Satan helps Bruins end slump at home with SO win over Leafs

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03/04/2010 - Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miroslav Satan opened the scoring in the first period and recorded the lone goal in the shootout, as the Boston Bruins put to rest their home woes with a 3-2 win over Toronto.

Satan beat Maple Leafs goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere on a nifty deke to the backhand in the third round of the extra segment. Boston netminder Tim Thomas, meanwhile, turned away the trio of Phil Kessel, Jamie Lundmark and Tyler Bozak, who tied the game six minutes into the third period.

Johnny Boychuk also scored in regulation for the Bruins, who improved to 9-9 in shootouts this season and snapped a 10-game winless streak as the host. Boston's last home win occurred at Fenway Park on New Year's Day. The Bruins hadn't won at TD Garden since December 30.

Thomas finished with 24 saves, while Giguere stopped 29 shots.

Viktor Stalberg had the other goal for Toronto, which has lost four straight.

A kicking motion was ruled to have propelled the puck across the goal line, negating a goal for Boston forward Michael Ryder 63 seconds into the game.

Satan's low wrister from the top of the left circle found room through the pads of Giguere at 9:36.

Stalberg beat Thomas on the short side with 4:33 to play in the first period, but Boychuk unloaded a slap shot past Giguere at 15:24 of the middle stanza for a 2-1 Boston lead.

Game Notes

Toronto has lost seven in a row on the road...Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask did not dress for the game. He is considered day-to-day with a knee injury...Boston center Patrice Bergeron missed his second straight game due to a groin injury suffered during the Winter Olympics.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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