NHL Weekend Preview

Good Ole Drinking Game

The Battle of Alberta has long invited ingenuity from the legions of Flames and OIlers fans…The boys over at Battle of Alberta have devised what appears to be a drinking game based on the rivalry.

Gaborik Out

Minnesota right wing Marian Gaborik missed the Wild’s game Thursday night against Florida because of what the team called a lower-body injury. A “lower-body injury”…is it playoff time already???

Savard Fired

Canes Country has some thoughts on the first firing of the season:

And there’s the first firing of the season. A very curious move by the Blackhawks, though Joel Quenneville is a very, very good coach — and his moustache will go over well with these guys.

St. Louis Is Winning!

Keith Tkachuk and Brad Boyes each scored for the fourth straight game, and the St. Louis Blues had their best offensive output since January in beating the Dallas Stars 6-1 Thursday night.

Pittsburgh Blows It!

Boyd Gordon scored a delayed goal in the third period to complete Washington’s four-goal comeback and the Capitals shook off three Pittsburgh power play goals and another big night against them by Evgeni Malkin to rally for a 4-3 victory on Thursday night.

Stamkos Benched

James Mirtle notes that the Calder trophy race is far from over as the man with the mullet, Barry Melrose, put Stamkos on the bench for most of the game versus the Islanders.