101.   They entered the game eight points behind San Jose for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

102.   They have a one-point lead over Edmonton for eighth overall in the West and are four points behind Chicago for seventh.

103.   They moved two points behind Pacific Division-leading San Jose, while Los Angeles and Vancouver kept pace, remaining one point behind the Stars.

104.   They now are four points behind Edmonton for the eighth and final playoff spot.

105.   They still are eight points behind the Boston Bruins for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

106.   Thirty points behind the opposition Labor Party, the Tories face an uphill fight to stay in power.

107.   Though most surveys have given Chavez a double-digit lead, one poll released last week had Salas Romer only one point behind.

108.   Tonight they face the Predators, who are just one point behind the Kings and could bounce them from the ninth spot in the Western Conference with a victory.

109.   Trailing by a point is Will Martin and, a point behind him, Russ Silvestri.

110.   Two goals apiece by Marco Delvecchio and Vincenzo Montella lifted AS Roma into third place, two points behind Lazio and Juventus.