Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished.

Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Anaheim Ducks, 10 p.m. EST. Former Mighty Duck of Anaheim Dan Bylsma and former Anaheim Duck Chris Kunitz(notes) go back to Cali as Stanley Cup champions. Good news for Anaheim? Pittsburgh is 1-11-3 with a tie since Jan. 16, 1999 in the Golden State, via the AP. The bad news? The Ducks are on a 1-4-1 skid. Rules the Sports Judge: "This is a fragile and confused team right now, trying to steer themselves out of a wet paper bag." Watch The Game Live Via Hockey Night on Y!

Preview: Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings, 7 p.m. EST. Your Versus game of the night. The Wings are starting to turn the corner a little bit, even as they lose Brian Rafalski(notes) and Jonathan Ericsson(notes) tonight with flu-like symptoms. Hub Hockey wonders if the Bruins pattern of .500 hockey will continue. James Murphy is live-bloggin' it on NESN.com, if that's what you're into.

• Check out the Y! Sports scores and schedule page for previews of the other three games tonight.

Evening Reading

• James Wisniewski(notes)? Not a happy scrappy puppy about this two-game suspension: "I made a hockey play. There's a lot of opinions out there that say that's a clean hit. And then to hear all four referees tell me it was a clean hit. They had a pretty good view of it too." [Ducks Blog]

• Last week, we linked to a story about a Swedish team getting in trouble for "hopping the line" for H1N1 vaccine. Clearly, the Calgary Flames did not read that story. [AP]

• Wait ...Phiiiiil? Phil Kessel(notes)? Thought that was you! It's Ned... Ned Ryerson! "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy! (This has nothing to do with the Pension Plan Puppets post on the Leafs tonight. We have Bill Murray on the brain for some reason.) [PPP]

• The D.C. City Council passed a resolution that declared that November 3, 2009, is "Washington Capitals Day" in the District. Now, how are they going to fit an entire council table on the bandwagon? [Capitals]

• Michael Del Zotto(notes) of the New York Rangers is your rookie of the month. [CP]

• After some accusations from Bruce Boudreau, Columbus Blue Jackets Coach Ken Hitchcock confirms that (gasp!) his team was looking to hit Alex Ovechkin(notes) early and often: "That's the name of the game. Why, is that against the rules now?" [Puck-rakers]

• Stan Fischler would like you to rank goalie masks. [MSG]

• John Grigg's story on the Philadelphia Flyers' happy cap accident via injuries is a good read. [THN]

• Guy Lafleur will speak about his new criminal record on a DVD. Hope there are bloopers. We love'em. [CBC Sports]

• Carey Price(notes) wins the Cup. No, not that one. [Canadiens]

Puck Buddy Comment of the Day: From Mike in the comments on the top teams of the 2000s post, this could be a comment of the year contender --

"It would be more interesting to know the top 10 'worst' teams to win a Cup in the last decade."

Think about it.

Bold Prediction: Another shootout for the Canadiens, but a win for the Thrashers.

Related: Michael Del Zotto, Phil Kessel, Jonathan Ericsson, Carey Price, Alex Ovechkin, James Wisniewski, Chris Kunitz, Brian Rafalski, Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers