Penguins
-Dave Molinari's recap of last night's game. The first 69 seconds of the game were pretty good for the Penguins.
-The Ottawa Citizen's recap. Ottawa's Chris Phillips stood out in his 800th career game.
-The Associated Press' recap. "Right after the power play's over within a 30-second span we're down 3-1 and they had the momentum at that point." - Dan Bylsma on Chris Kelly's third period goal.
-Highlights (so to speak):
-The Eric Godard-Chris Neil fight (above) deserves its own post:
-Mike Lange's goal calls.
-The Senators' line of Mike Fisher, Nick Foligno and Alex Kovalev was dominant.
-Kovalev left immediately after the game to address to the death of his mother-in-law.
-The Ottawa Citizen has a solid photo gallery of last night's game.
-The Senators were 2,114 tickets short of a sell-out last night.
-Maxime Talbot and Dan Potash:
-When might Brooks Orpik come back?
-The Penguins need to do more pilates 'n at.
-Can Mellon Arena be saved?
-James Mirtle updates the total man games lost to injuries list. Prior to last night, the Penguins still had the fifth-most games lost.
-Was Game 5 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final the greatest game this decade?
-John Curry made 28 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-3 road loss to the Hartford Wolfpack.
-The Wheeling Nailers acquired defenseman Kyle Bushee from the Johnstown Chiefs in exchange for future considerations.
-Happy 52nd birthday to former Penguins forward Tom Roulston. A member of the dreadful 1983-84 Penguins, Roulston scored 28 points in 53 games that season.
Atlantic Division
-Devils forward Dainius Zubrus suffered a right leg injury last night.
-The Devils activated forward Dean McAmmon (nose) from injured reserve and recalled forward Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond ("upper body") on injured reserve.
Northeast Division
-A shootout goal by Patrice Bergergon (above) gave the Bruins a 4-3 win at Atlanta. Michael Ryder led Boston with two goals while teammate Dennis Wideman added two assists. Tuukka Rask made 32 saves in the win. Ilya Kovalchuk led Atlanta with a goal and two assists.
-Happy times for Rask:
-Happy times for Atlanta's Maxim Afinogenov:
-Bruins forward Milan Lucic returned to the lineup for the first time since suffering a broken finger Oct. 16.
-Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas is dealing with a minor undisclosed injury.
-The Canadiens demoted forward Gregory Stewart to Hamilton of the AHL for conditioning purposes.
-Maple Leafs overlord Brian Burke pretty much put his players on notice after a poor loss last night in Carolina.
-Former Maple Leafs and Penguins forward Gary Roberts accused the Maple Leafs of riding the stationary bike too much. In overnight news, the province of Ontario banned stationary bikes immediately.
Southeast Division
-Shootout goals by Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen gave the Hurricanes a 6-5 win against the Maple Leafs. Ruutu had four assists while teammate Tim Gleason scored two goals. Matt Cullen (above) added a goal and an assist for Carolina which tied the game up with 2.9 seconds left in regulation. Alexei Ponikarovsky led Toronto with a goal and an assist.
-Cole's goal:
-Check out this goal by Toronto's Lee Stempniak:
-Cole got dumped pretty hard by Toronto's Ian White:
-Cool photo of the hit:
-The dreaded "intent to blow" rule struck again in Carolina:
-This game had all kinds of bad officiating. Check out this high stick call on White:
-Ruutu beating Toronto's Jonas Gustavsson:
-Toronto's Colton Orr going after Carolina's Andrew Alberts:
-Orr not caring for the glove of Carolina's Aaron Ward:
-Toronto's Lee Stempniak getting stoned by Carolina's Manny Legace:
-Toronto's Jason Blake being popular:
-Cool Photo of the Night: A fan of Carolina's Cam Ward:
-We don't want to say they have attednance problems in Carolina, but...:
-The Hurricanes put forward Eric Staal ("upper body") on injured reserve and goaltender Cam Ward (leg) on long-term injured reserve. Forward Patrick Dwyer was recalled from Albany of the AHL.
-The Capitals recalled defenseman John Carlson, a first-round pick in 2008, from Hershey of the AHL.
