Tuesday had twelve games to be played in returning to the regular season. There were originally thirteen scheduled, but due to heavy snowfalls throughout the Midwest, the St. Louis-Colorado game was postponed, to be held on a different day. For the games that did play, it started with...
The Toronto Maple Leafs hosting the Florida Panthers. Scott Clemmensen and Jean-Sebastien Giguere were in goal to lead off the unofficial second half of the season. Kris Versteeg opened the scoring with his 13th of the season, with Colby Armstrong and Luke Schenn picking up the helpers. Stephen Weiss tied the game later in the first period for Florida with his 14th of the year, helped along by Chris Higgins and Bryan Allen. Twenty-three seconds later, Nikolai Kulemin put the Maple Leafs back ahead with his 17th of the season, assisted by Clarke MacArthur and Mikhail Grabovski. In the second period, the game was retied by the Panthers' David Booth, notching his 15th of the year with the help of Cory Stillman and Keaton Ellerby on the power play. Grabovski gave Toronto yet another lead when he sank his 21st of the season, also a power play goal, thanks to Tomas Kaberle and Kulemin. Late in the third period, Florida tied the game at 3 with a Stillman tally, made possible by Dmitry Kulikov and Weiss on the power play as his seventh of the year. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Booth and Tyler Bozak swapped tallies before Armstrong secured a 4-3 victory for the Maple Leafs over the Panthers. Armstrong, Grabovski, and MacArthur were the three stars.
Next on the list was the Carolina Hurricanes, fresh off of hosting the All-Stars, inviting the Boston Bruins for a match. Tim Thomas and Cam Ward got the starts after opposing each other in the All-Star game. Daniel Paille opened the scoring in the second period for Boston with his first of the season, receiving help from Zdeno Chara and Shawn Thornton. Carolina tied it up with a Jamie McBain score, his fourth of the year, with help coming from Sergei Samsonov and Erik Cole. Nathan Horton gave the Bruins the lead back in the third period with his 13th of the season, made possible by David Krejci and Chara. Patrice Bergeron made it 3-1 for Boston with his 17th of the year, courtesy of Mark Recchi and Andrew Ference. Joe Corvo got the Hurricanes back on track with his eighth of the season, a power play goal with assists from Cole and Samsonov. Boston weathered the storm and held on to defeat Carolina 3-2, with the three stars given to Thomas (24 for 26 saves), Cole, and Chara.
Moving right along, with the New Jersey Devils hosting the Ottawa Senators. Martin Brodeur and Robin Lehner were given the goaltending responsibilities. New Jersey got on the board early in the second period with a Nick Palmieri goal, his fourth of the season seeing the tape of Andy Greene and Ilya Kovalchuk previously. Alex Kovalev tied the game for Ottawa with his ninth of the year, a power play goal helped along by Daniel Alfredsson and Erik Karlsson. In the third period, the Devils took a 2-1 lead on a Dainius Zubrus goal, assisted by Patrik Elias and Brian Rolston and counting as his eighth of the season. This score would be the final, giving Zubrus, Lehner (31 for 33 saves), and Elias the three stars.
Southward to Atlanta, with the Thrashers hosting the New York Islanders. Seeing the rubber were Kevin Poulin and Ondrej Pavelec. Atlanta opened the scoring with Freddy Meyer's first of the season, with Nik Antropov and Alex Burmistrov getting the assists. New York answered in the second period on a Travis Hamonic goal, helped along by John Tavares and P.A. Parenteau, good for his first of the year. The Islanders took a lead on the first of the season by Kyle Okposo, an unassisted goal. A minute later, New York was up 3-1 courtesy of Parenteau's 13th of the year, a power play goal made possible by Okposo and Tavares. Okposo made it 4-1 for the Islanders in the third period, with Michael Grabner grabbing the lone helper on what would be the final goal of the game, and also Okposo's second of the game and campaign. The three stars were awarded to Okposo, Parenteau, and Poulin (25 for 26 saves).
Going to the Central Division for the Columbus Blue Jackets hosting the Chicago Blackhawks. Marty Turco and Steve Mason started off in the creases. Columbus opened the scoring with a Derek Dorsett goal, his third of the season going in with help from Kris Russell and Grant Clitsome. Chicago answered with a Nick Leddy tally, his second of the year finding twine thanks to Jack Skille and Nick Boynton. Duncan Keith put the Blackhawks up 2-1 with his fourth of the season, a power play goal coming off of Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp. The Blue Jackets awakened in the second period, with Derick Brassard scoring his 13th of the year thanks to Rick Nash and Jan Hejda. Forty-two seconds later, Samuel Pahlsson gave Columbus a 3-2 lead with his fourth of the season, assisted by Chris Clark and Dorsett. Viktor Stalberg put Chicago back into a tie with his eighth of the year, with the help of Fernando Pisani and Jonathan Toews. Kane gave the Blackhawks a lead with his 14th of the campaign, with assistance from Toews and Troy Brouwer. Toews makes the lead 5-3 for Chicago with his 18th of the season, a shorthanded goal made possible by Marian Hossa and Brent Seabrook. For the third period, Mathieu Garon tended the Columbus net. Dave Bolland kept the Blackhawks rolling in the third period, making it 6-3 with his eleventh of the year, courtesy of Bryan Bickell and Pisani. The Blue Jackets put another goal on the board, the third of the season by Matt Calvert, with the lone assist by Derek MacKenzie. Chicago put the game away with an empty net goal by Marian Hossa for his 12th of the year, assisted by Seabrook and Jake Dowell to bring up the final score of 7-4 Blackhawks over Blue Jackets. Earning the three stars were Toews, Dorsett, and Stalberg.
Following that up, the New York Rangers hosted the publicized game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on the TV network Versus. Marc-Andre Fleury and Henrik Lundqvist made the appearances in front of the cages. Brandon Prust put New York up first with his eighth of the season, assisted by Wojtek Wolski and Brian Boyle. The Rangers went up 2-0 in the early second period with Artem Anisimov's eleventh of the year, helped along by Brandon Dubinsky and Marian Gaborik. Dustin Jeffrey got Pittsburgh on the board with his third of the season, with the assists credited to Chris Kunitz and Alex Goligoski on the power play. Michael Rupp tied the game for the Penguins with his fifth of the year, courtesy of Max Talbot and Deryk Engelland. Kunitz put Pittsburgh up 3-2 with his 17th of the season, assisted by Zbynek Michalek and Brooks Orpik. Ryan Callahan retied the game for New York with his eleventh of the year, thanks to Michael Del Zotto and Mats Zuccarello on the power play. The tie was preserved through the third period and overtime into the shootout, where Jeffrey secured a 4-3 victory for the Penguins over the Rangers. Three stars were credited to Jeffrey, Callahan, and Kunitz.
