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| Vancouver LW Burrows leaves game |
NHL Hockey |
11/04/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Vancouver Canucks left wing Alex Burrows left Tuesday's game against the Nashville Predators late in the first period with an undisclosed injury. After dropping to the ice to block a shot by Dan Hamhuis, Burrows appeared to suffer an upper body injury. He remained on the ice to finish his shift before skating to the bench and heading directly to the locker room. Burrows entered play Tuesday with four goals and five assists in 12 games. |
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| Preds take to the road against Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
11/04/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Having struggled away from the Music City this year, the Nashville Predators begin a six-game road swing tonight with a stop at GM Place to take on the Vancouver Canucks. Nashville is coming off back-to-back home wins, including a 3-2 shootout win versus Florida on Saturday, and is currently 5-1-0 as the road team. The club is averaging 3.7 goals per game at home, while giving up 2.7 a contest. Those numbers take a drastic turn once the Predators leave the friendly confines of the Sommet Center |
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| Semin, Lundqvist and Weber named top players for October |
NHL Hockey |
11/03/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Washington Capitals left wing Alexander Semin, New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber were selected as the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the month of October. Semin had 16 points to lead the league through the first month of the season, as the Capitals posted a 5-3-1 record. He had points in eight of Washington's nine games. He had six multiple-point contests, one shy of his total for all of 2007-08. Lundqvist topped all goaltenders in |
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| Ovechkin misses Caps' blowout loss to Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
11/01/2008 |
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| etwork) - Washington forward Alex Ovechkin missed his second straight game on Saturday night as the Capitals lost 5-0 to Buffalo. The Caps star, who returned to Russia to visit his ailing grandfather also missed Tuesday's 4-3 shootout win versus the Nashville Predators. He had played in the previous 203 contests. The top overall pick in the 2004 draft, Ovechkin had missed just one game in his three-plus seasons with the Caps before the team's win over Nashville. Ovechkin received the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 2 |
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| Ovechkin out for Saturday's game at Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
11/01/2008 |
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| work) - Washington forward Alex Ovechkin will miss his second straight game on Saturday, as the Capitals play in Buffalo, after returning to Russia to visit his ailing grandfather. The Caps star, who also missed Tuesday's 4-3 shootout win versus the Nashville Predators, had played in the previous 203 contests. The top overall pick in the 2004 draft, Ovechkin had missed just one game in his three-plus seasons with the Caps before the team's win over Nashville. Ovechkin received the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 2007 |
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| Panthers start road trip in Nashville |
NHL Hockey |
11/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Florida Panthers will head into the opener of five-game road trip on a two-game losing streak, as they visit the Nashville Predators tonight at the Sommet Center. The Panthers were handed a 4-0 setback last Saturday in St. Louis and were then dealt another setback Thursday against visiting Ottawa. Chris Kelly banged home the second of Ottawa's two third-period goals, as the Senators posted a 2-1 comeback victory over Florida. Dany Heatley tallied the tying goal with 14:05 left in the third |
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| Rangers trade AHL forward to Nashville |
MLH |
10/30/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The NHL's New York Rangers announced on Thursday that the club has traded forward Hugh Jessiman to the Nashville Predators for future considerations. Jessiman, 24, has appeared in six games with the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolf Pack this season after establishing career highs in goals (18), assists (24), points (42), and plus/minus rating (10) last season. |
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| Nylander helps Caps to shootout win over Preds |
NHL Hockey |
10/28/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Michael Nylander scored in the fourth round of the shootout, and Jose Theodore turned away Martin Erat's shot to seal a 4-3 win for the Washington Capitals over the Nashville Predators. Alexander Semin had a goal and an assist in regulation, and scored the other shootout goal for Washington, which played without star forward Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin, the reigning Hart Trophy-winner as league MVP, is back in Russia visiting his ailing grandfather. The game marked the end of Ovechki |
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| Capitals host Predators without Ovechkin |
NHL Hockey |
10/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Washington Capitals will try to win a game without their main offensive weapon tonight, as they host the Nashville Predators at the Verizon Center. Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin, last year's Hart Trophy winner, will miss tonight's contest as he's returned to Russia to be with his ailing grandfather. It's uncertain if Ovechkin will be back in time for Saturday's contest against Buffalo. The 23-year-old Moscow native has two goals and three assists on the season. The top overall pick |
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| Ovechkin out for Tuesday's game vs. Preds |
NHL Hockey |
10/27/2008 |
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| Arlington, VA (MySportsbook) - Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin has returned to Russia to visit his ailing grandfather and will miss Tuesday's home game against the Nashville Predators, ending his consecutive games-played streak at 203. The top overall pick in the 2004 draft, Ovechkin has missed just one game previously in his three-plus seasons with the Caps. Ovechkin received the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 2007-08 after leading the NHL in goals (65) and points (112) en route to helping Washington w |
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