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Sunday, 27 November 2011 11:13

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "[Letang] is a tough guy." - Jordan Staal on Kris Letang.

-The Globe and Mail's recap. “It’s a tough decision for me, it’s a tough decision for him too. He’s coming across the middle, unfortunately his head is down, I feel terrible about what happened." - Max Pacioretty on his hit against Letang.

-The Associated Press' recap. “He came to apologize. It was a great gesture by him.” - Letang on Pacioretty.

-NHL.com's recap. "It shows a lot of guts. We're all happy that he's OK, first of all, but for him to respond like that is pretty amazing." - Sidney Crosby on Letang.

-Highlights:

-Bloody times for Letang:

-Athletic trainer Chris Stewart checks on Letang:

-The Canadiens' bench wasn't happy after the game:

-Letang dumped Pacioretty in the crease here:

-Pumped times for Jordan Staal:

-Montreal's David Desharnais crashed in on Marc-Andre Fleury for this goal:

-Crosby is popular even in Montreal:

-Crosby danced around Canadiens defenseman and former teammate Hal Gill:

-Letang speaks:

-Crosby speaks, including on Senators forward Nick Foligno:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Pacioretty speaks:

-Hockey Night in Canada's opening montage:

-Brooks Orpik likes the idea of hybrid icing.

-Bob Errey shoe checked Bob Johnson?

-Scott Munroe made 28 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 win against the Binghamton Senators. Philip Samuelsson recorded two assists for the Penguins who ended a five-game losing streak.

-After beating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-2 in a shootout Friday, Hershey Bears/Capitals prospect Braden Holtby did this:

-Happy 79th birthday to former Penguins all-star forward, coach and executive Ken Schinkel. Claimed from the Rangers in the 1967 expansion draft, Schinkel spent parts of six seasons with the Penguins as a player. He appeared in 57 games for the Penguins during their inaugural season of 1967-68, scored 39 points and became the first player in franchise history to be selected to an all-star game. In 1968-69, Schinkel appeared in 76 games, recorded a team-leading 52 points and one again played in the all-star game. During, 1969-70, Schinkel, the first player to wear No. 12 in franchise history, saw action in 72 games, scored 45 points and helped the team reach the postseason for the first time. He also scored the first postseason hat trick in Penguins history when he netted three goals against the Oakland Seals in Game 3 of a quarterfinal series that spring. Schinkel was limited to 50 games and 34 points in 1970-71 but rebounded in 1971-72 when he played in 74 games and netted 45 points. After scoring 21 points in 42 games in 1972-73, Schinkel retired as a player Jan. 13 and replaced Red Kelly as head coach at age 40. Under Schinkel, the team had a 15-18-3 record and missed the postseason. The following season, Schinkel coached the team for 50 games and had a record of 14-31-5 before being replaced by Marc Boileau, Feb. 6, 1974. Schinkel assumed a front office position with the team and stayed in that position until he himself replaced Boileau, Jan. 17, 1976. Under Schinkel, the Penguins had a record of 20-10-7 and reached the postseason where they fell to the Maple Leafs in a preliminary round series, 2-1. Schinkel's only full season as the team's coach was 1976-77. The team went 34-33-13 and qualified for the postseason where it once again lost to the Maple Leafs in a preliminary round, 2-0. Schinkel was replaced by Johnny Wilson in the following offseason. Schinkel again took a front office position and remained with the team until 1989. In 371 regular season games with the Penguins as a player, "Schink" scored 236 points, 31st-most in franchise history. In 13 postseason games, he scored seven points. As a coach, Schinkel compiled a record of 83-92-28.

-Happy 44th birthday to former Penguins forward Garry Valk. Acquired midway through the 1996-97 season in a trade which sent J.J. Daigneault to the Mighty Ducks, Valk spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. He finished 1996-97 by appearing in 17 games for the Penguins and scoring seven points. In 1997-98, he saw action in 39 games and recorded three points. During the 1998 offseason, he joined the Maple Leafs as a free agent. Valk would get some measure of revenge on the Penguins in the 1999 postseason by scoring the series-clinching goal in overtime of Game 6 of an Eastern Conference semifinal (see below). In 56 regular season games with the Penguins, Valk scored 10 points.

Atlantic Division

-Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves for the Rangers in a 2-0 shutout of the Flyers. Lundqvist recorded his 37th career shutout.

-Check out this rocket of a goal by New York's Brad Richards:

-Fight of the Night: Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds versus New York's Brandon Prust:

-Lundqvist chucked his stick into the crowd during the three stars:

-We're not goaltending experts or anything, but we're not sure Lundqvist is playing the right angle here:

-Philadelphia's Zac Rinaldo and Andrej Meszaros had issues:

-"I'm not going to lie. I was pretty happy to see Jagr and Pronger out." - Lundqvist on not having to face Flyers forward Jaromir Jagr (groin) or captain Chris Pronger (virus).

-HBO filmed this game for "24/7."

-Al Montoya made 24 saves for the Islanders in a 3-2 win against the Devils. Adam Henrique had a goal and an assist for New Jersey.

