1.   Another LaFontaine goal was waved off because the officials ruled that Kovalev had passed the puck to him by hand, illegally.

2.   And you want to try to make him pass the puck.

3.   Assisting were Nemchinov, who passed the puck, and Kovalev, who started the play by intercepting a clearing pass at the blue line.

4.   Bourque passed the puck from the point to Allison inside the left circle and he steered it to Samsonov.

5.   A first unit of Gretzky, Brett Hull and Shayne Corson can pass the puck, shoot it and dig it out of the corners.

6.   A wise scribe in Detroit observed that, in the past two games, Tkachuk and Craig Janney appeared hesitant to pass the puck to Jeremy Roenick.

7.   Adam Oates set up Juneau by passing the puck to him with a kick of his skate.

8.   After MacLean passed the puck to Wayne Gretzky, the Great One slipped a pass to Graves in the slot.

9.   Allison skated toward the net and behind it, then passed the puck to the front of the net.

10.   But Gretzky can still pass the puck to create plays, and he still scores more goals than many.