Several defensive developments this afternoon, so I thought I'd get this started before I head out to the game.

Apparently, the Caps have called up Jeff Schultz this afternoon.

Heward is fine, but will be out for good while: article.

Several defensemen rumored to be on the move: Richard Jackman waived by Florida, Ossi Vaananen (Avs) rumored to be on the trading block.

Enjoy the game, guys- I'll probably be home before the 2nd period is over.

TB have reacquired Andre Roy (off waivers)

I get the Leafs in Habland
(not thrilled about as this about the 10th time I have seen the leafs this season.)

leafs/Habs game off to a bad start
The Habs some GUY singing the anthem instead of a Sexy Gal !!!!!
not good

The Habs fans are already Loud and Proud and the puck hasn't even been dropped yet

I like it

Ana beat LA 4-3 this afternoon

early in the 1st and it's already 3-0 Ott over TB

We have a goal in Mon
Whites gets it
1-0 Tor

We have another goal in MOn
Sundin gets it
2-0 Tor

Habs gets a pp and lets just say it wasn't impressive(there were soundly booed by the habs faithful)
still 2-0

2-0 after one in Mon

DSC time

FEDDY is Back !
He ahs scored for Philly
1-0 over NJ

it's get even better
2-0 now and FEDDY gets the helper on Jones goal

tor/mon has gotten a little boring
mon cannot score 5 on 5(they are -12 5 on 5 this season) and they do not look like they are about to change this tonight.

even any rough stuff seems to be a no/no
(downey gets a 10 minny for talking)

Looks like Ott thought they had the game against TB in the bag.
Up 4-0 after one
it's now 4-2 in the 2nd

oops I spoke too soon about the Habs

Antropov throws a tasty bodycheck on Bell(yes, Bell is a team mate of Antro) and mon ends up with a 4 on 1 breakaway because of it.
Latendresse scored
2-1

Hi, Tom.

New radio problems, tonight, except that it's not my own stupidity, this time: they still re-broadcast the game against Dallas.

Already 3-0 Caps after 7:45. Zednik (unassisted), Muir (from Sutherby) and Ovechkin (unassisted). All at even strength. Miller pulled, Biron in. Kolzig in goal again for the Caps.

hi marc
just noticed the caps score
sogs so far are 11-1 caps


Buff did not play very good lastnight and I was expecting them to come out flying tonight.
Guess i was wrong .

still 2-1 in MON

memo to the caps
say NO when the habs try to get them to take samsonov off their hands

WASHINGTON Capitals

Ovechkin Klepis Clark
Semin Beech Pettinger
Brashear Sutherby Clymer
Laich Gordon Zednik

Pothier Morrisonn
Muir Green
Erskine Eminger

Kolzig
(Johnson)

(The only change is Heward replaced by Muir.)

Bell hasn't played since team mate Antropov nailed him

Tor just muffed up a 3on 1
did not even get a shot out of it

Roy scores, unassisted. 3-1.

There are 4 goals and only 1 assist, so far.

Clymer replies: 4-1!

Assists: Klepis and Erskine.

I wonder what the record is for unassisted goals in one game

End of first. Still 4-1 Caps.

Shots: 15-7 Caps (6-4 Sabres in the second half).

Faceoffs: 15-5 Caps!
Gordon: 5/6
Sutherby: 3/4
Beech: 3/3
Klepis: 4/7

from HNIC hotstove.....

Declining attendance and fan interest doesn't = a cut in the Cap next year.
Matter of fact it should actually go up !
reason ?
Most teams raised their ticket prices for this season and despite less fans, their revenues are UP so far this season.

Wellwood makes it 3-1 Tor


Why did the Caps call up Schultz if they are not dressing him ?

some "poop" out of Montreal
some mon players have let it leak out that Kovy and coach Carbonneau(sp?) do not get along.




Bell is back for the 3rd

"Why did the Caps call up Schultz if they are not dressing him?"

Just in case, I guess. Perhaps Muir was uncertain.

Ssssssssssssssssexy Souray just missed on a 2 on 1
still 3-1 in Mon

mon might be interested in the D-men roger mentioned
Rivet takes a shot on the arm and will not be back
Can you say Broken Arm ?


SAKU scores
3-2

Biron with a bone-headed play. 5-1 on an empty net.

AO's hit could be classified as dirty, regardless of the instant regret for doing so. Don't be shocked to see a suspension handed out.

________________________

ANNIE
I’ve never even been to a hockey game.

EDWIN
Well you fit into this town perfectly.

Pettinger! 5-1. Assist: Pothier.

Ovechkin with a fighting major (his second, I believe) and a game misconduct (first).

SAKU scores again
3-3


AO hit
what happened ?

Mon has the best hockey fans !
they are chanting away and whooping it up

A few seconds after Briere dumped the puck in, AO elbowed him from behind. Briere went face first into the boards by his bench -- awkwardly -- and didn't get up after the trainers attended to him. Meanwhile, Gaustad came off the bench (for his change) and went after AO. Mair went after Muir.

________________________

ANNIE
I’ve never even been to a hockey game.

EDWIN
Well you fit into this town perfectly.

Sabres score on the PP. Drury from Afinogenov and Numminen. 5-2.

That was a 5-on-3: Ovechkin's 5-minute boarding penalty plus Zednik in the box for interference.

