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| Habs rally late, top Sabres in OT to regain top spot in East |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2008 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Christopher Higgins scored with 1:22 left in overtime as Montreal rallied from a late two-goal deficit to beat the Buffalo Sabres, 4-3, at HSBC Arena. Tomas Plekanec scored twice while Mark Streit added three assists for the Canadiens, who have won their last four games. Carey Price finished the game with 35 saves for Montreal, which jumped back ahead of Pittsburgh for first overall in the Eastern Conference. Montreal now has 98 points while Pittsburgh has 97 points. "We had tw |
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| Habs battle Sabres aiming for top spot in wild East |
NHL Hockey |
03/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Montreal Canadiens will need to post their fourth consecutive victory if they want to regain sole possession of the top spot in the Eastern Conference tonight. The Habs will try to do just that as they visit the Buffalo Sabres this evening at HSBC Arena. Pittsburgh defeated the New York Islanders on Thursday to move one point ahead of the Canadiens for the East's top seed. Montreal, which has 96 points, has a game in hand over the idle Penguins and will try to make the most of it tonig |
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| Roy lifts Sabres over Sens in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
03/28/2008 |
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| Ottawa, ON (MySportsbook) - Derek Roy scored the game-winner in the shootout as the Buffalo Sabres kept their playoff hopes alive with a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place. Maxim Afinogenov, Paul Gaustad and Jochen Hecht each scored for the Sabres, who stopped a two-game slide. Ryan Miller made 25 saves in the win. With the win, Buffalo now has 83 points, but sits five points out of the last spot in the Eastern Conference with five games to play. "We have to go out every night and battle |
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| Sabres hope to keep postseason dreams alive, visit Sens |
NHL Hockey |
03/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres will try to get back on the right track to the postseason tonight, when they visit the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place for the finale of a home-and-home series. The Sabres have dropped two in a row and come into tonight's test five points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with just six games to play. Boston is holding onto the East's eighth and final postseason seed with 86 points and is also in action tonight. Buffalo would also have to jump past Washi |
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| Third-period flurry lifts Sens over Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2008 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Anton Volchenkov scored the game-winner with 1:56 to play to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres in the front end of a home-and-home series at HSBC Arena. Daniel Alfredsson had two goals and an assist while Antoine Vermette added a goal and an assist for the Senators, who had lost three of four coming into the game. Martin Gerber made 29 saves in the win. The win gives Ottawa 91 points on the season, which puts the team in a tie with New Jersey for the |
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| Sens try to halt skid in opener of home-and-home set with Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators will try to avoid a third straight loss tonight, when they visit the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena for the opener of a home-and-home series. Ottawa has dropped two straight and three of four games and is now seven points behind Montreal for first place in the Northeast Division. The Canadiens have five games remaining and the Sens have six. The Senators' were handed a setback by the Canadiens on Monday, as Montreal won a wild 7-5 decision on its home ice. Andrei Kostitsy |
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| Maple Leafs top Sabres, keep playoff hopes alive |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2008 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Jason Blake registered a goal and an assist, as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Buffalo Sabres, 4-1, at HSBC Arena. Anton Stralman and Matt Stajan also posted a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have won four of their last five games. Vesa Toskala made 35 saves for his 31st win of the season. Thomas Vanek tallied the lone goal for the Sabres, who had won three straight coming in. Ryan Miller allowed four goals on 24 shots in defeat. "It's disappointing," Sabres coa |
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| Sabres' Connolly to have season-ending surgery |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2008 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Buffalo Sabres center Tim Connolly will have season-ending surgery to repair a nagging bone spur in his hip, team general manager Darcy Regier announced Friday. Connolly had been planning to postpone the procedure until after the season, but will instead travel to Vail, Colorado for the surgery Monday. Despite missing 26 games due to a variety of ailments this season, Connolly had totaled seven goals and 40 total points for Buffalo. The Syracuse, New York native has dealt with |
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| Playoff hopeful Sabres, Maple Leafs clash in Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
03/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Sabres will aim for their fourth straight victory, as they continue their push for the playoffs with tonight's home test against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Buffalo comes into this evening's tilt trailing Philadelphia by just one point for the eighth and final postseason berth in the Eastern Conference. The Flyers are also playing tonight, as is Washington, which is just one point behind the Sabres. The Maple Leafs are still in the playoff mix as they trail Philadelphia by six poi |
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| Sabres' Numminen to return to practice |
NHL Hockey |
03/19/2008 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Buffalo Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen, six months after undergoing heart surgery, will return to practice Thursday, the club announced. General manager Darcy Regier made the announcement during the second intermission of the Sabres' 7-4 win over Tampa Bay on Wednesday. Numminen, who had surgery done to repair a faulty heart valve in September, hasn't seen game action since, nor has he regained active status. However, the player did briefly rejoin the team for off-ice workout |
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