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| Penguins try for eighth straight win in battle with Blue Jackets |
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03/12/2009 |
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| le are three points behind the Jackets. Pittsburgh has needed the shootout phase to record each of its last two victories and both wins came by a 4-3 score. The Pens downed the Capitals in Washington on Sunday and notched Tuesday's home win over the Florida Panthers. Kris Letang scored the game-winning goal in the shootout to lift Pittsburgh to the win over the Panthers. Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal and Sidney Crosby scored for Pittsburgh, while Marc-Andre Fleury allowed three goals on 21 shots in the victory. M |
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| Playoff-hopeful Sabres, Panthers clash in Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
03/12/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A key battle in the Eastern Conference playoff race is on tap tonight in Buffalo, as the struggling Sabres host the Florida Panthers tonight at HSBC Arena. The Panthers are currently last among the eight playoff seeds in the East with 77 points on the year. Buffalo is four points back of Florida in 10th. The Sabres have lost two straight and five of their last seven games and were outscored by an 11-5 margin in their last two contests. Buffalo was handed a 6-3 setback Saturday in Ottawa and |
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| Letang lifts Pens over Panthers in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
03/11/2009 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Kris Letang scored the game-winning goal in the shootout, and the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins won their seventh consecutive game with a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers at Mellon Arena. Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal and Sidney Crosby scored for Pittsburgh, which has used the spark of new head coach Dan Bylsma to climb back into the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Marc-Andre Fleury allowed three goals on 21 shots in the victory. Nick Boynton, Kamil Kreps and Keith Ballard |
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| Pens shoot for seventh straight win in home test vs. Panthers |
NHL Hockey |
03/10/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Eastern Conference's hottest team returns to home ice tonight, as the Pittsburgh Penguins shoot for a season-best seventh straight win when the Florida Panthers enter Mellon Arena for an important late-year matchup. Pittsburgh, the reigning champions in the East, had been on the outside looking in of the conference playoff picture prior to its recent surge. The Penguins won for the eighth time in nine games with Sunday's 4-3 shootout triumph over Southeast Division leader Washington, whi |
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| Panthers F Horton out at least two weeks |
NHL Hockey |
03/09/2009 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - Florida Panthers forward Nathan Horton will miss at least two weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a severed tendon on his left ring finger. Horton was injured Saturday when a skate cut through his glove and severed the tendon. He was second on the team in goals with 19 and third on the team in scoring with 38 points. The team also announced that defenseman Bryan McCabe will miss the next two games after having surgery on his right eye to repair a fractured orbital bone suffe |
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| Panthers top Blues in battle of playoff-hopeful clubs |
NHL Hockey |
03/08/2009 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - David Booth's second career hat trick lifted the Florida Panthers to a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues in a matchup of two teams battling for a playoff berth in their respective conferences. Booth added an assist for a four-point night while Nathan Horton and Radek Dvorak also scored for Florida, which bettered its position in attempting to earn a trip to the postseason for the first time since the 1999-00 campaign. The Panthers were at the back end of the Eastern Conference pla |
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| Blues, Panthers collide in Sunrise |
NHL Hockey |
03/07/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of teams battling for a playoff berth in their respective conferences will meet tonight, as the Florida Panthers host the St. Louis Blues at BankAtlantic Center. The Panthers have 74 points and are currently tied with Pittsburgh and the New York Rangers for the final three postseason berths in the Eastern Conference The Blues, however, are outside the West playoff picture for now, as they are 12th in the conference and four points out of a postseason spot. Florida had won back-to-back |
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| Blues make a stop in Tampa |
NHL Hockey |
03/06/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The St. Louis Blues play the first part of their two-game Sunshine State trip tonight, when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Pete Times Forum. The Blues, who will also visit the Florida Panthers on Saturday, had won a season-high tying three straight games prior to Tuesday's 5-0 setback versus Detroit. Chris Mason had yielded just one goal per game in each of his previous five starts (4-0-1) before allowing all five goals on 36 shots faced versus the Red Wings. With the loss, the Bl |
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| Pens top Panthers for fifth straight win |
NHL Hockey |
03/06/2009 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - Tyler Kennedy had two goals as the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 4-1 decision over the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic Center. Kris Letang scored a goal while Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves for the Penguins, who have won five straight. "I was excited to get one (goal), but two is just a bonus," Kennedy said. "I think we have four lines that can all contribute and that's hard to play against." Sidney Crosby, who had missed the previous four games with a strained left groin, returne |
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| Tampa Bay Lightning |
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03/04/2009 |
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| Acquired defenseman Richard Petiot from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for goaltender Olaf Kolzig, defenseman Jamie Heward, defenseman Andy Rogers and a fourth-round selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft; acquired defenseman Noah Welch and a third-round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Steve Eminger. |
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