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| Flames, Oilers meet for pivotal test in Calgary |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Calgary Flames will try to gain some ground in the Northwest Division race tonight, as they welcome the Edmonton Oilers for a battle at the Saddledome. The Flames come into tonight's test with 90 points and are tied with Colorado for second in the Northwest, which Minnesota currently leads with 93 points. Both the Avalanche and Wild are idle today. Calgary is also tied with the Avs and Dallas for fifth place in the Western Conference. The Stars will play today in Los Angeles. Edmonton, |
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| Sakic leads Avs in dramatic win over Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Joe Sakic scored the game-tying goal with 5.9 seconds left in regulation and the game-deciding goal in the shootout, as the Colorado Avalanche clipped the Edmonton Oilers, 5-4, at the Pepsi Center. After the clubs traded goals in the first round of the extra segment, Sakic elevated a backhander over the glove of Dwayne Roloson to put Colorado in front. Sam Gagner's offering was stopped by Jose Theodore and Milan Hejduk sealed the win by snapping a wrister that beat Roloson low on |
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| Avs continue playoff push with home test vs. Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
03/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Peter Forsberg might be getting hot at just the right time for the Avalanche. Colorado will continue its quest for a playoff spot tonight, as it hosts the Edmonton Oilers at the Pepsi Center. Playing in his second straight game after missing six of Colorado's last seven contests due to a groin injury, Forsberg notched three assists in a 6-3 victory over Vancouver to double his point total to six in six games since rejoining the club on February 25. A healthy and productive Forsberg, who has |
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| Wild aim to hold off surging Oilers in Minnesota |
NHL Hockey |
03/26/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Minnesota Wild will try to regain the top spot in the Northwest Division tonight, when they welcome the surging Edmonton Oilers to Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota comes into tonight with 89 points and is one behind idle Calgary for the Northwest lead. The Flames took over the top spot Tuesday with a win over Vancouver. This marks the second time in three days that the Wild and Oilers are facing each other, as tonight's test is the finale of a home-and-home series as well as the last regul |
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| Avalanche of goals lifts Edmonton over Colorado |
NHL Hockey |
03/22/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Sam Gagner scored the deciding tally in a wild third period, and the Edmonton Oilers hung on to beat the Colorado Avalanche, 7-5, at Rexall Place. The clubs combined for seven goals in the final stanza, with Colorado erasing a three-goal deficit in a little more than 2 1/2 minutes. The Avs fell behind only 18 seconds later, though, and never recovered. Gagner recorded his first career two-goal game, and Ales Hemsky had three assists for the Oilers, who have won four of five and |
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| Avalanche attempt to end slide in Edmonton |
NHL Hockey |
03/22/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Colorado Avalanche hope to salvage the finale of a three-game road trip when the slumping club visits the Edmonton Oilers today for a matinee at Rexall Place. Colorado began the trek with a 3-1 loss at Minnesota on Monday and were then edged out by Calgary on Thursday. The Flames scored two power-play goals in the first period and held on for a 2-1 victory that pushed Calgary two points ahead of the Avs in the Northwest Division standings. Ben Guite scored the lone goal for Colorado, wh |
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| Luongo, Canucks top Oilers to keep pace in crowded Northwest race |
NHL Hockey |
03/20/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Roberto Luongo made 33 saves, as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 4-1, at Rexall Place. Trevor Linden, Daniel Sedin, Matt Pettinger and Taylor Pyatt all scored for the Canucks, who have not lost in regulation to Edmonton since December 4, 2006, going 9-0-3 over that span. Vancouver remains tied with Calgary -- which edged Colorado, 2-1, on Thursday -- for the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Both clubs have 86 points and trail idle Minnesota by one point |
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| Oilers roll into Vancouver |
NHL Hockey |
03/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The playoff hopeful Edmonton Oilers will go for their fourth straight victory tonight, when they host Vancouver Canucks at Rexall Place. Edmonton sits 10th overall in the Western Conference, but has won three straight and 10 of its last 12 games to get back into the playoff hunt. Entering tonight's game the Oilers are five points back of Colorado, Calgary and Vancouver with all three clubs even for the sixth, seventh and eighth spots in the West. The Oilers will aim for another offensive ex |
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| Oilers climb closer to playoffs with win over Phoenix |
NHL Hockey |
03/19/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Sam Gagner registered a goal and two assists, as the Edmonton Oilers thumped the Phoenix Coyotes, 8-4, at Rexall Place. Tom Gilbert, Robert Nilsson and Kyle Brodziak each posted a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who are 10-2-0 in their last 12 games. Curtis Glencross scored two goals and Ales Hemsky collected three assists. Dwayne Roloson, making his third consecutive start after Mathieu Garon started the previous 17 contests, stopped 30-of-34 shots to pick up his 11th victo |
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| Sharks fall to Edmonton in SO; 11-game win streak broken |
NHL Hockey |
03/17/2008 |
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| San Jose, CA (Best E Casino) - Fernando Pisani scored in the fourth round of the shootout as the Edmonton Oilers snapped San Jose's franchise-record 11- game winning streak with a 2-1 win at HP Pavilion. After Dwayne Roloson stopped Jonathan Cheechoo's slap shot, Pisani skated in on net and slid a soft backhander between the pads of Evgeni Nabokov for the win. Roloson finished with 48 saves while Ales Hemsky scored the goal for the Oilers, who have won five of their last six games. "They played a great game |
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