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G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	TOI
1	8	9	4	36	24:22

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Chara finally nets first goal: The Sports Xchange reports D Zdeno Chara scored his first goal of the season in his 16th game on Saturday against the Sabres. Last season, he went the first 12 games without a goal and finished with a career-high 19.
(Updated 11/08/2009).

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No information available at this time (Updated 11/9/09).

Fantasy Analysis

Boston coach Claude Julien challenged Chara to play better at the beginning of November and thus far the All-Star is responding. He has three points and a plus-3 rating in his last two games. Despite the slow start, Fantasy owners shouldn't worry about Chara. He is still a must-start option.
(Updated 11/08/2009).

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Chara had a goal and an assist to help the Bruins beat Buffalo 4-2 on Saturday.
11/08/2009

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It was the first goal of the season for the reigning Norris Trophy winner, who does have eight assists. Both points came on the power play for the big Slovak, something that had been mostly missing from Chara's repertoire during the Bruins' early struggles.

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No information available at this time (Updated 11/9/09).

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November 7, 2009: Bruins snap power-play drought in win over Sabres

Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara scored first-period power-play goals as the goal-starved Boston Bruins halted a rough stretch with a 4-2 win over Buffalo on Saturday night, sending the Sabres to their first consecutive losses of the season.

November 5, 2009: Bruins avoid historic shutout but lose in shootout to Canadiens

Patrice Bergeron's goal with 52 seconds left in regulation helped the Bruins avoid a historic third straight shutout, but Michael Cammalleri scored in the shootout to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over Boston on Thursday night.

October 29, 2009: Waiver Wire: In with the new

If it seems like a new wave of kids is taking the NHL by storm so far in 2009, you'd be right. Our Michael Hurcomb spotlights a handful of rookies and other young players that Fantasy owners should be made aware of in his Playing the Waiver Wire.

October 27, 2009: Sabres' time running out on decision about big rookie defenseman Myers

Sabres defenseman Henrik Tallinder doesn't understand what the big mystery is regarding rookie teammate Tyler Myers' NHL future.

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2008-09	Norris-Best Defenseman

Last 6 Games
	Opp.	G	A	PTS	+/-	TOI
10/29	NJ	0	1	1	0	20:27
10/31	EDM	0	0	0	0	25:01
11/01	NYR	0	0	0	-1	24:18
11/03	DET	0	0	0	-1	22:05
11/05	MTL	0	1	1	1	26:34
11/07	BUF	1	1	2	2	22:19
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NOVEMBER
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 @NYR L 0 - 1	2	3 @DET L 0 - 2	4	5 MON L 1 - 2 (SO)	6	7 BUF W 4 - 2
8	9	10 PIT Tickets	11	12 FLA Tickets	13	14 @PIT Tickets
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CAREER STATS
SEASON	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	FW	FL
1997-98	N.Y. Islanders	25	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1998-99	N.Y. Islanders	59	2	6	8	-8	0	1	0	0
1999-00	N.Y. Islanders	65	2	9	11	-27	0	0	1	1	0	0
2000-01	N.Y. Islanders	82	2	7	9	-27	0	1	0	0	0	0
2001-02	Ottawa	75	10	13	23	30	4	1	2	0	0	0
2002-03	Ottawa	74	9	30	39	29	3	0	2	0	0	0
2003-04	Ottawa	79	16	25	41	33	7	0	3	2	0	0
2005-06	Ottawa	71	16	27	43	17	10	1	3	0	10	14
2006-07	Boston	80	11	32	43	-21	9	0	3	0	0	1
2007-08	Boston	77	17	34	51	14	9	1	0	0	0	0
2008-09	Boston	80	19	31	50	23	11	0	3	0	1	3
2009-10	Boston	16	1	8	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
		783	105	223	328	68	54	5	17	3	11	18

MORE CAREER STATS
SEASON	Team	S	S%	TOI	SHIFTS	PPTOI	SHTOI	PIM	MJR	MSC	MNR
1997-98	N.Y. Islanders	10	0.0					50	4	1	10
1998-99	N.Y. Islanders	56	3.6					83	3	1	29
1999-00	N.Y. Islanders	47	4.3	1486:06	1681			57	1	0	26
2000-01	N.Y. Islanders	83	2.4	1831:48	2206			157	5	2	56
2001-02	Ottawa	105	9.5	1670:26	2117			156	10	3	38
2002-03	Ottawa	168	5.4	1844:00	2229	224:47	274:56	116	4	3	33
2003-04	Ottawa	185	8.6	1945:51	2452	211:52	297:49	147	9	2	41
2005-06	Ottawa	212	7.5	1930:22	2044	313:32	411:14	135	3	3	45
2006-07	Boston	204	5.4	2237:19	2375	418:25	392:41	100	0	1	45
2007-08	Boston	207	8.2	2066:32	2170	334:47	279:13	114	4	1	42
2008-09	Boston	216	8.8	2085:15	2198	301:23	268:43	95	3	1	35
2009-10	Boston	40	2.5	390:37	448	53:45	44:26	36	0	2	8
		1533	6.8	17488:16	19920	1858:31	1969:02	1246	46	20	408

POSTSEASON STATS
SEASON	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	FW	FL
2001-02	Ottawa	10	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002-03	Ottawa	18	1	6	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003-04	Ottawa	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005-06	Ottawa	10	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007-08	Boston	7	1	1	2	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09	Boston	11	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
		63	5	15	20	10	3	0	1	0	0	0

MORE POSTSEASON STATS
SEASON	Team	S	S%	TOI	SHIFTS	PPTOI	SHTOI	PIM	MJR	MSC	MNR
2001-02	Ottawa	17	0.0	261:13	349	0:00	0:00	12	0	0	6
2002-03	Ottawa	32	3.1	451:57	602	51:38	65:22	14	0	0	7
2003-04	Ottawa	12	8.3	172:27	241	22:17	28:07	8	0	0	4
2005-06	Ottawa	17	5.9	275:23	312	22:24	65:53	23	1	0	9
2007-08	Boston	14	7.1	181:01	205	30:04	25:15	12	0	0	6
2008-09	Boston	28	3.6	277:00	348	45:21	24:59	12	0	0	6
		120	4.2	1619:01	2057	171:44	209:36	81	1	0	38

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