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| Penguins try to put together rare win streak versus Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
11/24/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try for their first winning streak in over a month when they host the Atlanta Thrashers tonight at Mellon Arena. The Penguins defeated the Ottawa Senators, 6-5, in a shootout on Thursday to halt a two game-losing streak while winning for just the third time in nine games (3-5-1). Pittsburgh hasn't won consecutive games since a three-game winning burst from October 19-23. Jarkko Ruutu's goal in the fifth round of the shootout capped a late two-goal rally on Thurs |
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| Senators' Eaves sidelined by shoulder injury |
NHL Hockey |
11/22/2007 |
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OTTAWA (AP) -Ottawa Senators forward Patrick Eaves will be sidelined indefinitely after injuring a shoulder Wednesday night against Buffalo. Eaves was hurt in a collision with Sabres defenseman Brian Campbell during the Senators a 4-2 loss at Buffalo. Ottawa recalled center Alexander Nikulin from Binghamton of the American Hockey League on Thursday to take Eaves' spot.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, br |
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| Struggling Pens set for rematch with mighty Sens |
NHL Hockey |
11/22/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Penguins hardly resemble a team that made the playoffs last year. The club will square off against the team that knocked them out of the postseason when it battles the Ottawa Senators tonight at Scotiabank Place. Pittsburgh made the postseason last year by recording 105 points, but is off to just an 8-11-2 mark this season, good for last place in the Atlantic Division. Despite their great play last year, the Penguins were eliminated in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals in |
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| High-flying Sens try to keep Sabres grounded |
NHL Hockey |
11/21/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The powerful Ottawa Senators will make their first stop in Buffalo this season when the Sabres host a Northeast Division matchup tonight at HSBC Arena. Last year, Ottawa and Buffalo were the top-two teams in the Northeast, and the Senators wound up beating the Sabres in the Eastern Conference finals. The Sabres won the division crown and the Presidents' Trophy as the team with the best record in the NHL a year ago, but are last in the Northeast this season with just 15 points. The Senators |
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| Crosby heads voting for East All-Stars |
NHL Hockey |
11/20/2007 |
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| ngest player to ever be voted to an NHL All-Star Game last season, has 94,118 votes. Montreal Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov and Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara round out the top three leading vote-getters in the Eastern Conference. Crosby, Ottawa Senators right winger Daniel Alfredsson (41,198 votes) and Philadelphia Flyers center Daniel Briere (32,751 votes) are tops among Eastern Conference forwards. Washington's Alex Ovechkin (30,686 votes) and Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier (28,615 votes) are cur |
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| Leafs aim for rare win streak in home test vs. Bruins |
NHL Hockey |
11/20/2007 |
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| Leafs will try to win back-to-back games for the first time in nearly a month when they welcome the Boston Bruins for tonight's test at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs are 8-8-5 on the season and are coming off Saturday's home win over the mighty Ottawa Senators. A victory tonight would give Toronto its first winning streak since posting consecutive decisions over the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers on October 25 and 27. Toronto shut out the visiting Senators on Saturday, as Vesa Toskala stopped al |
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| Sens down Canadiens on Robinson's big night |
NHL Hockey |
11/19/2007 |
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| Montreal, QC (Best E Casino) - Dany Heatley scored a goal and added a pair of assists, as the Ottawa Senators downed the Montreal Canadiens, 4-2, at Bell Centre. The Sens ruined a special night for the Canadiens, who prior to the game retired former great Larry Robinson's No. 19, which made the legendary defenseman the 13th Montreal player to have his number lifted to the rafters. Robinson, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, won six Stanley Cup titles during his 17-year tenure with the Habs and twice won t |
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| Toskala, Leafs blank Sens |
NHL Hockey |
11/17/2007 |
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| Toronto, ON (Best E Casino) - Vesa Toskala stopped all 24 shots faced and Darcy Tucker scored the game-winning goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Ottawa Senators, 3-0, at Air Canada Centre. Toskala, who was acquired in the offseason from the San Jose Sharks, recorded his ninth career shutout and first as a Leaf. "I think we played a full 60 minutes," Toskala said. "We didn't have any breakdowns. They're a good team. We held them to very few scoring chances." Mats Sundin and Jiri Tlusty also tallied |
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| Rolling Sens make a stop in Toronto |
NHL Hockey |
11/17/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Ottawa Senators will try to continue their early-season dominance this evening, when they pay a visit to Air Canada Centre for a battle with the rival Toronto Maple Leafs. The Senators are off to an amazing 15-2-0 start to the season and have won 10 of their last 11 contests. Ottawa leads the NHL with 30 points -- 17 more points than it had after the club's first 17 games last year. Ottawa has won back-to-back games since dropping just its second test of the year against Washington on N |
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| Alfredsson leads Senators past Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
11/16/2007 |
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| Ottawa, ON (Best E Casino) - Daniel Alfredsson celebrated his 800th game in the NHL with a two-goal performance as the Ottawa Senators downed the Buffalo Sabres, 3-2, at Scotiabank Place. Alfredsson, who has spent his entire 12-year career with Ottawa, scored twice in the first period and is now tied with Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg and Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk for the goal-scoring lead with 15. Shean Donovan also lit the lamp, while Martin Gerber stopped 35 shots for the Senators, who have won two straight |
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