Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "That was the goal, to not allow a goal. But we did more." - Maxime Talbot (above, with Matt Cooke and Zbynek Michalek) on his game-winning short-handed goal.

-The Vancouver Province's recap. "This is a team I think we should beat. They give up a lot of chances, and we didn't capitalize." - Vancouver's Daniel Sedin on the Penguins.

-The Vancouver Sun's recap. "Our execution tonight wasn’t what it needed to be against a strong opponent.” - Canucks coach Alaign Vigneault.

-Highlights:

-Arron Asham's goal deserves a second look:

-A good look at Evgeni Malkin crashing into the net on Asham's goal:

-Vancouver's Kevin Bieksa > Craig Adams:

-The Pittsburgh Police apparently do not tolerate Petri Skriko-era shenanigans:

-Vancouver Ryan Kesler and Sidney Crosby battling for a puck:

-Fleury made an unfortunate decision to get into a staring contest with Brooks Orpik:

-Afterwards, Brent Johnson had to offer Fleury some "What in the heck were you thinking" type of advice:

-We think.

-Happy times for Talbot. Not so much for Vancouver's Roberto Luongo:

-Vancouver's Henrik Sedin and Adams battling for a puck:

-Fleury reaching up for a puck:

-Chris Conner and Vancouver's Andrew Alberts battling in the corner:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Talbot speaks:

-Fleury has some pretty new blue pads (PG+).

-The Penguins' 176 consecutive sell-outs have exceeded the 3 million fan mark (PG+)

-Do Dustin Jeffrey or Nick Johnson have legit futures with the NHL Penguins (PG+)?

-The Penguins are good people.

-The Wheeling Nailers named Andrew Lord as their captain. Kris Vernarsky, Andrew Orpik, and David Urquhart will serve as alternate captains.

-Happy 56th birthday to former Penguins defenseman Tom Edur (right). Acquired midway through the 1977-78 season in a deal which sent Dennis Owchar to the Colorado Rockies, Edur's Penguins career amounted to a pretty productive 58 games and 43 points during that campaign. In the 1978 offseason, he retired at the age of 23 to devote himself to religon having become a Jehovah's Witness.

-Happy 29th birthday to former Penguins forward Chris Minard. A free agent signing in the 2007 offseason, Minard spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 2007-08, Mindard saw action in 15 games and scored two points. He followed that up in 2008-09 by playing in 20 games and recording three points. In the 2009 offseason, Minard joined the Oilers as a free agent. He is currently a member of the Grand Rapids Griffins, the Red Wings' AHL affiliate.

Atlantic Division

-Flyers overlord Ed Snider donated $5.5 million to renovate three rinks in the city of Philadelphia.

-Tough and plucky Isabella Kowalski of Philadelphia might be the only Flyers fan you can feel good about.

Northeast Division

-Tim Thomas made 34 saves for the Bruins in a 3-2 win against the Rangers. Former Penguins forward Mark Recchi scored the game-winning goal. It was his 1,497th career point. Fire Ray Shero.

-Brandon Dubinsky and the Rangers debuted their 85th anniversary third jerseys:

-Stop us if this sounds familiar. Rangers forward and former Penguin Erik Christensen passed up a shot on a crucial two-on-one and forced a pass which led to no goal.

-Toronto goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere is expected to be sidelined one to two weeks due to a groin injury.

-"He’s a guy that’s come in the league and hasn’t earned respect." - Flyers captain Mike Richards on Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban.

Southeast Division

-Martin St. Louis had a goal and two assists for the Lightning in a 4-2 defeat of the Islanders. Steven Stamkos added a goal and an assist while Dan Ellis made 34 saves in the victory. Former Penguins prospect Matt Moulson led New York with a goal and an assist. Fire Ray Shero. Jack Capuano dropped his first game as the Islanders' head coach while his team loss its 11th consecutive contest.

-Stamkos' goal was quite literally, a buzzer beater:

-It wasn't all bad for New York. Check out this save by Dwayne Roloson:

-We don't want to question the skating ability of Lightning forward and former Penguin Ryan Malone, but...:

-New York's John Tavares being popular:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Center Ice at Nassau Coliseum:

-Patriotic times on Long Island:

-Ellis kept his eyes on this puck:

-Captain Morgan Leg Lifting times for St. Louis:

-St. Louis recorded his 700th career point.

