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| Fleury stymies Flyers; Pens grab 3-1 series lead |
NHL Hockey |
04/22/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Marc-Andre Fleury had an outstanding game with 45 saves, as the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Wachovia Center. Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy and Maxime Talbot each had a goal for the Penguins, who now hold a 3-1 lead in this best-of-seven series. "I think our whole team responded tonight," said Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma. "They threw a lot at us. They threw the kitchen sink at us. They had a |
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| Flyers try to even series in Game 4 against Pens |
NHL Hockey |
04/21/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers will get a chance to even their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series tonight, when they host the rival Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 at the Wachovia Center. The fifth-seeded Flyers were down two games to none after losing the opening two tests in Pittsburgh, but were able to get on track with a win Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia. The Orange and Black will now try to even the series at two games apiece rather than give the fourth-seeded Penguins a chance |
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| Flyers climb back into series with convincing win over Pens |
NHL Hockey |
04/19/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Simon Gagne netted a pair of goals, as the Philadelphia Flyers posted a strong 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at Wachovia Center. Claude Giroux contributed a goal and assist for the Flyers, who climbed back into the series after dropping the first two games in Pittsburgh. Jeff Carter, Mike Richards and Jared Ross also hit the net for Philadelphia, and Martin Biron stopped 26 shots for the win. "A big win for us |
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| Flyers return home; battle 0-2 series deficit against Pens |
NHL Hockey |
04/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - After losing the first two games of the series on the road, the Philadelphia Flyers will try to bounce back today when they host the fourth-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins at Wachovia Center in Game 3 of the best-of- seven Eastern Conference quarterfinals. The Penguins posted a decisive 4-1 victory in the series opener on Wednesday, but then needed overtime to dispose of the visiting Flyers in Friday's Game 2 encounter at Mellon Arena. The fifth-seeded Flyers will now try to rebound from an 0-2 seri |
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| Guerin's OT winner gives Penguins 2-0 series lead over Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
04/18/2009 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Bill Guerin's power-play goal with 1:31 left in overtime gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Mellon Arena. Skating on a 5-on-3 power play with Mike Knuble and Claude Giroux in the box, the Pens got the win as Sergei Gonchar fed the puck from the left point to the low left side and Guerin stuffed it in. Guerin also scored in regulation and Evgeni Malkin added a goal and two assists for the Penguin |
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| Pens try to extend lead in Game 2 against Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
04/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to take a two games to none lead in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals when they host the Philadelphia Flyers tonight at Mellon Arena. The fourth-seeded Penguins pounded visiting Philadelphia, 4-1, on Wednesday in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26-of-27 shots to lead the Penguins to an easy win over their Atlantic Division rivals. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby each posted a goal and one assist for Pittsburgh. Malkin won the Art |
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| National Hockey League |
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04/17/2009 |
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| Suspended Philadelphia Flyers forward Daniel Carcillo one game and fined Flyers head coach John Stevens $10,000. |
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| Penguins pound Flyers in series opener |
NHL Hockey |
04/16/2009 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26-of-27 shots, as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1, in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at Mellon Arena. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby each posted a goal and one assist for the Penguins, who have won five of the last six playoff meetings against the Flyers dating back to last season. "I thought we did a pretty good job," said Crosby. "I thought there were times where we might have gotten away from our game |
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| Oilers dump MacTavish |
NHL Hockey |
04/15/2009 |
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| ranked third and was behind just Barry Trotz, who has been the coach of Nashville since its inaugural season of 1998-99, and Lindy Ruff, who has been in Buffalo since the 1997-98 campaign. The last player to skate in the NHL without a helmet, MacTavish totaled 213 goals and 267 assists in 1,093 career games with the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues and Edmonton. He won four Stanley Cups, three with the Oilers and one while in New York, before retiring after the 1996-97 season. |
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| Pens host Flyers in Game 1 of East quarterfinals |
NHL Hockey |
04/15/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The fourth-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins will try to begin another march to the Stanley Cup Finals when they host the fifth-seeded Philadelphia Flyers at Mellon Arena for Game 1 of this best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. This series is a rematch of last year's conference finals, which the Penguins won in five games before falling in six tests to Detroit in the final stage. A few months ago a trip to the postseason seemed in jeopardy for the Penguins, but the way Pittsburgh playe |
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