GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: TORONTO (7-12) at BOSTON (8-8)

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 1
BOSTON 3 8:50 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BOSTON 3
2ND PRD: TOR - ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY 7 (NIK ANTROPOV, MATS SUNDIN) 11:57</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BOSTON 3 5:15 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TORONTO 1 1 2
BOSTON 2 1 3 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: BOS - MARC SAVARD 4 (GLEN MURRAY, P.J. AXELSSON) 0:19
TOR - (PP) KYLE WELLWOOD 3 (BRYAN MCCABE, TOMAS KABERLE)
11:08
BOS - MARCO STURM 8 (DENNIS WIDEMAN, PHIL KESSEL) 11:40
2ND PRD: BOS - GLEN METROPOLIT 3 (PETER SCHAEFER, BRANDON BOCHENSKI)
10:16
TOR - ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY 7 (NIK ANTROPOV, MATS SUNDIN)
11:57

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TOR 8 9 17
BOS 13 7 20

GOALIES: TOR - ANDREW RAYCROFT
BOS - TIM THOMAS</div>

 

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Toronto 1 1 --2
Boston 2 1 --3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Boston, Marc Savard 4 (Glen Murray, P.J.
Axelsson), 0:19. 2, Toronto, Kyle Wellwood 3 (power play) (Bryan
Mccabe, Tomas Kaberle), 11:08. 3, Boston, Marco Sturm 8 (Dennis
Wideman, Phil Kessel), 11:40. Penalties: M Bell, Tor (major
fighting), 2:24; M Lucic, Bos (major fighting), 2:24; M Stuart, Bos
(hooking), 10:51; A Alberts, Bos (holding), 14:03.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Boston, Glen Metropolit 3 (Peter Schaefer,
Brandon Bochenski), 10:16. 5, Toronto, Alexei Ponikarovsky 7 (Nik
Antropov, Mats Sundin), 11:57. Penalties: Z Chara, Bos (holding),
3:23.

Shots on goal:
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Toronto 8 9 --17
Boston 13 7 --20
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Goalies : Toronto, Andrew Raycroft (20 shots, 17 saves). Boston, Tim
Thomas (17 shots, 15 saves). Referees: Kevin Pollock, Tim Peel.
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Pierre Champoux.</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BOSTON 3 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BOSTON 4
3RD PRD: BOS - PETER SCHAEFER 2 (GLEN METROPOLIT, ZDENO CHARA) 2:11</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BOSTON 5
3RD PRD: BOS - PETER SCHAEFER 3 (BRANDON BOCHENSKI, MARC SAVARD) 5:35</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BOSTON 5 7:15 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BOSTON 5 5:15 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TORONTO 2
BOSTON 5 3:52 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TORONTO 1 1 0 2
BOSTON 2 1 2 5 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: BOS - MARC SAVARD 4 (GLEN MURRAY, P.J. AXELSSON) 0:19
TOR - (PP) KYLE WELLWOOD 3 (BRYAN MCCABE, TOMAS KABERLE)
11:08
BOS - MARCO STURM 8 (DENNIS WIDEMAN, PHIL KESSEL) 11:40
2ND PRD: BOS - GLEN METROPOLIT 3 (PETER SCHAEFER, BRANDON BOCHENSKI)
10:16
TOR - ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY 7 (NIK ANTROPOV, MATS SUNDIN)
11:57
3RD PRD: BOS - PETER SCHAEFER 2 (GLEN METROPOLIT, ZDENO CHARA) 2:11
BOS - PETER SCHAEFER 3 (BRANDON BOCHENSKI, MARC SAVARD) 5:35

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: TOR - 1 OF 5, BOS - 0 OF 1.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TOR 8 9 19 36
BOS 13 7 7 27

GOALIES: TOR - ANDREW RAYCROFT
BOS - TIM THOMAS

OFFICIALS: REF - KEVIN POLLOCK, TIM PEEL
LIN - DARREN GIBBS, PIERRE CHAMPOUX

ATT: 16,373</div>

 

