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| Crosby tops NHL All-Star voting for 2nd straight year; 3 Wings in West starting lineup |
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01/08/2008 |
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| layer voted into the starting lineup since fan balloting began in 1986. He went on to be the NHL's youngest scoring champion with 120 points. His linemates in Atlanta will be current scoring leader Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators right winger Daniel Alfredsson, who both will be making their first All-Star starts. Lecavalier is going to his third All-Star game, while Alfredsson will play in his fifth. ``The first time, I was young and I was nervous being with all these olde |
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| Fisher's OT goal sends Lightning to seventh straight loss |
NHL Hockey |
01/05/2008 |
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| Ottawa, ON (Best E Casino) - Mike Fisher scored with 1:43 left in overtime, as the Ottawa Senators rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3, at Scotiabank Place. In the extra session, Fisher side-stepped Tampa Bay defenseman Brad Lukowich at the left circle and fired a wrister through the five-hole of Johan Holmqvist. Randy Robitaille scored a pair and for the Senators, who have won two straight. Dany Heatley also tallied and Ray Emery stopped 16-of-19 shots to earn the |
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| Sens blow lead, recover to top Sabres thanks to Heatley |
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01/05/2008 |
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| Buffalo, NY (Best E Casino) - Dany Heatley's late third-period goal proved to be the game-winner, as the Ottawa Senators held off the Buffalo Sabres, 5-3, in a Northeast Division clash at HSBC Arena. Andrej Meszaros, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson all posted a goal and an assist for the Senators, who snapped a two-game skid. Cody Bass also scored, while Ray Emery made 36 saves to earn the win. Ales Kotalik, Michael Ryan and Jochen Hecht lit the lamp for Buffalo, which extended its season-long losing stre |
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| Caps head to Boston to tangle with Bruins |
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01/03/2008 |
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| The Washington Capitals will aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season tonight, when they visit the Boston Bruins at TD Banknorth Garden. The Capitals have won their last two games in impressive fashion, as they swept the powerful Ottawa Senators in a home-and-home series. Washington exposed the Eastern Conference-leading Senators in the two-game set, as it outscored Ottawa by a combined 14-9 margin. The Caps posted an 8-6 victory in Ottawa on Saturday and followed with a 6-3 triumph in Tues |
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| Red Wings' Babock, Senators' Paddock to lead NHL All-Star teams |
NHL Hockey |
01/02/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Mike Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings and John Paddock of the Ottawa Senators were selected to coach the NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta on Jan. 27. The league chooses its coaches based on the teams from each conference that have the top points percentages through games of Jan. 4, the midway point of the regular-season. Babcock's Red Wings lead the Western Conference with 61 points in 40 games (29-8-3), and Paddock's Senators lead the Eastern Conference with 54 points in 39 games. The assist |
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| Ovechkin, Caps welcome Sens in finale of home-and-home |
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01/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Ottawa Senators will try to slow down Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals tonight, when the teams meet in D.C. for the finale of a home-and-home series at the Verizon Center. Neither the Sens nor the Caps played a great deal of defense Saturday night in Ottawa, as Washington posted an 8-6 decision at Scotiabank Place. Ovechkin recorded the first five-point game of his career, notching four goals and an assist to lead the Capitals to the wild win. Ovechkin has notched a point in si |
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| Senators, Capitals clash in Ottawa |
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12/29/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of teams on opposite ends of the Eastern Conference spectrum will meet tonight, as the powerful Ottawa Senators host the Washington Capitals at Scotiabank Place. The Senators lead the East with 54 points on the year, while the Capitals are tied with Tampa Bay for last in the conference with 33 points. Ottawa will aim for its fourth straight win and 10th in 12 games when it takes the ice tonight. The Senators notched their latest triumph Thursday evening against the visiting New York |
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| Isles' DiPietro has knee sprain |
NHL Hockey |
12/27/2007 |
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| Ottawa, ON (Best E Casino) - New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro has a knee sprain missed Thursday night's 5-2 loss against the Ottawa Senators. DiPietro was forced to leave Wednesday's 4-3 overtime win against Toronto due to the injury, which was revealed after an MRI on Thursday. DiPietro entered Wednesday's game with a 16-13-2 record and a 2.47 goals- against average with two shutouts for the Islanders this season. For his career, he is 106-94-8-16 with 13 shutouts. Wade Dubielewicz, who replaced |
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| Islanders battle Senators without DiPietro |
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12/27/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Islanders can match their longest winning streak of the season tonight, when they visit the powerful Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place. The Isles have won three in a row, but will have to take No. 4 without their top goaltender, as Rick DiPietro will not travel with the team due to a knee injury suffered in the first period of Wednesday's victory against Toronto. DiPietro is 16-13-2 with a .910 save percentage and 2.47 goals-against average this season. He stopped seven of ni |
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| Struggling Rangers set to host Hurricanes |
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12/26/2007 |
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| for Carolina, which is 10-8-2 as the visiting club this season. The Rangers, meanwhile, have dropped three straight and are now just 3-6-2 in the month of December. New York was last in action on Sunday, when it was handed a 3-1 loss by the visiting Ottawa Senators. Chris Kelly scored the deciding goal as the Sens posted the triumph at Madison Square Garden. Scott Gomez scored the lone goal for New York, which has dropped eight of its last 10 games. Henrik Lundqvist turned away 22 shots in the loss. Despite Ne |
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