Off Wing's Man Of The Night: Robert Esche
40 save night leads Philly to rare victory
MIN 4 ANA 3: Bouchard (2G), Rolston (G, A). Selanne (2G, A).
CLB 3 CHI 1: Fedorov (G), Norrena (22 S). Lapointe (G).
DET 6 LAK 2: Datstuk (G, A), Hasek (28 S). Frolov (2G).
CAL 4 EDM 2: Iginla (G, 2A), Langkow (G). Smyth (2G).
PHI 5 CAR 2: Forsberg (3A), Esche (40 S). Whitney (2G).
SJS 4 DAL 2: Thornton (G, 2A), Marleau (G, A). Zubov (G).
OFF THE ICE
A Chip Off The Old Block, Sportsnet.ca
Red Wings Had NHL's Best Statistical Year, AP
Northwest Gridlock Not For The Faint Of Heart, Edmonton Journal
From Tocchet To Turkeys Talking, '06 Had It All, ESPN.com
Coyotes Could Use Some Work, From Top To Bottom, ESPN.com
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TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE: (All times ET)
2:00PM PHO at WAS AZTV, CSN
3:00PM COL at NAS ALT
3:00PM ATL at OTT A CH
4:00PM NYI at BUF VS.
7:00PM BOS at TOR VS., TSN
AHL SCOREBOARD: (NHL affiliates in parentheses)
Albany (CAR/COL) 7 Bridgeport (NYI) 3
Manitoba (VAN) 4 Syracuse (CLB) 3
Hershey (WAS) 5 Providence (BOS) 2
Peoria (STL) 3 Hamilton (MON/EDM) 2
Binghamton (OTT) 5 Toronto (TOR) 4 (SO)
Hartford (NYR) 2 Portland (ANA) 0
Manchester (LAK) 3 Springfield (TBL) 0
Grand Rapids (DET/EDM) 3 Rochester (BUF/FLO) 0
Omaha (CAL) 5 Iowa (DAL/EDM) 1
THE WEEK AHEAD
Team To Watch
St. Louis Blues: Won 5 of last 6 after losing previous 11 games, trying to escape the dungeons of the Western Conference
Schedule
Tue 1/2 vs. CHI
Thu 1/4 vs. CHI
Sat 1/6 at NAS
Player To Watch
Ray Emery (G, Ottawa): 3-0-0 with two shutouts last week
Game To Watch
Tuesday 1/2 Anaheim at Detroit: Two of the top 5 teams in the Western Conference battle it out; rematch on Sunday 1/7 in Anaheim
