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Goaltending match-up: Dwayne Roloson (16/19, .842 SV%) vs. Tomas Vokoun (29/32, .906 SV%)

Combos: Line combos all over the place/ Martin St. Louis - Vincent Lecavalier - Brett Connolly/ Eric Brewer - Pavel Kubina/ Bruno Gervais - Brendan Mikkelson/ Matt Gilroy - Brett Clark

Scratches: Wyman, MAB

Top PP times: Lecavalier, St. Louis (6:08), Stamkos (5:10), Malone (4:24), Downie (4:09)

Trending: Steven Stamkos (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 6 SOG) scored with a few minutes left in the third period to bring his team without one and make this an interesting finish. He also stuck up for Martin St. Louis (2A, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) after he was boarded by Troy Brouwer. St. Louis had 10 points in 10 GP since coming back into the lineup before this one. Vincent Lecavalier (1G, 1A, +1, 2 SOG) had five points in five games before tonight and Ryan Malone (1A, 1 SOG) had five points in his prior four outings.

Combos: Alex Ovechkin - Marcus Johansson - Alexander Semin/ Mike Knuble - Brooks Laich - Troy Brouwer/ Matt Hendricks - Jeff Halpern - Joel Ward/ Jason Chimera - Cody Eakin - Jay Beagle/ Karl Alzner - John Carlson/ Dmitry Orlov - Dennis Wideman/ Roman Hamrlik - Tomas Kundratek

Scratches: Erskine, Schultz, Perreault

Top PP times: Ovechkin (4:58), Wideman (4:45), Semin, Johansson (4:30), Brouwer (2:42)

Trending: Troy Brouwer (3G, 4 PIM, 3 SOG) has points in three of five and his first career hat trick goal came into the empty net, which proved valuable after TB scored one more time after that. Alex Ovechkin (1G, 4 SOG) ended a brief three-game pointless skid here and Dennis Wideman (2A, 2 SOG) had 16 points in 18 GP before tonight. Alexander Semin (1A, 2 SOG) came into this one with 11 points in 10 outings and he also hit several posts. Marcus Johansson (1A, no SOG) had a pair of two-pointers in four games coming in here. Brooks Laich (2A, 0:59 PP, 2 SOG) had no points in eight games before tonight.

Goaltending match-up: Jason LaBarbera (28/32, .875 SV%) vs. Curtis Sanford (32/35, .914 SV%)

Combos: Mikkel Boedker - Daymond Langkow - Shane Doan/ Ray Whitney - Marc-Antoine Pouliot - Radim Vrbata/ Gilbert Brule - Boyd Gordon - Lauri Korpikoski/ Raffi Torres - Kyle Chipchura - Taylor Pyatt/ Keith Yandle - Michal Rozsival/ Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Adrian Aucoin/ Rostislav Klesla - Derek Morris

Scratches: Bissonnette, O'Reilly

Top PP times: Whitney (2:00), Vrbata, Langkow, Doan, Ekman-Larsson (1:03)

Trending: Radim Vrbata (1G, 1A, 4 SOG) had six points in six games coming in and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2A, +3, 2 SOG) had three points in five outings coming into this one. Lauri Korpikoski (1G, 2A, +2, 0:57 PP, 1 SOG) had one point this month before this outing. Adrian Aucoin left this one injured.

Combos: Vinny Prospal - Derick Brassard - Rick Nash/ Ryan Johansen - Antoine Vermette - Tomas Kubalik/ Ryan Russell - Samuel Pahlsson - Derek Dorsett/ Dane Byers - Derek MacKenzie - Jared Boll/ Fedor Tyutin - Nikita Nikitin/ Marc Methot - John Moore/ Aaron Johnson - David Savard

Scratches: Clitsome, Umberger

Top PP times: Tyutin (1:11), Nash, Prospal, Brassard, Nikitin (1:10)

Trending: Rick Nash (1G, +1, 2 SOG) began this one with 29 points in 30 career GP vs. PHO. Derick Brassard (1G, 1A, +1, 5 SOG) has points in three of four and if he can finally gain some traction in a good role then that’d help restore some of his confidence. David Savard (1A, +1, 0:49 PP, 1 SOG) has a point in each of his past three games. Antoine Vermette (1A, 0:49 PP, 1 SOG) has points in four of seven. Fedor Tyutin (1A, 5 SOG) had one point in eight tries before tonight.

