[OOT] December 22, with nine games.

[hwy19man]

This is the last OOT before Christmas as the NHL takes a three day break from Wednesday to Friday. The break usually starts on December 24, but, Boxing Day is on a Saturday this year and the league wants to have its marquee night filled with games.


1700h

at on and Sportsnet Ontario
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1800h

at on

and in Canada


http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020512
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl-preview.aspx?page=/data/NHL/matchups/g2_preview_14.html
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl-matchups.aspx?page=/data/NHL/matchups/g2_summary_14.html

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2030h

at on


and simulcast on

http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020516
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl-preview.aspx?page=/data/NHL/matchups/g2_preview_18.html
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl-matchups.aspx?page=/data/NHL/matchups/g2_summary_18.html

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Pacific Division teams in bold

1700h Blues at Bruins


1730h
Devils at Red Wings
Senators at Panthers
Canucks at Lightning---also on TVA Sports in french


1830h Blackhawks at Stars


1900h Leafs at Coyotes

[hwy19man]

Baertschi scored, 1-0 Canucks

The Ducks and Rangers are tied 1-1.

The Devils have a 3-0 lead!

Scoreless in the Blues-Bruins game.

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by zyzz

I said it once and I'll say it again. Sven will put up more points than any Flames this season.

[d_phaneuf]

the last 4 or 5 games he's looked really good, has 4 points in the last 3 I think, seems to have some chemistry with Horvat and is going to the net a lot more

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Corban Knight scores his 2nd career NHL goal to put the Panthers up 1-0 over the Senators.

Shots are 21-9 for Florida halfway through the second.

[Samonadreau]

Schlemko now has 3 times as many goals as Wideman this year.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

The referees are awful tonight in South Florida. Both Reilly Smith and Jaromir Jagr were cut with very obvious high sticks and no call. Jagr's was especially bad as he was down on the ice for a while with blood pouring out of his face.

Now they blow a play down with a loose puck in front of the Ottawa net that Ekblad would have scored on if not for the whistle. Ekblad visibly angry, screaming at the refs and even mixing it up with Chris Neil. Ekblad is normally cool as a cucumber. Nothing phases him normally, so it was quite surprising.

Edit: Wow, Jagr lost his 2 front teeth on that high stick. Not sure if they were not his original teeth, but that's still pretty brutal with no call.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

Schlemko now has 3 times as many goals as Wideman this year.

So 3. He has 3 goals then. A little misleading, don'tcha think?

[Samonadreau]

Larkin with 13 goals now. Pretty impressive. On pace for 30+

Darkhorse for the calder

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Ottawa is playing bush league now, taking lots of penalties and giving a ton of extra whacks and hacks because they're getting beat so thoroughly.

Shots after 2 periods: Panthers-30 (along with a couple posts and a disallowed goal), Senators-12.

[hwy19man]

Derrick Brassard has both goals for the Rangers and his team leads 2-1 over the Ducks midway through the third period.

Marchessault scores with 22 seconds left in the second period for the Lightning to tie the Canucks 1-1. The Canucks killed off five straight penalties, but, could not kill off a sixth penalty.

Detroit is coming back, it is 3-2 Devils.

[Benched]

either Ottawa looks bad (bad coverage) or Florida looks good (good wheels), 'cause I've seen a ton of odd man rushes for Florida, or guys beating Ottawa's D back to the puck for a good scoring chance.

[billybob123]

Senators D this year might be the worst in the league except maybe the Oilers. Beyond Karlsson and Methot, there's not much. Ceci was looking OK but got injured. Chris Wideman is OK too, behind him is Cowen, Borowiecki, and Wiercioch. Ugly.

[Benched]

oic

TY

[JJ1532]

Ducks lose in OT to the Rangers. Another loss.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Panthers have also won 4 straight and outscored their opponents 16-6 in that stretch, so they're playing good hockey right now too.

However, game is tied 1-1 despite the Panthers dominating the play. I can't imagine where Ottawa would be without Anderson.

[Magnum PEI]

Hansen dives, ref sends both even though the Tampanguys did nothing. Sedins score on the 4 on 4.

[JJ1532]

It was 5-on-5, the refs didn't call incidental minors on the play.

[JJ1532]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

So 3. He has 3 goals then. A little misleading, don'tcha think?

Not really, I see the point he is trying to make. The actual amounts aren't important, it's a comment on how well Shlemko is doing(given his career high for a season is 4) and how badly Wideman is doing, especially on the goalscoring front.

[hwy19man]

The other game with a Pacific Division team has the Coyotes ahead 2-1 over the stinkin' Leafs after one period. The goals will make the highlights everywhere as all three goals were scored in 21 seconds! Van Riemsdyk with a power play goal and then Doan scores seven seconds later and scores again 14 seconds after that.