Tonight was the final game in the 3 game Red Wings mini-pack that I purchased with a buddy and tonight’s game was a doozy between the Red Wings and Flyers.  Prior to the game the Wings honoured Kirk Maltby for his 1000th game in the NHL (he played the game in February).  Interestingly tonight was Kris Draper’s 1000th game as a Red Wing.  It was a really good game with tons of back and forth action from both teams.  The Wings controlled the game (shots were 10-1 at one point) but Biron shut the door for the first two periods.  The Flyers didn’t have many opportunities but took advantage when they had them.  Jeff Carter is a big boy and sure looked great out there.  Lucky for the Wings that Datsyuk (post goal reaction from the crowd) scored a goal late in the 2nd and they got to the 3rd period down 2-1.  Franzen scored a beauty to tie the game and 2 minutes later Zetterberg put the Wings ahead for good with a top shelf goal.   The St. Patty’s day celebration had the sold out crowd of 20,066 at the Joe up the entire game, except when this guy tried to get the wave going in the 3rd.  And so the Flyers remain winless at the Joe since 1988.

In other hockey related news congrats to Martin Brodeur who passed Patrick Roy at the Prudential Center this evening in a victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

 

  FINAL 1 2 3 T SOG GOALIES
  Chicago  32  N. Khabibulin  
  New Jersey  30  M. Brodeur  
Scoring Summary:
CHI:  Barker, C. (PPG, Brian Campbell, Patrick Kane), Byfuglien, D. (Matt Walker) 
NJD:  Langenbrunner, J. (Zach Parise), Zajac, T. (Zach Parise, Paul Martin), Gionta, B. (SHG, Patrik Elias, Mike Mottau)  
Attendance: 17,625
Headlines:
Game Review (Second City Hockey – Chicago) 
Game Review (In Lou We Trust – New Jersey)
Brodeur sets NHL Win record

 

  FINAL SO 1 2 3 OT SO T SOG GOALIES
  NY Rangers  1 (3-3)  42  H. Lundqvist 
  Montreal  0 (2-3)  29  C. Price 
Scoring Summary:
NYR:  Antropov, N. (Chris Drury, Wade Redden), Zherdev, N. (Scott Gomez, Marc Staal), Callahan, R. (Brandon Dubinsky), Drury, C. (in SO)
MTL:  Kovalev, A. (PPG, Andrei Markov, Mathieu Schneider), Lapierre, M. (Andrei Markov), Markov, A. (Guillaume Latendresse) 
Attendance: 21,273
Headlines:
Game Review (Rangers Report – NY Rangers) 
Game Review (Habs Blog – Montreal)

 

  FINAL 1 2 3 T SOG GOALIES
  Buffalo  13  M. Tellqvist 
  Ottawa  36  B. Elliot 
Scoring Summary:
BUF:  Lydman, T. (Henrik Tallinder, Jason Pominville), Pominville, J. (Thomas Vanek) 
OTT:  Heatley, D. (Jason Spezza, Chris Neil), Bell, B. (PPG, Daniel Alfredsson, Filip Kuba), Alfredsson, D. (PPG, Jason Spezza, Filip Kuba), Bell, B. (PPG, Filip Kuba, Ryan Shannon)
Attendance: 20,053
Headlines:
Game Review (Die By the Blade – Buffalo)
Game Review (Silver Sevens – Ottawa) 

 

  FINAL 1 2 3 T SOG GOALIES
  Atlanta  20  J. Hedberg 
  Pittsburgh  31  M. Fleury 
Scoring Summary:
ATL:  Little, B. (Todd White, Slava Kozlov), Boulton, E. (Chris Thorburn, Eric Perrin) 
PIT:  Gonchar, S. (PPG, Bill Guerin, Evgeni Malkin), Kunitz, C. (PPG, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin), Staal, J. (Tyler Kennedy, Kris Letang), Malkin, E. (Sergei Gonchar, Kris Letang), Malkin, E. (PPG, Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby), Eaton, M. (Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin) 
Attendance: 17,088
Headlines:
Game Review (PensBurgh – Pittsburgh) 
Malkin surpasses 100 in Pens’ win.

