Lightning Triumph Over Bruins, Climb Atlantic Division

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00:00First lightning beat the Bruins for one last night. Tampa's been playing some

00:04really good hockey lately. We talked about them a week or two ago in our

00:06future segment. Uh, Tampa now into third place in the Atlantic division.

00:11After that, when they got the sorelli shorty early in the second period and

00:14they took off from there. So they jump boston boston slides into the wild card

00:19spot. Boston's been playing some real bad. They've lost four in a row, not

00:23looking good for them. Rangers beat the Devils 32 in overtime last night. Now,

00:26why is that significant? Well, first of all, the Rangers always beat the

00:29Devils, especially since use has been there. Devils were coming home after

00:34being out west on a very poor trip. Remember the Devils were out west,

00:37losing in places like Anaheim, San Jose. They did get themselves a win on

00:42the way home in Seattle, but still nice to be back in their own beds, but not

00:46back in their own barn yet. They do lose at the garden three to the Rangers

00:49gets just sterk and back, which is huge for them because as we're going to

00:53talk about, you know, there's a lot of mediocre teams hanging around in that

00:59middle part of the eastern conference, trying to get those last two wild card

01:02spots. The Rangers have had a very tough couple of months, but as they look,

01:07there are only a couple points back from getting themselves into one of

01:11those last two spots, getting just sterk and healthy, finally putting a

01:14couple of pucks in the net, seeing some good play from guys like Sabana jet.

01:18Maybe the Rangers, uh, and it's a pretty good number for them to still

01:22make the playoffs. I'll give it to you in a little while can get themselves

01:25going because they got just as much, if not more talent than any of those

01:30teams that are in that muck, uh, at the middle to bottom of the east. We'll

01:34see if they could springboard themselves off a couple of good wins this

01:37week. Remember, they beat up Chicago earlier in the week as well. Stars

01:40beat the Flyers for one stars have now won six games in a row. They are

01:45playing some very good hockey. Penguins beat the Oilers last night. How

01:49about that? 53 at the PPG in Pittsburgh. And this guy, Crosby is

01:56amazing. And I know if you're not a penguin fan, you probably don't like

02:00Crosby because he's, uh, you know, he's torched your team so much in the

02:03past, but you also, he's gotten to that point where you really have to

02:09respect the stuff that this guy does. He moves into ninth on the all time

02:12scoring list last night. He had three points in that win over Edmonton. He

02:16still looks like, you know, despite being in his late thirties, that still

02:21looks like he's one of the five, six best players in the league. Uh, and

02:25that is a testament to Sid, not the kid anymore. Maybe he used to be said the

02:29kid, not simply kid anymore. That is for sure. Dry saddle, by the way, did

02:33have to for the Oilers. He is running away with that rocket Richard. He

02:37scored his 30th and 31st last night. You go look at those numbers. I think

02:41he's like minus 700 minus 800 to win the rocket. Rashard dry sidle, of

02:46course, having himself a good year. Columbus beat Seattle six to two last

02:51night. Columbus now 29 12 and one to the over so far this year. So Columbus

02:59has been playing a lot of crazy games, scoring lots of goals. They've moved

03:03into the, how about this? Columbus is in the second spot in the eastern

03:07conference right now, that second wildcard spot. And here's the reason

03:10why the Columbus Blue Jackets 14, five and three at home this year and where

03:17they fired a candidate nationwide. So they have been excellent on home ice

03:21and I'm not very good on the road. Excellent on home ice. We know the kind

03:24of emotion that they've been playing with this year after the passing of

03:27Johnny Goudreau and Columbus has been a lot better than teams expected, and

03:32they find themselves now, at least in mid January, sitting in a spot in the

03:37NHL playoffs. If the season were to end today, Carolina beat the Leafs 63 last

03:41night at trick for Jordan Stahl. Good game from him as the Leafs got

03:45suffocated down there in Carolina Blues beat the Ducks 62 Blues come right out

03:49of the gate. Four goals in the 1st 13 minutes of the first period put them

03:54away 62 win. I did like the Ducks on the role aside. I'm still not a big

03:58believer in ST Louis, but they've been playing some pretty good hockey as of

04:01late. I was very surprised to see Colorado last night. It's funny. I

04:06watched Colorado lose in Chicago on Wednesday night in what was a

04:11completely gutless effort and then for them on a back to back to go into

04:16Minnesota and smash the wild 6 to 1. That's a hell of a job by Colorado on

04:23serves them well moving forward. And finally, from last night, a rare, rare

04:29great performance from the New York Islanders. Who gave you can figure it

04:33out, go into Vegas and beat the Knights for nothing. Second shut out of the

04:39season for Sorokin. Uh, Anders Lee had a goal in his 800th career game. So

04:45the Islanders having themselves fun. Uh, probably I guess you could say this

04:49is probably the best game they played all year. The New York guys to go on

04:53the road in Vegas on the strip and actually play. Well, maybe they could

04:57start to turn the corner a little bit like some, like I just said, the

05:01Rangers could do, although I have a little bit less faith in the Islanders

05:04turning the corner and for but Lou does. I heard Lou the other day say,

05:08Yep, you know, we're still in this. We got a shot. We shall see.

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