Penguins
-Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game. Things were pretty much a total disaster. And that doesn't even include Kris Letang's injury.
-The San Jose Mercury News' recap. "If we ever see them again, they're going to be a different team." - Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle on the injury-depleted Penguins.
-The Associated Press' recap. Joe Pavelski returned to the lineup in a big way.
-NHL.com's recap. Sidney Crosby (above, with San Jose's Manny Malhotra) was 10 years old the last time the Penguins won in San Jose. We're willing to bet he didn't score then either.
-Highlights (so to speak) courtesty of EN contributor GhostWalker40:
-Sidney Crosby, Matt Cooke and Alex Goligoski speak:
-EN contributor Kim Griffin YouTubed Dan Potash's solid piece on Dan Bylsma, Sharks defenseman Rob Blake and their time at Bowling Green:
-Jordan Staal and one of his countless battles with San Jose's Douglas Murray:
-Evgeni Malkin has resumed skating.
-Matt Cooke is mean.
-Here is the new highly disappointing A&L Motors commercial featuring Maxime Talbot:
-John Curry made 30 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 defeat of the Worcester Sharks.
-Wachovia Arena, the AHL Penguins' home, is nearly a decade old.
-Penguins prospect Luca Caputi makes his living around the net.
-An overtime goal by Mitch Ganzak gave the Wheeling Nailers a 4-3 win against the rival Johnstown Chiefs.
-Happy 50th birthday to former Penguins defenseman Marc Chorney. Chorney's horrendous minus-30 rating in the 1982-83 campaign was only fifth-worst rating on that season's squad.
Atlantic Division
-Blake Comeau and former Penguins prospect Matt Moulson each had a goal and an assist for the for the Islanders who beat the Thrashers, 6-3. John Tavares and Nate Thompson each contributed two assists while Dwayne Roloson made 31 saves in the win. Maxim Afinogenov led Atlanta with two assists.
-New York's Josh Bailey and teammates wore their classic blue throwbacks:
-David Clarkson and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist for the Devils who edged the Senators, 3-2. Captain Jamie Langenbrunner contributed two assists while Martin Broderu made a "whopping" 19 saves in the win. With 22 points, the Devils are only two points behind the Penguins in the Atlantic Division.
-Shootout goals by Claude Giroux and Mika Pyorala gave the Flyers a 2-1 defeat of the Blues. Ray Emery made 30 saves in the win.
-Philadelphia's Arron Asham and St. Louis' Cam Janssen pounded the tar out of each other:
-St. Louis' Chris Mason pulled his glove hand away quickly when he saw the mouth of Philadelphia's Scott Hartnell:
-Mason got lost in this spray of ice:
-Janssen uncorked a shot into a mass of humanity:
-Mason couldn't quite stretch out enough for this shot:
-Philadelphia's mayor apparently attended the game:
-With forward Rob Niedermayer ("upper body") and defenseman Johnny Oduya ("lower body) on injured reserve, the Devils recalled forward Tim Sestito from Lowell of the AHL.
-Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador is dealing with an ankle injury.
-Islanders defenseman Radek Martinek will miss the rest of the season due to a torn ACL in his right knee.
-Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist is dealing with what is believed to be a thigh or groin injury.
Northeast Division
-Zdeno Chara had a goal and an assist for the Bruins who beat the Sabres, 4-2. Teammate Steve Begin added two assists while Tuukka Rask (above) made 28 saves in the win.
-Happy times for Rask and teammate Patrice Bergeron:
-Boston's Mark Stuart had issues with Buffalo's Jochen Hecht:
-Buffalo's Derek Roy knocking a puck down:
-Buffalo's Steve Montador put everything he could into this shot:
-Jeff Finger and Phil Kessel each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs in a 5-1 rout of the Red Wings. Ian White added two assists while Jonas Gustavsson made 35 saves in the win.
-Check out this re-direction goal by Toronto's John Mitchell:
-Former Penguins forward Wayne Primeau scored his first goal of the season for Toronto:
-Fire Craig Patrick.
-Check out this clean, legal hit by Toronto's Colton Orr on Detroit's Brett Lebda:
-Gustavsson had some issues with this shot:
-Awkward Photo of the Night: Toronto's Jason Blake in between Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom, left, and Pavel Datsyuk:
-Datsyuk took a tumble here:
-Happy times at Air Canada Center:
-Quiet times at Air Canada Center:
Southeast Division
-Two goals and two assists from Mike Knuble helped the Capitals beat the Panthers, 7-4. Tomas Fleischmann (above, with Knuble) added two goals while teammate Brooks Laich contributed a goal and an assist for the Capitals who scored five goals in the third period. Washington now has 24 points, just as many as the Penguins who still lead the Eastern Conference on account of a record-based tiebreaker. Dmitry Kuklikov led Florida with a goal and an assist.
