'Liners & Divisionally Speaking for Monday

 I haven't gone by the name of Obi-Wan since, oh, before you were born.

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 Ovie (far left) celebrates his big day.

The wins continue to pile up for our divisional neighbors in D.C., this time defeating the Ottawa Senators 7-4 on the efforts of Alexander Ovechkin's hat trick. The Caps are now 17 games over .500 (technically) and barring a catastrophic injury, on their way to a solid Southeast championship. Brave words, eh?

TODAY

El zilcho for action within the division tonight, but one game will keep not only our eyes fixated out west, but those of Carolina and Pittsburgh as well:

The un-Disneyfied water fowl hope for this from their opponent on Monday.

• Buffalo @ Anaheim, 10p. With a win, the Sabres will hit 59 points in 51 games, increasing their lead over the Hurricanes by four and Florida by five. Shout out to D.O. at Die by the Blade for sublime open thread action, and say a quiet prayer for Gordon Bombay at lunch.

I used to think blogging was irrelevent. I now know better.

LITTER BOX LINERS

 Do you have the print version of The Litter Box?

• Miami Herald: Panthers need to go back to basics 
• Sun-Sentinel: Panthers aim to keep it simple, Campbell pleased with line's solid state
• Panthers website

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE

• Cat Scratch (FLA)
• Panthers on the Prowl (FLA)
• Mirtle's Playoff Push
• Gear up for tomorrow's epic battle in TO at Pension Plan Puppets

BREAKING NEWS:

Tomas Vokoun will start on Tuesday. You may now breathe again.