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| Eastern Conference titans tussle in the Meadowlands |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2003 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The race for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference heats up tonight when the Ottawa Senators visit the New Jersey Devils at the Meadowlands. Ottawa leads the conference with 82 points, while New Jersey sits second with 78. The Devils do hold a pair of games in hand The Senators are 5-1-1 in their last seven tries, including Monday's 3-2 home win over the New York Rangers. Captain Daniel Alfredsson assisted on all three goals for Ottawa, which received second-period |
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| Coyotes Team Report: Be-Deviled |
NHL Hockey |
02/13/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Phoenix Coyotes became another notch in the belt of future Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur on Wednesday in the New Jersey Devils' 3-0 victory at America West Arena. "I thought we had some poor individual efforts tonight," Coyotes coach Bob Francis said. "I don't think we were awful, but I tend to look at individual performances right now, and with some guys I was disappointed in their effort, to be quite honest." Brodeur, who made 18 saves for his seventh shutout of the season and |
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| Devils invade the desert |
NHL Hockey |
02/12/2003 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - The Phoenix Coyotes try and put the brakes on a three-game losing streak this evening when they welcome the New Jersey Devils to America West Arena. After dropping back-to-back games to Los Angeles and Anaheim, the Coyotes suffered a 3-1 setback at the hands of the Dallas Stars on Saturday. Paul Ranheim posted the lone goal for Phoenix, which has dropped four of its last five games. Brian Boucher turned away 25 of the 27 shots that went his way in the loss. Defenseman Danny Markov |
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| Roy, Forsberg lift streaking Avs past Devils |
NHL Hockey |
02/12/2003 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Peter Forsberg set up three goals and Patrick Roy made 32 saves, leading the red-hot Colorado Avalanche to a 3-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils at the Pepsi Center. Alex Tanguay, Derek Morris and Milan Hejduk scored for the Avalanche, who won their sixth straight game and extended their unbeaten streak to 10 (8-0-2). The line of Forsberg, Tanguay and Hejduk dominated the contest with eight points. In addition to Forsberg's three assists, Hejduk added two assists to his goal and |
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| Devs, Avs face off in Colorado |
NHL Hockey |
02/11/2003 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche try to push their unbeaten streak to a season-high 10 games this evening when they welcome the New Jersey Devils to the Pepsi Center. Peter Forsberg notched his second hat trick of the season, as Colorado improved to 7-0-2 in its last nine with a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday. The unbeaten string is the longest streak since posting a 10-game unbeaten stretch from Nov.24 - Dec. 12, 2001 (8-0-2). The team has also recorded unbeaten streaks of 10 |
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| Avalanche Team Report: Here they come |
NHL Hockey |
02/10/2003 |
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| goal. Forsberg beat Turek glove-side on a breakaway with 1:59 remaining in the second period to complete his sixth career hat trick and gave Colorado a comfortable 4-0 advantage. "We couldn't match up against Forsberg, and he took advantage of it," Flames coach Darryl Sutter said. "You try to figure out when he's coming. You hope your best players can keep up with him. We couldn't do it." WHAT'S AHEAD The Avs will host the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday before Thursday's Northwest Division clash with the Canucks. |
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| Devils try to get back on track against Minnesota |
NHL Hockey |
02/09/2003 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - Two days after having their eight-game home winning streak snapped, the New Jersey Devils look to start a new string when they welcome former coach Jacque Lemaire and his Minnesota Wild to the Meadowlands. Lemaire guided the Devils to the 1995 Stanley Cup. The Devils, who are 12-1-1-1 in their last 15 games overall, dropped a 4-2 decision to the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday. Patrik Elias and Stephen Guolla scored for New Jersey, which had not lost in 14 straight games durin |
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| Thrashers target third straight win |
NHL Hockey |
02/08/2003 |
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| r their third consecutive victory tonight when they head to Ottawa to face off with the Senators at the Corel Centre. Marc Savard and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored goals 15 seconds apart in the third period, and Atlanta held on for a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday. Dan Snyder and Ilya Kovalchuk also found the back of the net for the Thrashers, who are unbeaten in six of their last seven games (5-1-1). Byron Dafoe made 26 saves in net for Atlanta. Pasi Nurminen will likely get the start in net tonigh |
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| Devils shoot for club-record ninth straight home win |
NHL Hockey |
02/07/2003 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Devils seek their fifth consecutive victory tonight when they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers to the Meadowlands. The Devs can also set a new franchise record with their ninth straight home win. New Jersey is 12-0-1-1 in its last 14 games overall, and sit second in the Eastern Conference with 73 points -- one behind Ottawa. On Wednesday, the Devils posted a 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals at the MCI Center, as John Madden notched a natural hat trick a |
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| Caps try to bounce back against Isles |
NHL Hockey |
02/07/2003 |
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| irst-place Washington Capitals, who lead the Southeast Division, hope to rebound tonight when they welcome the New York Islanders to the MCI Center. Washington had a two-game winning streak halted on Wednesday, dropping a 4-1 decision to the surging New Jersey Devils at MCI. Michael Nylander provided a 1-0 Capitals lead 4:49 into the second period, but the Devs responded with two goals in that frame and two more in the third. Olaf Kolzig made 35 saves in defeat. Jaromir Jagr assisted on Nylander's tally to conti |
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