There were five more games played on Tuesday. Of news to reach the presses most recently were of Bill Guerin retiring after 18 seasons, and also Jere Lehtinen calling it quits after 14 seasons. Congratulations to both of them on wonderful careers. As for the games played on Tuesday, it all started it Quebec, with...
The Montreal Canadiens hosting divisional rivals, the Ottawa Senators. Montreal was backstopped by Carey Price, while Pascal Leclaire started for Ottawa. Michael Cammalleri got the scoring started for the Habs with his ninth of the year, an unassisted power play goal. Ottawa answered late with Nick Foligno's second of the year, a power play goal coming from Jason Spezza and Erik Karlsson. The Canadiens broke the tie in the third period with Jeff Halpern's sixth of the season, from Maxim Lapierre. Brian Gionta made it 3-1 with his ninth of year, an unassisted goal, which was later followed by Roman Hamrlik's third of the year, from Gionta and Lars Eller. Montreal went on to win 4-1. Pascal Leclaire was replaced by Brian Elliot after the Gionta goal. Cammalleri was the first star, with a goal, followed by second star Gionta, who had a goal and an assist, and lastly, third star Halpern, who had a goal.
Moving right along to south Florida, where the Panthers hosted the Colorado Avalanche. Tomas Vokoun started for the Panthers, while Craig Anderson faced the man he used to back up. Bill Thomas scored his first of the season to put the Panthers up early, with the assists credited to Darcy Hordichuk and Bryan McCabe. John-Michael Liles tied it in the second period, with his fifth of the year being assisted by Paul Stastny and David Jones. Ryan O'Reilly gave the Avalanche the lead with his second of the season, thanks to Daniel Winnik and Liles. Stephen Weiss re-tied it for Florida just over a minute later, with his sixth of the year coming from Steven Reinprecht and Michael Frolik. Matt Duchene restored the Avalanche lead in the third period with his ninth of the season, from Kyle Quincey. David Booth's seventh of the year for the Panthers tied it up at 3, with the assist going to Evgeny Dadonov. The tie would last until Weiss won it in overtime with his second of the night, and seventh of the year, assisted on by Booth. Weiss was the first star for his two goals, followed by Booth, who had one goal and one assist, and Matt Duchene earned the third star, for a goal in the losing Colorado effort.
Moving along to Boston, where the Bruins hosted the Buffalo Sabres, in what was expected to be quite the brawl. Tim Thomas started for the Bruins, while Ryan Miller guarded the Sabres cage. Milan Lucic's 13th of the season allowed Boston to draw first blood, with the assists coming from David Krejci and Nathan Horton. Luke Adam tied it in the second period, with his first of the year coming from Jason Pominville and Mark Mancari. Thomas Vanek gave Buffalo the lead with his eleventh of the season, assisted by Tyler Myers and Jordan Leopold. Nathan Horton tied it for the Bruins with his tenth of the year, an unassisted goal. The tie at 2 persisted until overtime, where Mark Recchi's sixth of the year won it, thanks to Dennis Seidenberg and David Krejci on the power play. Recchi, Lucic, and Vanek were the three stars, in that order, with a goal each, Recchi's being a winner and Vanek's being in a losing Buffalo effort. Johnny Boychuk and Steve Montador also shared a first period fight, the source of the only penalized brawl.
Up to Calgary, where the Flames hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning in a pre-lockout Stanley Cup rematch. Miikka Kiprusoff was in net for the Flames, while Dan Ellis got the nod for the Lightning. Cory Sarich opened the scoring, putting the Flames on the board first, with his first of the year, from Adam Pardy and Brendan Morrison. Tom Kostopoulos extended the lead to 2-0 with his second of the season, thanks to Rene Bourque and Mark Giordano. Bourque tallied his own goal, 12th of the year, in the second period, assisted by Curtis Glencross and Mikael Backlund. Tampa Bay woke up with Johan Harju's first of the season, from Pavel Kubina and Randy Jones, and cut the lead down to one with Ryan Malone's eighth of the year late in the second period. Malone got help from Nate Thompson and Victor Hedman. Calgary was able to silence the Lightning with Jarome Iginla's 12th of the season, a power play goal from Jay Bouwmeester and Rene Bourque. The lead held up through the rest of the third period, giving the Flames a 4-2 win. Bourque was the first star with a goal and two assists, while Cory Sarich was the second star with a goal. Ryan Malone's goal in the losing Tampa Bay effort was the third star.
Ending the travels for the night in Alberta, where the Flames' rival from Edmonton, the Oilers, hosted the Anaheim Ducks. Jonas Hiller started for the visiting Ducks, while Nikolai Khabibulin was in the Edmonton paint. After a scoreless first period, Saku Koivu netted his tenth of the season to put Anaheim up 1-0, courtesy of Teemu Selanne and Cam Fowler. Selanne added his own goal, his ninth of the season, in the third period, with helpers being credited to Andy Sutton (the expert) and Koivu. Ryan Jones cut the lead to 2-1 with his seventh of the year, coming from Magnus Paajarvi and Tom Gilbert. Edmonton tied it on the power play with Dustin Penner's ninth of the season, assisted on by Kurtis Foster and Tom Gilbert. The 2-2 tie held up until a shootout, where Joffery Lupul scored for the Ducks, and was answered by Taylor Hall. After many rounds of ineptitude on both teams' parts, Cam Fowler wrapped it up in the tenth round. The first star was Dustin Penner, who had a goal in the losing effort, followed by Saku Koivu, with a goal and an assist, and the third star was given to Ryan Jones who had the other Edmonton goal in the loss.
That's all for Tuesday. Wednesday features another five game slate, which from the looks of it right now, is much higher scoring. The Wednesday post will come out tomorrow, with a Thursday Night Football post coming at the conclusion of the TNF game.
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