8:45 PM The horn blows and we have a very different story than when we began the 1st. It’s 5-4 Canadiens after two. We’ll give you the scores, then start over again for the 3rd Period.

8:43 PM Penalty on Montreal. Johnson will go off and Toronto has a chance to tie this game.

8:41 PM Coliacavo SCORE! 5-4 now, a weird bounce of a MTL stick pops in and we have a hockey game.

8:38 PM 2-1 Tampa now, Kozlov just missed tying the game. 2-0 Minnesota over STL.

8:34 PM Penalty on Toronto, Kilger’s off. Leafs gotta’ do something to stop the bleeding. A kill or a shorthanded goal would be huge here. SCORE! Higgins, 5-3.

8:25 PM 2-0 Tampa.

8:24 PM Ottawa leads Boston 4-2, Anaheim over Columbus 3-1, Boston College 1, Michigan State 0, Florida 4-1 over Carolina

8:23 PM Montreal Penalty, Toronto to the Power Play.

8:17 PM HAT TRICK! Michael Ryder, it is 4-3. At a scramble in front, Ryder digs and digs and finally it rolls in.

8:14 PM SCORE! TIE GAME! Ryder again. Still time on the 5 on 4 as the games at 3-3.

8:12 PM Another Penalty. The #1 Power play in the league will have a 5-on-3. Gill and Kubina are in the box. 1:23 of 5 vs 3

8:11 PM Penalty to the Leafs, Montreal to the Power Play.

8:09 PM SCORE! 3-2 Toronto, Michael Ryder scores 36 seconds later! A high shot that makes 28 on the year for Ryder.

8:07 PM 3-1 Toronto! Alex Steen, his 1st goal in 14 games.

8:06 PM For questions, leave one in the comment section, or e-mail me at SMLepore@comcast.net

8:05 PM Getting ready for the 2nd Period in a bunch of games, also St. Louis and Minnesota is starting, and the Rangers are about to go shorthanded.

we’ll blog by period folks.