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Goaltending match-up: Miikka Kiprusoff (31/33, .939 SV%) vs. Evgeni Nabokov (29/30, .967 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: Babchuk, Piskula, Nemisz

Top PP times: Bouwmeester (3:06), Iginla, Jokinen (2:42), Bourque (2:30), Brodie (2:01)

Trending: Jarome Iginla remains two shy of the 500 goal mark. Brendan Morrison collected his 600th career point.

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

Scratches: Haley, Staios, Montoya

Top PP times: Streit (1:32), MacDonald, Bailey, Okposo, Grabner (1:03)

Trending: John Tavares (1G, 1A, +1, 0:57 PP, 5 SOG) had 11 points in 12 GP this month coming in, although most of those points came earlier in December. Kyle Okposo (1A, 2 SOG) has been a little more productive this month, but has still been a bit sporadic. This line promotion to L1 doesn’t hurt though, clearly. Brian Rolston (1G, +2, 0:28 PP, 3 SOG) was back in the line-up after recovering from his concussion. Andrew MacDonald (1G, +2, 3 SOG) has points in three of six now since returning to the line-up, so his seasonal stats are a bit deceiving. If you’re hurting on D he might be a nice fill-in, based on what he did last season sans Mark Streit.

Goaltending match-up: Sergei Bobrovsky (24/26, .923 SV%) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (19/22, .864 SV%)

Combos: Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jaromir Jagr/ Matt Read - Danny Briere - Wayne Simmonds/ Max Talbot - Brayden Schenn - Jakub Voracek/ James van Riemsdyk - Sean Couturier - Harry Zolnierczyk/ Braydon Coburn - Kimmo Timonen/ Matt Carle - Marc-Andre Bourdon/ Andrej Meszaros - Andreas Lilja

Scratches: Walker, Rinaldo, Shelley

Top PP times: Timonen (4:57), Simmonds, Jagr (4:05), Voracek (3:57), Giroux (3:45)

Trending: Jaromir Jagr (1G, +1, 2 SOG) and Max Talbot (1G, no PP, 4 SOG) made their returns to Pittsburgh tonight and both started on the same line with Claude Giroux (2A, +1, 3 SOG). Nice touch by Laviolette, who also started Talbot recently against his former team... but in Philly. We saw that on 24/7. Beauty goal by Jagr in the second period and Talbot finished off the game into the empty net. Wayne Simmonds (1A, -2, 2 SOG) only had one point in five games headed in, but was hot before that. Kimmo Timonen (1G, +2, 1 SOG) had just two helpers in seven games before tonight. Matt Carle (1A, 2:53 PP, no SOG) hit the 20-point mark in the second frame and added to the eight December points he had coming in. Sean Couturier (2A, +1, no PP, 1 SOG) returned from his head injury. Matt Read (1G, 2:50P PP, 3 SOG) had one point in five tilts coming in, as was the case with Jakub Voracek (2A, +2, 2 SOG).

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 (3:51), Sullivan (3:33), Niskanen (3:16), Neal (3:03), Kunitz (2:36)

Trending: Evgeni Malkin (1A, -1, 4 PIM, 4 SOG) extended his point streak to nine games and added to the 18 points in that span he had coming in. Jordan Staal (1G, -1, 2:35 PP, 2 SOG) has a goal in each of his past three affairs now. Tyler Kennedy (1G, 1A, +1, 2:02 PP, 5 SOG) has a career high five-game point streak rolling now. Simon Despres (1A, +2, 2:12 PP, 1 SOG) has points in three of six on the back end.

Goaltending match-up: James Reimer (30/34, .882 SV%) vs. Cam Ward (21/24, .875 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, Holzer

Top PP times: Phaneuf (7:36), Bozak (7:09), Lupul (7:02), Kessel (6:53), Gunnarsson (6:32)

Trending: Nazem Kadri (1G, +1, 4:37 PP, 2 SOG) has scored in three of his four games on this call-up. #statement Clarke MacArthur (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 4:46 PP, 1 SOG) had four points in three games before tonight. Nikolai Kulemin (1G, 0:21 PP, 1 SOG) has points in four of his past seven. Mikhail Grabovski (1A, 1:22 PP, 1 SOG) had 3-4-7 in 10 GP coming into tonight.

