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Craig Adams, Kevyn Adams, Anton Babchuk, Rod Brind’Amour CAPTAIN, Erik Cole,Mike Commodore, Matt Cullen, Martin Gerber, Bret Hedican, Andrew Hutchinson, Frantisek Kaberle, Andrew Ladd, Chad LaRose, Mark Recchi, Eric Staal, Cory Stillman, Oleg Tverdovsky, Josef Vasicek, Niclas Wallin, Aaron Ward, Cam Ward, Doug Weight, Ray Whitney, Justin Williams, Glen Wesley Peter Karmanos Jr., Thomas Thewes OWNERS, Jim Rutherford GENERAL MANAGER, Peter Laviolette HEAD COACH

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2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL

1 OTTAWA SENATORS 113 v. 8 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 92 GM JOHN MUCKLER, HC BRYAN MURRAY v. GM JAY FEASTER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA

SENATORS WIN SERIES IN 5

Friday, April 21 1900 h et

TAMPA BAY 1 @ OTTAWA 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. TAMPA BAY, Vincent Lecavalier 1 (Dan Boyle, Brad Richards) 19:00 PPG

Penalties – Eaves O 1:57, Richards T 7:53, Schaefer O 18:06, Chara O 18:47

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Meszaros O 6:20, Lightning bench 8:17, Lecavalier O 12:54, Phillips O 19:43

THIRD PERIOD

2. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 1 (Jason Spezza, Peter Schaefer) 5:06 PPG 3. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 1 (Dany Heatley, Ray Emery) 6:13 PPG GWG

4. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 1 (Peter Schaefer) 9:37 SHG 5. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 1 (Dany Heatley, Anton Volchenkov) 18:58 SHG ENG

Penalties – Modin T 3:49, Boyle T 5:15, Vermette O 6:35, Heatley O 8:31, Heatley O 16:48, Neil O 19:52

Shots on goal by

LIGHTNING 16 13 7 36 SENATORS 11 15 12 38

TAMPA BAY, John Grahame; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

TB – 1 for 9, OTT – 2 for 6 on power play

Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy 19,660 at Scotiabank Place (formerly Corel Centre)

Spezza’s goal a beauty, as he wired it over Grahame’s left shoulder

Injured Sens’ goaltender, Dominik Hasek, watched game from end of Sens’ bench

Tuesday, April 25 1900 h et

OTTAWA 8 @ TAMPA BAY 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 3 (Zdeno Chara) 5:20 2. OTTAWA, Wade Redden 1 (Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza) 8:40 PPG

3. OTTAWA, Patrick Eaves 1 (Daniel Alfredsson) 12:56 4. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 3 (Pavel Kubina, Brad Richards) 18:38 PPG

Penalties – Volchenkov O 2:17, Varada O Pratt T 4:23, Vermette O Varada O Taylor T Artyukhin T (double

minor) 8:08, Schaefer O 14:06, Chara O 17:17, Redden O 17:41

SECOND PERIOD 5. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 4 (Wade Redden, Peter Schaefer) 2:17

6. OTTAWA, Antoine Vermette 1 (Vaclav Varada, Anton Volchenkov) 9:11

Penalties – Eaves O 3:51, Heatley O 11:07, Phillips O 13:07, Schaefer O Fedotenko T 16:16, Neil O 18:56

THIRD PERIOD 7. TAMPA BAY, Paul Ranger 1 (unassisted) 0:20 PPG

8. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 1 (Jason Spezza, Wade Redden) 6:12 PPG GWG

9. OTTAWA, Zdeno Chara 1 (Jason Spezza, Martin Havlat) 10:28 PPG 10. TAMPA BAY, Paul Ranger 2 (Dan Boyle, Vaclav Prospal) 11:26

11. TAMPA BAY, Pavel Kubina 1 (Vincent Lecavalier, Darryl Sydor) 13:25 PPG 12. OTTAWA, Antoine Vermette 2 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 16:18

Penalties – Dingman T (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) 3:44, Sarich T 5:48, Schubert O 12:31,

Varada O (double minor) Chara O Heatley O Lecavalier T Pratt T (majors) Meszaros O Fisher O Fedotenko T Kubina T Craig T (10-minute misconducts) 17:43

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 13 8 10 31 LIGHTNING 12 18 9 39

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; TAMPA BAY, John Grahame, Sean Burke (9:11 of second period)

OTT – 3 for 4, TB – 3 for 11 on power play Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak

20,815 at St. Pete Times Forum

Lightning just 4-for-23 in PP thus far in series Senators scored three times on their first eleven shots

Saturday, April 29 1900 h et


FIRST PERIOD 1. OTTAWA, Peter Schaefer 2 (Martin Havlat, Wade Redden) 12:53

2. OTTAWA, Andrej Meszaros 1 (Wade Redden, Dany Heatley) 15:44

Penalties – Schubert O 6:28, Kubina T 8:16, Fedotenko T 13:42

SECOND PERIOD

3. TAMPA BAY, Evgeny Artyukhin 1 (Cory Sarich, Vincent Lecavalier) 1:37 4. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 6 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 15:02 PPG GWG

5. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 3 (Dan Boyle) 18:15

Penalties – Richards T 3:10, Fedotenko T 13:33, Afanasenkov T 19:15

THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Volchenkov O 2:22, Chara O 14:47, Boyle T 16:26, Schaefer O 19:04

Shots on goal by


TAMPA BAY, Sean Burke; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

TB – 0 for 4 4 for 31 in series, OTT – 1 for 6 8 for 24 in series on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson

20,004 at Scotiabank Place

Martin Havlat OTT, Jason Spezza OTT each tally 10 points in series Sens advance past first round for the fourth time in nine straight playoff appearances since 1997

Sunday, April 23 1800 h et


FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Bryan Smolinski 1 (Vaclav Varada, Anton Volchenkov) 4:51 2. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 1 (Vaclav Prospal) 14:36

Penalties – Dingman T 11:22, Pothier O 17:00

SECOND PERIOD

3. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 1 (Paul Ranger) 7:39 4. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 2 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 17:12 PPG

Penalties – Modin T Eaves O 6:57, Alfredsson O 7:57, Modin T 9:41, St. Louis T 16:18

THIRD PERIOD 5. OTTAWA, Peter Schaefer 1 (Martin Havlat, Mike Fisher) 3:21

6. TAMPA BAY, Dan Boyle 1 (Brad Richards, Paul Ranger) 5:24 7. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 2 (Dmitry Afanasenkov, Brad Richards) 6:19 GWG

Penalties – Richards T 10:25, Chara O 13:26

Shots on goal by


TAMPA BAY, John Grahame; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

TB – 0 for 3, OTT – 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy


D Wade Redden OTT left team on Saturday night, after death of his mother, Pat Redden, 57 Tonight, injured Sens’ goaltender Dominik Hasek watched game from dressing room

Thursday, April 27 1900 h et

OTTAWA 5 @ TAMPA BAY 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 2 (Dany Heatley) 6:13 2. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 4 (Paul Ranger, Brad Richards) 11:10

3. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 2 (Vincent Lecavalier, Paul Ranger) 16:15

Penalties – Meszaros O 2:30, Eaves O 13:47, Kubina T 18:58

SECOND PERIOD 4. OTTAWA, Chris Phillips 1 (Daniel Alfredsson, Bryan Smolinski) 5:59

5. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 2 (Martin Havlat, Jason Spezza) 17:10 PPG GWG 6. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 5 (Peter Schaefer, Mike Fisher) 17:50

Penalties – Artyukhin T 13:00, Boyle T 16:22, Neil O 19:14

THIRD PERIOD

7. OTTAWA, Chris Neil 1 (Dany Heatley) 1:24

Penalties – Spezza O 4:51, Chara O Fedotenko T 16:12, Fedotenko T 19:01

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 7 10 8 25 LIGHTNING 13 12 7 32

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; TAMPA BAY, John Grahame, Sean Burke (0:00 of third period)

OTT – 1 for 4, TB – 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak

20,682 at St. Pete Times Forum

Spezza sets Senators’ team record with his ninth point in a single playoff series





2 CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. 7 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 93 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM BOB GAINEY, HC BOB GAINEY

HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 6


MONTREAL 6 @ CAROLINA 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 1 (unassisted) 0:50

2. MONTREAL, Francis Bouillon 1 (Michael Ryder, Christopher Higgins) 8:23 PPG 3. MONTREAL, Radek Bonk 1 (Mathieu Dandenault, Niklas Sundstrom) 16:17 GWG

Penalties – Weight C 6:54, Perezhogin M Gerber C 8:39, Bouillon M 20:00

SECOND PERIOD

4. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 1 (Tomas Plekanec, Craig Rivet) 2:18 5. MONTREAL, Christopher Higgins 1 (Niklas Sundstrom, Saku Koivu) 16:01

Penalties – Souray M 10:23, Komisarek M 12:45, Sundstrom M 13:51, Williams C 16:54

THIRD PERIOD

6. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 2 (Mike Ribeiro, Francis Bouillon) 11:40 PPG 7. MONTREAL, Sheldon Souray 1 (Tomas Plekanec, Alexei Kovalev) 18:12

Penalties – Staal C 9:44, Sundstrom M 14:56

Shots on goal by

CANADIENS 7 7 7 21 HURRICANES 16 19 8 43

MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet; CAROLINA, Martin Gerber

MTL – 2 for 3, CAR – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Don Koharski Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot

18,812 at RBC Center

Hurricanes Erik Cole and Ray Whitney both missed game with injuries Cristobal Huet MTL makes his first Stanley Cup-playoff start

Wednesday, April 26 1900 h et

CAROLINA 2 @ MONTREAL 1 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Plekanec M 6:20, Weight C 10:24, Koivu M 17:17

SECOND PERIOD

1. MONTREAL, Richard Zednik 2 (Michael Ryder, Sheldon Souray) 9:17 PPG

Penalties – Wesley C 8:16, Recchi C 9:45, Bouillon M 12:28

THIRD PERIOD 2. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 3 (Bret Hedican, Mike Commodore) 11:27

Penalties – Dandenault M 12:09, Komisarek M (double minor) 15:26

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD

3. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 1 (Bret Hedican, Cory Stillman) 3:38 PPG GWG

Penalties – Plekanec M 2:35

Shots on goal by

HURRICANES 13 8 11 4 36 CANADIENS 10 11 6 1 28

CAROLINA, Cam Ward; MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet

CAR – 1 for 7, MTL – 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jean Morin

1, at Centre Bell

Cam Ward makes his first-ever Stanley Cup playoff start Saku Koivu MTL leaves game, after an unpenalized high stick from Justin Williams

His left eye appears to be seriously injured and Koivu spends overnight in hospital


MONTREAL 1 @ CAROLINA 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 2 (Cory Stillman, Rod Brind’Amour) 4:27 PPG

