Day 74 Scores

[KevanGuy]

Day 74
638 THRASHERS 4 AVALANCHE 3
639 KINGS 7 CANUCKS 5
640 DUCKS 2 OILERS 8
641 JETS 4 SHARKS 7
642 LEAFS 6 NORDIQUE 0

[OILFAN #81]

Thrashers beat the Avs 4-3 in a battle of the backups. Hatcher scores the winner late in the 3rd. Mason was out for a few months after being attacked by Blake of the Flyers and finally started a game and won in his return. Another Thrasher dman goes down as 7th defenseman Hejda is injured. He joins Rob Blake on the sidelines. Hatcher, Staios, Richardson returned from injuries last week. Hopefully Atlanta can get through this stretch of games with no more injuries. Thrashers play NJ tomorrow.

[Mango]

Whoa! Defensive breakdown batman! My 1st rounder sure is going to be worth a lot this year...

[RT14]

Sharks continue their winning ways and pull into a tie with the Blues for the last playoff spot, 1 point behind the Avs and Flames for 6th spot. Hopefully have one of those last three playoffs positions secured before the Christmas break!

Maxim had a good night with 1G and 2A and Koivu had his 2nd two goal game in a row to lead the way! The 2nd line has been on fire of late, Horcoff - Koivu - Yashin have created some very nice chemistry to fill in for when the top line of Maxim - Whitney - Hossa don't do enough to get the win themselves.

Toivonen did enough to keep the Jets under five goals and our offense did the rest.

[icarus]

640 DUCKS 2 OILERS 8

After two losses, poor goaltending, and an injury to Vincent Lecavalier, it was time for the Oilers to get back to their old ways.

They accomplished that with a solid outing from their backup Patrick Lalime, a first star selection for Lecavalier in his return and an 8-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Lecavalier (2), Craig Rivet, Patrice Bergeron, Simon Gagne, Daniel Alfredsson, Ales Kotalik, and Henrik Zetterberg all scored for Edmonton in the victory. Lecavalier had missed Edmonton's last game with an abdominal strain. Jarome Iginla was oddly silent, recording only one assist.

Patrick Lalime won his fourth straight start, kicking aside 20 of 22 shots and earning an assist on Alfredsson's powerplay tally for good measure.

Anaheim's thug patrol racked up nearly an hour's worth of penalty minutes, kicking the Oilers and highsticking Bryan Berard in his good eye. Unfortunately, the Oilers powerplay went only 2 for 10 on the powerplay--staggering considering how the Oilers dominated 5 on 5.

Tomorrow the Oilers face the lowly Jets and Patrick Lalime is expected to get another start while Brodeur continues to rest. Lalime started in the Oilers' last game versus Winnipeg and won that contest by a 2-1 score. Berard is also expected to play again, but with a special visor borrowed from the XMen's Cyclops.

[Angelino]

A nice road win but terrible defensive effort. Good night for Hunter with the hat trick.