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NHL : Money Line Matchup
Thursday 10/3/2013Line$ LineOU LineScore
TAMPA BAY
 
BOSTON
PK  

PK  


5.5
 
1
Final
3

TAMPA BAY (0-0-0-0, 0 pts.) at BOSTON (0-0-0-0, 0 pts.)
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Thursday, 10/3/2013 7:05 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: TAMPA BAY - BEN BISHOP, BOSTON - TUUKKA RASK
Board Money Line
5TAMPA BAY+170
6BOSTON-200
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ADVANCED TEAM STATS
TAMPA BAY - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games0-0-000-000-00000
Team Stats (Road Games)0-0-000-000-00000
Last 5 Games0-0-000-000-00000
vs. Division0-0-000-000-00000
TAMPA BAY Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)000000000.0%000.0%0
Team Stats (Road Games)000000000.0%000.0%0
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)000000000.0%000.0%0
Team Stats (vs. Division)000000000.0%000.0%0
Stats Against (All Games) 00000000.0%000.0%0
Stats Against (Road Games) 00000000.0%000.0%0
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 00000000.0%000.0%0
Stats Against (vs. Division) 00000000.0%000.0%0
TAMPA BAY - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
BEN BISHOP (All Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
BEN BISHOP (Road Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
BEN BISHOP (vs. Division)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
BEN BISHOP (Last 4 Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
ANDERS LINDBACK (All Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
ANDERS LINDBACK (Road Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
ANDERS LINDBACK (vs. Division)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0

BOSTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games0-0-000-000-00000
Team Stats (Home Games)0-0-000-000-00000
Last 5 Games0-0-000-000-00000
vs. Division0-0-000-000-00000
BOSTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)000000000.0%000.0%0
Team Stats (Home Games)000000000.0%000.0%0
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)000000000.0%000.0%0
Team Stats (vs. Division)000000000.0%000.0%0
Stats Against (All Games) 00000000.0%000.0%0
Stats Against (Home Games) 00000000.0%000.0%0
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 00000000.0%000.0%0
Stats Against (vs. Division) 00000000.0%000.0%0
BOSTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
CHAD JOHNSON (All Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
CHAD JOHNSON (Home Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
CHAD JOHNSON (vs. Division)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
CHAD JOHNSON (Last 4 Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
TUUKKA RASK (All Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
TUUKKA RASK (Home Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
TUUKKA RASK (vs. Division)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
Average power rating of opponents played: TAMPA BAY 0,  BOSTON 0
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
TAMPA BAY - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/3/2013at BOSTON 
10/5/2013at CHICAGO 
10/8/2013at BUFFALO 
10/10/2013FLORIDA 
10/12/2013PITTSBURGH 

BOSTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
10/3/2013TAMPA BAY 
10/5/2013DETROIT 
10/10/2013COLORADO 
10/12/2013at COLUMBUS 
10/14/2013DETROIT 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
TAMPA BAY: Since getting off to a flying start in 2011-12, the Steve Yzerman era in Tampa Bay has stalled considerably.
Heading into his fourth season as the club's general manager, the former Detroit Red Wings great is aiming to reverse the trend that has seen the Lightning miss out on the playoffs in each of the past two springs after making it to the Eastern Conference finals in 2010.
The Lightning are an exciting team to watch, but the club's high-powered offensive attack may need to dial it back a little in 2013-14 in order to comply with Cooper's new system. That doesn't mean he'll put a leash on Stamkos or St. Louis, but the rest of the forwards will be asked to chip in more at the back end. The slightest improvement on defense and in goal could be the difference in making the playoffs this season. Then again, treading water will likely mean a third straight season out of the postseason.
BOSTON: BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Bruins were less than two minutes away from forcing a seventh game of the Stanley Cup finals. Now they must wait nearly seven months until the next postseason.
With the core of their team returning, the Bruins should reach the playoffs for the seventh straight season. And they took steps to secure their long-term future by signing center Patrice Bergeron and goalie Tuukka Rask to eight-year contracts and general manager Peter Chiarelli to a four-year extension.
Last season, the Bruins came close to their second championship in three years. They led Chicago 2-1 in Game 6 then allowed two goals in the last 76 seconds and the Blackhawks won 3-2 to take the Cup.
The Bruins open the season Oct. 3 at home against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
PREVIEW
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*Lightning-Bruins Preview* ==========================

Tampa Bay (0-0-0) at Boston (0-0-0), 7:00 p.m. EDT

(AP) - Boston Bruins president Cam Neely didn't watch the Chicago Blackhawks raise their Stanley Cup banner to the rafters before their season opener.

