Short and Sweet: The Links are Calling ... Standings, Scoreboard Watch

Since I'm playing golf today, figured I would throw something up here before heading to practice. If anything happens there, I will post via the cellphone. So if you don't see anything else, nothing else happened. Got it? Good.

Last night was not a good one for the Sunrise Six, but, those nights happen. You can't win them all, and Chicago came out and played an exceptional game. Tomas Vokoun kept the Panthers in it for a while; he was worked hard last night. Then things fell apart at the end. It happens folks. Move on.

Florida wasn't hurt too much in the standings as Buffalo and Montreal both lost, so status quo for one more day. But, Carolina and Pitt both picked up two points in the process and are now right back in the game. I would be worried about both teams. Lot of games left, lot of points.

-- Congrats to the Coyotes for beating the Thrash in a shootout. Did any team need a win more than Phoenix?

Today's Games (and who I think the Panthers would be cheering for if the Panthers were actually cheering for anyone):

Colorado @ Washington, 7: This one really doesn't matter now does it? Washington is running away with the SE and the Avs stink (although they've won two straight). Washington should win this one handily.

Tampa Bay @ Carolina, 7: Have to root on the Bolts. Carolina will get two more points here and put itself in the middle of the race again.

Anaheim @ Detroit, 7:30: I don't know who the Panthers root for, but I like the Red Wings. Belle Tire!

Today's Standings (courtesy of Belle Tire):

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		DIV	GP	W	L	OT	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away	L10	Streak
1	Boston Bruins	NE	58	40	10	8	88	197	131	19-4-4	21-6-4	5-2-3	Won 1
2	Washington Capitals	SE	58	37	16	5	79	195	166	23-4-1	14-12-4	7-1-2	Won 3
3	New Jersey Devils	ATL	59	38	18	3	79	182	147	19-10-1	19-8-2	7-3-0	Won 1
4	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	56	31	16	9	71	185	164	17-7-3	14-9-6	6-4-0	Won 3
5	New York Rangers	ATL	59	31	22	6	68	147	163	18-9-3	13-13-3	2-6-2	Won 1
6	Montréal Canadiens	NE	59	30	22	7	67	179	181	17-6-4	13-16-3	2-7-1	Lost 3
7	Florida Panthers	SE	58	29	21	8	66	164	159	16-8-5	13-13-3	6-4-0	Lost 1
8	Buffalo Sabres	NE	59	30	23	6	66	175	166	16-11-2	14-12-4	5-4-1	Lost 1
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	59	29	25	5	63	153	173	14-13-1	15-12-4	6-4-0	Won 1
10	Pittsburgh Penguins	ATL	59	28	25	6	62	178	182	16-12-2	12-13-4	4-4-2	Won 1
11	Ottawa Senators	NE	57	22	26	9	53	141	163	12-10-5	10-16-4	5-3-2	Lost 2
12	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	58	21	26	11	53	175	214	10-11-7	11-15-4	4-3-3	Lost 2
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	58	19	27	12	50	147	184	10-12-8	9-15-4	2-6-2	Lost 3
14	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	59	21	32	6	48	175	208	9-17-2	12-15-4	4-5-1	Lost 1
15	New York Islanders	ATL	58	17	35	6	40	140	198	11-13-4	6-22-2	3-6-1	Lost 2

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		DIV	GP	W	L	OT	Pts	GF	GA	Home	Away	L10	Streak
1	San Jose Sharks	PAC	56	39	8	9	87	196	139	25-2-3	14-6-6	4-2-4	Won 2
2	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	58	38	12	8	84	221	170	21-4-3	17-8-5	7-2-1	Won 1
3	Calgary Flames	NW	58	34	18	6	74	184	171	20-7-4	14-11-2	4-4-2	Won 1
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	56	33	15	8	74	190	140	15-4-5	18-11-3	7-3-0	Won 3
5	Vancouver Canucks	NW	58	29	21	8	66	178	168	14-11-4	15-10-4	7-2-1	Won 3
6	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	59	30	23	6	66	163	164	19-9-2	11-14-4	6-3-1	Won 2
7	Dallas Stars	PAC	57	29	21	7	65	173	176	17-7-4	12-14-3	7-3-0	Won 2
8	Edmonton Oilers	NW	58	29	25	4	62	163	179	13-11-3	16-14-1	4-5-1	Lost 2
9	Anaheim Ducks	PAC	59	28	26	5	61	166	170	15-13-3	13-13-2	5-5-0	Lost 2
10	Minnesota Wild	NW	56	28	24	4	60	144	132	17-11-4	11-13-0	5-4-1	Lost 3
11	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	57	25	23	9	59	152	164	13-12-8	12-11-1	5-3-2	Lost 1
12	Nashville Predators	CEN	59	27	28	4	58	141	168	16-11-2	11-17-2	5-4-1	Lost 3
13	St Louis Blues	CEN	58	25	26	7	57	165	177	15-11-4	10-15-3	5-2-3	Won 1
14	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	59	26	28	5	57	150	181	17-12-2	9-16-3	2-8-0	Won 1
15	Colorado Avalanche	NW	58	27	30	1	55	159	180	17-14-0	10-16-1	4-6-0	Won 2

Comments

[EJ]

Always root for the western conference team if they're playing anyone in the east except the Panthers. It doesn't matter how good the Capitals are, go Avs!

[josh]

as my friend calls the red wings. go tire wings