Had the opportunity to take in tonight’s Red Wings vs. Coyotes game. Not surprisingly the Wings are certainly a different team without Hossa. It was nice to see Holmstrom back in the line up. Shane Doan loves to chat. At the end of a period or a play he can usually be seen chatting up the refs. Thought the Wings were going to steamroll the Coyotes as they scored quickly (1:18 into the 1st) but the tempo of the game slowed and they allowed the Coyotes to get back into it. Detroit fired off 43 shots but couldn’t finish off Phoenix until the end of OT. Great crowd for a Tuesday night against a 14th place team.
Here is a video I took of the Red Wings powerplay in the 3rd period which ends with Rafalski’s PPG and a roar from the 20,066 fans in attendance.
My Winnipeg Jets hat was underappreciated except by one hard core hockey fan. Has it really been that long? Alas I was unable to start a Go Jets Go chant. I expected to see a few Wpg jerseys but it appears I was the lone Manitoba resident at the game.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Calgary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | M. Kiprusoff (L) , C. McElhinney |
 | New Jersey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | M. Brodeur |
| Scoring Summary: | |||||||
| CGY: Jokinen, O. (David Moss, Michael Cammalleri), Glencross, C. (PPG, Michael Cammalleri, Dustin Boyd) | |||||||
| NJD: Langenbrunner, J. (SHG, Colin White, Paul Martin), Rolston, B. (PPG, Niclas Havelid, Brendan Shanahan), Parise, Z. (Jamie Langenbrunner, Travis Zajac) | |||||||
| Attendance: 14,598 | |||||||
| Headlines: | |||||||
| Brodeur moves within 2 wins of record. A summary of the game from Calgary Flames. | |||||||
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | P. Lalime (L) , M. Tellqvist |
 | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 33 | M. Biron |
| Scoring Summary: | |||||||
| BUF: Afinogenov, M. (Teppo Numminen), Hecht, J. (Paul Gaustad) | |||||||
| PHI: Hartnell, S. (PPG, Claude Giroux, Mike Richards), Carter, J. (Joffrey Lupul, Scott Hartnell), Richards, M. (PPG, Kimmo Timonen, Simon Gagne), Carter, J. (Joffrey Lupul, Scott Hartnell), Hartnell, S. (Kimmo Timonen) | |||||||
| Attendance: 19,421 | |||||||
| Headlines: | |||||||
| Carter dominate in Flyers victory. A summary of the game from the Flyers. And one from Die By The Blade. | |||||||
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | T. Thomas |
 | Columbus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | S. Mason |
| Scoring Summary: | |||||||
| CBJ: Torres, R. (PPG, Antoine Vermette, Jason Williams), Nash, R. (EN, Mike Commodore) | |||||||
| Attendance: 16,675 | |||||||
| Headlines: | |||||||
| Mason makes 35 saves for 9th shutout. A summary of the game from Puck-rakers. And one from The Bruins Blog. | |||||||
| FINAL OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | NY Islanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | J. MacDonald |
 | Toronto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | M. Gerber |
| Scoring Summary: | ||||||||
| NYI: Okposo, K. (Sean Bergenheim, Frans Nielsen), Comeau, B. (Josh Bailey, Mike Iggulden) | ||||||||
| TOR: Stempniak, L. (Jeff Finger, Jason Blake), Ponikarovsky, A. (unassisted), Grabovski, M. (IN OT, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Anton Stralman) | ||||||||
| Attendance: 19,041 | ||||||||
| Headlines: | ||||||||
| Grabovski‘s goal drought ends in OT. A summary of the game from TMLfans. And one from Lighthouse Hockey. | ||||||||
| FINAL OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Edmonton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | D. Roloson |
 | Montreal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 26 | C. Price |
| Scoring Summary: | ||||||||
| EDM: Cogliano, A. (Steve Staios, Sheldon Souray), Souray, S. (Ales Hemsky, Patrick O’Sullivan), Gagner, S. (Marc Pouliot, Denis Grebeshkov) | ||||||||
| MTL: Tanguay, A. (Mathieu Schneider, Josh Gorges), Metropolit, G. (Mathieu Dandenault), Koivu, S. (Andrei Kostitsyn, Alex Tanguay), Koivu, S. (PPG in OT, Mathieu Schneider, Andrei Markov) | ||||||||
