Obviously today was a big day in the NHL, with the trade deadline looming large. This is the last chance to acquire players avoiding the waiver process. The deals are as follows, with two previous day swaps between Anaheim, who acquired Brian McGrattan and Sean Zimmerman for Stefan Chaput and David Laliberte of Boston. The other deal was a semi-big trade, with St. Louis sending Brad Boyes to Buffalo for a 2nd round pick in 2011. The actual deadline day started with Radek Dvorak moving from Florida to Atlanta, alongside a 5th round pick in 2011, while traveling the other way were Niclas Bergfors and Patrick Rissmiller. Florida also sold off Dennis Wideman to another division rival, Washington, for Jake Hauswirth and a 3rd round pick in 2011. Columbus sent off an original member in Rostislav Klesla, alongside Dane Byers, to Phoenix for Scottie Upshall and Sami Lepisto. Northwest cellar dwellers also traded, with Colorado sending Kevin Montgomery to Edmonton for Shawn Belle. Ottawa also continued their firesale with Chris Campoli and a 7th round pick heading to Chicago for Ryan Potulny and a 2nd round pick in 2011. Both of those picks are conditional, and due to the length of this paragraph and the players involved, the conditions need not be mentioned. Florida did business with a third team in their own division, sending Bryan Allen to Carolina for Sergei Samsonov (must be tough to be a defenseman named Bryan in South Florida). Anaheim also picked up Brad Winchester from St. Louis, sending a 3rd round pick the other way, good in 2012. Another big splash happened when Los Angeles picked Dustin Penner from Edmonton, giving the Oilers Colten Teubert, a 1st round pick, and a conditional 3rd round pick, both for the 2011 draft. The New York Rangers acquired from Toronto John Mitchell, only giving up a 7th round pick in 2011. Atlanta also obtained a 7th round pick from Calgary in exchange for Fredrik Modin. Along the west coast, Anaheim sent a recently obtained Maxim Lapierre and chipped in MacGregor Sharp for Joel Perrault and a 3rd round pick in 2011. Washington and New Jersey exchanged players as well, with Jason Arnott heading to the capital for David Steckel and a 2nd round pick in 2012. Going corner to corner in the league, Vancouver sent Evan Oberg and a 3rd round pick in 2011 to Florida for Chris Higgins. Philadelphia picked up Tom Sestito from Columbus, giving off Greg Moore and Michael Chaput. Montreal and Atlanta also did player only business, with Drew MacIntyre heading north for Brett Festerling. Finally, Minnesota sent goalie Anton Khudobin to Boston for Jeff Penner and Mikko Lethonen, closing the trading for the season.
As for the two games, the first is the Minnesota Wild hosting the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Niklas Backstrom have control of the twines. Chicago opened the scoring forty-four seconds into the second period with Patrick Sharp potting his 33rd of the season, with the help of Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith. The Blackhawks extended the lead with a Tomas Kopecky goal coming off of Viktor Stalberg and Brian Campbell, going as his 12th of the year. Chicago made it 3-0 with Toews' 23rd of the season, helped along by Patrick Kane and Sharp. Minnesota entered the scoring early in the third period with a Martin Havlat goal made possible by Cal Clutterbuck, going as his 20th of the year. The Wild got within a goal when Brent Burns sank his 16th of the season, thanks to Kyle Brodziak and Havlat. Marian Hossa replied for the Blackhawks by sinking his own 16th of the year, shorthanded via Toews. The final was 4-2, and the three stars went to Toews, Sharp, and Havlat.
The other game had the Los Angeles Kings hosting the Detroit Red Wings. Jimmy Howard and Jonathan Quick are in front of the cages. Los Angeles opened the scoring with a Michal Handzus power play goal, his ninth of the season gathering steam off of Jarret Stoll and Anze Kopitar. Detroit tied it with Drew Miller scoring his fifth of the year, an unassisted goal. Danny Cleary put the Red Wings ahead on his 22nd of the season, helped along by Jiri Hudler. Detroit kept going with Nicklas Lidstrom potting his 13th of the year on the man advantage, assisted by Mike Modano and Henrik Zetterberg. The Red Wings made it 4-1 late in the second period on the 19th of the campaign for Pavel Datsyuk, a power play goal coming off of Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall. Darren Helm extended the lead again for Detroit in the early third period with his eighth of the season, a goal which would come shorthanded and unassisted. Miller struck again to make it 6-1 Red Wings with his second of the night and sixth of the year, courtesy of Kris Draper and Helm. Jonathan Quick was finally replaced by Jonathan Bernier in the net. Hudler potted another goal to make it 7-1 for Detroit, his eighth of the season fueled by Jakub Kindl and Todd Bertuzzi. The Kings finally found an answer with Dustin Brown potting his 21st of the year, thanks to Kopitar and Brad Richardson. Wayne Simmonds also tacked on a goal for Los Angeles, his 12th of the season made possible by Alexei Ponikarovsky and Drew Doughty. Forty-four seconds later, and with only twenty-one seconds left in the scoring-fest, Richardson put away his seventh of the year for the Kings, with help from Matt Greene to make it 7-4. This was the final, with the three stars going to Datsyuk, Helm, and Zetterberg.
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