Empty Netter Assists - 11-22-10

Penguins

-Arron Asham (above) offers a lot more than just toughness.

-Is Chris Kunitz finally playing like a true top-six forward (PG+)?

-Paul Martin speaks:

-Dan Bylsma speaks, doesn't believe in v-neck under shirts:

-Jesse Boulerice and Zach Sill each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 defeat of the Binghamton Senators. Brad Thiessen made 31 saves in the victory.

-Highlights courtesty of The Pensblog's Eric Politowski:

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-Patrick Killeen made 22 saves and led the Wheeling Nailers to a 1-0 shutout of the South Carolina Stingrays.

Atlantic Division

-The Flyers acquired forward Rob Bordson and former defenseman Danny Syvret from the Ducks in exchange for forwards Patrick Maroon and David Laliberte.

Northeast Division

-The population of (Jason) Pominville (near Buffalo) has been stuck at one all season long.

Southeast Division

-An overtime goal and an assist by Dustin Byfuglien gave the Thrashers a 2-1 win against the Islanders. Captain Andrew Ladd added two assists for Atlanta while Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves in the victory. New York has lost 13 consecutive games.

-Check out this save by Pavelec on New York's P.A. Parenteau:

-Islanders defenseman Mike Mottau was hospitalized after suffering an eye injury:

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-The Lightning demoted forward Johan Harju and defenseman Mike Vernace to Norfolk of the AHL.

Central Division

-An overtime goal and two assists by Nicklas Lidstrom led the Red Wings to a wild 5-4 win against the Flames. Detroit Henrik Zetterberg had two goals, including one with 3.2 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, while teammate Pavel Datsyuk added a goal and two assists. Jimmy Howard made 23 saves in the victory. Jarome Iginla led Calgary with two goals and an assist.

-Lidstrom's goal:

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-Zetterberg's game-tying goal:

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-Check out this deflection goal by Datsyuk:

-Check out this goal by Calgary's Niklas Hagman:

-Check out his goal by Calgary's Alex Tanguay:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Iginla spraying down Howard with ice:

-Iginla unleashing a shot:

Northwest Division

-A goal and an assist each from Tom Gilbert and Ales Hesmky helped the Oilers win at Anaheim, 4-2. Teammate Dustin Penner recorded two assists while Devan Dubnyk made 38 saves in the victory which snapped a six-game losing streak. The Ducks have lost five consecutive games.

-Gilbert's "goal" came off the stick of Anaheim's Corey Perry:

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-Edmonton's Taylor Hall being popular:

-The Wild demoted defenseman Marco Scandella to Houston of the AHL.

Pacific Division

-Two goals by Taylor Pyatt helped the Coyotes claim a 3-2 win at Vancouver. Ilya Brzygalov made 25 saves in the victory which was Phoenix's sixth consecutive. The Canucks have lost four consecutive games.

-It wasn't all bad for Vancouver. Check out this save by Roberto Luongo:

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-A good look at the save:

-Coyotes captain Shane Doan returned to the lineup after missing seven games due to a "lower body" injury.

-Ducks defenseman/expertise inquirer Andy Sutton returned to the lineup after being sidelined six weeks due to a broken thumb.

-The Ducks recalled forwards Dan Sexton and Brandon McMillan from Syracuse of the AHL and placed forward Josh Green on waivers.

-Coyotes forward and former Penguin Paul Bissonnette claims his phone - with personal phone numbers for NHLers such as Sidney Crosby - was stolen in Edmonton.

Smythe Division

-Happy 67th birthday to former Pittsburgh Hornets forward Bert Marshall.

(Photos: Asham-Justin K. Aller/Getty Images; Flames/Red Wings-Dave Sandford/Getty Images; Oilers/Ducks-Jeff Gross/Getty Images; Coyotes/Canucks-Rich Lam/Getty Images)