-Defensive Play of the Night: New Jersey's Michael Grabner stripping Ilya Kovalchuk of the puck and sniping a goal by New Jersey's Martin Brodeur:

-Saves of the Night: Brodeur on New York's Graber and Kyle Okposo:

-Check out this smooth goal by New Jersey's Adam Henrique:

-Devils captain Zach Parise had a potential game-tying goal with 2.1 seconds left in regulation overturned by video replay.

Northeast Division

-Two goals from Luke Adam helped the Sabres pound the Capitals, 5-1. Teammates Christian Ehrhoff and Paul Szczechura each recorded two assists for Buffalo while Jhonas Enroth made 26 saves in the victory.

-Hit of the Night: Washington captain Alex Ovechkin on Buffalo's T.J. Brennan:

-Happy times in Buffalo:

-The Capitals busted out their throwback jerseys:

-The Sabres won despite having nine players out of the lineup due to injuries.

-With defenseman Robyn Regehr ("upper body") and forward Drew Stafford (undisclosed) the Sabres recalled  Szczechura and defenseman Brayden McNabb from Rochester of the AHL.

-Chris Kelly scored two goals for the Bruins in a 4-2 defeat of the Jets. Rich Peverly recorded two assists for Boston while Tim Thomas made 40 saves in the victory. Dustin Byfuglien collected a goal and an assist for Winnipeg.

-Check out this save by Thomas on Winnipeg's Evander Kane:

-The Senators recalled forward Nikita Filatov from Binghamton of the AHL and demoted forward Stéphane Da Costa to Binghamton.

Southeast Division

-Two goals and an assist from Steven Stamkos led the Lightning to a 5-1 win against the rival Panthers. Former Penguin Mathieu Garon made 24 saves in the victory. Fire Ray Shero.

Central Division

-Valtteri Filppula had two goals and an assist for the Red Wings who beat the Predators, 4-1. Henrik Zetterberg netted a goal and an assist for Detroit while teammate Jiri Hudler recorded two assists. Jimmy Howard made 18 saves in the victory.

-Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves was hospitalized after suffering a broken jaw as a result of being struck in the face by a slap shot from Predators forward Roman Josi:

-Scary times for Eaves:

-Check out this strip by Detroit's Darren Helm on Nashville's Mike Fisher then setting up Dan Cleary for a goal:

-Check out this "save" by Detroit defenseman Brad Stuart:

-Nashville captain Shea Weber did what we all wish we could do against Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom:

-Corey Crawford made 26 saves for the Blackhawks in a 2-1 defeat of the Kings. Duncan Keith recorded two assists for Chicago.

-Los Angeles' Jonathan Quick had issues with this puck. Chicago's Dave Bolland, no so much:

-The Red Wings recalled forward Fabian Brunnstrom from Grand Rapids of the AHL.

-The Blue Jackets face former coach Ken Hitchcock for the first time since he was hired by the Blues earlier this month.

Northwest Division

-Corey Schneider made 23 saves for the Canucks in a 3-2 defeat of the Sharks. Vancouver is 8-1-1 in its past 10 games against San Jose.

-Vancouver's Aaron Volpatti and San Jose's Brad Winchester had a pretty healthy bout:

-A couple of good looks at the fight:

-San Jose's Antti Niemi had issues with this puck:

-Niemi reached up for this puck:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Niemi and teammate Brent Burns playing a puck in a storm of kicked-up ice:

-Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler left the game in the second period due to an apparent shoulder injury.

-Semyon Varlamov made 31 saves for the Avalanche in a 5-2 win against the Oilers. Milan Hejduk, Chuck Kobasew and Ryan O'Reilly each recorded two assists for Colorado. Ryan Jones collected a goal and an assist for Edmonton.

-The Avalanche placed defenseman Erik Johnson (groin) on injured reserve and recalled defenseman Stefan Elliott from Lake Erie of the AHL.

Pacific Division

-Mike Smith made 26 saves for the Coyotes in a 3-0 shutout of the Stars. Daymond Langkow and Keith Yandle each recorded two assists for Phoenix.

-A good look at the lid of Stars goaltender Andrew Raycroft:

-Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen left the game in the first period due to a groin injury. After he was placed on injured reserve, the Stars recalled goaltender Richard Bachman from Texas of the AHL.

-Lehtonen's injury:

-The Coyotes will induct former forwards Jeremy Roenick and Keith Tkachuk into their ring of honor.

Norris Division

-Brooks Ostergard made 47 saves for the Robert Morris men's team in a 3-3 tie with Army.

-Max Strang made 23 saves for the Mercyhurst men's team in a 5-2 loss to Wisconsin.

-Kristen DiCiocco made 20 saves for the Robert Morris women's team in a 3-2 loss to Quinnipiac.

(Photo: Penguins/Canadiens-Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images; Schinkel-Penguins Hockey Cards; Flyers/Rangers-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Capitals/Sabres-Dave Sandford Getty Images; Predators/Red Wings-Duane Burleson/Associated Press; Blackhawks/Kings-Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press; Canucks/Sharks-Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images; Stars/Coyotes-Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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