Detroit is the first NHL team to score 100 goals this season; Curtis Joseph has four wins in five games; and another victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat performance lifts the Red Wings into a three-way tie with Toronto and Philadelphia for first place overall. Read on for Wednesday's scores, fantasy hockey updates, injury news, the latest from around the NHL and more.
The Score:
Red Wings 3-Sharks 2 (OT): It wouldn’t be a Detroit game without a little show by Brett Hull and Pavel Datsyuk. Hull feeds Datsyuk for the tying goal with 26 seconds left; Brendan Shanahan finishes the job in overtime.
Stars 3-Canucks 1: Dallas scores more than one goal for the first time in eight games.
Capitals 2-Panthers 2: Jagr sits out with a broken thumbnail. Maxime Ouellet has another decent game for the Caps, with 20 saves.
Wild 3-Avalanche 2: Joe Sakic’s two goals and assorted dangerous shifts are not enough for the Avs.
Fantasy Hockey Whiz: Henrik Zetterberg, returning from 21 games off with a broken leg, bags a goal and two assists for Detroit.
Fantasy Hockey Dog: Henrik Sedin is a healthy scratch for the Canucks’ game in Dallas. His brother isn’t doing anything either.
Rumor Du Jour: Barry Melrose at ESPN says an Eric Lindros-Jaromir Jagr trade makes sense in an our-problem-for-your-problem kind of way. The Rangers can afford Jagr’s long-term deal; Lindros’ contract expires after this season, which suits the suddenly parsimonious Capitals.
Lame: The Devils’ Jamie Langenbrunner, who underwent knee surgery November 29, has reportedly had his return pushed back to early-mid January.
Streaking: Vancouver has piled up points by winning in overtime. But it has now been nine games since they finished an opponent in 60 minutes.
Play-By-Play:
The Philadelphia Flyers trade forward Eric Chouinard to the Minnesota Wild for a fifth-round pick in the 2004 NHL entry draft.
Defenseman Teppo Numminen and right wing Aaron Downey return to the Dallas Stars after lengthy injury layoffs. But the Stars place backup goalie Ron Tugnutt on injured reserve with a knee sprain.
Vancouver backup goaltender Johan Hedberg will miss at least 10 days with a fractured left hand.
Vaclav Varada of the Ottawa Senators is out at least four weeks with a left knee injury.
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