(picture courtesy of edmontonjournal.com)
Blake Geoffrion might not be a household hockey name but after his performance tonight, fans of the Edmonton Oilers should be cheering his name in the city streets. Even though Nashville Predator's Blake Geoffrion has scored 3 goals in his entire NHL career thus far, he was able to register a hat-trick against the surging Buffalo Sabres tonight. Down 3-1 in the third period, Geoffrion was able to take the game into overtime where they would eventually win 4-3. This is a huge win for the Predators and ties them with the Los Angeles kings.
With Phoenix and Chicago playing eachother tonight things are going to get very interesting. If Chicago wins, they will vault themselves up the rankings to put themselves into a three way tie with Nashville and Los Angeles. If Phoenix wins, they will widen the margin on the kings by 5 points. Win-win.
Also, Calgary and Anaheim are about to go underway. Much like the Phoenix/Chicago game their are 2 guaranteed points on the table. With the flames and the ducks currently tied in the standings at 83 points, the winner of tonights match will only be 1 point behind the kings. So if everything goes well tonight the standings should look like this:
4. Phoenix 74GP 90P
5. Los Angeles 72GP 86P
6. Chicago 72GP 86P
7. Nashville 73GP 86P
8. Anaheim 72GP 85P
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9. Dallas 72GP 85P
10. Calgary 74GP 84P
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