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Riding the Zamboni - November 30th

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James O’Brien

Let’s take a look at tonight’s five contests.

Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 (OT)

Check out this full recap featuring the late game heroics of Simon Gagne and Martin St. Louis.

Chicago 7, St. Louis 5

It was a wild game between to solid Central Division teams, with each period getting crazier than the one before it (three goals in the first, four in the second and five in the third). Few should be surprised that the Blackhawks won a shooting gallery type contest against the offensively stunted Blues, although they had to work for it after building a 5-1 lead.

St. Louis rattled off three goals to take it within one before Jonathan Toews (two power-play goals, one assist on the night) and Patrick Kane (two goals, one assist) brought it back to a three goal lead. David Backes scored to cap a wacky night of bad defense and exciting offense, but the Blackhawks were just too much for the beleaguered Blues.

Nashville 3, Phoenix 0

The Coyotes peppered Pekka Rinne with 33 shots, but he turned all of them away to help the Predators beat Phoenix at their own bend-but-don’t-break game. Nashville relied on a productive power play (2 out of 7) and an empty-net goal to win this one. Shea Weber and Cal O’Reilly scored those PP goals while Jordin Tootoo earned an ENG. Steve Sullivan provided to helpers in this one, as well.

This is the first time the Coyotes lost two games in a row in regulation this season.

Atlanta 3, Colorado 2 (OT)

With Chris Stewart injured, his brother Anthony Stewart hurt the Avalanche in a different way: scoring an overtime game winning goal. Rich Peverley and Dustin Byfuglien also scored for Atlanta, while Matt Duchene and David Jones provided Colorado’s tallies.

This extends the Thrashers’ winning streak to six games.

Detroit 5, San Jose 3

On a night in which some wondered if a power outage might preempt a game, the Red Wings revealed that they are the true powerhouse team in the West once again. The only other team in the conference with at least 30 points is Chicago, but they’ve needed a league-high 27 games to get there.

Detroit’s stars fueled this win, with Henrik Zetterberg scoring two goals and two assists while Pavel Datsyuk added a goal and two assists himself. Jimmy Howard is now tied with Carey Price for the league lead with 14 wins, yet he needed four less to get there (18 GP to Price’s 22).