Back down into Florida, where the Tampa Bay Lightning hosted their fellow powerhouse, the Philadelphia Flyers. Sergei Bobrovsky and Dwayne Roloson were in the blue paint. Teddy Purcell opened the scoring up for Tampa Bay with two in a row, his ninth and tenth coming in the first 1:21 of the game, with Vincent Lecavalier picking up an assist and Simon Gagne getting two helpers. Steve Downie added on for the Lightning, potting his fifth of the season with the assistance of Martin St. Louis and Randy Jones. Brian Boucher came on to guard the Philadelphia net, and was mostly effective before Steven Stamkos made it 4-0 for Tampa Bay with his 39th of the year, courtesy of St. Louis and Brett Clark. This score was the eventual final, giving three stars status to Roloson (38 save shutout), Purcell, and Gagne.
In the nation's capital, the Washington Capitals hosted the Montreal Candiens. Carey Price and Semyon Varlamov tended the twines. Washington opened the scoring with a Mathieu Perreault goal, his sixth of the season going in without assistance. Mike Knuble put the Capitals up 2-0 with his 12th of the year, a power play goal from Mike Green and Perreault. Montreal tied it up with two goals in a row by Brian Gionta, the 17th and 18th of his campaign, with assists coming first from Andrei Kostitsyn and James Wisniewski and later by Tomas Plekanec. This tie was upheld throughout the third period and overtime until the shootout, where Gionta gave the Canadiens a 3-2 victory. The three stars we handed out to Gionta, Perreault, and Wisniewski.
Heading north and west to Minnesota, where the Wild hosted the Los Angeles Kings. Jonathan Bernier and Niklas Backstrom made the starts, and did their job exceptionally well throughout the game, as it took Pierre-Marc Bouchard's shootout marker to give the Minnesota Wild a 1-0 victory. Backstrom (27 save shutout), Bouchard, and Bernier (25 save "shutout") were the obvious three stars.
Down to Nashville, with the Predators hosting the Calgary Flames. In front of the goals were Miikka Kiprusoff and Pekka Rinne. Nashville opened the scoring with Martin Erat putting away his seventh of the season, with the assists provided by Sergei Kostitsyn and Marcel Goc. Matt Stajan answered for Calgary in the third period with his fourth of the year, thanks to Tim Jackman and Curtis Glencross. Patric Hornqvist gave the lead back to the Predators with a power play goal from Shea Weber and Kostitsyn, going in the books as his 16th of the season. Cory Sarich provided another tying goal for the Flames in the form of his second for the year, courtesy of Alex Tanguay and Brendan Morrison. The 2-2 tie lasted into a shootout, where Rene Bourque had the lone tally for Calgary, toppling Nashville 3-2. The three stars were given out to Tanguay, Kostitsyn, and Kiprusoff (25 for 27 saves).
In Texas, the Dallas Stars played host to the Vancouver Canucks. Cory Schneider and Kari Lethonen were designated the masked men in the game. Vancouver struck in the second period to start the scoring with a Mikael Samuelsson mark just twenty-six seconds in, his tenth of the season going in with the help of Christian Ehrhoff and Daniel Sedin on the power play. Ehrhoff scored his own power play goal later in the period, good for his ninth of the year and made possible by Daniel Sedin and Mikael Samuelsson. Loui Eriksson put Dallas on the board with his 18th of the season, courtesy of Brad Richards and the goalie, Kari Lethonen. The Canucks took a 3-1 lead with a shorthanded marker by Ryan Kesler, his 28th of the year seeing the stick of Jannik Hansen before his own and the twine. Alexandre Burrows brought the score to 4-1 Vancouver, the eventual final score, with his 12th of the campaign coming from Henrik Sedin. The three stars were handed out to Ehrhoff, Samuelsson, and Schneider (25 for 26 saves).
Lastly, the San Jose Sharks hosted the Phoenix Coyotes. Ilya Bryzgalov and Antti Niemi were in the creases. Phoenix opened the scoring with a Radim Vrbata power play goal, his eleventh of the season with the help of Shane Doan and Ray Whitney. Keith Yandle made it 2-0 Coyotes with his ninth of the year, assisted on by Derek Morris. Twitter legend Paul Bissonnette made it 3-0 for Phoenix, scoring his first goal of the season with help from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Lauri Korpikoski. (for game spoiler and BizNasty's reaction, click here.) Obviously insulted by getting scored on by the Coyotes enforcer, Antti Niemi was pulled for Alex Stalock. San Jose figured out they need to score to win, and Joe Pavelski did it twice, in the late second and early third periods, good for his tenth and eleventh markers of the year. Dany Heatley and Dan Boyle got the assists on the former power play goal, while Devin Setoguchi and Ryane Clowe picked up helpers on the latter even strength tally. Tying the game for the Sharks was Kyle Wellwood, scoring his first goal since returning from the KHL, with the help coming from newly acquired Ben Eager and Jason Demers. San Jose took the lead on the shorthanded Patrick Marleau goal, his 19th of the season getting the required help from Pavelski. Sealing a 5-3 stunning come-from-behind victory for the Sharks was Joe Thornton, potting his 14th of the year into an empty net, courtesy of Marleau and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. The three stars were Pavelski, Marleau, and Wellwood.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
NHL All-Star teams and game recap
This weekend featured a wide array of hockey All-Star hype. It started with the draft, where via the puckflip, Team Staal got the chance to pick first. The picks went like this (Team Staal, Team Lidstrom for picks):
Round 1: Cam Ward, Steven Stamkos
Round 2: Alex Ovechkin, Duncan Keith
Round 3: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin
Round 4: Zdeno Chara, Shea Weber
Round 5: Rick Nash, Tim Thomas
Round 6: Henrik Lundqvist, Danny Briere
Round 7: Marc Staal, Dustin Byfuglien
Round 8: Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews
Round 9: Dan Boyle, Marc-Andre Fleury
Round 10: Carey Price, Jonas Hiller
Round 11: Jeff Skinner, Brad Richards
Round 12: Kris Letang, Keith Yandle
Round 13: Claude Giroux, Brent Burns
Round 14: Erik Karlsson, Martin Havlat
Round 15: Corey Perry, Anze Kopitar
Round 16: Patrik Elias, Matt Duchene
Round 17: David Backes, Loui Eriksson
Round 18: Paul Stastny, Phil Kessel (center of conspiracy)
