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| Colorado streaks into Long Island |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2003 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche try to continue their surge toward the top of the Northwest Division tonight when they visit the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. Colorado, which sits six behind first-place Vancouver with a game in hand, is 11-0-2-1 in its last 14 games, including successive wins over Minnesota, Chicago and Pittsburgh. On Thursday, playing the second portion of a three- game road trip, the Avs posted a 5-2 win against the Penguins, as Dean McAmmond led the charge wit |
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| Sharks Team Report: Snow-ed under |
NHL Hockey |
02/20/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The San Jose Sharks got a taste of what the Northeast has been going through this past week, as they suffered through their own version of a snow storm Wednesday. The only difference was that the Sharks' storm came in the form of New York Islanders' goaltender Garth Snow, who stopped 29 shots en route to the Isles' 3-0 win at the Tank. "I'm embarrassed," said head coach Ron Wilson. "I might be the most confused person in North America. I'm sick and tired of hearing how great this group is at battling. I haven't seen it." Evgeni Nabokov stopped 30 shots for the Sharks, who dropped their third straight and seventh in eight tries. With 22 games remaining, the defending Pacific Division champions find themselves with 53 points, 12 back of the eighth-place Edmonton Oilers for the Western Conference's final playoff spot. "We're not working hard enough physically and mentally," said Kyle McLaren. "Saying things like the bounces and breaks are not going the Sharks way, that is an excuse. We have to work at it. The sun will come up tomorrow and we have a game in two days." It took Isles' captain Michael Peca just 36 seconds to score his 10th goal of the season and the Islanders never looked back. McLaren had the puck, and while trying to take a slap shot, he broke his stick on the ice near the blue line. Mark Parrish picked up the puck and skated to the right wing where he passed the puck to Peca, who tipped it in from the left crease. "I can't explain it," said McLaren of his new stick breaking. "It didn't feel broken at the time. They didn't win on that play and we didn't lose on that play." At 4:09 of the second, Kenny Jonsson increased the New York edge to 2-0 with his eighth of the season. Jonsson fired a slap shot from just inside the left side of the blue line that beat Nabokov glove-side through traffic. "Obviously I thought it was a bad break early when McLaren's stick broke," said Wilson. "I thought the first went well, but when they made it 2-0, we didn't have any fight left." Peca capped off the scoring at 10:21 of the second when he received a cross- ice pass from Shawn Bates and tipped it in at the top of the crease. UP NEXT The Sharks continue their three-game homestand on Friday against the Columbus Blue Jackets before closing the set against the Calgary Flames on Monday. |
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| Bruins Team Report: Kissing your sister |
NHL Hockey |
02/20/2003 |
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| Shields moved to 10-10-4 between the pipes on the year. "I think we played with more intensity," said head coach Robbie Ftorek. "We played a much smarter game, not a great game, but much smarter." The Bruins have fallen into a three-way tie with the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning. A couple of more losses in a row and it could be an uphill climb down the stretch for Boston to make the postseason. "Of course we're concerned about it," O'Connell said. "We've been concerned about it for a month now. W |
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| Ducks try to get back on track versus Blue Jackets |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2003 |
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| of Anaheim try to get back on the winning track this evening when they welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets to the Pond. After a four-game winning streak, the Ducks have responded with a two-game winless string, including Monday's 2-2 deadlock with the New York Islanders. Petr Sykora and Paul Kariya each notched a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who are 4-1-1 in their last six. Adam Oates assisted on both goals and reached 1,050 in his career, surpassing Gordie Howe for sixth on the NHL's all-time list. Jean-Sebas |
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| Sharks welcome Isles to the Tank |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2003 |
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| San Jose, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Jose Sharks hope to quell a two-game losing streak tonight when they welcome the New York Islanders to the Shark Tank. After falling to the Dallas Stars on Sunday, the Sharks made it two losses in a row with a 3-2 setback to the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. Niko Dimitrakos posted his first NHL goal and Marco Sturm lit the lamp for San Jose, which has dropped seven of its last nine (2-7-0). Evgeni Nabokov turned aside 25 shots in defeat for the defending Pacific Division ch |
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| Kings shoot for third straight win |
NHL Hockey |
02/15/2003 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Kings seek their third straight win this afternoon when they welcome the New York Islanders to Staples Center. Los Angeles has won five of its last six games overall, including Thursday's 4-2 home triumph over Calgary. Ziggy Palffy scored a goal and assisted on two others to pace the Kings, who also received tallies from Joe Corvo and Derek Armstrong. Steve Heinze also scored and Mathieu Schneider had two assists for Los Angeles. Jamie Storr needed to make just |
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| Predators Team Report: Vokoun taking charge |
NHL Hockey |
02/14/2003 |
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| was a nice stat for him tonight, to get that shutout. I certainly don't think he was lacking confidence, but this should make him even more confident." On Thursday, Vokoun stopped 36 shots en route to his seventh career shutout in a 2-0 win over the New York Islanders. The shutout also marked the first of the season for the Predators, who entered the contest as the only team not to hold a team scoreless this year. "It's a nice bonus for a goalie to get a shutout," Vokoun said. "But it was even more important to b |
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| Thrashers activate Krupp |
NHL Hockey |
02/12/2003 |
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| The 37-year-old Krupp has missed the past 53 games with a back injury that required surgery on November 6 to remove bone spurs. The 6-6, 240-pound defenseman is scoreless in one game with the Thrashers this season. Krupp has 69 goals and 212 assists in 726 career NHL games with Buffalo, the New York Islanders, Quebec, Colorado, Detroit and Atlanta. Bartecko, 26, has missed the last seven games, and 10 out of the last 11 contests, with a groin strain. He has posted six points and four penalty minutes this season. |
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| Lightning Team Report: Telling loss? |
NHL Hockey |
02/12/2003 |
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| Network) - It's getting to be that time of year where we will see what exactly the Tampa Bay Lightning are made of. Tuesday night's result wasn't a good sign. Dave Scatchard notched his second hat trick of the season and added an assist to lead the New York Islanders to a 6-2 victory over the Bolts at Nassau Coliseum. New York and Tampa Bay began the night tied for the final two playoff spots in the conference, but while the Islanders moved into sole possession of seventh place, Montreal's victory over Boston dr |
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| Lightning ride three-game slide into Long Island |
NHL Hockey |
02/11/2003 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning try to halt a three- game winless slide tonight when they visit the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. Tampa is 0-1-1-1 on the heels of a two-game winning streak, including Saturday's 4-4 tie with the Panthers in South Florida. The Lightning held a 4-1 lead into the second period, but allowed the Cats to score three unanswered tallies en route to the stalemate. Rookie Florida defenseman Jay Bouwmeester knotted the contest on a power-play goal with 12 s |
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