The Final Score

Check out this video of Boston's Blake Wheeler scoring against the Blues.

I don't know who is right and who is wrong in the Brendan Witt-Scott Gordon "Islanders controversy" that made it onto the back page of Newsday the past few days.

I do know that I will be covering the Islanders' next game on Tuesday against the Thrashers. Hopefully something interesting will happen. But if it does, Baumbach is not allowed to write a column about it.

Why? Well, the last time I covered an Islanders game, Al Arbour was listed as the coach for his 1,500th game behind the Islanders bench.

And I think we all know how that turned out.

Does the curse of the Billy Goat apply to hockey at Wrigley Field, too?

The headline is:

Islanders' Glory Days a Sad Echo in Bleak Arena

I think I know what it's going to say. But it's probably the only time all season the Times is actually going to send a reporter to the Coliseum.

Maybe he'll come back when the Lighthouse is built.

Here's something fun for Rod Blagojevich to do on Jan. 4 if he is "at liberty."

The Cubs are offering a community skate on the hockey rink that will be assembled for the New Years Day NHL Winter Classic game between the Blackhawks and Red Wings.

The skate will be open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 4. Cub types will be given a chance to skate in 60-minute shifts for 10 bucks, with proceeds going to a Cubs charity that is not Tribune Company.

No, not for a costume party. He actually put on No. 80 and partipated in pregame warmups.

Eventually, the real backup showed up and he turned into a pumpkin.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - A six-foot-seven website producer for the Washington Capitals dressed as the team’s backup goalie for Friday night’s game against the Ottawa Senators because of an injury to Jose Theodore.

Brett Leonhardt, a Division III goalie in college, signed an amateur tryout contract before the game. If he had actually played, he would have tied Ben Bishop of the St. Louis Blues as the tallest goalie ever to see action in an NHL game.

Theodore suffered a hip flexor injury during the Capitals’ morning skate, and Simeon Varlamov was recalled from Hershey, the team’s AHL affiliate, to back up starter Brent Johnson.

But Hershey happened to be on the road in San Antonio, and Varlamov didn’t arrive in time for the 7 p.m. faceoff.

So the Capitals received special dispensation from the league to dress three goaltenders. Leonhardt of Grand Bend, Ont., had a spot on the bench until Varlamov arrived midway through the first period.

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9-2? Ouch.

According to perezhilton.com, Elisha Cuthbert will be a celebrity judge on the new season of Canadian Project Runway.

Canadian fashion?

I doubt what Elisha is wearing in the photo above can be worn on snowy Manitoba night.

Forget what Avery said -- he should be suspended for ever breaking up with this person.

"I hope that we can put this all behind us and we can make sure that the league and the Stars and the NHLPA do everything to make sure that I don't have to stand here or anyone else has to stand here and talk about stupid things like this anymore."

Just what we need in New York: another jerk athlete.

Next Stapes is going to call for Carl Pavano to return to the Yankees. And Stephon Marbury to return to the Nets. And Plaxico Burress to sign with the Jets.

Read it here and then rip Stapes in the comments section.