After the draft on Friday, the skills competition was held on Saturday. Chara broke his record, Daniel Sedin went accurate, and Ovechkin did what Ovechkin does best, which would be find the camera. Sunday brought the grand finale of the events in Raleigh, the Game. Team Staal was the unofficial host, starting the first period with Cam Ward opposing Team Lidstrom's Marc-Andre Fleury in net. TS got out to a quick lead with Alex Ovechkin scoring with help by Zdeno Chara and Mike Green. TS extended it to 2-0 with Paul Stastny's marker from Patrick Sharp and David Backes. Making it 3-0 TS was Patrik Elias, helped along by Stastny and Green. Claude Giroux extended the TS lead farther, to 4-0 courtesy of Sharp and Backes. TL woke up with an Anze Kopitar tally from Shea Weber. Dustin Byfuglien kept TL going with his goal assisted by Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith. TL cut the deficit to a goal with a Loui Eriksson score, helped along by Jonathan Toews. Completing the TL comeback was Matt Duchene, with Lidstrom himself and Weber providing the assists on the final goal of the first period. Coming on to guard the twines in the second period for TS was Carey Price, and for TL Jonas Hiller had the honors. TS got back to scoring in this frame, with Sharp netting one from Giroux, followed shortly by Kris Letang notching a goal with help from Daniel Sedin and Ovechkin. Kopitar got TL back into the mix with his second of the game, thanks to Loui Eriksson and Martin Havlat. Stamkos got TL into a tie at 6 with his goal from Martin St. Louis and Brad Richards. TL led 7-6 at the end of the second period after Danny Briere scored with helpers provided by Henrik Sedin and the sock trick converting assist from Weber. Heading into the final frame, TS was backstopped by Henrik Lundqvist, while TL put Tim Thomas in the paint. TS tied the game again at 7 with Hometown Hero Eric Staal scoring thanks to Corey Perry and Rick Nash. Letang gave TS the lead with his second of the game, coming from Elias and Jeff Skinner. TL retied the game once more on Briere's second of the game, made possible by Henrik Sedin and Weber's fourth assist. Toews gave TL the lead once again with the help of Eriksson and Havlat. St. Louis made it 10-8 TL with his goal from Brent Burns. Nash got TS within a goal thanks to Perry and Chara. Eriksson added an empty net goal for TL, getting help along the way from Toews and the second sock trick man, Havlat. Eric Staal added his second of the game late in the third period, with help from Dan Boyle and the hat trick of sock tricks Backes, but it was too late to save his team, with Team Lidstrom securing an 11-10 victory over Team Staal. Patrick Sharp was MVP, Shea Weber had the most impressive stat line, and Jonas Hiller was the most effective goalie, going 15 for 17 in saves.
Round 1: Cam Ward, Steven Stamkos
Round 2: Alex Ovechkin, Duncan Keith
Round 3: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin
Round 4: Zdeno Chara, Shea Weber
Round 5: Rick Nash, Tim Thomas
Round 6: Henrik Lundqvist, Danny Briere
Round 7: Marc Staal, Dustin Byfuglien
Round 8: Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews
Round 9: Dan Boyle, Marc-Andre Fleury
Round 10: Carey Price, Jonas Hiller
Round 11: Jeff Skinner, Brad Richards
Round 12: Kris Letang, Keith Yandle
Round 13: Claude Giroux, Brent Burns
Round 14: Erik Karlsson, Martin Havlat
Round 15: Corey Perry, Anze Kopitar
Round 16: Patrik Elias, Matt Duchene
Round 17: David Backes, Loui Eriksson
Round 18: Paul Stastny, Phil Kessel (center of conspiracy)
After the draft on Friday, the skills competition was held on Saturday. Chara broke his record, Daniel Sedin went accurate, and Ovechkin did what Ovechkin does best, which would be find the camera. Sunday brought the grand finale of the events in Raleigh, the Game. Team Staal was the unofficial host, starting the first period with Cam Ward opposing Team Lidstrom's Marc-Andre Fleury in net. TS got out to a quick lead with Alex Ovechkin scoring with help by Zdeno Chara and Mike Green. TS extended it to 2-0 with Paul Stastny's marker from Patrick Sharp and David Backes. Making it 3-0 TS was Patrik Elias, helped along by Stastny and Green. Claude Giroux extended the TS lead farther, to 4-0 courtesy of Sharp and Backes. TL woke up with an Anze Kopitar tally from Shea Weber. Dustin Byfuglien kept TL going with his goal assisted by Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith. TL cut the deficit to a goal with a Loui Eriksson score, helped along by Jonathan Toews. Completing the TL comeback was Matt Duchene, with Lidstrom himself and Weber providing the assists on the final goal of the first period. Coming on to guard the twines in the second period for TS was Carey Price, and for TL Jonas Hiller had the honors. TS got back to scoring in this frame, with Sharp netting one from Giroux, followed shortly by Kris Letang notching a goal with help from Daniel Sedin and Ovechkin. Kopitar got TL back into the mix with his second of the game, thanks to Loui Eriksson and Martin Havlat. Stamkos got TL into a tie at 6 with his goal from Martin St. Louis and Brad Richards. TL led 7-6 at the end of the second period after Danny Briere scored with helpers provided by Henrik Sedin and the sock trick converting assist from Weber. Heading into the final frame, TS was backstopped by Henrik Lundqvist, while TL put Tim Thomas in the paint. TS tied the game again at 7 with Hometown Hero Eric Staal scoring thanks to Corey Perry and Rick Nash. Letang gave TS the lead with his second of the game, coming from Elias and Jeff Skinner. TL retied the game once more on Briere's second of the game, made possible by Henrik Sedin and Weber's fourth assist. Toews gave TL the lead once again with the help of Eriksson and Havlat. St. Louis made it 10-8 TL with his goal from Brent Burns. Nash got TS within a goal thanks to Perry and Chara. Eriksson added an empty net goal for TL, getting help along the way from Toews and the second sock trick man, Havlat. Eric Staal added his second of the game late in the third period, with help from Dan Boyle and the hat trick of sock tricks Backes, but it was too late to save his team, with Team Lidstrom securing an 11-10 victory over Team Staal. Patrick Sharp was MVP, Shea Weber had the most impressive stat line, and Jonas Hiller was the most effective goalie, going 15 for 17 in saves.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Song of the Week V
This week, I finally got around to putting new music on my computer. Therefore, the Song of the Week is a new one to my collection. This one, by metal band Drowning Pool, is called Sinner. It comes off of the album of the same title, an album considered to be their best as it features their first lead singer, who died in between the first and second albums. The song is a pretty strong song with a message of saying nobody is perfect, and looking down on those who think about themselves as such. This feature will be run next week.
