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| Devils snap six-game skid with OT win over Tampa Bay |
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04/03/2009 |
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| played like a team better than we have for a long time." Game Notes The Devils have won seven in a row over the Lightning and swept all four meetings this season...Parise's goal was his 43rd of the season, good enough for third in the NHL, one behind second-place Jeff Carter of Philadelphia, who recorded a hat trick on Friday against Toronto...Both teams are in action on Saturday, as New Jersey looks to take another step toward a division crown at Buffalo and Tampa Bay plays the New York Islanders in Uniondale. |
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| Caps try for Southeast crown in test with Sabres |
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04/03/2009 |
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| pping its previous three home tests. The Caps will close out the regular season on a three-game road trip following Sunday's home finale against Atlanta. Washington was last in action on Wednesday when it recorded a 5-3 decision against the visiting New York Islanders. Mike Green scored two power-play goals in the third period, and the Capitals rallied from a late deficit to capture a 5-3 win over the lowly Islanders. With the win, the Capitals eclipsed the 100-point mark for the first time since the 1999-2000 se |
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| Canadiens gain seventh seed in East after topping Isles |
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04/03/2009 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - Saku Koivu and Andrei Markov each tallied a goal and an assist, as the Montreal Canadiens clobbered the New York Islanders, 5-1, to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Alex Tanguay, Mathieu Schneider and Michael Komisarek also scored for the Canadiens, who have won four of five after a five-game slide to move into the seventh position in the East, one point ahead of the Rangers, who lost to Carolina on Thursday. Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves in place of Carey Price, |
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| Playoff-hopeful Canadiens visit Islanders |
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04/02/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The playoff-hopeful Montreal Canadiens will shoot for their fourth win in five games when they visit the New York Islanders tonight at Nassau Coliseum. The Canadiens are currently holding onto the eighth and final postseason berth in the Eastern Conference with 88 points. The Habs are one point in back of the New York Rangers, who are playing at Carolina tonight, and one ahead of idle Florida. Montreal comes into tonight with a game in hand over both the Rangers and Panthers. Montreal has actu |
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| Green helps Caps rally to down Isles |
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04/02/2009 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Mike Green scored two power-play goals in the third period, and the Washington Capitals rallied from a late deficit to capture a 5-3 win over the New York Islanders. With the win, the Capitals eclipsed the 100-point mark for the first time since the 1999-2000 season, when the team had 102 points. With five games remaining and 101 points, the team will have an opportunity to top the team record of 107 points set during the 1985-86 campaign. Washington currently sits in second pos |
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| Caps hope to inch closer to division title against Islanders |
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04/01/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Washington Capitals will try to move closer to a second straight Southeast Division title when they host the New York Islanders tonight at Verizon Center. With 99 points, the Capitals, who have already clinched a playoff berth, are eight ahead of Carolina for the division lead. A win tonight by Washington combined with a loss of any kind by the Hurricanes on Thursday against the New York Rangers would secure the Southeast crown for the Caps. Washington is also second in the Eastern Confere |
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| Flyers welcome Bruins to City of Brotherly Love |
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03/29/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try to inch closer to securing a playoff spot in tonight's contest against the Boston Bruins at the Wachovia Center. With Saturday's 4-3 shootout win over the New York Islanders, the Flyers are currently fourth overall in the Eastern Conference with 92 points, one ahead of fifth-seeded Carolina and two more than Pittsburgh. However, Philadelphia has three games in hand on the Hurricanes and two on the Penguins. The club has also played one less game than New Jersey |
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| Red Wings hope to find offense against Predators |
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03/29/2009 |
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| has failed to score against tonight, as the Nashville Predators visit Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings are averaging an NHL-best 3.60 goals per game and had scored at least three goals in each of their last eight contests before getting blanked by the New York Islanders, 2-0, on Friday. Detroit failed to get any of its 42 shots passed Joey MacDonald and the Islanders, who are last in the NHL with 59 points. Chris Osgood, meanwhile, halted 28 shots in the loss, which denied Detroit its 50th win of the season. The cl |
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| Biron, Flyers continue mastery of Isles |
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03/29/2009 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - Mike Richards notched the winner in the second round of the shootout, as the Philadelphia Flyers rallied from a two- goal third-period deficit to edge the New York Islanders, 4-3, at Nassau Coliseum. Martin Biron foiled Frans Nielsen to open the second round before Richards tucked a shot off the right post and just beyond the right pad of Yann Danis. Biron then easily halted a weak shot from Mark Streit to end the game in the Flyers' favor. Joffrey Lupul tallied twice and Scott H |
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| Sharks play host to Coyotes |
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03/28/2009 |
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| d for the Sharks, who are 30-3-4 at home this season and have also won seven of their last nine as the host. San Jose is tied with Detroit for the top record in both the NHL and the Western Conference with 107 points after the Red Wings' lost to the New York Islanders on Friday. The Sharks were without Jonathan Cheechoo against the Predators due to a lower-body injury, while Rob Blake has missed the last three contests with a lower-body ailment as well. Both skaters are questionable for tonight. The Coyotes have |
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