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| Sabres hope to keep goals coming against Maple Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
01/19/2008 |
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| road trip of the season tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre. Buffalo had dropped its last 10 games, surpassing the 2002-03 team's franchise-worst eight-game slide, and hadn't won since December 22 before dismantling the Atlanta Thrashers, 10-1, Friday night. Drew Stafford recorded his first career hat trick as part of a career-high five-point night. The goal barrage ended Stafford's eight-game stretch without a goal, and the second-year winger posted multiple points in a game for th |
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| Sabres try again to halt record slide, host Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
01/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres will try once again to end a franchise record losing streak tonight, when they welcome the first-place Atlanta Thrashers for a meeting at HSBC Arena. The Sabres have dropped 10 straight contests to erase the club's previous record eight-game losing streak, which came during the 2002-03 campaign. Buffalo, last year's Presidents' Trophy winners, hasn't posted a victory since beating Philadelphia in a shootout on December 22. Buffalo was handed a close loss Wednesday at Madiso |
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| Edmonton makes rare visit to Carolina |
NHL Hockey |
01/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Carolina Hurricanes will try to halt a four-game losing streak this evening, when they welcome the Edmonton Oilers for a rare visit to the RBC Center. The Hurricanes' skid has helped the Atlanta Thrashers take over first place in the Southeast Division from Carolina. The Thrashers are in first with 49 points and are one ahead of the Hurricanes, who led the division for most of this season. Carolina played on Thursday night in Ottawa and the Senators blasted the Hurricanes by a 5-1 count. |
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| Maple Leafs' Vesa Toskala and Canadiens snap shootout losing streaks on same night |
NHL Hockey |
01/18/2008 |
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The Montreal Canadiens needed three tries to beat the Atlanta Thrashers in a shootout. Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Vesa Toskala took eight to win one of those tiebreakers anywhere against anyone. Mats Sundin and Alex Steen scored goals to win it and get Toskala out of his career-long shootout slump. ``It seemed like I was 0-10 in shootouts ... 0-7 doesn't seem that bad now, but it's nice to get the two points,'' Toskala said after the Maple Leafs' 3-2 shootout win in Boston over the Bruins on Thursday nigh |
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| Kostitsyn's shootout goal lifts Canadiens over Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
01/17/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Andrei Kostitsyn scored the game-winner in the shootout as the Montreal Canadiens downed the Atlanta Thrashers, 3-2, at Philips Arena. After Slava Kozlov missed the net on Atlanta's first shot, Kostitsyn skated in on net and slipped a shot between the pads of Kari Lehtonen. Cristobal Huet then made a stick save on Marian Hossa's shot before Saku Koivu sealed the win with a wrister that Lehtonen swallowed, but he drifted too far back into the net and the puck crossed the goal line. |
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| Thrashers try to stay hot, battle Habs |
NHL Hockey |
01/17/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Now that the Atlanta Thrashers have jumped into first place in the Southeast Division they will try to keep headed in the right direction, as they welcome the Montreal Canadiens for tonight's test at Philips Arena. The Carolina Hurricanes held sole possession of first place in the Southeast for most of the year, but now share the top spot with the Thrashers. Both teams have 48 points and are just four ahead of third-place Florida. The Thrashers have won their last two games and are coming off |
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| Hossa, Atlanta thrash Detroit |
NHL Hockey |
01/15/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - Marian Hossa recorded a natural hat trick as the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Detroit Red Wings, 5-1, at Joe Louis Arena. Eric Perrin and Slav Kozlov also scored while Kari Lehtonen finished the game with 46 saves for the Thrashers, who have won two straight. "It was hard, but still it was so exciting," said Lehtonen. "I never played against Detroit before and just to see (Pavel) Datsyuk and (Henrik) Zetterberg, it's just amazing skill level, it was nice to be there. I think I had t |
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| Blackhawks' Kane 1 of 16 rookies heading to NHL YoungStars competition |
NHL Hockey |
01/15/2008 |
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| s' David Perron. The defensemen are Alexander Edler of the Vancouver Canucks, Erik Johnson of the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings' Jack Johnson, and Matt Niskanen of the Dallas Stars. Headlining the East defensemen is Tobias Enstrom of the host Atlanta Thrashers. Enstrom wasn't selected by Atlanta until the eighth round of the 2003 draft, but he has gone on to lead rookies this season in ice time (24 minutes, 4 seconds), tie for second in assists (23) and rank fourth in points (26). He was the NHL rookie |
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| Red Wings try to stop mini-slide in home test vs. Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
01/15/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Red Wings will try to halt a rare losing streak tonight, as they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers to the Joe Louis Arena. Detroit has dropped back-to-back contests for just the third time this season and for the first time since November 22nd and 24th. After losing a shootout against Minnesota on Thursday, the best in the west fell to the Eastern Conference's best team on Saturday. Daniel Alfredsson had two goals, including the game-winner with 2:56 to play, as the Ottawa Senators do |
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| Ottawa's Heatley to miss six weeks |
NHL Hockey |
01/13/2008 |
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| nish a check against Red Wings forward Dallas Drake. The 26-year-old, who was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team, posted 25 goals and 31 assists in 43 games this season. Prior to the setback, Heatley had played in all 207 games for the Senators after coming over in a trade from the Atlanta Thrashers before the 2005-2006 season. The injury also will cost him a chance at becoming the first player in the NHL to post three consecutive 50-goal seasons since John LeClair did it from 1995-98 for the Flyers. |
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