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DETROIT RED WINGS 2 @ MONTREAL CANADIENS 7
Goaltending match-up: Jimmy Howard (8/12, .667 SV%) & Ty Conklin (10/13, .769 SV%) vs. Carey Price (25/27, .926 SV%)
Combos: Johan Franzen - Pavel Datsyuk - Todd Bertuzzi/ Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Jiri Hudler/ Drew Miller - Darren Helm - Danny Cleary/ Cory Emmerton - Justin Abdelkader - Tomas Holmstrom/ Ian White - Jonathan Ericsson/ Niklas Kronwall - Brad Stuart/ Mike Commodore - Jakub Kindl
Scratches: Lidstrom, Mursak
Top PP times: Zetterberg (3:57), Kronwall (3:50), White (3:27), Datsyuk, Bertuzzi, Holmstrom (3:09)
Trending: Nicklas Lidstrom didn't play thanks to the flu. This was only his 35th missed start in 20 years, which includes 1835 games in both the regular season and playoffs. Jiri Hudler (2G, -1, 2:46 PP, 2 SOG) has been having a solid season and has 32 points in all so far. Niklas Kronwall (1A, -1, 1 SOG) has four points in his last three outings.
Combos: Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole/ Rene Bourque - Tomas Plekanec - Scott Gomez/ Mike Blunden - Lars Eller - Andrei Kostitsyn/ Mathieu Darche - Andreas Engqvist/ Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban/ Tomas Kaberle - Alexei Emelin/ Raphael Diaz - Hal Gill/ Yannick Weber
Scratches: Campoli, Moen
Top PP times: Weber (2:10), Cole, Kaberle, Desharnais (1:50), 4 with 1:14
Trending: Rene Bourque (1G, 1A, +1, 1:14 PP, 4 SOG) has points in B2B games now and David Desharnais (2G, 1A, +2, 3 SOG) delivered his second three-point game of the month. Tomas Kaberle (2A, +2, no SOG) had 1-10-11 in 19 GP with MON coming in here. Max Pacioretty (1G, 1A, +2, 2 SOG) had five points in five games headed in here, while Tomas Plekanec (1G, +1, 1:14 PP, 3 SOG) has points in three of six. Andrei Kostitsyn (1A, +1, 0:05 PP, 1 SOG) has four points in his past three outings.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
