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Goaltending match-up: Ryan Miller (28/31, .903 SV%) vs. James Reimer (40/42, .952 SV%)

Combos: Thomas Vanek - Derek Roy - Jason Pominville/ Derek Whitmore - Paul Szczechura - Drew Stafford/ Luke Adam - Paul Gaustad - Patrick Kaleta/ Cody McCormick - Matt Ellis - Zack Kassian/ Christian Ehrhoff - Brayden McNabb/ Robyn Regehr - Andrej Sekera/ Mike Weber - Jordan Leopold

Scratches: Gragnani, Ennis, Hecht

Top PP times: Ehrhoff (5:42), Roy (5:10), Pominville (5:03), Stafford (4:49), Leopold (3:51)

Trending: As has been the case all season, Jason Pominville (1G, 1A, +1, 5 SOG) and Thomas Vanek (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 3:17 PP, no SOG) have been chipping in points night after night. Derek Roy (1G, +1, 6 SOG) has collected points in six of nine.

Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Clarke MacArthur - Tim Connolly - Nazem Kadri/ Matt Frattin - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Joey Crabb - Dave Steckel - Darryl Boyce / Cody Franson - John-Michael Liles/ Keith Aulie - Dion Phaneuf/ Luke Schenn - Carl Gunnarsson

Scratches: Or, Rosehill, Gardiner

Top PP times: Phaneuf (6:53), Kessel (5:51), Bozak (5:44), Liles (5:39), Lupul (4:59)

Trending: Nazem Kadri (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 13:43 TOI, 1:01 PP, 3 SOG) has been a point-per-game player with the Marlies this season and he’s up with the big club now with the injuries. He had been playing a strong game before scoring in the second period and you can really see how much he’s developed from when he first hit the NHL. Phil Kessel (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 10 SOG!) had 23 points in 16 home games coming in and Joffrey Lupul (1A, +1, 1 SOG) has points in seven of his past eight now. Dion Phaneuf (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) only had one point on the month before tonight, but he still entered this one only 11 points shy of last year’s total of 30 points.

Goaltending match-up: Evgeni Nabokov (21/24, .875 SV%) vs. Martin Biron (24/26, .923 SV%)

Combos: Matt Moulson - John Tavares - P.A. Parenteau/ Michael Grabner - Frans Nielsen - Kyle Okposo/ Matt Martin- Josh Bailey - Tim Wallace/ Michael Haley - Marty Reasoner - Nino Niederreiter/ Mark Streit - Milan Jurcina/ Andrew MacDonald - Travis Hamonic/ Dylan Reese - Mike Mottau

Scratches: Staios, Ullstrom, Montoya

Top PP times: Streit (3:13), Parenteau, Moulson, Tavares (2:52), Nielsen (2:26)

Trending: John Tavares (1A, -3, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had 2-8-10 in nine tilts coming in. P.A. Parenteau (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) has been a point-per-game player this month and Matt Moulson (1G, 1A, -1, 1 SOG) had already racked up 12 points in nine tries. Mark Streit (2A, -2, 2 SOG) had one point in six games before this outing.

Combos: Carl Hagelin - Brad Richards - Ryan Callahan/ Artem Anisimov - Derek Stepan - Marian Gaborik/ Brandon Dubinsky - Brian Boyle - John Mitchell/ Mike Rupp - Ruslan Fedotenko - Brandon Prust/ Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi/ Michael Del Zotto - Anton Stralman/ Tim Erixon - Stu Bickel

Scratches: Woywitka, Avery, Christensen

Top PP times: Del Zotto (5:24), Stepan (3:58), Gaborik (3:48), Callahan, Richards (3:42)

Trending: Marian Gaborik (1G, +2, 2 SOG). Again. Bam. Artem Anisimov (1A, +2, 2:18 PP, 2 SOG) had nine points in nine games coming in and Michael Del Zotto (1G, +2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) had chipped in eight points in his past 10 before this one. Brandon Dubinsky (1G, 1A, +1, 0:49 PP, 1 SOG) only had one goal on the season before tonight. One. Three points in December coming in too. Stu Bickell (1A, +1, 9 PIM, no PP, 1 SOG) has points in both of his NHL starts now.

Goaltending match-up: Scott Clemmensen (22/26, .846 SV%) vs. Craig Anderson (32/35, .914 SV%)

Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ Tomas Kopecky - Shawn Matthias - Matt Bradley/ Michal Repik - Tim Kennedy - Evgenii Dadonov/ Bill Thomas - Mike Santorelli - Krys Barch/ Jason Garrison - Brian Campbell/ Ed Jovanovski - Keaton Ellerby/ Mike Weaver - Dmitry Kulikov

Scratches: Sturm, Samuelsson, Gudbranson

Top PP times: Campbell (7:01), Kulikov (6:38), Fleischmann (6:23), Versteeg (6:07), Santorelli (4:21)

Trending: Thomas Fleischmann (1A, -1, 3 SOG) has been great this season, but ended a five-game pointless streak here. Kris Versteeg (2A, 4 SOG) had nine points in nine December tilts headed in here. Stephen Weiss was hurt in this one.

