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Friday, 13 January 2012 11:18

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-"Our expectation is not [just] to make the playoffs; it's bigger than that. I don't have to tell our players that." - Ray Shero (right).

-Marc-Andre Fleury pretty much has to be perfect right now.

-Happy 32nd birthday to former Penguins forward Mike Rupp. A free agent signing in the 2009 offseason, Rupp spent two seasons with the Penguins. During 2009-10, Rupp set career highs in games (81), goals (13) and points (19) and led the team with 120 penalty minutes. He saw action in 11 games during the 2010 posteason and failed to record a point. Last season, Rupp played in 81 games and scored 17 points. In seven postseason games he scored two points. Rupp, one of six former Penguins from Ohio - Ab DeMarco, Brian Holzinger, Moe Mantha, Ian Moran and Bryan Smolinski are the others - joined the Rangers this past offseason. In 162 regular season games, Rupp scored 36 points.  In 18 postseason games, he scored two points.

Atlantic Division

-Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves for the Flyers in a 3-2 win against the Islanders. Andrew MacDonald recorded two assists for New York.

-New York's Evgeni Nabokov had issues with this puck:

-Flyers forward and former Penguin Maxime Talbot was shaken up after this hit by Islanders defenseman Steve Staios:

-"That's what we're trying to stop in the NHL - shots like that head shot. I had no time to react. I felt like the point of contact was my head. I didn't [see] the replay or anything, but from what I felt, it was a pretty dangerous hit. But we'll see what they say." - Talbot on the hit.

-Philadelphia police have arrested a man on charges related to an infamous fight following the Winter Classic. The fight, which was documented on YouTube, shows several Flyers fan attack and injuring a Rangers fan outside a steak sandwich shop.

Northeast Division

-Craig Anderson made 34 saves for the Senators in a 3-0 shutout of the Rangers. Jason Spezza scored two goals for Ottawa while teammate Erik Karlsson recorded two assists.

-Ottawa's Zenon Konopka had issues with New York's Brandon Prust:

-Tim Thomas made 33 saves for the Bruins in a 2-1 win against the Canadiens. Boston has lost four out of its past five games.

-In the third period, Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban hit Bruins forward David Krejci with an elbow to the head and refused to fight Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference in the aftermath:

-EN Says: Embarrassing. Subban deserves at least five games for that display.

-The Canadiens traded forward Mike Cammalleri, goaltender Karri Ramo and a fifth-round pick in 2012 to the Flames in exchange for forward Rene Bourque, forward prospect Patrick Holland and a second-round pick in 2013. Cammalleri, 29, who spent one season in Calgary, has 22 points (nine goals, 13 assists) in 38 games this season. He has three years left on a contract with a $6 million cap hit. Bourque, 30, has 16 points (13 goals, three assists) in 38 games. He has six years left on a contract with a $3,333,333 cap hit.

EN Says: It's no coincidence the club traded Cammalleri during a game a day after he called the "losers." The Canadiens have been a mess this season and have made a plenty of peculiar moves with coaching changes and other transactions. This trade is the latest.

We'll give the Flames the edge in terms who won the deal. Cammalleri had his best season in the NHL with the Flames in 2008-09 when he scored 39 goals. Both players have struggled this season, but Cammalleri is returning to an environment where he has succeeded.

-"Holy ---! What a 48 hours!" - Cammalleri.

-The Bruins recalled forward Jordan Caron from Providence of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Two goals and an assist by Jiri Tlusty led the Hurricanes to a 5-2 win against the Lightning. Tuomo Ruutu added a goal and two assists for Carolina while teammate Jay Harrison collected a goal and an assist. Cam Ward made 34 saves in the victory.

-One goaltender (Mathieu Garon) leaving and one goaltender coming (Dwayne Roloson) is never a good scene:

-The Capitals placed defenseman Mike Green on long-term injured reserve due to a groin injury.

-Lightning forward Martin St. Louis is dealing with blurry vision related to taking a puck to the face last month.

