Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders NHL Live Stream

Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders NHL Live Stream on 7:00 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. A six-game road trip could be what Boston needs. The Bruins are 15-12-3 at TD Garden, but they’re 16-7-4 away from home. Figuring out what’s wrong with their penalty kill could be the first step. Boston has let its opponents score nine times in 22 chances with the man advantage over the past five games. Where to Watch Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders NHL. That’s left the Bruins rumored to be looking for defensive help prior to the trade deadline, but after Tuesday’s loss they acquired some offensive help. Boston sent a second-round pick to Ottawa for center Chris Kelly, who has 12 goals and 11 assists.

Red Wings outscored the Bruins 10-3 in two defeats that had Julien lamenting his team’s mistakes, but it took a loss to Toronto on Tuesday for the coach to vent his frustration. Boston led 3-2 with less than seven minutes to play but gave up two goals - including one with 1:01 remaining - in a 4-3 loss. Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders NHL Live, Recap, Highlights. Boston beat Montreal 8-6 last Wednesday - its fourth win in five games - for a four-point cushion over the second-place Canadiens atop the Northeast Division heading into a pair of games against Central-leading Detroit.

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Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers NHL Live Stream

Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers NHL Live Stream on 7:00 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. Rangers, meanwhile, will try to win consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 22-24, after snapping a season-high six-game skid with a 5-3 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday. Ryan Callahan scored twice and added an assist as New York overcame a 2-0 deficit to win for the first time in February. Where to Watch Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers NHL. The Rangers are seventh in the East, two points ahead of eighth-place Carolina.

Kings now can match a franchise record of 11 consecutive games with a point set in 1974 during their visit to Madison Square Garden, where they lost 4-2 in their most recent trip on Oct. 14, 2009. Los Angeles improved to 5-0-2 on its season-high 10-game trip with a 4-3 shootout win at Columbus on Wednesday. The Kings, 15-13-2 away from home this season, are in the midst of a 6-0-2 road stretch. Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers NHL Live, Recap, Highlights. They’ve also gone 8-0-2 overall following a 2-10-0 stretch and remain very much in the hunt for a playoff spot in the wild Western Conference.

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Detroit Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Live Stream

Detroit Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Live Stream on 7:30 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. Detroit, meanwhile, has a six-point cushion on Nashville in the Central Division and is getting healthy. Datsyuk has five points in four games since returning from a broken wrist - including a goal in Sunday’s 4-2 win over Boston - and defenseman Brad Stuart should play Thursday for the first time since suffering a broken jaw Jan. 7. Where to Watc Detroit Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning NHL. Stuart will certainly spend time trying to contain Steven Stamkos, who leads the NHL with 40 goals and 74 points but has been held pointless in two career games against Detroit.

Lightning are atop their division with 74 points - just like the Red Wings - heading into Thursday night’s showdown at the St. Pete Times Forum, the clubs’ first since Yzerman left Detroit to become Tampa Bay’s general manager. Detroit Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Live, Recap, Highlights. He couldn’t have done better in his first chance at assembling a winner, putting together the Canadian Olympic roster that took home gold in the 2010 Vancouver Games. But with Holland running Detroit, Yzerman decided in May to leave for Tampa, where he became the vice president and general manager of a team that finished 2009-10 with the league’s sixth-fewest points.

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Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators NHL Live Stream

Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators NHL Live Stream on 8:00 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. Nashville, which has lost of five of six home meetings with Vancouver, is looking to rebound from a 2-1 overtime loss to San Jose on Tuesday. The Predators have dropped all five of their contests decided in OT. Where to Watch Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators NHL. Predators have been far more effective defensively, allowing 135 goals - among the fewest in the league. Nashville is one of the best penalty killing teams at 86.4 percent and killed off all four short-handed situations against Vancouver on Jan. 26.

Vancouver got a key contribution from a defenseman when it last faced Nashville, as Lee Sweatt beat Pekka Rinne with 7:29 remaining in his league debut to lift the Canucks to a 2-1 victory Jan. 26. Canucks leading scorer Daniel Sedin extended his point streak against Nashville to five games with an assist last month. He has two goals and six assists in that span. Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators NHL Live, Recap, Highlights. Vancouver has a nine-point lead in the Western Conference, but it would likely feel far more comfortable about its position if it had a healthy defense. Keith Ballard, Dan Hamhuis and Andrew Alberts have been injured in the last 10 days, and it appeared Kevin Bieksa would join that group when he was hit on the foot by a shot and limped to the dressing room Tuesday.

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Atlanta Thrashers vs Phoenix Coyotes NHL Live Stream

Atlanta Thrashers vs Phoenix Coyotes NHL Live Stream on 9:00 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. Coyotes are looking to close their homestand with their first 5-0 stretch at Jobing.com Arena since a seven-game run to end 2009-10. They’ll face a Thrashers team that’s struggling to stay in playoff contention as it opens a three-game trip. Where to Watch Atlanta Thrashers vs Phoenix Coyotes NHL. Atlanta fell two points behind Carolina for the final East playoff spot with a 3-2 home loss to the Hurricanes on Sunday, its 12th defeat in 15 games.

