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| Wild hope to make it three in a row |
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12/19/2002 |
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| St. Paul, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Wild shoot for their third straight win tonight when they welcome the New York Islanders to the Xcel Energy Center Following a win on Sunday versus the Carolina Hurricanes, the Wild defeated Edmonton 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday to pick up their fifth win in their last six games. Richard Park scored his second goal of the game with 17 seconds left in overtime to lift Minnesota to the win against the Oilers. Park also scored the game-tying goal in the third period as th |
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| Pens try to end nine-game losing streak |
NHL Hockey |
12/19/2002 |
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| s the NHL in scoring with 55 points -- 12 ahead of Boston's Joe Thornton. The Penguins, who were tied for first in the Atlantic Division when their streak began, now sit fourth in the standings with 29 points -- just two ahead of the cellar-dwelling New York Islanders. They are 11 off the pace of the first-place Philadelphia Flyers. Pittsburgh, 7-5-1-1 on home ice, kicks off a three-game Igloo set tonight. The Pens will welcome Calgary to town on Saturday. New Jersey, meanwhile, hopes to snap a three-game losing |
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| Southeast's best clash in Raleigh |
NHL Hockey |
12/18/2002 |
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| lina Hurricanes for a matchup between the top two teams in the Southeast Division. Tampa Bay leads the division with 36 points, which is three ahead of the defending Eastern Conference champion Hurricanes. The Lightning have toppled Montreal and the New York Islanders in the last two games, including Saturday's 4-3 decision against the Isles. Vincent Lecavalier paced the effort with a pair of goals -- his 13th and 14th -- for the Bolts, who also received tallies from Cory Sarich and Vaclav Prospal. Nikolai Khabib |
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| Penguins aim to stop eight-game slide |
NHL Hockey |
12/17/2002 |
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| e winless string (0-17-1), also a club record. The Penguins, who were tied for first when their current skid began, sit fourth in the Atlantic Division -- eight points behind first-place Philadelphia. Pittsburgh is three ahead of the cellar-dwelling New York Islanders. Pittsburgh, 4-7-2-3 on the road, will play the final installment of a five- game trek tonight. Phoenix comes into Tuesday's affair on a winning note following Sunday's 2-1 triumph over the Los Angeles Kings. Branko Radivojevic scored the go-ahead g |
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| Red Wings skate into Long Island |
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12/17/2002 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Islanders try to halt a three- game winless skid tonight when they welcome the Detroit Red Wings to Nassau Coliseum. Last-place New York, 0-2-1 during the lull after a three-game winning streak, suffered a 4-3 loss in Tampa on Saturday, as the Lightning set the tone for the night with a goal only 13 seconds into the match. To their credit, the Isles did make a game of it after falling behind 4-1, but they could only get to within a goal. Mark Parrish, Shawn Bates and |
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| Panthers Team Report: Dynamic duo on the prowl |
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12/14/2002 |
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| . Through 30 games the pair has accounted for 30 of Florida's 74 goals, which is a league-high 40 percent of the team's output. Huselius scored his 13th of the season with 4:08 remaining in the third period to lift the Panthers to a 3-3 tie with the New York Islanders at the Office Depot Center Friday. Roberto Luongo made 38 saves for the Cats, who are winless in three straight (0-2-1). Jokinen and Ryan Johnson also scored for Florida. Kenny Jonsson, Shawn Bates and Jason Blake scored for the Islanders, who are 3 |
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| Panthers' Bure sits with wrist injury |
NHL Hockey |
12/13/2002 |
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| Sunrise, FL (MySportsbook) - Florida Panthers winger Valeri Bure missed Friday's game against the New York Islanders because of a hairline fracture in his right wrist. Bure was hurt during Tuesday's game against Philadelphia when he was slashed by Flyers forward Keith Primeau. The right wing had played in all of Florida's 29 games this season and entered Friday's action tied for third on the team with 19 points, having scored five goals with 14 assists. |
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| Penguins Team Report: Six and counting |
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12/13/2002 |
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| k." Pittsburgh, which was tied for first place in the Atlantic Division when its current skid began, has now slipped to fourth in the standings, seven points behind the first place New Jersey Devils and only three points ahead of the cellar-dwelling New York Islanders. Last season the Penguins, who were already out of the playoff picture, failed to pick up a W in the final 10 games (0-8-1-1), but this year's squad is quick to discount comparisons with last year's team. "It's a totally different atmosphere in the |
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| Oilers hope to stay hot against Colorado |
NHL Hockey |
12/13/2002 |
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| reak with a blanking of Florida on Saturday. Salo holds the team record for not allowing a goal with 192:53, set two years ago. Salo, who was peppered with 16 shots in the opening stanza, has suffered just two losses since dropping a decision to the New York Islanders on November 8. York, acquired from the New York Rangers at the trade deadline last season, got off to a sluggish start but has found the back of the net five times in his last eight games. The Oilers, who sit in third place in the Northwest with 35 |
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| Isles head to Sunrise to face Panthers |
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12/13/2002 |
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| Sunrise, FL (MySportsbook) - The New York Islanders try to get back on track tonight when they visit the Florida Panthers at the Office Depot Center. After gaining a head of steam with a three-game winning streak, the Isles had their momentum quelled with a 3-2 loss to Theo Fleury and the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Roman Hamrlik and Dave Scatchard provided goals, but the Hawks tallied twice in a 1:47 span of the third period to take the lead. Chris Osgood allowed three scores on 34 shots and fell to 9-10-2 |
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