Friday Night Shaved the Lead

Well, the eight games on Friday night were pretty exciting in the pool. The lead shrunk by another 5 points, as Clayton took the night, 14-9.

Stuart			Clayton
Cam Ward		2	Patrik Elias		2
Nikolai Zherdev		0	Eric Staal		3
Ryan Suter		1	Frank Kaberle		2
Jochen Hecht		0	Marek Zidlicky		0
Derek Roy		2	Alexei Kovalev		2
Pavel Datsyuk		3	Erik Johnson		1
Brian Rafalski		1	Marian Gaborik		2
			Jose Theodore		2

Star players really became star players for both sides, but Clayton's were just a little bit better by the end of the night and he made good use of his extra game being played as well. Only two of Clayton's eight players didn't score two or more points, which is a great help when the final tally is being done.

On Saturday, it's another eight games on the schedule and the line-up between our two leaders looks fairly similar to Friday night.

Stuart			Clayton
Miroslav Satan			Daniel Alfredsson
Tom Poti			Johan Holmqvist
Cristobel Huet			Alexei Kovalev
Cam Ward			Alexander Ovechkin
Vincent Lecavalier			Eric Staal
Robert Lang			Frank Kaberle
			Erik Johnson

The big difference for these two is that Stuart has both of his goalies lining up today, but since Cam Ward (Stuart) played last night, there is a slight chance that John Grahame (Box 24) will get the start for Carolina against Tampa Bay.