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-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "They're the best, or one of the best, in the league now, so it was a big challenge for us." - Marc-Andre Fleury on the Rangers.

-The New York Daily News' recap. “Our team has to understand if you’re going to have a record like we have, teams are going to start looking for you, and they’re going to be ready to play, and we weren’t." - Rangers coach John Tortorella.

-Newsday's recap. Rangers defenseman Marc Staal took the blame for pinching in on Richard Park's game-winning goal.

-The Bergen (N.J.) Record's recap. “If we don’t play smart against a team like that, they’ll make you pay." - Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

-The Associated Press' recap. Fleury played in his 19th consecutive game.

-NHL.com's recap. Welcome back Kris Letang.

-Highlights:

-Eric Tangradi versus New York's Stu Bickel:

-A good look at the fight:

-Happy times for the Penguins:

-Happy times for Evgeni Malkin. Not so much for Lundqvist:

-New York's Ryan McDonagh went stick on puck here against Deryk Engelland:

-New York's Carl Hagelin > Fleury:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Kris Letang speaks:

-Evgeni Malkin speaks:

-The Rangers' top line of Brandon Dubinsky, Brandon Prust and Brad Richards was benched most of the third period.

-Arron Asham is dealing with a suspected concussion.

-Former Penguins owner and Lightning owner Len Barrie is being sued by a Las Vegas casino for more than $2 million.

-The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins stink at home.

-The Nailers' owners, Jim and Rob Brooks, officially announced the sale of the Wheeling Nailers. If a new owner isn't found within two months, the franchise could cease operations.

-Happy 33rd birthday to former Penguins defenseman Josef Melichar (right). A third-round pick in 1997, Melichar spent parts of six seasons with the Penguins. As a rookie in 2000-01, he appeared in 18 games and recorded two assists. He followed that up in 2001-02 by seeing action in 60 games and recording three assists. Injuries limited him to eight games and no points in 2002-03. He rebounded in 2003-04 by playing in all 82 games and scoring eight points. Following the 2004-05 lockout, Melichar played in 72 games during 2005-06 and set a career-high with 15 points. In 2006-07, he saw action in 70 games and scored 12 points. He appeared in all five of the Penguins' postseason games that spring and failed to record a point. During the 2007 offseason, he joined the Lightning as a free agent. Melichar appeared in 310 regular season games for the Penguins, 48th-most in franchise history, and scored 40 points.

-Happy 37th birthday to former Penguins defenseman the great Dick Tarnstrom (right). A free agent signing in the 2002 offseason, Tarnstrom spent parts of three seasons with the Penguins. In 2002-03, he appeared in 61 games and scored 41 points. He made some history during 2003-04 by becoming the only defenseman in franchise history to lead the club after he scored 52 points in 80 games. Following the 2004-05 lockout, Tarnstrom appeared in 33 games and scored 10 points for the Penguins in 2005-06 before being traded to the Oilers in exchange for Corey Cross and Jani Rita. He is currently the captain of AIK of the Elitserien in his native Sweden. In 174 games with the Penguins, Tarnstrom scored 103 points, 81st-most in franchise history and the most among any Swedish-born player in Penguins history.

Atlantic Division

-Evgeni Nabokov made 40 saves for the Islanders who beat the Flyers, 4-1. PA Parenteau and John Tavares each recorded two assists for New York which snapped a 13-game road losing streak in Philadelphia.

-Defensive Play of the Night: Jakub Voracek preventing New Yorks' Matt Moulson from scoring a goal:

-Islanders defenseman and Upper St. Clair native Dylan Reese got into a fight with Philadephia's Claude Giroux:

-Philadephia's Sergei Bobrovsky had issues with this puck:

-The Islanders' last win in Philadelphia came April 7, 2007.

-"We sucked today." - Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen.

-Will former Penguins captain Jaromir Jagr return to the Flyers next season?

-Devils defenseman Henrik Tallinder will be sidelined six to eight weeks due to a blood clot in his lower left leg.

Northeast Division

-A goal and an assist by Gregory Campbell led the Bruins to a 4-1 defeat of the Devils. Shawn Thornton recorded two assists for Boston while teammate Tim Thomas made 30 saves.

-Happy times for the Bruins. Not so much for the Devils:

-Bright times for captains Zach Parise of New Jersey and Zdeno Chara of Boston:

-New Jersey's Cam Janssen > Boston's Andrew Ference:

-Jonas Gustavsson made 20 saves for the Maple Leafs who beat the Wild, 4-1. Joffrey Lupul recorded three assists for Toronto. Minnesota has dropped 15 out of its past 17 games.

-Two goals by Colin Greening led the Senators to a 4-1 win against the Sharks. Kyle Turris had a goal and an assist for Ottawa while teammate Jason Spezza recorded two assists. Craig Anderson made 36 saves in the victory.

