31.   Think of it as a big road win.

32.   They have two chances to get a fourth road win, beginning Sunday at Kansas City.

33.   This was their first road win in more than a year, yet it was close to a sure thing.

34.   Tomjanovich grades success on a plus-minus calculation that penalizes a team one point for every home loss and rewards it with a point for every road win.

35.   A rare goal by P.J. Axelsson helped the Boston Bruins get a rare road win against the Sabres.

36.   Atlanta earned its first road win of the season without its leading scorer Jim Jackson, who was placed on the injured list Friday with a sprained right knee.

37.   Duke, which opened the Atlantic Coast Conference with road wins over Virginia and Maryland, moved up two places to sixth.

38.   For the past three years, Miami has come to New York in need of a road win and got one each time.

39.   In San Francisco, Mike Hampton earned a rare road win, picking on a familiar victim and pitching the Colorado Rockies past the San Francisco Giants.

40.   Indiana, two years removed from reaching the Eastern Conference finals, was seeking a team-record sixth straight road win.