Combos: Colin Greening - Jason Spezza - Daniel Alfredsson/ Nick Foligno - Kyle Turris - Erik Condra/ Kaspars Daugavins - Zack Smith - Chris Neil/ Matt Carkner - Zenon Konopka - Bobby Butler/ Erik Karlsson - Filip Kuba/ Chris Phillips - Sergei Gonchar/ Jared Cowen - Brian Lee

Scratches: Michalek, Hoffman

Top PP times: Alfredsson, Spezza, Neil, Karlsson, Gonchar (0:45)

Trending: Erik Karlsson (1G, 1A, +2, 2 SOG) had seven points in seven games against the Panthers coming in. Daniel Alfredsson (1G, 2A, +1, 4 SOG) has been rolling for the last few weeks and Chris Neil (1G, 1A, -1, 2 SOG) has points in B2B games after a long stretch of zeroes. Kyle Turris (1A, +1, no PP, 3 SOG) has points in both of his games with the Sens now after setting up the GWG (bit of a flukey bounce off a FLA skate, but whatever). Crazy month for Jared Cowen (1A, -1, no PP, 2 SOG), who now has nine points in his 11 games this month.

Goaltending match-up: Curtis Sanford (32/38, .842 SV%) vs. Pekka Rinne (26/31, .839 SV%)

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

Scratches: Johnson, Huselius, Byers

Top PP times: Tyutin (4:54), Nikitin (4:15), Carter, Prospal (3:51), Brassard (3:43)

Trending: The Jackets converted three times on the five-minute major to Brian McGrattan in the first period. Jeff Carter (3G, -1, 4 SOG) has goals in five of seven now with points in six of those games. He’s really heating up now, even without Rick Nash (2A, 5 SOG) on his line for the time being. Vinny Prospal (1A, 2 SOG) had 1-6-7 in 9 GP coming in and Nikita Nikitin (1A, -2, 2 PIM, 5 SOG) continues to chip in. He’s been a good addition since coming over from St. Louis. R.J. Umberger (2A, -1, 3:20 PP, 2 SOG) has points in three in a row.

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

Scratches: Geoffrion, Klein

Top PP times: Weber, Suter (3:04), Legwand, Smith, Wilson (2:07)

Trending: Martin Erat (1G, 1A, +2, 0:15 PP, 2 SOG) has added a point-per-game in December and he added the GWG with nine seconds left to cap off a great comeback from the Preds. Ryan Suter (2A, +2, 3 SOG) had five points on the month coming in and Mike Fisher (1G, +2, 1:12 PP, 1 SOG) had one fewer than that. Sergei Kostitsyn (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1:12 PP, 3 SOG) had just three December points coming in. Patric Hornqvist (1G, +2, 2 PIM, 1:12 PP, 3 SOG) has been ice cold this month. Shea Weber (3A, +2, 1 SOG) had nine points in nine games headed in here. David Legwand (1G, 1A, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has points in three of five and Colin Wilson (2A, +1, 2 SOG) has stopped a brief three-game pointless spell.

Goaltending match-up: Carey Price (30/34, .882 SV%) vs. Ondrej Pavelec (27/27). This was Pavelec's second shutout of the month, third of the season and ninth of his career. He had four last year.

Combos: Michael Cammalleri - Tomas Plekanec - Travis Moen/ Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole/ Andrei Kostitsyn - Louis Leblanc - Mike Blunden/ Yannick Weber - Petteri Nokelainen - Mathieu Darche/ Josh Gorges - Alexei Emelin/ Hal Gill - Raphael Diaz/ Tomas Kaberle - Chris Campoli

Scratches: Subban, Eller

Top PP times: Kaberle (6:16), Weber (6:05), Cammalleri (5:31), Plekanec (5:09), Desharnais (4:40)

Trending: P.K. Subban was a healthy scratch tonight.

Combos: Evander Kane - Alex Burmistrov - Blake Wheeler/ Andrew Ladd - Nik Antropov - Kyle Wellwood/ Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Antti Miettinen/ Chris Thorburn - Tim Stapleton - Eric Fehr/ Tobias Enstrom - Dustin Byfuglien/ Mark Stuart - Zach Bogosian/ Ron Hainsey - Johnny Oduya

Scratches: Little, Flood

Top PP times: Enstrom (1:57), Byfuglien (1:46), Wheeler, Burmistrov, Kane (1:25)

Trending: Tobias Enstrom (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) and Dustin Byfuglien (1A, 2 PIM, 1 SOG). Points is what they do. Blake Wheeler (2G, 1A, +2, 4 SOG) continues to get it done for the Jets, as he’s been doing for the past month now. Nik Antropov (1A, +1, 1:11 PP, no SOG) had three points in three games since returning to the line-up before tonight and Kyle Wellwood (1A, +1, 1:11 PP, 2 SOG) had three points in two games coming in. Zach Bogosian (1A, +1, 0:50 PP, 2 SOG) came into this evening with four points in his past four games.

