Simon Gagne is thoroughly enjoying the Philadelphia Flyers’ longest winning streak in nearly two years. Gagne scored his second goal of the game 48 seconds into overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers won their fifth straight game, 3-2 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. “It’s always fun when you get the winning goal,” said Gagne.
Sidney Crosby was booed whenever he touched the puck against the Washington Capitals. A loud group of Pittsburgh Penguins supporters in a sellout crowd of 18,277 responded in kind, jeering Alex Ovechkin when the puck was on his stick. Players and coaches from both sides can talk all they want about how Pittsburgh vs.
Ray Emery made himself right at home in goal for the Ottawa Senators. Making his first regular-season NHL start since offseason wrist surgery, Emery made 31 saves to help the Senators beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Saturday night. “I thought the team played really well and I felt pretty good in there.
Bill Guerin’s power-play goal with 3.7 seconds left in overtime gave the Islanders a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils after New York squandered a two-goal lead in the third period Saturday night. With Andy Greene serving a tripping penalty whistled with 30 seconds left in overtime, the Islanders captain got to a loose puck in front after it kicked around following a shot by Mike Comrie.
Martin St. Louis and Mathieu Darche scored 39 seconds apart during a three-goal second period to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-2 on Saturday night. Tampa Bay got two goals from Vinny Prospal. Chris Gratton and Vincent Lecavalier had the other goals, helping the Lightning (4-2-0) stay unbeaten in four home games this season.
The Chicago Blackhawks scored five goals in the third period to rally past the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Saturday night. Jason Williams, Andrei Zyuzin, Duncan Keith, Robert Lang, Patrick Sharp and Tuomo Ruutu, with an empty-netter with 25 seconds left, scored for the Blackhawks. Mats Sundin scored twice and Tomas Kaberle and Chad Kilger once each for the Leafs.
From the brink of elimination and the depths of a yearlong slump, J.D. Drew helped the Boston Red Sox force a Game 7. The struggling Red Sox right fielder hit a grand slam and drove in five runs and, behind yet another postseason gem from Curt Schilling, Boston battered the Cleveland Indians 12-2 Saturday night to tie the AL championship series at three games apiece.
Dice-K never pitched in a game THIS big. The $103 million pitcher takes the mound for Boston on Sunday night in Game 7 against Cleveland and Jake Westbrook when the Boston Red Sox try to cap their comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the AL championship series. Daisuke Matsuzaka starred in big games in Japan, even pitched a no-hitter in his national high school championship game.
That’s Fausto, like oust-o. And like one of their supposed aces, the Cleveland Indians could soon be kicked out of the postseason. Maybe they should be. Because the pitiful-playing squad that showed up Saturday night for Game 6 of the AL championship series at Fenway Park doesn’t deserve to go anywhere else this October but home.
Yi Jianlian finally had a game to smile about. Yi, the sixth overall selection in the 2007 NBA draft, had his best game so far. He scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, hustled at both ends of the floor and grabbed 12 rebounds in his third start as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-97 Saturday night.
