What you missed last night because you were taking advantage of Restaurant Week

Blues beat the Oilers, 2-1:
Short side goals are not
acceptable. The Oilers
should get demoted.

Senators beat the Penguins, 4-1:
Malkin went high glove
and then Elliot said, "no
more." Fleury was soft.

Coyotes beat the Flames in the shoot-out, 3-2:
At least in the next
Battle of Alberta one
team will have to win.

Hawks beat the Sharks in OT, 4-3:
I feel like this game
is a metaphor for the
Sharks in the play-offs.

Wild shut-out the Avalanche, 1-0:
What a great play for
the game-winning goal. Perfect
drop pass to Havlat

Thrashers come back to beat the Flyers, 4-3:
Claude Giroux had a
sick goal, but no one cares when
you lose. No one. no.

Hurricanes beat the Islanders, 4-1:
So the Isles
suck again and the Canes are
hot. The world makes sense.

What you missed last night while your were playing FIFA 2010

Penguins beat the Islanders, 6-4: Even though the Isles lost, I'm glad that Malkin got out of his slump. It was a good attempt at a comeback by the Islanders, that was finally halted when Sutton hit Dupuis from behind. 5 and a game should be enough. Butch Goring was totally wrong, say Dupuis put himself in that position - its call protecting the puck and in every sport and forever in hockey, you put your body between the man and puck (or ball or whatever). If Okposo had scored on any of his 3 breakaways its a different game, but Brent Johnson stood tall or was long or whatever.

Thrashers beat the Maple Leafs, 4-3: Kovalchuk just rips slap shots. Seriously, he can do it from anywhere. And somehow, even though he has a full wind, it also counts a quick release.

Senators beat the Hawks, 4-1: Marian Hossa walked in on a breakaway and blew a slap shot by Brian Elliot. Elliot reacted like I do when I play roller hockey goalie and Zimm tears one at my head. That wasn't the nicest goal of the night though. The toe drag move-to-wrap around from Pat Regin was superb.

Rangers beat the Lightning, 8-2: Marion Gaborik did NOT have all 8 goals. Benson sent along this quote summarizing this game. I'm assuming its from Rick Tocchet, "The bus driver was the best thing we had.” I like Aaron Voros. The guy has been healthy scratch since last March. He gets in the line up and fights. Twice.

Flyers beat the BJs, 5-3: Jeff Carter's backhand is so good, he should just stop taking wrist shots.

Capitals beat the Red Wings, 3-2: Its like every game the Caps get scoring help from some one else. Last night it was David Steckel (jew?)

Ducks beat the Sabres, 5-4: The Ducks were up 4-0 in the first period, chased Lalime and and .... barely won this game.

Sharks beat the Kings, 4-1: Easy stat that will definitely be used during the next Sharks pre-game show: In the past 2 games the Sharks have outscored opponents, 14 to 2.

What you missed last night because you ate too much

Its mid-week monster time.

Islanders beat the Rangers, 2-1: If Roloson got the shut-out, he would be the Monster of this game. Maybe I should give it to Tortorella for his awesome post-game press conference. But in all seriousness, it was a true team effort from the Islanders to win this game.

Panthers beat the Thrashers, 4-3: Michael Frolik - he scored the game-winner late in regulation on a sweet spin-o-rama backhand.

Hurricanes beat the Stars, 5-3: Tuomo Ruutu - he got his first career hat-trick. Granted his third was against an empty net.

Senators shut-out the Sabres, 2-0: Brian Elliot - he's filled in admirably for the oft-injured Pascal Leclaire. He made some terrific saves last night to earn the zero.

Devils beat the Canadiens, 2-1: Patrick Elias - he got the game winner, by going hard to the net. Kids, learn from that.

Ducks win over the Canucks, 3-2: Bobby Ryan - scored the games opening goal and had plenty of other opportunities. The kid is a beast.

Coyotes beat the Maple Leafs, 6-3: Vern Fiddler - I didn't even know he was still in the league. And he scored last night!

Blackhawks shut-out the Blues, 3-0: Cristobel Huet - his team makes it easy in front of him, but he made the needed saves

What you missed last night while you were preparing for your court date

Sorry about missing the recaps yesterday - lots of meetings/Scotty's post scared me.

Its Friday. Its haikus. Its hockey.

Senators beat the Flyers, 5-2:
Brian Elliot,
play-off goaltender? Do not
forget Alex Auld.

Canucks beat th Coyotes, 4-3:
Late game comebacks make
play-off teams. Giving up 3
goals in third means golf.

Flames shut-out the Kings, 2-0:
Bertuzzi showed some
sweet backhand sauce to Cammy
Kings need to beat West.

Lightning beat the Maple Leafs, 6-4:
I didn't know that
St. Louis was so old. The
shortness did fool me.

Red Wings win over the Wild, 4-2:
The perfect hip check
was done by Bret Lebda. His
ex-girlfriend is hot.

Panthers shut-out the Hurricanes, 5-0:
It is mindblowing
that two, yes two teams from the
Southeast make playoffs.

Predators win over the Blues in the shoot-out, 4-3:
These 2 teams will look
different in a month
after the deadline