Sittin' at the end of the bar...

Dateline: Ottawa. Drama in goal...Ray Emery sent home. Sick?...or Senators sick of "hissy fits?"

Who'd have thought that the highest ranking "Richards" among the league's scorers this late in the year would not be "Brad," but "Mike?" He's tied for 10th (with Alex Ovechkin) at 18-25-43, +8. He's been held off the scoresheet eight times in 35 games this year, is second in shorthanded goals (four) and has 11 multi-point games. He won't be 23 until February.

Speaking of "Brad"...-20. He's all alone down there. Well, maybe not. He has some company. Four of the bottom ten players in the league in plus/minus hail from Tampa Bay: Jan Hlavac (-14), Mathieu Darche (-15), Brad Luckowich (-16) and Richards..."Brad," not "Mike."

Dateline: Carolina. "'Canes might be in the market for a puck-moving defenseman." Somebody, please give Steve Eminger a home...yeah, like that's gonna happen.

Chicken...egg. Does Pascal Leclaire have seven shutouts because Columbus is second in the league in penalty-killing?...or is Columbus second in penalty killing because Leclaire is good enough to have seven shutouts?

Skip the 60-minute part...Edmonton (10-3) and Atlanta (8-1) lead the NHL in OT/SO records. Edmonton has six wins in regulation this year, Atlanta ten. Thank you, Gary Bettman.

Dateline: Chicago. Seems Blackhawks are a little thin on defense...does Eminger like deep-dish pizza?

Detroit has 28 wins...13 of them are by three-or-more goals.

Oh, about those ten Edmonton wins in the extra session?...all of them have come in the shootout. Only one team (Pittsburgh) has as many as half that total.