NOTIFICATION
Due to having no internet access for the whole weekend, I will be posting today the following items:
- All-Star rosters for the NHL
- All-Star game results, also for the NHL
- Song of the Week V
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday NHL games
There were nine games scheduled today, with the next games for the regular season coming next Tuesday. We started off in...
Boston, where the Bruins hosted the Florida Panthers. Tomas Vokoun and Tim Thomas got the spots in net. Brad Marchand opened the scoring for Boston with his 13th of the season, helped along by Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara. Milan Lucic extended the lead to 2-0 in the second period with his 20th of the year, assisted by David Krejci. Florida got on the board with Bryan Allen in the third period putting his fourth of the season away, thanks to Radek Dvorak and Darcy Hordichuk. The Panthers ended up falling 2-1 to the Bruins, with Marchand, Thomas (34 for 35 saves), and Vokoun (33 for 35 saves) getting the stars.
Heading to New York, where the Islanders hosted the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Rick DiPietro got the nods in goal. Zach Boychuk opened the scoring for Carolina with his fourth of the season, helped along by Eric Staal and Erik Cole. New York answered in the second period with Michael Grabner putting his 15th of the year in the twine, courtesy of Frans Nielsen and Andrew MacDonald. The Hurricanes got two in a row from Staal, his 24th and 25th of the year being assisted by Cole first, and Joe Corvo and Tim Gleason later. Brandon Sutter put Carolina up 4-1 in the third period with his eleventh of the season, from Jiri Tlusty and Jussi Jokinen. MacDonald made it 4-2 with his first of the season, helped along by Grabner, producing the final score. The three stars were awarded to Staal, Grabner, and Cole.
Down south, the Atlanta Thrashers hosted the Washington Capitals. Semyon Varlamov and Ondrej Pavelec were given goaltending duties. Atlanta opened the scoring in the second period with Nik Antropov scoring his ninth of the season, with help from Fredrik Modin and Ron Hainsey. This would be the final, with the Thrashers taking the Capitals down 1-0. The three stars were given to Pavelec (36 save shutout), Antropov, and Zach Bogosian, whose defensive role was expanded.
Out west a tad, with the Dallas Stars hosting the Edmonton Oilers. Nikolai Khabibulin and Kari Lethonen got the puck blocking job. Dallas opened the scoring with Adam Burish netting his seventh of the season, with Mike Ribeiro and Trevor Daley picking up the helpers. Two fights broke out in rapid succession, with Dallas tough guy Krys Barch fighting Jim Vandermeer, shortly followed by Matt Niskanen going at it with Colin Fraser. The Stars made it 3-0 with two goals by Brenden Morrow, his 20th and 21st of the year, with Jamie Langenbrunner and Stephane Robidas picking up assists on the earlier power play goal, and Langenbrunner and Ribeiro helping out on the latter goal. Another pair of fights broke out, with Barch dropping the gloves again, this time with Zack Stortini, followed by James Neal and Theo Peckham's brawl. Dustin Penner put away his 16th of the season shortly thereafter, a power play goal made possible by Shawn Horcoff and Taylor Hall. This would be the end of the scoring, giving the Stars a 3-1 victory over the Oilers. The three stars were awarded to Morrow, Lethonen (34 for 35 saves), and Langenbrunner.
Up north again, with the Detroit Red Wings hosting the New Jersey Devils. Martin Brodeur and Jimmy Howard were in between the pipes. Detroit scored first with Darren Helm's unassisted sixth goal of the season. New Jersey answered with Brian Rolston potting his sixth of the year, with the helpers provided by Anton Volchenkov and Patrik Elias. After a scoreless second period, the Red Wings took the lead at 2-1 with a Valtteri Filppula tally, his 12th of the season coming from Jiri Hudler and Ruslan Salei. Detroit put the dagger in the Devils, wrapping up the scoring at 3-1 with the 21st of the year from Johan Franzen, assisted by Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall. The three stars were given to Helm, Filppula, and Ilya Kovalchuk.
Back west a bit more with the Colorado Avalanche hosting the Phoenix Coyotes. Ilya Bryzgalov and Peter Budaj started out in front of the cages. Colorado struck first with the second goal of the season by Ryan Stoa, with helpers coming from Paul Stastny and Kevin Shattenkirk. Phoenix evened it with the 15th of the year by Scottie Upshall, a power play goal made possible by Keith Yandle and Lee Stempniak. Yandle made it 2-1 Coyotes and scared off Budaj with his eighth of the season, assisted by Martin Hanzal and Derek Morris. Craig Anderson came on to guard the net for Colorado. Phoenix made it 3-1 with an Eric Belanger goal, his sixth of the year going with help from Taylor Pyatt and Stempniak. Kyle Turris made it 4-1 Coyotes with his ninth of the campaign, thanks to Shane Doan. The Avalanche tried to start a comeback on the 20th of the season by Matt Duchene, with the lone assist by T.J. Galiardi. Belanger put the game away for Phoenix with his seventh of the year and second of the night, an empty net goal making it 5-2 with help from Lauri Korpikoski. Yandle, Duchene, and Bryzgalov (29 for 31 saves) earned the three stars.
Up north into Canada, where the Calgary Flames hosted the St. Louis Blues. Ty Conklin and Miikka Kiprusoff were in the blue paint. David Moss opened the scoring for Calgary with goals in the first and second period, his eleventh and 12th of the season, with the earlier being an unassisted power play goal (although Erik Johnson honestly did all the work) and the latter also on the power play, with help from Anton Babchuk and Olli Jokinen. Adam Pardy made it 3-0 Flames with his first of the year, helped along by Jokinen and Moss. Philip McRae put St. Louis on the board with his first of the season, thanks to Jay McClement and Brad Boyes. Jarome Iginla wrapped the game up for Calgary, ousting the Blues by a 4-1 final with his empty net goal from Mark Giordano, his 22nd of the year. The three stars were received by Kiprusoff (28 for 29 saves), Moss, and Giordano.
