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[Dark Knight]

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

Boston at Montreal
SJS at Dallas
Nashville at Phoenix
Edmonton at Vancouver

[Aeryn]

R-E-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N

Don't care who wins.

[DropThePuck]

It must've been NHL visit a hospital day today. The Ducks did not hold practice today so that they could go visit at CHOC. There'll probably be a feature playing on the DiamondVision between periods at Wednesday's game.



Richard Matvichuk #24 and Patrik Elias #26 of the New Jersey Devils pose as they visit patients on December 4, 2006 at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey.
(Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NHL)

[DropThePuck]

Still knotted halfway through the 3rd period:

4 - BOS: MURRAY, G. (16:38 in 1st), STURM, M. (18:15 in 1st), DONOVAN, S. (01:48 in 2nd), PRIMEAU, W. (SHG, 03:12 in 2nd)
4 - MTL: LATENDRESSE, G. (09:27 in 1st), RYDER, M. (PPG, 04:37 in 2nd), JOHNSON, M. (15:54 in 2nd), PEREZHOGIN, A. (19:21 in 2nd)


Montreal Canadiens' Michael Ryder (73) is taken out by Boston Bruins' Brad Stuart as he takes a shot on Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas during first period NHL hockey action Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 in Montreal.
(AP PHOTO/CP, Paul Chiasson)


Montreal Canadiens' Mathieu Dandenault and Boston Bruins' Stanislav Chistov are sent flying as they collide during first period NHL hockey action Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 in Montreal.
(AP PHOTO/CP, Paul Chiasson)


Montreal Canadiens' Sergei Samsonov, center, slides into Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas after being taken out by Bruins defenseman Andrew Alberts during first period NHL hockey action Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 in Montreal.
(AP PHOTO/CP, Paul Chiasson)


Boston Bruins' Marco Strum, left, scores past Montreal Canadiens goaltender Cristobal Huet during first period NHL hockey action Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 in Montreal.
(AP PHOTO/CP, Paul Chiasson)

[Aeryn]

So, the laws of gravity don't apply in those first two?

Holy Velveeta! That's Cheesy flying through the air!


EDIT: Gravity made up for it in the third one.

[DropThePuck]

Past the midway point in the 1st:

0
1 - DAL: MODANO, M. (PPG, 07:46 in 1st)

[DropThePuck]

So, the laws of gravity don't apply in those first two?

Holy Velveeta! That's Cheesy flying through the air!

That must've been some grater to have tossed him like that, eh?

EDIT: Gravity made up for it in the third one.

What goes up, must come down ...

[Excoriar]

Go Bruins!!

[Dark Knight]

Speaking of Chistov, he's just smoking hot in Boston huh? 1G, 2A, -2

[GLOVESAVE35]

Updated Monday, December 4
Vancouver Canucks:
Projected lineup vs. Edmonton:

Forwards:
D Sedin - H Sedin - Naslund
Kesler - Morrison - Pyatt
Linden - Chouinard or Bulis - Cooke
Bouck - Rypien - Burrows

Ohlund - Salo
Mitchell - Krajicek
Bieksa - Edler

Goal: Luongo

Notes: Bulis or Chouinard will be scratched along with Santala. Canucks have won 4 of last 5 at home. The offence is ranked dead last in the league in goals per game (2.15), scoring just five goals in last five games. Their two PP goals on Saturday snapped an 0-for-14 slump. Matt Cooke is back after missing Saturday's game with a rib injury. - TSN


Edmonton Oilers:
Projected lineup vs. Canucks:

Forwards:
Sykora - Horcoff - Lupul
Torres - Stoll - Pisani
Winchester - Reasoner - Thoreson
Jacques - Petersen - Pouliot

Defence:
Tjarnqvist - Smith
Smid - Staios
Bergeron - Green

Goal: Roloson

Notes: Two points separate first and last in the Northwest division. Oilers are looking to snap a 3-game losing skid, having been outscored 14-5 and going 0-for-10 on PP. Ryan Smyth and Ales Hemsky are out. Dwayne Roloson was pulled in his last two outings. - TSN


Montreal Canadiens:
Projected lineup vs. Boston:

Forwards:
Ryder - Koivu - Latendresse
Kovalev - Plekanec - Samsonov
Johnson - Bonk - Perezhogan
Downey or Streit - Murray - Begin

Defence:
Souray - Rivet
Markov - Komisarek
Bouillon - Dandeneault

Goal: Huet

Notes: Craig Rivet has a wrist injury but is in the line-up tonight. There is a chance the club will dress seven defencemen just in case. If they do, Mark Streit is in. - TSN


Ottawa Senators:
Projected Lines vs. Islanders (Tuesday):

Forwards:
Heatley - Spezza - Kelly
Schaefer - Vermette - Alfredsson
Neil - Fisher - Eaves
Hamel - McAmmond - McGrattan

