31.   The loss of Berg leaves the Rangers without one of their most versatile forwards and top penalty killers.

32.   The same is true with Tim Taylor, a terrific penalty killer.

33.   The veteran checker was particularly strong on faceoffs in the defensive zone and was an excellent penalty killer for the Stars.

34.   They called four consecutive penalties against Anaheim in one stretch of the second period, forcing Hebert and the penalty killers to work overtime.

35.   This time, the giant killers were the penalty killers and no one helped slay the Dallas Stars more than Steve Passmore.

36.   Wayne Presley is a more than adequate penalty killer, and Sergei Nemchinov is his usual responsible self as a third-line center.

37.   With Stevens leading the way, the three defensemen were superb as penalty killers.

38.   Dallas penalty killer Guy Carbonneau bruised his wrist in the second period and did not return.

39.   In past years, teams would goad Chelios into retaliatory infractions, and the Blackhawks would have to kill a penalty without their best penalty killer.

40.   To try to start outscoring teams, rather than trying to shut them out, to let Mario Lemieux be a goal scorer again instead of a penalty killer.