Sunday Links - Solar System To Scale

BLUES NEWS:

• The Blues severely outshot the Stars but still needed a nine-round shootout to beat them in the home half of back-to-backs against the Central leaders. [SLGT]
• During overtime, Kevin Shattenkirk had to make an amazing (and lucky) play right in front of his own (empty) net. [SLGT FanShots]
• How good is Jake Allen, according to the numbers? [SLGT]
• Dmitrij Jaskin has been logging a lot of time at center lately. Problem being, it's been on the fourth line. Yeesh. [StL Today]
• The legacy of Wick lives on. #FuckCancer. [StL Today]

KNOW YOUR ENEMY--THE DALLAS STARS:

• Again, for more on the Central Division leaders, go over to Defending Big D. [Defending Big D]

SCORES AND SCHEDULE:

• Last night's game was one of nine. Here are all of the matchups. [NHL.com 12/26/2015]
• There will also be exactly nine games tonight. [NHL.com 12/27/2015]

HOCKEY NEWS:

• What's ACTUALLY wrong in Anaheim? [Puck Daddy]
• Blue Jackets forward Scott Hartnell got a game misconduct for running into Lightning(s) goalie Ben Bishop, who may have flopped. [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
• An AHL bomb scare. Oh really! [Sporting News]
• Recently-reinstated Canadiens forward Zack Kassian may be on the trade block now. [Sportsnet]

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS:

• U-S-A! U-S-A! [Pension Plan Puppets]
• William Nylander, super prospect, was knocked out early in his game last night. [SB Nation]

OTHER SHIT:

• Can't remember if we've posted this or not, but . . . watch Nick Offerman sip whiskey by a fireplace . . . for 45 minutes! (S/T to CrossCheckRaise) [Mental Floss]
• Top seven best memes of 2015. [Nerdist]
• Peyton Manning allegedly used HGH to recover from his neck injury. [SB Nation]

BEER OF THE DAY:

• The Nitro IPA from Guinness. I love IPA's. I love Guinness. I generally don't like Niitro beers. But this . . . was pretty damn good. [Untappd]

VIDEO:

Someone built an actual, real to-scale model of the solar system . . . and the results were pretty cool. (S/T to CrossCheckRaise):

Whoa.

I return tomorrow. Maybe just with an open thread. I dunno yet.