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Friday, 04 February 2011 03:00

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-It turns out Wednesday's scrap between Brent Johnson and Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro comes with an automatic $200 fine for each player over leaving the crease.

-"He got a bad scouting report." - Wild goaltending coach Bob Mason on DiPietro's decided loss to Johnson.

-Lost in the absurdity of Wednesday's game was this fluky "hole in one" by Craig Adams:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Evgeni Malkin speaks, is a Steelers fan:

-Marc-Andre Fleury has his own cereal now:

-Those auctions for stuff out of the Civic Arena pulled in quite a few dollars.

-The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins recalled goaltender Patrick Killeen and forward Ben Street from the Wheeling Nailers.

-Happy 25th birthday to current Penguins forward Mark Letestu. A free agent signing late in the 2006-07 season, Letestu has spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 2009-10, he appeared in 10 games and scored one goal. He saw action in four playoff games last season and recorded on assist. This season, Letestu has played in 50 games and has scored 20 points. In 60 games with the Penguins, he has 21 points.

Atlantic Division

-Dainius Zubrus had a goal and an assist for the Devils in a 3-2 defeat of the rival Rangers. Martin Brodeur made 25 saves in the victory. New Jersey is 8-1-1 in its last 10 games.

-This game had a thrilling finish when a shot by New York's Dan Girardi hit off the far post with less than two seconds left:

-The win moved the Devils past the Oilers and out of last place overall in the NHL.

-Two goals by Ville Leino led the Flyers to a 3-2 defeat of the Predators. Jeff Carter added a goal and two assists for Philadelphia while teammate Claude Giroux recorded two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves in the win.

-Nashville's Anders Lindback kept his eyes on this puck:

-The Rangers demoted forward Kris Newbury to Connecticut of the AHL.

-The Islanders demoted former Pittsburgh Forge defenseman Dylan Reese to Bridgeport of the AHL.

Northeast Division

-Two goals and an assist by Patrice Bergeron helped the Bruins beat the Stars, 6-3. Brad Marchand added a goal and two assists for Boston while teammate and former Penguin Mark Recchi recorded three assists. Fire Ray Shero. Tuukka Rask made 30 saves in the victory. Loui Eriksson netted two assists for Dallas.

-This game feature four fights within the first four minutes, including three within the first four seconds. First, it was Dallas' Steve Ott and Boston's Gregory Campbell:

-Then we had Dallas' Krys Barch and Boston's Shawn Thornton:

-That was followed by Dallas' Brian Sutherby and Boston's Adam McQuaid:

-Finally, we had Dallas' Adam Burish and Boston's Andrew Ference:

-Boston's Daniel Paille was given a match penalty for this hit to the head of Dallas' Raymond Sawada:

-A good look at the Ott-Campbell fight:

-Bloody times for Campbell:

-A good look at the Barch-Thornton fight:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Dallas' James Neal:

-Rask kept his eyes on this puck:

-Barch (eye), Burish (orbital bone) and Sawaday (shoulder) each suffered injuries last night.

-James Reimer made 30 saves for the Maple Leafs in a 3-0 shutout of the Hurricanes. It was the rookie's first career NHL shutout.

-Maple Leafs forward and former Penguin Colby Armstrong got the drop on Carolina's Zach Boychuk here:

-Fire Ray Shero.

-Check out this gutsy effort on a penalty kill by Maple Leafs forward and former Penguin Tim Brent:

-Fire Ray Shero.

-The Bruins recalled forward Zach Hamill from Providence of the AHL.

-Senators forward Jason Spezza is expected to return to the lineup Saturday against the Islanders after being sidelined Dec. 26 due to a shoulder injury. Spezza was injured on this hit by Penguins defenseman Kris Letang:

Southeast Division

-Thrashers defenseman Freddy Meyer left last night's game in Calgary when he lost consciousness at center ice after colliding with two Flames players:

-For the Capitals, tonight's game with the Lightning is almost, sort of, kind of, maybe a must-win.

-Lightning defenseman Mike Lundin is dealing with an abdominal injury.

-Tampa Bay goaltender Mike Smith cleared waivers and was demoted to Norfolk of the AHL.

Central Division

-The Blue Jackets recalled defenseman John Moore from Springfield of the AHL. Moore was a first-round pick in 2009.

-Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo resumed practicing for the first time since suffering an eye injury Jan. 18.

Northwest Division

-A goal and an assist by defenseman Mark Giordano led the Flames to a 4-2 win at Atlanta. Miikka Kiprusoff made 22 saves in the victory which was Calagary's sixth in a row. Evander Kane recorded two assists for the Thrashers.

-Atlanta's Anthony Stewart was popular with at least one fan:

-The Flames won in Atlanta for the first time since leaving that city to relocate to Calgary in 1980.

-Andrew Brunette scored two goals for the Wild in a 4-3 win at Colorado. Pierre-Marc Bouchard added a goal and an assist for Minnesota while captain Miikko Koivu added two assists. Jose Theodore made 38 saves in the victory against his former team. Milan Hejduk scored two goals for the Avalanche.

-The Canucks demoted defenseman Sami Salo to Manitoba of the AHL for a conditioning assignment.

-Oilers forward Taylor Hall  is downplaying any suggestion he has a personal rivalry with Kings defenseman Drew Doughty.

Pacific Division

-J.P. Barry, the agent for free agent goaltender Ray Emery, said the Ducks have inquired about his client.

Smythe Division

-“When you start losing the best players in the game, like a Marc Savard, like a (Patrice) Bergeron, like Sidney Crosby, for extended periods of time, holy God, get your head out of the sand, wake up. It is a tough game and they’re trying to address it but it seems like they waited too long." - Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny MacDonald (right) speaking on head injuries.

(Photos: Islanders/Penguins-Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Predators/Flyers-Paul Bereswill/Getty Images; Stars/Bruins-Winslow Townson/Associated Press; Flames/Thrashers-John Bazemore/Associated Press; MacDonald-Photobucket)

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