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Goaltending match-up: Craig Anderson (37/39, .949 SV%) vs. James Reimer (18/21, .857 SV%)

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

Scratches: Lee, Petersson, Borowiecki

Top PP times: Karlsson, Kuba (1:21), Spezza (1:11), Michalek, Alfredsson (1:10)

Trending: Daniel Alfredsson (1G, 1A, +2, 1 SOG) had nothing in four coming in, but he’s been generally stellar for the past six weeks. Milan Michalek (1A, +1, 2 SOG) had 4-1-5 in 8 GP coming in, while Filip Kuba (1A, +2, no SOG) has points in six of nine this month. Kyle Turris (1G, 1A, +1, 0:46 PP, 1 SOG) has been a solid contributor for the Sens since coming over from Phoenix. Jason Spezza (1G, +1, 3 SOG) entered tonight only three points shy of 50 for the season already.

Combos: Joffrey Lupul – Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin/ Matthew Lombardi – Tim Connolly - Joey Crabb/ Jay Rosehill - Dave Steckel - Mike Brown/ Keith Aulie - Dion Phaneuf/ Carl Gunnarsson - Luke Schenn/ Jake Gardiner - Cody Franson

Scratches: Komisarek, Kadri, Boyce

Top PP times: Franson (2:38), Lupul, Bozak, Kessel (2:23), Gardiner (1:54)

Trending: The goal that Phil Kessel (1A, -1, 1 SOG) created with a defensive zone steal to create a goal for Joffrey Lupul (1G, -1, 4 SOG) was identical to the goal my opposite winger and I score routinely in our worldwide EA XBox league online. And now you have a little more insight into the nerdy hockey guy that brings you live recaps nightly... Tim Connolly (1A, 1:19 PP, 1 SOG) ended a four-game pointless skid here.

Goaltending match-up: Chris Mason (11/15, .733 SV%) & Ondrej Pavelec (4/5, .800 SV%) vs. Martin Brodeur (20/21, .952 SV%)

Combos: Evander Kane - Bryan Little - Alex Burmistrov/ Andrew Ladd - Nik Antropov - Kyle Wellwood/ Antti Miettinen - Tim Stapleton - Eric Fehr/ Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn/ Tobias Enstrom - Ron Hainsey/ Johnny Oduya - Mark Flood/ Mark Stuart - Randy Jones

Scratches: Bogosian, Wheeler, Postma

Top PP times: Enstrom (1:37), Antropov, Ladd, Wellwood, Stapleton (1:07)

Trending: Tobias Enstrom (1G, -1, 2 SOG) continues to be a steady source of points from the back end. Nik Antropov (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has been ice cold in the past few weeks. Kyle Wellwood (1A, -1, no SOG) has points in B2B games, but otherwise hasn't done much lately.

Combos: Zach Parise - Dainius Zubrus - Ilya Kovalchuk/ Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - David Clarkson/ Ryan Carter - Jacob Josefson - Mattias Tedenby/ Eric Boulton - Steven Zalewski - Brad Mills/ Bryce Salvador - Adam Larsson/ Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne/ Anton Volchenkov - Kurtis Foster

Scratches: Henrique, Janssen, Taormina

Top PP times: Kovalchuk (5:58), Parise (4:31), Clarkson (3:54), Foster, Elias (3:53)

Trending: Ilya Kovalchuk (2G, +1, 3 SOG) had four separate two-pointers in five games headed in here. He opened the game’s scoring with a breakaway goal. Zach Parise (1A, +1, 3 SOG) had eight points in six games coming in. Patrik Elias (1G, 2A, +3, 2 SOG) is riding a six-game point streak and Petr Sykora (1G, 1A, +3, 3 SOG) had two January points headed into this affair. David Clarkson (1G, 1A, +3, 2 SOG) had no points in five games coming in, but tonight he tied last year’s mark of total of 18 points with his goal to put his team up 3-0. Kurtis Foster (1A, +3, no SOG) has points in three of his past four.

Goaltending match-up: Josh Harding (29/34, .853 SV%) vs. Ilya Bryzgalov (25/26, .962 SV%)

Combos: Dany Heatley - Matt Cullen - Nick Johnson/ Darroll Powe - Kyle Brodziak - Devin Setoguchi/ Cal Clutterbuck - Warren Peters - David McIntyre/ Brad Staubitz - Carson McMillan - Casey Wellman/ Marek Zidlicky - Nick Schultz/ Mike Lundin - Clayton Stoner/ Jared Spurgeon - Justin Falk

Scratches: Zanon

Top PP times: Heatley, Cullen (1:35), Spurgeon (1:24), Brodziak (1:17), Clutterbuck (1:11)

Trending: Darroll Powe scored Minny's only goal.

