Penguins
-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. The Penguins got contributions from just about everyone.
-The Boston Globe's recap. "Gotta love those graphite sticks, eh?" - Bruins coach Claude Julien on forward Patrice Bergeron's stick breaking and creating the chance for Bill Guerin's game-tying goal.
-The Boston Herald's recap. "It was a miscommunication. My fault." - Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas on the the mix-up with teammate Dennis Wideman behind the Boston net that led to Pascal Dupuis' winning goal.
-The Associated Press' recap. "One-hundredth goal of
my career, game-winner, overtime, I’ll take it." - Pascal Dupuis on his game-winning goal.
-NHL.com's recap. Welcome back Evgeni Malkin.
-Highlights courtesy of EN contributor GhostWalker40:
-Bill Guerin's goal deserves its own highlight:
-So does Pascal Dupuis' second goal:
-Check out this amazing photo of Thomas getting beat on Guerin's goal:
-Happy times for Dupuis and Ben Lovejoy (right):
-Guerin, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Pascal Dupuis speak:
-Brent Johnson and Thomas were each drafted by the Nordiques/Avalanche but never played for the franchise.
-Thomas kept his eye on this puck:
-"Head down Center, then turn on Grant and that Qudoba is just around the corner. Tell 'em you know Danny and they'll give you extra guac."
-Evgeni Malkin did not appear to enjoy being used to draw up a power-play by Mike Yeo:
-Boston coach Claude Julien is the real-life embodiement of Bill Dauterive:
-Marc-Andre Fleury is breaking in some new pads.
-Dave Molinari lists the best players to wear roster numbers 1 through 15 in Penguins history.
-Prior to last night, the Penguins had the fourth best shot differential in the NHL.
-Deryk Engelland more than earned his shot at an NHL roster spot.
-John Curry made 32 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 loss to the rival Hershey Bears.
-The AHL Penguins are starting to deal with some injuries of their own.
-Tim Wallace took on Hershey's Bryan Helmer:
-Aaron Boogard took on "Ammo" Greg Amadio:
-EN contributor Eric Politowski captured Eric Tangradi's second goal of the season from Friday night. The announcer credits Caputi with the goal, but it looks like Tangradi's pass attempt gets tipped into the net by the Albany defender:
-Thomas Beauregard and Alex Grant each had two goals for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-5 overtime loss to the rival Johnstown Chiefs.
-Happy 32nd birthday to former Penguins defenseman Richard Lintner. Lintner, along with Joel Bouchard, Rico Fata and Mikael Samuelsson, came to Pittsburgh in a 2003 trade that sent Mike Wilson, Alex Kovalev, Janne Laukkanen and Dan LaCouture to the Rangers.
-Happy 64th birthday to former Penguins forward Jim Shires. Shires contributed three points in 18 games to the 1972-73 Penguins.
Atlantic Division
-Jamie Langenbrunner and Cory Murphy each had a goal and an assist for the Devils who beat the Capitals, 5-2. Teammates Niclas Bergfors and Travis Zajac each contributed two assists for New Jersey which extended a winning streak to eight games. Martin Brodeur (above) made 27 saves in the win which was the 1,000th for the franchise since it moved to New Jersey. Mike Green led Washington with two assists. The Capitals had a four-game winning streak snapped.
-New Jersey's Matt Halischuk scored his first career NHL goal:
-Zach Parise is as dangerous as ever on a breakaway:
-Green probably crashed the crease a little too much here:
-Devils coach Jacques Lemaire has started his second tenure with New Jersey 14-4-0. His first tenure started with the same mark.
-Shootout goals from Ales Kotalik, Vaclav Prospal and P.A. Parenteau gave the Rangers a 2-1 win at Ottawa. Henrik Lundqvist made 35 saves in the win.
-Check out the move by New York's Marian Gaborik to set up Prospal for his first career short-handed goal:
Northeast Division
-Ryan Miller (above) made 29 saves and led the Sabres to a 3-2 win at Philadelphia. Buffalo extended a winning streak to three game. Jeff Carter led the Flyers with a goal and an assist. Philadelphia had a five-game winning streak snapped.
-Buffalo's Steve Montador put a lot into this shot:
-Philadelphia's Ray Emery kept his eye on the puck on more than a few occasions:
-A cool look at the right side of Emery's mask:
-Awkward Photo of the Night: Philadelphia's Ryan Parent and Buffalo's Tyler Myers:
-Jeff Carter being popular:
-To say the least, Flyers defenseman probably doesn't pose the same threat to Kris Letang as Scott Hartnell:
-With forward Drew Stafford dealing with an injured hip flexor, the Sabres recalled forward Tyler Ennis, a first-round pick in 2008, from Portland of the AHL.
-Canadiens forward Brian Gionta is dealing with a "lower-body" injury.
Southeast Division
-Shootout goals by Steven Reinprecht and Nathan Horton gave the Panthers a 5-4 win against the Islanders. Stephen Weiss had a goal and an assist in regulation for Florida while Tomas Vokoun made 38 saves in the win. John Tavares led New York with a goal and an assist in regulation.
-Vokoun couldn't quite stop Nielsen on this shootout attempt:
-Sad times for Islanders goaltender Dwayne Roloson:
-Panthers coach Pete DeBoer said injured forward David Booth (concussion) is weeks away from returning to the lineup.
-The Thrashers have found some chemistry with the line of Ilya Kovalchuk (17 points), Nik Antropov (16 points) and Maxim Afinogenov (16 points).
