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| Caps, Rangers faceoff at Madison Square Garden |
NHL Hockey |
10/23/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Rangers try to put the brakes on a three-game winless skid tonight when they welcome the Washington Capitals, losers of two straight, to Madison Square Garden. Since defeating Toronto last Tuesday, the Blueshirts have skated to consecutive ties with Buffalo and Nashville, and suffered a 4-2 loss to unbeaten Tampa Bay. In Monday night's defeat to the Lightning, Rem Murray and Mark Messier scored early in the second period to put New York ahead 2-1, but the visiting B |
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| Roy ready for another record |
NHL Hockey |
10/22/2002 |
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| ilers at the Pepsi Center. Roy, who already owns the NHL record for most wins (518), is scheduled to start tonight after a day off on Sunday. Sawchuk, who played 21 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, LA Kings and New York Rangers compiled a 447-330-172 mark in his career. The 37-year-old Roy, who at 56,711 career minutes is also close to breaking Sawchuck's record of 57,194 minutes. Roy played his first game on February 23, 1985 with the Montreal Canadiens in a relief effort |
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| Predators still searching for first win of year |
NHL Hockey |
10/22/2002 |
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| tors are winless in their last eight games (0-5-1-2) and have not won since April 6 2002. After back-to-back overtime losses to the New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils, Nashville played its most spirited game of the season in a 2-2 tie with the New York Rangers on Saturday. Rookie Scottie Upshall, the sixth-overall pick in this year's NHL draft, tied the game late in the second period with his first NHL goal for the Predators, who are off to their worst start in franchise history. The Rangers led by a goal |
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| Lecavalier sidelined with knee sprain |
NHL Hockey |
10/22/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Lightning center Vincent Lecavalier missed Monday's game against the New York Rangers with a sprained right knee. Lecavalier suffered the injury during Saturday's 3-3 tie against the Pittsburgh Penguins when the knee buckled on a shot attempt. He underwent an MRI which revealed the sprain. Lecavalier is also expected to sit out Wednesday's contest at Columbus. Entering Monday's game, he was tied for the club lead in scoring with seven points (three goals, four assists) |
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| Lightning hope to stay unbeaten against Rangers |
NHL Hockey |
10/21/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning try to remain one of two unbeaten clubs in the National Hockey League tonight when they visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Tampa Bay, at 3-0-1, shares the spotlight with Philadelphia in the ranks of the undefeated. After winning their first three games of the young season -- against Florida, Carolina and Atlanta -- the Bolts skated to a 3-3 tie in Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Tampa Bay battled back from three separate deficits -- two in |
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| Rangers, Predators faceoff at MSG |
NHL Hockey |
10/19/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Rangers open a four-game homestand on Saturday at Madison Square Garden against the winless Nashville Predators. The Rangers, who will play eight of their next 11 at MSG, are on a two-game unbeaten streak after a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs and most recently a 4-4 tie with the Buffalo Sabres. Eric Lindros scored twice and Bobby Holik added his first goal for the Rangers, who registered three power-play goals in the deadlock Wednesday against Buffalo. Brian Leet |
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| Canadiens Team Report: The defense rests |
NHL Hockey |
10/16/2002 |
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| shelled in back-to-back losses to Buffalo and Philadelphia, including Tuesday night's 6-2 pounding by the Flyers at the Bell Centre. And to think that things got off on the right foot for the Habs, as they opened 2002-03 with a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers last Friday. But all that seems like a distant memory after consecutive debacles. In both defeats the Canadiens' defense was less than impressive, often hanging Theodore out to dry, but the netminder had his share of problems between the pipes as we |
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| Bure scores twice as Rangers beat Leafs |
NHL Hockey |
10/16/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Pavel Bure netted two goals in his first game of the season to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Madison Square Garden. Bure, who also added an assist, missed the first three contests due to illness. Matthew Barnaby and Tom Poti each had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who snapped a two-game slide. Eric Lindros, who was on the ice after serving a one-game suspension for high-sticking, was ejected in the second period for boarding. T |
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| Rangers' defenseman Lintner out four weeks |
NHL Hockey |
10/15/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Rangers defenseman Richard Lintner will be sidelined for four weeks after suffering a sprained ligament and a bone bruise in his left knee. Lintner, who was acquired by the Rangers in a trade with Nashville in March, suffered the injuries in Saturday's 6-0 loss against Pittsburgh. Lintner scored three goals and added five assists while earning a plus-2 rating last season for the Predators. |
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| Bure expected to make season debut for Blueshirts |
NHL Hockey |
10/15/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Expected to have one of their top guns back in the lineup, the New York Rangers hope to snap a two-game losing streak tonight when they welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs to Madison Square Garden. Right wing Pavel Bure, who suffered a knee injury during the preseason, has missed the first three games of the season because of a bout with strep throat. He is slated to take his spot on the team's top line alongside Eric Lindros and Petr Nedved. Without Bure the Blueshirts opened the s |
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