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Friday, 21 October 2011 02:01

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. Welcome back Dustin Jeffrey and Brooks Orpik (above).

-The Montreal Gazette's recap. “We’re not doing things the right way and a team like that that plays really well as a team made us pay the price.” - Canadiens defenseman and former Penguin  Hal Gill on his team's four-game winning streak.

-The Associated Press' recap. Who needs Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin?

-NHL.com's recap. The Penguins' penalty kill is now 30 for 31 on the season.

-Highlights:

-This save by Montreal's Carey Price on Steve Sullivan deserves its own clip:

-A good look at the save:

-Fleury stretched out for this save:

-Montreal's Mike Cammalleri gunning one on Fleury:

-Fleury had issues with this puck:

-Montreal's P.K. Subban had issues with Matt Cooke:

-Montreal's Andrei Kostitsyn > Arron Asham:

-A good look at Brent Johnson's new lid:

-Fleury stretching in the dark:

-Price alone in the red light:

-The U.S.S. Gill:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Marc-Andre Fleury speaks:

-Jeffrey speaks:

-Arron Asham speaks:

-Welcome Canadiens defenseman and former Penguin Hal Gill to the 1,000-game club.

-The Penguins did the free pizza giveaway thing for the Student Rushers yesterday:

-Jason Williams is expected to make his debut for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins tonight.

-Today would've been the 62nd birthday of former Penguins forward Michel Briere. A third-round pick in 1969, Briere's brief NHL career amounted to 76 games, 12 goals, 32 assists and 44 points with the 1969-70 Penguins. His assist total set a franchise record at the time. During that spring's playoffs, Briere appeared in 10 games and scored eight points. One of his points was an overtime goal in a 3-2 win in Game 4 in a quarterfinal series against the California Seals. It was the first playoff series win in franchise history. In the offseason, Briere suffered severe injuries in a car wreck in Quebec. Despite multiple surgeries, he died as a result of his injuries, April 13, 1971. In response, the team retired his No. 21. To date, only Briere and Mario Lemieux have had their numbers retired by the franchise. Today, the team's rookie of the year award is named after him.

-Happy 52nd birthday to former Penguins goaltender Vincent Tremblay. Acquired in the 1983 offseason, Tremblay's entire Penguins' career amounted to four games, a 0-4-0 record, .6.00 goals against average and .831 save percentage. While Tremblay's numbers with the Penguins are the furthest thing from being remarkable, his presence led to the most important move in franchise history. Late in the 1983-84, the Penguins suspiciously demoted respectable goaltender Roberto Romano to Baltimore of the AHL and recalled Tremblay, a career journeyman, late in the season "to see what he can do." Well all Tremblay could do was lose his four appearances in the Penguins and "help" them finish in last place and "earn" a chance to draft Mario Lemieux with the first overall pick in the 1984 draft.

Atlantic Division

-Ryan McDonagh's goal with 0.5 left in the overtime period gave the Rangers a 3-2 win at Calgary. Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves in the win. Captain Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist for the Flames.

-McDonagh's goal:

-Rangers forward and former Penguin Mike Rupp went at it with Calgary's Tim Jackman:

-Flyers forward Kimmo Timonen is dealing with a hand injury.

Northeast Division

-Captain Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic and Tyler Seguin each had a goal and two assists for the Bruins in a 6-2 rout of the Maple Leafs. Former Penguin Andrew Ference added three assists for Boston while teammate Nathan Horton contributed a goal and an assist. Fire Craig Patrick. Tim Thomas made 28 saves in the victory.

-Happy times for Thomas:

-Toronto's Colton Orr and Boston's Shawn Thornton had issues:

-Toronto's Jonas Gustavsson had issues with this puck:

-Sunny times at TD Garden in Boston:

-Two goals and an assist from Milan Michalek led the Senators to a 4-1 defeat of the Jets. Jason Spezza added a goal and two assists for Ottawa while teammate Colin Greening recorded two assists. Craig Anderson made 35 saves in the win.

-Bloody times for Winnipeg captain Andrew Ladd:

-Ryan Miller made 22 saves for the Sabres in a 3-0 shutout of the Panthers. Captain Jason Pominville had a goal and two assists for Buffalo while teammate Thomas Vanek scored two goals.

