Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

TOR 0 - CAR 2
Shots: 36-11 CAR
PP: TOR - 0/4; CAR - 0/1

no scoring
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32:09 0-1 CAR Zach Boychuk [21] (Eric Staal, Tuomo Ruutu)
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59:25 0-2 CAR Tuomo Ruutu [23]) EN
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Three stars:
1st: Cam Ward
2nd: Tuomo Ruutu
3rd: Zach Boychuk

Farm result: Toronto 0 - Charlotte 5

NJ 6 - CHI 1
Shots: 24-23 CHI
PP: NJ - 3/4; CHI - 0/3

16:51 1-0 NJ Johnny Oduya [3] (Cam Fowler, Evgeni Malkin)PP
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24:46 2-0 NJ Patrik Elias [22] (Evgeni Malkin, Cam Fowler)
27:46 3-0 NJ Vladimir Zharkov [1] (Travis Zajac)PP
38:52 3-1 CHI Jonathan Toews [23] (Patrick Kane, Scott Nichol)
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44:57 4-1 NJ Evgeni Malkin [32] (Patrik Elias, Mattias Tedenby)PP
46:01 5-1 NJ Joakim Nordstrom [3] (Vladimir Zharkov, Patrice Cormier)
58:54 6-1 NJ Patrik Elias [23] (Mattias Tedenby, Rod Pelley)
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Three stars:
1st: Evgeni Malkin
2nd : Patrik Elias
3rd: Vladimir Zharkov

Farm result: Albany 2 - Rockford 0

PIT 3 - NYI 4 (SO)
Shots: 32-28
PP: PIT - 1/3; NYI - 0/2

09:19 1-0 PIT Cody Hodgson [32] (Kevin Shattenkirk, James van Riemsdyk)PP
18:49 2-0 PIT Milan Michalek [22] (Anze Kopitar, Colby Armstrong)
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27:52 2-1 NYI Maxim Kitsyn [9] (Josh Bailey)
29:11 3-1 PIT Milan Michalek [23] (Anze Kopitar, Colby Armstrong)
31:55 3-2 NYI Josh Bailey [11] (Alex Goligoski)
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47:57 3-3 NYI Jonathan Tavares [18] (Matt Moulson)
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Shootout
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New York Islanders win 2-1
Pittsburgh Penguins - Cody Hodgson, goal; Anze Kopitar, miss; James van Riemsdyk, miss;
New York Islanders - Jonathan Tavares, goal; Devin Setoguchi, goal;

Three stars:
1st: Milan Michalek
2nd: Anze Kopitar
3rd: Josh Bailey

Farm result: Wilkes Barre 3 - Bridgeport 2

WSH 3 - BUF 2
Shots: 20-19
PP: WSH - 1/4; BUF - 1/3

07:26 1-0 WSH Pavel Datsyuk [30] (Olli Jokinen, Alexander Ovechkin)PP
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37:13 2-0 WSH Alexander Ovechkin [33] (Zbynek Michalek, Brian Lashoff)
38:46 2-1 BUF Derek Roy [24] (Jason Pominville, Chris Butler)PP
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46:26 2-2 BUF Zack Kassian [14] (Ryan Johansen, Chris Phillips)
55:09 3-2 WSH Jarret Stoll [25] (Alexander Ovechkin, Brian Lashoff)
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Three stars:
1st: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd: Jarret Stoll
3rd: Pavel Datsyuk

Farm result: Hershey 3 - Rochester 2

BOS 3 - TB 1
Shots: 20-17 TB
PP: BOS - 0/1; TB - 1/3

10:55 0-1 TB Kim Johnsson [4] (Tyler Biggs, Zach Budish)PP
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38:36 1-1 BOS Milan Lucic [43] (Phil Kessel, Dennis Wideman)
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48:37 2-1 BOS Zach Hamill [2] (Jamie Langenbrunner, Rene Bourque)
59:42 3-1 BOS Phil Kessel [32] (Victor Hedman, Derek Morris) EN
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Three stars:
1st: Phil Kessel
2nd: Zach Hamill
3rd: Milan Lucic

Farm result: Providence 2 - Norfolk 1

MTL 5 - FLA 3
Shots: 31-26 FLA
PP: MTL - 0/2; FLA - 1/5

10:21 0-1 FLA Michael Frolík [33] (Petter Granberg, Wade Redden)
15:29 1-1 MTL Ryan Malone [21] (Sheldon Souray, Luca Sbisa)
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22:32 2-1 MTL Sheldon Souray [10] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Ales Hemsky)
38:56 2-2 FLA Francis Wathier [5] (Petter Granberg, Brandon Archibald)
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45:02 3-2 MTL Jesse Joensuu [8] (David Jones, Zdeno Chara)
46:26 4-2 MTL Marc Savard [31] (Ales Hemsky, Zdeno Chara)
49:33 4-3 FLA Connor Brickley [14] (Loui Eriksson, Keith Ballard)PP
58:38 5-3 MTL Sam Gagner [19] (Kyle Chipchura, Patrik Nemeth)SH EN
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Three stars:
1st: Sheldon Souray
2nd: Ryan Malone
3rd: Ales Hemsky