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Toronto 1 1 0 --2
Boston 2 1 2 --5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Boston, Marc Savard 4 (Glen Murray, P.J.
Axelsson), 0:19. 2, Toronto, Kyle Wellwood 3 (power play) (Bryan
Mccabe, Tomas Kaberle), 11:08. 3, Boston, Marco Sturm 8 (Dennis
Wideman, Phil Kessel), 11:40. Penalties: M Bell, Tor (major
fighting), 2:24; M Lucic, Bos (major fighting), 2:24; M Stuart, Bos
(hooking), 10:51; A Alberts, Bos (holding), 14:03.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Boston, Glen Metropolit 3 (Peter Schaefer,
Brandon Bochenski), 10:16. 5, Toronto, Alexei Ponikarovsky 7 (Nik
Antropov, Mats Sundin), 11:57. Penalties: Z Chara, Bos (holding),
3:23.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Boston, Peter Schaefer 2 (Glen Metropolit,
Zdeno Chara), 2:11. 7, Boston, Peter Schaefer 3 (Brandon Bochenski,
Marc Savard), 5:35. Penalties: M Bell, Tor (interference), 3:29; D
Wideman, Bos (high sticking), 8:19; C Kobasew, Bos (holding), 14:50.

Shots on goal:
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Toronto 8 9 19 --36
Boston 13 7 7 --27
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Power-play Conversions: Toronto - 1 of 5, Boston - 0 of 1. Goalies :
Toronto, Andrew Raycroft (27 shots, 22 saves; record: 2-2-3). Boston,
Tim Thomas (36 shots, 34 saves; record: 7-4-2). A: 16,373. Referees:
Kevin Pollock, Tim Peel. Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Pierre Champoux.</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
TORONTO 2
BOSTON 5</div>

 

By Mike Petraglia
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Bruins finally found their offenseand ruined another homecoming for Andrew Raycroft.

Peter Schaefer scored two third-period goals and BrandonBochenski added two assists as the Bruins skated past theToronto Maple Leafs, 5-2, on Thursday.


Tim Thomas stopped 34 shots to improve to 7-4-2 for Boston,which matched its biggest margin of victory this season. Thetotal of five goals is second only to its eight-goal outburst onOctober 13 at Los Angeles.


Raycroft, who was Boston's fifth-round pick in the 1998 draft,lost for the fourth time in seven tries against the Bruins sincebeing traded to Toronto for current Bruins backup Tuukka Raskin June 2006.


The Bruins, who have struggled all season to score, broke outwith a rare two-goal effort in the opening period.

Just 19 seconds into the game, Marc Savard - who was stationedin the slot - took a pass from along the left wing boards byGlen Murray and fired a slap shot that beat Raycroft to thestick side. It was Savard's fourth tally of the season.

The Maple Leafs used their first power play of the night to tiethe game just over 11 minutes into the first period.

Defenseman Tomas Kaberle's shot was deflected, bounding over thenet before coming back in front of Thomas. Kyle Wellwoodcollected the loose puck and backhanded a shot past thenetminder for his third goal.


Only 32 seconds later, Marco Sturm took the Bruins' team lead inscoring when he beat Raycroft with a shot from in front for hiseighth tally and a 2-1 lead.


The Bruins doubled their advantage midway through the second,when Glen Metropolit controlled a loose puck to the left ofRaycroft and beat the goalie at 10:16 for his third of theseason.


Boston's first two-goal lead since November 1 lasted less thantwo minutes, however, as Alexei Ponikarovsky's re-direction ofcaptain Mats Sundin's pass trickled past Thomas with 8:03 leftin the middle session for his seventh goal of the season,halving Toronto's deficit.


The Bruins nearly restored their two-goal lead just before thesecond intermission, but Murray - who has not scored in 13 gamesdating to October 12 - fanned on a pass from Savard with avacant net in front of him in the final minute of the period.

Schaefer - who also had an assist - took over in the third,netting his second of the campaign at 2:11 and completing hiseighth career two-goal game at 5:35 to provide the final margin.

