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Sick of "The Goal" yet? Of course you're not. You need to see a nearly frame-by-frame graphic detailing just how it was scored (yes, I know that was in the print edition of yesterday's WaPo, but they didn't get around to putting it online until later in the day).

Today's WTimes discusses how the team has come together and improved both on and off the ice.

Today is day two of The Rink GOTV drive. If you haven't already done so, go here and vote "yes" to the current poll. If you don't, the terrorists have won.

In other NHL news:

• The Pens lost Ziggy Palffy's 713 career points and 322 career penalty minutes yesterday, but added Eric Cairns' 41 career points and 1090 career penalty minutes. Maybe he'll be the arm-breaker they so desperately need.
  

Daily Awards

• Hart: Marian Hossa (2G, including game-winner, +2)
  
• Ross: Tomas Holmstrom, Mikael Samuelsson, Marian Gaborik, Randy Robitaille, Marc Chouinard, Jason Allison, Marian Hossa, Scott Mellanby, Sergei Zubov, Slava Kozlov (2 points each)
  
• Norris: Sergei Zubov (2A)
  
• Vezina: Chris Osgood (26-save shutout win)
  
• Richard: Tomas Holmstrom, Marian Hossa, Marc Chouinard (2 goals each)
  
• Calder: Kari Lehtonen (W, 25 saves on 27 shots against)
  
• Aiken: Johan Hedberg (L, 5 goals against on 21 shots)