Oh good, Yashin gets his 40th. Even with the shrunken bench, Jacques Martin saw fit to give Andre Roy just one shift in the first period. Trees are dying at a rapid rate as all press box patrons are given a new sheet of paper to let them know the New Jersey-Montreal game is now at the end of the first period. Oh wait, another update. Leafs were irate over Redden's second goal, and not just because it meant everybody in the house was getting a free slice of pizza.
Some teams rest their key people down the stretch.