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ANAHEIM DUCKS 2 @ PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 1
Goaltending match-up: Jonas Hiller (25/26, .962 SV%) vs. Marc-Andre Fleury (27/29, .931 SV%)
Combos: Jason Blake - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry/ Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne/ Matt Beleskey - Nick Bonino - Andrew Cogliano/ Niklas Hagman - Rod Pelley - George Parros/ Luca Sbisa - Lubomir Visnovsky/ Francois Beauchemin - Cam Fowler/ Toni Lydman - Sheldon Brookbank
Scratches: Guenin, Smith-Pelly
Top PP times: Fowler (4:03), Visnovsky (3:52), Perry (3:11), Ryan (3:10), Getzlaf (2:42)
Trending: Teemu Selanne (1G, +1, 2:29 PP, 2 SOG) hadn’t scored in five games, but had tallied 12-21-33 in 20 career starts vs. PIT coming in. He tied Brendan Shanahan for all-time goals with 656, good for 12th in league history. Selanne is also 21st now in points with 1392, going by Brett Hull. Corey Perry (1G, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had five goals in four tilts headed in here. Bobby Ryan (1A, +1, 1 SOG) had three points in seven starts on the month before tonight. Luca Sbisa (1A, 1:24 PP, 2 SOG) had 10 of his 19 points on the season in the past six weeks coming in here. Matt Beleskey (1A, +1, 1:24 PP, 2 SOG) has points in four of eight this month.
Combos: Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal/ Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis/ Steve Sullivan - Cal O'Reilly - Dustin Jeffrey Craig Adams - Joe Vitale - Richard Park/ Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang/ Matt Niskanen - Zbynek Michalek/ Paul Martin - Deryk Engelland
Scratches: Lovejoy, Kennedy
Top PP times: Malkin (2:00), Neal, Kunitz (1:44), Niskanen (1:11), Sullivan (1:10)
Trending: Jordan Staal’s (1G, +1, 2 PIM, no PP, 1 SOG) first period laser ensured he’d keep his early point-per-game average going three games into his latest comeback. Pascal Dupuis (1A, +1, no PP, 2 SOG) has a point in four of six now.
BOSTON BRUINS 4 @ MONTREAL CANADIENS 3 (SO)
Goaltending match-up: Tim Thomas (26/29, .897 SV%) vs. Carey Price (31/34, .912 SV%)
Combos: Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Tyler Seguin/ Milan Lucic - Chris Kelly - Rich Peverley/ Benoit Pouliot - David Krejci - Jordan Caron/ Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton/ Zdeno Chara - Johnny Boychuk/ Dennis Seidenberg - Joe Corvo/ Andrew Ference - Adam McQuaid
Scratches: Horton, Hennessey, Bodnarchuk
Top PP times: Seidenberg (7:29), Bergeron (7:21), Seguin (6:53), Chara (6:15), Corvo (5:13)
Trending: Patrice Bergeron (1G, 5 SOG) had 57 points over 80 games last season and he had 47 to his name through 54 when the puck dropped here. Rich Peverley (1A, 2:16 PP, 1 SOG) had three points in four games headed in here, while Brad Marchand (1A, 2 PIM, 5:02 PP, no SOG) had four points in five tilts before tonight. Zdeno Chara (1A, -3, 2 SOG) had 12 points in 23 road games before this affair, while Tyler Seguin (1A, -1, 4 SOG) had one point and a -5 rating in seven outings before tonight. Shootout: Seguin
Combos: Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole/ Mathieu Darche - Tomas Plekanec - Rene Bourque/ Louis Leblanc - Lars Eller/ Ryan White - Andrei Kostitsyn - Scott Gomez/ Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban/ Hal Gill - Raphael Diaz/ Tomas Kaberle - Alexei Emelin/ Chris Campoli
Scratches: Moen, Palushaj
Top PP times: Subban (4:44), Kaberle (4:28), Cole, Pacioretty (4:12), Desharnais (3:59)
Trending: P.K. Subban (1A, +2, no SOG) has helpers in three straight with points in four of six. Mathieu Darche (1G, -1, no PP, 3 SOG) had 2-3-5 in seven games before tonight. Since the start of January, Max Pacioretty (1G, +2, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) already had 12-5-17 in 18 GP coming in here. Erik Cole (1G, 1A, +2, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) has points in four in a row after five without one, while David Desharnais (1A, +2, 1 SOG) had five points in his prior three outings.
OTTAWA SENATORS 6 @ FLORIDA PANTHERS 2
Goaltending match-up: Craig Anderson (42/44, .955 SV%) vs. Scott Clemmensen (12/16, .750 SV%) & Jose Theodore (13/15, .867 SV%)
Combos: Milan Michalek - Jason Spezza - Bobby Butler/ Colin Greening - Kyle Turris - Daniel Alfredsson/ Kaspars Daugavins - Zack Smith - Erik Condra/ Nick Foligno - Jim O'Brien - Chris Neil/ Filip Kuba - Erik Karlsson/ Chris Phillips - Sergei Gonchar/ Jared Cowen - Brian Lee
Scratches: Konopka, Carkner
Top PP times: Karlsson (3:43), Alfredsson (3:38), Spezza, Michalek (3:29), Kuba (2:45)
Trending: Bobby Butler’s (1G, +2, 0:33 PP, 4 SOG) February point streak includes all four starts and he had five helpers in that time before tonight. Jason Spezza (3A, +2, 1 SOG) has a point in five in a row and had racked up 10 points in that time headed in here. Milan Michalek (1G, 1A, +2, 3 SOG) had three points in four games coming in. Nick Foligno (1A, 2:27 PP, 3 SOG) had one point in seven games before tonight. He had been on a fairly long run of productivity prior to that though. Daniel Alfredsson (1G, 1A, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG) had a three-pointer when these teams met before Christmas. Erik Karlsson (1A, no SOG) had B2B two-pointers headed into this affair. Filip Kuba (1G, +2, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) has a point in three of four.
