Wed Game Notes

[Terryray]

Calgary at Washington.......................................................................

Calgary is 10-14-5 away
Washington is 16-12-5 at home

This is only meeting this season. one last season, 4 all tie in Calgary.
WA is 8-2-1 last 11 home games vs Calgary.

Calgary is 18-14-4 on 1 day rest, 8-4-2 after a win 1 day rest
WA 15-14-4 on 1 day rest, 8-6 on 1 day after a loss

Flames are 3 points from final playoff spot in Conference
WA is fighting to reach final playoff spot in Conf, or Division lead

Calgary 5-4-1 last 10. and 3-0-1 last 4
WA is 5-4-1 last 10

Calgary over hits 16-8 on road
WA over hits 15-12 at home

Calgary goes to Phila tomorrow, then to Boston, Carolina etc (9 total on this road trip. 1-0 so far)

WA next to Carolina friday, then 2 home games

 

[Terryray]

Boston at Montreal

Boston at Montreal

Boston 13-14-4 away (32-26-5 on season)
Montreal is 15-12-4 at home (26-28-8 on season)

four meetings this season. Home team listed first:

11/3 Bos 5 MTL 3
11/20 MTL 3 Bos 2
12/20 Bos 5 MTL 0
1/3 MTL 3 Bos 4

MTL is 9-4 ATS revenging a home loss vs opponent this season

Boston is 7-2 last 9 meetings (2001-2002)
Boston 4-2 at MTL last 3 seasons.

MTL 5-5 last 10
Boston 4-5-1 last 10. and 0-3-1 last 4

Boston PP anemic 4.8 last 5

Boston is tied for first place in NE Division with Leafs
MTL is one point behind NYR for final playoff spot in Conference

Dafoe is 16-4-3 vs MTL
Rolston has scored at least one point against MTL in each game this season.

Boston leading scorer Thornton is still out on suspension.

MTL next is to Buffalo fri, Boston next is to ATL friday.

 

[Terryray]

Anaheim at Atlanta

Anaheim at Atlanta

Anaheim 10-19-3 away
Atlanta 10-15-6 at home

Teams have met once this season. Anaheim at home blanked Atl 5-0 last Nov 4th. Giguere in net

Anaheim 6-4 last 10, and 1-4 last 5
ATL 3-6-1 last 10, and 2-3 last 5.
ATL 3-1 last 4 at home, all one goal decisions

ATL 1-1-1 in rematches with opponent who shut them out in first. One loss was one-goaler at Toronto.

under is 17-8 Anaheim away
under is 13-11 ATL at home
under hits 16-9 for Anaheim when playing against losing team
under is 9-4 for ATL in non-conference games
under is 7-14 for Anaheim after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game

Anaheim just traded McInnis and called up Parssinen from AHL............http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news/ap/20020305/ap-mightyducks-mcinnis.html

This game has no playoff implications.

Anaheim next starts 5 game home stand friday
AT at home for next game, against Boston friday

 

[Terryray]

Columbus at Colorado

Columbus at Colorado

Columbus is 6-20-3 away
Colorado is 20-10-3 at home

Three meetings this season, Colorado won 2-0 away and 5-1 at home, this past December. Colo won 5-0 away in Oct.

Colorado is 3-0 ATS and SU at home vs Blue Jackets last 3 seasons.

Colorado is 7-0 ATS and SU overall vs Blue Jackets since '96.

All 7 of those Colorado wins by 2 goals or more.

Blue Jackets 2-1 last 3 road games, one loss was one goaler. Beat LA and Detroit.

Colorado is 3-8 this season as home favorite of 1 goal or more.

Blue Jackets are 10-5 this season as road dog of 1 goal or more.

Colorado's Hejduk, 21 goals this season, including 1 goal and 3 assists against Blue Jackets, is out for a month sez here

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news/ap/20020305/ap-avalanche-hejduk.html

 

[Terryray]

Toronto at Detroit

Toronto at Detroit

Toronto 13-16-3 away
Detroit 25-5-3 at home

no meetings this season.

Toronto 2-2 ATS vs Detroit last 3 seasons
Toronto 7-5 ATS vs Detroit since '96

Leafs 14-12 on 1 day rest, 6-8 after win on 1 day
Wings 5-2 on 3 days rest, and 3-1 on 3 day after win

Leafs 7-2-1 last 10
Detroit 8-2 last 10, and 6-0 last 6.

Schwab is 1-1-1 since Cujo injury.
Schwab is 0-3-0 vs Detroit, 4.91 gga, .860 pct
Schwab over is 4-2 on road this season

Hasek is 13-5-5 vs Leafs, with 1.96 gga, .930 pct
Hasek over is 13-12 at home this season

Toronto next are at MTL after 2 days rest.
Detroit next go to STL sat, sun in Buffalo

 

[infinii]

Terryray, thanks for all the great work you do in posting these notes every day.

 

[Terryray]

Domi out? Hackett in goal

Domi out? Hackett in goal

thanks infinii. Let's see how long I can keep it up!

Leafs having more trouble with injuries.

"Toronto is already missing No. 1 goaltender Curtis Joseph (broken hand), sniper Alexander Mogilny (cracked vertebra), defenceman Dmitry Yushkevich (blood clot in leg), defenceman Jyrki Lumme (suspended) and defenceman Wade Belak (flu)."

and now maybe Tie Domi out. whole article here:

http://waymoresports.thestar.com/NA...977887509&call_pagepath=MapleLeafs/MapleLeafs


Montreal Gazette reports:

"Curiously, the Canadiens are scheduled to start Jeff Hackett in goal tonight. That will only add more fuel to the speculation Montreal is showcasing the veteran for a possible trade before the March 19 trade deadline, especially since the last time he faced the Bruins, Dec. 20, Hackett was on the losing end of a 5-0 score."

