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Sunday, 08 January 2012 04:52

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "We give up a couple of goals, and everybody's attitude [stinks] afterward. You can see on the ice, our energy starts out great, then they score a couple of goals and instead of getting [angry] and battling back, we just come out flatter and kind of feel sorry for ourselves, hang our heads. We start taking stupid, lazy penalties and start getting off our game plan and doing whatever we want." - Brooks Orpik.

-The Newark Star-Ledger's recap. “The coach said a few weeks ago we were 10 or 12 points behind these guys and now we’re ahead of them.” - Devils captain Zach Parise.

-The Associated Press' recap. “You’ve got to find a way to battle through it and as a team play well and get wins and get points.” - Marc-Andre Fleury on his team's injuries.

-NHL.com's recap. "They're missing so many guys but they're still a tough team to play against." - Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur.

-Highlights:

-Brooks Orpik and New Jersey's Mattias Tedenby kicked up some snow:

-Instructive times for Dan Bylsma:

-Evgeni Malkin staring something down:

-Reflective times for Brent Johnson:

-Marc-Andre Fleury taking the ice:

-Anthem time for the Penguins:

-And the Devils:

-Bylsma speaks:

-Welcome back Dustin Jeffrey... to practice. (PG+)

-"Does it help each club out, or is it going to hurt?" - Brent Johnson on why the NHLPA declined to approve the NHL's realignment plan.

-Geoff Walker scored two goals for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 loss to the Syracuse Crunch. Alex Grant and Paul Thompson each recorded two assists for the Penguins while teammate Brad Thiessen made 25 saves.

-Peter Delmas made 23 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-1 loss to South Carolina Stingrays.

Atlantic Division

-A hat trick, including a goal in overtime, by Daniel Briere gave the Flyers a 3-2 win against the Senators. Jakub Voracek recorded two assists for Philadelphia while teammate Ilya Bryzgalov made 35 saves. Erik Karlsson recorded two assists for Ottawa.

-Bizarre Fight of the Night: Briere versus Ottawa's Kyle Turris:

-Happy times for the Senators. Not so much for Bryzgalov:

-Islanders forward Jay Pandolfo returned to the lineup after missing 17 games due to a foot injury.

Northeast Division

-Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs in a 4-3 win against the Red Wings. Jonas Gustavsson made 37 saves in the victory. Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen each recorded two assists for Detroit.

-Intense Photo of the Night: Detroit's Dan Cleary during warm ups:

-Max Pacioretty had goal and an assist for the Canadiens in a 3-1 win against the Lightning. Carey Price made 23 saves in the victory.

-Over 200 people protested the Canadiens' recent hiring of English-speaking coach Randy Cunneyworth prior to tonight's game.

-The Sabres demoted forward Zack Kassian and defenseman TJ Brennan to Rochester of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Johnny Oduya's overtime goal gave the Jets a 2-1 win against the Sabres. Ondrej Pavelec made 31 saves in the victory.

-Cool Photo of the Night: Buffalo goaltender Jhonas Enroth looking around traffic:

-Jets forward Bryan Little returned to the lineup after missing eight games due to a foot injury.

-Capitals defenseman Mike Green left last night's game in San Jose due to tightness in his chronically injured groin.

-The Panthers demoted former Penguins forward Bill Thomas to San Antonio of the AHL.

Central Division

-Two goals from Patric Hornqvist led the Predators to a 5-2 win against the Hurricanes. Ryan Ellis added a goal and an assist for Nashville while teammate Mike Fisher recorded three assists. Pekka Rinne made 27 saves in the victory. Jay Harrison scored both of Carolina's goal.

-Curtis Sanford made 31 saves for the Blue Jackets in a 1-0 shutout of the Kings. It was Sanford's sixth career shutout. Los Angeles lost for the first time in regulation under head coach Darryl Sutter.

-Check out this save by Sanford on Los Angeles' Anze Kopitar:

-Columbus' Jared Boll and Los Angeles' Kevin Westgarth had a pretty good fight:

-A good look at the brawl:

-Kopitar checked out the torque on his stick:

-Brian Elliott made all of 15 saves for the Blues in a 4-0 shutout of the Avalanche. It was Elliott's fifth shutout of the season and 14th of his career. Kevin Shattenkirk had a goal and an assist for Colorado while teammates Alex Pietrangelo, T.J. Oshie and Vladimir Sobotka each recorded two assists.

-No wonder Elliott was able to get a shutout:

-The Blues demoted defenseman Cade Fairchild to Peoria of the AHL.