Defence:
Volchenkov - Corvo
Phillips - Meszaros
Schubert - Preissing

Goal: Gerber

Notes: Joe Corvo was on the ice today wearing a visor. He took a puck in the face on Saturday and needed stitches over his left eye. Corvo says he doesn't like wearing it but will try it for a while. All of the Sens' defencemen now wear visors. Peter Schaefer did not skate in practice. He was out before practice and then left. Sore upper body, he should play on Tuesday. Martin Gerber will be making just his second start since November 13th. The PP units were as follows: Unit 1 was Heatley Spezza - Alfredsson with Meszaros - Corvo and Unit 2 was - Schaefer - Fisher - Neil Schubert - Preissing. Dany Heatley, 8th in league scoring (16-17-33), will play his 300th game Tuesday (317 career points). Tom Preissing (5th according to the club's defencemen depth chart) is second in the league in Plus/Minus with a +18. The Sens have scored 11 goals in their last two games. Of the club's 19 skaters (including Wade Redden) only four have failed to register a point over that span: Volchenkov, Neil, Hamel, McGrattan. - TSN


Anaheim Ducks: Making his first appearance since suffering a lower-body injury during practice Nov. 20, Ducks goalie Ilya Bryzgalov left 7:26 into the third period after being injured again. Bryzgalov struggled to rise after having denied Alexander Frolov on a breakaway. It was undetermined whether the latest injury is related to the previous one, head coach Randy Carlyle said. Bryzgalov will be re-evaluated today, with the likelihood that the Ducks will recall a goalie from the minor leagues before Wednesday's home game against Nashville. - Orange County Register


Boston Bruins: Head coach Dave Lewis will tab Tim Thomas again tonight against the Canadiens. It will be Thomas's sixth straight start and 13th in the last 14 games. After tonight, Thomas will have appeared in 19 straight games. Paul Mara is questionable because of his deep left thigh contusion. Mara, who didn't practice yesterday, underwent ice and heat treatment. Mara said he's not worried about calcification in the thigh at this point. He has sat out the last two games. Wayne Primeau was the third Bruin not to practice yesterday, but he's available tonight. - Boston Globe


Boston Bruins: P.J. Axelsson, who missed Saturday's game because of pain in his left foot, is doubtful for tonight against Montreal and will have a MRI to check for a possible fracture. - Boston Herald


Chicago Blackhawks: Head coach Denis Savard will make a decision on Martin Havlat's return either today or Tuesday, but even if Havlat were to need another game or two to make sure the ankle he sprained back in October is 100 percent, the Hawks have confidence they can keep winning without him. - Daily Herald Times


Colorado Avalanche: Jose Theodore, who suffered a hip flexor injury in the game Saturday in Vancouver, British Columbia, was feeling better Sunday and might be able to practice today. - Rocky Mountain News


Dallas Stars: Brenden Morrow (groin), Trevor Daley (concussion) and Steve Ott (ankle) are out for the game on Monday against San Jose. Darryl Sydor (arm) and Antti Miettinen (lower body) are questionable. - Dallas Morning News


Los Angeles Kings: Mathieu Garon, who suffered a groin injury as practiced ended on Wednesday, will not return to the ice until he has passed two strength tests. Those tests have yet to be scheduled and his chances of playing Thursday against the Nashville Predators are slim. - LA Times


Phoenix Coyotes: Mikael Tellqvist is going to make his debut in the Coyotes' net tonight vs. Nashville. Head coach Wayne Gretzky said Jeremy Roenick, who was scratched from Thursday's game because of an upper respiratory illness, would be back in the lineup tonight. Gretzky said he had yet to decide who would be benched to make room for Roenick. Mike Comrie continues to practice with his teammates, but it's unclear when he'll play in a game. Comrie is expected to have his broken right foot X-rayed. - Arizona Republic


Pittsburgh Penguins: John LeClair was not claimed on waivers. - TSN

[Aeryn]

I was looking down so I didn't see what Tellqvist did, but I swear the PHX announcer almost said, "Holy s***!"

[finagler]

Yay for Dallas, Ducks are still 6 pts ahead of Sharks!!!

[DropThePuck]

Final scores:

6 - BOS: MURRAY, G. (16:38 in 1st), STURM, M. (18:15 in 1st), DONOVAN, S. (01:48 in 2nd), PRIMEAU, W. (SHG, 03:12 in 2nd), STUART, B. (10:35 in 3rd), STUART, B. (18:12 in 3rd)
5 - MTL: LATENDRESSE, G. (09:27 in 1st), RYDER, M. (PPG, 04:37 in 2nd), JOHNSON, M. (15:54 in 2nd), PEREZHOGIN, A. (19:21 in 2nd), SOURAY, S. (PPG, 12:47 in 3rd)


0
1 - DAL: MODANO, M. (PPG, 07:46 in 1st)


Dallas Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas, left, falls to the ice as he and San Jose Sharks left wing Ville Nieminen, of Finland, eye the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 in Dallas.
(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)


Dallas Stars center Joel Lundqvist (39), of Sweden, reaches for the puck as San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton (19) defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, in Dallas.
(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)


San Jose Sharks defenseman Kyle McLaren, right, goes flying after a check from Dallas Stars defenseman Philippe Boucher (43) in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, in Dallas.
(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)


San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov, of Kazakhstan, can't block a shot by Dallas Stars center Mike Modano in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, in Dallas.
(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

[GLOVESAVE35]

Woo hoo! Phoenix up 3-2 over Trashville in the 3rd.

