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Goaltending match-up: Jonathan Quick (19/22, .864 SV%) vs. Tuukka Rask (40/40). This was the first shutout of the season and ninth of his career for Rask. He had two last year.

Combos: Simon Gagne - Anze Kopitar - Dustin Penner/ Dustin Brown - Jarret Stoll - Justin Williams/ Brad Richardson - Andrei Loktionov - Trent Hunter/ Kyle Clifford - Colin Fraser - Kevin Westgarth/ Rob Scuderi - Drew Doughty/ Davis Drewiske - Slava Voynov/ Jack Johnson - Matt Greene

Scratches: Lewis, Martinez, Mitchell

Top PP times: Voynov (5:07), Kopitar (4:55), Williams (4:14), Gagne (4:13), Johnson, Doughty (4:12)

Trending:

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

Scratches: Campbell, Chara, Caron

Top PP times: Horton, Krejci (3:21), Lucic, Peverley, (3:12), Ference (2:59)

Trending: Rich Peverley (1G, +1, 3 SOG) had been blanked in his past three games and had 18 points overall coming in. Patrice Bergeron (2A, +2, 1:48 PP, 1 SOG) has points in four of six this month and Brad Marchand (2G, +2, 0:49 PP, 3 SOG) has them in three of those games.

Goaltending match-up: Craig Anderson (27/29, .931 SV%) vs. Ryan Miller (41/44, .932 SV%)

Combos: Milan Michalek - Jason Spezza - Colin Greening/ Peter Regin - Nick Foligno - Daniel Alfredsson/ Chris Neil - Zack Smith - Erik Conda/ Kaspars Daugavins - Jesse Winchester - Zenon Konopka/ Chris Phillips - Brian Lee/ Erik Karlsson - Jared Cowen/ Matt Carkner - David Rundblad

Scratches: Butler, Filatov, Gonchar

Top PP times: Karlsson (4:36), Spezza (4:10), Alfredsson (4:06), Cowen (4:04), Neil (3:31)

Trending: Milan Michalek (1G, +1, no PP, 2 SOG) had potted six goals in seven games headed in here, but he left this one with an upper-body injury. He and Erik Karlsson (1A, +1, 4 SOG) collided. Jason Spezza (2A, +1, 6 SOG) had five helpers in five games before adding more here.

Combos: Thomas Vanek - Paul Szczechura - Jason Pominville/ Tyler Ennis - Derek Roy - Drew Stafford/ Luke Adam - Ville Leino - Zack Kassian/ Cody McCormick - Paul Gaustad - Marc-Andre Gragnani/ Christian Ehrhoff - Jordan Leopold/ Robyn Regehr - Andrej Sekera/ Mike Weber - Brayden McNabb

Scratches: Ellis, Hecht, Tropp

Top PP times: Roy, Vanek (4:02), Ennis (3:43), Pominville, Gragnani (3:39)

Trending: Tyler Ennis (1G, +1, 2 SOG) has points in three of five and Jason Pominville (1A, 1 SOG) continues to pour on the points nightly. Paul Szczechura (1G< no PP, 2 SOG) had three points in four games before tonight and Drew Stafford (1A, 2 PIM, 1:14 PP, 2 SOG) has points in three of four in what has otherwise been a pretty pedestrian season. Derek Roy (1A, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had a three-pointer the last time these teams met.

Goaltending match-up: Cam Ward (33/34, .971 SV%) vs. James Reimer (17/18, .944 SV%)

Combos: Jiri Tlusty - Eric Staal - Patrick Dwyer/ Alexei Ponikarovsky - Jussi Jokinen - Tuomo Ruutu/ Drayson Bowman - Brandon Sutter - Chad LaRose/ Andreas Nodl - Tim Brent - Anthony Stewart/ Bryan Allen - Derek Joslin/ Jaroslav Spacek - Justin Faulk/ Tim Gleason - Jamie McBain

Scratches: Pitkanen, Harrison, Skinner

Top PP times: Staal (3:49), McBain (3:17), Faulk (3:13), Ruutu, Brent (2:59)

Trending: Alexei Ponikarovsky (1G, -2, 2:44 PP, 2 SOG) has two points in six December games. Eric Staal (1A, no SOG) has eight points on the month and Jussi Jokinen (1A, 2:44 PP, 1 SOG) has three.

Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Matt Frattin - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Colby Armstrong - Tim Connolly - Clarke MacArthur/ 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: Lupul (3:46), Liles, Phaneuf (3:36), Grabovski (3:34), Kessel (3:04)

Trending: Tim Connolly (2G, +2, 2:37 PP, 4 SOG) scored both goals for the Leafs tonight and has three goals in five games. Joffrey Lupul (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) added his 34th point and Clarke MacArthur (1A, +1, 2:14 PP, 3 SOG) notched his first point of the month.

