Wanted: Sunday Miracle

The see-saw battle this week for the lead will conclude tomorrow and it will be a miracle for Clayton to overcome the 10-point deficit to do so. Saturday's action concluded before the late game and it was Cristobel Huet (Stuart) who was the difference in the day, as he led the Capitals to the Southeast Division title and third place in the Eastern Conference. Surprisingly, in that win for Washington, Alexander Ovechkin (Clayton) didn't manage to get a single point in the 3-1 win. Ovechkin was the only one for Clayton who didn't register a point for him.

Stuart			Clayton
Nikolai Zherdev		0	Erik Johnson		1
Jochen Hecht		1	Jason Blake		1
Derek Roy		2	Alexei Kovalev		1
Tom Poti		0	Alexander Ovechkin		0
Cristobel Huet		2
Vincent Lecavalier		inj

So, now we'll look towards Sunday and it's plethora of action.

Stuart			Clayton
Robert Lang			Jose Theodore
Pavel Datsyuk			Marian Gaborik
Brian Rafalski			Johan Holmqvist
Ryan Whitney			Chris Drury
Nikolai Zherdev			Dan Girardi
			Patrik Elias
			Erik Johnson

Clayton will have his chance to outplay Stuart with at least a goaltender start on Sunday afternoon, possibly two. Fortunately for Stuart, he does have his Red Wings going for him on Sunday in their 10:30am MT start against the Blackhawks. If it's a big day for the Red Wings, it should all but clinch the pool title for him by the time the other games hit the ice. This race won't even need the last game of the season, Phoenix & Anaheim, since neither team has those players.

For all intensive purposes, this contest should be all decided by 4pm.