3-day Weekend Wrap Up OR Is Winter over? What the hell is up with this weather

Friday night Ovechkin had 5 points (a goal and 2 assists), Sunday Ovechkin had only 2 points (a goal and assist), but his goal was on a penalty shot, which is always cool and what Ovy has sometimes sucked at.



Rick Dipietro is back for the Islanders. He won Saturday and shut the Devils out on Monday. Thats the first time the Devils have been shut-out all season. Of the 6 goals the Isles scored this weekend. This was my favorite:




Speaking of slap-passes, Daniel Alfredsson had a hat-trick against the Bruins.Here's, obviously, my favorite:



Ok, its a slap-pass at all, just a great look from Kuba and tip by Alfie.

If you watched NBC's first non-winter-classic game of the season, you know they still have some kinks to work out:



What the hell?

but, if you stuck around you also got to see this sweetness in the shoot-out:



and there was also a pretty good fight:




What did I miss?

Bress

Weekend Wrap Up OR I really hate dogs

This is American power out-muscling Canadien whatever.



When you have bad hands, you should just play with Evgeni Malkin. I'm talking to you, Mike Rupp.




Hey, Todd Bertuzzi scored twice!

And this fight happened. Rick Rypien is fearless!




What did I miss?

-Bress

Weekend Wrap Up OR Will stable ownership undermine the Coyotes play-off run

There were some great goals this weekend. It all started with Bertuzzi's theres-no-room-up-there-but-ill-sneak-it-somehow overtime winner versus the Ducks.



He needed like an 85% wedge to get the puck up that quickly.

There were other sweet OT winners, like Havlat's goal. Kipper had a sick sick game, but who can defend a passing play like this?



Love the patience by Havlat.

Here's Kovy just doing what Kovy does. You can't give him time and space like this in OT. He'll win.





The great goal weekend ended on a nice note with Hossa catching a puck, then doing some infield practice on the Lightning keeper.




There were some saves too, but those are harder to find out youtube.


What did I miss?

-Bress

Bertuzzi

Your boy is -7 in 29 games for Detroit. Production isn't great either (4 G, 9 A). Not moving the feet or getting to the net. Just not making it happen.

What you missed last night because all the game were pretty much on at the same time

Sabres beat the Oilers, 3-1:
Plus - Ryan Miller
Minus - Why can't Ryan Miller get the shut-out?

Capitals beat the Islanders in the shoot-out, 5-4:
Plus - Semin's rip of a wrister 8 seconds in
Plus - Trent Hunters bar-and-in slap shot to tie the game
Minus - That was the most boring extended shoot-out I've ever seen.

Red Wings roll over the BJs 9-1:
Minus - Steve Mason in the first period
Minus - Putting Steve Mason back in the game
Minus - Bressler for making "Steve Mason is the new Andrew Raycroft" jokes
Plus - Todd Bertuzzi scoring like Holmstrom

Hawks beat the Sharks in the shoot-out, 3-2:
Plus - Craig Anderson still getting it done
Minus - Does Colorado have a back up?
Plus/Minus - All the goals for Chicago were high-short-side snipes

Kings beat the Hurricanes, 5-2:
Plus - Manny Legace's white helmet
Minus - Manny Legace's goaltending

Devils win over the Ducks, 3-1:
Plus - David Clarkson's goal

Bertuzzi signs 1-year deal with the Wings worth $1.5MM

At least UAW members won't be the only lazy, overpaid workers in the Detroit next season.

Sad Trombone

We kid. Bertuzzi is the man.

- Nemmy

What you missed last night while were getting checked out for swine flu

Blackhawks beat the Flames, 4-1 (CHI wins series 4-2): The best Flame on the ice last night was Todd Bertuzzi. That was the problem for the Flames. Jarome, really didn't show up for the last 2 games of the series. Patrick Kane showed up. Khabibulin definitely showed up. And Dustin whose last name I can't spell, really showed up last night. The Flames could be the new Sharks (if the Sharks weren't still the Sharks) if they don't win a first round series again. The matchup against Vancouver should be another exciting series. Both the Canucks and the Blackhawks are fast, young, and gritty.

Ducks beat the Sharks, 4-1 (ANH wins series 4-2): Great fight Thornton, how about scoring a point? Getlaf lost that battle, but won the war. The fake shot on the point during the powerplay, opened up the lane to get the puck on net, where Corey Perry got a goal. Later, Getzlaf got his passport to Snipe City stamped again when he ripped a goal to comple the Gordy Hat Trick and put the nail in the coffin. Up next is the Red Wings for the Ducks. I'll have to really think about who I want to take in that one.

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