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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 07:46

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "He's just a dominating player when he wants the puck." - Chris Kunitz on Evgeni Malkin.

-The Chicago Tribune's recap. "You could look at that as a critical point of the game." - Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville on Deryk Engelland's hit on Chicago's Deryk Engelland and Engelland's subsquent fight with John Scott. Scott was given an instigator penalty after the fight.

-The Chicago Sun-Times' recap. "We basically handed them two points.” - Chicago's Victor Stalberg.

-The Associated Press' recap. Marc-Andre Fleury is second in the NHL with 17 wins.

-NHL.com's recap. The Penguins have a 6-0-3 home record against the Blackhawks since the 1996-97 season.

-Highlights:

-Engelland versus Scott:

-A good look at the fight:

-And the aftermath:

-Jordan Staal and Chicago captain Jonathan Toews were ready for this faceoff:

-Happy times for Evgeni Malkin and Tyler Kennedy:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Tyler Kennedy does not approve of former teammate Colby Armstrong's attitude towards concussions.

-Mario Lemieux is in the best shape of his life:

-Happy 30th birthday to former Penguins forward Shane Endicott. A second round pick in 2000, "Endo" spent parts of two seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 2001-02, Endicott appeared in four games and recorded one assist. After spending the next three seasons with the Penguins' AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Endicott appeared in 41 games at the NHL level in 2005-06 and recorded two points. In the 2006 offseason, he joined the Predators as a free agent. In 45 games with the Penguins, Endicott scored three points.

Atlantic Division

-Two goals and an assist by Marian Gaborik led the Rangers to a 4-1 win against the rival Devils. Derek Stepan recorded three assists for New York while teammate Artem Anisimov collected a goal and an assist. Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves in the victory.

-Right off the opening faceoff, Rangers forward and former Penguin Mike Rupp got into a fight with New Jersey's Cam Janssen:

-A good look at the fight:

-Cool Picture of the Night: New Jersey's Travis Zajac going wide against Lundqvist:

-This Devils fan didn't seem too happy with Anisimov:

-New York's Carl Hagelin wasn't too graceful with this celebration:

-Shootout goals by P.A. Parenteau and Radim Vrbata gave the Islanders a 3-2 win against Jets. Evgeni Nabokov made 19 saves in the victory. Nik Antropov had a regulation goal and an assist for Winnipeg.

-Check out this pass by New York's John Tavares to set up Parenteau for a goal:

-Islanders starting goaltneder Al Montoya left the game in the second period after being run over by Winnipeg's Evander Kane:

-Flyers goaltender Ilya Brzygalov will have a pretty sweet mask for the Winter Classic:

-Flyers forward Claude Giroux (concussion) said he could return to the lineup "pretty soon."

-The Flyers demoted defenseman Kevin Marshall to Adirondack of the AHL.

Northeast Division

-Erik Condra scored two goals for the Senators in a 4-1 lead against the Sabres. Erik Karlsson added a goal and an assist for Ottawa while teammate Craig Anderson made 22 saves.

-“I'll take this over the weather in Phoenix any day." - Former Coyotes forward Kyle Turris on making his debut with the Senators.

-If you're wondering what Turris looks like as a Senator, here you go:

-Senators defensemen Sergei Gonchar ("upper body") and Filip Kuba (shoulder) each returned to the lineup.

-The Folignos - Ottawa's Nick and and Buffalo's Marcus - are brothers and they faced off last night.

-Toronto placed forward Colby Armstrong on injured reserve due to a concussion.

-The Maple Leafs recalled forward Darryl Boyce from Toronto of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist for the Capitals in a 4-1 win against the Predators. Marcus Johansson recorded two assists for Washington while teammate Michal Neuvirth made 20 saves.

-Washington captain Alex Ovechkin scored a nice goal off a rush from the left wing:

-Goal of the Night: Check out this ridiculous wrister by Washington's Alexander Semin:

-Happy times in Washington:

-Nashville's Jerred Smithson > Washington's Dennis Wideman:

-Nashville's Ander Lindback scrunched up on this save:

-"Things just weren't right. Things were moving a little fast, things were turning a little too much. I had a difficult time focusing, listening." - Hurricanes defenseman Jay Harrison on recovering from a concussion.

-Former Penguins goaltender Mathieu Garon has slowly taken over as the Lightning's top goaltender.

-The Panthers signed former Penguins forward Bill Thomas to a one-year two-way contract.

Northwest Division

-A goal and an assist by captain Jarome Iginla led the Flames to a 2-1 win against the Wild. Miikka Kiprusoff made 29 saves in the victory.

-Calgary's Tim Jackman didn't seem to pleased with Minnesota's Brad Staubitz:

-Minnesota's Matt Cullen and Calgary's Mikael Backlund got up close and personal:

Pacific Division

-Radim Vrbata and Ray Whitney each had a goal and an assist for the Coyotes in a 2-1 win against the Panthers. Mike Smith made 19 saves in the win.

-Phoenix goaltender Jason LaBarbera replaced Smith and stopped Florida's Stephen Weiss on a penalty shot with 24.5 seconds remaining in regulation to preserve the win:

-Painful times for Smith:

-Smith got lost in the snow here:

-Pass of the Night: Phoenix's Oliver-Ekman Larsson with the fake one-timer and pass to Ray Whitney for a power-play goal:

-After working out some immigration issues, Darryl Sutter officially took over as the Kings' head coach.

-“I missed eight months of hockey. Eight months of my life was gone, right? [That’s] the reality of it, eight months of your life is gone. You’re living in pain every day, you have a headache, headache is pain. Whether it’s small, medium, or large headache, it’s pain. You live with that." - Willie Mitchell on his recovery from a concussion.

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

-The Stars activated forward Adam Burish (hand) from injured reserve and placed forward Tomas Vincour (knee) on injured reserve.

(Photos: Blackhawks/Penguins-Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press and Jamie Sabau/Getty Images; Rangers/Devils-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Sabres/Senators-Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images; Predators/Capitals-Patrick McDermott/Getty Images; Wild/Flames-Mike Ridewood/Getty Images; Coyotes/Panthers-Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

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