Across the Rockies to Vancouver, where the Canucks hosted the Nashville Predators. Pekka Rinne and Roberto Luongo got the netminding jobs for the game. It took until the third period for a goal, coming from Nashville's Shea Weber, his ninth of the season, from Martin Erat and Sergei Kostitsyn. Vancouver answered with an Alexandre Burrows tally, his eleventh of the year assisted on by Dan Hamhuis. Lee Sweatt put the Canucks up 2-1, the eventual final taking down the Predators with his first of the campaign, helped along by Daniel Sedin. Luongo (26 for 27 saves), Rinne (33 for 35 saves), and Sweatt were given the three stars.
Lastly, the Los Angeles Kings hosted their northern neighbors, the San Jose Sharks. Antti Niemi and Jonathan Quick tended the twines. Los Angeles struck first in the second period with the 19th of the season by Ryan Smyth, helped along by Jarret Stoll and Jason Williams. San Jose answered with Ryane Clowe potting his 13th of the year with no help required. Devin Setoguchi gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead with his tenth of the season, courtesy of Logan Couture. Forcing the overtime frame was the Kings' Alexei Ponikarovsky, whose fourth of the year deadlocked the teams at 2. He was helped by Brad Richardson and Michal Handzus. In the shootout, the Kings toppled the Sharks with Stoll's lone marker. The three stars went to Jack Johnson, Couture, and Ponikarovsky.
That's all for now. Tune in on Friday for the All-Star Fantasy Draft, where Team Lidstrom and Team Staal will pick their all-star teams. The next post after that will be the game on Sunday.
Boston, where the Bruins hosted the Florida Panthers. Tomas Vokoun and Tim Thomas got the spots in net. Brad Marchand opened the scoring for Boston with his 13th of the season, helped along by Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara. Milan Lucic extended the lead to 2-0 in the second period with his 20th of the year, assisted by David Krejci. Florida got on the board with Bryan Allen in the third period putting his fourth of the season away, thanks to Radek Dvorak and Darcy Hordichuk. The Panthers ended up falling 2-1 to the Bruins, with Marchand, Thomas (34 for 35 saves), and Vokoun (33 for 35 saves) getting the stars.
Heading to New York, where the Islanders hosted the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Rick DiPietro got the nods in goal. Zach Boychuk opened the scoring for Carolina with his fourth of the season, helped along by Eric Staal and Erik Cole. New York answered in the second period with Michael Grabner putting his 15th of the year in the twine, courtesy of Frans Nielsen and Andrew MacDonald. The Hurricanes got two in a row from Staal, his 24th and 25th of the year being assisted by Cole first, and Joe Corvo and Tim Gleason later. Brandon Sutter put Carolina up 4-1 in the third period with his eleventh of the season, from Jiri Tlusty and Jussi Jokinen. MacDonald made it 4-2 with his first of the season, helped along by Grabner, producing the final score. The three stars were awarded to Staal, Grabner, and Cole.
Down south, the Atlanta Thrashers hosted the Washington Capitals. Semyon Varlamov and Ondrej Pavelec were given goaltending duties. Atlanta opened the scoring in the second period with Nik Antropov scoring his ninth of the season, with help from Fredrik Modin and Ron Hainsey. This would be the final, with the Thrashers taking the Capitals down 1-0. The three stars were given to Pavelec (36 save shutout), Antropov, and Zach Bogosian, whose defensive role was expanded.
Out west a tad, with the Dallas Stars hosting the Edmonton Oilers. Nikolai Khabibulin and Kari Lethonen got the puck blocking job. Dallas opened the scoring with Adam Burish netting his seventh of the season, with Mike Ribeiro and Trevor Daley picking up the helpers. Two fights broke out in rapid succession, with Dallas tough guy Krys Barch fighting Jim Vandermeer, shortly followed by Matt Niskanen going at it with Colin Fraser. The Stars made it 3-0 with two goals by Brenden Morrow, his 20th and 21st of the year, with Jamie Langenbrunner and Stephane Robidas picking up assists on the earlier power play goal, and Langenbrunner and Ribeiro helping out on the latter goal. Another pair of fights broke out, with Barch dropping the gloves again, this time with Zack Stortini, followed by James Neal and Theo Peckham's brawl. Dustin Penner put away his 16th of the season shortly thereafter, a power play goal made possible by Shawn Horcoff and Taylor Hall. This would be the end of the scoring, giving the Stars a 3-1 victory over the Oilers. The three stars were awarded to Morrow, Lethonen (34 for 35 saves), and Langenbrunner.
Up north again, with the Detroit Red Wings hosting the New Jersey Devils. Martin Brodeur and Jimmy Howard were in between the pipes. Detroit scored first with Darren Helm's unassisted sixth goal of the season. New Jersey answered with Brian Rolston potting his sixth of the year, with the helpers provided by Anton Volchenkov and Patrik Elias. After a scoreless second period, the Red Wings took the lead at 2-1 with a Valtteri Filppula tally, his 12th of the season coming from Jiri Hudler and Ruslan Salei. Detroit put the dagger in the Devils, wrapping up the scoring at 3-1 with the 21st of the year from Johan Franzen, assisted by Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall. The three stars were given to Helm, Filppula, and Ilya Kovalchuk.
Back west a bit more with the Colorado Avalanche hosting the Phoenix Coyotes. Ilya Bryzgalov and Peter Budaj started out in front of the cages. Colorado struck first with the second goal of the season by Ryan Stoa, with helpers coming from Paul Stastny and Kevin Shattenkirk. Phoenix evened it with the 15th of the year by Scottie Upshall, a power play goal made possible by Keith Yandle and Lee Stempniak. Yandle made it 2-1 Coyotes and scared off Budaj with his eighth of the season, assisted by Martin Hanzal and Derek Morris. Craig Anderson came on to guard the net for Colorado. Phoenix made it 3-1 with an Eric Belanger goal, his sixth of the year going with help from Taylor Pyatt and Stempniak. Kyle Turris made it 4-1 Coyotes with his ninth of the campaign, thanks to Shane Doan. The Avalanche tried to start a comeback on the 20th of the season by Matt Duchene, with the lone assist by T.J. Galiardi. Belanger put the game away for Phoenix with his seventh of the year and second of the night, an empty net goal making it 5-2 with help from Lauri Korpikoski. Yandle, Duchene, and Bryzgalov (29 for 31 saves) earned the three stars.
