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GAME OF THE WEEK

By HELENE ELLIOTT

They went into the All-Star break separated by only two points but these are teams heading in different directions. The Bruins were 5-0-1, powered by nine goals from Glen Murray. They slipped in Felix Potvin twice and rested rookie goalie Andrew Raycroft, whose 1.90 goals-against average and .932 save percentage are among the league’s best. The Senators have lost four of their last five, including two nasty, emotional games to the Maple Leafs. Usually paragons of defensive strength, they had a 4-0 lead over Toronto at home last Thursday at 3:52 of the second period but lost, 5-4, in overtime. Ouch.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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