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| Canadiens, Bruins open home-and-home set in Boston |
NHL Hockey |
03/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of Northwest Division foes will begin a home-and- home series with numerous playoff implications tonight, as the Montreal Canadiens visit the Boston Bruins at TD Banknorth Garden. The Canadiens have 90 points and are first in the Northeast Division and second in the Eastern Conference standings. Montreal is just one point behind New Jersey for the East lead and can overtake the idle Devils in points tonight. However, after this evening's action New Jersey will have two games in han |
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| Kozlov lifts Caps over Bruins in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
03/16/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (Best E Casino) - Viktor Kozlov scored in the third round of the shootout, to lift the Washington Capitals over the Boston Bruins, 2-1, tightening up the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Alexander Semin scored on the first attempt of the shootout, wristing the puck over Alexander Auld's glove. Washington goaltender Cristobal Huet stopped Chuck Kobasew, and both skaters missed in the second round. Kozlov then put a direct end to the game, as his snap shot went right by Auld, giving the Cap |
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| Ovechkin closes in on century mark as Caps host Bruins |
NHL Hockey |
03/16/2008 |
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| econd 100-point season, Alex Ovechkin hopes that will be enough to get the Capitals into the postseason. Ovechkin and Washington continue their quest for a playoff spot this afternoon at the Verizon Center against one of the clubs it is chasing, the Boston Bruins. Ovechkin posted a goal and an assist in Friday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. The Russian star ran his point streak to eight games (9 goals, 8 assists) and his season point total to 99. That is just seven points shy of the 106 he totaled as a rookie in 20 |
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| Bruins stun Flyers in OT |
NHL Hockey |
03/15/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Andrew Ference tied the game inside the final minute of regulation and Aaron Ward tallied the game-winner in overtime, as the Boston Bruins rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2, in a key matchup at TD Banknorth Garden. Chuck Kobasew also scored for Boston, which trailed most of the game but used the late comeback to halt a three-game winless streak. The Bruins, who currently hold the seventh playoff seed, are now two points ahead of the Flyers. Tim Thomas made 24 save |
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| Flyers, Bruins both hope to get on track in matinee |
NHL Hockey |
03/15/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of struggling teams currently in the Eastern Conference playoff picture will try to get back on the right track, as the Philadelphia Flyers visit the Boston Bruins for a matinee at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins are seventh in the East with 80 points, but have dropped three straight and six of their last seven games. Philadelphia, which is holding onto the eighth and final playoff seed with 79 points, has lost two straight and four of six. The Flyers hold just a one- point edge ov |
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| Smith solid as Lightning strikes Boston |
NHL Hockey |
03/13/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Mike Smith made 35 saves, including 15 in the first period, as the Tampa Bay Lightning held on to beat the Boston Bruins, 3-1, at TD Banknorth Garden. Jeff Halpern, Andreas Karlsson and Vincent Lecavalier scored for the Lightning, who had dropped 10 of their last 12 contests entering play. "We played a good game, our goalie played unbelievable and made some huge saves for us so yes, we're happy," Lecavalier said. Chuck Kobasew lit the lamp for the Bruins, who have fallen to 1-4 |
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| Ovechkin, Brodeur and Thornton selected as NHL's Three Stars |
NHL Hockey |
03/10/2008 |
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| ' for the week ending March 9. Ovechkin picked up the First Star honors after reaching the 50-goal mark for the second time in his three NHL seasons on March 3, when he recorded a hat trick and added two assists in Washington's 10-2 victory over the Boston Bruins. Ovechkin, who leads the NHL in scoring with 95 points, reached the 50- goal milestone in his team's 67th game of the season, the fastest since the Pittsburgh Penguins' Jaromir Jagr and Mario Lemieux (59th game) and the Buffalo Sabres' Alexander Mog |
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| Dawes lifts Rangers past Bruins in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
03/09/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Nigel Dawes scored the only goal of a shootout and Henrik Lundqvist posted his ninth shutout of the season, as the New York Rangers edged the Boston Bruins, 1-0, to take over sole possession of sixth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. After Brendan Shanahan and Marco Sturm each failed to score in the first round of the shootout, Dawes fired a wrister from the slot that beat Alexander Auld and tucked into the corner of the net to put the Rangers ahead. "I was just t |
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| Bruins, Rangers converge in NYC |
NHL Hockey |
03/09/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Rangers will shoot for their sixth victory in seven games today, when they welcome the Boston Bruins for a matinee matchup between Original Six teams at Madison Square Garden. New York has registered a point in 11 straight outings (8-0-3) and is tied with Boston for sixth place in the East with 79 points. The clubs are also just one point ahead of eighth-seeded Philadelphia. The Rangers are also still in the race for the Atlantic Division crown, as they trail New Jersey by se |
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| Bruins take advantage of Caps' errors to pull out late win |
NHL Hockey |
03/08/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Zdeno Chara and Marco Sturm scored 5-on-3 goals just under three minutes apart late in the third period, as the Boston Bruins took advantage of Washington's undisciplined play to earn a 2-1 victory over the Capitals at TD Banknorth Garden. Alexander Auld made 23 saves for the Bruins, who halted a three-game losing streak that started with a 10-2 setback at Washington on Monday. Boston moved into a tie with the idle New York Rangers for sixth in the Eastern Conference playoff ra |
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