Penalties – Souray M 4:18, Dandenault M 5:13, Hedican C 8:39

SECOND PERIOD 2. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 3 (Doug Weight, Frantisek Kaberle) 13:57 PPG GWG

3. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 4 (Sheldon Souray) 19:32

Penalties – Weight C 0:16, Markov M 12:43

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Cullen C 0:48, Cullen C 8:29, Brind’Amour C 13:57, Souray M 14:33, Bonk M 17:25

Shots on goal by CANADIENS 10 13 8 31

HURRICANES 12 11 5 28 MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

MTL – 0 for 5, CAR – 2 for 5 on power play

Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Jay Sharrers 18,887 at RBC Center

About 40 seconds into the game, Cristobal Huet MTL had a shot blasted off his mask, by Matt Cullen

Hurricanes were 31-8-2 at RBC Center this season, trailing only Nashville for points at home

Monday, April 24 1900 h et

MONTREAL 6 @ CAROLINA 5 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. MONTREAL, Jan Bulis 1 (Alexei Kovalev) 4:48

2. MONTREAL, Michael Ryder 1 (Andrei Markov, Mathieu Dandenault) 13:35 PPG 3. MONTREAL, Radek Bonk 2 (Niklas Sundstrom, Craig Rivet) 14:46

Penalties – Komisarek M Commodore C 8:22, Bouillon M 10:07, Williams C 11:17, Commodore C 13:14

SECOND PERIOD

4. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 2 (Eric Staal, Endrew Ladd) 1:42 5. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 1 (Doug Weight, Eric Staal) 9:05 PPG

Penalties – Wallin C 5:08, Kovalev M 7:01, Rivet M 8:31, Zednik M (double minor) 9:36,

Markov M Weight C 16:06, Staal C 16:15, Perezhogin M 19:17, Bouillon M 19:30

THIRD PERIOD

6. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 1 (Mark Recchi, Eric Staal) 0:22 PPG 7. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 2 (Justin Williams, Eric Staal) 1:15 PPG

8. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 2 (Jan Bulis, Mathieu Dandenault) 5:22 9. MONTREAL, Richard Zednik 1 (Alexander Perezhogin, Tomas Plekanec) 5:58

10. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 1 (Bret Hedican, Matt Cullen) 18:30

Penalties – Weight C 16:08


NO SCORING

Penalties – Williams C 2:04, A. Ward C 8:27, Plekanec M 14:30, Brind’Amour C

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD

11. MONTREAL, Michael Ryder 2 (Saku Koivu, Christopher Higgins) 2:32 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

CANADIENS 14 5 10 6 1 36 HURRICANES 9 12 9 14 2 46

MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet; CAROLINA, Martin Gerber, Cam Ward (14:46 of first period)

MTL – 1 for 8, CAR – 3 for 8 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Meier Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot 18,730 at RBC Center

D Sheldon Souray MTL left game with lower-body injury, and didn’t return

Hurricanes/Whalers’ franchise has still never won a multi-overtime playoff game


CAROLINA 3 @ MONTREAL 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 1 (Eric Staal, Doug Weight) 10:22 2. CAROLINA, Aaron Ward 1 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 11:33

Penalties – None

SECOND PERIOD 3. MONTREAL, Alexander Perezhogin 1 (François Bouillon, Tomas Plekanec) 5:21

4. MONTREAL, Sheldon Souray 2 (Alexei Kovalev, Mike Ribeiro) 12:58 PPG

Penalties – Wallin C 2:03, Bouillon M 7:43, Adams C 10:55, Hedican C (double minor) 11:45

THIRD PERIOD 5. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 4 (Niklas Wallin, Mark Recchi) 5:54 GWG

Penalties – Kovalev M 0:24

Shots on goal by

HURRICANES 12 12 5 29 CANADIENS 6 8 9 23


CAR – 0 for 2, MTL – 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jean Morin

21,273 at Centre Bell

D Mark Streit MTL made his Stanley Cup playoff début

Tuesday, May 2 1900 h et

CAROLINA 2 @ MONTREAL 1 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. MONTREAL, Sheldon Souray 3 (Michael Ryder, Christopher Higgins) 6:31 PPG 2. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 1 (Eric Staal) 7:01

Penalties – A. Ward C 5:52, Komisarek M 9:17, Recchi C 13:00, Recchi C 15:58

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Bulis M 2:05, Stillman C Souray M 3:32, Begin M 4:42


Penalties – Whitney C 6:16

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 2 (Rod Brind’Amour) 1:19 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

HURRICANES 11 5 11 2 29 CANADIENS 7 7 12 0 26


CAR – 0 for 3 6 for 30 in series, MTL – 1 for 4 6 for 27 in series on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy

21,273 at Centre Bell

Stillman’s OT goal was a long slapshot, re-directed by D Craig Rivet’s stick…but still very weak Canadiens have won just three of ten playoff series since 1993





3 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 101 v. 6 NEW YORK RANGERS 100 GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC LOU LAMORIELLO v. GM GLEN SATHER, HC TOM RENNEY

DEVILS SWEEP SERIES


NEW YORK 1 @ NEW JERSEY 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 1 (Scott Gomez, Jamie Langenbrunner) 3:55 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Petr Prucha 1 (Jaromir Jagr, Michael Nylander) 10:00 PPG

Penalties – Moore NYR 3:28, Ward NYR 6:39, Lukowich NJ 9:01, White N 12:16, Gionta NJ 15:19,

Ozolinsh NYR 19:21

SECOND PERIOD 3. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 1 (Brian Gionta, Patrik Elias) 7:48 PPG GWG

4. NEW JERSEY, Ken Klee 1 (Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez) 17:10

Penalties – Rozsival NYR 1:49, Rafalski NJ 3:30, Betts NYR 6:50, Madden NJ 8:16, Malik NYR 13:24, Lukowich NJ 14:17, Poti NYR 15:09, Parisé NJ 18:09

THIRD PERIOD

5. NEW JERSEY, Brian Rafalski 1 (Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta) 0:53 PPG 6. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 1 (Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta) 8:45 PPG

7. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 2 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Scott Gomez) 15:34 PPG

Penalties – Jagr NYR 0:32, Hossa NYR 4:52, Malik NYR 7:06, Hollweg NYR (double minor, served by Prucha, major, 10-minute misconduct) Janssen NJ (major) 14:11, Straka NYR Wiemer NJ 17:02

Shots on goal by RANGERS 12 10 8 30

DEVILS 10 9 11 30 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

NYR – 1 for 6, NJ – 5 for 13 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Meier Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jean Morin 19,040 at Continental Airlines Arena

Jagr NYR tried to hit Scott Gomez NJ, injuring Jagr’s left shoulder; later, it’s revealed to be dislocated

Rangers played their first Stanley Cup-playoff game since 1997 D Colin White NJ left game around 17-minute mark, and didn’t return


NEW JERSEY 3 @ NEW YORK 0

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 2 (Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski) 1:08 GWG 2. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 3 (Jamie Langenbrunner, David Hale) 9:20

Penalties – Hale NJ 2:31, Martin NJ 15:40

SECOND PERIOD

3. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 1 (Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez) 2:48

Penalties – Ozolinsh NYR 6:10, Rasmussen NJ 16:07, Hossa NYR 20:00

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by DEVILS 7 6 7 20

RANGERS 11 8 6 25 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist

NJ – 0 for 2, NYR – 0 for 3 on power play

Referees: Tim Peel, Don van Massenhoven Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson 18,200 at Madison Square Garden

This was Rangers’ first home playoff game since 23 May 1997

Jaromir Jagr NYR returned to line-up, after dislocating left shoulder in Game One


NEW YORK 1 @ NEW JERSEY 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 1 (Brian Rafalski, Jay Pandolfo) 7:47 SHG 2. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 1 (Paul Martin, Jamie Langenbrunner) 14:13 PPG GWG

Penalties – Marshall NJ 4:03, Janssen NJ 7:15, Wiseman NYR 13:25, Orr NYR 17:38

SECOND PERIOD

3. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 2 (Jay Pandolfo, Paul Martin) 19:54 SHG

Penalties – Malik NYR 3:28, Ortmeyer NYR 12:48, Marshall NJ (double minor) 16:22, Madden NJ 17:47

THIRD PERIOD

4. NEW YORK, Blair Betts 1 (Ryan Hollweg, Marek Malik) 5:41 5. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 3 (Grant Marshall, Jay Pandolfo) 12:46

Penalties – Ozolinsh NYR 8:18, Rasmussen NJ 13:36, Weekes NYR 15:41, Janssen NJ 19:10

Shots on goal by

RANGERS 5 9 12 26 DEVILS 8 7 10 25

NEW YORK, Kevin Weekes; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

NYR – 0 for 7, NJ – 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jean Morin

19,040 at Continental Airlines Arena

Historically, Devils are 9-0 in series they’ve led two games-to-none Madden’s two SHG were the 10

th time, in SC playoff history, that a player had two shorties in game

Martin Brodeur’s 135th consecutive playoff start for Devils


NEW JERSEY 4 @ NEW YORK 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Jed Ortmeyer 1 (Martin Rucinsky, Michal Rozsival) 19:41

Penalties – Hossa NYR 3:37, Langenbrunner NJ 7:21, Hale NJ 10:27, Rucinsky NYR 13:33

SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 2 (Patrik Elias) 4:20 PPG

3. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias (Scott Gomez, Brian Rafalski) 7:21 PPG

Penalties – Rasmussen NJ 2:09, Rangers’ bench 4:00, Rozsival NYR 6:24, Rozsival NYR 8:00

THIRD PERIOD 4. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 2 (unassisted) 4:30 SHG GWG

5. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 5 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Paul Martin) 13:21 6. NEW YORK, Steve Rucchin 1 (Fedor Tyutin, Blair Betts) 18:33 PPG

Penalties – Rozsival NYR 1:19, Wiemer NJ 2:44, Madden NJ 16:50

Shots on goal by

DEVILS 8 12 9 29

RANGERS 9 10 14 33 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist

NJ – 2 for 6 8 for 27 in series, NYR – 1 for 5 2 for 21 in series on power play

Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy 18,200 at Madison Square Garden

Jaromir Jagr NYR, w/ dislocated left shoulder (G1), gets hit just 0:53 in, by Lukowich; leaves game

This was the Devils’ 15th consecutive win, including 11 at the end of the regular season

Martin Brodeur played in his 137th consecutive postseason game, breaking Patrick Roy’s record

Brodeur’s 88th career playoff win moved him into a third-place tie with Billy Smith and Ed Belfour

This was the third sweep in Devils’ playoff history (1995 Detroit, 2000 Florida)

Patrick Elias’ 11 first-round points led all NHL players…and Elias only played four games!





