Penguins
-How much did Wednesday's win mean to the Penguins' season?
-Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby (right) are probably hoping they don't repeat history.
-Predators forward Joel Ward invited Rodger Minard, the father of Penguins forward Chris Minard, on Nashville's dad's trip. The Minards were a host family for Ward when he was a member of the Owen Sound Attack of the OHL.
Atlantic Division
-The Islanders put defenseman Thomas Pock on injured reserve due to a hand injury.
-The Rangers recalled defenseman Corey Potter from Hartford of the AHL.
Northeast Division
-P.J. Axelsson's shootout goal gave the Bruins a 4-3 win at Ottawa. Zdeno Chara and Blake Wheeler each recorded a goal and an assist for Boston. Daniel Alfredsson and Nick Foligno each led Boston with a goal and an assist.
-Bruins forward Michael Ryder suffered a facial injury last night.
-Boston forward Milan Lucic is dealing with a foot injury.
-The Maple Leafs recalled Jonas Frogren from their AHL affiliate and demoted goaltender Justin Pogge.
-Toronto put defenseman Staffan Kronwall on waivers hoping to recall him from the AHL.
-Forget Malkin-Ovechkin. Toronto's Mikhail Grabovski vs. Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn of Montreal is new trendy Russian Belarusian rivalry.
-Canadiens forward and former Penguins goon Georges Laraque is expected to return from a back injury tonight.
-The Sabres are getting healthy. Forward Jochen Hecht (right) and defenseman Jaroslav Spacek are expected to return from injuries soon.
Southeast Division
-Scoreboard Watch for the Penguins: Richard Zednik had a goal and an assist and led the Panthers to a 3-2 defeat of the Islanders. Teammate Bryan McCabe added two assists. Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist for New York. Florida is in eighth place with 58 points, three more than the Penguins who are in tenth place.
-Check out Zednik's goal:
-Scoreboard Watch for the Penguins: Shootout goals by Tuomo Ruutu and Sergei Samsonov gave the Hurricanes a 4-3 win at San Jose. Matt Cullen had a goal and an assist for Carolina in regulation. Ryane Clowe led the Sharks with a goal and an assist in regulation. The Hurricanes are in ninth place in the Eastern Conference with 57 points, two more than the Penguins.
-Capitals goaltender Brent Johnson will be out of the lineup 4-to-10 weeks due to hip surgery.
-Capitals and Versus broadcaster Joe Beninati has his own blog. No word how many times he'll use "buzzbomb" in it.
-Washington forward Brooks Laich is dealing with a lower leg injury after blocking a shot last night.
-The Thrashers have a Kahlua Line.
-Lightning defenseman Andrej Meszaros and goaltender Mike Smith are officially day-to-day with "upper-body" injuries.
-At 41, Lightning forward and former Penguin Mark Recchi is still bringing it. Fire Ray Shero.
-Tampa Bay forward Jussi Jokinen cleared waivers.
(Photos: Malkin and Crosby-Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Hecht-Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
Posted
Feb 06 2009, 12:06 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh