31.   In the early years, many of his skaters were football players better at throwing checks than passing the puck.

32.   In other words, Fleury can pass the puck, too.

33.   In this one, he was killing a penalty to Pat Verbeek when Messier passed the puck up ice.

34.   It is hard to skate with speed and pass the puck with skill.

35.   It started when Trent McCleary, an Ottawa rookie, hit Samuelsson with a hard check after Samuelsson had passed the puck, but kept his head down.

36.   Less than a minute into the power play, Palffy passed the puck to Jason Allison just behind the goal line in the corner.

37.   Less than three minutes later, Gomez passed the puck to Stephane Richer with the Devils on the power play.

38.   Less than a minute into the power play, Palffy passed the puck to Allison just behind the goal line in the corner.

39.   Leetch tried to pass the puck to Kevin Stevens, near the Ranger blue line.

40.   Mathieu Schneider passed the puck to the blue line to Palffy, who steamed down the ice before firing the puck past Boston goalie Bill Ranford.