Combos: Jiri Tlusty - Eric Staal - Zac Dalpe/ Alexei Ponikarovsky - Jussi Jokinen - Tuomo Ruutu/ Drayson Bowman - 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: McBain (2:42), Staal (2:32), Harrison (2:23), Faulk (2:22), Jokinen (1:57)

Trending: Eric Staal (2G, 1A, +1, 5 SOG) had no points in six games before tonight's multi-pointer, including the OT GWG. This was Zac Dalpe’s (1G, 1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1:55 PP, 2 SOG) second game of the month for the Canes. Jiri Tlusty (2A, +1, 6 PIM, 1:07 PP, 3 SOG) only had three points this month before this multi-pointer. Brandon Sutter (1G, +1, 0:48 PP, 2 SOG) has goals in two of three. He had four December points coming in. Jamie McBain (1A, +1, 2 SOG) has points in four of seven.

Goaltending match-up: Carey Price (18/22, .818 SV%) vs. Mathieu Garon (31/34, .912 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 - Josh Gorges/ Alexei Emelin - Tomas Kaberle/ Hal Gill - Raphael Diaz

Scratches: Campoli, Weber

Top PP times: Subban, Kaberle (4:30), Cole, Pacioretty (3:49), Desharnais, Eller (2:17)

Trending: Raphael Diaz (2A, 0:33 PP, 1 SOG) was coming off his hat trick of assists against the Sens and had four points in three games before tonight. Michael Cammalleri (1G, +1, 1:14 PP, 5 SOG) has scored in back-to-back games now for the first time this season. Erik Cole (1G, 2 SOG) had 11 points in 12 GP coming in and Tomas Kaberle (1A, 3 SOG) ended a four-game pointless skid here. Max Pacioretty (1A, 1 SOG) had one point in five games before tonight. David Desharnais (1G, 1A, +1, 2 SOG) only had one point in five tries before tonight. Andrei Kostitsyn (1A, -1, 1:14 PP, 1 SOG) has been really cool for awhile.

Combos: Tom Pyatt - Vincent Lecavalier - Martin St. Louis/ Ryan Malone - Steven Stamkos - Steve Downie/ Dana Tyrell - Dominic Moore - Teddy Purcell/ Blair Jones - Adam Hall - James Wyman/ Eric Brewer - Pavel Kubina/ Brett Clark - Matt Gilroy/ Marc-Andre Bergeron - Bruno Gervais

Scratches: Oberg, Thompson, Hedman

Top PP times: Stamkos (3:29), MAB (3:27), Malone (3:20), Lecavalier, St. Louis (3:01)

Trending: Steven Stamkos (1G, 3 SOG) is in a nightly battle for the Rocket Richard Trophy, which is at it should be. He had six goals in six games before finding the back of the net again here. Martin St. Louis (1A, -1, 3 SOG) has points in all four games back in the line-up and in his past six overall. Vincent Lecavalier (1G, +1, 2 SOG) had six points in seven games coming in. Steve Downie (2A, +1, 2 PIM, 2:40 PP, 4 SOG) had five points in six games before tonight and his PIM continue to roll in. Pavel Kubina (1A, +2, 2:47 PP, no SOG) has a modest three-game point streak going. Dominic Moore (1A, 2:31 PP, 1 SOG) has a point in six of nine.

