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| Bruins cap off their longest road trip to start season |
NHL Hockey |
10/21/2002 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The Boston Bruins try to extend their unbeaten streak to five games tonight when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre in the last installment of a season-opening road trip. After suffering an embarrassing 5-1 loss to Minnesota in the opener, the Bruins have going 3-0-1, including Saturday's 4-3 victory in Edmonton. Rookie Ivan Huml scored the game-winner against the Oilers, deflecting a shot off defenseman Jason Smith and into the net with 4:21 remaining in t |
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| Leafs trying for second straight win |
NHL Hockey |
10/19/2002 |
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| Montreal, Quebec (MySportsbook) - After ending a three-game losing streak Thursday, the Toronto Maple Leafs hope to win their second straight tonight when they visit the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. The Leafs snapped the slide with a 5-3 victory over Phoenix at Air Canada Centre, marking their first home win of the season as well. Despite nearly blowing things with a poor third period, Toronto was able to hold on and earn goaltender Trevor Kidd his first triumph with the club. Kidd finished with 27 sa |
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| Rangers, Predators faceoff at MSG |
NHL Hockey |
10/19/2002 |
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| Network) - 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 Leetch and Tom Poti each notc |
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| Maple Leafs Team Report: Home sweet home |
NHL Hockey |
10/18/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Thursday night was one of firsts for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Goaltender Trevor Kidd picked up his first win in a Leafs sweater. Robert Svehla netted his first goal with the team. And most importantly, the 5-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes was Toronto's first at Air Canada Centre this season. The contest did, however, have its share of negatives for the Leafs, who were less than spectacular in the third period and outshot 19-3 in the stanza. The lackadaisical effort afforded the Coyotes two |
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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. Toma |
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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 seas |
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| Penguins, Maple Leafs faceoff at Air Canada |
NHL Hockey |
10/14/2002 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Penguins try to avenge their worst opening-game loss ever tonight when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. Toronto pounded the Penguins, 6-0, at the Igloo last Thursday, led by two goals apiece from Mats Sundin and Alexander Mogilny, and a combined 11 points from a top line that also includes winger Darcy Tucker. Ed Belfour turned aside 33 shots in his Maple Leafs debut and earned his 59th career NHL shutout. But the Penguins rebounded with a |
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| Belfour expected to miss three games |
NHL Hockey |
10/14/2002 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ed Belfour is expected to miss the next three games because of an infected right thumb. He sat out Saturday's game against Ottawa because of the injury. Belfour is in his first season with Toronto after signing as a free agent this off-season. He made 33 saves in a 6-0 shutout of Pittsburgh in the Leafs' season-opener on Thursday. The injury apparently occurred when he cut his thumb after the final pre- season game. Trevor Kidd, who started in Tor |
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| Battle of Ontario renews in Toronto |
NHL Hockey |
10/12/2002 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Maple Leafs aim to stay undefeated on the young NHL season when they play host to the Ottawa Senators Saturday in their home opener at the Air Canada Centre. Ed Belfour stopped all 33 shots he faced in his debut for the Maple Leafs as Toronto blanked the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-0, in the season-opener at the Igloo on Thursday. The Leafs' top line of Mats Sundin, Alexander Mogilny and Darcy Tucker accounted for four goals and seven assists to lead the onslaught. Sundi |
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| Belfour leads Leafs into Pittsburgh |
NHL Hockey |
10/10/2002 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Mario Lemieux begins the second full season of his comeback tonight when he and the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Toronto Maple Leafs in the season opener at the Igloo. Lemieux, whose return to the sport he dominated was one of the biggest sports stories of late 2000 and early '01, hopes to put an injury-riddled campaign behind him and play between 65 and 70 games. A season ago the Hall of Famer, bothered by hip and back problems, dressed just 24 times for the Pens, as his year wa |
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