GDT [2/9/08]: BLUES at Dallas

[Irish Blues]

ST. LOUIS BLUES

VS.

DALLAS STARS

vs.

February 9, 2008
American Airlines Arena, Dallas TX
7:30pm Central

TV: KPLR-11 and NHL Center Ice [DTV - 784]
Radio: KMOX (1120 AM)

[24-21-7, 55 points - 12th, Western Conference]

Leading Scorers
Paul Kariya: 13-34-47, -4, 3 PPG, 1 GWG
Brad Boyes: 30-15-45, +7, 9 PPG, 5 GWG
Keith Tkachuk: 17-22-39, +1, 7 PPG, 1 GWG
Andy McDonald: 10-25-35, -8, 1 PPG, 1 GWG

Starting Goaltender - TBA

Special Teams
Power Play: 28 of 217, 12.9% [30th], 5 SHGA
Penalty Kill: 36 of 224, 83.9% [9th], 1 SHG

Injuries
Martin Rucinsky, F [separated shoulder, IR]
Mike Johnson, F [shoulder surgery, IR - out for season]
Christian Backman, D [broken foot, IR]


[33-20-5, 71 points - 2nd, Western Conference]

Leading Scorers
Mike Ribeiro: 22-39-61, +15, 5 PPG, 3 GWG
Brendan Morrow: 23-30-53, +14, 8 PPG, 4 GWG
Mike Modano: 15-22-37, -9, 3 PPG, 1 SHG, 3 GWG
Sergei Zubov: 4-31-35, +6, 2 PPG [on IR, could be taken off for tonight's game]
Niklas Hagman: 20-11-31, +2, 4 PPG, 4 SHG, 7 GWG

Starting Goaltender - TBA

Special Teams
Power Play: 42 of 236, 17.8% [13th], 3 SHGA
Penalty Kill: 31 of 224, 87.3% [1st], 9 SHG

Injuries
Sergei Zubov, D [groin/foot, IR retroactive to Jan. 17]
Philippe Boucher, D [shoulder surgery, IR]
Marty Turco, D [sore neck, probable]

[Stars99Lobo37]

Good luck to y'all tonight! Should be a good one. Go Stars Go!

[Wes McSnipes]

Very nice GDT, Irish.

Hopefully we can start having these every game.

We NEED to win tonight.

GO BLUES!

[Modo]

Man, what a gap in games played.

You guys have 6 games in hand on us, I really wish all teams progressed at the same time.

[txbluesfan44]

I'll be there tonight. Section 120, Row P. Can't wait. Last game in Dallas, Kariya gets the hat trick, Blues tie it up with the extra attacker, but lose in a shootout. Hoping for a better result tonight.

[On Axis]

Originally Posted by Stars99Lobo37

Good luck to y'all tonight! Should be a good one. Go Stars Go!

They better come out fast and play hard tonight. Games versus Dallas are usually very rough and competitive, they need to meet the challenge and start another win streak.

Prediction:
Blues 3 (Stempniak 2, EJ)
Stars 2 (Daley, Ribeiro)

[Guy Legend]

Originally Posted by Modo

Man, what a gap in games played.

You guys have 6 games in hand on us, I really wish all teams progressed at the same time.

Yeah, it's annoying to look at the standings and see the Blues always behind to teams that have played more games. Of course with the way things have gone for us recently, the games we play don't really do us any good in solving the problem anyways....

[General Veers]

Time to change Hannu's diaper and get him back out there!

[Glove side]

Originally Posted by Axel

They better come out fast and play hard tonight. Games versus Dallas are usually very rough and competitive, they need to meet the challenge and start another win streak.

Prediction:
Blues 3 (Stempniak 2, EJ)
Stars 2 (Daley, Ribeiro)

Thinking Stemp will get 2.. I hope so, e really needs to get going. I like the EJ prediction.

[Randall Ritchey]

We get to see the C on Brewer chest for the first time. Wouldn't it be nice to see him score?

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Originally Posted by Stemps

We get to see the C on Brewer chest for the first time. Wouldn't it be nice to see him score?

I remember Pronger's first game as captain. Some tough guy ran one of the Blues players, and he went after him. I think I'd rather see that, but I'm afraid Brewer will hurt his shoulder again.

[Checker*]

Yep Toivonen still sucks

[Stang]

Is it just me or did they start the game early? We are already losing 1-0

[Checker*]

I'm streaming the radio feed on KMOX and just missed that whole powerplay because they decided to play a minute and a half rant about abortions.

Son of a *****. I just want to listen to hockey. When I hear about someone getting one past the goalie, it better be because someone scored a goal.

[Polaris]

Hannu let in a softy, no doubt about it. Maybe he ought to take a look at how Manny stays square to the shooter.

[Polaris]

Ugh, 2-0 Stars. Another bad shot let in by Toivonen.

Come on Hannu, you're better than that.

[Stang]

2-0 this isn't goin well

[Zeta16]

Another soft goal let in

[Checker*]

Originally Posted by Polaris

Ugh, 2-0 Stars. Another bad shot let in by Toivonen.

Come on Hannu, you're better than that.

That's it.

This season is in the crapper, and it should be new goalie time.

[Stang]

3-0 now, wow

[On Axis]

3-0

Nice shot by Ribeiro, but

Edit: 3-1, Jay Mac!

[Polaris]

Wow, the Blues are playing like zombies. Start showing some emotion. Drop the gloves or something.

[Checker*]

That's the first shot Toivonen didn't have much of a chance on.

BTW: Good job Tkachuk. Your ability to hook and slash never ceases to amaze me

[Polaris]

Originally Posted by Checker

That's the first shot Toivonen didn't have much of a chance on.

BTW: Good job Tkachuk. Your ability to hook and slash never ceases to amaze me

Exactly. You'd think he'd know better than to play like some thug and take penalties when you've got a shaky goaltender in net.

[Checker*]

Mayers to McClement!!


Maybe I should complain about these two being useless more often