| Attendance: 21,273 | ||||||||
| Headlines: | ||||||||
| Habs win Gainey‘s debut. A summary of the game from the Oilers. And one from Habs Inside/Out. | ||||||||
| FINAL SO | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Florida | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0-2) | 3 | 21 | T. Vokoun |
 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 (2-3) | 4 | 50 | M. Fleury |
| Scoring Summary: | |||||||||
| FLA: Boynton, N. (David Booth, Keith Ballard), Kreps, K. (Nick Boynton, Cory Stillman), Ballard, K. (Ville Peltonen, Radek Dvorak) | |||||||||
| PIT: Malkin, E. (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang), Staal, J. (Matt Cooke, Tyler Kennedy), Crosby, S. (Bill Guerin, Chris Kunitz), Letang, K. (00:00 in SO) | |||||||||
| Attendance: 17,132 | |||||||||
| Headlines: | |||||||||
| Penguins rally for seventh straight win. A summary of the game from PensBurgh. | |||||||||
| FINAL OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | I. Bryzgalov |
 | Detroit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 | T. Conklin |
| Scoring Summary: | ||||||||
| PHX: Hanzal, M. (Brandon Prust, Todd Fedoruk), Doan, S. (PPG, Ed Jovanovski, Steve Reinprecht) | ||||||||
| DET: Filppula, V. (Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall), Rafalski, B. (PPG, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg), Franzen, J. (In OT, Brad Stuart, Valtteri Filppula) | ||||||||
| Attendance: 20,066 | ||||||||
| Headlines: | ||||||||
| Franzen ties a career high with his 27th in OT. A summary of the game from Detroitredwingsfansite. | ||||||||
| FINAL OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 44 | J. Theodore |
 | Nashville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | D. Ellis |
| Scoring Summary: | ||||||||
| WSH: Backstrom, N. (Alexander Ovechkin, Viktor Kozlov), Fedorov, S. (In OT, Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin) | ||||||||
| NSH: Suter, R. (Shea Weber, Martin Erat) | ||||||||
| Attendance: 16,064 | ||||||||
| Headlines: | ||||||||
| Ellis 42 saves not enough for Preds. | ||||||||
| FINAL OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | San Jose | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 23 | B. Boucher |
 | Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 29 | N. Backstrom |
| Scoring Summary: | ||||||||
| SJS: Thornton, J. (Travis Moen, Christian Ehrhoff), Moen, T. (SHG, unassisted), Thornton, J. (PPG, unassisted), Michalek, M. (Ryane Clowe, Dan Boyle), Ehrhoff, C. (In OT, unassisted) | ||||||||
| MIN: Olvecky, P. (Cal Clutterbuck, Marc-Andre Bergeron), Bouchard, P. (Kim Johnsson), Nolan, O. (Marek Zidlicky, Mikko Koivu), Nolan, O. (Mikko Koivu) | ||||||||
| Attendance: 18,568 | ||||||||
| Headlines: | ||||||||
| Sharks blow 3 goal lead but win in OT. A summary of the game from Hockey Wilderness. | ||||||||
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Dallas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | T. Stephan |
 | St. Louis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 27 | C. Mason |
| Scoring Summary: | |||||||
| DAL: Neal, J. (PPG, Mike Modano, Trevor Daley), Ribeiro, M. (unassisted) | |||||||
| STL: Backes, D. (Alexander Steen, Jay McKee), Perron, D. (Carlo Colaiacovo, Mike Weaver), Winchester, B. (PPG, David Backes, Roman Polak), Perron, D. (T.J. Oshie), Tkachuk, K. (PPG, Brad Boyes, Carlo Colaiacovo) | |||||||
| Attendance: 17,708 | |||||||
| Headlines: | |||||||
| Blues continue playoff push. A summary of the game from St. Louis Game Time. And one from Defending Big D. | |||||||
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | SOG | GOALIES | |
 | Atlanta | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 36 | K. Lehtonen |
 | Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | P. Budaj |
| Scoring Summary: | |||||||
| ATL: Bogosian, Z. (Ilya Kovalchuk, Bryan Little), White, T. (PPG, Slava Kozlov, Ilya Kovalchuk), Peverley, R. (EN, unassisted) | |||||||
| Attendance: 13,608 | |||||||
| Headlines: | |||||||
| Lehtonen gets 2nd shutout in last 3 games. A summary of the game from Mile High Hockey. | |||||||
