Tuesday’s Three Stars: 4-spots for Kovalchuk, Spezza; who throws a strawberry on the ice?

Clearly the strawberry was thrown by an angry wife/girlfriend. "Awww chocolate covered strawberries, and wait, what? Tickets to the game! On valentines day?! You suck, you promised me dinner at a fancy restaurant. Yes i know it will cost about the same but thats not the point. God, I shoulda listened to my mom and stayed with Gary."

No honorable mention of Wisniewski - did Shanahan write this?

I'll score the fight a draw, with Kassian getting a point for the fight and Parros getting a point for the stache.

Lets recap Parenteau's "embellishment" call from last night: 1) Get hit from behind into the boards, go head first. 2) Recover from hit without making any gestures at the official 3) Get called for embellishment 4) wonder why the hit from behind was called for interference not boarding. 5) wonder why you got a penalty at all and now have what should've been a powerplay at a crucial point in the game erased

Parenteau's "dive" was total #$%$ as well as three or four other non-calls. Another terriblly ref'd game for the Isles. It's a miracle they've made it into playoff bubble.

Racism!

St. Louis slew foot on Karlsson deserves some attention, as does Karlsson getting tangled up with him and sending them both crashing into boards a little before. A bit of undersized old-timer vs undersized up and comer that left them both #$%$ and me amused.

Well, outside these two minors, Parenteau racked up another 2-point night, and now has 51 points on the year. And to say I picked Grabner over him and Fleischmann on my fantasy team...

Someone gave a Chocolate Covered Strawberry for the BJs. Sounds like my vday when I was 20.

How come as soon as the Isles tied the game the offciating got worse and biased? How come as soon as the Isles took the lead, the offciating got even worse? How come the Isles can't touch the other team, but they can check our players head first into the goal or into the boards? How come it actually happens to them so often , that their fans can actually prdeict when the next #$%$ call is coming as soon as our team takes the lead or does something good? How comes our players health is not as important as Totonto, Ottawa or Winnipeg staying ahead of the Isles? You should be ashamed of yourself NHL

Well, now I know which of CGY and TOR, both bubble teams, have a shot at the playoffs, and it ain't the Leafs. Damnit, guys, pull it together.

Considering he gets intimidated so easily, and he plays for a team not worthy of having an all-star, Kovalchuk is rolling at over a point-per-game pace. Just happy he was able to play since we know just how frightened he probably was.

RED WINGS should have been 1st star!

How is the third star mentioned in the headline but the # one is not? Epic fail, oh wait it was written by a Devils fan, that explains it!

This is so biased (again) against the New York Rangers. First, the headline mentions kovalchuk first even though he was your 3rd star of the night. Also, Lundqvist is not mentioned at all in the headline in favor of...someone throwing food on the ice and your hero kovalchuk? Second, the picture is of Kiprusoff who did WHAT tonight exactly? More dreck from Puck Devils.

one big A strawberry.

"P.A. Parenteau had a rare diving minor called against him vs. Winnipeg, and later took a cross-checking penalty."

Did you watch the game or even the penalties, to so you could see how crappy both those calls were? That was a new NHL officiated specialty. Keep the lowly team down, while we help the Canadian team with a big fanbase.

P.A. Parenteau had a rare diving minor called against him vs. Winnipeg, and later took a cross-checking penalty.