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03/02/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Phoenix Coyotes will continue the chase of their first playoff appearance in eight years tonight when they host the St. Louis Blues at Jobing.com Arena.
The Coyotes won eight of their final 11 games before the Olympic break and own a one-point lead over the Kings for the fourth spot in the Western Conference. Though Phoenix has already matched its point total from last year with 79, it trails first-place San Jose by 10 points in the Pacific Division.
"We've earned a lot of points in the standings, but I don't think we've played as well as we can yet," head coach Dave Tippett told the Coyotes' Web site. "We're going to strive to get better and better...We've still got a long ways to go to get ourselves to where we feel like we're going to be a strong playoff team.
"We played hard to get ourselves in a playoff position before the break, now this last push is very important for us. We have to continue to play well."
The Coyotes play their next three games at home and have won six of their last eight as the host. They did get shutout by the Stars at home in their final game before the break on February 13.
Petr Prucha left that game on a stretcher after getting hit hard into the boards by Dallas' James Neal, but he could return to action tonight. He has 11 goals and 20 points on the season.
The Blues, meanwhile, won their last three games before the break, including a pair a shootout victories, and will try tonight to match their season-best four-game winning streak accomplished from January 9-16. They are five points back of a playoff spot in the West.
St. Louis will be without both Keith Tkachuk and Cam Janssen for this contest. Tkachuk, who has 12 goals and 16 assists this year, had surgery on his left pinky finger on Friday and is expected to miss 10 days of action, while Janssen was given a five-game suspension over the break for delivering a late hit to the head of Washington forward Matt Bradley in a 4-3 shootout win on February 13.
"It's unfortunate," Blues president John Davidson told NHL.com of Janssen's suspension. "Cam has a feel for what happened and he did talk directly to the player that he hit. I don't think [Janssen] plays the game in a malicious way, but he plays it hard and the timing was late."
The Blues will have David Backes and Erik Johnson, who were both a member of the silver-winning Team USA squad that lost to Canada in overtime on Sunday.
Phoenix is 2-0-1 versus St. Louis this year after getting swept in the four- game series a season ago. The Coyotes have won seven of the last 11 played at home in the series.
Coyotes goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov has been in net for all three games this year, posting a 32-save shutout in St. Louis on October 29. He is 4-6-1 with a 2.61 goals-against average lifetime versus the Blues.
Chris Mason should counter in net for St. Louis and he is 1-0-1 in two meetings with Phoenix this year as well as 6-2-2 with a 2.47 GAA versus the club lifetime. Mason made 34 saves in a 3-2 overtime win at home on November 19, with Johnson scoring 17 seconds into OT for the Blues.
<< Preds try to extend dominance over Oilers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Nashville Predators will try to win their fourth
consecutive season series over the Edmonton Oilers tonight when the two teams
get together at Bridgestone Arena just one day after making a trade with each
other.
The P
<< Flyers go for fifth straight win in test with Lightning
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - While Philadelphia hopes that it didn't lose its positive
momentum over the Olympic break, Tampa Bay might have been fortunate the
stoppage of play came when it did.
The visiting Flyers will try to match their longest winn
<< Olympic hero Crosby, Penguins host Sabres
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby exited the 2010 Olympic Winter
Games as a national hero in Canada thanks to his overtime goal versus Team USA
and Buffalo goaltender Ryan Miller. A quick chance for redemption won't come
for Miller
<< Commodores and Gators collide in Gainesville
Gainesville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 13th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores
invade Gainesville this evening for an SEC clash with the Florida Gators.
Vanderbilt has won its last two games and five of the last six to shoot up the
national poll.
2010 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament Preview >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colonial Athletic Association
Tournament tips off Friday afternoon at the Richmond Coliseum and will run
through Monday night's title game. At stake is an automatic bid to the NCAA
Tournament for the winn
Surging 'Canes aim to stay hot in battle with lowly Leafs >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NHL's stoppage for the Winter Olympics may not have
been great timing for the Carolina Hurricanes, but the Toronto Maple Leafs
were likely welcoming the extended hiatus.
Carolina will attempt to re-find its sizzling pr
Blackhawks put streak on line against rested Islanders >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Although the Chicago Blackhawks haven't played a game in
more than two weeks, a few of the team's members had plenty of opportunities
to stay sharp for the season's stretch run during the NHL break.
Fresh off a successful
Reeling Panthers to visit Thrashers in Southeast clash >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Florida Panthers didn't wait until the NHL resumed play
to begin making what's expected to be sweeping changes prior to the upcoming
trade deadline.
One day after dealing away defenseman Jordan Leopold, the Panthers wi
Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back
With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times.
"Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders."
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