-Check out this rocket of a goal by Vanek:

-Miller stretched out for this photo:

-Bloody times for Panthers forward and former Penguin Matt Bradley:

-Sabres forward Nathan Gerbe got a mention on NBC's Law & Order?

-The Bruins demoted defenseman Matt Bartkowski, a native of Mt. Lebanon, to Providence of the AHL.

-With former Penguins forward Colby Armstrong dealing with a sprained left ankle, the Maple Leafs recalled forward Nazem Kadri from Toronto of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Two goals from captain Alex Ovechkin led the Capitals to a 5-2 defeat of the rival Flyers. Mathieu Perreault added a goal and an assist for Washington while teammate Nicklas Backstrom recorded two assists. Tomas Vokoun made 40 saves in the victory.

-Smooth Goal of the Night: Check out these moves on a breakaway by Philadelphia's Claude Giroux:

-A good look at Giroux moving in on Vokoun:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Ovechkin leaving the ice:

-Bubble gum times for Ovechkin:

-Vokoun kept a his eyes on this puck:

-Getting up close and personal with Washington's Dennis Wideman and Philadelphia's xxx:

-A goal and an assist from captain Vincent Lecavalier helped the Lightning beat the Islanders, 4-1. Teddy Purcell added two assists for Tampa Bay while former Penguin Mathieu Garon made all of 16 saves in the victory. Fire Ray Shero. The Lightning snapped a five-game losing streak.

-The Panthers have been shutout in two consecutive games.

-With forwards Shawn Matthias (illness) and Sean Bergenheim (undisclosed) dinged up, the Panthers recalled forwards Tim Kennedy and Bracken Kearns from San Antonio of the AHL. Kearns made his NHL debut at the age of 30 last night.

Central Division

Captain Jonathan Toews collected a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks in a 3-1 defeat of the Avalanche. Corey Crawford made 31 savse in the victory.

-Check out the backhander Toews scored on:

-Save of the Night: Colorado's Semyon Varlamov on Chicago's Marcus Kruger:

-The Blue Jackets recalled goaltender Allen York from Springfield of the AHL.

-The Stewarts  - St. Louis' Chris and Carolina's Anthony - are brothers and they'll face each other tonight.

Northwest Division

-Matt Cullen's shootout goal gave the Wild a 2-1 win against the Oilers. A goal by Minnesota's Dany Heatley with 1.2 seconds left in regulation forced overtime. Niklas Backstrom made 30 saves in the victory.

-Heatley's goal:

-The Wild has won eight consecutive games against the Oilers.

-Daniel Sedin had a goal and two assists for the Canucks who routed the Predators, 5-1. Captain Henrik Sedin added a goal and an assist for Vancouver while teammate Alexander Edler recorded two assists. Roberto Luongo made 25 saves in the victory.

-A good look at Luongo's lid:

-Forward Kris Chucko, a first-round pick of the Flames in 2004, retired at the age of 25 due to concussions.

-Colorado's Peter Mueller, who missed all of last season due to a concussion, missed last night's game due to a head injury.

-The Flames demoted forward Raitis Ivanans to Abbotsford of the AHL.

-The Oilers wonky oil derrick at Rexall Place has been fixed.

Pacific Division

-Jonathan Quick made 28 saves for the Kings in a 2-0 shutout of the Coyotes. It was Quick's 100th career win. He joined Rogie Vachon and Kelly Hrudey as the only goaltenders in franchise history with 100 wins.

-Coyotes forward Paul Bissonnette dropped the gloves with Kings forward Kevin Westgarth, Bill Cowher's son in law:

-Sharks captain Joe Thornton is scheduled to appear in his 1,000th career game tonight against the Devils.

-The Sharks recalled forward Benn Ferriero from Worcester of the AHL.

Norris Division

-The NHL reached an agreement with Modern Times Group, a television company based in Stockholm, to show games in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Countries in Central Europe and Russia are still without a television agreement.

-The hockey version of the City Game will be held tonight at Consol Energy Center between Duquesne and Pitt.

(Photos: Canadiens/Penguin-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images and Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Maple Leafs/Bruins-Charles Krupa/Associated Press and Elsa/Getty Images; Jets/Senators-Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press; Sabres/Panthers-Alan Diaz/Associated Press; Capitals/Flyers-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images and Tom Mihalek/Associated Press; Predators/Canucks-Rich Lam/Getty Images)

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