An obvious choice seemed like Carey Price, the backbone of the team and a Canadian success story after winning Olympic gold this year. But what about Max Pacioretty? He leads the Habs in scoring and has risen from Zdeno Chara accident victim to American Olympian. Subban? He a Norris Trophy winner with a new $9 million a year contract and a personality that can light up his city famed Saint Catherine Street..
Lacroix's team sits atop the NHL standings entering tonight's game with the Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils at the Pepsi Center, promoting the attitude of "Why try to fix something that isn't broken?""You cheap jerseys never know, though," said Avs center Peter Forsberg, whose good friend Adam Deadmarsh already has been dealt away. "The trading deadline is always the trading deadline. You never know what's going on.
Louis hosting Arizona and Anaheim visiting the Florida Panthers.The Atlantic Division leading Lightning, meanwhile, have won two of three and are 7 2 1 over their last 10 games. Tampa is two points ahead of both Detroit and Montreal for the division lead. The Canadiens play at home against Philadelphia tonight, while the Red Wings are idle ahead of Wednesday's game in Pittsburgh.Nashville rallied for its most recent victory, heading into the third period down 2 0 to the Panthers before storming back for a 3 2 shootout win.Filip Forsberg scored the decisive shootout goal after tying the game late in regulation.
Defenseman Roman Polak fired a shot on net that was tipped by Oshie. It fell under Bernier and danced on the goal line before Oshie nudged it across for his 18th goal of the season. That gave him a career high 55 points and he finished the night with three points, extending it to 57..
Los Angeles Kings' Dustin Brown (top) celebrates his empty net goal with teammate Anze Kopitar with less than a minute in the third period against the St. Louis Blues on the way to winning Game 4 of their NHL Western Conference semi final playoff hockey game and the series in Los Angeles, California May 6, 2012. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokSo we could very well be left with a third round where, in the East, a No.
NOTES: Ducks C Mathieu Perreault left the game early in the third period with an upper body injury after taking a big hit. Stewart was traded on a Blues Ducks gameday for the second time. "I love this, what a season," said forward Brad Richards, considered the biggest prize in last summer's free agent market. "This is a great time of year. Yes, it's going to be a grind, it always is, but we have a good team here, and we have the right pieces in place.
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