-The Blackhawks activated defenseman Steve Montador ("upper-body") from injured reserve and demoted defenseman Dylan Olsen to Rockford of the AHL.

Northwest Division

-In a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final, Cody Hodgson had a goal and an assist for the Canucks who beat the Bruins, 4-3. Kevin Bieksa recorded two assists for Vancouver while teammate Corey Schneider made 36 saves.

-Check out this sizzler of a slapper by Hodgson:

-A line brawl broke out in the first four minutes of the game:

-"I don’t lose my cool for no reason. I fancy myself a pretty honest player. But I’m not going to let somebody spear me in the throat. I’m also a man. I stand up for myself." - Bruins forward Shawn Thornton on why he jumped Canucks forward Alex Burrows and touched off the brawl.

-A couple of good looks at Boston's Nathan Horton and Dale Weise's individual fight:

-Canucks defenseman Sami Salo suffered a potential concussion when he was hit low by Bruins forward Brad Marchand and dropped on his head:

-"We play hard, but we are a disciplined team. That’s what separates us from them. They obviously play hard, but they tend to do stupid things. The Marchand hit was a pretty stupid thing and I’m sure he’ll be getting a phone call for that one. There is no reason for that." - Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa on the hit.

-“A dirty play by a dirty player." - Canucks general manager Mike Gillis on Marchand.

-Boston's Gregory Campbell also went with Vancouver's Maxim Lapierre:

-If you can imagine such a thing, Boston captain Zdeno Chara threw around a Sedin brother:

-Canucks forward Andrew Ebbett left the game in the first period due to a broken collarbone.

-Captain Jarome Iginla's 500th career goal led the Flames to a 3-1 win against the Wild. Curtis Glencross had a goal and an assist for Minnesota while teammate Miikka Kiprusoff made 27 saves in the victory.

-Iginla's goal:

-“I definitely have to pinch myself." - Iginla.

-Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson left last night's game against the Blues due to a hand injury in the first period.

-The Oilers demoted forwards Josh Green and Teemu Hartikainen to Oklahoma City of the AHL.

Pacific Division

-A hat trick by captain Shane Doan led the Coyotes to a 5-1 win against the Islanders. Oliver Ekman-Larsson added a goal and an assist for Phoenix while teammate Mike Smith made 31 saves.

-Doan's hat trick:

-Happy times for the Coyotes. Not so much for New York's Evgeni Nabokov:

-Doan's hat trick was the first of his 16-season NHL career.

-Patrick Marleau had a goal and two assists for the Sharks in a 5-2 defeat of the Capitals. Torrey Mitchell added a goal and an assist for San Jose while teammate Dan Boyle recorded three assists. Antti Niemi made 28 saves in the victory. Dennis Wideman led Washington with a goal and an assist.

-Thirsty times for Washington's Tomas Vokoun:

-Sharks mascot S.J. Sharkie was creeping on Vokoun:

-Jamie Benn and Mike Ribeiro each scored two goals for the Stars in a 4-1 win against the Oilers. Loui Eriksson recorded three assists for Dallas while teammate Richard Bachman made 25 saves.

-Dallas' Steve Ott appeared to strike Edmonton's Anton Lander in the head:

-Hit of the Night: Edmonton's Theo Peckham on Benn:

-Kings forward Dustin Penner is dealing with a back injury.

-Ducks goaltender Dan Ellis and forward George Parros are each dealing with groin injuries.

Patrick Division

-Eric Levine made 31 saves for the Robert Morris men's team in a 2-2 tie with Bentley.

-A goal and an assist by Daniel Bahntge led the Mercyhurst men's team past Sacred Heart, 3-1.

-Kristen DiCiocco made 23 saves for the Robert Morris womens' team which lost to Providence, 3-1.

-Hillary Pattenden made 14 saves for the Mercyhurst women's team which tied Syracuse, 1-1.

-Vermont and New Hampshire went at it at Fenway Park in Boston last night:

(Photos: Devils/Penguins-Christian Petersen/Getty Images; Senators/Flyers-Nick Laham/Getty Images; Red Wings/Maple Leafs-Abelimages/Getty Images; Jets/Sabres-Dave Sandford/Getty Images; Blue Jackets/Kings-Harry How/Getty Images; Avalanche/Blues-Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images; Canucks/Bruins-Elsa/Getty Images; Wild/Flames-Mike Ridewood/Getty Images; Islanders/Coyotes-Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press; Capitals/Sharks-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; New Hampshire/Yale-Winslow Townson/Associated Press)

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