Up north into Canada, where the Calgary Flames hosted the St. Louis Blues. Ty Conklin and Miikka Kiprusoff were in the blue paint. David Moss opened the scoring for Calgary with goals in the first and second period, his eleventh and 12th of the season, with the earlier being an unassisted power play goal (although Erik Johnson honestly did all the work) and the latter also on the power play, with help from Anton Babchuk and Olli Jokinen. Adam Pardy made it 3-0 Flames with his first of the year, helped along by Jokinen and Moss. Philip McRae put St. Louis on the board with his first of the season, thanks to Jay McClement and Brad Boyes. Jarome Iginla wrapped the game up for Calgary, ousting the Blues by a 4-1 final with his empty net goal from Mark Giordano, his 22nd of the year. The three stars were received by Kiprusoff (28 for 29 saves), Moss, and Giordano.
Across the Rockies to Vancouver, where the Canucks hosted the Nashville Predators. Pekka Rinne and Roberto Luongo got the netminding jobs for the game. It took until the third period for a goal, coming from Nashville's Shea Weber, his ninth of the season, from Martin Erat and Sergei Kostitsyn. Vancouver answered with an Alexandre Burrows tally, his eleventh of the year assisted on by Dan Hamhuis. Lee Sweatt put the Canucks up 2-1, the eventual final taking down the Predators with his first of the campaign, helped along by Daniel Sedin. Luongo (26 for 27 saves), Rinne (33 for 35 saves), and Sweatt were given the three stars.
Lastly, the Los Angeles Kings hosted their northern neighbors, the San Jose Sharks. Antti Niemi and Jonathan Quick tended the twines. Los Angeles struck first in the second period with the 19th of the season by Ryan Smyth, helped along by Jarret Stoll and Jason Williams. San Jose answered with Ryane Clowe potting his 13th of the year with no help required. Devin Setoguchi gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead with his tenth of the season, courtesy of Logan Couture. Forcing the overtime frame was the Kings' Alexei Ponikarovsky, whose fourth of the year deadlocked the teams at 2. He was helped by Brad Richardson and Michal Handzus. In the shootout, the Kings toppled the Sharks with Stoll's lone marker. The three stars went to Jack Johnson, Couture, and Ponikarovsky.
That's all for now. Tune in on Friday for the All-Star Fantasy Draft, where Team Lidstrom and Team Staal will pick their all-star teams. The next post after that will be the game on Sunday.
New Track - On Top of the World
Sometimes, as a lyricist, good ideas just hit you. It happened to me a couple nights ago talking with a friend, when the phrase "on top of the world" was brought up. I said to myself "That's gonna make a great song." So here it is, although you readers can judge the greatness factor:
On Top of the World – This rise to power/It has been very slow/And watching others fail/It can make you feel hollow/But it’s my turn/To take the throne/I have learned my lesson/Let the wisdom be known//Surely you must have a clue/What it is like up there/To be on top of the world/Living up in the air/It’s a hard place to reach/But when you get there you know/While you may feel immortal/You’ll always have some place to go//It has taken a lifetime/To feel like I now do/There were times I could have given up/But I chose to fight through/And while I haven’t done a lot/It feels like a harvest to me/When I truly make my mark/Everyone will see//Surely you must have a clue/What it is like up there/To be on top of the world/Living up in the air/It’s a hard place to reach/But when you get there you know/While you may feel immortal/You’ll always have some place to go//This is something new for me/Something so real/I’ve never done this before/Never been able to feel/Like I am living a dream/Protected and healed/On top of the world/This is all very real//Surely you must have a clue/What it is like up there/To be on top of the world/Living up in the air/It’s a hard place to reach/But when you get there you know/While you feel immortal/You have a place called home/A place to call your own/A place where you are safe/On top of the world/You will always be safe
On Top of the World – This rise to power/It has been very slow/And watching others fail/It can make you feel hollow/But it’s my turn/To take the throne/I have learned my lesson/Let the wisdom be known//Surely you must have a clue/What it is like up there/To be on top of the world/Living up in the air/It’s a hard place to reach/But when you get there you know/While you may feel immortal/You’ll always have some place to go//It has taken a lifetime/To feel like I now do/There were times I could have given up/But I chose to fight through/And while I haven’t done a lot/It feels like a harvest to me/When I truly make my mark/Everyone will see//Surely you must have a clue/What it is like up there/To be on top of the world/Living up in the air/It’s a hard place to reach/But when you get there you know/While you may feel immortal/You’ll always have some place to go//This is something new for me/Something so real/I’ve never done this before/Never been able to feel/Like I am living a dream/Protected and healed/On top of the world/This is all very real//Surely you must have a clue/What it is like up there/To be on top of the world/Living up in the air/It’s a hard place to reach/But when you get there you know/While you feel immortal/You have a place called home/A place to call your own/A place where you are safe/On top of the world/You will always be safe
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
NHL Action - Tuesday
Trying to catch up now, with Tuesday's games coming today before I hit the homework. Also, I have another song that will be added on after this post. For the games, we started off in...
Pittsburgh, where the Penguins hosted the New York Islanders. Kevin Poulin and Marc-Andre Fleury made the starts. Craig Adams, after two periods of scorelessness with two fights between Travis Hamonic and Tyler Kennedy, followed by Zenon Konopka and Aaron Asham, scored his third of the season for Pittsburgh. The assists came from Dustin Jeffrey and Asham, and the Penguins would shut the Islanders out 1-0. Fleury (29 save shutout), Poulin (30 for 31 saves), and Adams were given the three stars.
Speaking of New York, the Rangers hosted the Florida Panthers. Tomas Vokoun and Henrik Lundqvist were in the creases. Rostislav Olesz opened the scoring for Florida with his fourth of the season, coming from Chris Higgins and Dennis Wideman. Derek Stepan tied it for New York in the second period with his 14th of the year, assisted by Wojtek Wolski and Mats Zuccarello. Keaton Ellerby put the Panthers back in front with his first of the season, helped along by Dmitry Kulikov and Shawn Matthias. Mike Santorelli put Florida up 3-1 with his 13th of the year, as Bryan Allen and Radek Dvorak picked up the helpers. The Rangers got a goal back early in the third period with Brandon Prust notching his seventh of the season, thanks to Mike Sauer and Zuccarello. New York tied the game at 3 on the power play when Brian Boyle scored his 18th of the year, from Marian Gaborik and Zuccarello, who completed a sock trick. The Panthers finished things in regulation with a Mike Weaver goal, his second of the season coming from Olesz and Santorelli. In the 4-3 Panther victory over the Rangers, Olesz, Santorelli, and Zuccarello picked up the three stars.
