GAME THREAD: NHL: EDMONTON (14-18) at DETROIT (22-8)

NHL: EDMONTON at DETROIT

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

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: DET - MARK HARTIGAN 1 (MATT ELLIS) 2:46
EDM - (PP) ALES HEMSKY 10 (DUSTIN PENNER, SHELDON SOURAY)
12:28
EDM - JONI PITKANEN 4 (ROBERT NILSSON, SAM GAGNER) 17:06
2ND PRD: DET - (PP) HENRIK ZETTERBERG 22 (BRIAN RAFALSKI, DANIEL
CLEARY) 13:24
EDM - FERNANDO PISANI 2 (SAM GAGNER, ROBERT NILSSON) 15:33

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
EDM 7 7 14
DET 16 13 29

GOALIES: EDM - DWAYNE ROLOSON
DET - DOMINIK HASEK</div>

 

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Edmonton 2 1 --3
Detroit 1 1 --2
------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Mark Hartigan 1 (Matt Ellis),
2:46. 2, Edmonton, Ales Hemsky 10 (power play) (Dustin Penner, Sheldon
Souray), 12:28. 3, Edmonton, Joni Pitkanen 4 (Robert Nilsson, Sam
Gagner), 17:06. Penalties: A Downey, Det (roughing), 11:29; R Torres,
Edm (tripping), 13:17; J Pitkanen, Edm (hooking), 19:19.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 22 (power play)
(Brian Rafalski, Daniel Cleary), 13:24. 5, Edmonton, Fernando Pisani 2
(Sam Gagner, Robert Nilsson), 15:33. Penalties: F Pisani, Edm
(closing hand on puck), 1:09; D Cleary, Det (tripping), 2:14; A
Downey, Det (goalie interference), 6:50; D Penner, Edm (holding),
12:01.

Shots on goal:
----------------------------------
Edmonton 7 7 --14
Detroit 16 13 --29
----------------------------------

Goalies : Edmonton, Dwayne Roloson (29 shots, 27 saves). Detroit,
Dominik Hasek (14 shots, 11 saves). Referees: Chris Lee, Greg
Kimmerly. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Pierre Champoux.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL EDMONTON 3
DETROIT 2 19:58 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL EDMONTON 3
DETROIT 2 15:27 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL EDMONTON 3
DETROIT 2 12:09 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL EDMONTON 3
DETROIT 2 7:40 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL EDMONTON 3
DETROIT 2 3:45 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL EDMONTON 3
DETROIT 3
3RD PRD: DET - HENRIK ZETTERBERG 23 (DANIEL CLEARY, BRIAN RAFALSKI)
17:20</div>

 

NHL: EDMONTON at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 3RD GOING INTO OT

1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
EDMONTON 2 1 0 3
DETROIT 1 1 1 3 GOING INTO OT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: DET - MARK HARTIGAN 1 (MATT ELLIS) 2:46
EDM - (PP) ALES HEMSKY 10 (DUSTIN PENNER, SHELDON SOURAY)
12:28
EDM - JONI PITKANEN 4 (ROBERT NILSSON, SAM GAGNER) 17:06
2ND PRD: DET - (PP) HENRIK ZETTERBERG 22 (BRIAN RAFALSKI, DANIEL
CLEARY) 13:24
EDM - FERNANDO PISANI 2 (SAM GAGNER, ROBERT NILSSON) 15:33
3RD PRD: DET - HENRIK ZETTERBERG 23 (DANIEL CLEARY, BRIAN RAFALSKI)
17:20

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
EDM 7 7 9 23
DET 16 13 9 38

GOALIES: EDM - DWAYNE ROLOSON
DET - DOMINIK HASEK</div>

 

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Edmonton 2 1 0 --3
Detroit 1 1 1 --3
------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Mark Hartigan 1 (Matt Ellis),
2:46. 2, Edmonton, Ales Hemsky 10 (power play) (Dustin Penner, Sheldon
Souray), 12:28. 3, Edmonton, Joni Pitkanen 4 (Robert Nilsson, Sam
Gagner), 17:06. Penalties: A Downey, Det (roughing), 11:29; R Torres,
Edm (tripping), 13:17; J Pitkanen, Edm (hooking), 19:19.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 22 (power play)
(Brian Rafalski, Daniel Cleary), 13:24. 5, Edmonton, Fernando Pisani 2
(Sam Gagner, Robert Nilsson), 15:33. Penalties: F Pisani, Edm
(closing hand on puck), 1:09; D Cleary, Det (tripping), 2:14; A
Downey, Det (goalie interference), 6:50; D Penner, Edm (holding),
12:01.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 23 (Daniel
Cleary, Brian Rafalski), 17:20. Penalties: B Rafalski, Det (closing
hand on puck), 3:31.

