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STANDINGS
PATRICK ADAMS NORRIS SMYTHE
TM W L T PT TM W L T PT TM W L T PT TM W L T PT
NYR 32 22 10 74 xBOS 36 20 8 80 xSTL 39 18 7 85 xLA 37 20 7 81
PHL 31 27 8 70 xMON 32 24 8 72 xCHI 38 21 6 82 CAL 34 22 7 75
PIT 32 28 4 68 HAR 28 29 7 63 DET 27 31 8 62 EDM 30 29 4 64
NJ 27 26 11 65 BUF 23 25 16 62 MIN 21 32 12 54 WIN 23 33 11 57
WAS 28 32 4 60 QUE 12 41 11 35 TOR 17 40 7 41 VAN 23 36 7 53
NYI 21 35 9 51
x-Clinched Playoff Spot
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Philadelphia Flyers (31-27-8) 2 0 0 0 - 2
Minnesota North Stars (21-32-12) 0 0 2 0 - 2
Broten scored on a breakaway with 1:09 left in regulation lifting the Stars
back from a 2 goal deficit to tie the Flyers 2-2.
1st period: PHL, Eklund (13th) - (Ricci) 15:44
PHL, Ricci (19th) - (Eklund, Tocchet) 19:05
2nd period: NONE
3rd period: MIN, Modano (20th) - (Johnson, Gagner) 3:24
MIN, Broten (13th) - (Wilkinson) 18:51
Overtime: NONE
Powerplay Opportunities-Flyers 0 of 1
North Stars 0 of 4
Shots on Goal-Flyers 10 6 3 2 - 21
North Stars 19 9 12 4 - 44
Philadelphia Flyers--Wregget (9-8-2) (44 shots - 42 saves)
Minnesota North Stars--Casey (16-16-10) (21 shots - 19 saves)
ATT-8,866
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Buffalo Sabres (23-25-16) 0 0 1 0 - 1
New York Islanders (21-35-9) 0 1 0 0 - 1
Hawerchuk's powerplay goal with 49 seconds remaining in regulation gave the
Sabres their 16th tie, a 1-1 standoff with the Islanders.
1st period: NONE
2nd period: NYI, Sutter (21st) - (Vukota, Nylund) (pp) 15:11
3rd period: BUF, Hawerchuk (22nd) - (Ruuttu, Krupp) (pp) 19:11
Overtime: NONE
Powerplay Opportunities-Sabres 1 of 6
Islanders 1 of 4
Shots on Goal-Sabres 7 5 10 1 - 23
Islanders 7 8 7 1 - 23
Buffalo Sabres--Malarchuk (9-11-8) (23 shots - 22 saves)
New York Islanders--Healy (15-18-8) (23 shots - 22 saves)
ATT-10,971
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Pittsburgh Penguins (32-28-4) 1 0 1 - 2
Los Angeles Kings (37-20-7) 4 3 1 - 8
Gretzky had three assists in outplaying Lemieux and the Kings clinched a playoff
spot with an 8-2 win over the Penguins.
1st period: LAK, Sandstrom (35th) - (Granato, Gretzky) (pp) 5:31
PIT, Bourque (19th) - (sh) 8:06
LAK, Donnelly (2nd) - (Kasper) 10:06
LAK, Robitaille (36th) - (Elik, Taylor) 14:27
LAK, McIntyre (8th) - (Miller, Tonelli) 14:36
2nd period: LAK, Granato (23rd) - (Sandstrom, Gretzky) 9:38
LAK, Kasper (7th) - (Gretzky) 13:14
LAK, Donnelly (3rd) - 16:39
3rd period: LAK, Tonelli (14th) - (Taylor, Robitaille) 6:19
PIT, Recchi (34th) - (Murphy, Lemieux) 9:57
Powerplay Opportunities-Penguins 0 of 2
Kings 1 of 4
Shots on Goal-Penguins 14 6 6 - 26
Kings 18 16 8 - 42
Pittsburgh Penguins--W.Young (4-6-2) (33 shots - 26 saves) Pietrangelo (18:07
second) (9 shots - 8 saves)
Los Angeles Kings--Hrudey (18-12-5) (26 shots - 24 saves)
ATT-16,005
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Hartford Whalers (28-29-7) 1 1 2 - 4
Winnipeg Jets (23-33-11) 3 2 0 - 5
Olczyk scored his 200th NHL goal and added an assist as the Jets held off the
Whalers 5-4.
1st period: HAR, Holik (17th) - 5:31
WIN, Ashton (12th) - (Elynuik, Numminen) 7:10
WIN, Cole (11th) - (Evans, Mantha) 8:32
WIN, Olczyk (23rd) - (Housley, Elynuik) (pp) 19:21
2nd period: HAR, Cote (6th) - (Verbeek, Francis) 0:31
WIN, Osborne (11th) - (MacDermid, Olczyk) 8:26
WIN, McLlwain (12th) - (Olausson) 18:38
3rd period: HAR, Cyr (11th) - (Dineen) 2:39
HAR, Holik (18th) - (Dineen, Francis) 19:38
Powerplay Opportunities-Whalers 0 of 4
Jets 1 of 3
Shots on Goal-Whalers 12 5 12 - 29
Jets 15 14 4 - 33
Hartford Whalers--Reaugh (21 shots - 17 saves) Sidorkiewicz (21-19-6) (10:38
second) (12 shots - 11 saves)
Winnipeg Jets--Essensa (16-17-6) (29 shots - 25 saves)
ATT-10,839
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Chicago BlackHawks (38-21-6) 0 1 0 - 1
St. Louis Blues (39-18-7) 2 0 1 - 3
Rookie goaltender Jablonski stepped in for injured Joesph and stopped a penalty
shot and 2 breakaways as the Blues defeated the BlackHawks 3-1 in a battle for
first place.
1st period: STL, Hull (69th) - (Oates, Stevens) (pp) 15:18
STL, Ronning (14th) - (Stevens, Oates) (pp) 17:43
2nd period: CHI, Graham (17th) - (Kucera, Manson) 11:57
3rd period: STL, Courtnall (25th) - (Momesso) 11:44
Powerplay Opportunities-BlackHawks 0 of 3
Blues 2 of 5
Shots on Goal-BlackHawks 13 13 8 - 34
Blues 18 3 9 - 30
Chicago BlackHawks--Belfour (35-17-5) (30 shots - 27 saves)
St. Louis Blues--Joesph (2 shots - 2 saves) Jablonski (1-0-0) (18:03 first)
(32 shots - 31 saves)
ATT-18,453
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Wednesday, February 27th:
Montreal (32-24-8) at Detroit (27-31-8) 7:35pm EST
Washington (28-32-4) at New York Rangers (32-22-10) 7:35pm EST
New Jersey (27-26-11) at Toronto (17-40-7) 7:35pm EST
Edmonton (30-29-4) at Calgary (34-22-7) 9:35pm EST
Pittsburgh (32-28-4) at Vancouver (23-36-7) 10:35pm EST
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