-A hat trick and two assists by Eric Staal led the Hurricanes to a 7-1 rout of the Senators. Chad LaRose added two goals and two assists for Carolina while teammate Tim Gleason contributed a goal and an assist. Cam Ward made 23 saves in the victory.

-Staal's hat trick:

-Former Penguin Matt Bradley and Alexander Semin each netted a goal and an assist for the Capitals in a 4-2 defeat of the Sabres. Jason Chimera recorded two assists for Washington while Michal Neuvirth made 31 saves in the victory.

-Buffalo's Jason Pominville unleashing a shot on Neuvirth:

-Buffalo's Thomas Vanek, Washington's Jeff Schultz and Neuvirth all kept their eyes on this puck:

-Washington's Mike Knuble and Buffalos' Adrej Sekera kicked up some ice:

-Tomas Vokoun made 38 saves for the Panthers in a 2-1 defeat of the Thrashers. Atlanta has lost three consecutive games.

-Second Cool Photo of the Night: Atlanta's Bryan Little (right) and Ron Hainsey in the dark:

-Happy times for Florida's Radek Dvorak:

-Atlanta's Odrej Pavelec kept his eyes on this puck:

-Thrashers defenseman Dustin Byfuglien left the game in the first period with a "lower-body" injury.

-The Hurricanes acquired defenseman Ian White and forward Brett Sutter from the Flames in exchange for defenseman Anton Babchuk and forward Tom Kostopoulos. Sutter is the son of Flames general manager Darryl Sutter and the cousin of Hurricanes forward Brandon Sutter.

Central Division

-Two goals by Danny Cleary helped the Red Wings rout the rival Blues, 7-3. Brian Rafalski recorded three assists for Detroit while teammates Justin Abdelkader and Drew Miller each contributed a goal and assist. Jimmy Howard made 33 saves in the victory. Andy McDonald led St. Louis with a goal and two assists.

-Amazing how he never did this last spring against the Penguins. Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak managed to "score" on himself last night:

-Howard had issues with this puck:

-We don't want to accuse Detroit coach Mike Babcock of being smug, but the "scoreboard" sign was a little much:

-We think.

-Red Wings general manager Ken Holland won his 600th career game.

-Marty Turco made 18 saves and led the Blackhawks to a 5-0 shutout of the Oilers. Captain Jonathan Toews had a hat trick for Chicago while teammate Patrick Sharp recorded a goal and an assist.

-Toews' hat trick:

-Oilers defenseman and former Penguin Ryan Whitney > Toews:

-Edmonton's Nikolai Khabibulin kept his eyes on these pucks:

-Two goals by Rick Nash led the Blue Jackets to a 5-3 win at Los Angeles. Andrew Murray contributed a goal and an assist for Columbus while Derek Dorsett recorded two assists. Steve Mason made 33 saves in the victory. Drew Doughty netted assists on all three of the Kings' goals.

-Mason reached back for this puck:

-Happy times for Nash:

-Kings defenseman and former Penguins prospect Jake Muzzin > Columbus' Nikita Filatov:

-Fire Ray Shero.

-The Red Wings are wearing Amway logos on their practice jerseys.

Northwest Division

-An overtime goal by Kevin Porter gave the Avalanche a 4-3 win against the Sharks. Chris Stewart had a goal and an assist for Colorado while teammate John-Michael Liles recorded two assists. Peter Budaj made 40 saves in the victory. Ryane Clowe led San Jose with two assists.

-Happy times for Porter and Stewart:

-The Avalanche won despite being outshot, 40-16.

-Antti Miettinen's overtime goal gave the Wild a 2-1 win against the Ducks. Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves in the victory.

-Vancouver's Sedins? Believe it or not, they're brothers.

-After yesterday's trade with the Hurricanes, the Flames will save $903,670 on the salary cap.

Pacific Division

-A goal and an assist by Martin Hanzal led the Coyotes to a 3-1 defeat of the Flames. Adrian Aucoin recorded two assists for Phoenix while Ilya Bryzgalov made 39 saves in the win.

-Check out the ridiculous angle Phoenix's Wojtek Wolski scored from:

-The Sharks recalled defenseman Mike Moore from Worcester of the AHL.

-The healthy and success of Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen this season has been a pleasant surprise.

-The Stars signed undrafted free agent Matt Fraser to a three-year entry-level contract.

-The Kings demoted forward Brayden Schenn to Manchester of the AHL for conditioning purposes.

Smythe Division

-Happy 82nd birthday to former Pittsburgh Hornets forward Rudy Migay.

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