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[Dark Knight]

Please post your thoughts, pictures and comments on tonight's games in this thread.

TBL at NYR
Chicago at Vancouver

[GLOVESAVE35]

Updated Sunday, November 19
Atlanta Thrashers: Centre Niko Kapanen was scratched Saturday for the first time this season. - Atlanta Journal Constitution


Boston Bruins: Jason York, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Nov. 10, skated with the team Saturday morning for the first time since the procedure. - Boston Globe


Buffalo Sabres: Goalie Ryan Miller played his first game Saturday after missing five because of a muscle strain and made 37 saves. -


Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina D Tim Gleason (shoulder) missed his ninth consecutive game; D Niclas Wallin (groin) missed his fourth consecutive game. Both players practiced Friday morning. - Raleigh News & Observer


Chicago Blackhawks: C Michal Handzus had surgery Thursday on the torn ACL in his left knee. Hawks general manager Dale Tallon didn't rule out Handzus being ready to play by mid-March - Chicago Tribune


Detroit Red Wings: Placed D Jiri Fischer (out since last November with a heart ailment) on long-term injured reserve. The Wings were without Tomas Holmstrom and Niklas Kronwall on Saturday, both out with groin injuries. Head coach Mike Babcock said Holmstrom will be back Wednesday. He isn't so sure about Kronwall. - Detroit News


Florida Panthers: Martin Gelinas was back in the lineup Saturday despite a rib injury sustained Thursday. - Palm Beach Post


Minnesota Wild: Wild assistant general manager Tom Lynn said centre Marian Gaborik resumed skating Friday with physiotherapist Rick Celebrini in Vancouver and is scheduled to return to Minnesota on Tuesday to continue strengthening on and off the ice. Derek Boogaard has an ankle injury and will not accompany the team to Ottawa and Montreal. Boogaard was hurt during a fight with Phoenix's Georges Laraques on Tuesday night. He will be re-evaluated later this week. - Pioneer Press


Nashville Predators: : The groin pull suffered by Scottie Upshall on Wednesday might mean Nashville needs to put him on injured reserve. Defenceman Mikko Lehtonen, who took a blow to the head from Pascal Dupuis on Wednesday, has not skated since then. Head coach Barry Trotz said Lehtonen hasn't definitively been diagnosed with a concussion, but Lehtonen was not feeling well Saturday. - Tennesseean


New York Islanders: Defenceman Chris Campoli was a healthy scratch for the third straight game Saturday since his call-up from Bridgeport. - Newsday


Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh promoted RW Ronald Petrovicky from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL. He made his season debut Saturday after missing 18 games because of hip surgery. Forward Ryan Malone, out since Oct. 21 with a broken left forearm, hopes to have his cast removed Monday. Malone still must rehabilitate his wrist and regain his strength, so he isn't expected to resume playing until at least the first week in December. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


San Jose Sharks: The Sharks recalled goalie Thomas Greiss from Fresno of the ECHL as a precaution because Evgeni Nabokov is nursing a sore hand. - San Jose Mercury News


Tampa Bay Lightning: An MRI Thursday revealed that Lightning captain Tim Taylor sustained a cervical spine contusion on a hit during Wednesday's game against Montreal. He is listed as day-to-day. - Tampa Tribune

[Barmy Army]

End of the first...

Tampa Bay 0 NY Rangers 1

NYR: Jagr, J. (01:43 in 1st)

[Nordy]

Isnt that his 600th?

[Barmy Army]

Isnt that his 600th?

Yup, which is pretty groovy.

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Score update...

Tampa Bay 0 NY Rangers 2

NYR: Nylander, M. (PPG, 02:50 in 2nd)

[Barmy Army]

Score update..

Tampa Bay 0 NY Rangers 4

NYR: Shanahan, B. (PPG, 04:17 in 3rd), Straka, M. (06:46 in 3rd)

[Barmy Army]

Score update

Tampa Bay 1 NY Rangers 4

TBL: Perrin, E. (PPG, 17:20 in 3rd)

Final Score...

Tampa Bay 1 NY Rangers 4

[Barmy Army]

Score update...

Chicago 0 Vancouver 1

VAN: Naslund, M. (PPG, 02:46 in 1st)

[Barmy Army]

Score update...

Chicago 1 Vancouver 1

CHI: Ruutu, T. (10:41 in 1st)

[GoldBurg]

i hope chicago wins really bad......

[GLOVESAVE35]

Well..."Chicago" and "bad" is right. Final score was Chicago 1 Vancouver 2.

[DropThePuck]

CHI: 1 RUUTU, T. (10:41 in 1st)
VAN: 2 NASLUND, M. (PPG, 02:46 in 1st), GREEN, J. (06:47 in 2nd)


Vancouver Canucks' Taylor Pyatt (9) lands a punch against Chicago Blackhawks' Jim Vandermeer during a third period fight in NHL hockey action in Vancouver Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006.
(AP PHOTO/CP, Richard Lam)


Chicago Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, of Russia, stops the shot of Vancouver Canucks' Daniel Sedin (22), of Sweden, during the third period of NHL hockey action in Vancouver Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006. The Canucks defeated the Blackhawks 2-1.
(AP PHOTO/CP, Richard Lam)

[GLOVESAVE35]

Random article of the day...

The record books tell us history was made the night of Dec. 8, 1987, but Ron Hextall says it was really more a matter of destiny. Sooner or later, Hextall says, he was bound to make his way into hockey folklore by becoming the first goalie in NHL history to actually score a goal.

...
“It had never been done and all that,” Hextall says from his office in Los Angeles, where he now serves as the Kings' assistant general manager, “but the thing that struck me was, when I scored the goal, the whole team came off the bench. It became an exciting time for our team. That was the exciting part of it for me. Actually scoring a goal, individually, that was fine and dandy. But the way my team enjoyed it is what made it so exciting for me.”

Read more here


Sexy Hexy (as I call him ) is one of my all-time favorites, and though I didn't see that goal when it happened, I always enjoyed hearing it talked about every now and then and seeing the replay. Too bad he's a member of the Kings now.

[DropThePuck]

TBL: 1 PERRIN, E. (PPG, 17:20 in 3rd)
NYR: 4 JAGR, J. (01:43 in 1st), NYLANDER, M. (PPG, 02:50 in 2nd), SHANAHAN, B. (PPG, 04:17 in 3rd), STRAKA, M. (06:46 in 3rd)


Jaromir Jagr #68 of the New York Rangers scores his 600th career goal as teammate Martin Straka #82 celebrates on the ice during their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on November 19, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.


Martin St. Louis #26 of the Tampa Bay Lightning waits for a rebound from Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers on November 19, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.


Eric Perrin #9 of the Tampa Bay Lightning spoils the shutout for Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers with this third period goal on November 19, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Rangers won the game 4-1.



Jaromir Jagr #68 of the New York Rangers poses with the puck that he scored his 600th NHL goal with after their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on November 19, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Rangers won the game 4-1.

[DropThePuck]

So is this the ol' head fake where he's hoping that Pyatt will crunch his knuckles on the helmet and not the skull?


Taylor Pyatt #9 of the Vancouver Canucks punches Jim Vandermeer #23 of the Chicago Blackhawks in the head as they fight at General Motors Place November 19, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver defeated Chicago, 2-1.