Ottawa Senators’ Kaspars Daugavins scores first career NHL goal

OTTAWA – For a while the Ottawa Senators felt like they were playing a road game in their own building. But a key goal by Kaspars Daugavins quited the Maple Leaf fans at Scotiabank Place as the Senators hung on against their provincial rivals. Daugavins’ first career goal stood as the winner as the Senators

Ilya Bryzgalov and Nikolai Khabibulin’s reversal of fortunes

Via Ken Baker – NHL.com It’s a tale of two Russians. One’s a comeback story starring Edmonton’s 38-year-old Nikolai Khabibulin, who, after a lackluster 2010-11 season and then a summer in which he spent 15 days in an Arizona jail on a driving-under-the-influence charge, was not expected to do great things this year. The other

Nikolai Khabibulin may be returning to his old form

Via John Kreiser – NHL.com Nikolai Khabibulin has been reminding NHL shooters that he used to be one of the League’s premier goaltenders. Khabibulin and the rest of the Edmonton Oilers had a miserable season in 2010-11 — they finished last overall for the second straight season, and he went 10-32-4 with a 3.40 goals-against