Flyers at Carolina......................
Papers say flu bug tearing thru team. LeClair, Therien, Weinrich, Fedoruk, and Fedotenko missed practice, but will play "thru their sniffles".
Looks like leading scorer Gagne won't play, injured shoulder.
Paper sez Boucher will start. Barrasso, I figure, for Carolina since Irbe started last night.
Barrasso coming off his worst start of season, first time he got pulled too. So expect some concentration tonight. He's 13-6-4 vs Flyers, 2.82 gga, .903 pct.
Canes 5-2 ATS on 0 days rest.
Flyers haven't lost two games in row in last 16. They are 11-0-1 vs SE division this year. Canes just dropped two at home.
Phila 3-0 vs Canes in 2001. One this season, 4-3 at Phil dec 22.
NYI at Atlanta........................
NYI 10-8-1 away. AT 4-10-5 at home.
AP quotes Osgood "Atlanta is probably our biggest game of the year. We want to get on a winning roll headed for the olympic break, and points are hard to come by in the last half of the season."
You know they want to bounce back after Saturday's loss to LA. NYI 4-5 ATS on 0 days rest.
NYI 4-6 last 10, Atlanta 2-7-1 last 10. AT defense getting better.
Pittsburg at Chicago.....................
Pitt 4-0-2 last 6 vs Chi. Does that trend mean anything--with the Penguins and Blackhawks of past few months?
Pitt on road: 5-11-3
Chi at home: 15-3-4
Pitt just got their 2nd win in 11 games.
Lemieux sez to Pitt papers that if he can't play tues, then it will be sat at STL.
Papers say flu bug tearing thru team. LeClair, Therien, Weinrich, Fedoruk, and Fedotenko missed practice, but will play "thru their sniffles".
Looks like leading scorer Gagne won't play, injured shoulder.
Paper sez Boucher will start. Barrasso, I figure, for Carolina since Irbe started last night.
Barrasso coming off his worst start of season, first time he got pulled too. So expect some concentration tonight. He's 13-6-4 vs Flyers, 2.82 gga, .903 pct.
Canes 5-2 ATS on 0 days rest.
Flyers haven't lost two games in row in last 16. They are 11-0-1 vs SE division this year. Canes just dropped two at home.
Phila 3-0 vs Canes in 2001. One this season, 4-3 at Phil dec 22.
NYI at Atlanta........................
NYI 10-8-1 away. AT 4-10-5 at home.
AP quotes Osgood "Atlanta is probably our biggest game of the year. We want to get on a winning roll headed for the olympic break, and points are hard to come by in the last half of the season."
You know they want to bounce back after Saturday's loss to LA. NYI 4-5 ATS on 0 days rest.
NYI 4-6 last 10, Atlanta 2-7-1 last 10. AT defense getting better.
Pittsburg at Chicago.....................
Pitt 4-0-2 last 6 vs Chi. Does that trend mean anything--with the Penguins and Blackhawks of past few months?
Pitt on road: 5-11-3
Chi at home: 15-3-4
Pitt just got their 2nd win in 11 games.
Lemieux sez to Pitt papers that if he can't play tues, then it will be sat at STL.
