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For tonight's game I'm going to be filling in for Eric at Off Wing Opinion - the #1 hockey blog on the internet - sitting in the press box, hitting the media buffet and the locker room and blogging (though not live-blogging, thanks to League restrictions) before and after the game. Be sure to stop by Off Wing and check it out, complete with a preview of the game.

At some point, I'll also probably have a recap of my impressions of what real journos do, but that'll be back here. If you have any questions going into the night, let me know. Otherwise, I'm likely to just keep my mouth shut so as to avoid the following Farley-esque exchange:

JP: [ uncomfortable ] You... you... you remember when you scored that goal against Phoenix?

AO: Yeah, sure.

JP: That was awesome.

Daily Awards

• Southeast Division Player of the Day: Slava Kozlov (2G, including game-winner, A, +1, 4 SOG)
  
• Hart: Daniel Briere (3G, +2, 4 SOG)
  
• Ross: Daniel Briere, Slava Kozlov, Glen Metropolit, Jason Spezza (3 points each)
  
• Norris: Joe Corvo (G, A, 4 SOG)
  
• Vezina: Fredrik Norrena (42-save shutout win)
  
• Richard: Daniel Briere (3G)
  
• Calder: Valtteri Filppula (G, +1, 2 blocked shots)
  
• Aiken: Manny Legace (L, 3 goals allowed on 12 shots in just 13:42 of work against his form team)