Morneau's consecutive-games streak ends
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Minnesota Twins slugger Justin Morneau was expected to be released from the hospital Saturday following treatment for a bruised right lung that will likely sideline him for at least a couple of games.
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The Chicago Blackhawks brought a miserable eight-game losing streak to an end on Sunday with a 3-2 shootout road victory over the Nashville Predators.
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Saturday, the Bruins wiped out their five-game losing streak with a had-to-get-it 4-3 overtime victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.
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Back in June, Justin Morneau walked into manager Ron Gardenhire's office with a .236 batting average and was benched. Though he didn't realize it at the time, he walked out an MVP.
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Keith Tkachuk and Lee Stempniak scored power-play goals in the third period, and Manny Legace made 34 saves to help the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over Detroit that snapped their four-game slide and ended the Red Wings' 12-game point streak.
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Ty Conklin made 27 saves to remain unbeaten in eight starts this season, and the Pittsburgh Penguins extended their longest winning streak in nine years to seven games by beating the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Tuesday night.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs won their third successive game on the heels of a five-game losing streak, beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday.
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Justin Morneau's two-run double highlighted a four-run eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 7-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
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The Buffalo Sabres are fine with close games, as long as they keep winning them. Chris Drury had a goal and an assist and Daniel Briere had two assists to help Buffalo extend its season-opening winning streak to three with a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.
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When Justin Morneau moved out of teammate Joe Mauer's pad this offseason, he broke up perhaps the most productive two-income household in baseball history. The townhouse in St. Paul, Minn., was home last season to a combined batting average of .333, 47 homers and 214 RBIs, with an AL MVP award and a batting title.
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Vincent Lecavalier had three goals and two assists, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning stop a four-game losing streak with an 8-0 victory over the Southeast Division-leading Atlanta Thrashers last night in Tampa.
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The New York Rangers are hockey's version of the scoreless wonders. Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside 36 shots in another strong start last night and the host Pittsburgh Penguins won their third in a row by handing the Rangers their second straight 1-0 loss.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau agreed Friday to a $7.4 million one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.
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Slava Kozlov scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, and Eric Belanger had two goals to help the Atlanta Thrashers end a five-game home losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Friday night.
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Evgeni Malkin had his first NHL three-goal game and the Penguins put the Toronto Maple Leafs away with three goals in 48 seconds early in the third period, returning indoors for a 6-2 victory last night in Pittsburgh that ran their season-best winning streak to five games.
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Henrik Zetterberg scored the only goal of the shootout as the NHL-leading Detroit Red Wings held on to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Thursday and snap a three-game losing streak.
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Todd White's power-play goal 47 seconds into the third period broke a tie and helped the Atlanta Thrashers snap the Ottawa Senators' winning streak at six, with a 3-2 victory Thursday night.