Goaltending match-up: Richard Bachman (34/34) vs. Henrik Lundqvist (27/28, .964 SV%). This was Bachman's second start and first career shutout. He had stopped 37/38 with his first start and initial relief appearance.

Combos: Eric Nystrom - Vernon Fiddler - Radek Dvorak/ Loui Eriksson - Jamie Benn - Michael Ryder/ Steve Ott - Mike Ribeiro - Brenden Morrow/ Jake Dowell - Tom Wandell - Tomas Vincour/ Nicklas Grossman - Trevor Daley/ Alex Goligoski - Philip Larsen/ Sheldon Souray - Stephane Robidas

Scratches: Petersen, Pardy, Fistric

Top PP times: Ribeiro (2:46), Ott (2:43), Morrow (2:24), Goligoski (2:12), Daley (2:03)

Trending: Trevor Daley (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) has goals in B2B games and his marker was the only one of this game on either side. Brenden Morrow (1A, +1, no SOG) has three points in three games back and Mike Ribeiro (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) has five in five this month.

Combos: Artem Anisimov - Derek Stepan - Marian Gaborik/ Ruslan Fedotenko - Brad Richards - Ryan Callahan/ Brandon Dubinsky - Erik Christensen - Brandon Prust/ Carl Hagelin - Brian Boyle - John Mitchell/ Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi/ Michael Del Zotto - Steve Eminger/ Jeff Woywitka - Anton Stralman

Scratches: Avery, Sauer

Top PP times: Del Zotto (6:44), Stepan (6:39), Richards (6:00), Callahan (5:57), Anisimov (5:31)

Trending:

Goaltending match-up: Jimmy Howard (25/26, .962 SV%) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (21/24, .875 SV%)

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

Scratches: Commdore, Emmerton

Top PP times: Lidstrom, White, Datsyuk, Franzen, Holmstrom (1:49)

Trending: In the last three weeks Pavel Datsyuk (1G, 1A, +2, 3 SOG) has been putting points on the board with a vengeance. Todd Bertuzzi (1A, +1, 0:27 PP, 2 SOG) had seven points in eight contests coming in. Johan Franzen (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has scored in four of six in December and this was his 10th straight game with at least three shots. Danny Cleary (2G, +2, no PP, 6 SOG) has five points in his past five games and Henrik Zetterberg (1A, 0:27 PP, 1 SOG) has been going really well for a number of weeks now. Niklas Kronwall (1A, +1, 0:27 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three of four.

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

Scratches: MacIntyre, Bortuzzo, Crosby

Top PP times: Malkin (6:59), Niskanen (5:34), Neal (5:27), Kunitz (5:26), Sullivan (4:45)

Trending: Evgeni Malkin (1G, -2, 9 SOG) and Jordan Staal were both game-time decisions, but played. James Neal (1A, -1, 2 SOG) had scored three times in two games before tonight.

Goaltending match-up: Ilya Bryzgalov (31/32, .969 SV%) vs. Tomas Vokoun (17/21, .810 SV%) & Michal Neuvirth (11/12, .917 SV%)

Combos: Scott Hartnell - Sean Couturier - Jaromir Jagr/ Wayne Simmonds - Danny Briere - Matt Read/ James van Riemsdyk - Max Talbot - Jakub Voracek/ Jody Shelley - Harry Zolnierczyk - Zac Rinaldo/ Braydon Coburn - Kimmo Timonen/ Matt Carle - Andrej Meszaros/ Marc-Andre Bourdon - Kevin Marshall

Scratches: Walker, Sestito, Giroux

Top PP times: Briere, Hartnell (1:34), Carle (1:18), Read (1:13), Meszaros (1:03)

Trending: Sean Couturier (+1, 2 PIM, , no PP, 1 SOG) began this one in Claude Giroux’s spot between Scott Hartnell (1G, +1, 2 SOG) and Jaromir Jagr (1A, +1, 0:47 PP, no SOG), as was the case on the weekend when Giroux was hurt. Danny Briere (1A, +1, 1 SOG) slid into the pivot slot later in the game though. Matt Carle (2A, +3, 1 SOG) has points in three in a row after four without one. Wayne Simmonds (1G, +1, 0:26 PP, 3 SOG) had scored in four of his past five games now. James van Riemsdyk (2A, +2, 2 PIM, 0:57 PP, 2 SOG) had no points in four games headed in here. Jakub Voracek (1G, +2, 0:26 PP, 5 SOG) had gone six games without a goal, but has points in three of four.

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: Wideman, Ovechkin, Backstrom (3:44), Laich (3:19), Carlson (2:38)

Trending: Dennis Wideman (1A, -2, 5 SOG) is up to 20 points overall with seven in his past five outings.