He's eager to begin another run at the NHL championship and attend a similar ceremony on his team's ice next year.

"You have a hard time watching someone else win the Cup and raise a banner," Neely said Wednesday. "So I didn't watch it. Hopefully we'll be watching one in the near future here."

The Bruins came close last season.

They were leading the Blackhawks 2-1 in Game 6 of the finals before giving up two goals in the last 76 seconds, allowing the Chicago players to skate with the Stanley Cup on Boston ice.

On Thursday night they begin pursuit of their second Cup in four years when they open the season at home against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

"I guess the keynote is to say we're not going to play for second place," owner Jeremy Jacobs said. "We're here to win. I think that the organization is in a good place to do that. I think we've got the right combination of things. We have a strong team that should compete, should be a winner."

The Bruins (28-14-6) return a team heavy on players who've been a part of the organization for two lengthy playoff runs the past three seasons.

They did add Jarome Iginla and Loui Eriksson to play right wing on the top two lines. Reilly Smith, obtained with Eriksson in a trade that sent Tyler Seguin to Dallas, figures to be part of the third line. Torey Krug and Matt Bartkowski, who both emerged as NHL-caliber defensemen in the playoffs, will begin the season with the team. Chad Johnson is a newcomer as the backup to goalie Tuukka Rask.

Boston went 6-1 in exhibition games, and coach Claude Julien is confident his team is prepared to start the season.

"I think we're in a good place right now," Julien said. "I liked what I saw the last few days. (In) practice today, guys were sharp; they were excited. I think we're ready to go there. Even though we had some new faces, what I saw in the preseason I really liked. Those guys have adjusted well quickly. And, if anything, they're only going to get better. So I'm pretty happy with where we are right now, knowing that it'll only get better."

The Bruins already are dealing with injuries. Forward Carl Soderberg hasn't skated since injuring his ankle in the preseason finale Friday. He is on injured reserve and will be unavailable for the opener. Top-line center David Krejci skated Wednesday for the first time since back spasms kept him from playing in that same game against Winnipeg. Krejci will be a game-time decision to face the Lightning (18-26-4).

The Bruins nearly won the Stanley Cup despite numerous injuries to center Patrice Bergeron in the Cup finals and a broken leg in the Eastern Conference finals that ended center Gregory Campbell's season.

"You've got to get the right breaks, guys got to stay healthy and you've got to get those lucky bounces," left wing Brad Marchand said. "And, at the same time, you've got to have everybody playing their best. It's definitely very tough to do, but I think the fans in Boston all expect it and our management and coaching staff expect the same thing, so that's what we expect as well and we won't be happy unless we reach those goals."

Coach Jon Cooper's message to the Lightning is simple: If you hope to make the playoffs, play better defense.

No team in the NHL allowed more goals over the past two seasons than the 425 yielded by the Lightning, who dismissed Guy Boucher and hired Cooper as his replacement in March.

Cooper went 4-8-3 over the final 15 games of last season and is working on changing the mindset of a team that's thrived on the scoring prowess of young Steven Stamkos and two holdovers from Tampa Bay's only Stanley Cup championship, Martin St. Louis and the now-departed Vincent Lecavalier.

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to open up the stat pack and see," Cooper said. "We are the only team to give up more than 400 goals the past two seasons, and we have to shore that up."

With an eye on building for long-term success, general manager Steve Yzerman bought out the contract of Lecavalier this offseason.

The 38-year-old St. Louis and Stamkos remain after finishing one-two in the NHL scoring race during last season's abbreviated 48-game schedule.

St. Louis had 17 goals and a league-leading 43 assists for 60 points. Stamkos was second with 57 points, including 29 goals, and says it's important that everyone buy in to what Cooper is preaching.

"Marty and I finished one-two in scoring last year," the 23-year-old Stamkos said. "It's great, but we don't make the playoffs."

With St. Louis and Lecavalier playing key roles, the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004. The team has missed the playoffs five of the past six seasons.

One of the reasons has been inconsistent goaltending, a trend that Cooper and Yzerman hopes will end with 6-foot-7 Ben Bishop and 6-6 Anders Lindback handling the duties this season.

Bishop appeared in nine games, going 3-4-1 with a 2.99 goals-against average last season after being obtained from Ottawa in April. This is Lindback's second season in Tampa Bay since being acquired from Nashville in June 2012. He appeared in 24 games, going 10-10-1 with a 2.90 GAA a year ago.

Cooper knows, however, the team also has to play better in front of them.

"You can't rely on your goaltender to make every single save," he said.

Including the 2011 East finals, Boston has won seven straight over Tampa Bay at home.


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