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

Scratches: Lilja, JVR, Rinaldo

Top PP times: Simmonds (5:44), Timonen (5:12), Briere (4:52), Giroux (4:47), Voracek (4:45)

Trending: Claude Giroux (1A, 2 SOG) only had one point in five tries coming in, but you know that’s not going to last. Jaromir Jagr (2A, +1, 3 SOG) also had one point in his past five games. Kimmo Timonen (1G, +1, 2 SOG) has points in three of six. Sean Couturier (1G, +1, 1:12 PP, 2 SOG) not only extended his goal-scoring streak to five games, but he also scored the second SHG of his rookie campaign. Matt Read (2A, +1, 4:24 PP, 1 SOG) had five points in six games headed in here. Brayden Schenn (1A, +1, 3:06 PP, no SOG) has points in four of eight this month.

Goaltending match-up: Cam Ward (40/41, .976 SV%) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (25/26, .962 SV%)

Combos: Jiri Tlusty - Eric Staal - Tuomo Ruutu/ Jussi Jokinen - Jeff Skinner - Alexei Ponikarovsky/ Andreas Nodl - Brandon Sutter - Patrick Dwyer/ Brett Sutter - Tim Brent - Anthony Stewart/ Bryan Allen - Tim Gleason/ Jay Harrison - Justin Faulk/ Derek Joslin - Jamie McBain

Scratches: Spacek, LaRose, Samson

Top PP times: Staal, Harrison (4:43), Faulk (4:32), Ruutu (4:14), Skinner (3:02)

Trending: This was Jeff Skinner’s (1A, +1, 2 SOG) second game back from concussion and first pointage. He was rocked by Brooks Orpik and didn’t look good right then, but Skinner came back and played. Jamie McBain (1G, 1:16 PP, 1 SOG) only had one January point to his name coming in. Jussi Jokinen (1A, +1, 2:22 PP, no SOG) has points in two straight after having one in eight. Shootout: Jokinen

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

Scratches: Asham

Top PP times: Malkin (1:37), Martin (1:15), Kennedy, Tangradi, Jeffrey (1:14)

Trending: Evgeni Malkin (1G, +1, 6 SOG) was coming off his second five-point outing of the season. Paul Martin (1A, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) has points in three of five, while Matt Niskanen (1A, +1, 0:45 PP, 1 SOG) had only one point in 10 games coming in. Shootout: Malkin, Neal

Goaltending match-up: Evgeni Nabokov (17/17) vs. Tomas Vokoun (25/28, .893 SV%). This was Nabokov's first shutout with the Isles and 51st of his career.

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

Scratches: Reasoner, Staios

Top PP times: Parenteau (4:59), Moulson, Nielsen, Tavares (4:47), Streit (4:29)

Trending: John Tavares (1G, 7 SOG) has points in 10 straight now and had 16 points in that span coming in. Matt Moulson (2A, no SOG) has points in his past five and continues to hover around the point-per-game mark. P.A. Parenteau (2G, +1, 3 SOG) had five helpers in five games coming in, but hadn’t scored this month until tonight. His first goal was a clinic on how to use a defenceman as a screen. Frans Nielsen (2A, +1, 2 SOG) had one point in five games before this outing.

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

Scratches: Erskine, Schultz, Perreault

Top PP times: Wideman (5:51), Ovechkin (4:57), Semin, Brouwer (3:41), Johansson (3:35)

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Goaltending match-up: Devan Dubnyk (21/24, .875 SV%) vs. Curtis Sanford (21/23, .913 SV%)

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

Scratches: Eberle, Belanger

Top PP times: Horcoff (4:25), Hemsky (4:19), Potter, Smyth (3:44), Gagner (3:20)

Trending: Taylor Hall was cut in warm-up after stepping on a puck, falling and being cut by Corey Potter's skate above the eye after Hall's fall tripped Ladislav Smid... Potter tried to jump over the wreck, but didn't make it. Hall had no helmet in warm-up. Ryan Smyth took Hall's spot on L1 with some double shifting, etc. Sportsnet's Gene Principe says he was not taken to the hospital, despite other media reports saying otherwise. We should have a better idea Wednesday if he'll be ok to play Thursday, but Hall says he feels fine now. Ales Hemsky (1A, +1, no SOG) had five points in six games headed in.

