[OOT] January 26 with nine games!

[t0rrent98]

Patrick Roy dressed for the Colorado Avalanche in practice this morning and may have to serve as emergency backup to Roman Will for tonight's game.
Calvin Pickard will be a game time decision with the flu, Semyon Varlamov is in court dealing with a civil lawsuit from his ex-girlfriend, and Reto Berra remains out with an ankle injury.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Well now I have to watch that game for a bit just to see Roy in his equipment again.

Edit: Dang it! He's in a suit. Guess he won't be playing tonight.

[AC]

Ottawa ties it at the horn!?

Maybe.

No goal, by about 0.1 second!

[Caged Great]

Ottawa scored just 0.1 after the game ended, which would have been the tying goal. Ouch.

[Karl]

Nice try Sens. Very nice try. Close, but no cigar.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

BJs and Sabres win and draw 2 points closer to us LOL. Looks like WPG will win as well. ANA is 2 points further away now.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

BJs and Sabres win and draw 2 points closer to us LOL. Looks like WPG will win as well. ANA is 2 points further away now.

The Flames are within 2 points of dead last.

[hwy19man]

After one period
Karlsson and Hertl have scored for the Sharks, 2-0 San Jose.

Craig Smith scores 59 seconds into the game, 1-0 Predators. Sutter scores later on to tie the game and it is 1-1.

[BigTuna]

What a fraud the Habs are. They have no depth. Price goes down and they're the worst team in the league. 6 million for Petry. Yikes.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

The Flames are within 2 points of dead last.

having played 4 fewer games though

[codynw]

Originally Posted by dino7c

having played 4 fewer games though

Those games only matter if they win, and based on recent play, that seems unlikely.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by dino7c

having played 4 fewer games though

Regardless I think we can realistically discuss the fact that the Flames have a good shot at the first overall pick whether they finish 30th or finish low enough to get solid lottery odds. I haven't particularly enjoyed the hockey this season so if the team wins the lottery that would make up for it.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Panthers win 5-1.

Roberto Luongo is now 7th all time in wins for goaltenders.

Panthers have a 3 game winning streak heading into the all-star break, and they sit comfortably on top of the Atlantic division with 63 points. 5 points ahead of Detroit and 6 points ahead of Boston with equal games played.

And just for fun, on Dec. 5th the Montreal Canadiens led the Panthers by 15 points. After tonight, the Panthers now lead the Canadiens by 11 points, meaning there was a 26 point turn around between these two teams. In short, Panthers are good and Montreal is not.

they are going to be a dangerous team in the playoffs, young squad but with Jagr/Luongo there they have the needed veteran experience, and with Luongo they have a goalie that has already won a few rounds on his own

really looking forward to seeing them in April and hopefully further

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by codynw

Those games only matter if they win, and based on recent play, that seems unlikely.

Really? You consider it more likely that the Flames drop ALL FOUR? I recognise they are not playing well, but that is still a far cry from a six-game losing streak. I don't see it happening.

[Street Pharmacist]

I look games over/under 0.500 as it takes games played out of it. Flames are 2 games under and Columbus/Oilers are 8 games under. That's a fair amount of difference

[thefoss1957]

Originally Posted by sharkov

carolina's thrashing of Chicago is making me feel less bad about the flames lost to Carolina

The Canes deserve full marks...but, the 'Hawks started their ASG break even before the puck drop...this was a non-conference road game sleepwalk.

[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by hwy19man

After one period
Karlsson and Hertl have scored for the Sharks, 2-0 San Jose.

Craig Smith scores 59 seconds into the game, 1-0 Predators. Sutter scores later on to tie the game and it is 1-1.

The Sharks kept the pace of two goals per period and went on to pound the Avalanche 6-1.

The Predators-Canucks game remained 1-1 well into the third period. James Neal scores the winning goal for the Predators from a nice shot off the wing, 2-1 final in regulation time.