51.   Brian Rolston, who had nine in the regular season, took advantage of a Montreal turnover at the blue line and raced down the ice.

52.   Bruins defenseman Dean Chynoweth failed to clear it out and Laus kept it in, flinging the puck at the net from the blue line along the right boards.

53.   Bruins forward Scott Pellerin tried to clear the puck out of the zone, but defenseman Brad Stuart kept it in at the right side of the blue line.

54.   Bure came roaring out of mid-ice, picked up a dead puck at his offensive blue line and raced in alone on Scott Bailey.

55.   But Bryan McCabe lifted a little wrister on net from the right point near the blue line late in the Islander power play.

56.   But he was backstopping a team in transition, especially on the blue line.

57.   But Housley reached for it, kept the puck from crossing the blue line and calmly looked for an open man.

58.   But just as the penalty expired, MacInnis, who had dashed from blue line to blue line untouched, unleashed one of his rocket slap shots.

59.   But just months after being selected in the June amateur draft, both have a chance to make the club and add depth to a suspect blue line.

60.   But Morin declared that Sweeney had been over the blue line before the puck.