Do not like hits from behind no matter who throws them

Mon and Tor are now in Sudden Victory OT
some of the PC crowd began calling Sudden DEATH ....sudden Victory lastyear.
gotta like that

Hope the Caps remain focused. The game is not over. 26 minutes to play.

PIM of the incident:
Gaustad: 27
Mair: 27
Ovechkin: 20
Muir: 5

Briere to the box for hooking, now.

Mon/Tor ends 3-3

now the silliness starts so i am switching the channel


I hope AO won his TILT

I left with the score 4-1.

Caps' 2nd goal, Muir's, was a long slow shot from outside- no idea how Miller missed it. Sabres' first goal was an own goal on the Caps-Kolzig lunged for it, and I think it was Morrisonn who tapped it under him instead of into his glove. I had tried to leave on the Caps' third goal, but my friends insisted that I stay; a few seconds later, the own goal, and they all told me I should have left. I said I would on the next one, and a few seconds later Biron got his glove on the puck, but it popped up, over him, hit his back, and eked over the line.....

they just showed the Ovechkin play on replay

Zednik is hurt and in pain as he slams into the wall..... he was hurt before he hit the boards. Might be his left leg or ankle. He's still in pain as Smitty works on him. He has to be helped up by 2 players, and he is not moving either leg as they push him to the bench.

back to Ovechkin- they showed the play, good call by the ref. Gave him the game because it was high, and Ovechkin in street clothes watching the game now was now a happy guy. Muir gets called for holding (just as the puck was covered).

Still unable to listen to the game... GRRRRRR...

Shootout in Montreal. I guess you're happy, Tom. Go, Huet!

Ott beats TB 5-2

Buff makes a game of it, scoring with :27.5 left in the 2nd.

5-3, end of 2.

They gave assists to Roy's goal, so the record for most unassisted goals is not for tonight, I guess...

Mon won the silliness

Ovechkin's 20 minutes were a 5:00 boarding major (I've been expecting this, he's come close often taking runs at guys, it was just a matter of time that he got there a little late and a little high like tonight),  5:00 for fighting, and a 10:00 game misconduct. Truthfully, I hope he learns his lesson from this, but still keeps his aggressive attitude. He's been walking that fine line for several weeks, and he just went a little over tonight.

Sexy Souray is being interviewed

Sexy !

You favorite part of the game , the shootout in Montreal:

Kovalev, denied.
Kaberle, denied.

Koivu scores, 1-0 Canadiens.
Sundin scores, 1-1.

Sexy Souray scores, 2-1 Canadiens.
Wellwood hits the crossbar.

Canadiens win.

DSC just showed the AO hilites

called it Nuts and Dumb for AO to do that


Ryan Smyth broke his thumb tonight

The Sabres' last two goals: Drury's #16 and Vanek's #17. Ovechkin was tied for second in the league with Shanahan, but they're now three.

Eric Staal scored #15 and 16 tonight.

And I just saw on the replays the Sabres had a goal waived off in the 2nd- kicked in, said the ref.

first sexy souray
now I get to see sexy Jose

will the sexiness ever stop ?

During the 1st, they showed a stat on the telescreen- most goals (before tonight) since the lockout.

First was........ Ovechkin, 69. Kovalchuk was second with 68.

3rd is on.

edit: because I can't type for beans tonight.

Av's d man Ossi V starts on the Av's top D pairing

Cap to the box AGAIN only 2:45 into the 3rd......

nucks called Rypien (tough middlewieght)and he and lappierre GO 2 mins into it
blood on the ice .

Ossi was just a rumor floating around today. Schultz did skate the preskate (wearing 55), but wasn't even listed as a scratch. Maybe he's not officially on the roster, but he is here.

naslund scores
or did he ?
under review(went in off his skate)

they rule it ....No Goal

looked like a goal to me

n they to dress Schultz so he can say in the postgame interview

I saw nothing !
(or whatever sarge said in Hogan Heroes)

I'll assume Marc still has no radio......

PETTINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6-3!!!!!!

Great work by Semin along the boards to keep the puck and get it out in front of the crease, and Petty smoked it past Biron- no chance to stop it.

you need to send some of those goals my ways
Colo/Van look as if they are not going to score many

take away the fight and this game has looked like a scrimmage .

Best thing about this game at the arena was the fans- there were literally thousands of Sabres' fans in the house tonight. Very loud, very proud. Raising a ruckus on the street before the game, and in the arena for the preskate.

Was really great to hear the noise, even if it was for the visitors- and they didn't need any electronic help, either. I wish the caps would get rid of the horn blasts (not Sam, but the electric one) and the siren and let the fans do it themselves. Most people don't even try, because you can't drown out the electronics.

Buffalo cuts it to 2 again.

edit: because I still can't type.

Very late, but here it is (it's a real mess):

BUFFALO Sabres

Hecht Briere Pominville
Vanek Gaustad/Roy Afinogenov
Paille/Stafford/Mair Drury Kotalik
+ Peters

Lydman Campbell
Numminen Kalinin
+ Paetsch

Miller, then Biron

during the tor/mon game
the leaf fans would start chanting and then the hometown habbies would try to drown them out with their own chants.
great .I loved it




sogs in van so far
9-2 colo
(although I dispute the 9 total ........i think they are trying to make luongo look good or something)

"I'll assume Marc still has no radio..."

I've tried several times, but it's still the Dallas game.

Pettinger is simply amazing. 8 goals in 13 games, if I'm not mistaken.