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Sunday, 20 November 2011 10:28

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "Our team has to be more alert." - Jordan Staal.

-The Miami Herald's recap. “We out-battled them in front of the net." - Panthers goaltender Jose Theodore.

-The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel's recap. "We kept swiping at it and somehow it went in." - Panthers forward Stephen Weiss on his game-winning goal in the third period.

-The Associated Press' recap. "At the halfway point of the game he took the team on his back, PK, power play, defensively, but also offensively. It was a big effort.” - Dan Bylsma on Staal.

-NHL.com's recap. The Panthers moved into first place in the Southeast Division.

-Highlights:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Whenver Sidney Crosby does come back, could he win the Art Ross Trophy?

-The Penguins' opened their Penguins Pond rink in the Southside Works:

-Ben Street had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Manchester Monarchs. Brad Thiessen made 25 saves for the Penguins.

-The Penguins are 1-3 in the shootout so far this season.

-Tom Venesky of the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader has a good read on Mike Bales, the Penguins' goaltender development coach.

-Happy 54th birthday to former Penguins forward Tom Roulston (right). Acquired midway through the 1983-84 season in a deal which sent Kevin McClelland and a draft pick to the Oilers, Roulston spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. He finished 1983-84 by appearing in 53 games for the Penguins and scoring 28 points. After spending all of 1985-86 with the Penguins' AHL affiliate in Baltimore, Roulston saw action in five games in 1985-86 and failed to record a point. He was released in the 1986 offseason. In 58 games with the Penguiins, he scored 28 points.

Atlantic Division

-Ryan Carter and David Clarkson each had a goal and two assists for the Devils in a 4-2 win against the Lightning. Martin Brodeur made 21 saves in the victory. Ryan Shannon had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay.

-Check out this shorthanded snipe by New Jersey's Dainius Zubrus:

-Check out this smooth little goal by New Jersey's Patrik Elias:

-It's amazing how Lightning goaltender Dwayne Roloson didn't manage to do this against the Penguins Thursday huh?

-Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos put a lot into this shot:

-Devils coach Pete DeBoer will face his former team, the Panthers, on Monday for the first time since he was fired April 10.

-The Flyers will retire the No. 2 of hall-of-fame defenseman Mark Howe.

-The Islanders recalled goaltender Anders Nilsson from Bridgeport of the AHL.

-The Islanders activated forward Rhett Rakhshani (knee) from injured reserve and demoted him to Bridgeport.

Northeast Division

-Carey Price made all of 17 saves for the Canadiens in a 4-0 shutout of the Rangers. Captain Brian Gionta scored two goals for Montreal while teammates Erik Cole and Tomas Plekanec each collected a goal and an assist. New York had a seven-game winning streak snapped.

-Happy times for Gionta and teammate Scott Gomez:

-New York's Brian Boyle > Montreal's Yannick Weber:

-Tim Thomas made 23 saves for the Bruins in a 6-0 shutout of the Islanders. Chris Kelly had two goals and an assist for Boston while teammate Nathan Horton netted a goal and an assist. Boston has won eight consecutive games.

-Pass of the Night: Boston's Tyler Seguin setting up teammate Patrice Bergeron for a goal:

-Cool Photo of the Day: Thomas alone with his shadow:

-New York's Rick DiPietro had issues with this puck:

-Nilsson got down low for this puck:

-DiPietro was pulled after allowing three goals on 13 shots.

-A goal and three assists by Joffrey Lupul led the Maple Leafs to a 7-1 rout of the Capitals. Tyler Bozak, Tim Connolly, Cody Franson and Phil Kessel each collected a goal and an assist for Toronto while captain Dion Phaneuf recorded two assists. Jonas Gustavsson made 40 saves in the victory.

-Defensive Play of the Night: Lupul forcing Washington's Jeff Schultz into a turnover and feeding Connolly for a goal:

-Maple Leafs defenseman Mike Komisarek will be sidelined eight weeks due to a broken arm injury.

-The Maple Leafs recalled forward Joe Colborne from Toronto of the AHL.

-Sabres defenseman Tyler Myers is dealing with a suspected wrist or hand injury.

Southeast Division

-A goal and two assists from Dustin Byfuglien led the Jets to a 6-4 win against the Flyers. Bryan Little scored two goals for Winnipeg while teammate Andrew Ladd added a goal and an assist. Ondrej Pavelec made 27 saves in the victory. Scott Hartnell had two goals and an assist for Philadelphia.

