Hockey's not giving the fans much love tonight, with only three games for the viewing purposes. It starts (surprisingly) at the...
Jobing.com Arena in Phoenix, where the Coyotes host the Washington Capitals. Michal Neuvirth and Ilya Bryzgalov put on the masks to guard the cages. Marcus Johansson opened the scoring for Washington with his eighth of the season, assisted by Brooks Laich and Alexander Semin. Forty-nine seconds later, Phoenix tied the game with a Martin Hanzal marker, his 12th of the year going down with help from Ray Whitney and Radim Vrbata. Ray Whitney put the Coyotes ahead with his eleventh of the season, a power play goal from Vrbata and Shane Doan. Vernon Fiddler extended the lead once more for Phoenix on his sixth of the campaign, helped along by Scottie Upshall and Keith Yandle. The Capitals tried to get back in the game with Matt Bradley sinking his fourth of the year, thanks to Dave Steckel and Jeff Schultz, but they couldn't get the equalizer and lost 3-2. The three stars were Bryzgalov (29 for 31 saves), Whitney, and Vrbata.
Teeing off at the same time, the St. Louis Blues hosted the Vancouver Canucks. In between the pipes were Roberto Luongo and Jaroslav Halak. St. Louis got on the board first with Andy McDonald notching his tenth of the season on the power play, with help from Nikita Nikitin and Alex Pietrangelo. Vancouver replied with Henrik Sedin scoring his 13th of the year via Sami Salo and Alexandre Burrows. The Blues took the lead back with Alex Steen notching his 16th of the campaign, unassisted. In the second period, St. Louis went up 3-1 on a power play goal by Patrik Berglund, his 15th of the season seeing the sticks of Pietrangelo and McDonald previously. The Canucks attempted to get back in the game with Jannik Hansen putting his seventh of the year away thanks to Raffi Torres and Christian Ehrhoff, but they failed to score again and fell 3-2. Pietrangelo, McDonald, and Henrik Sedin earned the three stars.
Finally, we stop in Colorado, where the Avalanche host the Calgary Flames. Miikka Kiprusoff and Peter Budaj got the starting honors. Calgary struck first just eighteen seconds into the game with David Moss nailing his 13th of the season into the twine with help from Robyn Regehr and Olli Jokinen. Anton Babchuk made it 2-0 Flames on the power play for his eighth of the year coming off of Jay Bouwmeester and Jokinen, prompting Colorado to switch goalies, putting Craig Anderson into action. Jarome Iginla kept Calgary going with his 24th of the season, assisted by Rene Bourque and Brendan Morrison. Curtis Glencross later added on another for the Flames, his 18th of the year finding the back of the net thanks to Jokinen, who wrapped up a sock trick in just 12:41 minutes of play, and Moss. Jokinen added his own goal for Calgary, his 12th of the season, courtesy of Glencross and Moss. The Avalanche reinstated Budaj for the second period and beyond. Colorado got on the board in the second period with Daniel Winnik potting his eighth of the year, a power play goal made possible by Kevin Porter and Matt Hunwick. The Flames made it 6-1 in the third period with an Alex Tanguay goal from Regehr and Morrison, good as his 15th of the season. Glencross put Calgary ahead 7-1 with his second of the game and 19th of the year, with Tom Kostopoulos and Moss picking up the assists, the latter earning his own sock trick. Iginla kept the Flames going with his second of the night and 25th of the season, with the help of Mikael Backlund and Steve Staios. Kiprusoff had to come out of the game, with Henrik Karlsson coming in to clean up. Calgary would add on one more goal, making it 9-1 with Matt Stajan potting his fifth of the year shorthanded from Bourque. This was the final, with Jokinen, Glencross, and Moss earning the three stars for the massacre.
That's all for Valentine's Day. A special bit of love to all of you who keep reading, it is much appreciated.
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