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Posted on December 22, 2009 by admin
This is the third of four meetings between these Western Conference Juggernauts, these two teams are likely to meet in the Western Conference Finals in the spring. Chicago has won the first two meetings this season, a 4-3 overtime win in Chicago on Nov. 15 before a 7-2 thrashing.
Who’s Hot – Marleau’s pair of goals on Monday give him a team-leading 23 for the season, while Thornton notched his 49th point. … Huet has turned aside all 47 shots in his last two appearances and hasn’t allowed a goal in 141:21. Jonathan Toews has a four-game points streak.
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin
The Caps have been red-hot as of late and look to continue their roll right past the slumping Sabres. The Sabres Ryan Miller may have something to say about that, he leads the league in Save Percentage and Goals Against, but he will be facing a potent lineup with Ovechkin back in the lineup.
Who’s hot – For the Capitals, Alexander Semin had two more assists Monday night, giving him eight points (2-6-8) in his last three games. For the Sabres, goalie Ryan Miller has continued to play well despite the back-to-back losses. He stopped 34 of 37 shots against New Jersey and 30 of 32 against New York. He has an NHL-best .935 save percentage and 1.90 goals-against average.
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Posted on December 5, 2009 by admin
This is the first of six meetings between the Leafs and Bruins, and the first time that Kessel returns to Boston since being traded in September. Kessel has averaged a point per game for the Leafs, including 10 goals, in the 15 games he’s played. The team is 7-5-3 with their star acquisition in the lineup.
Who’s Hot – Blake and Kessel each scored twice against the Jackets. For Blake, it doubled his goal total for the season, while Kessel now has four goals and six points over his last four games.
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Posted on November 28, 2009 by admin
This is the third meeting between the Wild and the Av’s, and the second in just over 24 hours. Minnesota leads the season series 2-1. Yesterday afternoon Minnesota won 5-3, getting a hat trick from Chuck Kobasew and the game-winning goal from Andrew Brunette.
Who’s Hot – Kobasew is coming off a hat trick, so he might get going now, which would be a huge boost to the Wild’s offense. Mikko Koivu had three assists in Friday’s game and now has a goal and six assists in the last five games.
For the Avs, Chris Stewart had a goal and an assist Friday and now has four points in his last three games after gaining just six points through his first 17 games.
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Posted on November 20, 2009 by admin
The Avs and Canucks faceoff tonight for the fourth time this season and the second in less than a week. The Canucks lead the season series 2-1, winning the last matchup 8-2.
Who’s hot – Colorado right wing Milan Hejduk has three goals in his last two games, including the game winner against Calgary on Tuesday. Hejduk also leads the Avs with 57 shots. Vancouver’s Henrik Sedin has quelled all speculation that he would be unable to score without twin brother Daniel. With his hat trick on Saturday, the center leads the Canucks in goals and assists for 23 points and has had seven points in his last six games.
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Posted on November 19, 2009 by admin
This is the second meeting between these Western Conference powerhouses, the first one was one the Flames would most likely like to forget. They had a 5-0 after the first period, only to end up on the wrong side of the win column by the end of the night. Both teams enter tonights game with nearly identical statistics, the Blackhawks sit on top of the Central division and the Flames on the heals of the Avalanche for the conference lead in the Northwest division.
Who’s hot – Rumor has it Kane is one of three young players on the verge of signing a long-term extension with Chicago; if his recent performance is any indication, it will be money well spent. In addition to his three-game goal streak, Kane has at least one point in seven straight games and 10 of his last 11. For Calgary, Iginla looks as strong as ever, scoring eight goals in his last seven games.
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Posted on November 16, 2009 by admin
With a win on the road tonight in Philly, the Devils can make history. With nine straight road wins to start the season, with a win tonight New Jersey can tie Buffalo for the longest road win streak to start a season in League history.
Who’s hot - Parise has goals in four straight games, and has had at least 2 points in three of his last four games. Goalie Martin Brodeur, who now leads the League with 12 wins, has allowed two or fewer goals in six straight. Pronger has points in six straight games. In that span he has 2 goals, 9 points, a plus-9 rating and just six penalty minutes.
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Posted on November 5, 2009 by admin
Both teams have a few things in common;
1) both are looking to get their season on track
2) both are trying to find their identities. The bruins have lost Savard to injury, Kessel to Toronto and Kobasew to Minnesota – that’s 82 goals missing from their lineup. The Habs lineup has completely turned over from a year ago, new faces include; Cammalleri, Gionta, Gomez and Bergeron, a recent UFA signing to help a struggling backend.
Who’s hot – With the B’s offensive struggles, no one has been particularly hot, but Patrice Bergeron leads with eight points. Vladimir Sobotka and Blake Wheeler had a goal and assist each in last Saturday’s 2-0 win over the Oilers. While Boston has lost two in a row, Thomas was solid in allowing only three goals.
With each having picked up a goal on Tuesday, Tomas Plekanec and Mike Cammalleri are still tied for the Habs’ lead in points with 14. Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta, who had a pair of goals on Tuesday, follow with 10 points each.
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by admin
Ovechkin-less Caps visit New Jersey.
This is the second of four meetings this year, the Devils took the first one with a 3-2 shoot-out victory.
Who’s hot – For the Caps, defenseman Mike Green is on a nine-game point streak (2-9-11), Backstrom has points in his last four games (2-5-7) and Fleischmann is 2-1-3 over the last two. For the Devils, Zach Parise has 10 points (5-5-10) and Jamie Langenbrunner has seven (1-6-7) over the last seven games. Martin Brodeur has allowed only eight goals on 136 shots over his last five games (4-1-0).
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Posted on November 3, 2009 by admin
After dominant regular seasons by the Wings and Bruins a season ago, neither has lived up to the expectations thus far. Detroit’s problem could be between the pipes, the Bruins could desperately be missing Phil Kessel and his 36 goals.
Who’s Hot – Tim Thomas has done his best to keep his low-scoring Bruins in games. In nine appearances, Thomas has 2.66 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage. The Bruins have scored only four goals in last season’s Vezina Trophy winner’s five losses.
Tomas Holmstrom has been solid for the Red Wings, especially on the power play. Holmstrom, who has never been afraid to go straight to the net, has seven goals in 12 games. Three of those tallies have come with the man advantage. … Henrik Zetterberg has only scored twice, but he does have nine assists.
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