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

Scratches: Clitsome, Byers

Top PP times: Nikitin, Tyutin (1:34), Nash, Brassard, Prospal (0:58)

Trending: Ryan Johansen (1G, +1, 2 PIM, no PP, 2 SOG) only had one other January point coming in here. Antoine Vermette (1A, +1, 0:26 PP, 2 SOG) has a modest four-game point streak rolling. Rick Nash (1A, 2 SOG) had 10-7-17 in 22 home games coming in. Derick Brassard (1G, -1, 4 SOG) had four points in five tilts coming in here. Nikita Nikitin (1A, no SOG) has a point in each of his past three now.

Goaltending match-up: Anders Lindback vs. Henrik Lundqvist. This was Lundqvist's fourth shutout of the season and 39th of his career. He had 11 last year.

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

Scratches: Mueller, Suter

Top PP times: Legwand (2:35), Ellis (2:25), Erat (2:15), Weber (2:05), Josi (1:51)

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

Scratches: Christensen, Wolski

Top PP times: Richards (1:50), Callahan, Del Zotto (1:45), Gaborik (1:19), Stepan (1:05)

Trending: Marian Gaborik (1A, +1, 4 PIM, 3 SOG) has points in B2B games after having one in eight. Dan Girardi (1G, +3, 0:15 PP, 1 SOG) ended a four-game pointless skid and had two points on the month. Carl Hagelin (1A, +2, no PP, 3 SOG) has points in three of five. Ryan Callahan (1G, +1, 3 SOG) netted the ENG and he had no points in four tries coming in.

Goaltending match-up: Tim Thomas (26/30, .867 SV%) vs. Mathieu Garon (26/29, .897 SV%)

Combos: Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Nathan Horton/ Benoit Pouliot - Patrice Bergeron - Tyler Seguin/ Jordan Caron - Chris Kelly - Zach Hamill/ Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton/ Zdeno Chara - Johnny Boychuk/ Dennis Seidenberg - Adam McQuaid/ Andrew Ference - Joe Corvo

Scratches: Kampfer, Peverley, Marchand

Top PP times: Chara (3:14), Seidenberg (3:01), Corvo, Lucic, Horton, Krejci (2:59)

Trending: Nathan Horton (2G, -2, 6 SOG) hit the 30-point plateau for the season when he got his team on the board tonight and then added another goal for good measure. He had six points in seven games headed in here. David Krejci (1A, -2, no SOG) had his 11-game point streak ended in the last one, but got back in the scoring summary again tonight. Andrew Ference (1A, -1, 2 PIM, 2:34 PP, 2 SOG) ended a five-game pointless slide. Zdeno Chara (1A, -2, 2 SOG) had just three points this month before tonight. Dennis Seidenberg (1A, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) had nothing in five coming in.

Combos: Ryan Malone - Steven Stamkos - Nate Thompson/ Tom Pyatt - Vincent Lecavalier - Martin St. Louis/ Steve Downie - Dominic Moore - Teddy Purcell/ Pierre-Cedric Labrie - Trevor Smith - Brett Connolly/ Eric Brewer - Pavel Kubina/ Brett Clark - Matt Gilroy/ Bruno Gervais - Brendan Mikkelson

Scratches: Tyrell, MAB

Top PP times: Stamkos (5:24), St. Louis (5:22), Lecavalier (5:20), Purcell (4:45), Malone (4:31)

Trending: Steven Stamkos (1G, -1, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) netted the ENG to make sure his owners came away with something. Martin St. Louis (1A, 1 SOG) had five points in his prior four games before tonight. Vincent Lecavalier (1G, 1A, 2 PIM, 4 SOG) had 4-5-9 in 7 GP before this result. Matt Gilroy (2A, +2, 0:35 PP, 3 SOG) has points in four of seven. Steve Downie (2A, +1, 3 SOG) only had one point on the month headed in, but a whole lotta PIM. Ryan Malone (1G, 1A, +1, 2 SOG) had five points in four games coming in.

