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[Dark Knight]

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

Montreal at NJD
STL at Carolina
Vancouver at Atlanta
Columbus at Colorado
NYI at Phoenix

[DropThePuck]

1 - Pacioretty, M. (16:30 in 1st)
4 - Gionta, B. (14:21 in 1st), Parise, Z. (18:25 in 1st), Madden, J. (11:11 in 2nd), Langenbrunner, J. (13:11 in 3rd)


Steve Begin #22 of the Montreal Canadiens sports a black eye during his game against the New Jersey Devils on January 2, 2009 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


John Madden #11 of the New Jersey Devils and Maxim Lapierre #40 of the Montreal Canadiens keep their eyes on the puck on January 2, 2009 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


David Clarkson #23 of the New Jersey Devils boards Mike Komisarek #8 of the Montreal Canadiens on January 2, 2009 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


Montreal Canadiens' Tom Kostopoulos, left, is punched by New Jersey Devils' David Clarkson (23) late in the first period during an NHL hockey game at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP)

[DropThePuck]

1 - Backes, D. (11:56 in 3rd)
2 - Staal, E. (PPG, 05:26 in 1st), Babchuk, A. (PPG, 11:05 in 3rd)


Carolina Hurricanes' Eric Staal, left, shoots the puck past St. Louis Blues goalie Chris Mason (50) after a pass from teammate Tuomo Ruutu (15), of Finland, with Blues Mike Weaver (43), and Tyson Strachan (62) nearby during first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)


Carolina Hurricanes' Tuomo Ruutu (15), of Finland, knocks St. Louis Blues' Jeff Woywitka (29) off the puck during third period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)


St. Louis Blues' David Perron (57) has the shot blocked by Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) with Hurricanes' Tim Gleason (6) and Patrick Eaves (44) nearby during first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)


St. Louis Blues goalie Chris Mason and teammate Roman Polak (46), of Czech Republic, react after Carolina Hurricanes' Anton Babchuk, not shown, scored the go ahead goal during third period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

[DropThePuck]

3 - Sedin, H. (PPG, 10:26 in 1st), Sedin, H. (07:14 in 2nd), Sedin, D. (11:16 in 3rd)
4 - Crabb, J. (SHG, 09:00 in 1st), Kovalchuk, I. (12:24 in 2nd), Kozlov, V. (PPG, 03:46 in 3rd), Christensen, E. (00:00 in SO)


Vancouver Canucks Henrik Sedin, left, of Sweden, takes a shot against Atlanta Thrashers goaltender Kari Lehtonen (32) of Finland, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Atlanta.
(AP Photo/Gregory Smith)


Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jason LaBarbera, center, makes a save as Atlanta Thrashers left wing Ilya Kovalchuk (17), of Russia, and Thrashers center Erik Christensen, right, watch the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Atlanta.
(AP Photo/Gregory Smith)


Atlanta Thrashers right wing Jason Williams, left, checks Vancouver Canucks left wing Alexandre Burrows during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Atlanta.
(AP Photo/Gregory Smith)


Vancouver Canucks left wing Jason Jaffray (29) vies for the puck against Atlanta Thrashers defenseman Niclas Havelid, left, of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Atlanta.
(AP Photo/Gregory Smith)

[DropThePuck]

6 - Huselius, K. (02:28 in 2nd), Nash, R. (12:33 in 2nd), Huselius, K. (16:10 in 2nd), Commodore, M. (05:56 in 3rd), Voracek, J. (06:56 in 3rd), Umberger, R. (PPG, 11:14 in 3rd)
1 - Tucker, D. (17:20 in 1st)


Colorado Avalanche right winger Chris Stewart, left, fights with Columbus Blue Jackets right winger Jared Boll in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)


Colorado Avalanche right winger Chris Stewart, left, reacts after taking an elbow to the head while fighting for control of the puck with Columbus Blue Jackets center Manny Malhotra in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)


Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Rostislav Klesla, front left, of the Czech Republic, stops Colorado Avalanche left winger Wojtek Wolski, front center, of Poland, as he tries to direct a shot on Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason, front right, as Blue Jackets center Jiri Novotny, back left, of the Czech Republic, and defenseman Feodor Tyutin, of Russia, come in to cover in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)


Colorado Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj, front, of Slovakia, reacts after giving up a goal to Columbus Blue Jackets left winger Kristian Huselius, of Sweden, in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

[DropThePuck]

4 - Bergenheim, S. (09:20 in 1st), Bailey, J. (03:41 in 3rd), Park, R. (16:54 in 3rd), Park, R. (19:32 in 3rd)
5 - Tikhonov, V. (01:46 in 1st), Michalek, Z. (19:50 in 1st), Doan, S. (15:05 in 2nd), Jokinen, O. (03:10 in 3rd), Lindstrom, J. (13:33 in 3rd)


New York Islanders' Bill Guerin, left, gets his shot blocked by Phoenix Coyotes' Zbynek Michalek (4), of the Czech Republic, as Coyotes' Mikael Tellqvist, top right, of Sweden, moves in late in the third period of an NHL hockey game on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)


New York Islanders' Kyle Okposo (21) skates past as Phoenix Coyotes' Kurt Sauer (44) celebrates a goal by teammate Viktor Tikhonov (41), of Russia, in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)


New York Islanders' Trent Hunter, left, battles Phoenix Coyotes' Steven Reinprecht for the puck in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)


Phoenix Coyotes' Mikael Tellqvist, left, of Sweden, skates back to the bench to get his facemask fixed after getting a stick to the face as New York Islanders' Josh Bailey (12) skates behind in the second period of an NHL hockey game on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 in Glendale, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)