European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 26 stars and stripes Friday March 23 2007 Eastern conference a Buffalo new Jersey Atlanta Ottawa Pittsburgh Tampa Bay by rangers Montreal w l of pts of a 46 19 7 99 271 214 43 22 8 94 192 181 39 25 10 88 227 225 43 23 8 94 256 203 41 22 10 92 251 225 40 30 4 34 230 232 36 28 9 81 210 196 37 31 6 80 215 231 Carolina Toronto by islanders Florida Boston Washington Philadelphia 3629 8 35 28 10 34 27 11 31 29 13 3433 5 26 34 13 20 42 11 80 215 217 80 224 236 79 217 212 75 217 231 73 202 252 65 218 257 51 191 271 Western conference Nashville Anaheim Vancouver Detroit Minnesota san Jose Dallas Calgary w l of pts of a 47 20 6 100 249 192 43 18 12 98 236 190 44 23 6 94 197 180 45 19 9 99 229 183 43 24 7 93 212 181 44 25 4 92 222 177 43 24 5 91 194 175 38 25 10 86 233 201 Colorado St Louis Edmonton Columbus los Angeles Chicago Phoenix 37 29 6 80 238 224 30 30 12 72 190 221 30 36 7 67 181 217 29 37 7 65 182 226 25 34 14 64 210 252 27 36 9 63 181 230 28 41 4 60 196 254 two Points for a win one Point for Over time loss or shootout loss division Leader clinched playoff spot tuesdays games Montreal 1 Boston 0 Columbus 5 Chicago 2 Florida 4 Philadelphia 1 Toronto 2 new Jersey 1 Tampa Bay 4 by islanders 3 of Ottawa 4 St Louis 2 Minnesota 3 Phoenix 2 Calgary 2 Detroit 1 wednesdays games Washington at Buffalo Philadelphia at by rangers san Jose at Chicago Colorado at Edmonton Nashville at Vancouver Dallas at los Angeles thursdays games san Jose at Atlanta Washington at Carolina Ottawa at Florida Montreal at Boston Columbus at Detroit Pittsburgh at by islanders new Jersey at Tampa Bay St Louis at Minnesota Nashville at Calgary Anaheim at Phoenix fridays games Toronto at Buffalo los Angeles at Chicago Colorado at Edmonton Dallas at Anaheim tuesday canadians 1 Bruins 0 Boston 0 0 00 Montreal 0 i 01 second period1 Montreal Latendresse 16 Kost Tsyn shots on Goa Boston 791430 Montre Al 7131232 Power play opportunities Boston 0 of 1 Montreal 0 of 4 goalie Boston Thomas 30244 32 shots31 Montreal Halak 540 a2u73 panthers 4 flyers 1 Florida 0 2 24 Philadelphia 0 1 01 second period1 Florida Booth 2 Globke 2 Philadelphia Afanasenko 11 Richards 3 Florida Jokinen 34 third period4 Florida Morton 28 Geli Florida Kolnik 11 Gratton Pel shots on Goa Florida 1016834 Phila Delphia 691025 Power play opportunities Florida 0 of 2 Philadelphia 0 of 6 goalie Florida Belfour 24168 25 shots24 Philadelphia Biron 1682 a18721 Blue jackets 5 Blackhawk 2 Chicago Umb is 1 0 12 Columbus 1 3 15 first period1 Columbus Brule 2 Chicago Bourque 7 second period3 Columbus Modin 18 Vyborny 4 Columbus Modin 19 Vyborny 5 Columbus Walser 1 Zherdev third Columbus Tollefsen 1 Picard 7 Chicago Williams 15 Barker shots on Goa Chicago 810624 Colum bus 158730 Power play opportunities Chicago 1 of 5 Columbus 2 of 7 goalie Chicago Khabibulin 23225 30 shots25 Columbus Norrena 20193 a15195 Maple Leafs 2 devils 1 new Jersey 0 0 11 Toronto 1 0 12 first period1 Toronto Wellwood 11 Sun Din third period2 Toronto Antropov 16 Sun Din new Jersey Zajac 16 Langenbrunne shots on Jersey 126725 Tor onto 116825 Power play opportunities new Jersey 0 of 3 Toronto 1 of 2 goalies new Jersey Brodeur 42217 25 shots23 Toronto Raycroft 33228 a19518 lightning 4 islanders 3 of by islanders 030 03 Tampa Bay 111 14 first period1 Tampa Bay Perrin 12 Ward second period2 Tampa Bay Lecavalier 49 St Louis 3 by islanders Zednik 7 4 by islanders Park 6 Smyth 5 by Island ers satan 25 Kozlov third pcriod6 Tampa Bay Ward 5 Fedot Enko overtime7 Tampa Bay Kuba 12 Perrin 55 shots on Galny islanders 4137024 Tampa Bay 17139140 Power play opportunities by islanders 0 of 2 Tampa Bay 1 of 6 goalie Sny islanders Dipietro 30198 40 shots36 Tampa Bay Holmqvist a19916 senators 4 blues 2 Ottawa 0 2 24 St Louis 1 1 02 first period1 St Louis Jackman 2 May ers second period2 Ottawa Neil 12 Kelly 3 Ottawa Fisher 19 Phil 4 St Louis Boyes 16 Cajan third period5 Ottawa Vermette 19 Kelly 6 Ottawa Kelly 15 