Central Division
-Shootout goals by Mike Santorelli and Martin Erat (above) gave the Predators a 3-2 win against the Devils who have lost two consecutive road games after starting the season 9-0-0 as visitors. Jason Arnott scored both of Nashville's regulations goals while teammate J.P. Dumont recorded assists on each of them. Pekka Rinne made 26 saves in the win. Zach Parise scored two goals for New Jersey.
-New Jersey's Travis Zajac scored a pretty fluky shootout goal:
-New Jersey's David Clarkson kept his eye on the puck here:
(Or Nashville's Dan Hamhuis.)
-Erik Johnson's overtime goal gave the Blues a 3-2 win against the Coyotes. T.J. Oshie and Keith Tkachuk each had a goal and an assist for St. Louis while Carlo Colaiacovo contributed two assists. Chris Mason made 34 saves in the win.
-Kristian Huselius had a goal and two assists for the Blue Jackets in a 4-1 win at Dallas. Teammate Fedor Tyutin added two assists while goaltender Steve Mason made 25 saves in the victory.
-Today's dangerous hit is brought to you by Dallas' James Neal on Columbus' Derek Dorsett:
-Neal is expected to have a disciplinary hearing over the phone concerning the hit today.
-Happy times for the Blue Jackets:
-Dallas' Krys Barch had some issues with Columbus' Jared Boll:
-Columbus' Raffi Torres didn't seem to appreciate this Dallas' fan:
-Columbus' Antoine Vermette attempted a behind the back re-direct on Dallas' Marty Turco:
-Vermette didn't exactly look comfortable between Dallas' Stephane Robidas and Nicklas Grossman:
-Two goals from Kris Versteeg helped the Blackhawks rout the Flames, 7-1. Duncan Keith recorded three assists while teammate Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist. Chicago, which extended a winning streak to five games, also got two assists each from Cam Barker, Brian Campbell and Patrick Sharp. Cristobal Huet got the win by making 27 saves.
-Huet busted out the crazy eyes while trying to locate this puck:
-Chicago's Andrew Ladd gave some Elvis lip curl to celebrate a goal:
-The Blue Jackets activated forward Raffi Torres (face) from injured reserve.
-With forward Kirk Maltby and goaltender Chris Osgood recovered from
an illness, the Red Wings demoted goaltender Daniel Larsson to Grand Rapids of the AHL.
-The NHL sort of explained the "intent to blow" rule that cost Detroit's a Brad May a goal Wednesday against the Stars.
Northwest Division
-Oilers forward Mike Comrie is dealing with mono. Someone protect Hillary Duff.
-Wild forward Martin Havlat is dealing with a "lower-body" injury.
Pacific Division
-Scott Niedermayer's (above, center) overtime goal gave the Ducks a 4-3 win against the Lightning. Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu Selanne each had a goal and two assists for Anaheim while teammate Corey Perry contributed two assists. Jonas Hiller made 21 saves in the win which snapped a four-game losing streak. Steve Downie and former Penguin Ryan Malone each had two assists for Tampa Bay. Fire Ray Shero.
-Niedermayer's overtime goal was the 13th of his career, the most of any defenseman in NHL history.
-Niedermayer was named the first start of the game and attempted to give a stick away after the game. Then this unfolded:
-Check out this goal scored by Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos:
-Ducks defenseman Steve Eminger (back) and James Wisniewski (foot) are dinged up.
-The Ducks demoted former Penguins forward Erik Christensen to Manitoba of the AHL for conditioning purposes.
-The Stars placed forward Fabian Brunnstrom (shoulder) on injured reserve and recalled forward Warren Peters from Texas of the AHL.
-The Kings activated defenseman Alex Martinez (ankle) from injured reserve and demoted him to Manchester of the AHL.
Smythe Division
-Former Maple Leafs, Coytoes and Sabres goaltener Mikael Tellqvist joined Lukko in FInland.
(Photos: Godard-Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press; Bergeron, Rask and Afinogenov-Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images; Cullen, Ruutu, Blake, Alberts, Orr, Legace, Ward fan and Hurricanes "fans"-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Cole-Gerry Broome/Associated Press; Erat and Clarkson-Mark Humphrey/Associated Press; Blue Jackets, Boll, Turco and Vermette-Ronald Martinez/Getty Images; Torres-Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press; Huet and Ladd-Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press; Niedermayer-Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Posted
Nov 20 2009, 03:17 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh