Mike Cammalleri practiced today, and it sounds like he will be good to go at some point next week.

The Canucks have re-signed Ryan Kesler to a six-year extension. This move comes out of nowhere, as the last we heard back in February was that talks were being put on hold until the summer. The cap hit for Kesler’s deal is $5 million per season.

Nathan Horton had two helpers and played close to 22 minutes last night in his return from a broken leg.

Mathieu Schneider had two helpers for Phoenix, playing close to 25 minutes of ice time (including over three on the power play). He had a great stretch last season with Montreal down the stretch, and could do the same for the surging Coyotes. Phoenix is now only three points back of San Jose for the division lead.

Dustin Boyd had his first point as a Predator last night.

The Brian Boucher era (the first official one at least, as deemed by myself) began last night for the Flyers. Boucher stopped 27 of 29 shots in a 3-2 win over Dallas. The ball is his to run with down the stretch.

Ilya Kovalchuk had five shots on goal last night, but he just doesn’t look comfortable in a Devils sweater. Perhaps he is used to carrying the puck more often through all three zones? He just looks a bit off and hasn’t been able to find chemsitry with any of New Jersey’s forwards yet.

Tyler Myers scored his 10^th goal of the season last night, and barring an unforeseen collapse (or a few Matt Duchene hat tricks), the Calder is his. No slight to Jimmy Howard, either.

Jason Pominville scored three for the Sabres last night. He has quietly developed into a very steady 60-70 point player, although his 80 point season back in 2007-08 may have inflated his value a bit. He now has eight points in his last four contests.

Derek Roy had a strong game as well offensively, with three points.

Steven Stamkos now has 82 points this season. Imagine if someone predicted that he would be a 40+ goal scorer on this day in 2009? You'd have been crazy… right? So how about predicting 40 from Tavares next season? I don't see that happening unless the Islanders can somehow trade for Marty St. Louis, though.

Jussi Jokinen had two points last night, after going pointless in three. He has gone from fantasy afterthought to keeper (in deeper leagues, anyway) with his play this season. Jokinen was cast aside by both Dallas and Tampa Bay, who considered him barely more than a shootout specialist. He has found a home in Carolina.

Brett Carson has four points in his past 10 games. He could be a decent young d-man to keep an eye on next season in deeper leagues. He skates and moves the puck pretty well.

Mike Rupp had quite a game last night for the Penguins. In addition to scoring a goal, he went toe-to-toe with Zdeno Chara. He lost the fight, but did quite well for himself against a man few sane people would be willing to drop the gloves with.

Matt Cooke answered the bell last night, dropping the gloves with Bruins enforcer Shawn Thornton two minutes in. It was the biggest fight put up all night by the Bruins, who couldn't solve Marc-Andre Fleury all night.

Nice to see Fleury get a shutout last night from a personal standpoint. He has killed two of my fantasy teams completely, and might cost me first place in one of my leagues with his play over the recent weeks.

Semyon Varlamov was very weak last night for the Capitals, allowing four goals on only 29 shots. The leash on Jose Theodore as starter is pretty short, but it grew a bit last night.

Eric Fehr scored his 20^th of the season last night with less than ten seconds remaining, forcing the game into overtime. I don't have the stat handy, but he has to be one of the most efficient players in terms of goals compared against ice time.

It appears that the Blues are making another late season surge. With their win last night, they trail the Red Wings by five points. The Blues only had 16 shots on goal, but managed to get four past Henrik Lundqvist. Lundqvist looks completely worn down, as should be expected considering the incredibly inconsistent defense he has had to play behind this season.

Joe Corvo scored twice for the Caps, and logged close to five minutes on the PP.

Brian Elliott gave up six goals on 27 shots against Atlanta last night. The Sens are tanking, and hard. What's wrong with them? They were one of the league's hottest teams heading in to the Olympic break.

Todd White had two helpers for the Thrashers. I don't think anyone expected a repeat of his 73-point performance from a season ago, but he will be lucky to hit 30 points in 2009-10. He had 22 goals last year, and has only six so far this season. Has there been a bigger drop-off in terms of production?

Nik Antropov has six points in his last three games, and 11 in his last 10. With the Bruins reeling, Atlanta has a great shot at stealing the 8^th spot in the East if they can string a few wins together.

Olli Jokinen has no goals and five assists in his past 10 games. I guess the fact that this is a contract year for Jokinen hasn't really set in for him yet…

Mike Weaver scored his first goal in close to 200 games last night for the Blues. He had a beauty of a scrap against Darcy Tucker a few nights ago – check it out.

The Devils wore their throwbacks the other night, and here is video evidence in case you don't believe me!