Farm result: Hamilton 3 - San Antonio 0

STL 3 - NSH 1
Shots: 22-20 STL
PP: STL - 2/3; NSH - 0/2

04:51 0-1 NAS Sergei Samsonov [14] (Shea Weber)
09:48 1-1 STL Martin St. Louis [30] (Brayden Schenn, Erik Johnson)
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26:04 2-1 STL Johan Franzén [24] (Marian Gaborik, Lars Eller)PP
33:17 3-1 STL Marian Gaborik [39] (Dmitry Kulikov, Lars Eller)PP
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no scoring
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Three stars:
1st: Marian Gaborik
2nd: Johan Franzen
3rd: Martin St. Louis

Farm result: Peoria 7 - Milwaukee 3

MIN 0 - NYR 1
Shots: 25-9 NYR
PP: MIN - 0/4; NYR - 1/5

no scoring
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38:12 0-1 NYR Jason Arnott [19] (Ryan McDonagh)PP
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no scoring
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Three stars:
1st: Daniel Larsson
2nd: Jason Arnott
3rd: Ryan McDonagh

Farm result: Houston 1 - Connecticut 2

Nice win boys to keep pace with the Rangers & Bruins. Damn you TB!

Hemsky still goaless, although picks up two assists. Boyle still goaless, and Chipchura still goaless. Chara two apples, with Souray getting a goal + assist. Outshot 31-26, with a 5-3 win, decent night for Price. Not spectacular, but could have been worse for sure.

Got the near impossible back-to-back of NYR-WSH up soon, while BOS plays the Capitals, gets a day off then Islanders & Rangers back-to-back, before finishing with PIT, OTT, BUF. While I finish with TB, CAR, and TOR.

The playoff picture will soon be set as we place another eight games into the history books. Carolina and Toronto reach a gentleman's agreement before the contest. Hurricanes collect two points, Toronto maintains ping pong positioning in a close game. New Jersey smokes the Blackhawks, while the Isles steal the second point from Jake Allen and the Penguins.

Washington inches closer to clinching the top seed. Boston and Montreal post matching victories in the battle for the Northeast. St. Louis hopes to have a late run to avoid an embarrassing collapse. The Rangers keep rolling along, but unfortunately lose a defensive cog as we head toward the postseason.

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Ugh, that's not really what I was hoping to see tonight. Still amused by Pittsburgh losing in the shootout and Minnesota manage just 9 shots in a game where they had 4 powerplays at home, though.

Next two games are against Philly and Buffalo, should be interesting. #freepoints

that was fun times, get out shot 24-23 but win 6-1 love it. Can you imagine what we may be able to do with real offensive threats........

Third year in a row losing a D cog right before the playoffs: 2010 -- Klesla; 2011 -- Staal; 2012 -- Del Zotto.

Otherwise....Larsson with his 3rd shutout, in 15 games (ok, he's no Thomas Greiss)...Jim Slater fights former Ranger (and linemate) Ethan Werek...and the schedule gets rough from here out; six games left, all against playoff teams: @ WPG, MTL, BOS, @ PHI, @ PIT, WSH.

Our lucky number is 2 -- any combination of 2 Rangers wins and/or Flyers losses clinches a playoff berth.

test sims were about 50/50; hard earned 2 points due to one of ovy's best games on the season with the 3 pointer

CapsGM wrote:test sims were about 50/50; hard earned 2 points due to one of ovy's best games on the season with the 3 pointer

Indeed, Was telling Adam last night that I wouldn't be surprised if it went either way because in half I won 3-1, and half I lost 4-2.

Certainly would have loved the two points but couldn't necessarily expect them, and now I need to hope for a miracle tonight with Toronto.

Shit, just realized what all actually happened last night. Gaustad takes a run at Godfrey and gets five games, which is fair but a pretty terrible time to have that happen, and I'm curious what happened with Johansen and Alzner considering Joh is now day to day, and Alzner is still active.

SabresGM wrote:Shit, just realized what all actually happened last night. Gaustad takes a run at Godfrey and gets five games, which is fair but a pretty terrible time to have that happen, and I'm curious what happened with Johansen and Alzner considering Joh is now day to day, and Alzner is still active.

Didn't see that. I was thinking how Godfrey was the perfect player to go on LTIR so I could call up some guys with more leadership (i.e. Walker, Modano).

Oh, and Alzner will remember Mr. Gaustad if we meet in the playoffs.

CapsGM wrote:

SabresGM wrote:Shit, just realized what all actually happened last night. Gaustad takes a run at Godfrey and gets five games, which is fair but a pretty terrible time to have that happen, and I'm curious what happened with Johansen and Alzner considering Joh is now day to day, and Alzner is still active.

Didn't see that. I was thinking how Godfrey was the perfect player to go on LTIR so I could call up some guys with more leadership (i.e. Walker, Modano).

Oh, and Alzner will remember Mr. Gaustad if we meet in the playoffs.

Yes, and according to Joh, he will remember Alzner.