1.   Asked to described newly acquired center Bob Bassen recently, Gainey declined to fall back on a sports cliche, such as hard-working or tough.

2.   Stars veteran center Guy Carbonneau was a noninjury scratch on Monday, so Hitchcock could take a look at recently acquired center Robert Petrovicky.

3.   The New Jersey Devils may be without Doug Gilmour for a couple of games after the newly acquired center was hit in the eye with a puck last night.

4.   The shortfall was attributed to a reduction of organic growth, soft sales trends, higher interest rates and higher costs and softer sales associated with acquired automotive centers.

5.   They also moved newly acquired center Wayne Primeau onto the third line alongside Jan Hrdina and Josef Beranek.

6.   They also moved newly acquired center Wayne Primeau to the third line alongside Jan Hrdina and Josef Beranek.