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*grumble* *grumble*

What a lousy night of hockey. Ugh.

Here are the scores from Jan 26th's games:

1. LA beat Toronto 5-3. Might as well start the report off with a stinker. The Leafs played like they weren't even interested out there. Disgusting! The only good thing about this game is that Niklas Hagman got his 19th and 20th goal. The rest? Garbage.

2. Washington beat the Islanders 7-2. The weird stat about this game is that even though Washington scored 7 goals, Ovechkin was held without a point. That does not happen very often, especially when so many goals are scored by Washington.

3. Atlanta beat Anaheim 2-1. Anaheim held a 35-34 shot advantage, which shows that the low score doesn't mean it was necessarily a boring game. Anaheim's offense was stymied again.

4. Columbus beat Nashville 3-2. Columbus had a 3-0 lead at one point and almost coughed it up. Nashville got the 2 goals but could get no closer. Columbus managed only 17 shots the entire game, while Nashville had 31 shots. Amazingly, Mason played fairly decent in net for Columbus(shades of last year).

5. Phoenix beat Detroit 5-4 in overtime. Well, so much for going three straight nights with all games ending in regulation. At least this was the only game to do so this evening. Detroit actually had a 4-2 lead until the last two minutes of the game! They allowed Phoenix right back into it, and they scored a goal at 18:30 and 19:37 to tie it all up. Detroit is not known for coughing up leads like this, but of course they are doing lots of things this season that they weren't known for in recent years.

Of note, Niklas Kronwall(defenseman) returned to the Red Wings after missing many games with a knee injury. He was held pointless and was a -1 for the night. He played 21:57, which is a lot of time to play for a first game back from a long-term injury!

6. Ottawa beat New Jersey 3-0. What is with the Devils not being able to score lately? Not a good night for anyone on the team, Brodeur included. New Jersey outshot Ottawa 24-18 which would make for quite a boring game to watch. Plus, Ottawa scored 3 goals off 18 shots which shows that Brodeur was not overly sharp. Lately, it seems that the Devils are either getting shutout victories or losing by getting shutout. It is puzzling to say the least.

7. Florida beat Montreal 2-1. This was a bad one. Montreal only managed 17 shots on net, while allowing 29 for Florida. Halak kept them in the game, but their offense has gone back to their bad habits from earlier in the season. The shot tallies of 6/4/7 are not going to win very many games.

8. Chicago beat Edmonton 4-2. Wow, now here is a team that you DON'T want to play when you are struggling! That being said, Edmonton did play them and the end result was pretty much what everyone was expecting. 11 game losing streak now for Edmonton. Ugly.

So, not a good night for Ila, dauls, or myself. I keep thinking to myself that the Leafs cannot get any worse, and then they play an absolute shit-fest like they did last night. Disgusting, just freakin' disgusting.

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