Goaltending match-up: Roberto Luongo (29/30, .967 SV%) vs. Steve Mason (30/31, .968 SV%) & Curtis Sanford (1/1)

Combos: Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows/ Chris Higgins - Ryan Kesler - Jannik Hansen/ Mason Raymond - Cody Hodgson - Maxim Lapierre/ Aaron Rome - Manny Malhotra - Dale Weise/ Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa/ Alexander Edler - Sami Salo/ Keith Ballard - Andrew Alberts

Scratches: Sulzer

Top PP times: Edler (4:16), Bieksa (4:11), Higgins (4:06), Kesler (3:55), Sedins (3:47)

Trending: Chris Higgins (1A, +1, 3 SOG) has seven points in his past six games. Shootout: Burrows

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

Scratches: Dorsett, Huselius, Pahlsson

Top PP times: Wisniewski (2:47), Carter (2:46), Nash (2:30), Letestu (2:16), Johansen (2:12)

Trending: Jeff Carter (1G, -1, 2 SOG) has scored in three straight games. James Wisniewski (1A, 6 SOG) had five helpers in five tries coming in. Shootout: Letestu, Nash, Wisniewski

Goaltending match-up: Al Montoya (24/28, .857 SV%) vs. Carey Price (29/32, .906 SV%)

Combos: Matt Moulson - John Tavares - P.A. Parenteau/ Michael Grabner - Frans Nielsen - Kyle Okposo/ David Ullstrom - Josh Bailey - Brian Rolston/ Matt Martin - Marty Reasoner - Tim Wallace/ Mark Streit - Travis Hamonic/ Steve Staios - Milan Jurcina/ Mike Mottau - Dylan Reese

Scratches: DiPietro, Niederreiter

Top PP times: Streit (3:15), Moulson (2:32), Parenteau (2:24), Nielsen (2:08), Rolston (2:03)

Trending: Matt Moulson (1G, +1, 2 SOG) has been sizzling over the past few weeks. P.A. Parenteau (2A, +2, 4 PIM, 4 SOG) had eight points in seven affairs before this evening. John Tavares (1G, +1, 1:52 PP, 3 SOG) had seven points in five December games before tonight and David Ullstrom (1A, +1, no PP, no SOG) has points in three of four.

Combos: Michael Cammalleri - Tomas Plekanec - Andrei Kostitsyn/ Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole/ Travis Moen - Lars Eller - Louis Leblanc/ Mathieu Darche - Petteri Nokelainen - Yannick Weber/ Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban/ Hal Gill - Raphael Diaz/ Tomas Kaberle - Chris Campoli

Scratches: Emelin

Top PP times: Kaberle (5:56), Subban (5:53), Desharnais (4:38), Cole (4:37), Pacioretty (4:23)

Trending: Tomas Kaberle (1A, 1 SOG) had a couple of points in his Habs’ debut and he’s been going really well in the last four games now. Andrei Kostitsyn (1G, 3:25 PP, 2 SOG) had three points in four affairs coming in and Tomas Plekanec (1A, 3:17 PP, 3 SOG) had four points in five games before this one. So did Michael Cammalleri (1A, +1, 3:25 PP, 1 SOG). P.K. Subban (1A, -1, 2 SOG) ended a four-game pointless skid here. David Desharnais (2A, 1 SOG) had no points in four games coming in.

Goaltending match-up: Martin Brodeur (24/26, .923 SV%) vs. Jose Theodore (32/34, .941 SV%)

Combos: Zach Parise - Adam Henrique - Ilya Kovalchuk/ Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus/ Eric Boulton - Ryan Carter - David Clarkson/ Mattias Tedenby - Tim Sestito - Cam Janssen/ Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne/ Bryce Salvador - Kurtis Foster/ Matt Taormina - Adam Larsson

Scratches: Palmieri, Urbom

Top PP times: Foster (5:56), Kovalchuk (5:46), Clarkson (5:10), Elias (4:39), Henrique (3:42)

Trending: Zach Parise (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has really heated up after a slow start and Ilya Kovalchuk (2A, +1, 2 PIM, 5 SOG) has been delivering for poolies. Patrik Elias (1G, +1, 2 SOG) has points in five of six now. Kurtis Foster (21:53 TOI, 4 SOG) made his debut for the Devils and jumped right onto PP1. Shootout: Kovalchuk, Elias

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

Scratches: Cullen, Gudbranson

Top PP times: Campbell (1:22), Kulikov (1:11), Versteeg, Fleischmann, Weiss (1:03)

Trending: Kris Versteeg (2G, +1, 2 SOG) had a three-pointer the last time these teams met and linemate Stephen Weiss (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) did as well.

