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Saturday, 21 January 2012 09:18

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "We were losing and I wanted to win this game." - Evgeni Malkin on his third period goal.

-The Montreal Gazette's recap. “I thought we sat back too much in the third period." - Canadiens defenseman and former Penguin Hal Gill.

-The Associated Press' recap.

-NHL.com's recap. "This same game might have gotten away from us a week and a half, two weeks ago." - Dan Bylsma.

-Highlights:

-Chris Kunitz versus Montreal's Max Pacioretty:

-This is probably the friendliest fight picture you'll ever see:

-If you can imagine such a thing, Montreal's PK Subban slew footed Chris Kunitz:

-Watch for falling glass:

-Cool Picture of the Night: Celebratory times for Kris Letang:

-Happy times for Malkin and a fan:

-Intense times for Malkin:

-Marc-Andre Fleury is stretchy:

-Eric Tangradi stuck an elbow into the back of the head of Montreal's Scott Gomez:

-Montreal's Peter Budaj made this save:

-Malkin speaks:

-Kris Letang speaks:

-Dustin Jeffrey speaks:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Dan Bylsma shot down accusations by Rangers forward Brad Richards that Matt Cooke slewfooted him Thursday. (PG+)

-Welcome back Jason Williams.

-Colin McDonald scored two goals for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 win against the Manchester Monarchs. Brad Thiessen made 29 saves in the victory.

-The Penguins won the 1,000th game in the franchise's history.

-Patrick Killen made 18 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-0 shutout of the Toledo Walleye. Denver Manderson had a goal and an assist for Wheeling.

-By way of Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports, former Penguins forward Jarkko Ruutu is making friends playing in Finland's SM-liiga:

-Former Penguins forward Bryan Trottier will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame.

-Happy 31st birthday to former Penguins forward Michal Sivek. Acquired along with Kris Beech and Ross Lupaschuk from the Capitals in exchange for Jaromir Jagr and Frantisek Kucera in the 2001 offseason, Sivek's NHL's career amounted to 38 games and six points with the Penguins in 2002-03. During the 2004 offseason, he joined HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga.

-Happy 51st birthday to former Penguins defenseman Moe Mantha, Jr. (right) Acquired in the 1984 offseason in a deal which sent Randy Carlyle to the Winnipeg Jets, Mantha spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins. In 1984-85, Mantha appeared in 71 games and recorded 51 points. He followed that up in 1985-86 by setting career highs in games (78) and point (67). During 1986-87, Mantha appared in 62 games and netted 40 points. After 21 games and 10 points in 1987-88, Mantha was traded along with Craig Simpson, Dave Hannan and Chris Joseph in exchange for Paul Coffey, Dave Hunter and Wayne Van Dorp. In 232 regular season games with the Penguins, Mantha scored 168 points, 45th-most in franchise history.

Atlantic Division

-The Devils acquired former Penguins forward Alexei Ponikarovsky from the Devils in exchange for minor-league defenseman Joe Sova and a fourth-round draft pick in 2012. Ponikarovsky has appeared in 48 games this season and has scored 15 points (seven goals, eight assists). Scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after this season, he has a salary cap hit of $1.5 million.

-EN Says: This is a weird trade for the Devils. Ponikarovsky has all the ability in the world but can be a complete dog when put in a situation where he can succeed when it counts. Perhaps the Devils' structured system can benefit him, but his track record with playoff teams is abysmal. For the Hurricanes, the rebuilding process has started.

-This is a left over from Thursday, but check out this hit to head head by Islanders forward and former Penguin Tim Wallace on Flyers forward Sean Couturier:

-Wallace was not punished for the hit.

-EN Says: This is a perfect example of why ALL head shots should be banned. You can never truly judge intent. How can anyone other than Wallace know his intentions in that hit. It looks sneaky, but you don't know for sure. Intent isn't a factor in punishing fairly minor infractions such as delay of game penalties. Why does intent get weighed in on a matter as serious as head shots?

-The Rangers and the Bruins have a pretty big showdown today in Boston.

Northeast Division

-“It feels good to have my normal, every day life back." - Senators forward Jesse Winchester on his recovery from a concussion suffered Dec. 20.

-The Senators recalled forward Stephane Da Costa from Binghamton of the AHL.

-The Bruins demoted forward Jordan Caron and defenseman Steven Kampfer to Providence of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-Cam Ward made 23 saves for the Hurricanes in a 3-0 shutout of the Capitals. Jussi Jokinen scored two goals for Carolina while captain Eric Staal recorded two assists.

-Goal of the Night (and season possibly): Carolina's Jiri Tlusty on Washinton's Michal Neuvirth:

-Defensive Play of the Night: Staal steals a puck off Washington's John Carlson and setting up Jokinen for a shorthanded goal:

-Teddy Purcell scored two goals and led the Lightning to a 2-1 win against the Stars. Martin St. Louis recorded two assists for Tampa Bay while former Penguin Mathieu Garon made 27 saves in the victory.

-Jets forward Nik Antropov was fined $2,500 for a boarding hit against Sabres defenseman T.J. Brennan Thursday.

-Despite being recalled five times this season from Norfolk of the AHL, Lightning defenseman Evan Oberg has yet to appear in a game this season.

-The Panthers demoted forward Michal Repik to San Antonio of the AHL.

-The Jets demoted defenseman Paul Postma to St. John’s of the AHL.

Central Division

-Patrick Kane and captain Jonathan Toews each had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks in a 3-1 win against the Panthers. Ray Emery made 18 saves for Chicago.

-Check out this goal by Toews:

-Toews kept his eyes on this puck:

-Florida's Jose Theodore got down low for this puck:

-Emery was all over this puck:

-This game was delayed a half hour due to a major snow storm in Chicago which impacted the Panthers' ability to travel to the arena.

-The Blue Jackets demoted forward Dane Byers and defenseman David Savard to Springfield of the AHL.

Northwest Division

-Canucks defenseman Sami Salo resumed practicing for the first time since suffering a concussion on a low hit by Bruins forward Brad Marchand Jan. 7.

-The Wild recalled forwards Matt Kassian, Jed Ortmeyer, Chad Rau and defenseman Nate Prosser from Houston of the AHL and demoted forwards Casey Wellman and David McIntyre to Houston.

-The Flames demoted defenseman Brett Carson to Abbotsford of the AHL.

Pacific Division

-The Ducks signed defenseman Francois Beauchemin (right) to a three-year contract extension worth a total of $10.5 million. He will have a salary cap hit of $3.5 million. In the final year of a contract with a salary cap hit of $3.8 million, Beauchemin has appeared in 45 games and has 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) this season.

-Anaheim recalled forward Mark Bell from Syracuse of the AHL.

-The Coyotes recalled defenseman Maxim Goncharov from Portland of the AHL.

Adams Division

-The NHL and NHLPA reached an agreement regarding a 2011 dispute over hockey-related revenue.

-Cody Crichton had a goal and an assist for the Robert Morris men's team which beat Connecticut, 4-3.

-An overtime goal by Daniel O'Donoghue gave the Mercyhurst men's team a 3-2 win against Holy Cross.

-Kelley Steadman scored all four of of the Mercyhurst women's team's goals in a 4-2 defeat of Robert Morris.

(Photos: Canadiens/Penguins-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images and Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press; Mantha-Penguins Hockey Cards; Panthers/Blackhawks-Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images; Beauchemin-Harry How/Getty Images)

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