4 BUFFALO SABRES 110 v. 5 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 101 GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF v. GM BOB CLARKE, HC KEN HITCHCOCK

SABRES WIN SERIES IN 6


PHILADELPHIA 2 @ BUFFALO 3 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 1 (unassisted) 5:20

Penalties – Forsberg P 1:47, Hatcher P Gaustad B 10:09, Tallinder B 15:55, Knuble P 19:33

SECOND PERIOD 2. BUFFALO, Jay McKee 1 (Brian Campbell, Daniel Brière) 4:33

3. PHILADELPHIA, Mike Knuble 1 (Éric Desjardins, Denis Gauthier) 16:34

Penalties – Desjardins P 0:28, Lydman B 6:39, Desjardins P 9:19, Hatcher P Knuble P Grier B 11:53, McKee B 18:54

THIRD PERIOD

4. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagné 1 (Mike Knuble, Peter Forsberg) 18:09 PPG

Penalties – Gauthier P 7:40, Lydman B 17:22

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Lydman B 0:26, Umberger P 7:16, Carter P McKee B (double minors) 11:28,

Knuble P Meyer P Gaustad B 14:41, Rathje P 16:47


5. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 1 (Jochen Hecht) 7:31 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by FLYERS 6 6 9 6 5 32

SABRES 14 15 12 15 2 58 PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

PHI – 1 for 5, BUF – 0 for 9 on power play

Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson 18,690 at HSBC Arena

D Brian Campbell BUF, 12 mins into first ot, knocked R.J. Umberger PHI unconscious w/ huge check

Sabres’ entire roster sports just 295 games of Stanley Cup-playoff experience Sabres set franchise record with 58 shots (57 on 8 April 1976, 3-2 ot win over St. Louis)


BUFFALO 2 @ PHILADELPHIA 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 2 (Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly) 2:37 2. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Savage 1 (Michal Handzus, Derian Hatcher) 6:35 SHG

Penalties – Forsberg P 5:00, Numminen B 7:01, Pitkanen P 11:21, Knuble P 14:16, Lydman B 17:33

SECOND PERIOD

3. PHILADELPHIA, Peter Forsberg 1 (unassisted) 6:57

4. PHILADELPHIA, Peter Forsberg 2 (Simon Gagné, Mike Knuble) 12:37 PPG GWG

Penalties – Savage P 1:36, Tallinder B 7:13, Dumont B 11:08, Handzus P 14:16

THIRD PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 2 (A Kalinin, Maxim Afinogenov) 4:44

6. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagné 3 (Peter Forsberg, Mike Knuble) 19:44 ENG

Penalties – Nedved P 9:42, Nedved P 12:05, Roy B 14:14

Shots on goal by SABRES 9 9 10 28

FLYERS 7 17 3 27 BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche

BUF – 0 for 7, PHI – 1 for 5 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Meier Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Greg Devorski 19,984 at Wachovia Center

Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’ was shown; Flyers are now 68-17-3 when Kate sings

J.P. Dumont BUF was knocked out of game, in late second, by a stick from Denis Gauthier PHI


PHILADELPHIA 0 @ BUFFALO 3

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 3 (Chris Drury, Brian Campbell) 6:05 PPG GWG

Penalties – Desjardins P 4:37, Carter P 7:32, Flyers’ bench 18:05

SECOND PERIOD

2. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 4 (Daniel Brière, Tim Connolly) 19:12 PPG

Penalties – Roy B 5:10, Brière B 8:10, Forsberg P 10:29, Savage P 19:01

THIRD PERIOD 3. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 1 (Daniel Brière, J.P. Dumont) 4:50

Penalties – Gaustad B 9:04, Hatcher P 17:25

Shots on goal by

FLYERS 3 14 7 24 SABRES 14 6 13 33

PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

PHI – 0 for 3, BUF – 2 for 6 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak

18,690 at HSBC Arena

Tim Connolly BUF was forced to wear a visor, after a cut on the face during pre-game warm-up Forsberg-Gagné-Knuble PHI line has 8g, 8a in series…rest of Flyers have 5g, 10a


PHILADELPHIA 2 @ BUFFALO 8

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 1 (unassisted) 1:41 2. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 1 (Tim Connolly, Brian Campbell) 3:00 PPG

3. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 1 (Tim Connolly, Toni Lydman) 12:26 GWG 4. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 1 (Paul Gaustad, Jay McKee) 14:36

5. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 2 (Daniel Brière, Jason Pominville) 19:46 PPG

Penalties – Gagné P 2:22, Meyer P 5:06, Hecht B 7:48, Vanek B 10:15, Esche P Tallinder B 15:54,

Hatcher P 17:41, Rathje P 19:20

SECOND PERIOD 6. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagné 1 (Peter Forsberg, Derian Hatcher) 0:58

7. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 3 (Daniel Brière, Chris Drury) 9:42 PPG

Penalties – Gauthier P (major, game misconduct) 6:23, Meyer P 11:44, Eager P (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 16:09, Carter P 18:35

THIRD PERIOD 8. PHILADELPHIA, Petr Nedved 1 (Éric Desjardins) 5:47

9. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 2 (Teppo Numinen, Paul Gaustad) 8:35 10. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 3 (Paul Gaustad, J.P. Dumont) 18:42

Penalties – Vanek B 14:00, Meyer P Hatcher P Roy B Vanek B Eager P (double minor, 10-minute misconduct)

16:33

Shots on goal by

FLYERS 8 4 10 22 SABRES 10 7 11 28

PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche, Antero Niittymaki (0:00 of second period); BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

PHI – 0 for 3, BUF – 3 for 12 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson


Dumont and Pominville had the 6th and 7

th three-goal games in Sabres’ playoff history

Sabres’ five-goal first period matched team playoff record (three previous times)



FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Tomas Vanek 1 (R Fitzpatrick, Ales Kotalik) 2:34 PPG

2. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 2 (Henrik Tallinder) 10:10 3. PHILADELPHIA, Éric Desjardins 1 (Peter Forsberg, J Pitkanen) 12:13

Penalties – Kapanen P 1:16, Brière B 8:01, Dimitrakos P 16:00

SECOND PERIOD 4. PHILADELPHIA, Peter Forsberg 3 (Joni Pitkanen) 3:26

Penalties – Tallinder B 11:41, Fitzpatrick B 14:30

THIRD PERIOD

5. PHILADELPHIA, Petr Nedved 2 (Freddy Meyer, Éric Desjardins) 3:50 PPG 6. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 3 (Chris Drury, Ales Kotalik) 6:17 PPG

7. PHILADELPHIA, R.J. Umberger 1 (unassisted) 9:51 8. PHILADELPHIA, Peter Forsberg 4 (unassisted) 19:11 GWG ENG

9. BUFFALO, Mike Grier 1 (Dmitri Kalinin) 19:41 SHG

Penalties – Pominville B 2:05, Afinogenov B 4:20, Carter P 5:45, Rathje P 6:04, Gaustad B 14:54, Fitzpatrick B 19:31, Brière B 19:56

Shots on goal by

SABRES 14 5 11 30 FLYERS 10 15 8 23

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche

BUF – 2 for 4, PHI – 1 for 8 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Greg Devorski

20,092 at Wachovia Center

Sabres had lost only once, during regular season, when holding a two-goal lead At 12:41 of second, Derek Roy BUF stopped on penalty-shot attempt by Robert Esche PHI

Roy’s penalty shot was the 46th attempt in Stanley Cup playoff history…15 have been successful



FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Mike Grier 2 (Chris Drury, Derek Roy) 11:16

2. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 3 (Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly) 17:34 GWG 3. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 1 (Mike Grier, Chris Drury) 19:27

Penalties – McKee B 2:17, Flyers’ bench 4:22

SECOND PERIOD

4. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 4 (Toni Lydman, Henrik Tallinder) 3:05 5. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 2 (Daniel Brière, J.P. Dumont) 7:19

6. PHILADELPHIA, Branko Radivojevic 1 (Michal Handzus) 18:57 7. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 2 (Derek Roy, Mike Grier) 19:46

Penalties – Lydman B 0:45, Pyatt B 5:00, Nedved P 9:15, Nedved P 15:45

THIRD PERIOD

8. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 3 (Mike Grier) 2:12 SHG

Penalties – Pyatt B (double minor) 1:52

Shots on goal by

SABRES 14 9 5 28 FLYERS 7 6 9 22

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche, Antero Niittymaki (7:19 of second period)

BUF – 0 for 3 7 for 41 in series, PHI – 0 for 5 3 for 29 in series on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak

19,967 at Wachovia Center

Flyers’ first opening-round elimination since 2002 Last Philadelphia team to win a championship was 1983 76ers




2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL

1 DETROIT RED WINGS 124 v. 8 EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH

OILERS WIN SERIES IN 6


EDMONTON 2 @ DETROIT 3 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. DETROIT, Robert Lang 1 (Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan) 4:05 PPG

2. EDMONTON, Sergei Samsonov 1 (Ales Hemsky, Jaroslav Spacek) 11:44 PPG

Penalties – Roloson E Bergeron E Maltby D 2:28, Peca E 5:29, Schneider D 11:16, Yzerman D 16:30

SECOND PERIOD

3. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 1 (Jaroslav Spacek, Sergei Samsonov) 8:43 PPG

Penalties – Smith E 4:14, Chelios D 7:46, Peca E 13:32, Laraque E 17:39

THIRD PERIOD

4. DETROIT, Kirk Maltby 1 (Johan Franzen, Mathieu Schneider) 13:43

Penalties – Lilja D 3:31, Schneider D 5:51, Bergeron E (double minor) Draper D 9:29, Shanahan D 18:10


NO SCORING

Penalties – None


5. DETROIT, Kirk Maltby 2 (Mathieu Schneider, Johan Franzen) 2:39 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

OILERS 5 6 8 6 0 25

RED WINGS 15 16 7 16 3 57

EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; DETROIT, Manny Legace

EDM – 2 for 6, DET – 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Greg Devorski

20,066 at Joe Louis Arena

C Pavel Datsyuk DET sits out with left thigh injury LW Ethan Moreau EDM also sits out with groin injury

D Chris Chelios DET, 44 years old, appears in his 21st postseason – tying Ray Bourque’s record

Tuesday, April 25 2000 h mt

DETROIT 3 @ EDMONTON 4 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Jaroslav Spacek 1 (Brad Winchester, Ryan Smyth) 4:15 2. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 2 (Mathieu Schneider, Niklas Kronwall) 12:06 PPG

3. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 1 (Brad Winchester, Shawn Horcoff) 16:38

Penalties – Lilja D 4:52, Zetterberg D 8:51, Franzen D 10:06, Hemsky E 10:10, Smyth E 10:42, Holmstrom D (double minor, served by Lang) Roloson E (served by Smyth) 18:31, Chelios D 19:31

SECOND PERIOD

4. EDMONTON, Raffi Torres 1 (Chris Pronger, Shawn Horcoff) 2:38 PPG

Penalties – Draper D 1:29, Smyth E 3:33, Tarnstrom E 9:54, Lilja D 13:10

THIRD PERIOD

5. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 3 (Jason Williams, Nicklas Lidstrom) 11:52 PPG 6. DETROIT, Mathieu Schneider 1 (Steve Yzerman) 12:10

