51.   Suffer the cross-check to the back for a chance to pop a loose puck into the net.

52.   The Boston Bruins put five pucks into the net Wednesday night on their visit to Madison Square Garden to play the New York Rangers.

53.   The Devils have not only failed to win a game but they also have had a great deal of difficulty in getting the puck into the net.

54.   The final goal came when defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky poked the puck into his own net trying to clear a shot.

55.   The game winner began in the neutral zone, where Tom Chorske had dumped the puck into the Detroit end.

56.   The Kings dumped the puck deep into the Colorado zone and Roy went behind the net to play it.

57.   The Islanders will also be looking for him to carry the puck into the offensive zone more often and to be more accurate on net with his hard shot.

58.   The pride of Anchorage slipped the puck into the empty cage.

59.   The Stars clinched it in the final minute when Derian Hatcher came out of the penalty box to shoot the puck into the empty net.

60.   The way things were going with these two squads, Nicholls probably would have shot the puck into the stands, anyway.