-The Capitals recalled forward Cody Eakin from Hershey of the AHL.

-The Jets recalled forward Patrice Cormier from St. John's of the AHL.

-The Hurricanes recalled defenseman Derek Joslin from Charlotte of the AHL.

Central Division

-Shootout goal by Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg led the Red Wings to a 3-2 win against the Coyotes. Jimmy Howard made 35 saves in the victory.

-Shootout Goal of the Night: Zetterberg with a Peter Forsbergian move:

-Pass of the Night: Datsyuk setting up Detroit's Johan Franzen:

-Two goals by David Legwand, including one in overtime, gave the Predators a 3-2 win against the Avalanche. Pekka Rinne made 27 saves for Nashville. Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist for Colorado.

-Legwand's overtime goal:

-Happy times in Nashville:

-Colorado's Jean-Sebastien Giguere reached back for this puck:

-Dave Bolland had two goals and an assist for the Blackhawks in a 5-2 defeat of the Wild. Jimmy Hayes added a goal and an assist for Chicago while teammates Michael Frolik and Steve Montador each recorded two assists. Ray Emery made 21 saves in the victory.

-Check out this save by Minnesota's Josh Harding on Chicago's Marian Hossa:

-Minnesota's David McIntyre got up for this puck:

-Blue Jackets forward R.J. Umberger is sidelined due to a concussion. His consecutive games streak of 291, fifth-longest in the NHL, will come to an end.

-The Blue Jackets recalled forward Dane Byers from Springfield of the AHL.

-The Blackhawks activated forward Marcus Kruger (concussion) from injured reserve.

Northwest Division

-An overtime goal and an assist by Daniel Sedin gave the Canucks a 3-2 win against the Blues. Alex Burrows scored two goals for Vancouver while teammates Alexander Edler and Henrik Sedin each recorded two assists. Roberto Luongo made 31 saves in the victory. Jason Arnott scored both of St. Louis' goal.

-Daniel Sedin's goal:

-St. Louis' Roman Polak did what we all want to do to Vancouver's Maxim Lapierre:

-Luongo was all over this puck:

-St. Louis's Brian Elliott got lost in the snow here:

-Arnott lunged after this puck:

-Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome returned to the lineup after missing 12 games due to a broken thumb.

-Oilers forward Josh Green was recalled from Oklahoma City of the AHL.

Pacific Division

-Antti Niemi made 24 saves for the Sharks in a 2-0 shutout of the Sharks. It was the 15th shutout of Niemi's career. San Jose has won five out of six games.

-Save of the Night: Winnipeg's Ondrej Pavelec on San Jose's Torrey Mitchell:

-Winnipeg's Tanner Glass and San Jose's Joe Thornton got tied up here:

-Blair Jones' overtime goal gave the Flames a 1-0 win against the Ducks. Miikka Kiprusoff made 23 saves in the shutout.

-Jones' goal:

-Loui Eriksson's shootout goal gave the Stars a 5-4 comeback victory against the Kings. Eriksson scored two regulation goals while former Penguins defenseman Alex Goligoski had a regulation goal and an assist. Fire Ray Shero. Jack Johnson and Anze Kopitar each led Los Angels with a regulation goal and two assists.

-Kings forward Anze Kopitar was injured on a hit by Stars captain Brenden Morrow:

-Check out this pass by Kopitar to set up captain Dustin Brown for a goal:

-The Ducks demoted goaltender Iiro Tarkki to Syracuse of the AHL.

(Photos: Shero-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Flyers/Islanders-Paul J. Bereswill/Associated Press; Senators/Rangers-Nick Laham/Getty Images; Hurricanes/Lightning-Chris O'Meara/Associated Press; Avalanche/Predators-Frederick Breedon/Getty Images and Mark Humphrey/Associated Press; Wild/Blackhawks-Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images; Canucks/Blues-Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images; Sharks/Jets-Marianne Helm/Getty Images)

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