1.   Gretzky played on the same line with Messier because of injuries to four key forwards.

2.   Jamie Langenbrunner and Kirk Muller, two key forwards and penalty killers, are working out the kinks after missing two months because of injuries.

3.   The series now moves to Buffalo and the Bruins desperately need their key forwards to reestablish their games.

4.   France is missing key forwards Peiter De Villiers and David Auradou, who were forced through injury to miss the tour.

5.   Juve, seven points up in the Italian League, will be without key forwards Alessandro Del Piero and Croatian Alen Boksic.

6.   Jazz Pori, which lost several key forwards after last season, got a consolation goal with seven minutes left from Uruguay forward Alvaro Mendez.

7.   La Juve is expected to rest key forwards David Trezeguet and Alessandro Del Piero against Parma and substitute Uruguayan Marcelo Zalayeta and Nicola Amoruso.

8.   Juventus missed two injured key forwards, Alessandro del Piero and Alen Boksic.

9.   Minnesota played without leading scorer Marian Gaborik and key forwards Jim Dowd and Cam Stewart, who are out with injuries.

10.   Self-confident, Dinamo Kiev played well-structured, but tough, against a disorganized team which missed several key forwards in the lineup.