“It was funny how we dominated early and that was probably the worst thing because maybe we thought it was going to be easy.”
Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, following a 17-save performance in Saturday’s losing effort vs. Florida. (NorthJersey.com/Gulitti)
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The Eastern Front
|
Rank |
Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
Home |
Away |
L10 |
Stk |
|
1 |
NY Rangers |
53 |
35 |
13 |
5 |
75 |
150 |
108 |
17-6-2 |
18-7-3 |
7-2-1 |
Won 2 |
|
2 |
Boston |
53 |
34 |
17 |
2 |
70 |
184 |
120 |
18-9-2 |
16-8-0 |
5-4-1 |
Won 1 |
|
3 |
Florida |
54 |
26 |
17 |
11 |
63 |
137 |
151 |
14-5-7 |
12-12-4 |
5-3-2 |
Won 2 |
|
4 |
Philadelphia |
55 |
31 |
17 |
7 |
69 |
179 |
165 |
13-9-5 |
18-8-2 |
4-3-3 |
Lost 1 |
|
5 |
Pittsburgh |
55 |
31 |
19 |
5 |
67 |
171 |
146 |
16-7-2 |
15-12-3 |
7-2-1 |
Won 1 |
|
6 |
New Jersey |
55 |
31 |
20 |
4 |
66 |
154 |
155 |
15-10-3 |
16-10-1 |
5-3-2 |
Lost 1 |
|
7 |
Ottawa |
58 |
28 |
22 |
8 |
64 |
169 |
181 |
15-11-3 |
13-11-5 |
2-6-2 |
OT 1 |
|
8 |
Toronto |
55 |
28 |
21 |
6 |
62 |
171 |
161 |
16-8-4 |
12-13-2 |
6-3-1 |
Lost 2 |
|
|
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|
9 |
Washington |
54 |
28 |
21 |
5 |
61 |
151 |
152 |
19-7-2 |
9-14-3 |
4-3-3 |
OT 1 |
|
10 |
Winnipeg |
57 |
26 |
25 |
6 |
58 |
139 |
161 |
16-8-2 |
10-17-4 |
4-5-1 |
Lost 1 |
|
11 |
Tampa Bay |
54 |
24 |
24 |
6 |
54 |
153 |
181 |
15-8-2 |
9-16-4 |
7-1-2 |
Won 1 |
|
12 |
NY Islanders |
54 |
23 |
23 |
8 |
54 |
130 |
155 |
12-12-5 |
11-11-3 |
6-2-2 |
Won 1 |
|
13 |
Buffalo |
55 |
24 |
25 |
6 |
54 |
136 |
158 |
13-10-6 |
11-15-0 |
5-4-1 |
Lost 1 |
|
14 |
Montreal |
55 |
22 |
24 |
9 |
53 |
144 |
149 |
11-11-7 |
11-13-2 |
5-4-1 |
Won 3 |
|
15 |
Carolina |
56 |
20 |
25 |
11 |
51 |
142 |
172 |
14-12-3 |
6-13-8 |
4-2-4 |
OT 2 |
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Why Saturday rocked:
- PIT over WPG, 8-5; Jets after 31 road games: 67GF, 102GA
- NYR over PHI, 5-2; Flyers: 8 goals scored in last four games (1-2-1)
- MTL over TOR, 5-0; Leafs’ tenders faced 18 shots. Total.
- EDM over OTW, 4-3 (OT); falls under “rocks” category due to host Sens’ failure to hold two leads/
Why Saturday jonesed:
- No actual joneses to be found. A good day./
Panthers Playoff Update:
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FLA defeated New Jersey 3-1; playoff odds up 10 to 83.1% per Sports Club Stats
Why today is a Big Deal in SoFla, beyond the obvious:
- WSH at NYR, 12:30 p.m. (NBC); no introduction needed here
- TB at PIT, 7; after pulling for Pens a day ago, we’re all about the Bolts now
- PHI at DET, 7:30 (NBC-SN); Flyers are 2-14 at Joe Louis Arena since 1990/
Next up for the Cats:
- Another (not quite so) early start, this time from Uniondale; LBC Game Thread powers up at 2:30. Meantime, check out our pals at Lighthouse Hockey and Islanders Point Blank./
Did you know:
- Former Islander Sean Bergenheim has recorded 6 shorties and 5 gamewinners in 128 appearances at Nassau Coliseum
Saturday’s Organizational Transactions:
- D Colby Robak recalled from San Antonio