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| Bruins hope to halt season-high skid |
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12/18/2002 |
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| ame losing streak tonight when they head to Buffalo to face the Sabres. The Bruins, who sit atop the Northeast Division and the Eastern Conference with 42 points, suffered their third straight loss on Saturday when they dropped a 4-2 decision to the Montreal Canadiens. Ivan Huml and Marty McInnis scored for the Bruins, who have lost three in a row for the first time since last April. Huml's goal 2:19 into the first period put them ahead 1-0. Just four seconds after a power play ended, Jozef Stumpel slid a pass to |
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| Sharks continue road trip in Montreal |
NHL Hockey |
12/17/2002 |
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| Montreal, Quebec (Best E Casino) - The San Jose Sharks resume their current road trip tonight when they visit the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. San Jose had a two-game winning streak snapped via a 2-1 overtime loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Monday. Patrick Marleau scored a power-play goal 4:51 into the game, but the Rangers' Matthew Barnaby tied things late in the second, and Petr Nedved won it 2:25 into OT. Miikka Kiprusoff finished with a season-high 27 saves in place of reg |
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| Sens seek ninth straight home win |
NHL Hockey |
12/16/2002 |
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| Ottawa, Ontario (Best E Casino) - The Ottawa Senators will try to keep on rolling tonight when they welcome the Montreal Canadiens to the Corel Centre. Ottawa has won its last four games and is 12-1-3 in the last 16 overall. On Saturday the Sens posted a 4-3 overtime victory against the New Jersey Devils, as Mike Fisher scored 3:10 into the extra session to provide the heroics and improve the Senators' home winning streak to a club-record eight games. Martin Havlat contributed a goal and an assist for the victo |
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| Lightning skate into Montreal |
NHL Hockey |
12/12/2002 |
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| Montreal, Quebec (Best E Casino) - The Tampa Bay Lightning try to snap a three-game losing streak tonight when they visit the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. Tampa Bay, which is 1-4-1-2 in its last eight overall, was dealt a 5-3 loss by the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday in the third installment of a four-game road trip. Defenseman Dan Boyle, with two goals, and forward Alexander Svitov scored for Tampa, but the Bolts became the latest victim of Marian Gaborik's torrid start. The young star burned them for a |
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| Coyotes target first win on record-long homestand |
NHL Hockey |
12/09/2002 |
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| ey continue their franchise-record nine-game homestand against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Phoenix, which has dropped the first three installments of the set, fell to 0-4-3-1 in its last eight at America West Arena after Saturday's 4-2 setback to the Montreal Canadiens. Tony Amonte and Branko Radivojevic scored for the Coyotes, who are 2-7-3-1 at home this season. Patrick DesRochers stopped 7-of-10 shots in the first period, but was replaced after 20 minutes by Brian Boucher, who made 20 saves in the loss. Phoenix |
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| Coyotes Team Report: First period killing Phoenix |
NHL Hockey |
12/08/2002 |
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| (Best E Casino) - For the ninth time in the last 10 games, Phoenix fell behind in the first period to an opponent, as the Coyotes fell 4-2 to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. The setback kept Phoenix winless in its last eight at America West Arena (0-4-3-1) and dropped the Coyotes to six games under .500 for the first time since arriving in Phoenix. Again it was the first period that did in the Coyotes, as Montreal raced out to a three-goal lead after the first 20 minutes, despite the fact that Phoenix outsh |
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| Stars welcome slumping Habs to Big D |
NHL Hockey |
12/04/2002 |
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| Dallas, TX (Best E Casino) - The Montreal Canadiens hope to halt a two-game losing skid tonight when they visit the Dallas Stars at AmericanAirlines Center. Montreal, which is 1-3-0-1 in its last five games overall, is coming off Saturday's tough 2-1 overtime loss to Philadelphia. Randy McKay scored a third-period goal for the host Habs, but the Flyers tied things midway through the frame and won in the waning seconds of OT. Justin Williams, despite being hauled down by defenseman Patrice Brisebois, beat Jeff H |
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| Canadiens Team Report: Habs hope road cures what ails them |
NHL Hockey |
12/02/2002 |
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| (Best E Casino) - There's nothing like getting out of town for a while to clear your head. At least that's what the Montreal Canadiens hope. Montreal will open a four-game road trip on Wednesday in Dallas, on the heels of a 1-3-0-1 lull that has kept them third in the Northeast Division and in danger of falling further. The venture will be the Habs' longest of the season to this point, and one veteran believes it can surely help the club out. "We've had a lot of overnight trips and a couple of two-game trips, b |
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| Flyers, Devils set for Atlantic battle |
NHL Hockey |
12/02/2002 |
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| win their second straight when they welcome the rival New Jersey Devils, winners of two-in-a-row, to the First Union Center. The Flyers, who were 1-5-4 in their previous 10 tries before Saturday, posted a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory over the host Montreal Canadiens, as winger Justin Williams converted a breakaway with 6.3 seconds left in the extra frame. After poke-checking the puck from defenseman Patrice Brisebois, Williams skated in alone on Jeff Hackett and, after being tripped up by Brisebois, lifted a sh |
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| B's take Eastern Conference's best record to the Igloo |
NHL Hockey |
11/30/2002 |
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| ading Boston Bruins. Boston, with 34 points, sits atop the Northeast Division, as well as the entire Eastern Conference and is currently riding a four-game winning streak. Joe Thornton scored a goal and assisted on another, as Boston skated past the Montreal Canadiens, 4-2, on Friday. The Bruins are now 8-1-1 in their last 10. Steve Shields stopped 24 shots for the Bruins, who are 6-2-2-1 on enemy ice this season. Glen Murray, Jozef Stumpel and Michal Grosek added goals for Boston. Murray, who has 14 goals on the |
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