Series Sparks Point On Trip

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Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 20-of-21 shots for the Penguins, who have been held to one goal or fewer in five straight games.

The Panthers began a three-game homestand in their last trip to the ice and skated away with a 2-1 victory over Vancouver. Scott Clemmensen made 25 saves and Marcel Goc netted the game winner for Florida as Monday's victory over the Canucks improved the Panthers' record on home ice to 11-4-5.

"We believe that we can beat anyone in the league on any given night," Clemmensen said. "Vancouver's one of the best teams in the league and we think we can beat them and we showed it tonight. It's the mentality of this team. We don't expect to compete, we expect to win."

Florida and the Penguins have split a pair of meetings this year, with each team winning on home ice. Pittsburgh had won five straight in this series before the Panthers notched a 3-2 win on Nov. 19. The clubs have split the last eight encounters at the BankAtlantic Center.

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Anaheim Ducks will try to get back in the win column tonight when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for tonight's clash at Rexall Place. The Ducks had won three straight before dropping a 1-0 overtime decision Thursday in Calgary. The three-game winning streak was Anaheim's longest since a four-game stretch from Oct. 8-17.

"It's a game of inches and it could have gone either way, but we didn't win it," Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau said. "We got a point, but at this stage of the game, I think we need two."

Meanwhile, the Oilers have lost four straight, seven of eight and 11 of their last 13 contests, but Edmonton did manage to rally for a point in its most recent defeat, which came in Wednesday's overtime setback against visiting New Jersey.

Edmonton trailed the Devils by a 1-0 score after 40 minutes, but Ales Hemsky knotted the game with his power-play marker at 8:32 of the third period. The score remained that way until New Jersey captain Zach Parise scored a power- play goal just 66 seconds into overtime to lift the to the 2-1 win at Rexall Place.

With talented young forwards Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle currently out with injuries, Hall has recorded a point in five straight games to lead the Edmonton offense. The 20-year-old Hall, who was selected by the Oilers with the first overall pick of the 2010 draft, has four goals and two helpers during his current point streak.

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to sweep a home-and-home series with the Sabres and also extend their longest win streak of the season when they visit Buffalo's First Niagara Center for tonight's Northeast Division clash. After ending December on an 0-2-1 slide, the Maple Leafs have posted four straight victories to begin 2012. The current run has featured a pair of shutouts, including a 2-0 win over the visiting Sabres on Tuesday.

Toronto has missed the postseason in each of the previous six seasons, but is currently sitting seventh out of eight playoff seeds in the Eastern Conference.

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•    Quiero que den series como "despistados" y "hermana, hermana" en nick at nite

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•    Dude from la said only good thing about edmonton are it's strippers.

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•    At my breaking point 😞

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•    My weekend was on point!

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•    I've bin pushed right past the point of breaking .

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•    Dog River has more officers per capita than Edmonton.

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•    got me a new pair of flat irons today and they have polkadots on em.!

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•    If you can't stay through the battles what makes you think I want you around during victories.

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