Goaltending match-up: Ty Conklin (25/27, .926 SV%) vs. Richard Bachman (30/32, .938 SV%)

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

Scratches: Kindl, Emmerton

Top PP times: Bertuzzi (3:28), Kronwall (2:31), Hudler, Filppula, Zetterberg (2:15)

Trending: Jiri Hudler (1G, +1, 1 SOG) had five points in seven games coming in, while Henrik Zetterberg (1A, +1, 1 SOG) had seven points in that same span before tonight. Tomas Holmstrom (1G, 0:48 PP, 4 SOG) has a point in three of five. Valtteri Filppula (1A, +1, 4 SOG) began the night three points shy of 40. Shootout: Hudler

Combos: Brenden Morrow - Tom Wandell - Loui Eriksson/ Steve Ott - Adam Burish - Radek Dvorak/ Eric Nystrom - Vernon Fiddler - Michael Ryder/ Toby Petersen - Jake Dowell - Tomas Vincour/ Nicklas Grossman - Trevor Daley/ Sheldon Souray - Stephane Robidas/ Mark Fistric - Alex Goligoski

Scratches: Benn, Pardy

Top PP times: Robidas, Morrow, Eriksson, Wandell, Goligoski (0:45)

Trending: Brenden Morrow (1G, 1 SOG) had gone 12 games without a goal. Alex Goligoski (1A, -1, 1 SOG) had four points on the month coming in. Loui Eriksson (1G, 3 SOG) came into this one with nine points in seven outings. Sheldon Souray (1A, 3 SOG) had nothing in four games coming in.

Goaltending match-up: Jonathan Quick (31/33, .939 SV%) vs. Roberto Luongo (39/41, .951 SV%)

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

Scratches: Westgarth, Martinez, Drewiske

Top PP times: Johnson, Doughty, Kopitar, Brown, Williams (3:03)

Trending: Dustin Penner (1G, 0:49 PP, 5 SOG) hadn't scored for quite awhile, but has points in three of five at least. Justin Williams (1G, 7 SOG) had a couple of points the last time he met the Kings and had six points in his prior four games before tonight. Drew Doughty (1A, +1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG) continues his upward trend for fantasy owners, while Anze Koitar (1A, 3 SOG) has points in five in a row. Shootout: Williams, Richards

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

Scratches: Salo, Sulzer

Top PP times: Burrows (5:03), H. Sedin (4:52), Kesler (4:42), D. Sedin (4:22), Edler (4:18)

Trending: Daniel Sedin (1G, 7 SOG) had 2-3-5 in 7 January starts headed in here. This was David Booth's (1A, 2:14 PP, 2 SOG) second game back and first pointage, while Alexandre Burrows (1A, 2 SOG) had five points in six games coming in here. Alexander Edler (1A, 3 SOG) came into this game with four points in his prior five outings, while Cody Hodgson (1A, +1, 2:12 PP, 1 SOG) had six points in seven games. Jannik Hansen (1A, +1, 2 PIM, no PP, 3 SOG) had two points on the month before this affair. Shootout: Burrows

Goaltending match-up: Miikka Kiprusoff (30/31, .968 SV%) vs. Antti Niemi (27/28, .964 SV%)

Combos: Michael Cammalleri - Mikael Backlund - Jarome Iginla/ Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - Blake Comeau/ Lance Bouma - Blair Jones - Lee Stempniak/ Tom Kostopoulos - Tim Jackman/ Jay Bouwmeester - Chris Butler/ Mark Giordano - Cory Sarich/ T.J. Brodie - Scott Hannan/ Anton Babchuk

Scratches: Carson, Byron, Horak

Top PP times: N/A

Trending: Curtis Glencross left this game with a lower-body injury. Jarome Iginla (1A, +1, 3 SOG) had been blanked in his prior two games and this was Game No. 2 for Michael Cammalleri (+1, 2 SOG). Mikael Backlund (1A, +1, 1 SOG) had three points in four games coming in and if he keep that L1 slot with those wingers... yeah, that'd be nice. Chris Butler (1G, +1, 2 SOG) has points in two of four.

Combos: Jamie McGinn - Joe Thornton - Joe Pavelski/ Patrick Marleau - Logan Couture - Benn Ferriero/ Torrey Mitchell - Michal Handzus - Tommy Wingels/ Brad Winchester - Andrew Murray - Frazer McLaren/ Dan Boyle - Marc-Edouard Vlasic/ Brent Burns - Douglas Murray/ Jason Demers - Justin Braun

Scratches: Clowe, Desjardins, Niittymaki

Top PP times: Boyle (3:01), Thornton (2:42), Pavelski (2:33), Burns (2:02), Demers (2:01)

Trending: Brent Burns (1A, +1, 4 SOG) has points in five of six from the back end. Torrey Mitchell (1G, +1, 1 SOG) had four points in five games headed in here. San Jose won this game in overtime, but a blown call that wasn't reviewable sent it to a shootout. Didn't matter in the end. Two points for the Sharks. Shootout: Handzus, Burns

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