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Saturday, 05 February 2011 05:26

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. Evgeni Malkin's "lower-body" injury will be evaluated today.

-The Buffalo News' recap. "We've got to take a lesson from their book. They got it in deep, they had no turnovers, they took the body, they were initiating all the plays. That's the way we have to play." - Sabres forward Rob Niedermayer.

-The Associated Press recap. “Everyone’s elevated their game a lot.” - Brooks Orpik.

-NHL.com's recap. "Everyone's stepping up and raising their level to help this team be successful." - Matt Cooke.

-Highlights:

-Evgeni Malkin's injury:

-Happy times for the Penguins:

-Happy times for Matt Cooke, Pascal Dupuis and Deryk Engelland:

-Terrible Towel time:

-Heads up times for Malkin:

-Huhhh? times for Buffalo's Ryan Miller:

-Hold the phone times for Dan Bylsma:

-Buffalo's Mike Weber had issues with this puck:

-Miller and Dustin Jeffrey kept their eyes on this puck:

-Jeffrey whipping one on net:

-Jeffrey being popular:

-Jordan Staal kept his eyes on this one:

-Marc-Andre Fleury stretched out for this puck:

-And this one:

-Kris Letang crashing over Miller:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Bylsma is predicting a 27-24 win for the Steelers Sunday (PG+).

-The Penguins shot down a report they were interested in signing Peter Forsberg (PG+).

-John Curry made 23 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 loss to the Manitoba Moose.

-Highlights courtesy of The Wilkes-Blog:

-Jason DeSantis and David Rogers each had a goal and two assists for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-3 defeat of the Cincinnati Cyclones. Kris Vernarsky added a goal and an assist for the Nailers while Peter Delmas made 28 saves in the victory.

--Happy 35th birthday to former Penguins forward Jan Hrdina. A fifth-round pick in 1995, Hrdina parts of five seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 1998-99, he appeared in all 82 games and scored 42 points. During that spring's postseason, he saw action in 14 games and scored five points. He followed that up in 1999-2000 by playing in 70 games and collecting 46 points. In nine postseason games that spring he scored 12 points. During much of 2000-01, he centered a line with Jaromir Jagr and Mario Lemieux and scored 43 points and in 79 games. In the 2001 postseason, he appeared in 18 games and contributed seven points. Hrdina played in 79 games in 2001-02 and set career highs in goals (24) and points (57) while leading the team with six game-winning goals. After 57 games and 39 points in 2002-03, Hrdina was traded to the Coyotes along with Francois Leroux in exchange for Ramzi Abid, Dan Focht and Guillaume Lefebvre. In 366 career regular season games, Hrdina scored 227 points, 32nd-most in franchise history. In 40 postseason games, he scored 24 points.

--Happy 66th birthday to former Penguins defenseman Jean-Guy Lagace. Originally acquired earlier in the 1968-69 season in a deal which sent Larry Hillman to the Canadiens, Lagace spent parts of four seasons over two separate stints with the team. He finished that season by playing in 17 games for the Penguins and recording one assist. After spending all of 1969-70 with the Penguins' AHL affiliate in Baltimore, he was claimed by the North Stars in an intra-league draft in the 1970 offseason. Midway through the 1970-71 season, he was re-acquired from the Sabres in a deal which sent Terry Ball to Buffalo. he finished that season by playing in 31 games for the Penguins and scoring six points. The 1973-74 campaign saw him play in 31 games and score eight points. After 27 games and nine points in 1974-75, Lagace was traded to the Kansas City Scouts along with Denis Herron in exchnage for Michel Plasse. In 106 games with the Penguins, he scored 24 points.

-Happy 30th birthday to former Penguins forward Kris Beech (right). Acquired in the 2001 offseason along with Michal Sivek and Ross Lupaschuk in one of the biggest trades in franchise history which sent Jaromir Jagr and Franticek Kucera to the Capitals, Beech spents parts of four seasons with the Penguins over two separate stints. In 2001-02, Beech appeared in a career-high 79 games and scored 25 points. He followed that up in 2002-03 by playing in 12 games and recording one assist. During 2003-04, he was limited to four games and one assist. Following the 2004-05 lockout, Beech was traded to the Predators in exchange for a draft pick. He returned to the Penguins midway through 2007-08, Beech returned to the Penguins when he was claimed off waivers from the Capitals and appeared in five games while failing to record a point. In the 2008 offseason, he joined HV71 of the Elitserien in Sweden. He still plays for HV71. In 100 games with the Penguins, he scored 27 points.

Atlantic Division

-While former Penguins forward Erik Christensen is ready to return to the line up from a knee injury, Rangers captain Chris Drury is dealing with a knee injury of his own.

-Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro discusses his facial injuries:

-The Islanders recalled goaltender goaltender Mikko Koskinen from Bridgeport of the AHL.

-The Islanders signed goaltender goaltender Joel Martin to a two-way contract and assigned him to Bridgeport.

-The Devils demoted defenseman Alexander Urbom to Albany of the AHL.

Northeast Division

-Bruins forward Daniel Paille was suspended four games for a hit to the head of Stars forward Raymond Sawada Thursday:

-Sabres defenseman Mike Weber was happy to be back in his hometown last night, but it was all business.

-The Maple Leafs demoted goaltender Jonas Gustavsson to Toronto of the AHL for a conditioning assignment.

-Maple Leafs forward Darryl Boyce recently had his nose sliced when his head made contact with a "photographer's hole" along the boards. And of course, he Tweeted a disgustingly graphic photo of it.

Southeast Division

-Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and two assists for the Capitals in a 5-2 win at Tampa Bay. Captain Alex Ovechkin added a goal and three assists for Washington while teammate Jason Chimera contributed a goal and an assist. Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves in the victory. Teddy Purcell netted a goal and an assist for the Lightning.

-Check out this nifty goal by Washington's Brooks Laich:

-Washington's Matt Hendricks and Tampa Bay's Steve Downie had a solid tussle:

-Rostislav Olesz's overtime goal gave the Panthers a 4-3 win at New Jersey. Tomas Vokoun made 28 saves in the victory. Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist for the Devils.

-Olesz's goal:

-On the one-year anniversary of the trade which brought him to New Jersey, a poor turnover by Ilya Kovalchuk led to the game-tying shorthanded goal by Florida's Mike Santorelli:

-Check out this fluky goal by New Jersey's Travis Zajac:

-New Jersey's Mark Fayne also had a fluky goal:

-Getting up close and personal with Florida's Scott Timmins:

-"I should pick up golf." - Fayne on his goal.

-With goaltender Chris Mason ready to return from a knee injury, the Thrashers recalled defenseman Arturs Kulda from Chicago of the AHL and demoted goaltender Drew Macintyre to Chicago.

Central Division

-Steve Mason made 34 saves for the Blue Jackets in a 3-0 shutout of the Red Wings. Andrew Murray and Antoine Vermette each had a goal and an assist for Columbus.

-Mason, teammate Jan Hejda and Detroit's Todd Bertuzzi all kept their eyes ont his puck:

-The Blue Jackets earned their first ever shutout in Detroit.

-A goal and an assist by Brad Boyes led the Blues to a 5-3 defeat of the Oilers. Teammates Patrik Berglund and Alexander Steen each netted two assists while former Penguin Ty Conklin made 29 saves in the victory. Fire Ray Shero. Andrew Cogliano and Jordan Eberle each netted two assists for Edmonton.

-Cool Photo of the Night: St. Louis' T.J. Oshie kicking up some ice:

-Edmonton's Devan Dubnyk got down low to make this save:

-With goaltender Jaroslav Halak dealing with an "upper-body" injury, the Blues recalled goaltender Ben Bishop from Peoria of the AHL.

-Predators forward Matthew Lombardi is still struggling with a concussion he suffered Oct. 13.

Northwest Division

-Captain Henrik Sedin had a goal and two assists for the Canucks in a 4-3 win against the Blackhawks. Teammates Mikael Samuelsson and Daniel Sedin each netted a goal and an assist while Roberto Luongo made 42 saves in the victory. Captain Jonathan Toews netted a goal and an assist for Chicago.

-Check out this goal by Vancouver's Christian Ehrhoff:

-Check out this hip check by Vancouver's Keith Ballard on Chicago's Tomas Kopecky:

-Check out this cheap shot by Chicago's Marty Turco on Vancouver's Ryan Kesler:

-Check out this pass by Samuelsson to set up Henrik Sedin for a goal:

-Happy times for Ehrhoff:

-Ehrhoff and Luongo having a moment:

-Flames forward Craig Conroy officially retired and took a front-office position with the team.

Pacific Division

-The Stars placed forward Adam Burish (orbital bone) on injured reserve and recalled Francis Wathier from Texas of the AHL.

-With goaltender Jonas Hiller dealing with fatigue, the Ducks recalled goaltender Timo Pielmeier from Syracuse of the AHL.

-The Sharks demoted forward John McCarthy and goaltender Alex Stalock to Worcester of the AHL.

Smythe Division

-Nick Jones scored two goals for the Mercyhurst men's team in an 8-5 win at Niagara.

-Meeri Räisänen made 34 saves for the Robert Morris women's team in a 3-1 loss to Niagara.

-A hat trick by Meghan Agosta helped the Mercyhurst women's team beat Wayne State, 6-2.

(Photos: Sabres/Penguins-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images and Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Beech-Penguins Hockey Cards; Panthers/Devils-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Blue Jackets/Red Wings-Claus Andersen/Getty Images; Oilers/Blues-Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images; Blackhawks/Canucks-Rich Lam/Getty Images)

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