Combos: Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg/ Sean Bergenheim - Marcel Goc - Mikael Samuelsson/ Tomas Kopecky - Shawn Matthias - Mike Santorelli/ Jack Skille - John Madden - Matt Bradley/ Brian Campbell - Erik Gudbranson/ Keaton Ellerby - Mike Weaver/ Colby Robak - Tyson Strachan
Scratches: Barch
Top PP times: Campbell (8:06), Fleischmann (5:26), Goc (4:52), Bergenheim (4:39), Kopecky (4:33)
Trending: Brian Campbell (1G, -1, 4 SOG) headed in here just two points shy of another 40-point campaign. Tomas Fleischmann (1A, -1, 5 SOG) had seven points in seven games headed in here. Shawn Matthias (1G, +1, 0:35 PP, 2 SOG) had chipped in three points in three games before tonight.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 4 @ EDMONTON OILERS 3 (OT)
Goaltending match-up: James Reimer (29/32, .906 SV%) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (22/26, .846 SV%)
Combos: Joffrey Lupul - Tyler Bozak - Phil Kessel/ Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Tim Connolly/ Nikolai Kulemin - Matthew Lombardi - Colby Armstrong/ Mike Brown - Dave Steckel - Darryl Boyce/ Dion Phaneuf - Keith Aulie/ John-Michael Liles - Cody Franson/ Mike Komisarek - Jake Gardiner
Scratches: Schenn, Rosehill, Crabb
Top PP times: Liles (2:26), Lupul, Bozak, Kessel, Phaneuf (2:16)
Trending: Joffrey Lupul (1G, 1A, +2, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) also scored the last time he faced the Oilers and his first period goal put him at the 60-point plateau for the season. Phil Kessel (1A, +1, 5 SOG) had 4-6-10 in seven February starts coming in. Jake Gardiner (1G, -1, 0:56 PP, 1 SOG) only had 17 points on the year before tonight, but he potted one against the Oilers just over a week ago too. Clarke MacArthur (1A, -1, 0:56 PP, 1 SOG) had been blanked in four headed into this one. Tim Connolly (1G, +1, 0:55 PP, 2 SOG) hadn't scored since January 5 and had just three helpers between then and now too, until he put home the OT GWG.
Combos: Taylor Hall – Sam Gagner - Jordan Eberle/ Magnus Paajarvi – Shawn Horcoff – Ales Hemsky/ Ryan Smyth – Eric Belanger – Ryan Jones/ Ben Eager – Anton Lander – Lennart Petrell/ Ladislav Smid – Jeff Petry/ Ryan Whitney – Tom Gilbert/ Andy Sutton - Cam Barker
Scratches: Potter, RNH, Hordichuk
Top PP times: Hall, Eberle, Gagner (2:03), Whitney (1:52), Horcoff (1:36)
Trending: Taylor Hall (1G, +1, 3 SOG) already had nine goals in his prior 16 starts before potting more here. Sam Gagner (1A, +1, 2 SOG) already had 14 points in five starts on the month, while Jordan Eberle (1G, +1, 3 SOG) got back on the board after being blanked in his past two games. So good, that kid is. Ryan Whitney (1A, +1, 2 SOG) had five points in seven games headed into this evening.
COLORADO AVALANCHE 1 @ VANCOUVER CANUCKS 3
Goaltending match-up: Jean-Sebastien Giguere (8/9. .889 SV%) & Semyon Varlamov (20/21, .952 SV%) vs. Roberto Luongo (29/30, .967 SV%). JSG left this one with a groin injury.
Combos: David Jones - Paul Stastny - Milan Hejduk/ Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - T.J. Galiardi/ Daniel Winnik - Jay McClement - Kevin Porter/ Cody McLeod - David Van der Gulik - Chuck Kobasew/ Kyle Quincey - Erik Johnson/ Jan Hejda - Ryan O'Byrne/ Shane O'Brien - Tyson Barrie
Scratches: Hunwick, Wilson, Mueller
Top PP times: Hejduk (2:17), Stastny (1:45), Landeskog (1:34), Johnson (1:26), Barrie (1:20)
Trending: Peter Mueller was a late scratch with a torso injury. Erik Johnson (1G, 2 SOG) has goals in B2B games after eight without a point. Milan Hejduk (1A, 3 SOG) has points in six of nine, while David Jones (1A, +1, 0:58 PP, no SOG) had six points in his four February starts coming in here.
Combos: Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows/ Mason Raymond - Ryan Kesler - David Booth/ Chris Higgins - Maxim Lapierre - Jannik Hansen/ Manny Malhotra - Cody Hodgson - Byron Bitz/ Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa/ Alexander Edler - Sami Salo/ Andrew Alberts - Aaron Rome
Scratches: Ballard, Weise, Sulzer
Top PP times: Salo, Edler, Burrows, Sedins (0:32)
Trending: David Booth (1G, +1, 3 SOG) began the evening with nine points in his prior 11 affairs, while Mason Raymond (1A, +1, 1 SOG) had one lone point in eight attempts headed in here. Kevin Bieksa (1A, +2, no SOG) has a point in five of seven now. Cody Hodgson (1A, +1, no SOG) has a point in two of three after four without one. Jannik Hansen (1G, 4 SOG) had one point in six clashes headed into this one with the Avs.
Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer.
