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Wednesday, 30 November 2011 08:54

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "It's given up two goals in three of the last four [away] games. That's not a very good recipe to have success on the road." - Dan Bylsma on his team's struggling penalty kill.

-The New York Daily News' recap. The Rangers improved to 7-1-1 at Madison Square Garden.

-The Bergen Record's recap. “We believe in here we’re capable of winning any night.” - Rangers forward Brad Richards.

-The Associated Press' recap. “It’s just unfortunate that really what it boiled down to was that second period and that lull we had.” - Crosby.

-NHL.com's recap. "I knew it was a high stick." - Bylsma on Matt Cooke's non-goal in the second period.

-Highlights:

-Jordan Staal fended off New York's Michael Del Zotto to get this shot off:

-Crosby uncorked on here:

-Happy times for Richards and captain Ryan Callahan:

-Happy times for New York's John Mitchell:

-Tyler Kennedy versus Sean Avery:

-Bylsma speaks:

-Marc-Andre Fleury speaks:

-Dan Bylsma had no problems with the NHL's $2,500 fine against James Neal. (PG+)

-Letang was satisfied with the amount of games Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty was suspended for.

-"If you looked at the situation, me and Letang made eye contact, and I think that's what gave me the green light to try and hit him. I felt he put himself in a vulnerable position, maybe I shouldn't have even thought about hitting him because of the way the wind is blowing right with head shots, but I'd like to see a little bit of consistency. If the onus is on the hitter every single time I'd be fine with a suspension, but you 've seen instances where they've placed the onus on the person receiving the hit as well so I'm confused and a lot of other players are confused right now.” - Pacioretty disagreeing with NHL discipline czar Brendan Shanahan.

-“There are days you feel really good and there are days it feels you really haven’t progressed that much. So you look at the good days as little victories, and you make sure you build on them, but I wouldn’t come back until you’re 100%. That’s my advice; however long it takes, it’s worth the wait.” - Sidney Crosby on how Rangers defenseman Marc Staal (right) should handle his concussion.

-Scott Munroe made 26 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 loss to the Norfolk Admirals. Nick Petersen recorded two assists for the Penguins.

-Happy 39th birthday to former Penguins forward Sean Pronger. Acquired at the 1998 trade deadline in a deal which sent Patrick Lalime to the Mighty Ducks, Pronger spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. He finished 1997-98 by appearing in five games and scoring one goal for the Penguins. He appeared in five postseason games that spring and failed to score a point. After two points and no points in 1998-99, Pronger was traded along with Chris Tamer and Petr Nedved to the Rangers in exchange for Alex Kovalev and Harry York. In seven regular season games, Pronger recorded one point.

Atlantic Division

-Al Montoya made 30 saves for the Islanders in a 2-1 win against the Sabres. Buffalo has lost four out of its past five games.

-Fight of the Night: Buffalo's Zack Kassian versus New York's Matt Martin:

-The Flyers recalled forward Brayden Schenn and defenseman Kevin Marshall from Adirondack of the AHL.

-The Devils demoted defenseman Alexander Urbom to Albany of the AHL and placed forward Brad Mills on waivers.

Northeast Division

-Milan Michalek and Zack Smith each scored two goals for the Senators in a 6-4 win against the Jets. Nick Foligno added a goal and an assist for Ottawa while teammates Erik Condra and Chris Phillips each recorded two assists. Craig Anderson made 39 saves in the victory. Evander Kane scored two goals for Winnipeg.

-Save of the Night: Anderson on Winnipeg's Nik Antropov:

-Check out this pass by Ottawa's Erik Karlsson to set up Jason Spezza for a goal:

-Sabres defenseman and former Penguin Jordan Leopold left last night's game in the first period due to an "upper-body" injury.

-The Sabres recalled forward Paul Szczechura from Rochester of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Shawn Matthias scored two goals for the Panthers in a 3-1 win against the Hurricanes. Jose Theodore made 26 saves in the victory. Carolina lost in the head coaching debut of new coach Kirk Muller.

-Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov left the game in the second period after suffering a laceration on his right leg.

-The Hurricanes claimed forward Andreas Nodl off waivers from the Flyers and demoted Brett Sutter to Charlotte of the AHL.

-The Dale Hunter era starts the same way the Bruce Boudreau era ended in for the Capitals. With a loss.

-Nineteen years after he was injured on a cheap shot in the playoffs, former Islanders forward Pierre Turgeon holds no grudge towards Hunter:

-The Capitals hired former Penguins defenseman Jim Johnson and had him replace Bob Woods as assistant coach.

-"It's so far from the truth. We got along, I think, famously." - Boudreau dismissing the idea he had a poor relationship with captain Alex Ovechkin.

-Former Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman returns to Detroit for the first time since taking over as the Lightning's general manager.

-The Panthers recalled forward Mark Cullen from San Antonio of the AHL.

Central Division

-Jaroslav Halak made all of 18 saves for the Blues in a 2-1 win against the Capitals. St. Louis improved to 8-1-2 under new head coach Ken Hitchcock.

-Washington's Matt Hendricks and St. Louis' Scott Nichol had issues:

-With defenseman Alex Pietrangelo dealing with an illness, the Blues recalled defenseman Cade Fairchild from Peoria of the AHL.

-Predators forward Jordin Tootoo had bloody nose during an intermission interview last night:

Northwest Division

-Alex Burrows, Ryan Kesler and Daniel Sedin each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks who beat the Blue Jackets, 4-1. Corey Schneider made 47 saves in the victory which was the Canucks' fifth consecutive.

-Funny Goal of the Night: Kesler taking a tumble on this one-timer:

-Schneider kept his eyes on this puck:

-Miikka Kiprusoff made 26 saves for the Flames in a 1-0 shutout of the Predators. It was Kiprusoff's 40th career shutout.

-Pass of the Night: Calgary's T.J. Brodie setting up Derek Smith for his first career goal:

-The Oilers recalled forward Ryan O'Marra from Oklahoma City of the AHL.

-The Avalanche placed put forward Joakim Lindstrom on waivers.

Pacific Division

-A goal and two assists by Ray Whitney led the Coyotes to a 4-1 win against the Blackahwks. Teammates Shane Doan, Daymond Langkow and Radim Vrbata each had a goal and an assist for Coyotes while Mike Smith made 24 saves in the victory.

-Chicago's Corey Crawford kept his eyes on this puck:

-The Stars demoted forward Francis Wathier to Texas of the AHL.

Adams Division

-Former Wheeling Nailers goaltender Jordan Parise has joined Augsburger Panther of the DEL in Germany.

(Photos: Penguins/Rangers-Nick Laham/Getty Images; Crosby and Staal-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Blues/Capitals-Rob Carr/Getty Images; Blue Jackets/Canucks-Rich Lam/Getty Images; Coyotes/Blackhawks-Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

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