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CAROLINA HURRICANES 2 @ PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 4
Goaltending match-up: Justin Peters (48/52!!, .923 SV%) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (16/18, .889 SV%)
Combos: Drayson Bowman - Eric Staal - Zac Dalpe/ Alexei Ponikarovsky - Jussi Jokinen - Tuomo Ruutu/ Jiri Tlusty - Brandon Sutter - Chad LaRose/ Andreas Nodl - Tim Brent - Anthony Stewart/ Bryan Allen - Jaroslav Spacek/ Jay Harrison - Justin Faulk/ Tim Gleason - Jamie McBain
Scratches: Pitkanen, Joslin, Dwyer
Top PP times: Staal (3:17), Spacek (2:31), Jokinen (2:22), Ruutu (2:13), McBain, Faulk (2:00)
Trending: Tuomo Ruutu (1G, 3 SOG) has been on a tear of late for his owners. Goals in four straight, five of six and points in six in a row. Tim Gleason (1A, +1, no PP, 1 SOG) has chipped in points in five of his past nine from the back end. Alexei Ponikarovsky (1A, 1:48 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three of four.
Combos: Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal/ Pascal Dupuis - Jordan Staal - Tyler Kennedy/ Steve Sullivan - Joe Vitale - Matt Cooke/ Jason Williams - Craig Adams - Arron Asham/ Brooks Orpik - Matt Niskanen/ Simon Despres - Zbynek Michalek/ Alexandre Picard - Ben Lovejoy
Scratches: Engelland, MacIntyre
Top PP times: Malkin, Kunitz (3:41), Sullivan (3:41), Neal (3:37), Niskanen (3:22)
Trending: Evgeni Malkin (2A, 6 SOG) pushed his point streak to eight games, during which he already had 16 points coming in here. James Neal (1G, 1A, 2 PIM, 9 SOG) has points in all eight of those starts as well, with goals in each of his past four. Chris Kunitz (1A, 3 SOG) had seven points in four affairs headed into this effort. This was the 400th career game for Jordan Staal (1G, +2, 0:59 PP, 2 SOG). He has goals in B2B games after seven without one. Steve Sullivan (1G, -1, 2 SOG) had tallied six points in six games coming into this evening. Pascal Dupuis (1G, +2, 0:08 PP, 4 SOG) has a point in three of his past four and had 24 already coming into tonight.
CALGARY FLAMES 2 @ COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 1 (SO)
Goaltending match-up: Miikka Kiprusoff (27/28, .964 SV%) vs. Steve Mason (25/26, .962 SV%)
Combos: Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - Jarome Iginla/ Rene Bourque - Mikael Backlund - Lee Stempniak/ Blake Comeau - Roman Horak - Paul Byron/ Tom Kostopoulos - Brendan Morrison - Tim Jackman/ Jay Bouwmeester - Chris Butler/ Scott Hannan - Derek Smith/ T.J. Brodie - Cory Sarich
Scratches: Tanguay, Piskula, Nemisz
Top PP times: Bouwmeester (3:06), Iginla (2:43), Jokinen, Smith (2:40), Bourque (2:25)
Trending: Jarome Iginla (1G, no SOG) potted career goal #498. Olli Jokinen (1A, no SOG) pushed his point streak to seven outings and he had 16 points in 13 GP before tonight. Derek Smith (1A, 1 SOG) had contributed seven points from the back end in that same span. Shootout: Iginla
Combos: Rick Nash - Jeff Carter - Ryan Johansen/ Mark Letestu - Antoine Vermette - Vinny Prospal/ Derek Dorsett - Samuel Pahlsson - R.J. Umberger/ Derick Brassard - Derek MacKenzie - Jared Boll/ John Moore - James Wisniewski/ Nikita Nikitin - Fedor Tyutin/ Marc Methot - Grant Clitsome
Scratches: Johnson, Huselius, Byers
Top PP times: Wisniewski (4:12), Brassard, Umberger, Johansen (4:11), Tyutin (3:59)
Trending: Derick Brassard (1G, +1, 1 SOG) had a pair of two-pointers in three tries before tonight. Ryan Johansen (1A, +1, 1 SOG) has points in two of three and Mark Letestu (1A, +1, 1 SOG) has them in three of four.