-Funny Play of the Night: Flyers captain Chris Pronger fanned on a shot from the left point. That led to a shorthanded goal for Winnipeg's Jim Slater:

-Check out this snipe of a goal by Philadelphia's Matt Read:

-After ripping the city of Winnipeg last season, Flyers goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov is not very popular among Jets fans. He tried to fix that situation yesterday by giving his stick to an eight-year-old boy:

-The Jets activated forward Eric Fehr (shoulder) from injured reserve.

-The Hurricanes recalled forward Zac Dalpe from Charlotte of the AHL.

Central Division

-Pavel Datsyuk scored two goals for the Red Wings in a 4-1 win against the Kings. Teammates Johan Franzen and Tomas Holmstrom each recorded two goals while Jimmy Howard made 23 saves in the victory.

-Goal of the Night: Los Angeles' Mike Richards outhustling everyone for a nice shorthanded goal:

-An overtime goal and an assist by James Wisniewski gave the Blue Jackets a 4-3 win against the rival Predators. Captain Rick Nash recorded two assists for Columbus while Curtis Sanford made 27 saves in the victory. The Blue Jackets snapped a 17-game losing streak in Nashville.  Ryan Suter and captain Shea Weber each had two assists for Nashville.

-Wisniewski's goal:

-Fight of the Night: Columbus' Jared Boll versus Nashville's Brian McGratton:

-“No better time than right now to score my first goal for Columbus.” - Wisniewski.

-The Red Wings activated forward Todd Bertuzzi (illness) from injured reserve and placed defenseman Ian White (face) on the seven-day injured reserve.

Northwest Division

- A hat trick by Taylor Hall led the Oilers to a 9-2 rout of the Blackhawks. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins recorded five assists for Edmonton while teammates Jordan Eberle and Tom Gilbert each had a goal and three assists. Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves in the victory.

-Hall's hat trick:

-Check out this goal by Edmonton's Ales Hemsky:

-Second Pass of the Night: Check out this pass from Eberle to set up teammate Ryan Smyth:

-Someone threw a shoe on the ice in Edmonton:

-Chicago's Daniel Carcillo and Edmonton's Theo Peckham had issues:

-“I’ve never heard that chant, ‘We want 10’ before ... pretty surreal.” - Nugent-Hopkins.

-"That was thoroughly embarrassing and humiliating across the board." - Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville.

-Shootout goals by captain Mikko Koivu and Matt Cullen gave the Wild a 3-2 win against the Blues. Koivu also scored two regulation goals while Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves in the victory. Captain David Backes and T.J. Oshie each collected a goal and an assist for St. Louis.

-Second Defensive Play of the Night: Koivu stealing a puck off St. Louis' Patrik Berglund and scoring on a wraparound:

-After former Penguins forward Mark Recchi called the Canucks arrogant, Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa told the retired Recchi to "take a nap."

Pacific Division

-Two goals by Radim Vrbata led the Coyotes to a 4-2 win against the Sabres. Teammates Derek Morris and Keith Yandle each added two assists while Mike Smith made 43 saves in the victory. Former Penguin Jordan Leopold recorded two assists for Buffalo. Fire Ray Shero.

-From the "awwwww" files, Coyotes forward and former Penguin Paul Bissonnette scored a rare goal with his mother and grandfather in attendance for the first time in his NHL career:

-Buffalo's Robyn Regehr had some equipment issues here:

-Phoenix's Rostislav Klesla got an elbow up here on Buffalo's Thomas Vanek:

-Antti Niemi made 30 saves for the Sharks in a 4-1 defeat of the Stars. Patrick Marleau and captain Joe Thornton each recorded two assists for San Jose. Dallas has lost five consecutive games.

Smythe Division

-Max Strang made 32 saves for the Mercyhurst men's team in a 2-1 defeat of Bentley.

-A hat trick and three assists by Bailey Bram led the Mercyhurst women's team to a 6-2 rout of Yale.

(Photos: Penguins/Panthers-Alan Diaz/Associated Press; Rink-Keith Srakocic/Associated Press; Roulston-Penguins Hockey Cards; Devils/Lightning-Reinhold Matay/Associated Press; Canadiens/Rangers-Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images; Bruins/Islanders-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images and Kathy Kmonicek/Associated Press; Oilers/Blackhawks-Kathy KmonicekDale MacMillan/Getty Images; Coyotes/Sabres-Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

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