NHL Sunday: Pens, Lightning highlight busy schedule

Instead of wasting your time watching people sing bad songs about movies, you should have been watching hockey. Read on to find out how Detroit put up an ocho against Vancouver, whether the Blackhawks extended their point streak, and everything else you missed while watching Seth MacFarlane make bad jokes.

Get caught up on last night’s NHL scores with recaps from our network of SB Nation team blogs. Here’s a quick glance at the full night of action:

Sorry, Matt Stajan. Sometimes things just don’t go your way. At least you get to come out of the penalty box for real this time.

• Are these the Winter Classic jerseys?

Despite what the Florida broadcasters in the video above say about it, the Mike Weaver hit did not look “clean” at all. It was a cross-check in the lower back, pushing Lucic’s face right into the boards. That’s not even CLOSE to acceptable.

Weaver didn’t get a penalty on the play, presumably because the officials on the ice didn’t see what he did, or possibly because they are idiots. Lucic got a two-minute penalty for roughing, two for cross-checking and a ten minute misconduct shortly after for being unacceptably angry.

• Are these the Winter Classic jerseys?

• The end of an era in Buffalo

The Devils didn’t give out much information regarding Brodeur’s injury on Sunday, only saying he had “a little soreness, will be re-evaluated tomorrow.”

So far this season Brodeur has been posting decent, though not spectacular, stats. Through 13 games played he has a GAA of 2.27 and a save percentage of .911.

3. Did Columbus even have a prayer of stopping the Blackhawks?

4. Can Detroit fully pull out the slump?

The highlight game of the day comes this evening on NBC Sports Network, as the two highest-scoring teams in the NHL face off with the Lightning traveling to Pittsburgh to play the Malkin-less Penguins.

Here is the full NHL schedule and starting goalies for the day:

Puck is set to drop at 7:30 p.m. ET with national coverage on NBC Sports Network and local coverage on ROOT Sports.