Goaltending match-up: Miikka Kiprusoff (43/45, .956 SV%) vs. Pekka Rinne (35/36, .972 SV%)

Combos: Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - Jarome Iginla/ Alex Tanguay - Roman Horak - Brendan Morrison/ Blake Comeau - Mikael Backlund - Lee Stempniak/ Tom Kostopoulos - Matt Stajan - Tim Jackman/ Scott Hannan - Derek Smith/ Jay Bouwmeester - Chris Butler/ T.J. Brodie - Brett Carson

Scratches: Sarich, Bourque, Piskula

Top PP times: Bouwmeester (2:00), Tanguay (1:53), Iginla, Jokinen (1:06), Stempniak (1:04)

Trending: Curtis Glencross (1G, +1, 0:56 PP, 1 SOG) has goals in two of three after one point in eight games.

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

Scratches: Wilson

Top PP times: Suter (3:55), Weber (3:31), Smith (3:00), Legwand, Wilson (2:33)

Trending: Colin Wilson (1G, -1, 2 SOG) had six points in five games coming in here and David Legwand (1A, 5 SOG) ended a three-game pointless skid here. Craig Smith (1A, 7 SOG) already had 22 points coming in here.

Goaltending match-up: Niklas Backstrom (25/27, .926 SV%) vs. Ondrej Pavelec (34/35, .971 SV%)

Combos: Dany Heatley - Mikko Koivu - Cal Clutterbuck/ Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Casey Wellman - Cody Almond/ Nick Johnson - Kyle Brodziak - Colton Gillies/ Guillaume Latendresse - Darroll Powe - Brad Staubitz/ Jared Spurgeon - Marco Scandella/ Mike Lundin - Nick Schultz/ Greg Zanon - Clayton Stoner

Scratches: Cullen, Prosser, Harding

Top PP times: Koivu (3:53), Brodziak (3:32), Spurgeon (3:30), Heatley (3:25), PMB (3:02)

Trending: Guillaume Latendresse (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 1:35 PP, 3 SOG) was back in the line-up and the lines were a little weird early on here. Mikko Koivu (1A, 2 SOG) has been nails for his owners in the past three weeks and Dany Heatley (1A, 4 SOG) pushed his point streak to seven games. Pierre-Marc Bouchard was hurt late in this one on a Zach Bogosian hit.

Combos: Evander Kane - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler/ Andrew Ladd - Kyle Wellwood - Eric Fehr/ Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn/ Jason Jaffray - Tim Stapleton - Carl Klingberg/ Johnny Oduya - Dustin Byfuglien/ Mark Stuart - Zach Bogosian/ Ron Hainsey - Mark Flood

Scratches: Burmistrov, Jones, Antropov

Top PP times: Byfuglien (6:03), Kane (4:56), Wheeler (4:40), Little (4:39), Hainsey (4:38)

Trending: Bryan Little (1G, +2, 4 SOG) has points in seven in a row and goals in each of his past four. Linemate Blake Wheeler (1A, +2, no SOG) has been producing really well too. Dustin Byfuglien (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had three points in five games this month coming in. Zach Bogosian (1G, +2, 15 PIM) hadn't scored this season before tonight.

Goaltending match-up: Antti Niemi (30/33, .909 SV%) vs. Semyon Varlamov (27/30, .900 SV%)

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

Scratches: Niittymaki, Irwin, McLaren

Top PP times: Boyle (2:31), Marleau (2:23), Burns (2:11), Thornton (1:59), Pavelski (1:49)

Trending: Logan Couture (1A, +1, 1:00 PP, 2 SOG) and Patrick Marleau (1G, 3 SOG) combined for a sweet GTG with 22 seconds left in the third. Dan Boyle (1G, 1A, +2, 5 SOG) has points in three of five and Joe Pavelski (1A, +2, 4 SOG) had one lone point on the month headed into this affair. Joe Thornton (1A, +2, 1 SOG) only had two in December coming in. Shootout: Pavelski

Combos: Matt Duchene - Paul Stastny - T.J. Galiardi/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Milan Hejduk/ Daniel Winnik - Jay McClement - David Jones/ Matt Hunwick - Brad Malone - Cody McLeod/ Kyle Quincey - Shane O'Brien/ Erik Johnson - Stefan Elliott/ Jan Hejda - Ryan O'Byrne

Scratches: Porter, Yip

Top PP times: Duchene, Hejduk, O'Reilly, Elliott, Landeskog (1:35)

Trending: Stefan Elliott (1G, +1, 1 SOG) had points in three straight to begin his call-up, but then nothing in five before tonight. Erik Johnson (1A, no PP, 1 SOG) had no points in seven games before tonight and Kyle Quincey (1A, +1, no PP, 2 SOG) had no points in five December outings before this evening. Matt Duchene (1G, -1, 3 SOG) has points in three of five. Milan Hejduk (1A, no SOG) hit the 20-point mark in the third period and Ryan O'Reilly (1A, 3 SOG) stopped a brief three-game pointless skid. Shootout: Hejduk, Landeskog

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