 

  FINAL SO 1 2 3 OT SO T SOG GOALIES
  Toronto  1 (2-6)  39  C. Joseph 
  Tampa Bay  0 (1-6)  22  K. Ramo 
Scoring Summary:
TOR:  Mitchell, J. (Jason Blake, Anton Stralman), Blake, J. (Lee Stempniak), Hamilton, J. (Boyd Devereaux, Matt Stajan), Mitchell, J. (in SO)
TBL:  Lecavalier, V. (PPG, Cory Murphy, Martin St. Louis), Stamkos, S. (PPG, Martin St. Louis, Karri Ramo), Pettinger, M. (Martins Karsums, Lukas Krajicek)  
Attendance: 18,793
Headlines:
Game Review (Pension Plan Puppets – Toronto) 
Game Review (Raw Charge – Tampa Bay)
Artyukhin Gaining A Reputation

 

  FINAL 1 2 3 T SOG GOALIES
  Washington  27  J. Theodore 
  Florida  19  T. Vokoun 
Scoring Summary:
WSH:  Laich, B. (SHG, John Erskine), Kozlov, V. (Michael Nylander, John Erskine), Green, M. (EN, Alexander Semin, Alexander Ovechkin)
Attendance: 14,650
Headlines:
Game Review (Japers Rink – Washington) 
Game Review (The Litter Box – Florida)

 

  FINAL 1 2 3 T SOG GOALIES
  Philadelphia  26  M. Biron 
  Detroit  48  C. Osgood 
Scoring Summary:
PHI:  Hartnell, S. (Braydon Coburn), Lupul, J. (Jeff Carter, Scott Hartnell)
DET:  Datsyuk, P. (Johan Franzen), Franzen, J. (Pavel Datsyuk, Brad Stuart), Zetterberg, H. (Mikael Samuelsson, Jonathan Ericsson) 
Attendance: 20,066
Headlines:
Game Review (Winging It in Mowtown – Detroit) 
Game Review (Broad Street Bullies – Philadelphia)

 

  FINAL SO 1 2 3 OT SO T SOG GOALIES
  Colorado  0 (1-3)  26  P. Budaj 
  Minnesota  0 1 (2-3)  29  N. Backstrom 
Scoring Summary:
COL:  McLeod, C. (Ben Guite), Smyth, R. (Wojtek Wolski) 
MIN:  Veilleux, S. (Martin Skoula, Eric Belanger), Schultz, N. (Dan Fritsche, Eric Belanger), Zidlicky, M. (in SO) 
Attendance: 18,568
Headlines:
Game Review (Hockey Wilderness – Minnesota) 
Game Review (Mile High Hockey – Colorado)

 

  FINAL SO 1 2 3 OT SO T SOG GOALIES
  St. Louis  0 (0-3)  32  C. Mason 
  Edmonton  1 (1-3)  34  D. Roloson 
Scoring Summary:
STL:  Backes, D. (PPG, T.J. Oshie, Brad Boyes) 
EDM:  Souray, S. (PPG, Denis Grebeshkov, Sam Gagner), Kotalik, A. (in SO) 
Attendance: 16,839
Headlines:
Game Review (St. Louis Game Time – St. Louis) 
Game Review (Edmontonoilers.com – Edmonton)

 

  FINAL 1 2 3 T SOG GOALIES
  Dallas  2 26  M. Turco 
  Vancouver  25  R. Luongo 
Scoring Summary:
DAL:  Robidas, S. (PPG, Mike Modano, Steve Ott), Ott, S. (Chris Conner, Mike Ribeiro) 
VAN:  Sedin, D. (PPG, Henrik Sedin, Kevin Bieksa), Kesler, R. (Pavol Demitra, Mats Sundin), Sundin, M. (PPG, Kyle Wellwood, Ryan Kesler), Bernier, S. (Mason Raymond, Kevin Bieksa) 
Attendance: 18,630
Headlines:
Game Review (Defending Big D – Dallas)
Game Review (Nucks Misconduct – Vancouver) 
Canucks win 10th straight at home.

 

  FINAL 1 2 3 T SOG GOALIES
  San Jose  36  B. Boucher (L) , E. Nabokov  
  Phoenix  1 20  I. Bryzgalov  
Scoring Summary:
SJS:  Thornton, J. (PPG, Jonathan Cheechoo, Rob Blake), Thornton, J. (Rob Blake, Jonathan Cheechoo), Marleau, P. (Joe Thornton, Rob Blake) 
PHX:  Turris, K. (Shane Doan, Peter Mueller), Turris, K. (PPG, Shane Doan, Dmitri Kalinin), Kalinin, D. (PPG, Kyle Turris, Shane Doan), Doan, S. (PPG, Scottie Upshall, Kyle Turris) 
Attendance: 15,563
Headlines:
Game Review (Five for Howling – Phoenix) 
Game Review (Fear the Fin – San Jose)
David Minuk

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