Shots on goal:
---------------------------------------
Edmonton 7 7 9 --23
Detroit 16 13 9 --38
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Goalies : Edmonton, Dwayne Roloson (38 shots, 35 saves). Detroit,
Dominik Hasek (23 shots, 20 saves). Referees: Chris Lee, Greg
Kimmerly. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Pierre Champoux.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL EDMONTON 3
DETROIT 3 2:50 LEFT, OT</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
EDMONTON 2 1 0 0 3
DETROIT 1 1 1 0 3 END OF OT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: DET - MARK HARTIGAN 1 (MATT ELLIS) 2:46
EDM - (PP) ALES HEMSKY 10 (DUSTIN PENNER, SHELDON SOURAY)
12:28
EDM - JONI PITKANEN 4 (ROBERT NILSSON, SAM GAGNER) 17:06
2ND PRD: DET - (PP) HENRIK ZETTERBERG 22 (BRIAN RAFALSKI, DANIEL
CLEARY) 13:24
EDM - FERNANDO PISANI 2 (SAM GAGNER, ROBERT NILSSON) 15:33
3RD PRD: DET - HENRIK ZETTERBERG 23 (DANIEL CLEARY, BRIAN RAFALSKI)
17:20
OT: NONE

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
EDM 7 7 9 2 25
DET 16 13 9 4 42

GOALIES: EDM - DWAYNE ROLOSON
DET - DOMINIK HASEK</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL IN SHOOTOUT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
EDMONTON 2 1 0 0 (1) 4
DETROIT 1 1 1 0 (0) 3 FINAL IN SHOOTOUT

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: DET - MARK HARTIGAN 1 (MATT ELLIS) 2:46
EDM - (PP) ALES HEMSKY 10 (DUSTIN PENNER, SHELDON SOURAY)
12:28
EDM - JONI PITKANEN 4 (ROBERT NILSSON, SAM GAGNER) 17:06
2ND PRD: DET - (PP) HENRIK ZETTERBERG 22 (BRIAN RAFALSKI, DANIEL
CLEARY) 13:24
EDM - FERNANDO PISANI 2 (SAM GAGNER, ROBERT NILSSON) 15:33
3RD PRD: DET - HENRIK ZETTERBERG 23 (DANIEL CLEARY, BRIAN RAFALSKI)
17:20
OT: NONE
SO: DET - PAVEL DATSYUK (SAVED), HENRIK ZETTERBERG (SAVED),
JIRI HUDLER (SAVED)
EDM - SAM GAGNER (SAVED), ALES HEMSKY (GOAL)


POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: EDM - 1 OF 4, DET - 1 OF 3.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
EDM 7 7 9 2 25
DET 16 13 9 4 42

GOALIES: EDM - DWAYNE ROLOSON
DET - DOMINIK HASEK

OFFICIALS: REF - CHRIS LEE, GREG KIMMERLY
LIN - DAN SCHACHTE, PIERRE CHAMPOUX

ATT: NA</div>

 

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Edmonton 2 1 0 0 (1) --4
Detroit 1 1 1 0 (0) --3
------------------------------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Mark Hartigan 1 (Matt Ellis),
2:46. 2, Edmonton, Ales Hemsky 10 (power play) (Dustin Penner, Sheldon
Souray)12:28. 3, Edmonton, Joni Pitkanen 4 (Robert Nilsson, Sam
Gagner),17:06. Penalties: A Downey, Det (roughing), 11:29; R Torres,
Edm (tripping), 13:17; J Pitkanen, Edm (hooking), 19:19.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 22 (power play)
(Brian Rafalski, Daniel Cleary)13:24. 5, Edmonton, Fernando Pisani 2
(Sam Gagner, Robert Nilsson),15:33. Penalties: F Pisani, Edm (closing
hand on puck), 1:09; D Cleary, Det (tripping), 2:14; A Downey, Det
(goalie interference), 6:50; D Penner, Edm (holding), 12:01.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 23 (Daniel
Cleary, Brian Rafalski),17:20. Penalties: B Rafalski, Det (closing
hand on puck), 3:31.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None.

