Karri Ramo

Martin Brodeur made seven saves in a rare relief role, and Zach Parise scored in overtime as the New Jersey Devils snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night. Jamie Langenbrunner scored twice, Brendan Shanahan connected on a penalty shot, and Jay Pandolfo also tallied for the Devils who swept the four-game season series from the Lightning. Tampa Bay got goals from Evgeny Artyukin, Steven Stamkos, Ryan Malone and Martins Karsums. Brodeur was...Read Full Story

Brad Boyes scored 27 seconds into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night. Boyes, who also set up two first-period goals, won it with his 26th goal of the season after the Blues blew a two-goal lead in the final 8 minutes of regulation. Matt Pettinger cut it to 3-2 with 7:50 left, and Steven Stamkos pulled the Lightning even with 15.7 seconds to go. Andy McDonald had a power-play goal and three assists, David Backes added a goal and an...Read Full Story

Brian Elliott made 20 saves for his first NHL shutout, and Dany Heatley, Ryan Shannon and Jason Spezza scored in the Ottawa Senators' 3-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night. Ottawa, 11th in the Eastern Conference, is 10-3-0 in its last 13 games, while Tampa Bay has lost three straight and 10 of its last 12. Heatley scored his team-high 35th goal of the season on a power play 9:45 into the first period, and Shannon scored at 13:44 on a deflection off a Lightning player. The...Read Full Story

Kukla's Korner Hockey Next entry: Why Bryan Trottier Chose #19 Previous entry: The Lecavalier Arena by The Upper Canadien on 08/19/10 at 09:32 AM ET Comments (2) Many Habs fans were left confused on Monday night when the Canadiens traded Cedrick Desjardins, arguably the best goalie in their system after Carey Price, to Tampa Bay for Karri Ramo, a goaltender who has not succeeded in previous NHL stints and is currently committed to Omsk of the KHL. Well, now we have an answer...Read Full Story

Kukla's Korner Hockey Next entry: Is Bieksa A Fit In Dallas? Previous entry: The Team USA Way by The Upper Canadien on 08/16/10 at 08:42 PM ET Comments (3) The Habs just dealt their top goaltending prospect, Cedrick Desjardins, to Tampa Bay for the rights to Karri Ramo. Karri Ramo, he of the KHL and the sub-.900 save percentage in every NHL try. Ramo, he of the currently-under-contract-in-the-KHL. Cedrick Desjardins, he of then stellar AHL numbers and all star appearance...Read Full Story