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Tuesday, 26 April 2011 11:29

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Playoff Stuff

Penguins - Lightning

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "That's what happens in the playoffs. You miss the chance on one side, and it comes back the other way." - Maxime Talbot on his missed breakaway early in the third period.

-The St. Petersburg Time's recap. "I just tried to get whatever I could on the puck." - Dwayne Roloson on the saves against Talbot and Pascal Dupuis.

-The Tampa Tribune's recap.The Lightning won its first home playoff game since April 16, 2007.

-The Associated Press' recap. "We expect that from him, and he expects that from himself.” - Lightning forward Steve Downie on Roloson stopping Talbot and Dupuis.

-NHL.com's recap. "Anybody who's followed us all year long knows that that was the trademark of our team." - Lightning coach Guy Boucher on getting offensive from secondary sources.

-Mike Lange's goal calls.

-Highlights:

-Maxime Talbot and Teddy Purcell had issues:

-Purcell beating Marc-Andre Fleury:

-Jordan Staal being popular:

-Happy times for Downie:

-And Tampa Bay's Ryan Malone:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Maxime Talbot speaks:

-Marc-Andre Fleury speaks:

-"He usually stops me every time, so I just figured I'd close my eyes and shoot and just try and get a bounce." - Ryan Malone on his goal against Fleury.

-Kris Letang's Norris Trophy campaign comes to an end.

-Mike Rupp has been silent on Twitter. (PG+)

-"He goes overlooked and unnoticed because of all the B.S. the media brings up about his past with the suspensions and stuff/ Sometimes, you overlook how great of a team guy he is. Just how skilled he is offensively. How he's willing to take a hit to make a play and go to the net." - Steven Stamkos on Downie.

-1 for 30.

-Poor Chris Conner:

-Jeff Jimerson will get the call for Game 7.

Capitals

-The Capitals recalled goaltender Braden Holtby from Hershey of the AHL.

-“It’s my favorite of all the stats. I obviously don’t have the best numbers, points-wise. But that’s one little thing I can control. I decide how many pucks I want to throw my body in front of, whereas I can’t always decide that I want to stickhandle through everyone and score.” - Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner.

Flyers - Sabres

-The NHL did not take any action against Flyers captain Mike Richards for a hit from behind which injured Sabres forward Tim Connolly in Game 6:

-"I'm pretty upset. It's still upsetting. The guy who's complained the most about how we were getting away with murder has delivered two of the dirtiest hits in the series, a blatant elbow to the face (of Patrick Kaleta), which is something the league said they were going to try and take away, and driving Tim Connolly head-first into the boards. It wasn't just a hit it was a push. It was blatant." - Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller on the non suspension.

-"Which is the one with the bald head? Curly. That's the guy I like the most, so maybe I'll be Curly." - Flyers goaltender Brian Boucher (right) on him and fellow goaltenders Sergei Bobrovsky and Michael Leighton being called "The Three Stooges" by a Buffalo newspaper.

-Boucher will be the Flyers' goaltender in Game 7.

Bruins - Canadiens

-“It’s our Game 7; no one wants to go home.’’ - Canadiens forward Scott Gomez on tonight's Game 6.

-There must be something about teams in black and gold and the power play. The Bruins are 0 for 15 in the playoffs.

Canucks - Blackhawks

-“I'm not sure how you explain that discrepancy, but we’re going to be very hard-pressed to win hockey games if, throughout an entire series when the score is tight, they get 75 per cent more power plays than we do.” - Canucks general manager Mike Gillis who went on a rant against officiating yesterday.

-Canucks coach Alain Vigneault declaired Roberto Luongo (right) as his starting goaltender for Game 7.

-Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell will be sidelined six to eight weeks due following wrist surgery.

-Chicago captain Jonathan Toews has yet to score a goal this postseason.