Into Ohio, where the Columbus Blue Jackets hosted the Anaheim Ducks. Guarding the cages were Jonas Hiller and Steve Mason. Teemu Selanne scored first for Anaheim, his 15th of the season coming with the man advantage, courtesy of Bobby Ryan and Lubomir Visnovsky. Cam Fowler made it 2-0 for the Ducks on his fifth of the year, also a power play tally, helped along by Visnovsky and Saku Koivu. Columbus got on the board with their own power play goal, after a Jared Boll-George Parros fight, as Rick Nash netted his 23rd of the season thanks to Derick Brassard and Grant Clitsome. Anaheim made it 3-1 in the third period on a Jason Blake goal, his tenth of the year made possible by Koivu and Selanne. Brassard answered for the Blue Jackets with another power play goal, good for his 12th of the campaign, from Jakub Voracek and Fedor Tyutin. Columbus wouldn't muster any further offense, falling 3-2 to the Ducks, with three stars awarded to Hiller (35 for 37 saves), Selanne and Brassard.
Back east and south, where the Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs. In front of the nets were James Reimer (despite what Yahoo! would think) and Dwayne Roloson. Tampa Bay got on the board first with a goal by Simon Gagne, his ninth of the season getting help from Victor Hedman and Teddy Purcell. Purcell made it 2-0 on the power play with his eighth of the year, helped along by Brett Clark and Sean Bergenheim. This score would last throughout the rest of the game, resulting in a 2-0 Tampa Bay win over Toronto, where Roloson (26 save shutout), Hedman, and Purcell earned the three stars.
Up into Ottawa, where the Senators hosted the Buffalo Sabres. Ryan Miller and Brian Elliott were given the starting nods. Chris Kelly put Ottawa up first with his eleventh of the season, coming from Nick Foligno. Paul Byron responded for Buffalo with his first of the year, made possible by Tyler Ennis and Drew Stafford. The Sabres extended the lead to 2-0 with a power play goal by Jochen Hecht, his eighth marker of the season, with helpers coming from Tyler Myers and Thomas Vanek. The Senators finally retied the game in the third period with a Sergei Gonchar goal, his sixth of the year coming on the power play thanks to Erik Karlsson and Mike Fisher. The tie was broken by Buffalo in overtime on Shaone Morrison's goal, his first of the season, assisted by Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek. The three stars were given out to Miller (27 for 29 saves), Kelly, and Byron.
Next up, the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Montreal Canadiens. Carey Price and Sergei Bobrovsky were elected to block rubber. Philadelphia struck first, with Jeff Carter scoring his 23rd of the season on the power play, assisted by Mike Richards and Chris Pronger. Kimmo Timonen made it 2-0 Flyers with his own power play goal, helped along by Pronger and Richards as his third of the year. Dan Carcillo also scored his third of the season, early in the second period, with help from Pronger, who secured his sock trick early. Montreal finally visited the scoreboard when David Desharnais scored his third of the campaign, courtesy of Hal Gill and Mathieu Darche. Claude Giroux got Philadelphia up to 4-1 with his 19th of the year, made possible by Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere on the power play. The Canadiens scored again in the third period to make it 4-2 with Darche's ninth of the season, from Travis Moen and Roman Hamrlik. Briere made it 5-2 Flyers, which would be the final, with his 26th of the year, the empty net goal going with assistance from Pronger and the goalie Bobrovsky. Giroux, Pronger, and Richards got the three stars.
Out west in the Windy City, the Chicago Blackhawks hosted the Minnesota Wild. Niklas Backstrom and Corey Crawford tended the twines. Martin Havlat put Minnesota on the board first with his 14th of the season, assisted by Kyle Brodziak. Patrick Sharp tied the game for Chicago with his 26th of the year, courtesy of Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews on the power play. The Blackhawks took a 2-1 lead on the 15th of the season by Troy Brouwer, made possible by Toews and Brian Campbell. The Wild tied it in the second period with Chuck Kobasew notching his ninth of the year, with help from Jared Spurgeon and Pierre-Marc Bouchard. Antti Miettinen gave Minnesota a 3-2 lead with his ninth of the season, thanks to Andrew Brunette and Mikko Koivu. Bouchard wrapped the game up for the Wild in the third period, making it 4-2 with his fourth of the year, which was assisted by Matt Cullen and Kobasew. Picking up the three stars were Backstrom (31 for 33 saves), Toews, and Havlat.
Finally, the Phoenix Coyotes played host to the Edmonton Oilers. Playing in goal were Devan Dubnyk and Ilya Bryzgalov. Scottie Upshall opened the scoring for Phoenix on his 13th of the season, getting help along the way from Keith Yandle and Lee Stempniak on the power play. Kyle Turris made it 2-0 Coyotes with his eighth of the year, courtesy of Ray Whitney and Keith Yandle. Edmonton finally got on the board with Jean-Francois Jacques' third of the season, which got help from Zack Stortini and Kurtis Foster. Taylor Hall tied it in the third period with his 16th of the year, a power play goal from Shawn Horcoff and Jeff Petry. Linus Omark gave the Oilers the lead with his third of the season, made possible by Sam Gagner and Magnus Paajarvi. Phoenix got back into a tie with the second of the night and 14th of the year by Upshall, receiving assistance from Shane Doan and Turris. Dustin Penner secured a 4-3 victory for Edmonton by sinking his 15th of the campaign with just twenty-two seconds left, with assists provided by Hall and Horcoff. Getting the three stars were Upshall, Turris, and Hall.
That's all for Tuesday's games. I'm still significantly behind, so Wednesday's will be out tomorrow. That song I mentioned at the start of the post will be on a whenever I get to it plan.
Pittsburgh, where the Penguins hosted the New York Islanders. Kevin Poulin and Marc-Andre Fleury made the starts. Craig Adams, after two periods of scorelessness with two fights between Travis Hamonic and Tyler Kennedy, followed by Zenon Konopka and Aaron Asham, scored his third of the season for Pittsburgh. The assists came from Dustin Jeffrey and Asham, and the Penguins would shut the Islanders out 1-0. Fleury (29 save shutout), Poulin (30 for 31 saves), and Adams were given the three stars.
