Saturday, March 3, 2007

Saturday Night Hockey


Yesterday, 4 out of 6 Canadian teams played as part of Hockey Night In Canada.

In the 1st, game, the Toronto Maple Leafs faced the Buffalo Sabres.

The Leafs had an extra boost going into this game as Darcy Tucker was coming back from an injury that kept him out of the lineup for a couple of months. After a scoreless 1st, the Sabres came out flying in the 2nd. Buffalo scored 2 in that period courtesy of Toni Lydman and Drew Stafford. In the 3rd, the Leafs were pressing for the tie, but the Sabres put the nail in the coffin with just over 3 minutes left in the game with a goal by Nathan
Paetsch. The Leafs added 1 near the end, but the Sabres took this one 3-1. The Sabres are now 1st in the league in points and the Leafs are 10th in the Eastern Conference 2 points behind 8th place Carolina and the Leafs have a game at hand.

In an original 6 match up, the Boston Bruins faced the Montreal Canadiens.

After a scoreless 1st period, the Bruins came out strong scoring 03:30 into the period cou
rtesy of Petr Tenkrat. Then, with the period close to it's end, the Brandon Bochenski scored for the Bruins to give Boston a 2-0 lead going into the 3rd. It the 3rd, it looked like the Habs were going to come back as Sheldon Souray scored just 03:02 into the 3rd. But then, all hopes of a comeback were squandered as Glen Murray scored his 28 to seal the game with just 4 minutes left. The Bruins are now in 12th place in the conference and 6 points behind 8th Carolina and the Habs are 9th in the conference and 1 point away from Carolina.

In the last Canadian game of the day, the Edmonton Oilers faced the Calgary Flames.

The Oilers are now playing the role of spoiler as their playoff hopes are all but gone by now. The game started with David Moss of the Flames scoring 07:07 into the game. After the teams exchanged goals, the 2nd period started with the Flames up 2-1. In the 2nd, the Oilers got the only goal of the period from Fernando Pisani. But then, early in the 3rd, the Flames ran away with it with goals coming at 01:56 and 04:29. The Flames are now 6th in the Western Conference and tied with division leader Vancouver and the Oilers are in 11th place and a full 12 points away from a playoff birth.

Here are the rest of the scores and standings.

FINAL SO 1 2 3 OT SO T
St Louis 2 0 0 0 0 (2-4) 2
NY Rangers 0 0 2 0 1 (3-4) 3

FINAL 1 2 3 T
Nashville 1 1 4 6
Los Angeles 0 2 1 3

FINAL 1 2 3 T
NY Islanders 2 2 2 6
Washington 0 0 2 2

FINAL 1 2 3 T
Tampa Bay 0 1 1 2
Florida 2 2 2 6

FINAL 1 2 3 T
Columbus 1 1 2 4
Phoenix 1 1 1 3

Eastern Conference
RK
GP W L
OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY L10
1 BUFFALO* 65 44 16
5 93 251 189 23-7-3 21-9-2 8-1-1
2 NEW JERSEY* 65 40 18
7 87 174 153 22-7-5 18-11-2 6-3-1
3 TAMPA BAY* 67 37 26
4 78 214 208 18-14-1 19-12-3 6-2-2
4 OTTAWA 65 38 23
4 80 223 177 21-11-2 17-12-2 8-1-1
5 PITTSBURGH 64 34 21
9 77 217 200 18-9-4 16-12-5 6-4-0
6 ATLANTA 66 33 23
10 76 200 208 15-10-6 18-13-4 4-5-1
7 NY ISLANDERS 65 33 23
9 75 197 184 18-10-5 15-13-4 7-1-2
8 CAROLINA 67 33 27
7 73 198 206 17-13-4 16-14-3 5-5-0

9 MONTREAL 68 33 29
6 72 197 211 19-12-3 14-17-3 4-6-0
10 TORONTO 66 31 26
9 71 208 217 12-15-5 19-11-4 4-4-2
11 NY RANGERS 65 31 27
7 69 190 184 14-14-5 17-13-2 5-3-2
12 BOSTON 64 31 28
5 67 186 229 17-13-3 14-15-2 6-3-1
13 FLORIDA 66 27 26
13 67 194 210 19-10-4 8-16-9 7-1-2
14 WASHINGTON 66 24 30
12 60 199 236 14-14-7 10-16-5 1-5-4
15 PHILADELPHIA 64 17 37
10 44 170 244 5-18-7 12-19-3 4-4-2

Western Conference
RK
GP W L
OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY L10
1 NASHVILLE* 66 44 18
4 92 229 170 23-5-4 21-13-0 6-3-1
2 ANAHEIM* 66 38 17
11 87 210 172 20-5-7 18-12-4 5-2-3
3 VANCOUVER* 64 37 22
5 79 169 162 20-9-2 17-13-3 7-2-1
4 DETROIT 65 41 16
8 90 205 158 23-3-4 18-13-4 6-2-2
5 DALLAS 64 38 21
5 81 170 152 21-9-2 17-12-3 6-1-3
6 CALGARY 65 35 21
9 79 211 174 27-6-1 8-15-8 6-3-1
7 SAN JOSE 65 38 25
2 78 193 169 18-12-2 20-13-0 3-6-1
8 MINNESOTA 65 36 23
6 78 187 163 22-5-4 14-18-2 7-1-2

9 COLORADO 65 31 29
5 67 214 208 18-14-3 13-15-2 5-4-1
10 ST LOUIS 65 28 27
10 66 169 196 16-15-3 12-12-7 6-2-2
11 EDMONTON 66 30 30
6 66 174 194 18-14-2 12-16-4 2-6-2
12 COLUMBUS 66 26 33
7 59 165 205 14-15-4 12-18-3 4-4-2
13 PHOENIX 65 27 35
3 57 174 222 14-14-2 13-21-1 2-7-1
14 CHICAGO 65 23 33
9 55 158 202 12-16-4 11-17-5 2-6-2
15 LOS ANGELES 65 22 33
10 54 185 228 13-14-8 9-19-2 4-3-3
x - clinched playoff spot y - clinched division z - clinched conference
p - clinched Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)

GP - Games Played W - Wins
L - Losses OT - OT/Shootout losses (worth one point)
PTS - Points
GF - Goals For GA - Goals Against
HOME - Home Record AWAY - Road Record
L10 - Record in last ten games

1 comment:

Alfie The Senator said...

Lots of good hockey over the weekend and only one game last night, but it brings the Rangers into a tie for 10th spots with the Leafs. It is going to be tough for Totonto to gain a spot in the East. How do you see it playing out?
I'm looking for all Canadian teams to get in.