Calgary's Michael Cammalleri picked up a hat trick on Thursday night, helping lead the Flames to 4-3 win in Vancouver. Jarome Iginla assisted on two of Cammalleri's goals, while Curtis Glencross picked up the game-winning goal with just under seven-minutes to play in regulation, breaking a 3-3 tie.For Cammalleri, it was his first career hat trick, and his first multiple-goal game as a member of the Flames.
Darcy Hordichuk, Daniel Sedin and Mason Raymond scored for the Canucks, while Curtis Sanford took the loss filling in for the injured Roberto Luongo, as he surrendered four goals on 33 shots. Miikka Kiprusoff picked up the win for Calgary -- its fourth win in the past five games -- as he turned aside 27-of-30 shots.
Toskala's Best Efforts Not Enough for Toronto
Toronto goalie Vesa Toskala played, perhaps, his best game of the season on Thursday night, but it wasn't enough as Ottawa was able to escape with a 2-1 shootout win. Toskala, who entered play on Thursday as one of the worst goalies in the league this season, turned aside 34 of 35 shots for the Leafs, and was perhaps the only reason they managed to get to the shootout and pick up the point.
After a better-than-expected start to the season, the Leafs have now gone five consecutive games without a win, so, welcome to Toronto, Mr. Burke!
Of course, Ottawa goalie Alex Auld was able to more than match Toskala's performance, stopping 25 of 26 shots in the win, including both Toronto attempts in the shootout.
Toronto's Nikolai Kulemin and Ottawa's Mike Fisher scored the only goals in regulation -- one minute apart in the first period -- while Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson picked up the only two goals in the shootout for Ottawa.
Wade Belak on the Move
After being placed on -- and clearing -- waivers by the Florida Panthers, because the team needed a shakeup, Wade Belak was sent to the Nashville Predators on Thursday in exchange for center Nick Tarnasky. The combination of Belak and Jordin Tootoo should be a rather entertaining duo in Nashville.
Tarnasky, 24, has averaged 11-minutes of ice-time per game this season, picking up no goals and an assist for the Predators. He scored a career-high six goals a year ago for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
