Day 92 Results

[JiriHrdina]

Day 92
831 BRUINS 1 SHARKS 1 (OT)
832 PANTHERS 4 DUCKS 1
833 LEAFS 3 JETS 2
834 SENATORS 1 NORDIQUE 5
835 CANADIENS 2 THRASHERS 3
836 WILD 7 RANGERS 2
837 STARS 6 DEVILS 2
838 HAWKS 3 CAPITALS 1
839 FLAMES 5 FLYERS 3
840 PREDATORS 3 PENGUINS 1
841 COYOTES 5 SABRES 4 (OT)
842 HURRICANES 6 WINGS 3
843 BLUES 2 JACKETS 1 (OT)
844 LIGHTNING 3 AVALANCHE 2
845 CANUCKS 2 OILERS 2 (OT)

[OILFAN #81]

Thrashers unbeaten in 17! (14-0-3)

(AP - Atlanta)

The Atlanta Thrashers are now unbeaten in 17 games after a hard fought 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens. The Thrashers built a 3-0 lead before the Canadiens scored 2 late goals to make it very interesting in the 3rd period. Brad Stuart led the way with a goal and an assist for the Thrashers. Chris Mason was solid in goal once again while Dwayne Roloson was out with an injury. Roloson was taken off the IR after the game.

Notes: The shots on goal were 29-28 for the Thrashers. Pavel Datsyuk was injured on the 1st shift of the game and is day to day. He will not play tomorrow vs Carolina.
Chris Mason went 7-0-1 while Dwayne Roloson was out with a chest injury.

[Flickered Flame]

Great Job Neil! You are a on great run!

[flamesfan6]

Panthers win 2nd under new GM
Panthers had a convincing 4-1 win over the ducks, and outshooting the ducks 32-21. Stillman, Corvo, Zidlicky led the team in points all with 2, while 5 others recorded one point. Panthers were 50% (2 for 4) on the powerplay and 6 on 7 penalty kills were succesful. Panthers scored 4 strait in the first within the 13 minutes before shutting down the opponents. Panthers attempt for a 3rd strait win against the Nordiques tomorrow.

[droopydrew19]

Solid game for the Bolts who have been holding their own in most games as of late. Nice to see that D hold the other team to less than 3 goals for a change too.

[JiriHrdina]

With a thin blueline that's a very surprising result - though the Rangers did us a favor starting former Wild Hannu Toivonen in net. Shots were even but he didn't do well.

Markus Naslund 2 goals in his Wild re-debut
Tomas Kaberle back in the lineup with very limited minutes - picks up an assist
Malkin continues to lead the club- another 3 points.

And Jack MF Johnson called up and posts 2 assists and +4 on the evening.

[Goffie]

Pens suck...if I am not within striking distance of the playoffs after the 60 game mark I am giving up on the year...this is two frustrating.

[Mango]

Points for Canucks in 7 straight games! Bring over the President's Trohpy!

And wow: Martin Biron (CAN), 44 saves out of 46 shots, T, 11-25-4

[flambers]

Rangers are in game #3 in a 6 game streach with Brunnette and Franzen hurt... Rangers decided to play the backup against the Wild to give Gerber a rest....

Dang Sim.... just as Brunette is healthly .... Williams gets banged up.

[Enforcer]

What a bizarre game. This was Caron's first start since a loss to the Jets. Legace had started the last 21 games!! Caron played well and turned in a perfectly acceptable 24 save effort.

The story of this game was the Dallas powerplay. Not only 4 goals on 7 powerplays, but the scorers of the goals. Exelby had 2 PPG's!! Bayda had a powerplay goal!

Soon to be all-star Kimmo Timonen had 3 more assists.

Timonen After 13 games: 1-2-3, -3
Now: 53 GP, 14-28-42, +3

That's 39 points in his last 40 games.

Jason Smith has been a Star for 5 games. The Stars have won 4 and Smith has scored a point in all 5. Today he and Cullen set up Laraque for a SHG (WTF? How did Laraque get on the ice?)

Overall, this team has come a long way from when I was thinking about finding a new coach.

Tomorrow a showdown with the Sabres. They will NOT score 7 goals this time.

Matt Cooke is still on IR and won't play. Ryan Bayda got hurt on a retaliation hit for Bates injuring Visnevski. I don't know who I'm calling up yet for sure, likely to be Robbie Earl.

On the weekend I did some scouting and I've found two new rookie forwards that will hit the ice for Iowa in the next few days.