 

[Terryray]

Salo in

Salo in

this from Edmonton Journal tuesday:

MacTavish had indicated he would start Salo in Tampa Bay on Wednesday -- even if Markkanen made 60 stops against Buffalo.

"Will we keep riding Jussi?

Uh ... no. We're going back with the bread and butter,'' laughed MacTavish.

"Tommy has played a lot of hockey (only Martin Brodeur, 3,324 minutes; and Jocelyn Thibault, 3,210, have had more work than Salo's 3,178) and we wanted him to recharge his batteries.''


-----the full article here on goalies and Oilers

http://www.staging.canada.com/edmonton/sports/teams/oilers/story.html?id={22A33956-1901-40A9-A625-3E21210727F8}

 

[Terryray]

Aebischer in goal

Aebischer in goal

so sez Rocky Moutain News. Usually accurate:

-- David Aebischer will start in goal for the Avalanche tonight. He has gone 9-5-0 this season with a 1.92 goals-against average, and he has recorded shutouts in the past two games he has started -- a 6-0 Feb. 8 win at Minnesota and a 2-0 win Jan. 24 at Calgary. He will take a shutout streak of 135 minutes, 9 seconds into the game tonight.

 

[kono22]

Columbus Post is reporting Dave King is leaning towards starting Marc Denis in goal tonight. Also, states Aebischer for Colorado as stated in previous post by TerryRay.

By the way, thanks for all you do TerryRay.

 

[Terryray]

LA at Dallas

LA at Dallas

LA 16-11-4 on the road

Dallas is 12-13-5 at home



LA has lost 7 times in last 24 games. But 0-1-1 last 2, but won 6 of last 7 road games. They like and look forward to the road.

Dallas is 3-0-1 last four at home

Potvin has allowed just five goals in last 6 starts.
Potvin is 14-16-4 vs Dallas, 2.83 gga, .906 save pct

Turco is NHL player of the week. Last week he went 3-0-0 with 1.66 gga, .947 pct. He's won 11 of last 12 decisions.

LA is 1-13-3 last 17 trips to Dallas. One win was Dec 2000.
Dallas used to be very strong at home.

Teams have met three times this season. Dallas won 2-1 at home (10/9), then Dallas won away 4-3 (11/15). LA took the last one at home 2-1 (Feb 11).

Teams meet once more this season, in April in LA.

LA is one point ahead of Dallas in Pacific Division. 4 points behind leader SJ.

LA is 18-14-4 on 1 day rest
Dallas is 4-5 on 2 days rest, 1-4 on 2 days after a win

LA goes to Nashville tomorrow, Dallas next is at home, take on MN friday.



article here on Dallas' goalie dilemma

http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/sports/hockey/nhl/2801156.htm

article here on Dallas getting good again for playoff push, and gives line combinations for tonight:

http://www.faceoff.com/nhl/teams/stars/news/story.html?f=/news/20020305/020305101316.html

 

[Terryray]

TB goalie rotation, Lang out

TB goalie rotation, Lang out

finally got info on what TB will do with no backup goalie:



GOALIE ROTATION: Simply put, there will be none, or very little.

Khabibulin will play almost all of Tampa Bay's remaining 21 games. If Khabibulin needs a rest, Dieter Kochan will step in. But in an interesting twist, Kochan will remain with AHL Springfield until he is needed, as the team feels he can use the constant work. He will fly down when scheduled to play.

In the meantime, Evgeny Konstantinov, 19, a highly regarded prospect playing for ECHL Pensacola will be on the bench during games for use in emergencies only.

VINNY'S BACK: After missing four games with a chipped bone in his left ankle, Lecavalier, who has six goals in his past 12 games, was scheduled to return to action Wednesday against the Oilers.

MOVES: To make room for Willis and Dingman, the Lightning returned forwards Ryan Tobler and Dmitry Afanasenkov to AHL Springfield.

Damian Cristodero covers the Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times.




And poor Pitt have more injuries. Lang out with broken bone:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news/ap/20020306/ap-penguins-lang.html

 

[Terryray]

Detroit tidbits

Detroit tidbits

Detroit 12-1-1 last 14 at home

Hasek is 10-1-3 last 14 starts at home

10 of those 12 Detroit home wins by 2 goals or more! Went into OT with Van and Ott.

Detroit 1-5 vs Toronto by 2 goals or more in last 6 meetings in Detroit. Leafs won four of 'em. (going back to '98)



Detroit injury update excerpt from Ansar Khan's piece in Booth newspapers:

"Right wing Darren McCarty has had his infected right index finger operated on and will sit out another week. Igor Larionov will return to the lineup tonight after missing two games with a sore knee. Defenseman Fredrik Olausson didn't practice Tuesday because of the flu and isn't likely to play tonight. That would leave the Wings with no healthy scratches. "



and the usual ones are out: Legace, Yzerman and Krupp.

 

[wigs]

watching the stars game right now and LA broadcasters just said that coach murray will be in nashville tonight to greet the team when they arrive, no word as to whether he will be behind the bench or not, but at least he will get to see the players---

 

[Terryray]

Murray, Straka

Murray, Straka

thanks Wigs. Looked it up.

return to bench will be decided after meeting

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news/ap/20020306/ap-kings-murray.html



Straka probably not back until saturday

http://www.post-gazette.com/Penguins/20020306penslog0306p7.asp

 

[Terryray]

NHL ice surface changes at GM meeting

NHL ice surface changes at GM meeting

they will try the "Clarke Plan" next season in a college tournament--moving the faceoff circles--
and get that 15 second faceoff rule.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/sports/hockey/nhl/philadelphia_flyers/2801590.htm