-San Jose's Jamie McGinn crashed through a door while attempting to hit Ottawa's Chris Phillips:

-Anderson was all over this puck:

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

-Greening and San Jose Joe Thornton each kept their eyes on this puck:

-The Senators saw forwards Kaspars Daugavins (leg) and Zack Smith (head) leave the game with potential injuries.

-Could the Canadiens bench former Penguins defenseman Hal Gill in order to boost their power play tonight?

-After serving his five-game suspension for clipping Canucks defenseman Sami Salo, Bruins forward Brad Marchand called out the NHL for not supsending Senators forward Nick Foligno for a similar hit on Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf earlier this week.

-And Marchand's hit:

-Foligno's hit:

-EN Says: We agree with Marchand. Foligno should be suspended. But since Phaneuf was seriously injured the way Salo was  - He has yet to return to the lineup due to a head injury - the NHL won't take action. The league shouldn't suspende the result. It should suspend the action.

-Sabres forward Paul Gaustad is dealing with an "upper-body" injury.

Southeast Division

-Captain Andrew Ladd and Nik Antropov each had a goal and an assist for the Jets in a 4-1 defeat of the Sabres. Kyle Wellwood recorded two assists for Winnipeg while teammate Ondrej Pavelec made 25 saves. Buffalo has lost 11 consecutive road games.

-Save of the Night: Buffalo's Ryan Miller on Winnipeg's Tanner Glass:

-Sabres assistant coach Teppo Numminen returned to Winnipeg for the first time since he played there as a defenseman in 1996.

-The Panthers recalled forward Michal Repik on waivers.

-The Lightning recalled defenseman Evan Oberg from Norfolk of the AHL.

Central Division

-Todd Bertuzzi's shootout goal gave the Red Wings a 3-2 win against the Coyotes. Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen each recorded two assists for Detroit while teammate Jimmy Howard made 31 saves. Kyle Chipchura netted two assists for Phoenix.

-Bertuzzi's shootout goal was a beaut:

-Shootout Save of the Night: Phoenix's Mike Smith on Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk:

-Bertuzzi celebrating his shootout goal with the road crowd:

-A good look at Howard's lid:

-Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg and Phoenix's Boyd Gordon were ready for this faceoff:

-Jaroslav Halak made all of 15 saves for the Blues in a 1-0 shutout of the Oilers. Halak recorded his third shutout in four games.

-St. Louis' Alex Pietrangelo scored on his birthday to break a scoreless tie late in the third period:

-Happy times in St. Louis:

-Halak had his tower buzzed here:

-A good look at the lid of Edmonton's Khabibulin's:

-The Blues lead the NHL with 20 home wins.

-Pekka Rinne made 38 saves for the Predators in a 3-0 shutout of the rival Blue Jackets. Martin Erat netted a goal and an assist for Nashville.

-The Predators calimed forward Brandon Yip off waivers from the Avalanche and activated forward Jerred Smithson (upper body) from injured reserve.

-With defenseman Radek Martinek expected to miss the rest of the season due to post-concussion symptoms, the Blue Jackets signed defenseman Brett Lebda to a one-year NHL contract. He had been playing for Columbus' AHL affiliate in Springfield on an AHL-only contract. Terms of his NHL deal were not reported.

Northwest Division

-Shootout goals by Olli Jokinen and Mike Cammalleri gave the Flames a 2-1 win against the Kings. Miikka Kiprusoff made 31 saves in the victory.

-Los Angeles' Jonathan Quick kept an eye on this puck:

-Oilers forward Taylor Hall spoke to reporters today for the first time since he suffered facial injuries when teammate Corey Potter accidentally kicked him in the face with a skate blade. He also showed off the damage:

-Yeesh.

-"You can say that I'm lucky I didn't get my eye taken out or that I didn't get my throat sliced. Or, I'm just un-lucky because something like his has never happened in the history of the sport with how many guys who have not worn a helmet in warm-up." - Hall.

-Oilers forward Jordan Eberle returned to the lineup after missing four games due to a knee ailment.

-"There's no excuses right now. It's embarrassing. We've got to be a lot better. The season's going to be over before we know it if we don't snap out of it." - Wild defenseman Nick Schultz on his teams' struggles.

Pacific Division

-The Sharks demoted goaltender Antero Niittymaki (right) to Worcester of the AHL for a conditioning assignment.

-The Stars activated defenseman Philip Larsen ("upper body") from injured reserve.

(Photos: Penguins/Rangers-Al Bello/Getty Images and Frank Franklin II/Associated Press; Tarnstrom-Annie O'Neill/Post-Gazette; Melichar-Andy Marlin/Getty Images; Islanders/Flyers-Tom Mihalek/Associated Press; Bruins/Senators-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Senators/Sharks-Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press and Ezra Shaw/Getty Images; Red Wings/Coyotes-Christian Petersen/Getty Images; Oilers/Blues-Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images; Flames/Kings-Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press; Hall-Tom Gazzola/Edmonton Oilers; Niittymaki-Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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