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The Calgary Flames knew they would have to come out gunning against the Buffalo Sabres who were coming off of a lopsided 10-2 defeat of Edmonton.  Mike Cammalleri wasted little time by shoveling home his 23rd goal of the season on a Flames’ power-play just under 4 minutes into last night’s contest.  Cammalleri would later add his 24th goal on a third period Flames’ power-play, and then complete the hat-trick with 7 minutes to go in the game.  Cammalleri’s 25 goals are one shy of his career best, and that makes 11 goals in the month of January alone.

Todd Bertuzzi outperformed his 5 o’clock shadow by burying the game-winner with his 12th goal of the season, Dion Phaneuf also scored for Calgary.  Mikka Kiprusoff turned away 25 shots to notch his league-leading 29th win.  Calgary currently sits atop the Northwest Division with an 11-point cushion on the Minnesota Wild.

Crosby’s Knee Holds Up:

The Pittsburgh Penguins exploded with a 4-goal third period to bounce the New York Rangers 6-2.  Sidney Crosby who played despite a bum knee put 4-points on the board including 3 assists.  Kris Letang and Petr Sykora each added two goals for the Pens.  Holy sweet mother of Jesus you have to see the shot Eric Godard lands on Colton Orr’s face when these two idiots drop the mitts 3-seconds into the game:

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