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| Senators skate into Atlanta |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2003 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators resume their quest for the Presidents' Trophy tonight when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena. With 100 points, the Sens are two ahead of Detroit in the National Hockey League's overall standings, with the Red Wings holding a game in hand. Ottawa is seven points up on New Jersey and Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference race. Jacques Martin's crew snapped a two-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory in Carolina on Tuesday, moving to 6-2 in its la |
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| Canadiens await Lightning for crucial contest |
NHL Hockey |
03/15/2003 |
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| ts behind the eighth place New York Islanders, but it has two less games remaining. The Canadiens are also only two points ahead of the 10th place New York Rangers. The Canadiens have won three consecutive contests, including a 4-2 decision over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday. Richard Zednik posted a goal and an assist to pace the Canadiens to their third straight road win. Montreal finished its six-game road jaunt with a 3-2-0-1 mark. Mike Ribeiro, Andreas Dackell and Andrei Markov also scored for the Canadi |
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| Wild continue push towards postseason |
NHL Hockey |
03/14/2003 |
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| St. Paul, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Wild try for their third straight win tonight when they welcome the playoff hopeful Nashville Predators to the Xcel Energy Center. After beating the Atlanta Thrashers, the Wild made it two wins in a row with a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday. Manny Fernandez made 31 saves and four different Minnesota players scored first-period goals in the win. Fernandez is 5-0-1 in his last six starts. Darby Hendrickson, Filip Kuba, Andrew Brunette and Antti Laaksonen s |
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| Lightning invade HSBC Arena |
NHL Hockey |
03/14/2003 |
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| s 3-1-1-2 in its last seven tries, including Wednesday's 3-2 overtime loss to Carolina. Adam Mair and Tim Connolly scored first-period goals to provide a 2-0 lead, but the Hurricanes rallied to tie before winning on Craig Adams' marker 3:41 into the extra session. Martin Biron made 31 saves in defeat. The Sabres, with 58 points, enter the day's play 29th in the NHL's overall standings -- two ahead of the Atlanta Thrashers. Buffalo, which has split its last eight home games, will visit the Thrashers on Saturday. |
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| Canadiens attempt to extend their winning streak |
NHL Hockey |
03/13/2003 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - The Montreal Canadiens hope to keep their momentum rolling tonight when they conclude a six-game road trip against the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena. Montreal has won two straight on the heels of an 0-6-1-2 slide and sits ninth in the Eastern Conference -- three behind the NY Islanders for the final playoff spot. However, New York holds two games in hand. On Wednesday night, Jose Theodore made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season to back a 4-0 victory in Florida. Yan |
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| Two of the worst teams in the NHL face off in Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
03/12/2003 |
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| ffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - The battle to avoid the National Hockey League cellar heats up tonight when the Buffalo Sabres welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to HSBC Arena. The teams are tied for 28th place in the overall standings -- one ahead of the Atlanta Thrashers. Buffalo and Atlanta both hold two games in hand on Carolina. The Hurricanes have actually picked things up of late, winning their last three games. Following shutouts over Pittsburgh and Minnesota, Carolina managed a 6-5 win against Columbus on Mon |
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| Devils welcome Thrashers to Meadowlands |
NHL Hockey |
03/11/2003 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The Atlantic Division-leading New Jersey Devils try to build some momentum tonight when they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers to the Meadowlands. Jersey, which holds an advantage of four over second-place Philadelphia in the standings, snapped a two-game losing streak with Saturday's 4-2 win on Long Island, and improved to 4-1-2-1 in its last eight. Brian Gionta scored twice and Martin Brodeur made 38 saves to back the effort as the Devs ended a three- game road set. Jeff Fri |
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| New Jersey Devils |
NHL Hockey Transaction |
03/10/2003 |
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| Acquired forward Grant Marshall from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a conditional draft pick; acquired defenseman Richard Smehlik from the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for a fourth round draft pick in 2003. |
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| Wild Team Report: Rallying effort |
NHL Hockey |
03/10/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Sunday's matchup against the Atlanta Thrashers had all the makings of a classic let-up game for the Minnesota Wild. The final game of a three-game road trip against the worst-team in the NHL, the Atlanta Thrashers, seemed to be the perfect recipe for a disaster. Then mix in a two-goal deficit and nobody would have blamed the Wild for packing it in. This, though, is a different team in Minnesota this year and Sergei Zholtok scored twice, as the Wild rallied for a 6-4 win over the Thrashers at |
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| Thrashers Team Report: Kovalchuk ties club mark in loss |
NHL Hockey |
03/08/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ilya Kovalchuk already has some Atlanta Thrashers records in his pocket. And there are certainly more to follow. The Russian phenom tied Donald Audette's single-season team mark for goals with his 32nd, but the tally came with a mere 35.3 seconds left in Friday's match with the Florida Panthers. Like so often in his young career, Kovalchuk's effort was hardly enough to bail his club out. Mathieu Biron and Kristian Huselius each found the back of the net to lead Florida over Atlanta, 2-1, at P |
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