-This is a few days old, but check out this goal Afinogenov scored against the Kings Friday:
Central Division
-Pekka RInne made 20 saves for the Predators in a 2-0 shutout of the Canadiens. Steve Sullivan scored both of Nashville's goals. From the "Life's No Fair" department, Montreal's Carey Price tied a franchise record with 53 saves and still lost.
-Check out Sullivan's first goal:
-Happy times for the Predators. Not so much for Montreal's Travis Moen:
-The Predators' 55 shots on net set a franchise record.
-Henrik Zetterberg had a hat trick and two assists for the Red Wings who won a wild 7-4 games against the Ducks. Teammate Daniel Cleary added a goal and two assists while Brian Rafalski contributed a goal and an assist. Ryan Getzlaf led Anaheim with a goal and three assists.
-Zetterberg's hat trick:
-Detroit's Jonathan Ericsson almost fought Anaheim's Corey Perry:
-Predators forward Wade Belak is dealing with a "lower-body" injury.
-The Blackhawks will honor former star forward Jeremy Roenick prior to tonight's game.
-The Blue Jackets are awarding the strong play of former Penguins backup goaltender Mathieu Garon in the form of another start.
Northwest Division
-Jarome Iginla (above) had two goals and led the Flames to a 5-2 win at Toronto. Teammates Dustin Boyd and Eric Nystrom each contributed a goal and an assist while Miikka Kiprusoff made 38 saves in the win. Francois Beauchemin led Toronto with a goal and an assist.
-Check out this tremendous hit by Toronto's Jamal Mayers on Calgary's Adam Pardy:
-After Toronto's Francois Beauchemin ran over Calgary's Fredrik Sjostrom, Calgary's Olli Jokinen demonstrated why he should never fight again:
-Check out this rocket Beauchemin scored on:
-Toronto's Colton Orr blew up the nose of Calgary's Brian McGrattan:
-Cool photo of the fight:
-Miikka Kiprusoff showed off some crazy eyes while following this puck:
-Dustin Boyd set up shop right in front of Toronto's Vesa Toskala:
-The opening montage of Hockey Night in Toronto Canada was epic as usual:
-The first career hat trick of Henrik Sedin helped the Canucks blow out the rival Avalanche 8-2. Jannik Hansen and Mathieu Schneider each recorded a goal and an assist for Vancouver while teammates Ryan Johnson and Mason Raymond each recorded three assists. Roberto Luongo made 32 saves in the win.
-Sedin's third goal was nice:
-Check out the little move by Hansen for his goal:
-Check out this pass by Vancouver's Matt Pettinger to set up Steve Bernier's goal:
-Fight of the night goes to Colorado's Cody McLeod and Vancouver's Rick Rypien:
-The Oilers recalled defenseman Tyler Arsene from Springfield of the AHL.
-Goaltender Craig Anderson has found a home in Colorado.
-Former Penguins goaltender Jocelyn Thibault has had a hand in Colorado's improved goaltending as the team's goaltending coach.
Pacific Division
-Former Penguin Robert Lang (above, with captain Shane Doan) had a goal and an assist and helped the Coyotes edge the Stars, 3-2.
Fire Craig Patrick. Teammates Keith Yandle added two assists while Ilya
Bryzgalov made 28 saves in the win. Mike Modano led the Stars with a
goal and an assist.
-Former Penguin Paul Bissonnette dropped the gloves with Dallas' Krys Barch:
-Doan cutting across the ice between Dallas' Brad Richards and Karlis Skrastins:
-Anze Kopitar's shootout goal gave the Kings a 2-1 win at Tampa Bay. Jonathan Quick made 28 saves in the win. Tampa Bay got 29 saves from Antero Niittymaki.
-Kings defenseman and former Penguin Rob Scuderi suffered a "lower-body" injury last night. He was seen in the locker room with a protective boot on his foot and quipped "It's my shoulder."
-Tampa Bay's Zenon Konopka (6-foot-9, 211 pounds) more than held his own in a fight with a much larger Raitis Ivanans (6-foot-4, 240 pounds) of Los Angeles:
-Two assists from Dan Boyle helped the Sharks win at St. Louis, 3-1. Evgeni Nabokov made 38 saves in the win.
-St. Louis' Cam Janssen pounded San Jose's Brad Staubitz:
-Nabokov peering through traffic:
-St. Louis' David Backes had some issues:
-Goaltender Chris Mason and the Blues wore their sharp third jerseys:
-Mason alone in the spotlight:
-The Sharks recalled forward Logan Couture, a first-round pick in 2007, from Worcester of the AHL. Forward Ryan Vesce was demoted to Worcester.
-Dan Boyle is no Bob Kudzma:
Adams Division
-Nathan Longpre had two goals for the Robert Morris' mens team in a 3-3 tie against Niagara.
-Daneca Butterfield made 15 saves for the Robert Morris' women's team in a 3-1 loss at Niagara.
(Photos: Penguins, Thomas first and Dupuis-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images; Thomas second, Bylsma, Malkin and Julien-Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Brodeur and Green-Bill Kostroun/Associated Press; Miller, Montador, Emery second and third, Parent, Carter and Coburn-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Emery first-Matt Slocum/Associated Press; Vokoun, Nielsen and Roloson-J Pat Carter/Associated Press; Moen-Mark Humphrey/Associated Press; Iginla, McGrattan, Kiprusoff and Boyd-Claus Andersen/Getty Images; Lang and Doan-Jeff Gross/Getty Images; Nabokov, Backes and Mason-Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
Posted
Nov 15 2009, 06:52 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh