In the middle of the holiday festivities, and the hockey couldn’t be hotter. The Northwest division boasts a three-way tie, while other divisional races are heating up. The Christmas break is over, and now it’s a fight to the next break, during All-Star weekend. There was no change at the top, with the top eight staying right where they are. Meanwhile, Tim Thomas helps Boston jump an amazing nine spots this week. On the other side of the spectrum, the Orcas out of Vancouver drop three important games, and nine spots this week. Where did your team end up?
Rank (Pv) |
Team |
Record |
Comments |
| 1 (1) |  |
27-5-6 | Sick stat: The Ducks have allowed zero shorthanded goals this season. Now, that’s taking care of both ends of the ice. |
| 2 (2) |  |
25-7-3 | Henrik Tallinder is back in the lineup, and the Sabers are back to 100%. |
| 3 (3) |  |
25-11-0 | They rebound from a tough loss in Dallas with a nice win against Calgary. |
| 4 (4) |  |
24-9-3 | The best way to come back from a 7-2 pasting at the hands of the Sabers? Have Chris Mason make 34 saves and blow the Kings out of the building 7-0 the next night. |
| 5 (5) |  |
23-13-0 | The Dallas Stars are quietly looking like the best team in the city. |
| 6 (6) |  |
21-9-5 | Saku Koivu has an eye injury? What eye injury? |
| 7 (7) |  |
21-9-5 | Wings in an unfamiliar position of hunter instead of the hunted. |
| 8 (8) |  |
21-10-6 | Two wins over the Devils in one week. Atlanta is rolling along. |
| 9 (10) |  |
19-13-3 | Patrik Elias had a MRI on his left ankle this week, they were negative, still no word on when he will return. |
| 10 (18) |  |
19-14-4 | Four straight wins combat five straight losses for streaky champs |
| 11 (20) |  |
18-13-2 | Tim Thomas has been on fire lately, and has apparently saved Boston’s season. |
| 12 (14) |  |
18-13-3 | Jason Blake has been on fire lately, and the journeyman is looking in top shape for a 75+ point season. |
| 13 (13) |  |
18-15-4 | Better to slump in December then in April and May. |
| 14 (11) |  |
18-15-2 | The Northwest is beating each other to a pulp, and the Oil find themselves in a three way tie for the lead, with Calgary one point back. |
| 15 (19) |  |
18-15-2 | Marian Gaborik still uncertain when he’ll come back into the lineup. |
| 16 (21) |  |
18-15-2 | Paul Stastny is looking strong for a Calder run, plus Theodore has seem to regain his career, the only problem for him…Budaj is the starter. |
| 17 (13) |  |
17-13-3 | Jamie Lundmark has 4 points in 30 games, they need him to step up production if they want to at least stay where they are in the ultra-tight Northwest.. |
| 18 (15) |  |
16-12-7 | Alexander Ovechkin looks like a million bucks, Olaf Kolzig looks like the guy who took them to the Cup finals over a decade ago, no wonder why no one’s talking Redskins football or Nationals Baseball, and it’s playoff fever in the National Capitol. |
| 19 (17) |  |
18-18-1 | The only win for the Sens this week, they beat Philly, then again, who doesn’t beat the Flyers anymore. |
| 20 (24) |  |
17-17-2 | For some reason, Tampa continues to go with Denis in net. If they are going to win anything, they must learn the lessons of the Avalanche and the Blue Jackets, Denis is a better backup. |
| 21 (12) |  |
17-18-1 | Three huge losses this week send the Orcas back to the cellar. |
| 22 (16) |  |
16-16-5 | Michael Peca is done for the year, the Leafs are in trouble. |
| 23 (22) |  |
15-13-6 | They have a reason to be distracted, but you cannot overlook Sidney Crosby, league leader in points and goals. |
| 24 (23) |  |
15-15-5 | The Hawks seem to have righted the ship, but in all honesty, they have no prayer at a division title. A low seed in the West is all they can hope for. |
| 25 (27) |  |
13-18-7 | It’s only a matter of time before Belfour’s back goes out. |
| 26 (26) |  |
13-20-1 | Wayne Gretzky hasn’t been fired as head coach yet? It’s good to be the owner, I guess. |
| 27 (28) |  |
13-19-3 | Ron Hainsey has been on fire as of late, scoring 10 points in his last twelve games. |
| 28 (27) |  |
12-20-5 | Dan Cloutier was the one who started the incident between the Preds and Kings, yet he didn’t get suspended. |
| 29 (30) |  |
10-19-6 | I heard Albert Plujos is ready for a repeat run. Oh, I’m supposed to talk about the Blues? Wait, they still exist? |
| 30 (29) |  |
8-23-4 | Hey, Jeff Garcia might get the Eagles a division title. Maybe the Flyers should sign him. |
