By no means the “goat” on an evening replete with them, whether by rookie error, bad luck, or likely a combination of both, Florida Panthers blueliner Erik Gudbranson recorded a hellacious night on the scoresheet with 1 SOG, 1 BkS & a team- (and career-) worst minus-4. Yet his 3 hits were memorable ones, including the shot above wherein Jets forward Blake Wheeler (1G/1A) finds an Angry Erik to be a particularly nasty immovable object (video after the jump).
Instead of the usual video compilation – and seriously, what on it are you really interested in seeing? – check out these post-game audio clips provided by our longtime pals at Illegal Curve, featuring cuts from Campbell (2 SOG, even), Jovanovski (0 SOG, minus-3), and coach Kevin Dineen.
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The Eastern Front
|
Rank |
Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
Home |
Away |
L10 |
Streak |
|
1 |
NY Rangers |
62 |
41 |
15 |
6 |
88 |
172 |
126 |
21-7-2 |
20-8-4 |
7-2-1 |
Won 3 |
|
2 |
Boston |
62 |
38 |
21 |
3 |
79 |
204 |
143 |
19-11-2 |
19-10-1 |
5-4-1 |
Won 1 |
|
3 |
Florida |
63 |
30 |
21 |
12 |
72 |
158 |
179 |
15-8-8 |
15-13-4 |
5-4-1 |
Lost 1 |
|
4 |
Pittsburgh |
63 |
37 |
21 |
5 |
79 |
202 |
166 |
20-8-2 |
17-13-3 |
7-2-1 |
Won 4 |
|
5 |
Philadelphia |
63 |
35 |
21 |
7 |
77 |
209 |
191 |
15-10-5 |
20-11-2 |
5-5-0 |
Won 1 |
|
6 |
Ottawa |
65 |
34 |
23 |
8 |
76 |
199 |
192 |
17-12-3 |
17-11-5 |
7-2-1 |
Won 2 |
|
7 |
New Jersey |
63 |
35 |
23 |
5 |
75 |
175 |
174 |
16-12-3 |
19-11-2 |
4-4-2 |
OT 1 |
|
8 |
Winnipeg |
66 |
31 |
27 |
8 |
70 |
173 |
186 |
20-10-4 |
11-17-4 |
5-3-2 |
Won 1 |
|
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|
9 |
Washington |
63 |
32 |
26 |
5 |
69 |
172 |
178 |
21-8-2 |
11-18-3 |
4-5-1 |
Won 3 |
|
10 |
Buffalo |
64 |
29 |
27 |
8 |
66 |
157 |
180 |
16-11-7 |
13-16-1 |
5-3-2 |
Won 2 |
|
11 |
Toronto |
64 |
29 |
28 |
7 |
65 |
191 |
200 |
16-12-5 |
13-16-2 |
1-8-1 |
Lost 4 |
|
12 |
Tampa Bay |
63 |
29 |
28 |
6 |
64 |
176 |
213 |
19-9-2 |
10-19-4 |
6-4-0 |
Won 2 |
|
13 |
Carolina |
64 |
24 |
27 |
13 |
61 |
168 |
193 |
17-13-5 |
7-14-8 |
4-2-4 |
Lost 1 |
|
14 |
NY Islanders |
64 |
26 |
29 |
9 |
61 |
151 |
193 |
14-14-5 |
12-15-4 |
3-6-1 |
Lost 1 |
|
15 |
Montreal |
65 |
25 |
30 |
10 |
60 |
169 |
181 |
12-14-8 |
13-16-2 |
3-6-1 |
Won 1 |
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Why last night rocked:
Why last night jonesed:
- PHI (77P) over NYI, 6-3; three-point efforts by Read, Giroux, Meszaros prove Flyers aren’t cooked quite yet. Or was it the opposition?/
Panthers Playoff Update:
- FLA lost to WPG 0-7; playoff odds down 9.4 to 80.7% per Sports Club Stats/
Why tonight is a Big Deal in SoFla:
Focusing on clubs within 6 points of Panthers (72P); teams FLA needs to lose in bold…
- NJ (75P) at WSH (69P), 7 p.m.; Devs victorious in past two vs Caps though both games went SO
- CHI at OTW (76P), 7; Sens are 3-1-1 over last five at home/
Next up for the Cats:
- Hosting the Preds tomorrow; LBC Game Thread fires up at 7./
Did you know:
- We could pointlessly recap the endless minuses dotted up and down Thursday’s roster, but since such an endeavor would only serve to worsen our collective mood, how about taking a guess as to who’s finally on Twitter?
Thursday’s Organizational News:
- Forwards Marco Sturm and Tomas Kopecky returned to the lineup/
Tonight’s NCAA action on NBC Sports Network
- Denver (G Sam Brittain , D John Lee & F Drew Shore) at Nebraska-Omaha, 7:30
- No late game; NHL Overtime at 10