Saturday Night Wrap-Up

Seat-belts Everyone!!!!

By Zak Griffin

Like a mechanic who forgets to wipe his hands on a shop rag and then goes home, hugs his wife, and gets a grease stain on her favourite sweater - The Saturday Night Wrap-Up touches you, and marks you forever. Hello everyone, and I'm glad to see that you have decided to join us here as we look back at games from two days ago that you have already seen the highlights for. Sound like fun? Well then: Seatbelts everyone! And as I always say: Take chances, make mistakes, get jiggy!

Is it weird that she uses magic to teach science?

New York Rangers 1 vs. Montreal Canadiens 0

In a time... Of despair... When the world... Needs a hero... Our greatest city... Will turn... To one man... This Summer... New York City... Will Turn... To... "Cam Talbot"! *directed by Michael Bay*. Okay, be honest, you'd watch that movie. Well, back to reality, where the New York Rangers turned to their backup, Cam Talbot, who made 22 saves, and Ryan Callahan scored the only marker to lead the Rangers to a 1-0 defeat of the Habs. Don't look now, but the Rangers are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games... Brace yourselves, winter is coming!

Courtesy fanpop.com

Huge Rangers fan.

New Jersey Devils 4 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 1

It was a great day for middle-aged people Saturday night. Nowadays everybody wanna talk, like they got something to say, but nothing comes out when they move the lips, just a bunch of gibberish. And Mister Falcons act like they forgot about Martin Brodeur! Brodeur, assigned to back-up duties during the rise of the mighty redhead Corey Schneider, set up a wall that allowed him to make 28 saves. And Jaromir Jagr turned back the clock, potting two goals which puts him at seven on the year, and showed 40-somethings still do have a place in professional sports, so I guess we can put that debate in a retirement home.

  

New York Islanders 5 vs. Detroit Red Wings 4 (SO)

A back and forth affair from the get go, it only makes sense that a really closely contested game ends with the classic shootout that everybody loves so much. Pavel Datsyuk scored his eleventh with 43 seconds left to tie it up and send things to overtime. There Evgeni Nabokov shut the door, stopping Henrik Zetterberg, Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi to take back the night, as JT would say. Jonas Gustavsson stopped 37 of 41 shots sent his way to help steal a point for the Wings. Not bad for a guy who looks like Steve Buscemi in goalie pads.

Am I the only one who sees it?

Toronto Maple Leafs 4 vs. Buffalo Sabres 2

Hockey Poem #3 by Zak Griffin

I cannot score

Two goals or more

My fan-base shrinks

My PK stinks

I can't skate well

My jersey's hell

My goalie's sad

Soon he'll be mad

The Golden Years had better luck

The Buffalo Sabres? They still suck

St. Louis Blues 4 vs. Carolina Hurricanes 2

I see no reason to stop now... FIRST NAME ALEX, LAST NAME STEEN!!!! In case you haven't heard, Alex Steen is really good all of a sudden. After squandering a two-goal lead by allowing two shorthanded goals 57 seconds apart, the mighty Steen did what he does best (at least so far this year): score goals. With his 17th goal of the season, Steen now leads the NHL in points and goals on the year. Although it has yet to be confirmed, St. Louis mayor Francis G. Slay (yeah, that's his name!!) is looking to erect a statue in Steen's honour. 

The final version will have him stepping on Sidney Crosby

Nashville Predators 7 vs. Chicago Blackhawks 2

Patrick Kane scored, which normally would make me suggest that the team was victorious, but Seth Jones (former Portland Winterhawk) had an assist, so they cancel each other out. What we are left with was Craig Smith scoring three points, and Corey Crawford allowing five goals on 22 while his counterpart, Marek Mazanec made 39 saves in the win. Moment of the match goes to Nikolai Khabibulin though, for putting the team on his back, do! 

Phoenix Coyotes 6 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 3

The Coyotes are 9-0-1 in their last 10 games. The Phoenix Coyotes... are 9... 0... and 1... in their last 10 games. The Lightning were able to rebound following the loss of their scoring leader, Steven Stamkos, earlier this week, but you can't hope to win all of your games without your leading everything-getter out with injury. As for the Coyotes success, I'm going to believe, (and no one can tell me otherwise), that their success is based on them finding Michael Jordan's secret stuff that the Looney Tunes drank in Space Jam. I know it's water, but I can still dream right?

Florida Panthers 4 vs. Colorado Avalanche 1

To continue with my Space Jam analogies, it seems as if the Florida Panthers have gone all invisible-liquid-goo mode and stole the talent of the once dominant Colorado Avalanche. New head coach Peter Horachek, has breathed new life into this struggling franchise, it seems, as the Panthers, thanks to three assists from Tom Gilbert and a goal and an assist from Brian Campbell, got their first road victory since beating the Dallas Stars in Dallas on October 3rd. As for the Avalanche, this loss marks their third consecutive defeat for Patrick Roy's young squad. Here is what I imagine the post game press conference to look like. 

On another note, the Pepsi Center will be closed until further notice

Edmonton 4 vs. Calgary Flames 2

Edmonton beat Calgary... yay!

Well sports fans, that's all that was this Saturday night. Games were played, goals were scored, bets were lost and we were here to recap it all. Hope you enjoyed it, I'll be back here next week, as Don Cherry always says, Lord willing.

Keep your stick on the ice, kids.

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Zak Griffin is a huge fan of The Red Green Show. Follow him on the Twitter machine at @ZakGriffin13.