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Philadelphia at Boston............................................................................................

Phila 19-10-3 away
Boston 19-11-1 at home

Lead Flyers goalie Chechmanek is out with lightly sprained knee. Team therapist said these usually take a week or two to heal.

So Boucher will start. He was league leader in save pct and gga until hamstring injury last Nov. Came back and hasn't been the same since. Lost no1 goalie job. Now his to win back.

Boston has leading scorer Thornton out due to suspension. But Lapointe is expected back monday.

Phila is no1 in E Conference, Boston is no.2 (3 points behind) with Ott and Leafs just two points behind Boston.

Boston is 0-2-1 since Olympic break. 5-3-2 last 10
Flyers 4-3-1 last 10.

Team have met twice this season, visitor winning each time. Boston 3-2 (11/29), Phila 5-2 (12/15).

Boston is 5-2 this season at home following a road loss. Those two losses were to Ott in OT, and to Phila.

Boston is 8-4-1 on 2 days rest
Flyers 20-9-1 on 1 day rest

Last five games Boston's PP is anemic 5.9 (14.8 overall for season).

Phila next, at home, take on Calgary in 2 days.
Boston's next is to MTL after a day's rest.





Edmonton at Buffalo..............................................................................................

Edmonton is 10-13-8 away
Buffalo 15-11-4 at home

Edmonton is 2-4-4 last 10
Buffalo 4-2-4 last 10

Oilers are 2 points behind final playoff spot in W Conference
Buffalo is 6 points from final playoff spot in E Conf, with MTL and WA ahead of them, fighting for that spot.

Under for Edmonton has hit 6-1-3 last 10
Under for Buff last 10 is 4-2-4
Under for Edmonton on road is 17-9
Under for Buffalo at home is 12-11
Under is 1-0-1 for last two meetings, both last season (Edmonton winning home and away).
Oilers have averaged only 2.00 goals/game last 10. Two games they scored 4, rest 2 or 1.

Oiler's PK has jumped from 85.4 for season to 94.7 last five.

Salo has given up 3 goals in each of his last four starts. He is 6-3-3 vs Buff, 2.28 gga, .914 save pct.

Edmonton is starting a 6 game road trip tonight, next is wed in TB
Buffalo go to NYI thurs for next game.
 
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Toronto at Washington

Toronto at Washington

Toronto 12-16-3 away
WA 16-11-5 at home

Toronto is in 4th place in conference
WA is 3 points from playoff spot.

WA 4-1 last five. 5-1-1 since start of Feb. A standard practice, they are 43-18-6-4 last 3 seasons from start of Feb to end of reg season.

Leafs 3-1-1 last five. 0-1-1 since Cujo injury. There was talk of giving Centomo his NHL start tonight, but Schwab was good in last outing.

Leafs 1-5-1 last 7 on road--loss and tie: They beat AT, tied WA in last meeting of two these teams had this season. Toronto won the first, 4-2 at home, Nov 6.

WA at home take on Calgary wed in their next game.
Leafs are starting a four game road swing tonight, taking on Detroit wed for next game. Then MTL, then home and home series with Phila.
 
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Pittsburg at NY Islanders

Pittsburg at NY Islanders

Pitt is 10-17-4 away
NYI are 14-11-5 at home

Teams have met four times this season. Home team listed first:

10/10 Pitt 3 NYI 6
11/14 Pitt 3 NYI 3
1/3 NYI 4 Pitt 2
1/24 NYI 4 Pitt 5

Tribune-Review sez Hedberg will start tonight in goal. He's 0-6-1 last seven. Has given up 10 goals in last two. Sez he was rusty after break, ready to go now.

over has hit 3-2 last 5 NYI games
over hit 5-0 last five Pitt games
over hit 4-0 the meetings this season

Pitt is 1-8-1 last 10
NYI 5-3-2 last 10

NYI are in 6th place in conference. NJ four points behind.
Penquins are 7 points from playoff spot, might not get in playoffs for first time in 11 years.

Pitt's Straka "hopes to be...back in lineup Thursday or Saturday."

Pitt has pulled it's goalie in each of last 3 games, and scored a goal with the extra attacker in each of them.

Pitt's next game is at home tues against FL
NYI next is to Buffalo thursday.
 
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The NHL suspended Maple Leafs defenseman Jyrki Lumme for two games Monday for cross-checking Buffalo's J.P. Dumont Saturday, according to the Sports Network. He will be eligible to play again on Saturday.

The Leafs recalled Karel Pilar from St. John's on Sunday.
* Corey Schwab is expected to start at least the next two games for the Leafs; tonight, and Wednesday in Detroit. This leaves open the possibility for Sebastain Centomo, a Montreal native, to make his debut at the Molson Centre on Saturday.

more news--
http://www.penaltybox.com/home/index.php
 
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Lalime and Potvin in nets-- center Fischer returns for Ott tonight--

other notes for tonight, all from slam hockey previews, good stuff that comes out about 4 or 5 pm here(central time):

rob niedermayer might return tonight for calg(turek & richter are goalies)

expect rookie marc moro to take lumme's spot tonight for toronto-- "recent minor league acquisition Marc Moro was at Pearson Airport yesterday afternoon on his way to join the St. John's Maple Leafs in Montreal for an American Hockey League game, and was re-routed to Washington.
Moro was with the Nashville Predators' farm club in Milwaukee last week, when he was swapped--
 
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