SHOOTOUT -- Detroit, Pavel Datsyuk (saved), Henrik
Zetterberg (saved), Jiri Hudler (saved). Edmonton, Sam Gagner
(saved), Ales Hemsky (goal).

Shots on goal:
--------------------------------------------
Edmonton 7 7 9 2 --25
Detroit 16 13 9 4 --42
--------------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: Edmonton - 1 of 4, Detroit - 1 of 3. Goalies :
Edmonton, Dwayne Roloson (42 shots, 39 saves; record: 7-11-1).
Detroit, Dominik Hasek (25 shots, 22 saves; record: 8-5-2). A: NA.
Referees: Chris Lee, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Pierre
Champoux.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
EDMONTON 4
DETROIT 3</div>

 

DETROIT (Ticker) -- All Ales Hemsky and the Edmonton Oilersneeded to stop the red-hot Detroit Red Wings was anothershootout.


Hemsky scored once in regulation and netted the decisive tallyin the bonus format as the Oilers snapped the Red Wings'seven-game winning streak with a 4-3 shootout victory onThursday night.


Defenseman Joni Pitkanen and Fernando Pisani also tallied forEdmonton, which improved to an NHL-best 9-1 in shootout conteststhis season.


It was the second straight win for the Oilers, who snapped athree-game skid with a 5-4 shootout win over the St. Louis Blueson Tuesday.


After a scoreless first round in Thursday's bonus format, Hemskyfired a wrist shot past the stick side of goaltender DominikHasek, giving Edmonton the advantage.


On Detroit's final attempt to extend the contest, Jiri Hudlerwas stopped by netminder Dwayne Roloson, securing the victory.

Late in a stagnant third period, Henrik Zetterberg scored anifty goal to make it 3-3 with just 2:40 left. The Swede took apass from along the boards by Daniel Cleary, circled around theback of the net and fired a wrist shot inside the rightgoalpost for his second of the night and 23rd of the season.

It was the first tally since late in the second by Pisani, whosnapped a 2-2 tie with 4:27 left in the session.


After the puck was sent behind the net, rookie Sam Gagner put itin front. Pisani slid it past Hasek on the short side, puttingit just inside the left post for his second of the campaign.

Detroit had erased a 2-1 deficit on a power-play tally byZetterberg, who redirected defenseman Brian Rafalski's pass fromjust inside the blue line into the net with 6:36 left in thesecond.


Mark Hartigan started the scoring for the Red Wings, taking afeed from Matt Ellis and burying a wrist shot between the padsof Roloson just 2:46 into the game.


Hemsky's slap shot over Hasek's left shoulder tied the contestat 12:28, and Pitkanen gave Edmonton a 2-1 edge with anunassisted goal with 2:54 left in the period.


Pitkanen corralled the puck on the fly during line changes byboth teams, skated right in front of Hasek and flicked the puckover the six-time Vezina Trophy winner's right shoulder.

Rafalski recorded two assists for Detroit, which fell two shortof its season-high nine-game winning streak that lasted fromOctober 18-November 9.

 

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Edmonton 2 1 0 0 (1) --4
Detroit 1 1 1 0 (0) --3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Mark Hartigan 1 (Matt Ellis),
2:46. 2, Edmonton, Ales Hemsky 10 (power play) (Dustin Penner, Sheldon
Souray)12:28. 3, Edmonton, Joni Pitkanen 4 (Robert Nilsson, Sam
Gagner),17:06. Penalties: A Downey, Det (roughing), 11:29; R Torres,
Edm (tripping), 13:17; J Pitkanen, Edm (hooking), 19:19.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 22 (power play)
(Brian Rafalski, Daniel Cleary)13:24. 5, Edmonton, Fernando Pisani 2
(Sam Gagner, Robert Nilsson),15:33. Penalties: F Pisani, Edm (closing
hand on puck), 1:09; D Cleary, Det (tripping), 1:14; A Downey, Det
(goalie interference), 6:50; D Penner, Edm (holding), 12:01.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 23 (Daniel
Cleary, Brian Rafalski),17:20. Penalties: B Rafalski, Det (closing
hand on puck), 3:31.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None.

SHOOTOUT -- Detroit, Pavel Datsyuk (saved), Henrik
Zetterberg (saved), Jiri Hudler (saved). Edmonton, Sam Gagner
(saved), Ales Hemsky (goal).

Shots on goal:
--------------------------------------------
Edmonton 7 7 9 2 --25
Detroit 16 13 9 4 --42
--------------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: Edmonton - 1 of 4, Detroit - 1 of 4. Goalies :
Edmonton, Dwayne Roloson (42 shots, 39 saves; record: 7-11-1).
Detroit, Dominik Hasek (25 shots, 22 saves; record: 8-5-2). A: 18,859.
Referees: Chris Lee, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Pierre
Champoux.</div>

 

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EDMONTON 2 1 0 0 (1) --4
DETROIT 1 1 1 0 (0) --3
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Detroit, Mark Hartigan 1 (Matt Ellis),
2:46. 2, Edmonton, Ales Hemsky 10 (power play) (Dustin Penner, Sheldon
Souray)12:28. 3, Edmonton, Joni Pitkanen 4 (Robert Nilsson, Sam
Gagner),17:06. Penalties: A Downey, Det (roughing), 11:29; R Torres,
Edm (tripping), 13:17; J Pitkanen, Edm (hooking), 19:19.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 22 (power play)
(Brian Rafalski, Daniel Cleary)13:24. 5, Edmonton, Fernando Pisani 2
(Sam Gagner, Robert Nilsson),15:33. Penalties: F Pisani, Edm (closing
hand on puck), 1:09; D Cleary, Det (tripping), 1:14; A Downey, Det
(goalie interference), 6:50; D Penner, Edm (holding), 12:01.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg 23 (Daniel
Cleary, Brian Rafalski),17:20. Penalties: B Rafalski, Det (closing
hand on puck), 3:31.

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None.

SHOOTOUT -- Detroit, Pavel Datsyuk (saved), Henrik
Zetterberg (saved), Jiri Hudler (saved). Edmonton, Sam Gagner
(saved), Ales Hemsky (goal).

Shots on goal:
---------------------------------------------
EDMONTON 7 7 9 2 --25
DETROIT 16 13 9 4 --42
---------------------------------------------

Power-play Conversions: EDM - 1 of 4, DET - 1 of 4. Goalies :
Edmonton, Dwayne Roloson (42 shots, 39 saves; record: 7-11-1).
Detroit, Dominik Hasek (25 shots, 22 saves; record: 8-5-2). A: 18,859.
Referees: Chris Lee, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Pierre
Champoux.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

EDMONTON DETROIT
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
S Horcoff 0 0 -2 2 D Cleary 0 2 even 4
R Nilsson 0 2 +1 1 P Datsyuk 0 0 +1 8
A Cogliano 0 0 even 0 D Drake 0 0 even 1
R Torres 0 0 even 2 B Lebda 0 0 even 2
J Stoll 0 0 even 4 C Chelios 0 0 -1 0
M Reasoner 0 0 even 0 J Hudler 0 0 -1 1
S Staios 0 0 -1 2 B Rafalski 0 2 +1 3
J Pitkanen 1 0 even 2 A Lilja 0 0 even 0
D Penner 0 1 -1 1 M Hartigan 1 0 +1 2
P Thoresen 0 0 even 1 M Samuelsson 0 0 -1 4
F Pisani 1 0 +1 2 H Zetterberg 2 0 even 6
D Grebeshkov 0 0 -1 0 A Downey 0 0 +1 0
S Souray 0 1 even 3 N Lidstrom 0 0 even 2
K Brodziak 0 0 even 1 V Filppula 0 0 -1 2
L Smid 0 0 +1 0 N Kronwall 0 0 even 1
T Gilbert 0 0 +1 1 M Ellis 0 1 +1 1
A Hemsky 1 0 -1 3 T Kopecky 0 0 -1 1
S Gagner 0 2 +2 0 J Franzen 0 0 even 4
Z Stortini HEALTHY K Maltby BACK INJURY
T Holmstrom KNEE INJURY
D Meech HEALTHY</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
EDMONTON 4
DETROIT 3</div>