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

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Toronto 1 1 0 --2
Boston 2 1 2 --5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Boston, Marc Savard 4 (Glen Murray), 0:19.
2, Toronto, Kyle Wellwood 3 (power play) (Bryan Mccabe, Tomas
Kaberle), 11:08. 3, Boston, Marco Sturm 8 (Dennis Wideman, Phil
Kessel), 11:40. Penalties: M Bell, Tor (major fighting), 2:24; M
Lucic, Bos (major fighting), 2:24; M Stuart, Bos (hooking), 10:51; A
Alberts, Bos (holding), 14:03.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Boston, Glen Metropolit 3 (Peter Schaefer,
Brandon Bochenski), 10:16. 5, Toronto, Alexei Ponikarovsky 7 (Nik
Antropov, Mats Sundin), 11:57. Penalties: Z Chara, Bos (holding),
3:23.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Boston, Peter Schaefer 2 (Glen Metropolit,
Zdeno Chara), 2:11. 7, Boston, Peter Schaefer 3 (Brandon Bochenski,
Marc Savard), 5:35. Penalties: M Bell, Tor (interference), 3:29; D
Wideman, Bos (high sticking), 8:19; C Kobasew, Bos (holding), 14:50.

Shots on goal:
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Toronto 8 9 19 --36
Boston 13 7 7 --27
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Power-play Conversions: Toronto - 1 of 5, Boston - 0 of 1. Goalies :
Toronto, Andrew Raycroft (27 shots, 22 saves; record: 2-2-3). Boston,
Tim Thomas (36 shots, 34 saves; record: 7-4-2). A: 16,373. Referees:
Kevin Pollock, Tim Peel. Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Pierre Champoux.</div>

 

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TORONTO 1 1 0 --2
BOSTON 2 1 2 --5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Boston, Marc Savard 4 (Glen Murray), 0:19.
2, Toronto, Kyle Wellwood 3 (power play) (Bryan Mccabe, Tomas
Kaberle), 11:08. 3, Boston, Marco Sturm 8 (Dennis Wideman, Phil
Kessel), 11:40. Penalties: M Bell, Tor (major fighting), 2:24; M
Lucic, Bos (major fighting), 2:24; M Stuart, Bos (hooking), 10:51; A
Alberts, Bos (holding), 14:03.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Boston, Glen Metropolit 3 (Peter Schaefer,
Brandon Bochenski), 10:16. 5, Toronto, Alexei Ponikarovsky 7 (Nik
Antropov, Mats Sundin), 11:57. Penalties: Z Chara, Bos (holding),
3:23.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Boston, Peter Schaefer 2 (Glen Metropolit,
Zdeno Chara), 2:11. 7, Boston, Peter Schaefer 3 (Brandon Bochenski,
Marc Savard), 5:35. Penalties: M Bell, Tor (interference), 3:29; D
Wideman, Bos (high sticking), 8:19; C Kobasew, Bos (holding), 14:50.

Shots on goal:
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TORONTO 8 9 19 --36
BOSTON 13 7 7 --27
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Power-play Conversions: TOR - 1 of 5, BOS - 0 of 1. Goalies : Toronto,
Andrew Raycroft (27 shots, 22 saves; record: 2-2-3). Boston, Tim
Thomas (36 shots, 34 saves; record: 7-4-2). A: 16,373. Referees:
Kevin Pollock, Tim Peel. Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Pierre Champoux.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

TORONTO BOSTON
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
A Steen 0 0 -1 1 B Bochenski 0 2 +3 3
M Sundin 0 1 -1 2 P Axelsson 0 0 even 0
M Stajan 0 0 -1 0 C Kobasew 0 0 +1 1
T Kaberle 0 1 even 2 G Metropolit 1 1 +2 3
D Tucker 0 0 even 6 M Sturm 1 0 +1 2
C Kilger 0 0 even 1 M Lucic 0 0 even 0
B Devereaux 0 0 -2 1 A Ference 0 0 even 1
A Ponikarovsky 1 0 -1 3 G Murray 0 1 even 3
B McCabe 0 1 -3 1 Z Chara 0 1 +1 3
H Gill 0 0 -1 3 B Allen 0 0 even 1
K Wellwood 1 0 -2 4 A Alberts 0 0 +2 1
J Blake 0 0 -2 7 M Stuart 0 0 +1 0
A Wozniewski 0 0 -3 0 J Reich 0 0 even 1
I White 0 0 -1 1 P Nokelainen 0 0 even 0
N Antropov 0 1 even 3 D Wideman 0 1 +4 1
M Bell 0 0 -1 0 P Schaefer 2 1 +3 3
S Kronwall 0 0 even 0 P Kessel 0 1 +1 1
J Tlusty 0 0 -1 1 M Savard 1 1 +1 3
W Belak HEALTHY A Ward CONCUSSION
B Battaglia HEALTHY
J Pohl HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
TORONTO 2
BOSTON 5</div>

 

By Mike Petraglia
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Bruins finally found their offenseand ruined another homecoming for Andrew Raycroft.