Goaltending match-up: Nikolai Khabibulin (15/19, .789 SV%) & Devan Dubnyk (8/8) vs. Niklas Backstrom (27/30, .900 SV%)

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

Scratches: Whitney, Sutton, Petrell

Top PP times: RNH (3:31), Potter (3:26), Horcoff, Eberle (3:12), Hall, Smyth (2:56)

Trending: Taylor Hall (1G, 1A, +2, 2 PIM, 5 SOG) wasted little time scoring in this one, snapping a brief two-game pointless spell. Jordan Eberle (1A, +1, 2 SOG) has been on an absolute tear and he just had a pair of goals against this same team a few games ago. Tom Gilbert (1A, +1, 1:03 PP, 1 SOG) has points in two of three after a long stretch of zeroes. Shawn Horcoff (1G, -1, 4 SOG) ended an eight-game pointless skid here and Ryan Smyth (1A, -1, no SOG) has points in three straight after a dry spell.

Combos: Dany Heatley - Mikko Koivu - Cal Clutterbuck/ Pierre-Marc Bouchard - Matt Cullen - Darroll Powe/ Jarod Palmer - Kyle Brodziak - Nick Johnson/ Matt Kassian - Warren Peters - Brad Staubitz/ Greg Zanon - Marek Zidlicky/ Marco Scandella - Nick Schultz/ Justin Falk - Nate Prosser

Scratches: Lundin, Spurgeon, Gillies

Top PP times: Zidlicky, Koivu (1:06), Cullen (1:03), Heatley (0:55), Prosser (0:35)

Trending: Mikko Koivu (1G, 1A, +2, 4 PIM, 2 SOG) has points in all three games back and has a point in each of his past nine overall. He’s been on a really nice run for awhile now, actually. Marek Zidlicky (3A, +3, 2 SOG) had zero points this month before tonight. Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1G, +1, 0:29 PP, 2 SOG) added to the 40 points in 43 career games he had against the Oil coming in. Dany Heatley (1G, +2, 3 SOG) had 11 points in 13 affairs coming in.

Goaltending match-up: Jonathan Bernier (26/27, .963 SV%) vs. Chris Mason (31/31). This was Mason's first shutout of the season and 22nd of his career.

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

Scratches: Westgarth, Martinez, Drewiske

Top PP times: Doughty (7:01), Richards (6:09), Brown (6:07), Kopitar (5:59), Johnson (4:42)

Trending:

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 - Zach Bogosian/ Mark Stuart - Ron Hainsey/ Johnny Oduya - Mark Flood

Scratches: Little, Slater, Byfuglien

Top PP times: Enstrom (2:59), Kane, Wheeler (2:07), Stapleton (1:45), Bogosian (1:30)

Trending: Evander Kane (1G, +1, 4 PIM, 5 SOG) came through in overtime to score the game's only goal. He and Blake Wheeler (1A, +1, 4 SOG) continue to roll for their fantasy owners.

Goaltending match-up: Steve Mason (36/37, .973 SV%) vs. Kari Lehtonen (25/28, .893 SV%)

Combos: Rick Nash - Jeff Carter - Ryan Johansen/ Vinny Prospal - Antoine Vermette - Mark Letestu/ 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: Nikitin (3:18), Carter, Prospal, Tyutin (2:56), Nash (2:51)

Trending: Rick Nash (2G, +2, 5 SOG) only had 3-4-7 in 12 GP coming in with an ugly -10 rating in that time too. Ryan Johansen (1A, +2, 1:04 PP, 2 SOG) had three points in three games before tonight. Strong game here. James Wisniewski left this one injured and it may be a broken ankle. What a bad luck year for him. Nikita Nikitin (1A, +3, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) continues to provide a spark from the back end and had 13 points in his 21 GP with CBJ coming in.

Combos: Loui Eriksson - Jamie Benn - Michael Ryder/ Brenden Morrow - Mike Ribeiro - Steve Ott/ Eric Nystrom - Vernon Fiddler - Radek Dvorak/ Toby Petersen - Tom Wandell - Adam Burish/ Nicklas Grossman - Trevor Daley/ Alex Goligoski - Philip Larsen/ Mark Fistric - Adam Pardy

Scratches: Dowell, Souray

Top PP times: Goligoski (4:29), Daley (3:50), Eriksson (3:15), Ribeiro (3:14), Ott (3:13)

Trending: Brenden Morrow left this one with a lower body injury. Vernon Fiddler (1G, no PP, 2 SOG) has points in four of five.