Thrashers, though, have gone 0-5-1 with a tie all-time in Arizona. In the teams’ last meeting - the third straight decided past regulation - the visiting Coyotes won their fourth in a row in the series, 3-2 in a shootout March 14. Phoenix has allowed six goals while killing off 16 of 18 penalties during its winning streak. The Coyotes blocked a season-high 20 shots in a 3-2 victory over Washington on Monday. Atlanta Thrashers vs Phoenix Coyotes NHL Live, Recap, Highlights.Ondrej Pavelec, who made 32 saves in that game, is 1-4-1 with a 3.51 GAA in six starts this month. He allowed the winning goal to Erik Cole with 1:19 remaining Sunday.

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Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers NHL Live Stream

Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers NHL Live Stream on 9:00 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. Canadiens have been outscored 15-7 in their last three in Edmonton and have gone 1-5-2 in the last eight road matchups in the series. Where to Watch Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers NHL. The Oilers snapped an overall three-game skid and season-worst seven-game slide at Rexall with a 4-1 victory over Dallas on Tuesday. Edmonton was sparked by the return of captain Shawn Horcoff, who had a goal and two assists after missing two games due to bronchitis.

Oilers have converted a league-worst 12.0 percent with the man advantage, but went 2 for 6 against the Stars. Rookie Taylor Chorney’s first NHL goal in the second period ended the club’s 0-for-24 stretch on the power play. The Oilers went 1 for 5 with the man advantage in a 4-3 overtime victory at Montreal on Dec. 1. Edmonton has gone 9-2-3 in the last 14 matchups. Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers NHL Live, Recap, Highlights. Devan Dubnyk made 36 saves in the teams’ last meeting, but he could be on the bench again after Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 24 shots Tuesday to snap a 14-game losing streak.

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Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks NHL Live Stream

Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks NHL Live Stream on 10:30 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. San Jose’s Logan Couture became the first rookie with seven game-winning goals on the road in one season last week against the Capitals. He’s been held to one assist in four games since then. Where to Watch Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks NHL. Washington hopes to put forth a similar defensive effort, but with more offense than it displayed during a 2-0 home loss to the Sharks on Feb. 8. Ovechkin and Semin combined for seven shots, but the Capitals lost for the 13th time in 14 games to San Jose.

Capitals might need that same approach while trying for their first win at San Jose since Oct. 30, 1993. Washington has gone 0-9-0 with a tie on the road against the Sharks since then. Capitals look to end their woes in northern California on Thursday night while trying to avenge last week’s home loss to the Sharks. Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks NHL Live, Recap, Highlights. Ending that drought might be difficult if the Capitals can’t improve play in their own zone. Semyon Varlamov and Michal Neuvirth each allowed three goals and combined for only 15 saves while getting little help up front Wednesday.

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San Antonio Spurs vs Chicago Bulls NBA Live Stream

San Antonio Spurs vs Chicago Bulls NBA Live Stream on 8:00 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. Boozer was still recovering from a broken right hand during Chicago’s stop in San Antonio on Nov. 17, part of its annual circus trip, and the Bulls could have used him. Tim Duncan had 16 points and 18 rebounds as San Antonio rallied from a 17-point first-half deficit to win 103-94. Taj Gibson(notes), filling in for Boozer, missed all seven shots and didn’t score. Where to Watch San Antonio Spurs vs Chicago Bulls NBA. Boozer dominated the Spurs last season with Utah, averaging 25.8 points and 11.3 rebounds in four wins.

Spurs opened their annual rodeo trip with a loss to Portland but have won six of seven since, with only a poor shooting effort Friday at Philadelphia slowing them down. San Antonio bounced back with a 24-point win at Washington a night later, then cruised past New Jersey 102-85 on Monday. San Antonio Spurs vs Chicago Bulls NBA Live, Recap, Highlights. A victory Thursday would give the Spurs their most wins on the rodeo trip since the 2002-03 team wrapped up its nine-game journey with eight straight victories. That team went on to win the NBA title.

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Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns NBA Live Stream

Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns NBA Live Stream on 10:30 pm EST Thu Feb 17, 2011. The Mavericks, though, have since won 13 of 15 while averaging 103.9 points - 5.2 more than their season mark - and sit in second place in the Western Conference. Dallas has defeated Phoenix in five of six while averaging 113.8 points on 50.1 percent shooting. Where to Watch Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns NBA. The Suns are also playing much better of late. They’ve won seven of nine after defeating Utah 102-101 on Tuesday night thanks in large part to Channing Frye’s career-high 31 points and 11 rebounds.

Mavericks led by 13 at halftime and were able to rest their starters after using a 24-4 run late in the third quarter to put Wednesday night’s 116-110 win over Sacramento out of reach. Dallas Mavericks are playing more like the elite team that cruised through the first two months of the season than the banged-up club that struggled through a dismal stretch after Christmas. Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns NBA Live, Recap, Highlights. With growing contributions from Peja Stojakovic and Rodrigue Beaubois, they might be getting even better.

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