Goaltending match-up: Jonas Gustavsson (22/25, .880 SV%) vs. Ryan Miller (24/26, .923 SV%)

Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tim Connolly - Phil Kessel/ Joey Crabb - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Clarke MacArthur - Matthew Lombardi - Nazem Kadri/ Darryl Boyce - Dave Steckel - Mike Brown/ Keith Aulie - Dion Phaneuf/ Mike Komisarek - Cody Franson/ Carl Gunnarsson - Luke Schenn

Scratches: Rosehill, Gardiner

Top PP times: MacArthur (5:07), Phaneuf (4:34), Kessel (4:32), Lupul, Connolly (3:54)

Trending: Mikhail Grabovski (1G, 1A, +2, 2:59 PP, 4 SOG) had 13 points in 16 GP before this affair. Carl Gunnarsson (1A, -1, 2:53 PP, 2 SOG) has points in five of six.

Combos: Thomas Vanek - Jochen Hecht - Jason Pominville/ Nathan Gerbe - Derek Roy - Drew Stafford/ Ville Leino - Brad Boyes - Luke Adam/ Matt Ellis - Paul Gaustad - Patrick Kaleta/ Brayden McNabb - Tyler Myers/ Robyn Regehr - Jordan Leopold/ Mike Weber - Marc-Andre Gragnani

Scratches: McCormick, Ehrhoff

Top PP times: Myers (2:03), Leopold (1:55), Roy, Vanek, Pominville (1:52)

Trending: Jason Pominville (1G, 2 SOG) had 28 points in 24 home games coming in here, while Thomas Vanek (1A, +1, 2 PIM, no SOG) had 12-12-24 in his 24 games at home before tonight. Brayden McNabb (1A, +2, no PP, 1 SOG) had three points in five games headed in here.

Goaltending match-up: Marc-Andre Fleury (25/26, .962 SV%) vs. Scott Clemmensen (37/41, .902 SV%)

Combos: Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal/ Pascal Dupuis - Dustin Jeffrey - Tyler Kennedy/ Matt Cooke - Richard Park - Steve Sullivan/ Eric Tangradi - Craig Adams - Arron Asham/ Brooks Orpik - Deryk Engelland/ Matt Niskanen - Ben Lovejoy/ Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek

Scratches: MacIntyre, Vitale

Top PP times: Sullivan (6:32), Malkin (6:17), Kunitz (6:04), Neal (5:55), Niskanen (5:01)

Trending: No apparent injuries from this game. Whew. Evgeni Malkin (1G, +2, 7 SOG) has scored in three of his past four games. Steve Sullivan (1G, 1 SOG) had no points in his four January games coming in. James Neal (1G, 1A, +2, 9 SOG) had no points in six games before this outing. Chris Kunitz (2A, +2, 3 SOG) had two points in that same span.

Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ Mikael Samuelsson - John Madden - Tomas Kopecky/ Michael Repik - Marcel Goc - Shawn Matthias/ Krys Barch - Mike Santorelli - Matt Bradley/ Jason Garrison - Brian Campbell/ Dmitry Kulikov - Mike Weaver/ Ed Jovanovski - Erik Gudbranson

Scratches: Ellerby

Top PP times: Garrison (1:17), Samuelsson, Versteeg, Goc, Kopecky (1:07)

Trending: Jason Garrison (1A, -1, 2 SOG) came into this one two points shy of the 20-point plateau.

Goaltending match-up: Jonas Hiller (33/33) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (11/14, .785 SV%) & Devan Dubnyk (12/14, .857 SV%). This was Hiller's second shutout of the season and 13th of his career. He had five last year.

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

Scratches: Cumiskey, Pelley

Top PP times: Visnovsky (4:01), Fowler (4:00), Getzlaf, Perry (2:57), Selanne (2:56)

Trending: Corey Perry (1G, +2, 5 SOG) had 4-2-6 in 5 GP coming in and Ryan Getzlaf (4A, +2, no SOG) has points in three of five after a long string of zeroes. Bobby Ryan (1G, +2, 1:04 PP, 3 SOG) began the night with eight points in his prior eight games. Teemu Selanne (2G, +1, 4 SOG) had five January points in five tries headed in here. Cam Fowler (2A, +2, 1 SOG) has points in two of six and Jason Blake (1G, +1, 1:04 PP, 2 SOG) has them in three of five. Francois Beauchemin (1A, +1, 5 PIM, 0:16 PP, 2 SOG) had three points in three games coming in here. Luca Sbisa (1A, 0:17 PP, 1 SOG) has been productive lately with points in seven of 10, while Lubomir Visnovsky (1A, +1, 2 SOG) had a two-point affair against the Blue Jackets as his only points of the month before this one got underway.

Combos: Taylor Hall - Sam Gagner - Ales Hemsky/ Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ryan Jones/ Anton Lander - Eric Belanger - Magnus Paajarvi/ Josh Green - Ryan O'Marra - Ben Eager/ Corey Potter - Theo Peckham/ Ladislav Smid - Jeff Petry/ Andy Sutton - Colten Teubert

Scratches: Eberle, Hordichuk

Top PP times: Hall (3:34), Horcoff, Smyth (2:16), Petry (2:08), Gagner (2:00)

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