The Daily Phil Esposito (2/14/11)

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This was a crazy weekend in NHL games. There were many former Hawks lighting the lamp this weekend and adding helpers. There were six goals and eight assists tallied by former Hawks this weekend. There was a game with over 300 penalty minutes, several shoot out games (don’t get me started), and several no shows. Oh and the goal tending by former feather heads wasn’t too stellar either. There is enough for you to read so I’ll stop here, hope you had a good weekend and enjoy!

Click the jump for updates from this weekend’s games

Friday
Craig Adams – Pittsburgh
8:31 TOI, minus one, 17 PIM, one shot
This game had, 14 fighting majors, 21 misconducts and 346 penalty minutes, more on this game later…

Shawn Thornton – Boston
11:05 TOI, two shots, 1 of 2 on face-offs

Dustin Byfuglien – Atlanta
23:55 TOI, one assist (26), five shots

Andrew Ladd – Atlanta
23:38 TOI, 2 PIM, two shots, 1 of 1 on face-offs

Brent Sopel – Atlanta
15:31 TOI, plus one

Dan Cleary – Detroit
16:17 TOI, one goal (17), one assist (13) plus two, four shots, 0 of 7 on face-offs

Sammy Pahlsson – Columbus
18:19 TOI, one assist (8), plus one, two shots, 8 of 15 on face-offs

David Koci – Colorado
4:06 TOI, plus one, 5 PIM, one shot

Martin Havlat – Minnesota
20:58 TOI, one goal (16), one assist (32), plus three, two shots

John Madden – Minnesota
13:10 TOI, minus one, 8 of 12 on face-offs
Shootout winning goal

Cam Barker – Minnesota
15:09 TOI, one shot

Rene Bourque – Calgary
19:04 TOI, one goal (17), minus one, four shots, 0 of 1 on face-offs

Antti Niemi – San Jose
Loss (14), 21 saves on 23 shots, .913 SV%
Snapped a four game winning streak.

Ben Eager – San Jose
11:14 TOI, one shot

Scott Nichol – San Jose
7:45 TOI, two shots, 4 of 7 on face-offs

Saturday

Tuomo Ruutu – Carolina
17:44 TOI, one assist (30), plus one, 2 PIM, three shots, 4 of 7 on face-offs

Sergei Samsonov – Carolina
13:11 TOI, 2 PIM

James Wisniewski – Montreal
22:54 TOI, plus one

Kris Versteeg – Toronto
12:59 TOI, 0 of 1 on face-offs

Tim Brent – Toronto
9:22 TOI, 9 of 10 on face-offs
Great job from the dot

Steve Sullivan – Nashville
14:32 TOI, one assist (11), plus one, 2 PIM, one shot, 0 of 2 on face-offs

J.P. Dumont – Nashville
5:51 TOI, minus one, one shot

David Koci – Colorado
2:04 TOI

Martin Havlat – Minnesota
15:58 TOI, plus two, four shots

John Madden – Minnesota
16:21 TOI, two shots, 5 of 10 on face-offs

Cam Barker – Minnesota
14:36 TOI, 5 PIM

Rene Bourque – Calgary
18:48 TOI, minus one, two shots

Colin Fraser – Edmonton
10:23 TOI, 4 PIM, 5 of 11 on face-offs

Nikolai Khabibulin – Edmonton
Loss (25), 20 saves on 24 shots, .833 SV%
Losing track on how many games in a row he has lost… Terrible.

Jim Vandermeer – Edmonton
15:40 TOI, plus one, 2 PIM, one shot

Adrian Aucoin – Phoenix
20:38 TOI, plus two, 2 PIM, two shots

Radim Vrbata – Phoenix
17:39 TOI, one goal (15), plus one, three shots
Would rather not talk about this game… Fuck that. Oh and Vrbata has four goals in his last three games. He’s hot right now…

Sunday

Tuomo Ruutu – Carolina
17:50 TOI, plus one, 2 PIM, 2 of 3 on face-offs

Sergei Samsonov – Carolina
14:43 TOI, two assists (15,16), plus two
Nice backhand pass to Erik Cole on the game winning goal.

Craig Adams – Pittsburgh
12:40 TOI, one shot, 3 of 7 on face-offs

Shawn Thornton – Boston
8:25 TOI, 1 of 2 on face-offs

Dustin Byfuglien – Atlanta
22:49 TOI, five shots

Andrew Ladd – Atlanta
18:43 TOI, two goals (18,19) 4 PIM, eight shots
Laddy’s first goal was a hell of a defensive and then hustle play, which I miss so much this season. His second goal was a really nice break away as well with a great deke on Ward flipping the puck with a nice forehand backhand move. Both goals were unassisted. He got a little help on the second one when McBain misplayed the puck. With his two goals last night he has set a new career high with 19, and surpasses last years total of 17. Great job Ladd, you are missed.

Brent Sopel – Atlanta
13:56 TOI

Jack Skille – Florida
19:37 TOI
Getting more time on ice as a Panther but hasn’t done shit with it yet. Couldn’t even muster up a shot with nearly twenty minutes of ice time… Now I see why Bartl didn’t like him…

Dan Cleary – Detroit
15:09 TOI, plus one, three shots

Sammy Pahlsson – Columbus
16:36 TOI, one shot, 9 of 19 on face-offs

Colin Fraser – Edmonton
10:41 TOI, 2 of 5 on face-offs

Nikolai Khabibulin – Edmonton
7 saves on 7 shots, 1.000 SV%
Came in relief of Dubnyk who gave up four goals… Finally Khabi didn’t suck.

Jim Vandermeer – Edmonton
19:21 TOI

Antti Niemi – San Jose
Loss (15), 19 saves on 22 shots, .864 SV%
Back to back losses after winning four straight

Ben Eager – San Jose
6:21 TOI, one shot

Scott Nichol – San Jose
8:08 TOI, one shot, 2 of 4 on face-offs

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