Game notes, December 23

FLA 3 NSH 0

Frolik -- 2 goals, and 9 shots, even tho the players I'd expect to see do well are Stillman, Weiss, Zednik, Horton, and Booth.


CAR 2 MIN 3

Brindamour and Whitney -- 2 points each.

Who plays on the Koivu-Gaborik line?



DAL 8 TOR 2

Cannot figure out Dallas this year, but the centers delivered in this game -- Modano, Ribiero, and Richards -- as did Lehtinen. Don't know the kids: Brunnstrom, Neal, Ott, Grossman.

For Toronto, Grabovski and Stempniak were the only +1.


TB 2 PIT 0

I suspect that PIT lost this game, rather than TB won it.


DET 4 STL 1

All Det big players clicking: Zberg, Holms, Datsuyk, Lidstrom.

Berglund the lone STL goal. I would have Berglund in deeper leagues (16 teams, instead of 12 or 6).



CLB 0 LA 3

Wish I had the goalie in this one. What's going on with the goalies in LA? Glad I had O'Sullivan in one of my leagues. If he gets more time with Kopitar -- great!

Picked up Quick -- but there are up to five goalies competing for a spot there.

Revealing comments here (h/t goaliepost.com).



OTT 4 PHI 6

As the commentators on Versus said, OTT had one line tonight (Pizza line) and PHI had two -- Richards Gagne line and the Carter Lupul Hartnell line. Maybe the Rangers will get Briere?



WAS 5 NYR 4

NYR score 4, then WAS ties it up and wins in overtime. 13 shots for Ovechkin.

Will Victor Kozlov make his mark before Fedorov returns?


ATL 4 NYI 2

ATL has one line: Little, Kozlov, Kovalchuk. The team has many good D, but none stands out. I thought that Hainsey plus Enstrom would deliver a great power play and penalty kill, but it has not happened yet.



BOS 2 NJ 0

I watched this, and it was a 1-0 game with an empty net goal. Thomas made spectacular plays that looked lucky, but he's been doing it all year and you cannot call it luck anymore.