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Puck Previews: Bruins, Blues seek streak; Lappy back in Denver

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: Boston Bruins at St. Louis Blues, 8 p.m. EST. OK, so a three-game winning streak isn't exactly shattering NHL records. But for two underperforming teams like the B's and Blues, it's a pretty big deal, and one of them will have a three-gamer for the first time this season after tonight. Marc Savard? In! Tim Thomas? Backup! T.J Oshie's dad? Still blogging!

Preview: New York Islanders at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 p.m. A bittersweet moment, as the savior of the Maple Leafs franchise steps onto Air Canada Centre ice wearing some other team's jersey.

Preview: Philadelphia Flyers at Colorado Avalanche, 9 p.m. It's the triumphant return of fan favorite Ian Laperriere to Denver. The Avs are on a 3-6-1 plummet while the Flyers have lost their last two on the road. Mile High Hockey sets the bar for the home team" If the Avalanche lose in regulation tonight, they could get passed by as many as 3 teams in the standings (Columbus, Calgary and Phoenix)." Watch The Game Live Via Hockey Night on Y!

Check out previews and updated scores for all of today's games on the Y! Sports NHL scores and scheds page.

Evening Reading

• If you'd like to know who the Player of the Decade was for the 2000s, you may want to check back here in the morning.

• Five games for Georges Laraque. More in a bit on this. [TSN]

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• Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:57 pm EST
• Puck Daddy
• By Greg Wyshynski
• 14 Comments

What We Learned: At quarter pole, NHL's biggest surprises

Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.

Prior to the start of the season, everyone was just brimming with optimism. Hockey was, after what felt like a painfully long summer, almost back. The glee was palpable.

As so many pundits do, I made what I called 20 bold predictions (where "bold" usually either meant "sarcastic" or "painfully obvious" but occasionally bordered on "somewhat daring").

Now that every team in the league has played at least 20 games and we're more than a quarter of the way through the season, I figure it's as good a time as any to see how those predictions are coming along.

My guess: Not well. Feel free to hold me accountable.

[Coming up: Your ol' pal Lambert looks at his miserable failures, Anaheim needs to hire new doctors, Kyle Okposo loves him some mediocre AHL players, the best ever fight between two French Canadians, St. Louis will keep but maybe not keep Alex Pietrangelo (I swear), Rick Nash goes on a European Vacation, the top 10 reasons it hurts to watch the Avs, and Evgeni Nabokov doesn't like your line of questioning.]

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• Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:40 am EST
• Puck Daddy
• By Ryan Lambert
• 72 Comments

Oddly fitting, Lightning getting in on "Black Friday" sales events

SALE! SALE! SALE! Black Friday! Pennys! Wal-Mart! Target! Tampa Bay Lightning team store!!

• Mon Nov 23, 2009 EST
• Raw Charge
• By John Fontana

Head Cases: The antics of two professional sports leagues

The NFL and the NHL are more alike in some ways than people may think. Especially in regards to injuries and player safety.

• Mon Nov 23, 2009 EST
• Raw Charge
• By Cassie McClellan

Tampa Bay Lightning Game 21: at the Atlanta Thrashers

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlanta Thrashers in overtime. What happened?

• Sun Nov 22, 2009 EST
• Raw Charge
• By Cassie McClellan

Weekend Southeast Shootout: Lightning vs. Thrashers briefs

If a National Hockey League game is played in Atlanta, Georgia, and neither team is televising it back home... Does it even happen?

• Sun Nov 22, 2009 EST
• Raw Charge
• By John Fontana

Weekend Southeast Shootout -- Lightning at Hurricanes preview

The Lightning prepare for back-to-back games... A southeast shootout! It starts first in Carolina tonight with the Bolts squaring off against the Canes...

• Sat Nov 21, 2009 EST
• Raw Charge
• By John Fontana