Sharks - Kings

-An overtime goal and an assist by captain Joe Thornton gave the Sharks a series-clinching 4-3 win against the rival Kings in Game 6. The Sharks won the series, 4-2. Antti Niemi made 26 saves in the victory. Trevor Lewis had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles.

-Thornton's goal:

-Happy times for Thornton:

-Happy times for the Sharks:

-Sad times for the Kings:

-"The puck kind of popped out. I was in front of the net and just grabbed it and put it in the open net. It was a pretty good play, whoever shot the puck. I was just in the right place at the right time." - Thornton.

-The Sharks had to kill off a five minute major penalty at the end regulation and the start of overtime.

-Check out this crazy sequences of saves late in regulation by Niemi:

-Hand shake time:

-Bloody times for Los Angeles' Brad Richardson

-Kings defenseman and former Penguin Rob Scuderi got clipped in the face here:

-"Nothing but disappointment right now." - Kings captain Dustin Brown.

Red Wings

-"I did find myself getting pretty bored.'' - Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard on his team's down time.

Ducks - Predators

-"You can't underestimate that. We would have been happy winning the seventh game in overtime if that's what it took. Having said that, it is one less trip out to the West Coast, one less game, wear and tear, all the stuff that goes with the hard fought battle." - Predators general manager David Poile on not having to play a Game 7.

Non-Playoff Stuff

Penguins

-Happy 34th birthday to current Penguins forward Craig Adams (right). Claimed off waivers from the Blackhawks late in the 2008-09 season, Adams has spent parts of three seasons with the Penguins. He finished 2008-09 by appearing in nine games and recorded one assist. He played in all 24 of the club's playoff games during its run to a third Stanley Cup title and scored five points. In 2009-10, Adams appeared in all 82 games and recorded 10 assists. He saw action in 13 postseason games last spring and contributed three points. This past season, Adams, the only NHL player born in Brunei Darussalam, played in 80 games and recorded 15 points. He has played in six postseason games this spring and has one goal. In 171 regular season games with the Penguins he has recorded 26 points. In 43 postseason games, he has scored nine points.

-Happy 41st birthday to former Penguins defenseman Victor Ignatjev. A free agent signing prior to the 1998-99 season, Ignatjev appeared in 11 games for the Penguins that regular season and recorded three assists. A shoulder injury cost him most of that campaign but he was able to appear in one playoff game for the team that spring. The following offseason, he joined Nurnberg in Germany.

Atlantic Division

-“It wasn’t a good year for him — it certainly wasn’t up to his standard.” - Rangers coach John Tortorella on the season of forward Marian Gaborik (right).

-Rangers forward Marian Gaborik will play for Slovakia in the IIHF World Championships.

-Tortorella would not comments on reports he recieved a contract extension.

-Islanders defenseman Radek Martinek shot down reports he had joined a KHL team.

Northwest Division

-The Oilers signed defenseman Martin Marincin, a second-round pick in 2010, to a three-year entry-level contract.

Pacific Division

-Stars scout Shane Churla was arrested over charges of an alledged road-rage incident in Wisconsin. Churla is a former Whalers/Flames/North Stars/Stars/Kings/Rangers forward.

Norris Division

-Boston's Zdeno Chara, Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom and Nashville's Shea Weber (right) were named finalists for the Norris Trophy.

(Photos: Penguins/Lightning-Chris O'Meara/Associated Press and Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images; Boucher-Paul Bereswill/Getty Images; Luongo-Christian Petersen/Getty Images; Sharks/Kings-Chris Carlson/Associated Press and Harry How/Getty Images; Adams-Jamie Sabau/Getty Images; Gaborik-Mike Stobe/Getty Images; Weber-Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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written by waxtell, April 26, 2011 - 02:19 PM

Any word whether or not the league was going to review Malone's hit on Dupuis? I am by no means an "expert", but the hit sure looked like a blind side hit to the head of an unsuspecting player

Or was it simply a "hockey play"?

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