31.   Jason Arnott had hoped that his first real contact with his new teammates would involve more than shooting pucks into an empty net.

32.   Late in the second period, he chased the puck into the left-wing corner ahead of two Devils who seemed to have him lined up for checks.

33.   Ladstrom threw the puck into an area where Shanahan beat loafing defenseman Jaroslav Modry.

34.   LeClair tilted his stick to redirect the puck into the net.

35.   Lemieux swatted the puck into the half-open net.

36.   Moving along the left-wing boards, Fleury carried the puck into the offensive zone as Nedved hustled down right wing to set up a screen.

37.   Niedermayer sent the puck into a crowd around the crease.

38.   No offensive player is allowed to precede the puck into the crease.

39.   Niedermayer carried the puck into the Ottawa zone, made a drop pass to the trailing Sergei Brylin and headed for the net.

40.   No one is picking corners or feathering passes, but they are muscling down the slot and chopping the puck into pate.