Goaltending match-up: Kari Lehtonen (26/30, .867 SV%) vs. Nikolai Khabibulin (24/25, .960 SV%)
Combos: Brenden Morrow – Mike Ribeiro – Loui Eriksson/ James Neal – Jason Williams – Tomas Vincour/ Steve Ott – Tom Wandell – Jamie Langenbrunner/ Brian Sutherby – Aaron Gagnon – Toby Petersen/ Marc Fistric – Stephane Robidas/ Karlis Skrastins – Matt Niskanen/ Jeff Woywitka – Trevor Daley
Scratches: Grossman, Ludwig, Richards
Top PP times: Williams (2:49), Ribeiro (2:35), Morrow (2:35), Eriksson (2:21), Langenbrunner (2:16)
Trending: Loui Eriksson (1G, -1, 4 SOG) had gone five games without a goal. Kind of weird seeing no Brad Richards in the line-up and especially in the power play times.
Combos: Dustin Penner – Shawn Horcoff – Ales Hemsky/ Magnus Paajarvi – Sam Gagner – Linus Omark/ Taylor Hall – Andrew Cogliano – Jordan Eberle/ Jean-Francois Jacques – Liam Reddox – Ryan Jones/ Theo Peckham – Tom Gilbert/ Jim Vandermeer – Kurtis Foster/ Ladislav Smid – Taylor Chorney
Scratches: Fraser, MacIntyre, Strudwick
Top PP times: Chorney (4:23), Gilbert (4:14), Hemsky (4:14), Horcoff (4:14), Penner (4:10)
Trending: Ales Hemsky (1G, 1A, +1, 6 SOG) scored a beauty tonight and hadn’t produced a goal since Jan. 7. Shawn Horcoff (1G, 2A, +1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG) was back in the lineup tonight and he ended a five-game pointless skid too. Sam Gagner (1A, +1, 3:52 PP, no SOG) had been shut out in his prior four. Taylor Chorney (1G, 1A, 2 SOG) has points in three of four and this was his first NHL goal in his 51st career game.