The Hockey News Daily Dish: Dec. 18
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Yesterday’s Action…
Washington 3, Detroit 4 (SO) (story/highlights)
- Tomas Holmstrom had two goals, Pavel Datsyuk had three assists, and Jiri Hudler scored the game-winner.
Colorado 4, Los Angeles 2 (story/highlights)
- Brett Clark and John-Michael Liles had two assists each and Peter Budaj made 19 saves.
News and Views…
Anaheim: Brad May will be out indefinitely after suffering a broken foot Monday… Ryan Carter was recalled from Portland.
Atlanta: Craig Custance of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution talks about changes in the Thrasher lineup. (more...)
Detroit: Tomas Holmstrom returned after missing two games with a knee injury.
Los Angeles: Jonathan Quick was assigned to Manchester as Jason LaBarbera returned from a rib injury.
Minnesota: Mikko Koivu will be out for at least another two weeks writes Bruce Brothers of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. (more...)
Nashville: Nashville will be making some drastic changes to their lines, writes John Glennon of the Tennessean. (more...)
New York Islanders: Recalled Blake Comeau from Bridgeport… With Chris Simon gone, you won’t even realize he’s not there, writes Mark Herrmann of newsday.com (more...)
New York Rangers: Recalled Ryan Callahan and Al Montoya from Hartford and demoted Greg Moore.
Ottawa: A banged up Andrej Meszaros says he will play Tuesday since the team is already short because of injuries, writes Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen. (more...)
St. Louis: Norm Sanders of the Belleville News-Democrat talks about the Blues’ three new faces now on their top line. (more...)
Vancouver: Assigned Drew MacIntyre to Manitoba... Will be without Brendan Morrison for 12 weeks after surgery.
What’s on tap…
Ottawa at Boston, 7:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7:00 p.m.
Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7:00 p.m.
Toronto at Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7:00 p.m.
Calgary at Columbus, 7:00 p.m.
Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Minnesota, 8:00 p.m.
Dallas at Edmonton, 9:00 p.m.
New Jersey at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
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