Peter Schaefer scored two third-period goals from in close andBrandon Bochenski added two assists as the Bruins skated pastthe Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2, on Thursday.


Tim Thomas stopped 34 shots to improve to 7-4-2 for Boston,which matched its biggest margin of victory this season. Thetotal of five goals is second only to its eight-goal outburst onOctober 13 at Los Angeles.


"We've been struggling scoring goals and Timmy Thomas has beenplaying great for us all year, just like he did again tonight soit was nice to help him out a little bit," Schaefer said."We're just going to have to keep working hard and get thosecheesy goals."


"It was actually one of my more uncomfortable feelings goinginto a game but that happens every once in a while but if youcan bear down and fight through it and come out with the resultswe had, you're very happy," Thomas added.


Raycroft, who was Boston's fifth-round pick in the 1998 draft,lost for the fourth time in seven tries against the Bruins sincebeing traded to Toronto for current Bruins backup Tuukka Raskin June 2006.


"It's obviously not the start we wanted or needed, and itlingered over us most of the game," Raycroft said. "Tonight, thepuck was bouncing all over and they seemed to get a couple ofgood breaks."


The Bruins, who have struggled all season to score, broke outwith a rare two-goal effort in the opening period.

Just 19 seconds into the game, Marc Savard - who was stationedin the slot - took a pass from along the left wing boards byGlen Murray and fired a slap shot that beat Raycroft to thestick side.


"It's obviously not the start we wanted or needed, and itlingered over us most of the game," Raycroft said. "Tonight, thepuck was bouncing all over and they seemed to get a couple ofgood breaks."


It was Savard's fourth tally of the season.


"That first shift of the game was so important," Bruins coachClaude Julien said. "Savvy was so good."


"Everything starts with the first minute, first shift actually,"Toronto defenseman Tomas Kaberle said. "We weren't ready andweren't prepared to do the job tonight and that's why we lost."

The Maple Leafs used their first power play of the night to tiethe game just over 11 minutes into the first period.

Kaberle's shot was deflected, bounding over the net beforecoming back in front of Thomas. Kyle Wellwood collected theloose puck and backhanded a shot past the netminder for histhird goal.


"I thought in this game, because it wasn't a wide-open game byany means, if we could move the puck a little more effectivelyand hang on to it, I liked some of the things we didoffensively, except that Thomas was real good," Toronto coachPaul Maurice said. "I thought we just beat the puck to deathtonight in so many different areas. I thought both teams did.I didn't think they handled it much better. I thought theirtransition game was as bad as ours."


Only 32 seconds later, Marco Sturm took the Bruins' team lead inscoring when he beat Raycroft with a shot from in front for hiseighth tally and a 2-1 lead.


"It was huge," Thomas said. "When your team can score 30 secondsafter you let in a goal, it lets you settle down and take iteasy."


"We didn't play well, that's for sure," Toronto center MattStajan said. "We didn't play a full 60 minutes. They scored ontheir chances. We had a few miscues on their goals and it justwasn't acceptable. We just weren't good enough. We've got toplay better than that, there's no doubt about it."

The Bruins doubled their advantage midway through the second,when Glen Metropolit controlled a loose puck to the left ofRaycroft and beat the goalie at 10:16 for his third of theseason.


Boston's first two-goal lead since November 1 lasted less thantwo minutes, however, as Alexei Ponikarovsky's re-direction ofcaptain Mats Sundin's pass trickled past Thomas with 8:03 leftin the middle session for his seventh goal of the season,halving Toronto's deficit.


The Bruins nearly restored their two-goal lead just before thesecond intermission, but Murray - who has not scored in 13 gamesdating to October 12 - fanned on a pass from Savard with avacant net in front of him in the final minute of the period.

"No doubt in my mind (Murray) deserves a goal," Julien said ofhis star's scoring drought. "Somehow, it eludes him. It's notfrom lack of trying or lack of work. (Hopefully), he gets abreak."


