FanHouse Andre Roy

Andre Roy's role in the NHL is to log roughly three minutes of ice-time per game and use his fists more than his hockey stick. He's one of the league's tough guys. A fighter that's dropped the gloves 122 times in his career, according to his fight card over at hockeyfights.com.

As the debate rages on about the place of fighting in the sport, players like Roy could quickly find themselves out of work if the league takes measures to limit -- or eliminate -- players from dropping the gloves. Having said that, Roy's father, Gilles Roy, has an interesting -- and surprising, considering the role his son plays -- take on hockey pugilism.

For the second game in a row Jamie Langenbrunner scored the game-winner in overtime, leading the Devils to a 4-3 come-from-behind win against Pittsburgh. Langenbrunner has now scored two goals in three consecutive games, while registering seven points.

It's the Devils' eighth win in a row, as they overcame a 3-1 deficit with eight minutes to play in regulation. Brendan Shanahan started the rally for the Devils with a power play goal, while Langenbrunner was credited with the game-tying goal with 30 seconds remaining when his centering pass deflected in off of Ryan Whitney's skate.

Montreal's Andrei Kostitsyn recorded his first career hat trick on Saturday night, while Carey Price stopped 31 shots, including 16 in the third period to lead the Canadien's to a 3-2 victory in Pittsburgh. With the win, Montreal moves ahead of the Penguins in the Eastern Conference standings, while the Penguins failed to win consecutive games yet again -- they haven't won two in a row since November 13-15. Just sayin'.

Kostitsyn scored a pair of goals in the first period before completing the hat trick early in the third period with a quick slap shot that beat Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury through the five-hole.

Following Kostitsyn's goal, Price turned into a brick wall, as the Penguins had a trio of power plays in the final period, and peppered the Montreal netminder. Of course, if you're Pittsburgh, you have to be a tad frustrated you failed to convert on five power plays, after going 0-for-5 one night ago in New Jersey. How a power play that features Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Petr Sykora and Ryan Whitney, among others, can consistently have so many 0-for-5 and 0-for-6 nights seems to defy all logic. Yet, here we are.

Crosby and Pascal Dupuis each finished with a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh.

After Andre Roy went bat-poop crazy during a game against the Flyers earlier this month, Tampa Bay general manager Jay Feaster announced the 33-year-old enforcer would be sent home for a week as the team's "internal discussions and overall review continues" regarding that incident and others involving Roy this season. Well, the banishment is over, and Roy was scheduled to return to practice today with the Lightning. This begs the question: Why?

Why, when Tampa Bay's season has had a fork in it for weeks, is Roy even being considered for a slot in the lineup? Why, after blowing his stack in Philly and "also other situations that have taken place this season involving Andre" according to Feaster, does Roy come back? The most obvious answer is for a further audition: He's got one more year left on his deal at $1 million per season; if the Bolts want him out of town, it doesn't do Tampa any good if he ends the season stewing at home rather than showing an iota of professional competence on the ice.

The more complicated answer is that no matter how crazy Andre Roy might have become, his teammates won't hold it against him.