The Price Was Right ... The Road is Calling ... Sunday Scoreboard Watch with Standings

Huge win for the Panthers on Saturday night, the 2-0 decision over the Bruins impressive in many ways.

First off, I thought the Panthers were really charged up for this one. They came out flying and hitting. They didn't get a lot of scoring chances early, but the ones they had were good. I thought Florida was terrific in the second if not snake-bit. Huge two goals by Radek Dvorak; huge game in net by Tomas Vokoun.

And now we move on. Going to Boston on Tuesday, then Nueva York, Newark, Washington and ATL. Not going to be easy.

-- Saturday's Games (and how they affected the Panthers): Pittsburgh stays in the race for a playoff spot by picking up two huge points by beating the Flyers. Montreal also gets a much needed win, beating the Senators 5-2. Buffalo beats the Rangers to keep pace and allow itself and the Panthers to pull even closer to the Blueshirts.

-- Sunday's Schedule (and who the Panthers would be rooting for if they really cared enough to invest the time and money into Center Ice package):

Pens @ Caps, 12:30 (NBC): This is a juicy matchup, one NBC has been pimping hard all week. Have to root for the Caps to put down the streaking Pens.

Avs @ Canes, 3: Same thing; root for the Avs because the Canes are getting closer and picking up steam. Avs probably used up all their good energy by beating Wash the other night. Canes win this one.

Bruins @ Bolts, 5: Actually, rooting for the Bruins. The Panthers don't want a seriously ticked off Boston team ready to play come Tuesday.

Wild @ Hawks, 7: Wild get a big win last night against the Wings.

Leafs @ Rangers, 8: Hello Toronto. Rangers are slumping, Panthers have to hope that continues.

The Standings (brought to you by Woodlands Country Club and TSN.ca/nhl):

Eastern
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	Boston	59	40	11	8	88	197	133	19-4-4	21-7-4	5-3-2	Lost 1
2	Washington	59	37	17	5	79	196	170	23-5-1	14-12-4	7-2-1	Lost 1
3	New Jersey	60	38	19	3	79	182	151	19-10-1	19-9-2	6-4-0	Lost 1
4	Philadelphia	57	31	17	9	71	189	169	17-8-3	14-9-6	6-4-0	Lost 1
5	Montreal	60	31	22	7	69	184	184	18-6-4	13-16-3	3-6-1	Won 1
6	Florida	59	30	21	8	68	166	159	17-8-5	13-13-3	7-3-0	Won 1
7	Buffalo	60	31	23	6	68	179	168	17-11-2	14-12-4	5-4-1	Won 1
8	NY Rangers	60	31	23	6	68	149	167	18-9-3	13-14-3	2-6-2	Lost 1
9	Carolina	60	30	25	5	65	157	174	15-13-1	15-12-4	6-4-0	Won 2
10	Pittsburgh	60	29	25	6	64	183	186	16-12-2	13-13-4	5-4-1	Won 2
11	Toronto	59	21	26	12	54	177	217	10-11-8	11-15-4	3-3-4	Lost 3
12	Ottawa	58	22	27	9	53	144	168	12-10-5	10-17-4	5-3-2	Lost 3
13	Tampa Bay	59	19	28	12	50	148	188	10-12-8	9-16-4	2-6-2	Lost 4
14	Atlanta	60	21	33	6	48	176	211	9-17-2	12-16-4	4-5-1	Lost 2
15	NY Islanders	59	18	35	6	42	144	198	12-13-4	6-22-2	3-6-1	Won 1
Western
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	San Jose	57	40	8	9	89	199	140	26-2-3	14-6-6	4-2-4	Won 3
2	Detroit	60	39	13	8	86	228	177	22-4-3	17-9-5	7-2-1	Lost 1
3	Calgary	59	35	18	6	76	187	173	20-7-4	15-11-2	5-3-2	Won 2
4	Chicago	57	34	15	8	76	193	141	15-4-5	19-11-3	8-2-0	Won 4
5	Vancouver	59	30	21	8	68	181	170	14-11-4	16-10-4	8-1-1	Won 4
6	Columbus	60	30	24	6	66	165	169	19-10-2	11-14-4	6-3-1	Lost 1
7	Dallas	58	29	22	7	65	174	179	17-8-4	12-14-3	6-4-0	Lost 1
8	Edmonton	59	29	25	5	63	165	182	13-11-4	16-14-1	4-4-2	Lost 3
9	Anaheim	61	29	27	5	63	173	177	15-13-3	14-14-2	5-5-0	Won 1
10	Minnesota	57	29	24	4	62	149	134	18-11-4	11-13-0	5-4-1	Won 1
11	Nashville	60	28	28	4	60	142	168	16-11-2	12-17-2	5-4-1	Won 1
12	Los Angeles	58	25	24	9	59	155	170	13-13-8	12-11-1	5-3-2	Lost 2
13	Phoenix	60	27	28	5	59	156	184	17-12-2	10-16-3	3-7-0	Won 2
14	St. Louis	59	25	26	8	58	165	178	15-11-5	10-15-3	5-2-3	Lost 1
15	Colorado	59	28	30	1	57	163	181	17-14-0	11-16-1	5-5-0	Won 3

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