[Dark Knight]

I was looking down so I didn't see what Tellqvist did, but I swear the PHX announcer almost said, "Holy s***!"

Isn't he annoying though? Crazy inflection

Dallas already seriously depleted with injuries lost Modano in tonight's game

[Aeryn]

I was looking down so I didn't see what Tellqvist did, but I swear the PHX announcer almost said, "Holy s***!"

Isn't he annoying though? Crazy inflection

Dallas already seriously depleted with injuries lost Modano in tonight's game

I wasn't watching long enough, or focusing on the game enough to notice.

Aw, what happened to Mikey?

[Dark Knight]

I wasn't watching long enough, or focusing on the game enough to notice.

Aw, what happened to Mikey?

If you listen to the Phoenix play-by-play guy and he gets excited you don't have to focus on anything... he just goooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssss crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Mikey? Lower body injury (leg I think)... who cares...

[Aeryn]

I guess I was too focused on my work (I swear this day just won't END!) because I seriously didn't notice until he said, "Holy....!"

I know I've watched PHX games before but I'm just drawing a blank right now.

[DropThePuck]

Desert dogs up toward the end of the 3rd:

2 - NSH: SULLIVAN, S. (SHG, 06:24 in 1st), RADULOV, A. (16:50 in 2nd)
3 - PHX: SAPRYKIN, O. (17:41 in 2nd), PERREAULT, Y. (PPG, 00:28 in 3rd), FISCHER, P. (08:40 in 3rd)


Nashville Predators center Scott Nichol, right, breaks up a pass attempt by Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Travis Roche, left, during the first period of a NHL hockey game Monday, Dec 4, 2006, in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)


Nashville Predators left winger Darcy Hordichuk, right, looks for the rebound against Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mikael Tellqvist, left, of Sweden during the first period of a NHL hockey game Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)


Phoenix Coyotes right winger Georges Laraque, left, celebrates a second-period goal by Oleg Saprykin as Nashville Predators left winger Paul Kariya, front, disputes the goal during an NHL hockey game Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)


Phoenix Coyotes right winger Shane Doan looks to center the puck past Nashville Predators defenseman Dan Hamhuis during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Dec 4, 2006, in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

[GLOVESAVE35]

Final: Nashville 2 Phoenix 3 F

[DropThePuck]

Lupul may have loosened the lid a bit on his ketchup bottle ... Oilers whiteout of Canucks in the waning minutes of the 3rd ...

4 - EDM: HORCOFF, S. (PPG, 08:13 in 1st), TJARNQVIST, D. (00:58 in 2nd), LUPUL, J. (01:32 in 2nd), TORRES, R. (03:54 in 3rd)
0



Matt Cooke #24 of the Vancouver Canucks shoots the puck wide past goaltender Dwayne Roloson #35 of the Edmonton Oilers during their game at General Motors Place on December 4, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada.
(Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)


Alexander Edler #23 of the Vancouver Canucks is checked by Raffi Torres #14 of the Edmonton Oilers during their game at General Motors Place on December 4, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada.
(Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)


Vancouver Canucks' Tyler Bouck (21) hauls down Edmonton Oilers' Marc-Andre Bergeron (47) during the first period of NHL hockey action in Vancouver Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. Bouck received a minor penalty on the play.
(AP PHOTO/CP, Richard Lam)


I think many of us have seen this before ...


Dwayne Roloson #35 of the Edmonton Oilers makes a save after losing his helmet while teammate Toby Peterson #20 keeps Tyler Bouck #21 of the Vancouver Canucks off the rebound during their game at General Motors Place on December 4, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

[Dark Knight]

Vancouver fans must be happy with the $6M they're paying Luongo huh? All of a sudden JSG's $3.99M looks pretty good... (I know Vancouver's D is a sieve and they can't score to save their lives, but... hey...)

[lvsprt]

OT rant. Was looking over the top 10 plays of the last week in the NHL at TSN. Do they know there is a western conference in the league, almost every play came from the east except for one with Naslund from Vancouver. Don't the writers, etc have some obligation to keep tuned in to the games with teams in the west? Maybe we just didn't have any good plays. Rant over.

[Excoriar]

OT rant. Was looking over the top 10 plays of the last week in the NHL at TSN. Do they know there is a western conference in the league, almost every play came from the east except for one with Naslund from Vancouver. Don't the writers, etc have some obligation to keep tuned in to the games with teams in the west? Maybe we just didn't have any good plays. Rant over.

Maybe the Western Conference just ain't good enough for the East....

[Aeryn]

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Don't care who wins.

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