I didn't get to watch most of the game last night, but from what I read it was a decent game, minus all the penalties. When looking over the box score, one thing that stood out was A) the number of penalties, and B) the number of hooking penalties. 10 of the 18 penalties were for hooking, including 7 consecutive in the first period. Buffalo was called for 7 hooking penalties, Jaroslav Spacek was found guilty 3 times.

I can't say for sure if all 18 penalties were legitimate calls, but either way, that's too many in my opinion. I'm tired of watching games where it's power play after power play. The flow is taken out of the game.