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[Dark Knight]

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

Montreal at Florida
NYI at Ottawa
Boston at Tampa Bay
Atlanta at Buffalo
Columbus at Chicago
Nashville at Edmonton
Colorado at San Jose

[ahtikullervo]

Colorado - San Jose is a bad one... One wish: no OT!

[Dark Knight]

I'm hoping for an SJ win. That would keep the Sharks one point behind the Ducks and the Crapalanche 3 points ahead. If, and now a days that's a big word in Duckland, the Ducks win tomorrow they can inch closer to a playoff spot.

[DropThePuck]

Lehtonen makes his return to the net when the Thrashers visit the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena.

Lehtonen, the second-overall pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, has been limited to only one period of action this season due to a groin injury.

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[jojo983]

I'm hoping for an SJ win. That would keep the Sharks one point behind the Ducks and the Crapalanche 3 points ahead. If, and now a days that's a big word in Duckland, the Ducks win tomorrow they can inch closer to a playoff spot.

I'm going with a SJ win as well DK. We want back our playoff spot!!!!

[DropThePuck]

Sports Illustrated Scorecard Daily / Truth & Rumors

Lightning coach John Tortorella, during a loud, expletive-filled, lectern-pounding eruption, pinned much of the blame for a loss to the Canadiens and the team's troubles on goaltender John Grahame. Thursday, Tortorella said he regretted the drama, not so much because he called out a player (that is nothing new) but for the way he lost his cool and for getting off his team-concept message.
  -- St. Petersburg Times

Manny Legace won't ring in the New Year with his Red Wings teammates. The goaltender had expected to do so earlier this week. Instead, he's headed to Grand Rapids to play for the American Hockey League Griffins this weekend.
  -- Detroit Free Press

The Flyers trainer said Keith Primeau continues to have post-concussion symptoms, including a spinning sensation and pressure in his head. The Flyers center is taking a prescribed drug to aid with his balance, the trainer said. There remains widespread speculation in the NHL that Primeau, who has been out of the lineup since the end of October, will not play this season. Primeau and the Flyers believe he will return, although it may not be until after the Olympics in February.
  -- Philadelphia Inquirer

The news on Flyer Turner Stevenson is not encouraging. On Wednesday in Nashville, Stevenson visited the specialist who performed surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip. The doctor told Stevenson there is nothing wrong with the repaired cartilage. That does not explain the stabbing pain the Flyers winger has had in his hip.
  -- Philadelphia Inquirer

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[DropThePuck]

The Sabres have done a terrific job of adjusting to the new league and its new rules, which might explain why they look like a new team. But the secret is out, and they should expect more opponents like the one they stole a point from Thursday night. Suddenly, they're being chased.

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[Dark Knight]

Some final scores:

NYI 3 - Ottawa 4 (at one point NYI led 3-1)
Montreal 1 - Florida 2
Boston 2 - TB 1

Some partial scores:

Chicago 1 - Columbus 3 (after 2)
Nashville 0 - Edmonton 0 in the 1st
Atlanta 0 - Buffalo 2 with 8.30 left in the game

Yet to start:

Colorado at SJ

[Dark Knight]

Two more finals:

Chicago 2 - Columbus 3 (Chicago had two goals disallowed in the last 4 mins )
Atlanta 1 - Buffalo 4

Partial scores:

Nashville 1 - Edmonton 2 in the 2nd
Colorado 1 - SJ 0 in the 1st

[DropThePuck]

Members of the Ottawa Senators celebrate Daniel Alfredssons' goal as New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro lays on the ice in pain after having Ottawa Senators Bryan Smolinski fall on him during first period NHL hockey action at the Corel Centre in Ottawa Friday, Dec. 30, 2005.
(AP Photo/ Jonathan Hayward, CP)


New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro is helped off the ice by teammates Mark Parrish and Shawn Bates after being hit by an Ottawa Senator during first period NHL hockey action at the Corel Centre in Ottawa Friday, Dec. 30, 2005.
(AP Photo/ Jonathan Hayward, CP)


New York Islanders Mattias Weinhandl celebrates his goal with teammate Oleg Kvasha as Senators goaltender Ray Emery lays on the ice during first period NHL action at the Corel Centre in Ottawa Friday, Dec. 30, 2005.
(AP Photo/ Jonathan Hayward, CP)

[DropThePuck]

Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller stops a shot by Atlanta Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk during the first period of the NHL hockey game at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 30, 2005.
(AP Photo/David Duprey)

[Dark Knight]

Joe Thornton just got his lip busted (bleeding) and has lost a bunch of teeth with a high stick. No call. The ref was 3 feet away. This league has a real problem with the way games are being called.

[DropThePuck]

Ouch! Now that totally sucks.

[DropThePuck]

Florida Panthers goalkeeper Roberto Luongo watches as the puck goes past him on a goal scored by Montreal Canadien Niklas Sundstrom in the first period during an NHL hockey game in Sunrise, Fla. Friday, Dec. 30, 2005. At left is Florida Panthers Lukas Krajicek.
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

[DropThePuck]

Aren't those zebras supposed to keep their eyes open and on the play at all times??


Linesman Andy McElman falls over the boards into the Chicago Blackhawks' bench as Columbus Blue Jackets' Duvie Westcott and Blackhawks' Jim Vandermeer scramble over a loose puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, in Chicago.
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

[DropThePuck]

Buffalo Sabres' Thomas Vanek scores on Atlanta Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen during the second period of their NHL hockey game at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 30, 2005.
(AP Photo/David Duprey)

[DropThePuck]

Nashville Predators Mark Eaton defends goalie Tomas Vokoun from Edmonton Oilers' Georges Laraque during the first period of NHL play at Edmonton's Rexall Place on Friday Dec. 30, 2005.
(AP Photo/John Ulan, CP)

[DropThePuck]

Ottawa Senators Mike Fisher fights for control of the puck with New York Islanders Tomi Pettinen as linesman Pierre Champoux gets caught in the middle during third period NHL action at the Corel Centre in Ottawa Friday, Dec. 30, 2005. The Senators went on to win the game 4-3.
(AP Photo/Jonathan Hayward, CP)

[DropThePuck]

San Jose Sharks' Marcel Goc skates in on Colorado Avalanche goalie David Aebischer during the first period of the Sharks' 5-2 win in an NHL hockey game Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, in San Jose, Calif.
(AP Photo/Dino Vournas)