Penalties – Stoll E 3:34, Lebda D Horcoff E 5:17, Murray E 8:53, Bergeron E 11:41, Lidstrom D 18:43


NO SCORING

Penalties – Spacek E 4:28, Williams D 6:07, Peca E 8:29

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 7. EDMONTON, Jarret Stoll 2 (Sergei Samsonov, Shawn Horcoff) 8:44 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by RED WINGS 9 6 14 10 8 47

OILERS 11 4 5 7 5 32 DETROIT, Manny Legace; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson

DET – 2 for 9, EDM – 1 for 9 on power play

Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich 16,839 at Rexall Place

Oilers fans sported silver pom-poms for this game

At 14:31 of first overtime, Wings looked like they had scored, but puck entered under lifted net


EDMONTON 3 @ DETROIT 2

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Roloson E (served by Samsonov) 3:48, Lang D 6:00, Holmstrom D 8:25, Smyth E 8:44, Spacek E 9:08,

Spacek E 14:15

SECOND PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 3 (Chris Pronger, Raffi Torres) 5:16 2. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 2 (Jarret Stoll, Chris Pronger) 8:34 PPG

3. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 1 (Jason Smith, Chris Pronger) 12:36 GWG

4. DETROIT, Brendan Shanahan 1 (unassisted) 18:39

Penalties – Shanahan D 7:41, Shanahan D 11:30, Smyth E 12:02

THIRD PERIOD 5. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 5 (Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom) 19:40

Penalties – Staios E 15:54

Shots on goal by

OILERS 4 11 4 19 RED WINGS 11 10 11 32


EDM – 1 for 4, DET – 0 for 6 on power play Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Don Koharski Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron

20,066, at Joe Louis Arena

With about three seconds remaining, Shawn Horcoff EDM blocked a painful shot with upper body For the second game in a row, rookie G Jimmy Howard backed up Legace (Chris Osgood, groin)


EDMONTON 4 @ DETROIT 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 1 (Steve Staios, Shawn Horcoff) 12:32

2. DETROIT, Jason Williams 1 (Robert Lang, Steve Yzerman) 14:50

Penalties – Draper D 11:08, Hemsky E 11:42, Stoll E 15:27, Hemsky E 18:25

SECOND PERIOD 3. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 1 (Tomas Holmstrom, Niklas Kronwall) 7:11 PPG

4. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 1 (Michael Peca) 17:49 5. EDMONTON, Brad Winchester 1 (Chris Pronger) 18:46 GWG

Penalties – Yzerman D 0:40, Staios E 5:47

THIRD PERIOD 6. EDMONTON, Jarret Stoll 1 (Fernando Pisani) 19:47 ENG

Penalties – Tarnstrom E Cleary D 2:21, Cleary D 10:08

Shots on goal by

OILERS 8 8 8 24 RED WINGS 13 8 14 35


EDM – 0 for 3, DET – 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron

20,066 at Joe Louis Arena

Oilers’ coach Craig MacTavish won’t call what Edmonton is using ‘the trap’…but it is C Pavel Datsyuk DET retuns to line-up today

Thursday, April 27 1930 h mt

DETROIT 4 @ EDMONTON 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 2 (Raffi Torres, Shawn Horcoff) 7:22 PPG 2. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 1 (Mathieu Schneider, Robert Lang) 13:25 PPG

3. DETROIT, Robert Lang 2 (Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall) 19:23

Penalties – Torres E 0:25, Williams D 6:02, Winchester E 8:40, Greene E 11:34, Staios E 12:17, Holmstrom D 16:28

SECOND PERIOD

4. EDMONTON, Jaroslav Spacek 2 (Ales Hemsky, Sergei Samsonov) 4:03 PPG

Penalties – Peca E 0:32, Maltby D 3:43, Lebda D 8:26, Winchester E 11:30, Greene E 14:15, Samuelsson D 15:46, Kronwall D 16:08, Chelios D 17:52

THIRD PERIOD

5. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (Mathieu Schneider, Robert Lang) 6:44 PPG GWG

6. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 4 (Pavel Datsyuk, Mathieu Schneider) 15:53 PPG

Penalties – Holmstrom D 1:13, Greene E 5:06, Pisani E 6:29, Bergeron E 10:01, Hemsky E 15:22,

Franzen D 16:08

Shots on goal by RED WINGS 14 7 10 31

OILERS 6 13 7 26 DETROIT, Manny Legace; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson

DET – 3 for 11, EDM – 2 for 9 on power play

Referees: Marc Joannette, Dean Warren Linesmen: Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich 16,839 at Rexall Place

Red Wings’ captain Steve Yzerman sat out, likely with a lower back injury

According to Oilers’ radio broadcast, referee Mark Joannette did a horrible job

Monday, May 1 1800 h mt

DETROIT 3 @ EDMONTON 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 6 (Mikael Samuelsson, Andreas Lilja) 14:36

Penalties – Samuelsson D 4:19, Schneider D 10:33, Samuelsson D 16:29, Pronger E 17:09

SECOND PERIOD 2. DETROIT, Robert Lang 3 (Steve Yzerman, Mathieu Schneider) 14:02 PPG

Penalties – Spacek E 4:54, Holmstrom D 5:18, Pronger E 13:51

THIRD PERIOD

3. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 4 (Jarret Stoll, Ryan Smyth) 2:56 PPG 4. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 5 (Jason Smith, Rem Murray) 6:40

5. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 1 (Daniel Cleary, Kirk Maltby) 10:07 6. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 1 (Sergei Samsonov, Dick Tarnstrom) 16:07 PPG

7. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 2 (Sergei Samsonov, Jarret Stoll) 18:54 GWG

Penalties – Williams D 2:43, Moreau E 7:52, Cleary D 14:24

Shots on goal by RED WINGS 10 17 9 36

OILERS 15 2 13 30 DETROIT, Manny Legace; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson

DET – 1 for 4 8 for 40 in series, EDM – 2 for 6 8 for 37 in series on power play

Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot 16,839 at Rexall Place

Zetterberg’s goal was a highlight-reel special, going around D Jaroslav Spacek EDM

C Steve Yzerman DET returned to Red Wings’ line-up, after leaving G3 with upper body injury Hemsky’s third-pd goal under review a long time, to determine whether he kicked it in w/ left leg

Red Wings become third President’s Trophy winners to lose in first round (CHI ’91, STL ’00)





2 DALLAS STARS 112 v. 7 COLORADO AVALANCHE 95 GM DOUG ARMSTRONG, HC DAVE TIPPETT v. GM PIERRE LACROIX, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE

AVALANCHE WINS SERIES IN 5

Saturday, April 22 1400 h ct

COLORADO 5 @ DALLAS 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. DALLAS, Brenden Morrow 1 (Stu Barnes, Stephane Robidas) 13:04

2. DALLAS, Bill Guerin 1 (Jason Arnott, Steve Ott) 15:02 3. COLORADO, Milan Hejduk 1 (Andrew Brunette, Joe Sakic) 16:42

Penalties – Kapanen D 1:41, Skrastins C 18:38

SECOND PERIOD

4. COLORADO, Wojtek Wolski 1 (Jim Dowd) 5:24 5. COLORADO, Rob Blake 1 (Wojtek Wolski, Pierre Turgeon) 9:08 PPG GWG

6. COLORADO, John-Michael Liles 1 (Andrew Brunette, Joe Sakic) 11:12 PPG

Penalties – Zubov D 8:00, Miettinen D 9:23, Ott D 11:29, McLean C 14:21, Dowd C 18:53

THIRD PERIOD 7. COLORADO, Brett Clark 1 (Jim Dowd, Wojtek Wolski) 2:58

Penalties – Miettinen D 4:33, Modano D 8:37, Hagman D 8:56, Blake C 12:51, Avalanche bench 13:58

Shots on goal by

AVALANCHE 10 13 8 31 STARS 5 4 9 18

COLORADO, José Theodore; DALLAS, Marty Turco

COL – 2 for 7, DAL – 0 for 5 on power play

Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak 18,532 at American Airlines Center

Wolski was just called up to Avs, after completing OHL playoffs with Brampton Battalion

Avs 25th playoff series since moving to Denver in 1995…most of any NHL team

Wednesday, April 26 1930 h mt

DALLAS 3 @ COLORADO 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. COLORADO, Joe Sakic 2 (Brett Clark, Patrice Brisebois) 5:21 PPG 2. DALLAS, Stu Barnes 1 (Brenden Morrow) 10:49 SHG

3. COLORADO, Alex Tanguay 1 (Milan Hejduk, Wojtek Wolski) 18:53

Penalties – Zubov D 3:57, Niinimaa D 10:11

SECOND PERIOD 4. DALLAS, Jon Klemm 1 (Antti Miettinen, Brenden Morrow) 8:44

5. DALLAS, Sergei Zubov 1 (Jussi Jokinen, Mike Modano) 19:45 PPG

Penalties – Sakic C 0:20, Arnott D 4:18, Sauer C 8:51, Miettinen D 10:59, Tanguay C 18:12, Hejduk C 19:03

THIRD PERIOD 6. COLORADO, Andrew Brunette 2 (Joe Sakic, Alex Tanguay) 19:03 PPG

Penalties – Niinimaa D 2:49, Hagman D 6:38, Kapanen D 14:03, Liles C 16:24, Morrow D 18:15


7. COLORADO, Alex Tanguay 2 (Brett McLean, Ian Laperriere) 1:09 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by STARS 6 11 5 0 22

AVALANCHE 7 6 14 2 29 DALLAS, Marty Turco; COLORADO, José Theodore

DAL – 1 for 5, COL – 2 for 8 on power play

Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot 18,007 at Pepsi Center

Avalanche are 46-14, in playoffs, when Sakic scores a goal…72-26 when he scores a point

Sakic’s 80th career playoff goal tied him for 8

th spot all time (Claude Lemieux)

Sunday, April 30 1300 h ct

COLORADO 3 @ DALLAS 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Sauer C 9:33, Niinimaa D 10:46, Laperrière C Kapanen D 12:44, Skrastins C 17:26

SECOND PERIOD

1. DALLAS, Jussi Jokinen 2 (Stephane Robidas, Bill Guerin) 4:25 PPG

2. COLORADO, Jim Dowd 1 (Karlis Skrastins, Alex Tanguay) 13:03 3. COLORADO, Joe Sakic 3 (Andrew Brunette, Milan Hejduk) 19:58

Penalties – Tanguay C 1:56, Zubov D 2:25, Sakic C 3:02, Richardson C Robidas D 11:30, Arnott D 13:40,

Niinimaa D 13:45

THIRD PERIOD

4. DALLAS, Bill Guerin 3 (Brenden Morrow, Sergei Zubov) 2:47

Penalties – Blake C 11:01, Dowd C 14:38

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. COLORADO, Andrew Brunette 3 (Joe Sakic) 13:55 GWG