[Young Guns]

Goalies have no endurance. Turco can not play more than 2 games in a row without dropping in CO. Johnson plays one game and drops to 99 before getting tossed from the game for sucking, Turco comes in and faces one shot in the third and drops to 98. Chicago may get to face a rookie tomorrow night as we look past the Hawks and get ready for our game on Tuesday night.

[CMPunk]

Blues win Again!!!

Sure the streak isn't as impressive as the Thrashers, but the Blues are 12-1-2 in there last 15 games, making them one of the hottest teams in the league.

The Jackets have been tough for us all year, but this time we managed to pull it out in overtime as Mark Smith scores 1:26 into the O.T period.

Blues have one more game to go against the Rangers before getting a much needed day off.

[I wanna be like Miikka]

Ducks lose 4-1 but were happy with the play of Montoya. We were expecting a 10-1 blowout playing him against one of the top teams in the league. Hopefully Miller can come back and sneak out a couple wins, we were due for a long cold streak like this at some point.

[Slava]

Preds take the first of a home and home against the Pens. In a battle of two underachieving squads we managed a 3-1 victory. With our recent track record I can only assume that we lose tomorrow by the same score, or much worse!

[RT14]

Fans thought they were in for a big treat of a high scoring game after the score was 1-1 through 6 minutes of play, but that's where the goals ended. Tough battle against the Bruins results in a 1 all draw. With Hossa on the 2nd line nursing an slight injury and only playing 14 minutes the top line of Whitney, Sedin and Afinogenov logged a lot of minutes and helped the Sharks pepper Khabibulin with 33 shots to Boston's 24, but were unable to notch the game winner.

Next up is the Bruins again and you can bet it'll be another close, hard fought battle to the end!

[icarus]

845 CANUCKS 2 OILERS 2 (OT)
Noooooooo!!!!

What a dark day for the Oilers. Nine game win streak snapped. Daniel Alfredsson's nine game point streak snapped (despite his six shots on goal). And most siginificantly Henrik Zetterberg lost to injury for 4-6 weeks! Petr Prucha must pay the price next game.

Martin Biron had what must have been his best game of the season for the Canucks, stopping 44 of 46 shots, about 30 of which came after the game was tied at 2-2 in the middle of the second period.

With Zetterberg on the shelf for the forseeable future, Patrice Bergeron--scorer of the game-tying goal--will be elevated to a scoring line and Niko Kapanen will draw back into the lineup in two days versus the Ducks.

When GM icarus was asked about what to expect from the Ducks in two days, he replied "we have no idea since we have never seen this team before". This despite the two teams having played thrice already this season.

[nyrcrisfer]

Leafs squeak by Jets, 3-2.

Coming off that terrible streak we need to make sure we win both of these games vs Winnipeg. The first wasn't pretty but at least we got the job done. The offense continues to struggle... we did have 43 shots but no forward managed to score at even strength. It took 2 goals from Niclas Havelid for us to win this one and that's not a good thing. Hopefully we take another 2 points from the Jets tomorrow.

[looooob]

tough weekend for the SAbres, after losing to the Thrashers on Friday the Sabres lost two games in OT over the weekend and are losing ground in the playoff hunt. They also lost their leading scorer, Wolski, to injury on Saturday and coupled with Steen still being less than 100% their already thin top 6 are really in trouble, there are a few minor injuries on the blueline as well, but the likes of Enstrom have slotted in easily there. Yesterday against the Yotes Marc Denis had his 2nd start for the Sabres, and while he still struggled at least this time he picked up a point. Former SAbres legend Vinny Prospal had a hat trick against his old mates. Tomas Fleischmann made his CPHL debut last night, and scored his first goal, while playing on the 4th line. Joffrey Lupul was the Sabres best player Sunday with 3 assisits. Sabres continue their busy schedule today against Dallas.

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by Flickered Flame

Great Job Neil! You are a on great run!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by CMPunk

Blues win Again!!!

Sure the streak isn't as impressive as the Thrashers, but the Blues are 12-1-2 in there last 15 games, making them one of the hottest teams in the league.

The Jackets have been tough for us all year, but this time we managed to pull it out in overtime as Mark Smith scores 1:26 into the O.T period.

Blues have one more game to go against the Rangers before getting a much needed day off.

Wouldn't say that at all. 12-1-2 is equally as impressive. You're doing a great job in St.Louis with your team and that has been noticed around the league.