Speaking of New York, the Rangers hosted the Florida Panthers. Tomas Vokoun and Henrik Lundqvist were in the creases. Rostislav Olesz opened the scoring for Florida with his fourth of the season, coming from Chris Higgins and Dennis Wideman. Derek Stepan tied it for New York in the second period with his 14th of the year, assisted by Wojtek Wolski and Mats Zuccarello. Keaton Ellerby put the Panthers back in front with his first of the season, helped along by Dmitry Kulikov and Shawn Matthias. Mike Santorelli put Florida up 3-1 with his 13th of the year, as Bryan Allen and Radek Dvorak picked up the helpers. The Rangers got a goal back early in the third period with Brandon Prust notching his seventh of the season, thanks to Mike Sauer and Zuccarello. New York tied the game at 3 on the power play when Brian Boyle scored his 18th of the year, from Marian Gaborik and Zuccarello, who completed a sock trick. The Panthers finished things in regulation with a Mike Weaver goal, his second of the season coming from Olesz and Santorelli. In the 4-3 Panther victory over the Rangers, Olesz, Santorelli, and Zuccarello picked up the three stars.
Into Ohio, where the Columbus Blue Jackets hosted the Anaheim Ducks. Guarding the cages were Jonas Hiller and Steve Mason. Teemu Selanne scored first for Anaheim, his 15th of the season coming with the man advantage, courtesy of Bobby Ryan and Lubomir Visnovsky. Cam Fowler made it 2-0 for the Ducks on his fifth of the year, also a power play tally, helped along by Visnovsky and Saku Koivu. Columbus got on the board with their own power play goal, after a Jared Boll-George Parros fight, as Rick Nash netted his 23rd of the season thanks to Derick Brassard and Grant Clitsome. Anaheim made it 3-1 in the third period on a Jason Blake goal, his tenth of the year made possible by Koivu and Selanne. Brassard answered for the Blue Jackets with another power play goal, good for his 12th of the campaign, from Jakub Voracek and Fedor Tyutin. Columbus wouldn't muster any further offense, falling 3-2 to the Ducks, with three stars awarded to Hiller (35 for 37 saves), Selanne and Brassard.
Back east and south, where the Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs. In front of the nets were James Reimer (despite what Yahoo! would think) and Dwayne Roloson. Tampa Bay got on the board first with a goal by Simon Gagne, his ninth of the season getting help from Victor Hedman and Teddy Purcell. Purcell made it 2-0 on the power play with his eighth of the year, helped along by Brett Clark and Sean Bergenheim. This score would last throughout the rest of the game, resulting in a 2-0 Tampa Bay win over Toronto, where Roloson (26 save shutout), Hedman, and Purcell earned the three stars.
Up into Ottawa, where the Senators hosted the Buffalo Sabres. Ryan Miller and Brian Elliott were given the starting nods. Chris Kelly put Ottawa up first with his eleventh of the season, coming from Nick Foligno. Paul Byron responded for Buffalo with his first of the year, made possible by Tyler Ennis and Drew Stafford. The Sabres extended the lead to 2-0 with a power play goal by Jochen Hecht, his eighth marker of the season, with helpers coming from Tyler Myers and Thomas Vanek. The Senators finally retied the game in the third period with a Sergei Gonchar goal, his sixth of the year coming on the power play thanks to Erik Karlsson and Mike Fisher. The tie was broken by Buffalo in overtime on Shaone Morrison's goal, his first of the season, assisted by Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek. The three stars were given out to Miller (27 for 29 saves), Kelly, and Byron.
Next up, the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Montreal Canadiens. Carey Price and Sergei Bobrovsky were elected to block rubber. Philadelphia struck first, with Jeff Carter scoring his 23rd of the season on the power play, assisted by Mike Richards and Chris Pronger. Kimmo Timonen made it 2-0 Flyers with his own power play goal, helped along by Pronger and Richards as his third of the year. Dan Carcillo also scored his third of the season, early in the second period, with help from Pronger, who secured his sock trick early. Montreal finally visited the scoreboard when David Desharnais scored his third of the campaign, courtesy of Hal Gill and Mathieu Darche. Claude Giroux got Philadelphia up to 4-1 with his 19th of the year, made possible by Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere on the power play. The Canadiens scored again in the third period to make it 4-2 with Darche's ninth of the season, from Travis Moen and Roman Hamrlik. Briere made it 5-2 Flyers, which would be the final, with his 26th of the year, the empty net goal going with assistance from Pronger and the goalie Bobrovsky. Giroux, Pronger, and Richards got the three stars.
Out west in the Windy City, the Chicago Blackhawks hosted the Minnesota Wild. Niklas Backstrom and Corey Crawford tended the twines. Martin Havlat put Minnesota on the board first with his 14th of the season, assisted by Kyle Brodziak. Patrick Sharp tied the game for Chicago with his 26th of the year, courtesy of Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews on the power play. The Blackhawks took a 2-1 lead on the 15th of the season by Troy Brouwer, made possible by Toews and Brian Campbell. The Wild tied it in the second period with Chuck Kobasew notching his ninth of the year, with help from Jared Spurgeon and Pierre-Marc Bouchard. Antti Miettinen gave Minnesota a 3-2 lead with his ninth of the season, thanks to Andrew Brunette and Mikko Koivu. Bouchard wrapped the game up for the Wild in the third period, making it 4-2 with his fourth of the year, which was assisted by Matt Cullen and Kobasew. Picking up the three stars were Backstrom (31 for 33 saves), Toews, and Havlat.
Finally, the Phoenix Coyotes played host to the Edmonton Oilers. Playing in goal were Devan Dubnyk and Ilya Bryzgalov. Scottie Upshall opened the scoring for Phoenix on his 13th of the season, getting help along the way from Keith Yandle and Lee Stempniak on the power play. Kyle Turris made it 2-0 Coyotes with his eighth of the year, courtesy of Ray Whitney and Keith Yandle. Edmonton finally got on the board with Jean-Francois Jacques' third of the season, which got help from Zack Stortini and Kurtis Foster. Taylor Hall tied it in the third period with his 16th of the year, a power play goal from Shawn Horcoff and Jeff Petry. Linus Omark gave the Oilers the lead with his third of the season, made possible by Sam Gagner and Magnus Paajarvi. Phoenix got back into a tie with the second of the night and 14th of the year by Upshall, receiving assistance from Shane Doan and Turris. Dustin Penner secured a 4-3 victory for Edmonton by sinking his 15th of the campaign with just twenty-two seconds left, with assists provided by Hall and Horcoff. Getting the three stars were Upshall, Turris, and Hall.
That's all for Tuesday's games. I'm still significantly behind, so Wednesday's will be out tomorrow. That song I mentioned at the start of the post will be on a whenever I get to it plan.
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