The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of The FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer. Enjoy.

A Fight Where Everyone Wins. "In this corner, wearing white and weighing 200 pounds soaking wet (thanks to his Reebok Edge uniform), a man whose very existence forced that nice young man Chris Simon to nearly Malarchuk his leg this season ... JARRRRKKKO RUUUUUUTUUUUU ... and fighting out of the other corner, wearing the blue pajamas and weighing 178 pounds, a heel so loathed that he somehow managed to turn Sean Avery face this season, DARRRRCY TUCK-ER!"

The Penguins were dragging ass in the second period when Ruutu decided to ask Mr. Darcy if he could have this dance. I think Pittsburgh's Michel Therrien is a lousy coach, but I have to respect anyone that can watch Evgeni Malkin score his first NHL hat trick in a 6-2 victory and still say the most important moment of the night was a scrap between two pests: "That was a key point as far as we were concerned and it's a good sign when you see your teammates respond."

Even though Toronto's ineptitude turned a one-goal game in the third period into a 5-1 Penguins lead in just 48 seconds, there was some good news for the Leafs: Jason Blake had two goals last night, giving him three in the last two games after scoring three in his previous 31 games. I'm always so tempted to take a shot at one of the biggest free-agent busts in the League this season, but
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