Looks like Sutter got a piece of it.

2wolves: Billy Smith, New York Islanders, Nov. 28, 1979

Does it count because it was against the Rockies?

Ya they were a bad team

KC Scouts/Colorado Rockies/NJ Devils.

\because someone will ask who the others were

merkey88: Looks like Sutter got a piece of it.

Sutter denied touching the puck so Ward would get credit.

2wolves:

\because someone will ask who the others were

Some of those were from goalies intentionally shooting down ice into the empty net and not a "last touch". I think it was Hextall (x2), Osgood, Brodeur (once), Theodore, and Nabby were the ones who shot for great justice. I could look it up I guess but someone will be along to correct me I'm sure!

CSB: During a similar, end-of-game frenzied attack with a pulled goalie back when I played, I ended up at the point, wide god-damned open. Did the beaver tail "HOLY SH*T BRO I'M OPEN" slap, repeatedly, then got the pass. I stopped the puck with my skate, settled, then wound up.

All I see is the blade of my stick go flying about 20 feet in the air, then the other team celebrating. I had broken my stick slapping it on the ice to get my teammates' attention, whiffed on the puck, and an opposing player simply swooped in from my blind side and wristed it, 3/4 of the length of the ice, into our open net. Moral of the story; Kovalchuk is orders of magnitude better at hockey than I am.

CAM WARD SAYS NO! and then says yes.

/Rutherford, you still haven't apologized for letting Eric Cole sign with Montreal

After watching the Rangers throw away millions on Kovalchuk-types over the years, I'm getting a lot of pleasure out of the fact that they're not atop the Eastern Conference with a few big names but mostly players they developed over the last several years while the Devils are stuck with Ilya for a decade.

Yanks_RSJ: After watching the Rangers throw away millions on Kovalchuk-types over the years, I'm getting a lot of pleasure out of the fact that they're not atop the Eastern Conference with a few big names but mostly players they developed over the last several years while the Devils are stuck with Ilya for a decade.

So.... Gaborik and Richards? No? Well, alright.

robsul82: Good grief.

S'okay man, it's just another... 12 years of him.

Wait, scratch that. Feel free to drink a lot.

Alright, here's a question - is Kovalchuk or Ovechkin going to "Yashin" himself out of the league first?

jekostas: So.... Gaborik and Richards? No? Well, alright.

Maybe you skipped over the part where I said "a few big names". It's fine if you want to assume it's only Gaborik and Richards are responsible for the Rangers success this year, but the VAST majority of their roster are players drafted since 2004. Callahan, Stepan, Dubinsky, DelZotto, Staal (who hasn't even played this year), Girardi, Anisimov, Sauer, Hagelin. And of course, Lundqvist.

For the record, the combined value of the Gaborik/Richards contracts is $96 million. That's two players for less than the Devils will pay Kovalchuk to do jack shiat.

About 10 years ago, I was playing an NHL video game as the Red Wings, and Osgood scored a goal for me on a direct shot in the middle of the second period.

/It went 5 hole on Roy
//CSB

jekostas: Alright, here's a question - is Kovalchuk or Ovechkin going to "Yashin" himself out of the league first?

The correct answer is Alex Semin.

I wish DeBoer would change up the powerplay already, we have 5 or 6 examples of why Kovy should be at the top of the circle firing off one timers instead of on the point.

ScratchFury: jekostas: Alright, here's a question - is Kovalchuk or Ovechkin going to "Yashin" himself out of the league first?

The correct answer is Alex Semin.

I wish DeBoer would change up the powerplay already, we have 5 or 6 examples of why Kovy should be at the top of the circle firing off one timers instead of on the point.

I'm pretty sure Semin is already there, but Semin never had the seasons that Kovalchuk, Ovechkin or Yashin did either.

cptjeff: I should also mention that in the arena and on the boxscore, it was originally credited to Sutter, but he corrected them and the replay confirmed it. Ward's goal.

Substantially better story as well. Slight tip to break up a passing play, or Kovalchuk embarrassing himself yet again.

I just can't wait until next year to see what he does to top this one. Last year, losing the puck on a shootout. This year, scoring on his own goal from the goal line at the other end of the ice. What's next?

I'm just going to assume this is some kind of "Curse of the Thrashers" on Kovalchuk.

Kovalchuk is the king of unintentional hockey humor for me.

I sat in the Devils' section of RBC for this game. You could feel everyone deflate as the puck slid across the ice.

And THIS happened to be the game that I gave my tickets to my wife and daughter.

Twitch Boy: Jeff Frazee is not impressed. (new window)

Nor is Kevin Genoe. (new window)

/last one was my alma mater

Nor are they in the NHL wearing 50 pounds of pads. They are almost as lucky as that old broad that won a truck.