Thursday Night Shutouts

Chicago won.
Phoenix won.
Atlanta lost.
Edmonton lost.

Shutouts
Toronto shut out Philadelphia. (Toskala's first of season!)
Ottowa shut out New York Rangers. (What? Really?!!)
St. Louis shut out Minnesota.
Los Angeles shut out Anaheim.
Chicago shut out Columbus.

Wow, what a great good night! Chicago is back on top in the Western conference with 47 games and 68 points. Huet made his 24th career shut out. Pretty good, pretty good. Now we have two "early morning" weekend games. I look forward to getting nothing done :|
As for Atlanta, I thought Heberg would be in the net. I thought he and Pavelec had a nice every-other-game rotation going on. I wasn't sure they were at home because every time the Sabres scored the place errupted in cheers. (I think it was EJ that said the same thing) It was, in fact, a home game, but it was filled with a shitton of Buffalo fans.
I only caught the end of both the Edmonton and the Phoenix games. I am so glad to see Phoenix filling their seats. (I think/hope most of them were Coyotes fans!) Winnik scored a goal at the same time he got sticked in the face. It looked like Fraser, from the Devils, might have poked it in, but upon further review, Winnik's stick actually went underneath Fraser's and he is the one that poked it in. (@5:03) The announcers made it sound like Winnik didn't touch it, but I'm pretty sure he did. Saturday is Shane Doan bobblehead night. (I want!) Nothing news-worthy from the Oilers. Finally got to see Fleury for a little bit though!

Another Birthday & All I Got Was the Stinkeye From Chris Thorburn

I'M AWAKE!

Nearly missed tying the longest losing streak in franchise history. As somebody said in the audience about tonight's win: "'Bout damn time!"
I missed part of the third due to "time constraints." (Show a bit a lot less Natalie & there wouldn't be a problem) I don't know exactly how much I missed, but I think it was borderline a lot. I don't care though, I was just glad they showed part of OT and the shootout. I thought for sure Peverley would make his shot because he had so many great opportunities earlier in the game; You know, a bit of revenge. But, no, the puck got away from him before he could shoot. I think Little and Kozlov scored their goals though. Yes, that is correct.
But how did they get to the shootout? Slater's goal tying it 1-1, of course! He's quickly becoming my favorite player. Well, I love anybody named Slater... Could mean trouble since I've been seriously thinking about buying a Hainsey shirt. haha 30 some dollars is pretty pricey for a t-shirt, so I gotta make sure I'm getting the right one ;)

Final score 2-1

Slater, Hedberg, and Bogosian got the 1st,2nd,3rd stars of the game, respectively.

I might as well discuss this now because I've been holding it off for far too long! Kari's been practicing as of late <:O I've never seen the guy play, so I really have nothing against him, but if he comes back 100% healthy, that means less Moose/Pavs time- probably even less OP time because he's like the #3, right? -and that is very disappointing. He might be what the team needs to start winning more games, but less M/P time? Ehhhhhhhhhh :\ I felt bad about my thoughts when I first saw him practice... I don't want somebody missing out on what they love most, but again- less backup goalies time = X(



ps-Happy [belated] birthday to Brashear (idk) and Sopel (yay!)!