MONTREAL CANADIENS 6 @ OTTAWA SENATORS 2
Goaltending match-up: Carey Price (33/35, .943 SV%) vs. Craig Anderson (3/7, .429 SV%) & Alex Auld (19/21, .905 SV%)
Combos: Andrei Kostitsyn - Tomas Plekanec - Travis Moen/ Max Pacioretty - Lars Eller - Erik Cole/ Michael Cammalleri - David Desharnais - Louis Leblanc/ Mike Blunden - Petteri Nokelainen - Mathieu Darche/ P.K. Subban - Alexei Emelin/ Hal Gill - Tomas Kaberle/ Josh Gorges - Raphael Diaz
Scratches: Campoli, Weber
Top PP times: Kostitsyn (4:02), Cammalleri (3:55), Subban (3:47), Desharnais (3:33), Kaberle (3:16)
Trending: This was the first game back from being a healthy scratch for P.K. Subban (1G, 1A, +2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG). Michael Cammalleri’s (1G, 1A, +2, 4 SOG) last goal came at the start of December. He still had seven points in 11 GP coming in. Raphael Diaz (3A, +3, 1 SOG) had a pair of points on the month before this outburst. Tomas Plekanec (1G, 1A, 2 PIM, 1:01 PP, 4 SOG) added to the six December points he had coming in, while Louis Leblanc (1G, 1A, +2, 2 PIM, no PP, 2 SOG) has points in three of six. Same with Lars Eller (1G, +1, 2:36 PP, 3 SOG). Erik Cole (1G, 1A, 2:36 PP, 4 SOG) had chipped in 6-3-9 in 11 GP coming in, with 10 PIM and 32 SOG in that span as well.
Combos: Milan Michalek - Jason Spezza - Daniel Alfredsson/ Nick Foligno - Kyle Turris - Bobby Butler/ Colin Greening - Zack Smith - Chris Neil/ Kaspars Daugavins - Zenon Konopka - Erik Condra/ Erik Karlsson - Filip Kuba/ Jared Cowen - Sergei Gonchar/ Brian Lee - Matt Carkner
Scratches: Phillips
Top PP times: Alfredsson (4:11), Michalek, Spezza, Gonchar, Karlsson (3:55)
Trending: Milan Michalek (1A, 2 SOG) was back in action this evening from his concussion and he was back with Jason Spezza (1G, 3 SOG), as he has been, but also with Daniel Alfredsson (1A, -1, 5 SOG) – who has been on a nice run for poolies of late. Sergei Gonchar (1A, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) only had two December points headed in here, while Colin Greening (1A, no PP, 2 SOG) has points in seven of 10.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 1 @ TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 5
Goaltending match-up: Ilya Bryzgalov (11/16, .688 SV%) vs. Mathieu Garon (31/32, .969 SV%)
Combos: Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jaromir Jagr/ Matt Read - Danny Briere - Wayne Simmonds/ James van Riemsdyk - Max Talbot - Jakub Voracek/ Harry Zolnierczyk - Brayden Schenn - Zac Rinaldo/ Braydon Coburn - Kimmo Timonen/ Matt Carle - Marc-Andre Bourdon/ Andrej Meszaros - Andreas Lilja
Scratches: Walker, Shelley
Top PP times: Simmonds, Timonen, Jagr (5:13), Voracek (4:54), Giroux (4:44)
Trending: Wait... another contribution from Claude Giroux (1A, -1, 3 SOG), Scott Hartnell (1G, 10 PIM, 2:46 PP, 3 SOG) and Jaromir Jagr (1A, 1 SOG). I may need to sit down for that one.
Combos: Martin St. Louis - Vincent Lecavalier - Teddy Purcell/ Ryan Malone - Steven Stamkos - Steve Downie/ Tom Pyatt - Dominic Moore - Adam Hall/ James Wyman - Blair Jones - Dana Tyrell/ Victor Hedman - Eric Brewer/ Brett Clark - Pavel Kubina/ Marc-Andre Bergeron - Bruno Gervais
Scratches: Shannon, Thompson, Gilroy
Top PP times: Stamkos (3:15), Lecavalier, Clark (2:49), MAB (2:44), St. Louis (2:43)
Trending: Steven Stamkos (2G, 2 SOG) had scored four times in five tries before potting more in this one. Martin St. Louis (2A, +1, no SOG) has points in five straight. #cagepower Victor Hedman (4:11 TOI) left this one with an upper-body injury. Ryan Malone (1A, 10 PIM, 0:56 PP, 2 SOG) has points in five of eight. Steve Downie (1G, 1A, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) came into this one with three points in five games and 27 PIM on the month. Teddy Purcell (1A, +1, 1:45 PP, no SOG) has points in four of five now. Vincent Lecavalier (1G, +2, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) only had one other December goal coming in, but still had five points in six games before tonight.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 3 @ FLORIDA PANTHERS 5
Goaltending match-up: James Reimer (5/8, .625 SV%) & Jonas Gustavsson (16/18, .889 SV%) vs. Jose Theodore (29/32, .906 SV%)
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 / Keith Aulie - Dion Phaneuf/ Luke Schenn - Carl Gunnarsson/ Cody Franson - Jake Gardiner
Scratches: Orr, Rosehill
Top PP times: Phaneuf (4:54), Connolly (4:24), Lupul (4:13), Kessel, Bozak (4:10)
Trending: Dion Phaneuf (1G, +1, 5 SOG) has points in four of six after a dry spell and Phil Kessel (1A, -1, 5 SOG) had collected nine points in nine games before this affair. Joffrey Lupul (1A, 1 SOG) has a point in nine of his past 10 now. Mikhail Grabovski (2G, 2 PIM, 3:03 PP, 2 SOG) has points in six of 10 now, while Nikolai Kulemin (1A, 0:12 PP, 3 SOG) has a point in three of six. Clarke MacArthur (1A, -1, 2:51 PP, 4 SOG) had three points in the two games leading into this one.
Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Shawn Matthias - Matt Bradley/ Tomas Kopecky - Mike Santorelli - Kris Versteeg/ Michal Repik - Tim Kennedy - Krys Barch/ Bill Thomas - Mark Cullen - Evgenii Dadonov/ Jason Garrison - Brian Campbell/ Ed Jovanovski - Erik Gudbranson/ Mike Weaver - Dmitry Kulikov
Scratches: Ellerby, Weiss, Samuelsson
Top PP times: Fleischmann (2:53), Campbell (1:59), Garrison (1:57), Matthias, Repik (1:52)
Trending: Tomas Fleischmann (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has points in two of three after five without one. Kris Versteeg (1G, -1, 1:42 PP, 1 SOG) had 11 points in 11 games coming in and Brian Campbell (3A, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) has points in four of his past five now. Jason Garrison (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 3 SO)G has a point in three of five.
ST. LOUIS BLUES 2 @ DETROIT RED WINGS 3
Goaltending match-up: Brian Elliott (29/32, .906 SV%) vs. Jimmy Howard (29/31, .935 SV%)
Combos: Alex Steen - David Backes - Chris Stewart/ Evgeny Grachev - Patrik Berglund - David Perron/ Chris Porter - Jason Arnott - Matt D'Agostini/ Adam Cracknell - Scott Nichol - B.J. Crombeen/ Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk/ Carlo Colaiacovo - Alex Pietrangelo/ Kris Russell - Roman Polak
Scratches: Langenbrunner, Cole, Oshie
Top PP times: Arnott (3:48), Shattenkirk (3:35), D'Agostini (3:33), Berglund (3:16), Steen (2:24)
Trending: Matt D’Agostini (1G, 4 PIM, 3 SOG) has goals in two of three with three points in four games headed in here. Jason Arnott (2A, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) had 4-4-8 in 10 GP coming into this tilt, while Kevin Shattenkirk (2A, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) has points in three of five. Alex Steen (1G, -1, 3 SOG) has scored in four of seven now.
Combos: Johan Franzen - Pavel Datsyuk - Todd Bertuzzi/ Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Jiri Hudler/ Danny Cleary - Darren Helm - Drew Miller/ Cory Emmerton - Justin Abdelkader - Joakim Andersson/ Nicklas Lidstrom - Ian White/ Niklas Kronwall - Brad Stuart/ Mike Commodore - Jonathan Ericsson
Scratches: Kindl, Holmstrom
Top PP times: Lidstrom (5:10), Zetterberg (4:43), White (3:59), Franzen (3:51), Datsyuk (3:27)
Trending: Nicklas Lidstrom (1G, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had 83 points in 117 GP vs. STL before tonight’s addition. Pavel Datsyuk (1G, 1A, +1, 3 SOG) had 15 points in 12 GP coming in here, while Ian White (2A, +1, 3 SOG) had three points in four games headed into this evening. Todd Bertuzzi’s (1A, +1, 1:55 PP, no SOG) December totals were 3-6-9 in 12 GP coming in. Valtteri Filppula (1A, +1, 3:26 PP, no SOG) was coming off his two-goal performance against the Preds. Niklas Kronwall (1G, +1, 2:56 PP, 4 SOG) had been blanked in his prior four contests.
WINNIPEG JETS 4 @ COLORADO AVALANCHE 1
Goaltending match-up: Ondrej Pavelec (32/33, .970 SV%) vs. Jean-Sebastien Giguere (22/26, .846 SV%)
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 - Ron Hainsey/ Johnny Oduya - Zach Bogosian/ Mark Stuart - Mark Flood
Scratches: Little, Byfuglien
Top PP times: Wellwood, Stapleton, Ladd, Enstrom, Antropov (0:41)
Trending: Evander Kane (2G, +2, 5 SOG) and Blake Wheeler (1A, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) have been going strong for awhile now and Alex Burmistrov (1A, +1, 2 SOG) continues to capitalize on his L1 role sans Bryan Little. Tobias Enstrom (1A, +2, 1 SOG) has points in three of five since returning to action. Andrew Ladd (1A, -1, 2 SOG) has a point in three of five after a dry spell.
Combos: Matt Duchene - Paul Stastny - Daniel Winnik/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Milan Hejduk/ Brad Malone - Jay McClement - T.J. Galiardi/ Cody McLeod - Chris Porter - David Van der Gulik/ Erik Johnson - Shane O'Brien/ Stefan Elliott - Matt Hunwick/ Jan Hejda - Ryan O'Byrne
Scratches: Yip, Quincey
Top PP times: Winnik, Landeskog, Galiardi (1:09), Duchene, Elliott (1:01)
Trending: Kevin Porter (1G, +1, 1 SOG) broke the shutout with 5:12 left in the third period. He has points in two of four. David Van der Gulik (1A, no SOG) had three points in his five starts coming in.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