Goaltending match-up: Ty Conklin (24/27, .889 SV%) vs. Miikka Kiprusoff (29/31, .935 SV%)

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

Scratches: Kindl

Top PP times: Lidstrom (1:48), Zetterberg (1:27), Franzen, Holmstrom, White (1:20)

Trending: Crazy finish to this one. Detroit pushed HARD to get that GTG and came so close a number of times. Pavel Datsyuk (1A, 3 SOG, 1:07 PP) had 17 points in 17 road games before adding more here. Jiri Hudler (1G, 1:14 PP, 2 SOG) had 5-4-9 in 10 December clashes coming in. Ian White (1G, 6 SOG) had a three-pointer when these teams met a month ago. He had five points in seven games overall coming in here.

Combos: Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - Jarome Iginla/ Blake Comeau - Mikael Backlund - Lee Stempniak/ Greg Nemisz - Roman Horak - Paul Byron/ Tom Kostopoulos - Brendan Morrison - Tim Jackman/ Jay Bouwmeester - Chris Butler/ Scott Hannan - Derek Smith/ T.J. Brodie - Cory Sarich

Scratches: Bourque, Tanguay, Piskula

Top PP times: Bouwmeester (2:43), Iginla, Jokinen (1:52), Glencross (1:44), Brodie (1:21)

Trending: Curtis Glencross (2G, +1, 2 SOG) has goals in three straight and he's been producing well over the past few weeks. Olli Jokinen (1A, 1 SOG) has points in five in a row and he's been going strong for awhile now, while Jay Bouwmeester (1A, +1, 2 SOG) had four points in his 11 December starts before this outing.

Goaltending match-up: Niklas Backstrom (27/31, .871 SV%) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (30/31, .968 SV%)

Combos: Dany Heatley - Matt Cullen - Pierre-Marc Bouchard/ Cal Clutterbuck - Kyle Brodziak - Nick Johnson/ Jed Ortmeyer - Darroll Powe - Brad Staubitz/ Jeff Taffe - Warren Peters - Jarod Palmer/ Marco Scandella - Jared Spurgeon/ Nick Schultz - Marek Zidlicky/ Justin Falk - Clayton Stoner

Scratches: Lundin, Zanon, Gillies

Top PP times: Heatley (7:48), Brodziak (7:16), PMB (7:09), Cullen (6:54), Spurgeon (6:47)

Trending: Dany Heatley (1G, 3 SOG) broke the shutout bid in the third period and he had 21 points in 20 GP vs. EDM coming in too. Jared Spurgeon (1A, +1, 4 SOG) had six helpers on the month coming in and Matt Cullen (1A, 4 SOG) had eight points in his nine tilts before this result.

Combos: Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle/ Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Sam Gagner/ Ben Eager - Eric Belanger - Ryan Jones/ Lennart Petrell - Anton Lander - Darcy Hordichuk/ Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert/ Ryan Whitney - Corey Potter/ Theo Peckham - Jeff Petry

Scratches: Sutton, Hemsky

Top PP times: Hall (5:10), RNH (4:54), Eberle (4:39), Horcoff (4:05), Gagner (2:41)

Trending: The points are coming in nightly for the happy owners of Jordan Eberle (2G, +1, 4 SOG) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1A, +1, 4 SOG) this season. Taylor Hall (+1, 16:06 TOI, 3 SOG) took a shot off his ankle in the second period and left for a bit, but did come back out to play again. Keep an eye on him. Ryan Smyth (1G, +1, 2:32 PP, 4 SOG) had just three points this month coming in, while Corey Potter (1A, 1:57 PP, 1 SOG) finally collected his first pointage in his fourth game back in the line-up.

Goaltending match-up: Jonas Hiller (32/34, .941 SV%) vs. Jonathan Quick (20/22, .909 SV%)

Combos: Niklas Hagman - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry/ Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Teemu Selanne/ Matt Beleskey - Andrew Cogliano - Kyle Palmieri/ Andrew Gordon - Rod Pelley - George Parros/ Francois Beauchemin - Cam Fowler/ Toni Lydman - Lubomir Visnovsky/ Luca Sbisa - Sheldon Brookbank

Scratches: Fraser

Top PP times: Visnovsky (5:00), Perry, Selanne (4:05), Getzlaf (3:59), Fowler (2:41)

Trending: Lubomir Visnovsky (1G, 1A, +2, 4 SOG) already had three points in four games on his comeback trail coming in here. Niklas Hagman (1G, 1A, 1:07 PP, 2 SOG) had five points in five games coming into this evening. Shootout: Perry

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

Scratches: Martinez, Drewiske, Hunter, Loktionov

Top PP times: Doughty (4:09), Johnson (3:47), Brown (3:36), Gagne (3:29), Kopitar (3:28)

Trending: Mike Richards (1G, 3:11 PP, 1 SOG) was back in the line-up tonight for Darryl Sutter's debut and Richards picked right up where he left off before being hurt. Look for Drew Doughty (2A, +2, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) to begin picking up the pace too. Dustin Brown (1G, +1, 5 SOG) has goals in three of four and Anze Kopitar (1A, +1, 3 SOG) has points in six of eight. Shootout: Stoll, Brown

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