NHL Tuesday: Coyotes top Blues; Sabres win a game

Citing elevator problems to the press box before the game, the Buffalo Sabres television duo called Tuesday’s 3-2 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings from between the benches.

The good news: It produced the incredible image seen here of long-time play-by-play man Rick Jeanneret sporting a helmet and full face shield.

Quick was injured while trying to protect the post and slid awkwardly into it, suffering what appeared to be a leg injury. Even though Quick hasn’t been the same since his Conn Smythe performance in the 2012 playoffs, it would still be quite a loss if he has to miss any time.

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As pointed out by this (since deleted) Predators official Twitter feed, that is progress!

And that’s when you know things are going poorly for your team.

Volchenkov played just five minutes in the first period before leaving.

In 16 games this season Volchenkov has not scored and has three assists. The 31-year-old defenseman is currently in the fourth year of a six-year, $25.5 million contract he signed with the team in free agency prior to the 2010-11 season. In his previous three years with the team injuries have been a problem as he’s appeared in just 166 of a possible 212 regular season games for the Devils.

Guess what happened on that play? If you went with “Tavares scored his eighth goal of the season,” you would be correct. This what it looked like.

Not exactly the best way to help out rookie goaltender Marek Mazanec.

We already know they’re one of the worst teams in the league, but it’s quite remarkable as to how bad they’ve been in certain situations this season, including the start of nearly every game. It’s the perfect combination of a young team that doesn’t have a lot of talent and doesn’t seem to be adequately prepared to play on any given night.

They were lucky Tuesday’s deficit wasn’t larger.

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