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| Stanley Cup Playoff Preview - Chicago vs. Calgary |
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04/15/2009 |
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| 't much better in net, as Kiprusoff posted an 0-3-1 mark versus Chicago this year with a 4.66 GAA and .856 save percentage, surrendering a total of 17 goals. Kiprusoff and Khabibulin have faced each other once in the playoffs before, as Khabibulin's Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Kiprusoff and the Flames in the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals. Both netminders notched GAAs under 2.00 in that series. These two clubs will be meeting in the postseason for the first time since Chicago swept its 1996 conference quarterfinals matc |
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| Islanders win lottery for top NHL draft pick |
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04/14/2009 |
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| nd-fewest wins with 26. Under the lottery system, only the five teams with the fewest points had the chance to win the first overall selection. No team could have moved up more than four spots, and no team could have slid backward more than one. The Tampa Bay Lightning were allotted the second pick, followed by Colorado, Atlanta and Los Angeles. New York has the inside track on selecting the top-ranked player in North America, 18-year-old John Tavares from the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. Victor He |
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| National Hockey League Game Capsules |
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04/12/2009 |
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| ves the New York Rangers the seventh seed, and they will play the Southeast Division champion Washington Capitals. Final Score: Atlanta 6, Tampa Bay 2 Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Colby Armstrong scored twice to lead the Atlanta Thrashers past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-2, in a battle between two teams eliminated from the playoffs at Philips Arena. Eric Perrin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Hainsey, and Colin Stuart also lit the lamp for the Thrashers (35-41-6), who had a three-game losing streak going into the tilt. Mart |
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| Armstrong helps Thrashers end season with win over Tampa |
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04/11/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Colby Armstrong scored twice to lead the Atlanta Thrashers past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-2, in a battle between two teams eliminated from the playoffs at Philips Arena. Eric Perrin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Hainsey, and Colin Stuart also lit the lamp for the Thrashers (35-41-6), who had a three-game losing streak going into the tilt. Marty Reasoner had two assists. Kari Lehtonen stopped 33 shots to collect the win. Atlanta ended the season with 76 points. "Hopefully this summer were go |
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| Top rookies on display as Lightning visit Thrashers |
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04/11/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of 2008-09's top rookies will clash tonight, as Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning wrap their season against Zach Bogosian's Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena. The Lightning are going to miss the postseason for the second straight season, but with just 66 points -- more than only the New York Islanders and their 61 points -- have another shot at the top overall pick in the up coming draft. Tampa selected first overall in the 2008 draft and took Stamkos. The freshman skater rewar |
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| Penguins crush Islanders |
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04/10/2009 |
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| ork Islanders, 6-1, at Mellon Arena. Philippe Boucher, Pascal Dupuis, Matt Cooke, Bill Guerin, Sidney Crosby and Tyler Kennedy all lit the lamp for the Penguins, who had already punched their ticket to the postseason with a road win Tuesday over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Carolina are tied for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 97 points each. The Flyers lost to the Rangers on Thursday and Carolina lost to Buffalo. The Penguins finish the regular season at Montreal on Saturd |
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| Capitals double-up Lightning |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Brooks Laich scored twice and Mike Green registered a goal and two assists as the Washington Capitals held on to edge the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2, at St. Pete Times Forum. David Steckel also tallied for Washington, which was coming off back-to-back wins over Atlanta. The Capitals have won five of six overall and clinched second place in the Eastern Conference standings. The Caps also set a franchise record with 108 points and tied a team record with 50 wins, equaling the 1985-86 team |
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| Penguins receive visit from lowly Islanders |
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04/09/2009 |
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| - With a playoff spot secured the Pittsburgh Penguins will have postseason positioning in mind tonight when they host the lowly New York Islanders at Mellon Arena. The Penguins punched their ticket to the postseason with a road win Tuesday over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Pittsburgh is currently sixth in the Eastern Conference with 95 points and comes into tonight trailing Carolina and Philadelphia by two for the fourth seed. Both the Hurricanes and Flyers are in action tonight. Pittsburgh recorded a 6-4 victory at |
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| Pens hope to get on track versus Lightning |
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04/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to rebound from back-to- back losses when they visit the lowly Tampa Bay Lightning for tonight's battle at St. Pete Times Forum. The Penguins are 0-1-1 on a three-game road trip that ends tonight, dropping an overtime test at Carolina on Saturday before losing the following day against Florida. Pittsburgh, which still boasts an impressive 15-3-3 record over its last 21 games, hasn't lost three in a row since a five-game skid from December 27-January 5. With 93 p |
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| Lightning fail to strike twice, fall to Isles |
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04/05/2009 |
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| Uniondale, NY (MySportsbook) - Yann Danis stopped 29-of-30 shots to backstop the New York Islanders to a 3-1 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning in a matchup featuring the Eastern Conference's two worst teams from Nassau Coliseum. Richard Park, Radek Martinek and Josh Bailey scored for New York, losers of three straight and six of the last seven contests entering Saturday. "If we keep playing well down the stretch here, it's going to give us confidence going into next year," Bailey said. "Beating a team like De |
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