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| East-leading Senators welcome Wild to Corel Centre |
NHL Hockey |
02/25/2003 |
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| Ottawa, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators, winners of three of their last four games, resume their quest for the National Hockey League's best record tonight when they welcome the Minnesota Wild to Corel Centre. With 86 points, the Sens are one ahead of the Dallas Stars in the league's overall standings, but the Stars hold a game in hand. Ottawa is four ahead of New Jersey in the Eastern Conference race, but the Devils have a pair in hand. On Saturday, the Senators posted a 4-0 home victory over |
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| Wild Team Report: Back on track |
NHL Hockey |
02/24/2003 |
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| the third period, but the Wild scored shorthanded to extend their lead. Kuba carried the puck into the St. Louis zone along the right wing on a 3-on-1 break and snapped a shot from the circle past Johnson for his fifth goal. Fernandez kept it a two-goal game with 2:39 remaining when he dove to make a stop on Ryan Johnson's rebound attempt from the crease. WHAT'S AHEAD The Wild will start a three-game road trip on Tuesday against the Ottawa Senators and will close the trek with stops in Montreal and St. Louis. |
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| Vancouver's Morrison receives NHL weekly honor |
NHL Hockey |
02/24/2003 |
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| uring the four victories. Morrison increased his season total to 55 points (17 goals, 38 assists) in 62 games. The 27-year-old Pitt Meadows, British Columbia native and University of Michigan star is on pace to surpass his single-season, career best of 67 points, set during the 2001-02 campaign. Others considered for the award were Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Alexander Mogilny, Ottawa Senators center Shaun Van Allen, Florida Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo and Nashville Predators netminder Tomas Vokoun. |
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| Teams to beat in the NHL? Still the usual suspects |
NHL Hockey |
02/22/2003 |
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| awning of a new age in the National Hockey League. Finally there are teams to challenge the dominance the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche have established over the past eight years. Looks can, however, be a bit deceiving as we all know. The Ottawa Senators and Vancouver Canucks are the clubs who have broken down the wall that separates the middle of the road and those teams of elite status. After years of being either a low seed or not living up to postseason expectations, the Sens and Canucks lead th |
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| Senators' Schastlivy to undergo surgery |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2003 |
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| Ottawa, Ontario (MySportsbook) - Ottawa Senators forward Petr Schastlivy will undergo abdominal surgery and be sidelined approximately two months. Schastlivy has been bothered by a lower abdominal strain, which he suffered on January 29 against the Mighty Ducks. In 33 games this season, he has scored nine goals with 10 assists. In 64 games over parts of four seasons with Ottawa, Schastlivy has 14 goals and 18 assists. |
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| Panthers Team Report: Cats spoil Sens |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2003 |
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| 't have a little fun down the stretch. Mike Keenan's troops sit 12th in the East standings -- eight out of the final postseason spot with three teams ahead of them. The young and spirited club had a chance to play spoiler on Thursday, as it faced an Ottawa Senators squad that's fighting for the best record in the National Hockey League. Ivan Majesky scored with just 24.5 seconds left in the game, as Florida erased a three-goal deficit and defeated Ottawa, 4-3, at the Corel Centre. "We responded with the team d |
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| Devils try to get back on track as Nieuwendyk approaches milestone |
NHL Hockey |
02/21/2003 |
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| w Jersey Devils try to put the brakes on a three-game winless streak tonight when they welcome the Boston Bruins to the Meadowlands. The Atlantic Division-leading Devils enter Friday's tilt on the heels of a 5-3 loss to the best team in the NHL, the Ottawa Senators, on Wednesday. Scott Niedermayer, Jeff Friesen and Joe Nieuwendyk scored for New Jersey, which is 0-2-1 in its last three and just 1-3-1 in the last five. Martin Brodeur stopped 15 shots in defeat. The Devils scored three goals in a span of just und |
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| East-leading Senators welcome Florida to Corel Centre |
NHL Hockey |
02/20/2003 |
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| Ottawa, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The East-leading Ottawa Senators seek their third straight win tonight when they welcome the Florida Panthers to Corel Centre. Ottawa, which leads the conference with 84 points, is 6-1-1 in its last eight tries overall. On Wednesday night the Sens posted a 5-3 triumph in New Jersey to open a six-point lead on the Devils atop the Eastern standings. Radek Bonk snapped a tie with 1:15 left in the third period as the Senators escaped the Meadowlands after squandering a 3-0 lead. |
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| Flames skate into Big D to face off with Stars |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2003 |
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| Dahlen, Derian Hatcher and Jere Lehtinen scored for the Stars, who bounced back from Friday's 4-2 loss to Anaheim to win for the fourth time in five games. The Stars have lost just twice in their last 22 games (16-2-4), and with 81 points trail the Ottawa Senators by one for the best overall point total in the league. Hatcher, who scored his first game-winning goal of the season on Sunday, is plus-8 in his last nine tilts and plus-30 for the season. Dallas, which is 5-1-1 in its last seven home games, is 21-3 |
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| Wild target first-ever win over Blueshirts |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2003 |
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| their last four home games, are 17-11-3 at Xcel this season and will conclude their brief two-game set on Sunday against St. Louis. New York, on the other hand, also comes in struggling and has dropped its last two games including a 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Monday. Eric Lindros and Alexei Kovalev scored for the Rangers, who are 2-7-1-1 in their last 11. Dan Blackburn made 26 saves for New York. The Rangers, with the highest payroll in the NHL, have lost consecutive games to Buffalo and Ottawa, the t |
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