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Riding the Zamboni - Sunday, November 14th

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Another lightly scheduled Sunday in the NHL. We’re glad to see everyone get out of the way so we could relax so nicely on a Sunday evening. Well, that is unless you’re the Oilers and Rangers who might be icing down tonight after duking it out this afternoon.

NY Rangers 8 - Edmonton 2

A hat trick from Marian Gaborik, two goals from Alexander Frolov, and a non-busy night for Martin Biron helped make this one a laugher for the Rangers. The Oilers, again, struggled defensively making mistakes both rookie and veteran alike. Oh yeah, and things got a bit ugly in the third with a full-on line brawl erupting when Sean Avery got a jump on fighting Ladislav Smid and virtually the rest of the Oilers disagreed with that. The loss is the fourth straight for Edmonton and things are getting out of control quickly for the young Oilers.

Washington 6 - Atlanta 4

A weird, back-and-forth game between these rivals ended up being decided late in the third period thanks to a goal by none other than tough defenseman John Erskine. Oh sure Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, and Mike Green also got on the board for the Caps, but it was Erskine’s slap shot in the third that proved to decide the game. Bryan Little had two goals for Atlanta in a losing effort. The Caps win gets them a nice bounce back after losing to Buffalo in overtime last night. On a side note, John Erskine and Eric Boulton had one of the best fights we’ve seen this year.

Minnesota 4 - Tampa Bay 1

Safe to say that Tampa Bay is officially struggling, although to be fair, dealing with the kind of goaltending the Wild have going for them you could almost understand. Niklas Backstrom made 37 saves to earn the win for the Wild, meanwhile Martin Havlat notched three assists as the Wild got goals from Cal Clutterbuck, Eric Nystrom, John Madden, and Antti Miettinen. Martin St. Louis had Tampa Bay’s lone goal while Dan Ellis only stopped 14 of 17 shots he saw.

Chicago 3 - Anaheim 2 (F/OT)

Viktor Stalberg’s overtime goal helped lift the Blackhawks and snap the Ducks’ six-game winning streak all at once. Marian Hossa came through with a solid game as well for Chicago with a goal and an assist. Meanwhile, Corey Crawford got the win in giving Marty Turco a night off. Crawford stopped 24 shots in the win. The one guy he couldn’t stop was Corey Perry who scored both Anaheim goals. Jonas Hiller was the hard-luck loser after stopping 40 shots.