Penalties – Skrastins C 0:45

Shots on goal by

AVALANCHE 7 14 5 4 30 STARS 10 21 10 11 52


COL – 0 for 3 5 for 28 in series, DAL – 1 for 7 5 for 31 in series on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler

18,532 at American Airlines Center

Ryan Miller BUF is first Sabres’ rookie goalie to record a playoff shutout since Steve Shields in 1997 Joe Sakic’s 81

st career playoff goal puts him first among active players

Monday, April 24 2000 h ct

COLORADO 5 @ DALLAS 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. COLORADO, Rob Blake 2 (Pierre Turgeon) 7:06 PPG

2. COLORADO, Andrew Brunette 1 (Milan Hejduk, Rob Blake) 9:04 3. COLORADO, Milan Hejduk 2 (Joe Sakic, Andrew Brunette) 12:23

Penalties – Modano D 5:29

SECOND PERIOD

4. DALLAS, Jussi Jokinen 1 (Niklas Hagman, Sergei Zubov) 2:41 5. DALLAS, Jere Lehtinen 1 (Jason Arnott, Mike Modano) 5:54 PPG

6. DALLAS, Jere Lehtinen 2 (Niko Kapanen, Brenden Morrow) 6:58 7. DALLAS, Mike Modano 1 (Janne Niinimaa, Brenden Morrow) 19:57 PPG

Penalties – McLean C 4:43, Kapanen D 12:12, Blake C 13:37, Tanguay C 18:34

THIRD PERIOD 8. COLORADO, Brett Clark 2 (Milan Hejduk, Antti Laaksonen) 17:56 SHG

Penalties – Brisebois C Svoboda D 2:25, Tanguay C 3:26, Tanguay C 5:36, Robidas D 10:09, Brunette C 10:27,

Kapanen D 11:08, Brunette C 15:11, Hinote C 16:48, Blake C 18:34


9. COLORADO, Joe Sakic 1 (John Michael-Liles, Milan Hejduk) 4:36 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

AVALANCHE 12 6 4 1 23 STARS 3 14 8 0 25


COL – 1 for 4, DAL – 2 for 8 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Dean Warren Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Jay Sharrers

18,532 at American Airlines Center

Stars fall to 4-6 in Stanley Cup playoff games at American Airlines Center Sakic’s goal was his seventh in playoff overtime – a Stanley Cup record (Maurice Richard had 6)

Friday, April 28 2000 h mt

DALLAS 4 @ COLORADO 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. COLORADO, Brad Richardson 1 (Antti Laaksonen, Dan Hinote) 4:46

2. DALLAS, Jere Lehtinen 3 (Mike Modano, Sergei Zubov) 7:35

Penalties – Mitchell D 10:37, Morrow D 14:00

SECOND PERIOD 3. DALLAS, Niklas Hagman 1 (Sergei Zubov) 3:50 GWG

4. DALLAS, Bill Guerin 2 (Jason Arnott, Philippe Boucher) 18:41 PPG

Penalties – Richardson C 6:04, Skrastins C 9:19, Miettinen D 13:58, Morrow D 16:23, Laperrière C 17:40

THIRD PERIOD

5. DALLAS, Niklas Hagman 2 (Jere Lehtinen, Sergei Zubov) 18:45 ENG

Penalties – Liles C 0:42, Brisebois C 6:30, Boucher D 8:25, Turco D 11:49, Laperrière C 18:59

Shots on goal by STARS 11 19 9 39

AVALANCHE 10 6 7 23 DALLAS, Marty Turco; COLORADO, José Theodore

DAL – 1 for 6, COL – 0 for 6 on power play

Referees: Linesmen: 18,007 at Pepsi Center

Avalanche haven’t swept a series since the 2001 Quarter-Final v. Vancouver





3 CALGARY FLAMES 103 v. 6 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 98 GM DARRYL SUTTER, HC DARRYL SUTTER v. GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE

MIGHTY DUCKS WIN SERIES IN 7

Friday, April 21 2000 h mt

ANAHEIM 1 @ CALGARY 2 OVERTIME


Penalties – Perry A 1:16, Selanne A 3:59, Salei A 12:58, Iginla C 16:57, Warrener C 17:28

SECOND PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Tony Amonte 1 (Jarome Iginla, Matthew Lombardi) 6:17

Penalties – Lupul A Lundmark C (majors) 5:45, Amonte C 7:58, Huselius C 9:51

THIRD PERIOD 2. ANAHEIM, Jeff Friesen 1 (Rob Niedermayer, Todd Marchant) 5:17

Penalties – Perry A 2:58, Hamrlik C 7:03


3. CALGARY, Darren McCarty 1 (Kristian Huselius, Daymond Langkow) 9:45 GWG

Penalties – Fedoruk A 3:57

Shots on goal by MIGHTY DUCKS 9 15 8 2 34

FLAMES 10 7 7 6 30

ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff

ANA – 0 for 5, CGY – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler

19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome

Bryzgalov was a surprise starter…Ducks were mum on why Giguère didn’t play This was Flames’ first opening-game playoff win since 1988, when they beat Kings, 9-2

Nine Mighty Ducks made their Stanley Cup-playoff début

Tuesday, April 25 1900 h pt

CALGARY 5 @ ANAHEIM 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Daymond Langkow 1 (Andrew Ference, Kristian Huselius) 14:01 PPG 2. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 1 (Scott Niedermayer, Corey Perry) 17:26 PPG

Penalties – Regehr C 7:11, Marchant A 13:32, Huselius C 16:17, Langkow C 18:13

SECOND PERIOD

3. CALGARY, Kristian Huselius 2 (Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr) 1:25 PPG 4. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 2 (Teemu Selanne, Scott Niedermayer) 8:16 PPG

5. CALGARY, Chuck Kobasew 1 (Chris Simon) 15:34 GWG

Penalties – Lupul A 0:52, Phaneuf C Getzlaf A (majors) Perry A 4:32, McCarty C 7:24, Ference C 8:02, S. Niedermayer A 10:06, McCarty C 15:37, O’Donnell A 18:07

THIRD PERIOD

6. CALGARY, Darren McCarty 2 (Kristian Huselius, Jordan Leopold) 4:59 7. CALGARY, Robyn Regehr 1 (Jamie Lundmark) 5:33 PPG

Penalties – Friesen A 2:59, DiPenta A 5:30, McCarty D 7:19, Warrener C (double minor) 9:04, McCarty C Pahlsson A 18:13, Kiprusoff C Perry A 19:31

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 9 10 5 24 MIGHTY DUCKS 7 9 13 29

CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

CGY – 3 for 7, ANA – 2 for 9 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron

17,174 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Beauchemin is first Mighty Ducks’ rookie to score two in a Stanley Cup playoff game

Saturday, April 29 2000 h mt

ANAHEIM 2 @ CALGARY 3

FIRST PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Tony Amonte 2 (Matthew Lombardi, Roman Hamrlik) 5:49 SHG 2. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 4 (Daymond Langkow, Andrew Ference) 16:18 PPG

Penalties – Warrener C 0:55, Ference C 4:31, O’Donnell A 14:46, O’Donnell A McCarty C 16:29,

O’Donnell A McCarty C (majors) 18:34, Kunitz A 18:44

SECOND PERIOD 3. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 5 (Daymond Langkow, Kristian Huselius) 1:03 GWG

Penalties – Pahlsson A 19:42

THIRD PERIOD 4. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 1 (Teemu Selanne, François Beauchemin) 8:19 PPG

5. ANAHEIM, Rob Niedermayer 1 (Samuel Pahlsson, François Beauchemin) 19:27 PPG

Penalties – Langkow C 0:55, Moen A Simon C (majors) 4:30, Perry A 4:53, Yelle C 7:10, Leopold C 8:19, Regehr C 17:39, S. Niedermayer A Langkow C 18:28

Shots on goal by

MIGHTY DUCKS 10 7 11 28 FLAMES 7 12 8 27

ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Ilya Bryzgalov (1:03 of second period); CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff

ANA – 2 for 6, CGY – 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Dean Warren Linesmen: Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich


Ducks allowed their second shorthanded goal of series; they allowed 13 during the regular season

Sunday, April 23 1900 h mt


FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Chris Kunitz 1 (François Beauchemin) 9:37

2. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer 1 (unassisted) 13:20 SHG

Penalties – O’Donnell A 1:54, Ference C 7:24, O’Donnell A 11:41, Fedoruk A 16:14, Salei A 19:53

SECOND PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 1 (Teemu Selanne, Ruslan Salei) 5:10

4. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 1 (Daymond Langkow) 9:09 SHG 5. CALGARY, Kristian Huselius 1 (Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr) 11:53 PPG

Penalties – Lupul A 2:45, Yelle C 7:48, Pahlsson A 11:12, Leclerc C 11:59, R. Niedermayer A 13:00,

Flames’ bench (served by Donovan) 14:13, Pahlsson A 14:43, Warrener C 16:13, Regehr C 19:22

THIRD PERIOD

6. ANAHEIM, Samuel Pahlsson 1 (Todd Marchant, Jonathan Hedstrom) 7:55 GWG 7. CALGARY, Dion Phaneuf 1 (Roman Hamrlik) 15:31 PPG

Penalties – McDonald A 0:12, Phaneuf C 5:03, Vishnevski A 11:59, Salei A 14:05, Hedstrom A 17:25

Shots on goal by

MIGHTY DUCKS 4 7 9 20

FLAMES 7 6 12 25

ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff

ANA – 0 for 6, CGY – 2 for 12 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich


When Flames open series w/ split at home, they are 4-6…have lost last four times in that scenario Flames replaced Chris Simon and Jamie Lundmark in line-up w/ Craig MacDonald and Mike Leclerc

Thursday, April 27 1900 h pt

CALGARY 2 @ ANAHEIM 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Perry A 1:33, O’Donnell A 9:57, DiPenta A 17:36, Amonte C 19:56

SECOND PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf (Corey Perry, Vitaly Vishnevski) 3:47

2. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 1 (Andy McDonald, Scott Niedermayer) 7:13 PPG

Penalties – Lundmark C 6:05, Flames’ bench (served by Phaneuf) 9:27, McDonald A 11:14, Lombardi C 13:14, Lupul A 14:35, Simon C 17:41

THIRD PERIOD

3. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 2 (Daymond Langkow, Andrew Ference) 0:11

4. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 3 (Andrew Ference, Tony Amonte) 3:27

Penalties – R. Niedermayer A 9:52, Amonte C 10:45, Yelle C 19:30

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. ANAHEIM, Sean O’Donnell 1 (Chris Kunitz, Andy McDonald) 1:36 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 11 7 9 0 27 MIGHTY DUCKS 9 14 6 1 30

CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

CGY – 0 for 6, ANA – 1 for 7 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron


Flames haven’t won consecutive games in Anaheim since 1995-96

Monday, May 1 2000 h pt

CALGARY 1 @ ANAHEIM 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Stephane Yelle 1 (Robyn Regehr) 10:18

Penalties – R. Niedermayer A 0:23, Iginla C Beauchemin A (majors) 1:09, Ference C 10:55, Lupul A 11:29,

Amonte C 13:49

SECOND PERIOD

2. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 2 (Andy McDonald, Chris Kunitz) 7:49

Penalties – Ference C 1:22, Lupul A 2:17, Friesen A 9:52, R. Niedermayer A 12:16, Donovan C 14:19,

Ference C 15:12, Donovan C Getzlaf A 16:40

THIRD PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer 2 (Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf) 14:23 PPG GWG

Penalties – Leopold C 8:57, Warrener C 10:01, Yelle C 12:41, Iginla C (double minor) Beauchemin A 19:56

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 8 6 8 22 MIGHTY DUCKS 14 3 13 30

CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov

CGY – 0 for 5, ANA – 1 for 9 on power play Referees: Don Koharski, Rob Shick Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler


At 11:28 of first period, Ducks had Teemu Selanne ANA goal disallowed…although it was clearly in As this game began, Flames knew they were the top remaining seed in the West, w/ DET, DAL out





3 CALGARY FLAMES 103 v. 6 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 98 GM DARRYL SUTTER, HC DARRYL SUTTER v. GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE

MIGHTY DUCKS WIN SERIES IN 7

Wednesday, May 3 1900 h mt



Penalties – R. Niedermayer A 13:56, Lupul A 18:20

SECOND PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 3 (Andy McDonald, Ruslan Salei) 5:12 GWG 2. ANAHEIM, Ruslan Salei 1 (Vitaly Vishnevski) 19:01 Penalties – Lupul A 10:59, Warrener C 15:22

THIRD PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Jeff Friesen 2 (unassisted) 19:40 ENG Penalties – McDonald A 5:49, Donovan C O’Donnell A 11:28, Amonte C 13:04 Shots on goal by MIGHTY DUCKS10 11 11 32 FLAMES 10 3 9 22 ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff ANA – 0 for 2 6 for 44 in series, CGY – 0 for 4 6 for 43 in series on power play Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome

At 17:22 of second, Corey Perry ANA went knee-to-knee w/ teammate…helped off Rookie Dion Phaneuf CGY was on for both goals against… series-worst, –8 rating Flames dropped to 5-6, lifetime, in Game Sevens, including four in a row in Calgary





4 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 106 v. 5 SAN JOSE SHARKS 99 GM DAVID POILE, HC BARRY TROTZ v. GM DOUG WILSON, HC RON WILSON

SHARKS WIN SERIES IN 5

Friday, April 21 1900 h ct

SAN JOSE 3 @ NASHVILLE 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Mark Smith 1 (Marcel Goc, Matthew Carle) 4:12 2. NASHVILLE, Mike Sillinger 1 (Kimmo Timonen, Paul Kariya) 8:57 PPG

3. NASHVILLE, Martin Erat 1 (Paul Kariya, Dan Hamhuis) 10:56 PPG 4. NASHVILLE, Shea Weber 1 (Paul Kariya, Mike Sillinger) 19:56 PPG

Penalties – Witt N 0:56, Ehrhoff S 8:30, Cheechoo S 9:31, Witt N 12:25, Ekman S 19:44

SECOND PERIOD

5. SAN JOSE, Nils Ekman 1 (Joe Thornton, Tom Preissing) 8:50 PPG

Penalties – Michalek S 4:29, Hartnell N 7:29, Nieminen S 10:58, Nieminen S Walker N 16:18

THIRD PERIOD 6. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 1 (Ville Nieminen, Alyn McCauley) 10:31

7. NASHVILLE, Adam Hall 1 (Paul Kariya, Kimmo Timonen) 12:06 PPG GWG

Penalties – Weber N 3:44, Nieminen S 6:41, Markov N 7:40, Sharks’ bench 11:32, Timonen N 14:00

Shots on goal by SHARKS 8 10 16 34

PREDATORS 14 8 8 30

SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; NASHVILLE, Chris Mason

SJ – 1 for 6, NSH – 4 for 7 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Dean Warren Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Jay Sharrers

17,113 at Gaylord Entertainment Center

Predators set franchise record with four PP goals Paul Kariya’s first three assists gave him seven points within his last four periods of hockey

Tuesday, April 25 1930 h pt

NASHVILLE 1 @ SAN JOSE 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Kimmo Timmonen 1 (Greg Johnson) 6:33 SHG

Penalties – Nieminen S 3:14, Eaton N 6:00, Timonen N 7:36, Legwand N 14:32

SECOND PERIOD

2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 2 (Christian Ehrhoff) 12:10 3. SAN JOSE, Steve Bernier 1 (Christian Ehrhoff, Tom Preissing) 18:48 PPG GWG

Penalties – McLaren S 10:04, Nichol N 12:55, Eaton N 16:58

THIRD PERIOD

4. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 2 (Christian Ehrhoff, Tom Preissing) 15:38 5. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 3 (M Michalek, Kyle McLaren) 16:45

Penalties – Ehrhoff S 2:28, Cheechoo S 4:58, Johnson N 9:23, Hamhuis N 13:28, Weber N 18:24,

Smithson N 19:06, Walker N Smith S 20:00

Shots on goal by

PREDATORS 5 8 4 17 SHARKS 14 11 15 40

NASHVILLE, Chris Mason; SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala

NSH – 0 for 4, SJ – 1 for 9 on power play Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Don Koharski Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler

17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose

Predators have just two goals in last 160 minutes of playing time Former Sharks’ captain Owen Nolan, who didn’t play in the NHL this season, was at game



FIRST PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Steve Bernier 2 (Milan Michalek, Scott Hannan) 19:59 PPG

Penalties – Ehrhoff S 5:27, Stevenson S 13:26, Perreault N 14:28, Markov N 16:13, Witt N 18:22

SECOND PERIOD 2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 7 (Joe Thornton, Tom Preissing) 13:24 PPG GWG

Penalties – Bernier S 3:14, Erat N 12:38

THIRD PERIOD

3. NASHVILLE, Paul Kariya 2 (Steve Sulivan, Marik Zidlicky) 11:06 PPG

Penalties – Zidlicky N 3:26, Preissing S 10:19, Ehrhoff S 14:01


PREDATORS 10 15 10 35 SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; NASHVILLE, Chris Mason

SJ – 2 for 5 9 for 37 in series, NSH – 1 for 5 6 for 32 in series on power play

Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Greg Devorski 16,061 at Gaylord Entertainment Center

Ron Wilson’s playoff coaching record now 33-32

Predators were outshot 171-137 in series Patrick Marleau’s seven first-round goals led all NHL players



FIRST PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 1 (Patrick Marleau, Tom Preissing) 5:37 PPG GWG 2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 1 (Nils Ekman, Jonathan Cheechoo) 16:31 PPG

3. SAN JOSE, Mark Smith 2 (Jonathan Cheechoo, Christian Ehrhoff) 17:31 PPG

Penalties – Legwand N 1:37, S. Thornton S 2:41, Sillinger N 4:26, Markov N 4:47, Marleau S 10:04, Witt N 15:15, Smithson N 16:16

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Legwand N 6:18, Ehrhoff S 8:59, Witt N 11:53, Eaton N 14:10, Hartnell N 19:13


Penalties – J. Thornton S 1:24, McLaren S 6:07, Michalek S 9:30, Nieminen S (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 10:02,

Weber N 15:50, Gorges S 19:02


PREDATORS 7 8 10 25

SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; NASHVILLE, Chris Mason

SJ – 3 for 10, NSH – 0 for 9 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Jay Sharrers

16,707 at Gaylord Entertainment Center

Sharks have not lost this season when scoring the first two goals…are now 20-0 Attendance fell 406 fans short of a sell-out

Thursday, April 27 1930 h pt

NASHVILLE 4 @ SAN JOSE 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Pat Rissmiller 1 (Matthew Carle, Marcel Goc) 7:03

2. NASHVILLE, Paul Kariya 1 (Martin Erat, Kimmo Timmonen) 8:55 PPG

Penalties – McCauley S 2:14, Ehrhoff S 7:45, Eaton N 12:42, Walker N 18:29, Bernier S (double minor) 19:34

SECOND PERIOD 3. NASHVILLE, Shea Weber 2 (Steve Sullivan, David Legwand) 5:45

4. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 4 (Christian Ehrhoff, Joe Thornton) 7:01 PPG 5. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 5 (Joe Thornton, Christian Ehrhoff) 11:30 PPG

6. SAN JOSE, Mark Smith 3 (Steve Bernier, Scott Hannan) 12:56

Penalties – Weber N 6:31, Legwand N 10:08, Witt N 10:54, Michalek S 16:06, Erat N 18:13

THIRD PERIOD 7. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 6 (Steve Bernier, Kyle McLaren) 4:13 GWG

8. NASHVILLE, Mike Sillinger 2 (Paul Kariya) 10:47

9. NASHVILLE, Scott Hartnell 1 (Dan Hamhuis, Vernon Fiddler) 15:38

Penalties – Marleau S 1:34, Hannan S 12:47, Erat N 13:21, Sillinger N (10-minute misconduct) 20:00

Shots on goal by PREDATORS 9 7 14 30

SHARKS 12 9 3 24 NASHVILLE, Chris Mason; SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala

NSH – 1 for 7, SJ – 2 for 7 on power play

Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman attended game…even serving himself in media cafeteria

Predators’ second-leading scorer Steve Sullivan finally scored his first point of the playoffs




BUFFALO SABRES

GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OTG S PCTG

C 48 Briere, Daniel 6 3 6 9 1 6 1 0 1 1 22 13.6

C 19 Connolly, Tim 6 3 5 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 33.3

C 23 Drury, Chris 6 3 5 8 1- 0 1 1 0 0 19 15.8

RW 17 Dumont, J.P. 6 4 3 7 0 2 3 0 0 0 12 33.3

RW 29 *Pominville, Jason 6 4 2 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 9 44.4

RW 12 Kotalik, Ales 6 3 2 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 18 16.7

RW 25 Grier, Mike 6 2 3 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 12 16.7

RW 61 Afinogenov, Maxim 6 2 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 18 11.1

C 9 Roy, Derek 6 1 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 13 7.7

D 51 Campbell, Brian 6 0 3 3 1- 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

C 28 *Gaustad, Paul 6 0 3 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

D 74 McKee, Jay 6 1 1 2 4 8 0 0 0 0 11 9.1

D 5 Lydman, Toni 6 0 2 2 7 10 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 45 Kalinin, Dmitri 6 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

D 10 Tallinder, Henrik 6 0 2 2 7 8 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 26 *Vanek, Thomas 6 1 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 14 7.1

D 8 Fitzpatrick, Rory 1 0 1 1 1- 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 55 Hecht, Jochen 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

