Central Division
-Jonathan Toews had two goals and an assist for the Blackhawks in a 5-3 win at Tampa Bay.
Patrick Kane added a goal and two assists for the Blackhawks while
teammate Duncan Keith had a goal and an assist. Lightning forward
Steven Stamkos, the first overall pick in last year's draft, recorded
his first career hat trick while teammate and former Penguins
defenseman Josef Melichar recorded his sixth assist of the season. FIRE RAY SHEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (huff... huff...) From the "Life's Not Fair" department, goaltender Kari Ramo made 44 saves and lost.
-Injured Red Wings forward Johan Franzen (hand) is hoping to return to the lineup tonight against Nashville.
-Detroit forward Pavel Datsyuk (right) suspects you Penguins fans don't care for him or his Red Wings for some reason.
-Red Wings defenseman Brad Stuart is lucky to have not suffered a permanent injury last month.
-The Blue Jackets put forward Fredrik Modin on injured reserve due to a knee injury.
-Chicago forward Troy Brouwer is hoping to fill the void created by Patrick Sharp's injury.
-Predators forward Steve Sullivan has yet to score a regulation goal since his return from a back injury.
-Chris Mason has thrived since taking over as the Blues' top goaltender.
Northwest Division
-Pavol Demitra's shootout goals gave the Canucks a 4-3 win at Calgary.
Ryan Kesler had two goals in regulation for Vancouver which won for the
sixth time in seven games. Roberto Luongo made 39 saves in the win.
Rene Bourque and Jarome Iginla each had a goal and an assist for the
Flames.
-Check out this insane save Calgary Miikka Kiprusoff made last night:
-Prior to the game, Calgary coach Mike Keenan accused Vancouver defenseman Willie Mitchell of using an illegal stick longer than the league maximum of 63 inches. Mitchell responded by using this lovely 80-inch thing in warm ups:
-Willie Mitchell = Our hero for the day.
-Wojtek Wolski's overtime goal, his first in 15 games, gave the Avalanche a 3-2 win against the Senators. Ryan Shannon scored two goals for Ottawa which had a five-game winning streak snapped.
-Flames forward Mike Cammalleri, a free-agent-to-be scoring winger (cough, cough) is going to cash in this summer.
-It looks like former Avalanche forward Peter Forsberg is about to hang up his skates.
-Why does the NHL allow Canucks forward Mats Sundin to endorse a gambling Web site?
Pacific Division
-Two goals from Patrick Marleau helped the Sharks beat the Oilers, 4-2. Tom Gilbert led Edmonton with two assists.
-Theo Peckham, a 21-year-old Edmonton defenseman, thought it would
be a cool idea to beat up 43-year old Sharks forward Claude Lemieux
last night:
-The Coyotes demoted defenseman David Schlemko to San Antonio of the AHL.
-Stars forward Brad Richards will be out 6-to-8 weeks due to a broken wrist.
-Dallas has a ton of salary cap space now due to the injuries to Richards, forward Brenden Morrow, defenseman Sergei Zubov and the banishment of forward Sean Avery.
-Ducks forward Samuel Pahlsson is dealing with an illness.
(Photos: Datsyuk-Winslow Townson/Associated Press; Mitchell-HFBoards.com)
Posted
Feb 18 2009, 12:17 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh