41.   As the winners of the NBA title, the Bulls will be looking to continue the unbeaten streak the American teams have in the McDonalds tournament.

42.   At Denver, Peter Forsberg scored twice as the Colorado Avalanche extended their unbeaten streak to seven games with a victory over the road-weary Los Angeles Kings.

43.   At Calgary, Alberta, Magnus Arvedson scored the winning goal as the Ottawa Senators extended their unbeaten streak to four games with a victory over the Calgary Flames.

44.   At Miami, Jim Campbell had a goal and an assist as St. Louis beat Florida to extend its unbeaten streak to four games.

45.   At Toronto, Viacheslav Kozlov and Keith Primeau scored late in the second period as Detroit extended its unbeaten streak to seven and handed Toronto its third straight loss.

46.   At Calgary, Alberta, Mats Sundin and Sergei Berezin each scored twice as the Maple Leafs extended their unbeaten streak to five games.

47.   At Detroit, Steve Yzerman reached another career milestone as the Detroit Red Wings extended their season-high unbeaten streak to eight.

48.   Barber and the Flyers established a record for the longest unbeaten streak by a coach who took over in midseason.

49.   Before the loss to Mexico, they had won six straight games for the first time and had matched the team record for an unbeaten streak at nine.

50.   Both teams raised current unbeaten streaks to six games.