D 27 Numminen, Teppo 5 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 24 Pyatt, Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 6 27 46 73 9 74 7 2 4 1 205 13.2

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 14 20 34 9- 129 3 1 2 0 160 8.8

GPI MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM

30*Miller, Ryan 6 386 2.02 4 2 0 1 1 13 159 91.8 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 6 388 2.16 4 2 0 1 1 14 160 91.3 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 388 4.18 2 4 1 0 0 27 205 86.8 0 0 0

CAROLINA HURRICANES


C 12 Staal, Eric 6 2 6 8 1 4 2 0 1 1 26 7.7

C 17 Brind'Amour, Rod 6 4 2 6 2 4 2 0 1 0 23 17.4

LW 61 Stillman, Cory 6 2 3 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 24 8.3

C 8 Cullen, Matt 6 3 1 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 18 16.7

RW 18 Recchi, Mark 6 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 14 7.1

RW 11 Williams, Justin 6 1 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 18 5.6

D 6 Hedican, Bret 6 0 3 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

C 39 Weight, Doug 6 0 3 3 3- 10 0 0 0 0 14 0.0

RW 13 Whitney, Ray 5 1 0 1 1- 2 1 0 0 0 4 25.0

D 4 Ward, Aaron 6 1 0 1 2- 4 0 0 0 0 5 20.0

LW 16 *Ladd, Andrew 1 0 1 1 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 5 Kaberle, Frantisek 6 0 1 1 2- 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

D 22 Commodore, Mike 6 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

D 7 Wallin, Niclas 6 0 1 1 1- 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

D 70 Tverdovsky, Oleg 2 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

C 63 Vasicek, Josef 4 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

D 2 Wesley, Glen 6 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

RW 59 *LaRose, Chad 6 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

RW 27 Adams, Craig 6 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

C 14 Adams, Kevyn 6 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 6 15 26 41 2- 62 6 0 4 2 212 7.1

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 17 32 49 2 68 6 0 2 1 167 10.2


30*Ward, Cam 5 312 1.54 4 1 0 0 0 8 133 94.0 0 0 0

29 Gerber, Martin 2 75 7.20 0 1 0 0 0 9 34 73.5 0 0 2

TEAM TOTALS 6 387 2.64 4 2 0 0 0 17 167 89.8 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 387 2.33 2 4 2 0 0 15 212 92.9 0 0 0

MONTREAL CANADIENS


RW 27 Kovalev, Alexei 6 4 3 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 15 26.7

D 44 Souray, Sheldon 6 3 2 5 1- 8 2 0 0 0 16 18.8

RW 73 Ryder, Michael 6 2 3 5 4- 0 1 0 1 1 13 15.4

C 21 *Higgins, Christopher 6 1 3 4 3- 0 0 0 0 0 7 14.3

LW 35 *Plekanec, Tomas 6 0 4 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

D 51 Bouillon, Francis 6 1 2 3 0 10 1 0 0 0 15 6.7

RW 37 Sundstrom, Niklas 5 0 3 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 25 Dandenault, Mathieu 6 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

C 14 Bonk, Radek 6 2 0 2 1- 2 0 0 1 0 7 28.6

RW 20 Zednik, Richard 6 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 10 20.0

LW 38 Bulis, Jan 6 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 14.3

RW 42 *Perezhogin, Alexander 6 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 12.5

C 11 Koivu, Saku 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 52 Rivet, Craig 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

LW 71 Ribeiro, Mike 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

D 79 Markov, Andrei 6 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

D 32 Streit, Mark 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---

RW 47 Downey, Aaron 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---

C 22 Begin, Steve 2 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

D 8 Komisarek, Mike 6 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

C 57 *Murray, Garth 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 6 17 32 49 2 68 6 0 2 1 167 10.2

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 15 26 41 2- 62 6 0 4 2 212 7.1


39 Huet, Cristobal 6 386 2.33 2 4 0 0 0 15 212 92.9 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 6 387 2.33 2 4 0 0 0 15 212 92.9 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 387 2.64 4 2 1 0 0 17 167 89.8 0 0 0

NEW JERSEY DEVILS


LW 26 Elias, Patrik 4 5 6 11 4 0 3 0 0 0 16 31.3

RW 15 Langenbrunner, Jamie 4 2 6 8 4 2 1 0 1 0 10 20.0

RW 14 Gionta, Brian 4 2 4 6 1 2 1 1 2 0 10 20.0

C 23 Gomez, Scott 4 2 4 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 18 11.1

D 28 Rafalski, Brian 4 1 3 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 20.0

C 11 Madden, John 4 3 0 3 4 6 0 2 0 0 18 16.7

RW 20 Pandolfo, Jay 4 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 7 Martin, Paul 4 0 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

C 9 *Parisé, Zach 4 1 0 1 1- 2 0 0 0 0 8 12.5

D 8 Klee, Ken 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50.0

D 2 Hale, David 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

RW 29 Marshall, Grant 4 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 5 White, Colin 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ---

C 10 Rasmussen, Erik 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

D 24 Matvichuk, Richard 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 21 Lukowich, Brad 4 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

LW 18 Brylin, Sergei 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

LW 16 Wiemer, Jason 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

RW 25 *Janssen, Cam 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 4 17 31 48 7 51 8 3 4 0 104 16.3

OPPONENT TOTALS 4 4 8 12 7- 71 2 0 0 0 114 3.5


30 Brodeur, Martin 4 239 1.00 4 0 0 0 1 4 114 96.5 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 4 240 1.00 4 0 0 0 1 4 114 96.5 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 4 240 4.25 0 4 0 0 0 17 104 83.7 0 0 0

NEW YORK RANGERS


C 19 Betts, Blair 4 1 1 2 1- 2 0 0 0 0 4 25.0

RW 41 Ortmeyer, Jed 4 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 25.0

LW 25 *Prucha, Petr 4 1 0 1 3- 0 1 0 0 0 6 16.7

C 20 Rucchin, Steve 4 1 0 1 2- 0 1 0 0 0 9 11.1

LW 26 Rucinsky, Martin 2 0 1 1 1- 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

RW 68 Jagr, Jaromir 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

D 3 Rozsival, Michal 4 0 1 1 2- 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

C 92 Nylander, Michael 4 0 1 1 3- 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

D 51 *Tyutin, Fedor 4 0 1 1 1- 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

D 8 Malik, Marek 4 0 1 1 2- 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

C 44 *Hollweg, Ryan 4 0 1 1 1- 19 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

RW 14 Ward, Jason 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

RW 28 *Orr, Colton 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ---

LW 21 *Wiseman, Chad 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ---

D 6 Kasparaitis, Darius 2 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 34 Strudwick, Jason 3 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

D 24 Ozolinsh, Sandis 3 0 0 0 3- 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

C 18 *Moore, Dominic 4 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

RW 17 Sykora, Petr 4 0 0 0 5- 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

LW 82 Straka, Martin 4 0 0 0 4- 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

LW 81 Hossa, Marcel 4 0 0 0 1- 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

D 16 Poti, Tom 4 0 0 0 4- 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 4 4 8 12 7- 71 2 0 0 0 114 3.5

OPPONENT TOTALS 4 17 31 48 7 51 8 3 4 0 104 16.3


80 Weekes, Kevin 1 60 4.00 0 1 0 0 0 4 25 84.0 0 0 2

30*Lundqvist, Henrik 3 177 4.41 0 3 0 0 0 13 79 83.5 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 4 240 4.25 0 4 0 0 0 17 104 83.7 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 4 240 1.00 4 0 0 0 1 4 114 96.5 0 0 0

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS


C 21 Forsberg, Peter 6 4 4 8 2 6 1 0 2 0 12 33.3

LW 12 Gagne, Simon 6 3 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 26 11.5

D 37 Desjardins, Eric 6 1 3 4 3- 6 0 0 0 0 10 10.0

RW 22 Knuble, Mike 6 1 3 4 1 8 0 0 0 0 17 5.9

C 93 Nedved, Petr 6 2 0 2 4- 8 1 0 0 0 7 28.6

C 26 Handzus, Michal 6 0 2 2 2- 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 2 Hatcher, Derian 6 0 2 2 4- 10 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

D 44 Pitkanen, Joni 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

C 20 *Umberger, R.J. 5 1 0 1 3- 2 0 0 0 0 6 16.7

RW 19 Radivojevic, Branko 5 1 0 1 1- 0 0 0 0 0 6 16.7

LW 49 Savage, Brian 6 1 0 1 4- 4 0 1 0 0 7 14.3

D 23 Gauthier, Denis 6 0 1 1 5- 19 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

D 34 *Meyer, Freddy 6 0 1 1 5- 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

C 18 *Richards, Mike 6 0 1 1 5- 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

LW 87 Brashear, Donald 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 55 *Eager, Ben 2 0 0 0 4- 26 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

RW 15 Dimitrakos, Niko 5 0 0 0 2- 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 3 Rathje, Mike 6 0 0 0 1- 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

RW 24 Kapanen, Sami 6 0 0 0 4- 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

C 17 *Carter, Jeff 6 0 0 0 4- 10 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 6 14 20 34 9- 129 3 1 2 0 160 8.8

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 27 46 73 9 74 7 2 4 1 205 13.2


30*Niittymaki, Antero 2 73 4.11 0 0 0 0 0 5 29 82.8 0 0 0

42 Esche, Robert 6 314 4.20 2 4 0 0 0 22 176 87.5 0 0 2

TEAM TOTALS 6 388 4.18 2 4 0 0 0 27 205 86.8 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 388 2.16 4 2 0 1 1 14 160 91.3 0 0 0

OTTAWA SENATORS


LW 9 Havlat, Martin 5 6 4 10 3 0 3 0 1 0 17 35.3

C 19 Spezza, Jason 5 2 8 10 1 2 1 0 1 0 9 22.2

LW 15 Heatley, Dany 5 2 8 10 3 11 2 0 1 0 17 11.8

LW 27 Schaefer, Peter 5 2 4 6 4 8 0 0 0 0 9 22.2

D 6 Redden, Wade 4 1 4 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 11 9.1

RW 11 Alfredsson, Daniel 5 1 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 10 10.0

C 12 Fisher, Mike 5 1 2 3 3 10 0 1 0 0 10 10.0

D 24 Volchenkov, Anton 5 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

C 20 Vermette, Antoine 5 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 11 18.2

D 3 Chara, Zdeno 5 1 1 2 2 15 1 0 0 0 6 16.7

C 21 Smolinski, Bryan 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 12.5

RW 26 Varada, Vaclav 5 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 4 Phillips, Chris 4 1 0 1 1- 4 0 0 0 0 3 33.3

RW 25 Neil, Chris 5 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 25.0

D 14 *Meszaros, Andrej 5 1 0 1 3 14 0 0 0 0 11 9.1

RW 44 *Eaves, Patrick 5 1 0 1 1- 8 0 0 0 0 10 10.0

D 5 *Schubert, Christoph 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 2 Pothier, Brian 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

