11/13/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toronto continues its tour of western Canada tonight, as it visits the Edmonton Oilers and Rexall Place.
The Maple Leafs began this swing on Tuesday with a 4-3 loss in Calgary. Alexei Ponikarovsky and Nik Antropov both scored, while a fluke goal credited to Matt Stajan made the game close late.
Inside the final minute, Calgary's Craig Conroy took a defensive faceoff inside the right circle. Conroy won the battle clean and drew the puck backwards with such force that it caromed past a completely unprepared Miikka Kiprusoff and into the net with 54 seconds remaining. But the Flames made two final clears and held on for the victory.
Stajan finished with a goal and an assist to give him a goal and five helpers over his last four games, while Mikhail Grabovski had an assist to push his point streak to five games (6 goals, 3 assists).
Vesa Toskala allowed four goals on 32 shots in the loss, which was Toronto's third in a row on the road and fourth in five games overall. The Maple Leafs are 3-4-1 as the visiting team this year and play in Vancouver on Saturday.
Toskala is 4-1-1 with a tie, a 2.10 goals against average and a .925 save percentage in seven games versus Edmonton.
Toronto has won its last two versus the Oilers and four of the last five in the series. It will make its first trip to Edmonton since January 7, 2006, a 3-2 victory.
The Oilers enter this test having wrapped a seven-game road trip 4-3. They have received strong play of late from rookie goaltender Jeff Drouin- Deslauriers, who turned aside a career-high 40 shots in a 3-2 shootout win over the New York Rangers on Monday in his third-career start.
A second-round pick in 2002, Drouin-Deslauriers has started the last two games for the Oilers, allowing three goals total. His first-ever start came back on October 17 and he also saw relief action on November 6. His strong recent play could keep both Mathieu Garon and Dwayne Roloson on the bench again tonight.
Ales Hemsky tallied the lone shootout goal on Monday, while Drouin-Deslauriers stopped all three New York skaters.
Erik Cole and Kyle Brodziak scored in regulation for the Oilers, who are 2-0-1 as the host team this year.
<< Red Wings head south to battle Lightning
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Red Wings will try to rebound from a tough loss
when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning for this evening's test at St. Pete
Times Forum.
The Red Wings went into Tuesday's much-hyped game against visiting Pittsb
<< Pens take on Flyers aiming to extend winning streak
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to extend their season-
high winning streak to five games tonight, when they welcome the Philadelphia
Flyers to Mellon Arena for another edition of this intrastate rivalry.
The Penguins had
<< Sens hope to rebound against struggling Islanders
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Ottawa Senators hope a matchup against the Eastern
Conference's worst team can help them end a two-game losing streak, as they
host the New York Islanders tonight at Scotiabank Place.
The Senators have dropped two in a
<< Habs try to win 13th straight test versus Bruins
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A battle for first place in the Northeast Division is on
tap tonight in Boston, as the Bruins welcome the Montreal Canadiens for a
matchup between Original Six teams at TD Banknorth Garden.
The Bruins and the Buffalo Sabre
Twins sign Gardenhire to extension >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has
signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the club through
the 2011 season.
Gardenhire will begin his eighth season as Twins skipper in 2
Fourth-ranked Bruins battle RedHawks in 2K Sports Classic >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The fourth-ranked UCLA Bruins and Miami-
Ohio RedHawks meet up in Pauley Pavilion this evening in second-round action
of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer.
The Bruins opened up their 90th
Seeing is Believing >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Like many college football pundits, I have
watched Texas Tech put up gaudy offensive numbers over the years and chalked
it up as a gimmick offense much like Hawaii under June Jones. I had never
been a fan of
Bulls sign veteran Hunter >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bulls signed guard Lindsey Hunter
on Thursday, bringing the 15-season veteran back to the league.
Hunter spent last season with Detroit, averaging 2.4 points and 1.4 assists in
24 games. He play
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