 

DETROIT (Ticker) -- All Ales Hemsky and the Edmonton Oilersneeded to stop the red-hot Detroit Red Wings was anothershootout.


Hemsky scored once in regulation and netted the decisive tallyin the bonus format as the Oilers snapped the Red Wings'seven-game winning streak with a 4-3 shootout victory onThursday night.


Defenseman Joni Pitkanen and Fernando Pisani also tallied forEdmonton, which improved to an NHL-best 9-1 in shootout conteststhis season.


It was the second straight win for the Oilers, who snapped athree-game skid with a 5-4 shootout win over the St. Louis Blueson Tuesday.


"I'm at a loss to explain it, really," Oilers coach CraigMacTavish said. "When you've had that much success (inshootouts), you're pretty relaxed going into it. I think thathelps the shooters knowing that.


"It all starts with one thing, and that's goaltending. When thegoalies don't allow any goals, somebody's going to score withthe lineup that we have."


After a scoreless first round in Thursday's bonus format, Hemskyfired a wrist shot past the stick side of goaltender DominikHasek, giving Edmonton the advantage.


"You never know what to expect from him," Hemsky said of Hasek."He's a pretty smart goalie. I just came in and shot as hardas I could, and it hit the post and went in."


"Sammy (Gagner), Hammer (Hemsky) and Horc (Shawn Horcoff) hasbeen very good at shootouts lately," Edmonton's Patrick Thoresensaid. "They've been winning a lot of games for us."

Hasek and Hemsky both hail from Pardubice, Czech Republic.

"The kid is from the same town as me, and I know that he's askilled player," Hasek said. "I didn't know what to expect fromhim (in the shootout)."


On Detroit's final attempt to extend the contest, Jiri Hudlerwas stopped by netminder Dwayne Roloson, securing the victory.

Late in a stagnant third period, Henrik Zetterberg scored anifty goal to make it 3-3 with just 2:40 left. The Swede took apass from along the boards by Daniel Cleary, circled around theback of the net and fired a wrist shot inside the rightgoalpost for his second of the night and 23rd of the season.

It was the first tally since late in the second by Pisani, whosnapped a 2-2 tie with 4:27 left in the session.


After the puck was sent behind the net, rookie Gagner put it infront. Pisani slid it past Hasek on the short side, putting itjust inside the left post for his second of the campaign.

Detroit had erased a 2-1 deficit on a power-play tally byZetterberg, who redirected defenseman Brian Rafalski's pass fromjust inside the blue line into the net with 6:36 left in thesecond.


Mark Hartigan started the scoring for the Red Wings, taking afeed from Matt Ellis and burying a wrist shot between the padsof Roloson just 2:46 into the game.


Hemsky's slap shot over Hasek's left shoulder tied the contestat 12:28, and Pitkanen gave Edmonton a 2-1 edge with anunassisted goal with 2:54 left in the period.


Pitkanen corralled the puck on the fly during line changes byboth teams, skated right in front of Hasek and flicked the puckover the six-time Vezina Trophy winner's right shoulder.

"We have a lot of guys who are good with the puck," Thoresensaid. "We probably have five, six guys who can make thedifference for us."


Rafalski recorded two assists for Detroit, which fell two shortof its season-high nine-game winning streak that lasted fromOctober 18-November 9.


"It's pretty apparent that we weren't as smooth as normal and weweren't as relentless and as on-the-puck as we normally are,"Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "You've got to give themcredit, too. But in evaluating our own group, we just thoughtwe could be better, and we found a way to hang in there, hang inthere and get ourselves a point. In the end, we didn't win theshootout."