Schaefer - who also had an assist - took over in the third,netting his second of the campaign at 2:11 and completing hiseighth career two-goal game at 5:35 to provide the final margin.

 

By Mike Petraglia
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Bruins finally found their offenseand ruined another homecoming for Andrew Raycroft.

Peter Schaefer scored two third-period goals from in close andBrandon Bochenski added two assists as the Bruins skated pastthe Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2, on Thursday.


Tim Thomas stopped 34 shots to improve to 7-4-2 for Boston,which matched its biggest margin of victory this season. Thetotal of five goals is second only to its eight-goal outburst onOctober 13 at Los Angeles.


"We've been struggling scoring goals and Timmy Thomas has beenplaying great for us all year, just like he did again tonight,so it was nice to help him out a little bit," Schaefer said."We're just going to have to keep working hard and get thosecheesy goals."


"It was actually one of my more uncomfortable feelings goinginto a game, but that happens every once in a while," Thomassaid. "But if you can bear down and fight through it and comeout with the results we had, you're very happy."


Raycroft, who was Boston's fifth-round pick in the 1998 draft,lost for the fourth time in seven tries against his former teamsince being traded to Toronto for current Bruins backup TuukkaRask in June 2006.


"It's obviously not the start we wanted or needed, and itlingered over us most of the game," Raycroft said. "Tonight,the puck was bouncing all over and they seemed to get a coupleof good breaks."


The Bruins, who have struggled all season to score, broke outwith a rare two-goal effort in the opening period.

Just 19 seconds into the game, Marc Savard - who was stationedin the slot - took a pass from along the left wing boards byGlen Murray and fired a slap shot that beat Raycroft to thestick side.


It was Savard's fourth tally of the season.


"That first shift of the game was so important," Bruins coachClaude Julien said. "Savvy was so good."


"Everything starts with the first minute, first shift actually,"Toronto defenseman Tomas Kaberle said. "We weren't ready andweren't prepared to do the job tonight, and that's why we lost."

The Maple Leafs used their first power play of the night to tiethe game just over 11 minutes into the first period.

Kaberle's shot was deflected, bounding over the net beforecoming back in front of Thomas. Kyle Wellwood collected theloose puck and backhanded a shot past the netminder for histhird goal.


"I thought in this game, because it wasn't a wide-open game byany means, if we could move the puck a little more effectivelyand hang on to it, I liked some of the things we didoffensively, except that Thomas was real good," Toronto coachPaul Maurice said.


"I thought we just beat the puck to death tonight in so manydifferent areas. I thought both teams did. I didn't think theyhandled it much better. I thought their transition game was asbad as ours."


Only 32 seconds later, Marco Sturm took the Bruins' team lead inscoring when he beat Raycroft with a shot from in front for hiseighth tally and a 2-1 lead.


"It was huge," Thomas said. "When your team can score 30seconds after you let in a goal, it lets you settle down andtake it easy."


"We didn't play well, that's for sure," Toronto center MattStajan said. "We didn't play a full 60 minutes. They scored ontheir chances. We had a few miscues on their goals, and itjust wasn't acceptable. We just weren't good enough. We've gotto play better than that, there's no doubt about it."

The Bruins doubled their advantage midway through the second,when Glen Metropolit controlled a loose puck to the left ofRaycroft and beat the goalie at 10:16 for his third of theseason.


Boston's first two-goal lead since November 1 lasted less thantwo minutes, however, as Alexei Ponikarovsky's redirection ofcaptain Mats Sundin's pass trickled past Thomas with 8:03 leftin the middle session for his seventh goal of the season,halving Toronto's deficit.


The Bruins nearly restored their two-goal lead just before thesecond intermission, but Murray - who has not scored in 13 gamesdating to October 12 - fanned on a pass from Savard with avacant net in front of him in the final minute of the period.

"No doubt in my mind (Murray) deserves a goal," Julien said ofMurray's scoring drought. "Somehow, it eludes him. It's notfrom lack of trying or lack of work. (Hopefully), he gets abreak."


Schaefer - who also had an assist - took over in the third,netting his second of the campaign at 2:11 and completing hiseighth career two-goal game at 5:35 to provide the final margin.