-The Capitals put up a lot of goals despite playing without forward Alex Ovechkin and defensemen Mike Green and Jeff Schultz.
-Happy times for Washington's Mathieu Perrealt:
-Happy times for Kulikov:
-Florida's Tomas Vokoun had some issues with this shot:
-Alex Tanguay and former Penguin Ryan Malone each had a goal and an assist for the Lightning in a 3-1 win at Montreal. Fire Ray Shero. Vincent Lecavalier added two assists while Antero Niittymaki made 36 saves in the win.
-Tanguay haunted his former team.
-Check out this hit Tampa Bay's Mattias Ohlund stuck on Montreal's Brian Gionta (0:23 mark):
-Montreal's Michael Cammalleri couldn't get this shot by Niittymaki:
-The Capitals put forward Michael Nylander on waivers.
-Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward suffered a pretty bad cut on his left leg last night from the skate of Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash:
-Ward was held overnight in a Columbus hospital.
-Thrashers forward and former Penguin Chris Thorburn grew up a fan of Ron Francis.
Central Division
-Things keep getting worse for the Hurricanes. Steve Mason made 24 saves and led the Blue Jackets to a 3-2 defeat of the Hurricanes. Carolina has lost 12 consecutive games.
-A goal and an assist from Cody Franson helped the Predators win at Los Angeles, 3-1. Teammate Martin Erat added two assists while Dan Ellis made 27 saves in the win.
-Red Wings forward Jason Williams suffered a fractured right fibula last night. The video is a little graphic:
-Williams getting helped off the ice:
-Detroit forward Patrick Eaves is dealing with a bruised foot.
-The Blackhawks demoted forward Bryan Bickell to Rockford of the AHL.
-The Blue Jackets demoted forward Alexandre Picard to Syracuse of the AHL.
Northwest Division
-A goal and an assist from Daymond Langkow helped the Flames beat the Rangers, 3-1. Former Rangers forward Nigel Dawes recorded three assists while Miikka Kiprusoff made 32 saves in the win.
-Marek Zidlicky had a goal and an assist and led the Wild to a 3-2 defeat of the Stars. Niklas Backstrom made a "whopping" 19 saves in the win. Loui Eriksson scored both of Dallas' goals.
-Minnesota's Cal Clutterbuck got this shot by Dallas' Alex Auld:
-Second Awkward Photo of the Night: A collision between Dallas' Jamie Benn, Zidlicky and linesman Scott Driscoll:
-Wild forward and former Penguin Petr Sykora was injured on a hit by Stars forward Steve Ott:
-With forwards Alex Hemsky (shoulder), Shawn Horcoff (shoulder) and Jean-Francois Jacques (back) dinged up, the Oilers recalled forward Ryan Potulny and Liam Reddox from Springfield of the AHL.
Pacific Division
-Two assists from Scott Niedermayer helped the Ducks edge the Coyotes, 4-3. Jonas Hiller made 28 saves in the win. Matthew Lombardi had two assists for Phoenix.
-Anaheim's Teemu Selanne releasing a shot from the right wing:
-Sad times for Phoenix captain Shane Doan:
-The "upper-body" injury of Sharks defenseman Rob Blake is expected to keep him sidelined for an extended period of time.
Adams Division
-Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! profiles the ten worst injuries in the NHL the past decade.
-Kitchener Rangers forward Ben Fanelli was released from a hospital. He suffered a fractured skull after a violent collision with Erie Otters forward Michael Liambas last week.
-Denny Urban scored the Robert Morris mens' team's only goal in a 6-1 loss at No. 11 Bemidji State.
-Daneca Butterfield made 34 saves for the Robert Morris' women's team in a 3-2 overtime loss at Wisconsin.
-Today would've been the 95th birthday of former Pittsburgh Hornets goaltender Jimmy Franks.
-Today would've been the 99th birthday of former Pittsburgh Hornets forward Bob Gracie.
(Photos: Crosby and Staal-Ross Cameron/Associated Press; Comeau and Bailey-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Hartnell and Janssen-Al Bello/Getty Images; Mason and "mayor"-Matt Slocum/Associated Press; Rask, Bergeron, Stuart; Roy and Montador-Elsa/Getty Images; Gustavsson, Blake, Datsyuk, Air Canada Center and Williams-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Fleischmann, Perrealt and Kulikov-Ned Dishman/Getty Images; Vokoun-Nick Wass/Associated Press; Cammalleri-Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press; Clutterbuck and Benn-Paul Battaglia/Associated Press; Selanne and Doan-Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Posted
Nov 08 2009, 04:24 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh