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| Drury's OT winner lifts Rangers past Penguins |
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03/31/2008 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Chris Drury's power-play goal 1:46 into overtime lifted the New York Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden. Sergei Gonchar got called for holding just 24 seconds into the extra frame to give New York a 4-on-3 power play. Jaromir Jagr skated the puck behind the net and threw a pass out front. The puck missed its intended target, Scott Gomez, parked in front of the net, but it slid into the high slot where Drury skated up to the puck and blaste |
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| Malkin, Pens top Rangers; reclaim top spot in East |
NHL Hockey |
03/30/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - Evgeni Malkin scored the go-ahead goal late in the first period as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the New York Rangers, 3-1, in the opener of a home-and-home series at Mellon Arena. Marian Hossa and Maxime Talbot also tallied, while Sidney Crosby added a pair of assists for the Penguins, who have won three straight and five of their last six. Pittsburgh now has 99 points and is one ahead of idle Montreal for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. "That's just the way it is, ev |
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| Sekera's OT winner keeps Buffalo's faint playoff hopes alive |
NHL Hockey |
03/30/2008 |
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| n Hockey League less than a month ago, but their late-game heroics have kept Buffalo alive in the NHL playoff race. The Sabres are in the 10th spot, two points behind Washington and five out of the eighth and final spot, where the Bruins, Flyers and New York Rangers are currently in a three-way tie with 91 points. Toni Lydman also scored and Ryan Miller posted 17 saves for Buffalo, which had dropped three of four coming in. The Sabres have three games left in their regular season. "Our fans have been behind us |
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| Bruins hope to better playoff chances in Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
03/30/2008 |
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| Sabres at HSBC Arena. Boston has 90 points on the year and is holding on to the eighth and final postseason berth in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins are two points ahead of ninth-seed Washington and just one point in back of Philadelphia and the New York Rangers. The Rangers play today against Pittsburgh, while the Flyers and Capitals are off. The Sabres, meanwhile, have seen their postseason chances all but disappear as they are six points behind Boston with just four games to play. The Bruins were in acti |
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| Flyers nudge Isles in shootout to solidify playoff chances |
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03/30/2008 |
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| asn't the prettiest move," Briere admitted. "I just kind of fanned on the puck." Briere, Joffrey Lupul and Mike Richards tallied in regulation for the Flyers, who blasted a season-high 54 shots on net and vaulted over Boston into a tie with the idle New York Rangers for sixth place in the Eastern Conference. In addition, the club moved within a point of fifth-place Ottawa, which lost to the Bruins earlier Saturday. Philadelphia, winners in five of its last six games, looks to further cement its playoff standing |
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| Thomas, Bruins blank Sens to stay in playoff hunt |
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03/30/2008 |
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| e chances and Thomas made a few saves but he didn't have a lot of hard saves by any means. I don't know. We couldn't create an attack throughout most of the game." Ottawa stays in the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of the idle New York Rangers. The team still has an outside chance to win the Northeast Division, but Montreal, which plays Toronto later on Saturday, needs to get just one point in its remaining four games to lock up the division. Despite a total of 21 shots in the first perio |
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| Lightning strike twice in win over 'Canes |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2008 |
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| pads. Ramo stopped 14 shots in the period to keep the Hurricanes off the board. Game Notes Tampa Bay was 1-for-6 on power plays, while Carolina converted none of its seven opportunities...The clubs complete the season series on April 2, with the Lightning winning four of the seven meetings thus far....In 746 career NHL games with Detroit, Boston, the New York Rangers, and Tampa Bay, Taylor, primarily a checking forward, compiled 73 goals and 94 assists. He also helped the Lightning win the Stanley Cup in 2004. |
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| Lightning captain Taylor to retire without return |
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03/29/2008 |
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| other game for the club before retiring at season's end. Taylor made his intentions known during a question-and-answer session with fans outside St. Pete Times Forum, before Tampa Bay's 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. He has missed the entire season because of off-season hip surgery. In 746 career NHL games with Detroit, Boston, the New York Rangers, and Tampa Bay, Taylor, primarily a checking forward, compiled 73 goals and 94 assists. He also helped the Lightning win the Stanley Cup in 2004. |
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| Flyers take playoff quest to Long Island |
NHL Hockey |
03/29/2008 |
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| r and are currently seventh in the Eastern Conference playoff race. However, they are just one point ahead of Boston for the eighth and final seed in the East and three points in front of ninth- ranked Washington. They are also two points behind the New York Rangers for the East's sixth spot. Boston and Washington have games today, while the Rangers are off until Sunday's test in Pittsburgh. Philadelphia had its four-game winning streak snapped in New Jersey on Friday, but still managed to earn a point. Jamie L |
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| Habs visit Leafs, try to move closer to division crown |
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03/29/2008 |
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| so battling for the top spot in the Eastern Conference and currently is occupying the No. 1 seed, but has just a one-point lead over Pittsburgh. The Canadiens can extend that edge tonight, as the Penguins are off until Sunday's home test against the New York Rangers. The Habs posted their fourth straight win on Friday, as they earned an exciting victory in Buffalo. Christopher Higgins scored with 1:22 left in overtime as Montreal rallied from a late two-goal deficit to beat the Sabres, 4-3, at HSBC Arena. Tomas |
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