Goaltending match-up: Jason LaBarbera (32/35, .914 SV%) vs. Semyon Varlamov (25/27, .926 SV%)

Combos: Ray Whitney - Daymond Langkow - Shane Doan/ Lauri Korpikoski - Kyle Chipchura - Radim Vrbata/ Raffi Torres - Cal O'Reilly - Patrick O'Sullivan/ Taylor Pyatt - Andy Miele - Mikkel Boedker/ Keith Yandle - Adrian Aucoin/ Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Michal Rozsival/ Rostislav Klesla - David Schlemko

Scratches: Rundblad, Bissonnette, Morris

Top PP times: Ekman-Larsson (6:02), Yandle (5:24), Whitney (4:59), Doan (4:53), O'Reilly (4:33)

Trending: Mikkel Boedker (2G, +2, 1:05 PP, 2 SOG) only had four points on the month before this multi-goal effort.

Combos: Matt Duchene - Paul Stastny - Daniel Winnik/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Milan Hejduk/ Chuck Kobasew - Jay McClement - T.J. Galiardi/ Cody McLeod - Kevin Porter - David Van der Gulik/ Shane O'Brien - Erik Johnson/ Kyle Quincey - Stefan Elliott/ Jan Hejda - Ryan O'Byrne

Scratches: Yip, Hunwick, Malone

Top PP times: Johnson (5:28), Stastny, O'Reilly (5:23), Hejduk, Elliott (5:20)

Trending: Matt Duchene left this one with an apparent knee injury. Paul Stastny (1A, +2, 7 SOG) had six points in December coming in. Gabriel Landeskog (1G, 1A, +1, 2:34 PP, 4 SOG) has points in five of seven. Stefan Elliott (1G, +1, 4 SOG) has points in five of nine and Kyle Quincey (1A, 2 PIM, 2:28 PP, 1 SOG) was back in the line-up tonight. Kevin Porter (1G, no PP, 1 SOG) has produced points in three of five now. Shane O’Brien (1A, 1:35 PP, no SOG) has points in five of seven on D.

Goaltending match-up: Cory Schneider (30/32, .938 SV%) vs. Jonas Hiller (12/16, .750 SV%) & Dan Ellis (14/15, .933 SV%)

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

Scratches: Higgins, Sulzer

Top PP times: Kesler, Sedins, Edler (1:11), Bieksa (1:04)

Trending: Henrik Sedin (1G, 2A, +2, 2 SOG) had 18 points in 13 December games coming into tonight. Alexandre Burrows (2A, +1, 0:49 PP, 2 SOG) had 6-5-11 in that same span. Daniel Sedin (2G, +3, 6 SOG) had played 12 games in the month coming in and had 14 points. Cody Hodgson (1G, +1, 0:49 PP, 2 SOG) has a point in five of six. Kevin Bieksa (1A, 2 PIM, no SOG) has points in five in a row and he’s been on a pretty good stretch of hockey for his poolies. Alexander Edler (1A, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had tallied 27 points in all before this affair. Mason Raymond (1G, 0:49 PP, 3 SOG) had one point in his prior five outings coming in.

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

Scratches: Fraser, Parros

Top PP times: Visnovsky (9:15), Perry (7:44), Getzlaf (6:18), Selanne (5:51), Fowler (5:25)

Trending: Bobby Ryan (1G, 4:31 PP, 4 SOG) got the Canucks on the board and has goals in B2B games now for the second time this month. Teemu Selanne (1A, -2, 2 SOG) had 13 points in his 11 December games headed in here, while Luca Sbisa (1A, +1, 0:48 PP, 3 SOG) suddenly has points in three in a row.

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