. Derek Roy (1G, +1, 4 SOG) has points in three straight, but he hadn’t scored in about three weeks. Drew Stafford (1A, +1, 2 SOG) has points in B2B games for the first time in a month. Tyler Ennis (1A, +1, 3:59 PP, no SOG) has points in two of three. Jordan Leopold (1A, +1, 0:06 PP, 1 SOG) was back in the line-up tonight.
CAROLINA HURRICANES 2 @ WINNIPEG JETS 4
Goaltending match-up: Cam Ward (26/30, .867 SV%) & Mike Murphy (7/7) vs. Chris Mason (23/25, .920 SV%)
Combos: Jiri Tlusty - Eric Staal - Patrick Dwyer/ Alexei Ponikarovsky - Jussi Jokinen - Tuomo Ruutu/ Andreas Nodl - Brandon Sutter - Chad LaRose/ Tim Brent - Anthony Stewart/ Bryan Allen - Derek Joslin/ Jaroslav Spacek - Justin Faulk/ Tim Gleason - Jamie McBain
Scratches: Pitkanen, Harrison, Skinner, Boucher
Top PP times: McBain (4:10), Staal (4:00), Faulk (3:56), Jokinen (3:41), Brent (3:21)
Trending: Jaroslav Spacek (2A, +1, 19:15 TOI, 1:27 PP, 1 SOG) made his debut with the Canes tonight and in addition to the recently-surging Jamie McBain (-2, 1 SOG), Justin Faulk (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) saw more PP time here sans Tomas Kaberle. Faulk chipped in his first NHL goal here. Eric Staal (1A, -1, 5 SOG) has been delivering for his fantasy owners of late after a pretty brutal stretch.
Combos: Evander Kane - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler/ Andrew Ladd - Alex Burmistrov - Kyle Wellwood/ Chris Thorburn - Jim Slater - Tanner Glass/ Jason Jaffray - Tim Stapleton - Carl Klingberg/ Johnny Oduya - Dustin Byfuglien/ Mark Stuart - Zach Bogosian/ Mark Flood - Randy Jones
Scratches: Fehr, Kulda, Antropov
Top PP times: Byfuglien (4:02), Stapleton (2:44), Ladd, Wellwood (2:29), Kane (2:13)
Trending: The line of Evander Kane (1G, 1A, +2, 2 PIM, 6 SOG), Bryan Little (1G, +2, 1:57 PP, 5 SOG) and Blake Wheeler (3A, +2, 2 PIM, 2:13 PP, no SOG) continues to deliver for poolies. Dustin Byfuglien (1G, 1A, +1, 5 SOG) has nicely erased his slow start and Kyle Wellwood (1A, 1 SOG) stopped a six-game pointless slide here.
COLORADO AVALANCHE 1 @ EDMONTON OILERS 4
Goaltending match-up: Semyon Varlamov (31/35, .886 SV%) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (28/29, .966 SV%)
Combos: T.J. Galiardi - Matt Duchene - Brandon Yip/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Milan Hejduk/ David Jones - Jay McClement - Daniel Winnik/ Chuck Kobasew - Brad Malone - Cody McLeod/ Kyle Quincey - Shane O'Brien/ Ryan O'Byrne - Jan Hejda/ Stefan Elliott - Erik Johnson
Scratches: Porter, Hunwick, Wilson
Top PP times: Elliott (3:18), Duchene, Hejduk, O'Reilly, Landeskog (3:14)
Trending: Daniel Winnik (1A, no PP, 2 SOG) has points in three of six.
Combos: Sam Gagner - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle/ Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ales Hemsky/ Ryan Jones - Eric Belanger - Ben Eager/ Magnus Paajarvi - Anton Lander - Lennart Petrell/ Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert/ Ryan Whitney - Jeff Petry/ Theo Peckham - Colten Teubert
Scratches: Hordichuk, Sutton
Top PP times: RNH (6:37), Gagner (4:26), Eberle (4:20), Petry, Horcoff (4:12)
Trending: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2A, 1 SOG) and Jordan Eberle (1G, 1A, 2 SOG). Yep. Again. Sam Gagner (2G, 1A, 3 SOG) is sure looking like the guy we expected a few years ago. If there were ever an example of not giving up on a young kid with talent, he'd be a pretty prime one. Ryan Jones (1A, +1, 0:13 PP, 3 SOG) had five points in six games headed in here.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
