Want a recap of the busy start and 6-3 win for Boston against Dallas? Click here. We’ll have a summary of the Wild-Avs game later on. In the mean time, chew on these other four games.
Ron Wilson said that the best revenge for Tim Gleason’s knockout of Nikolai Kulemin would be taking two points from the Hurricanes. If that wasn’t just PR-speak, then the Leafs got what they wanted. Gleason did fight Jay Rosehill in the first period, so at least some retribution took place.
James Reimer earned the first shutout of his career in this one, making 27 saves. Clarke MacArthur, Darryl Boyce and Kris Versteeg scored Toronto’s three goals. Cam Ward stopped 38 out of 41 shots.
Tim Brent earned the second star of the game, despite going without a point. He did so by blocking three shots on a 5 on 3 power play. That’s the kind of thing that makes you a short-term folk hero in a hockey mad (and optimism-poor) market like Toronto.
Talk about two teams going in opposite directions. The Flames have now won six games in a row and are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games while the Thrashers are 2-6-3 in their last 11 contests.
Mark Giordano scored one goal and one assist to help the Flames beat the team that plays in their original host city for the first time in Atlanta. That’s some long-term context, ladies and gentlemen.
Well, look at that: the Devils are no longer the worst team in the NHL. They’re now tied with the Islanders for second to last with 39 points as they’ve won eight of their last 10 games.
They built a 3-0 lead against their regional rivals and almost gave it up, but Martin Brodeur earned his 16th win of the season. Henrik Lundqvist was pulled after allowing three goals on 12 shots, giving way to Martin Biron, who stopped all the six shots he saw.
The Eastern Conference-leading Flyers opened their four game homestand with a win over the Predators, a team that helped spark the franchise’s resurgence years ago. Philly traded with Nashville for Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell, two still-valuable players who helped key their resurgence.
Another savvy trade piece (though not from Nashville) factored into Philadelphia’s win, as former Red Wing Ville Leino scored the team’s last two goals to earn the win. Jeff Carter also came up big, scoring a goal and assisting on both of Leino’s goals. Joel Ward and Marcel Goc scored for the Predators, who are on a troubling four game skid.