Vermette shots on Goa Ottawa 812323 St Louis 1111931 Power play opportunities Ottawa 0 of 3 St Louis oof 7 goalie Ottawa Gerber 1493 31 shots29 St Louis Sanford 7105 a13188 wild 3 coyotes 2 Phoenix 0 0 22 Minnesota 1 2 03 first period1 Minnesota Demitra 24 Gaborik second period2 Minnesota White 13 Bouchard 3 Minnesota Gaborik 26 Demitra third period4 Phoenix Kapanen 6 Bell 5 Phoenix Thomas 5 Roche shots on Goa Phoenix 891431 Minne Sota 1011526 Power play opportunities Phoenix 2 of 4 Minnesota 1 of 3 Joseph 15271 26 shots23 Minnesota Backstrom a18568 flames 2 red wings 1 Detroit 0 1 01 Calgary 1 1 02 first period1 Calgary Langkow 30 Pha neuf second period2 Detroit Matsyuk 23 Filp Pula Calgary Juselius 31 Tanguay shots on Goa Detroit 10111031 Cal Gary 1110223 Power Jay opportunities Detroit 0 of 1 Calgary of 5 goalie Detroit hasek 35114 23 shots21 Calgary Kip Rusoff 35219 a19289 Belak Maple Leafs make Janssen new Jersey pay nil Roundup the associated press the new Jersey devils took a beating and then lost the game their Atlantic division Lead could be next they limped into Toronto hav ing dropped three of four and the skid got worse with a 21 loss to the Maple Leafs on tuesday night we had plenty of chances devils Forward Jay Pandolfo said we hit at least three posts maybe four we cant keep our Heads Down after this loss Cam Janssen had to keep his up All night because the Maple Leafs were looking for him in the last meeting Between the teams on March 2 Janssen levelled Allstar defens Eman Tomas Kab Erle with a late hit that left Kaberle with a concussion and Drew the new Jersey enforcer a three game suspension Toronto sent out Wade Belak to deliver some More punishment i came out and just kind of yelled at him and he looked at me and it was time to go Belak said my Job is protect players like Kabby Hes not expected to go out there and fight that my Job and in Fine doing it the fight was High spirited and lasted about 90 seconds it gave a Jolt to both teams but the Maple Leafs made the most of it the devils Haven won at Home in a month and hold a slim two Point Lead Over the hard charging Pittsburgh pen Guins in the Atlantic Toronto is in a three Way tie with Montreal and Carolina for eighth place in the Eastern con Ference canadians 1 Bruins 0 Guil Laume Latendresse scored late in the second period and Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves for his first nil shutout to Lead Host Montre Al Latendresse scored his 16th goal with remaining in the second on the Only one of 32 shots to beat Boston goalie Tim Tho Mas Halak topped Thomas performance with his second straight win Canadian press Frank Toronto Wade Belak right connects with a punch on new jerseys Cam Janssen in a fight during tuesday nights game in Toronto lightning 4 islanders 3 Vincent Lecavalier tallied his 49th goal of the season and Filip Kuba scored 55 seconds into Over time As Tampa Bay stopped a three game losing Streak the loss was the fourth straight on a Road trip for the islanders Tampa Bay swept the season series from the islanders 40 and has beaten new York eight consecutive times panthers 4 flyers 1 Olli Joki Nen broke a second period tie and Nathan Horton and Juraj Kolnik added goals late in the third As visiting Florida completed its first fou game season sweep of the flyers David Booth also scored for Florida which won for the fourth time in six games Blue jackets 5 Blackhawk 2 Fredrik Modin scored twice in the second period to Lead Host co Lumbus Gilbert Brule added a goal and an assist for the Blue jackets who had lost four of five wild 3 coyotes 2 Marian Gaborik and Pavol Demitra each had a goal and an assist in Host Minnesota franchise record seventh win in a Row Todd White also scored for the wild who set the team record for victories in a season with 43 Brendan Bell and Bui Thomas scored Power play goals in the first 10 minutes of the third period to Cut Minnesota Lead to 32 but Phoenix lost its 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