The Two-Line Pass

The Lead

At the risk of angering both people who bother to read Good Night on a nightly basis, I have a confession. I only watched the Bruins game tonight because I went to an art show — I start my internship at Vogue next summer haw haw! — and at some point I have to just wash my hands of every, “Boy these Bruins sure are a top-notch team,” post I am backed into making.. at least for a while.

Yeah, they’re a hell of a goddamn hockey club and even when they suck they score eight goals and win anyways. David Krejci had a hat trick and I think he’s like the fifth Bruin to have one this year (I know for sure Kessel, Lucic and Wheeler had one each but I feel like I’m forgetting someone and don’t care to look it up). Not that the game wasn’t fun to watch and featured 13 goals and a couple fights, but there’s just no other way to say, “They’ll beat you any way they want!” that no one else has said. At some point you have to stop looking at your computer screen and going “I have to write like 600 words on these guys winning AGAIN,” and tell yourself no.

Watching a good team gets pretty damn boring sometimes. That picture’s pretty funny though, right?

Elsewhere…

Washington 4, St. Louis 2

Note to Andy Murray: Probably don’t wanna start the rookie goalie with mobility problems against a team with Alex Ovechkin on it. Just a thought. Ben Bishop, wouldn’t ya know it, gave up four goals on 29 shots — one to Ovie — as Viktor Kozlov had two goals and an assist for the Caps. The fun part about tonight was that this was a matchup between perhaps the two most injured teams in the league this year. Both started goalies who weren’t with the team to start the season and both have had probably close to half their AHL teams play at least a game in the Bigs. Washington having most of their big guns back certainly didn’t hurt in this win.

Carolina 2, Florida 1 (OT)

Well, well, well, Hurricanes, you’ve got yourselves a bona fide winning streak. Two games! Sadly, that’s just one off your season-best winning streak, so that’s probably not so impressive then. Justin Williams had his first of the year to open the scoring and then Joe Corvo scored his fifth of the year (huh!?) to win it late in OT. Thomas Vokoun made 35 saves in the loss, and Cam Ward only saw 20 shots.

Pittsburgh 6, Atlanta 3

Like you didn’t see this coming. Two goals for Evgeni Malkin, two assists for Sidney Crosby. Together, they have many points. Malkin’s on pace for 140 points now, and only 122 for Crosby. And know who scored for Hotlanta? Colby Armstrong, baby! Bet the Pens are rethinking that whole Hossa trade now. FOOLS!

Montreal 5, Philadelphia 2

Well I guess the best way to get a struggling team back on track is to go out and beat the hell out of one of the hottest squads in the league. Alex Kovalev’s now-gone goalless drought seems to have swung in the opposite direction as he’s now scored in two straight. Sergei Kostitsyn, Guillaume Latandresse and Steve Begin all had a goal and an assist for the Habs.

Colorado 2, Tampa Bay 1 (SO)

Who gets taken to a shootout by the Lightning? Honestly, that’s embarrassing. The Avalanche gave up 38 shots on goal to Tampa Bay, and Tampa Bay only got one puck past Andrew Raycroft. The Avs also went 0-for-5 on the power play including a two-man advantage. How does that happen?

Detroit 6, San Jose 0

That’s about the most unexpected result of the season, but it had to happen sometime, right? I mean, Detroit’s good and all but the Sharks have lost like three games in regulation this year before tonight, and they get pummelled like that. Yeesh. Interestingly, one of the regulation losses was a 4-0 shutout by the Ducks. Thought that was kind of funny. Pavel Datsyuk had two goals and two assists in the win to run his season total to 10-22-32. I would have bet a good amount of money he had more points than that. Ty Conklin, shockingly, got the 24-save shutout.

Dallas 6, Columbus 5 (SO)

This is what happens when you don’t start Steve Mason. You give up five goals to Dallas. Loui Eriksson had a hat trick for the Stars just two days after he scored twice against Phoenix. I guess he’s on a nice little run. Marty Turco’s horrible run, however, continues unabated. Five goals on 28 shots from Columbus. I’m beginning to almost feel bad for him.

Phoenix 2, Nashville 1

Kyle Turris scored twice for the Coyotes and Ilya Bryzgalov gave up one goal on 31 shots. If there’s a better recipe for success that involves just two players, I’d like to hear about it.

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