C 22 *Kelly, Chris 5 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 5 23 41 64 6 104 8 1 4 0 156 14.7

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 13 21 34 6- 125 4 0 1 0 171 7.6


1*Emery, Ray 5 298 2.62 4 1 0 0 0 13 171 92.4 0 1 0

TEAM TOTALS 5 300 2.60 4 1 0 0 0 13 171 92.4 0 1 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 300 4.60 1 4 0 1 0 23 156 85.3 0 0 0

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING


C 19 Richards, Brad 5 3 5 8 5- 6 0 0 0 0 24 12.5

D 54 *Ranger, Paul 5 2 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 15.4

RW 26 St. Louis, Martin 5 4 0 4 2- 2 1 0 1 0 15 26.7

D 22 Boyle, Dan 5 1 3 4 1- 6 0 0 0 0 6 16.7

C 4 Lecavalier, Vincent 5 1 3 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 17 5.9

D 13 Kubina, Pavel 5 1 1 2 6- 26 1 0 0 0 9 11.1

LW 20 Prospal, Vaclav 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

RW 76 *Artyukhin, Evgeny 5 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 10 10.0

D 21 Sarich, Cory 5 0 1 1 1- 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

D 5 Sydor, Darryl 5 0 1 1 3- 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

LW 29 Afanasenkov, Dmitry 5 0 1 1 1- 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

RW 18 DiMaio, Rob 2 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 11 Dingman, Chris 3 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 33 Modin, Fredrik 5 0 0 0 6- 6 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

LW 17 Fedotenko, Ruslan 5 0 0 0 1- 20 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

C 27 Taylor, Tim 5 0 0 0 2- 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

C 34 *Craig, Ryan 5 0 0 0 3- 10 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

C 8 Cibak, Martin 5 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

D 44 Pratt, Nolan 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 5 13 21 34 6- 125 4 0 1 0 171 7.6

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 23 41 64 6 104 8 1 4 0 156 14.7


1 Burke, Sean 3 109 3.85 0 1 0 0 0 7 57 87.7 0 0 0

47 Grahame, John 4 188 4.79 1 3 0 1 0 15 98 84.7 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 5 300 4.60 1 4 0 1 0 23 156 85.3 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 300 2.60 4 1 0 0 0 13 171 92.4 0 0 0




MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM


RW 13 Selanne, Teemu 7 3 3 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 22 13.6

D 23 *Beauchemin, Francois AL 7 2 3 5 1- 7 2 0 0 0 17 11.8

D 27 Niedermayer, Scott 7 2 3 5 3- 4 1 1 1 0 23 8.7

C 19 McDonald, Andy 7 1 4 5 2 6 1 0 0 0 23 4.3

LW 38 *Kunitz, Chris 7 1 2 3 3- 2 0 0 0 0 9 11.1

D 24 Salei, Ruslan 7 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 7 14.3

RW 61 *Perry, Corey 7 0 3 3 2- 12 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

LW 12 Friesen, Jeff 7 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 33.3

C 51 *Getzlaf, Ryan 7 1 1 2 4- 7 0 0 0 0 13 7.7

C 44 Niedermayer, Rob 7 1 1 2 2 10 1 0 0 0 8 12.5

C 26 Pahlsson, Samuel 7 1 1 2 1 8 0 0 1 0 6 16.7

D 5 Vishnevski, Vitaly 7 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

C 22 Marchant, Todd 7 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

C 15 Lupul, Joffrey 7 1 0 1 1 19 0 0 0 0 22 4.5

D 21 O'Donnell, Sean 7 1 0 1 0 19 0 0 1 1 4 25.0

RW 17 Hedstrom, Jonathan 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 32 Moen, Travis 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

RW 76 *Penner, Dustin 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

LW 29 Fedoruk, Todd 5 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 33 DiPenta, Joe 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 7 17 28 45 1 125 6 1 4 1 203 8.4

OPPONENT TOTALS 7 16 27 43 1- 129 6 2 3 1 177 9.0


30*Bryzgalov, Ilya 4 226 0.80 2 1 0 0 1 3 93 96.8 0 0 0

35 Giguere, Jean-Sebasti 4 201 3.88 2 2 0 0 0 13 84 84.5 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 7 431 2.23 4 3 0 0 1 16 177 91.0 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 7 431 2.37 3 4 1 1 0 17 203 91.6 0 0 0

CALGARY FLAMES


RW 12 Iginla, Jarome 7 5 3 8 3 11 1 1 1 0 24 20.8

LW 20 Huselius, Kristian 7 2 4 6 1 4 2 0 0 0 14 14.3

C 22 Langkow, Daymond 7 1 5 6 4 6 1 0 0 0 18 5.6

D 28 Regehr, Robyn 7 1 3 4 3 6 1 0 0 0 9 11.1

D 21 Ference, Andrew 7 0 4 4 3 12 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

RW 10 Amonte, Tony 7 2 1 3 2 10 0 1 0 0 13 15.4

RW 25 McCarty, Darren 7 2 0 2 1 15 0 0 1 1 7 28.6

D 4 Hamrlik, Roman 7 0 2 2 7- 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

C 18 Lombardi, Matthew 7 0 2 2 4- 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

C 11 Yelle, Stephane 7 1 0 1 1- 8 0 0 0 0 7 14.3

RW 19 Kobasew, Chuck 7 1 0 1 3- 0 0 0 1 0 13 7.7

D 3 *Phaneuf, Dion 7 1 0 1 8- 7 1 0 0 0 13 7.7

C 24 Lundmark, Jamie 4 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

LW 17 Simon, Chris 6 0 1 1 3- 7 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

D 6 Leopold, Jordan 7 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

C 29 MacDonald, Craig 1 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

LW 27 Leclerc, Mike 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

D 44 Warrener, Rhett 7 0 0 0 4 14 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

C 15 Ritchie, Byron 7 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

RW 16 Donovan, Shean 7 0 0 0 2- 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 7 16 27 43 1- 129 6 2 3 1 177 9.0

OPPONENT TOTALS 7 17 28 45 1 125 6 1 4 1 203 8.4


34 Kiprusoff, Miikka 7 428 2.24 3 4 0 1 0 16 202 92.1 0 0 2

TEAM TOTALS 7 431 2.37 3 4 0 1 0 17 203 91.6 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 7 431 2.23 4 3 1 0 1 16 177 91.0 0 0 0

COLORADO AVALANCHE


LW 15 Brunette, Andrew 5 3 4 7 1 4 1 0 1 1 11 27.3

C 19 Sakic, Joe 5 3 4 7 3 4 1 0 1 1 13 23.1

RW 23 Hejduk, Milan 5 2 5 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 14 14.3

LW 18 Tanguay, Alex 5 2 2 4 3 10 0 0 1 1 9 22.2

LW 8 *Wolski, Wojtek 5 1 3 4 1- 0 0 0 0 0 5 20.0

D 4 Blake, Rob 5 2 1 3 4 8 2 0 1 0 26 7.7

D 5 Clark, Brett 5 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 18.2

C 38 Dowd, Jim 5 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 20.0

D 26 Liles, John-Michael 5 1 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 9 11.1

C 87 Turgeon, Pierre 4 0 2 2 2- 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

LW 24 Laaksonen, Antti 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

C 12 *Richardson, Brad 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 25.0

D 3 Skrastins, Karlis 5 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

C 14 Laperriere, Ian 5 0 1 1 3- 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

C 13 Hinote, Dan 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

D 71 Brisebois, Patrice 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

C 53 McLean, Brett 5 0 1 1 2- 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 10 May, Brad 1 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

D 34 Sauer, Kurt 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 5 18 33 51 3 70 5 1 4 3 136 13.2

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 15 28 43 3- 64 5 1 1 0 156 9.6


60 Theodore, Jose 5 318 2.64 4 1 0 1 0 14 155 91.0 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 5 320 2.81 4 1 0 1 0 15 156 90.4 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 320 3.38 1 4 3 0 0 18 136 86.8 0 0 0

DALLAS STARS


D 56 Zubov, Sergei 5 1 5 6 1- 6 1 0 0 0 11 9.1

LW 10 Morrow, Brenden 5 1 5 6 1- 6 0 0 0 0 10 10.0

RW 13 Guerin, Bill 5 3 1 4 2- 0 1 0 0 0 18 16.7

RW 26 Lehtinen, Jere 5 3 1 4 1- 0 1 0 0 0 17 17.6

C 9 Modano, Mike 5 1 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 12 8.3

LW 36 *Jokinen, Jussi 5 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 16.7

RW 15 Hagman, Niklas 5 2 1 3 1- 4 0 0 1 0 9 22.2

C 44 Arnott, Jason 5 0 3 3 1- 4 0 0 0 0 17 0.0

C 14 Barnes, Stu 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 25.0

D 3 Robidas, Stephane 5 0 2 2 1- 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

D 42 Klemm, Jon 5 1 0 1 1- 0 0 0 0 0 5 20.0

D 4 Niinimaa, Janne 4 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

LW 20 *Miettinen, Antti 5 0 1 1 1- 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

C 39 Kapanen, Niko 5 0 1 1 2- 10 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

D 43 Boucher, Philippe 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

LW 29 Ott, Steve 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

LW 25 Stevenson, Jeremy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 11 Svoboda, Jaroslav 2 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 6 Daley, Trevor 3 0 0 0 3- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 2 Mitchell, Willie 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 5 15 28 43 3- 64 5 1 1 0 156 9.6

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 18 33 51 3 70 5 1 4 3 136 13.2


35 Turco, Marty 5 319 3.39 1 4 0 0 0 18 136 86.8 0 0 2

TEAM TOTALS 5 320 3.38 1 4 0 0 0 18 136 86.8 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 320 2.81 4 1 0 1 0 15 156 90.4 0 0 0

EDMONTON OILERS


D 44 Pronger, Chris 6 2 5 7 4 4 1 0 0 0 13 15.4

LW 10 Horcoff, Shawn 6 1 6 7 4 2 0 0 1 0 10 10.0

C 34 Pisani, Fernando 6 5 1 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 45.5

LW 12 Samsonov, Sergei 6 1 5 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 14 7.1

C 16 Stoll, Jarret 6 2 3 5 1 4 0 0 1 1 13 15.4

RW 83 Hemsky, Ales 6 2 2 4 0 8 1 0 1 0 15 13.3

D 6 Spacek, Jaroslav 6 2 2 4 2- 8 1 0 0 0 13 15.4

LW 94 Smyth, Ryan 6 2 2 4 1 8 1 0 0 0 17 11.8

LW 26 *Winchester, Brad 5 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 1 0 4 25.0

LW 14 Torres, Raffi 6 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 14.3

D 21 Smith, Jason 6 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 24 Staios, Steve 6 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

C 37 Peca, Michael 6 0 1 1 1- 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

C 22 Murray, Rem 6 0 1 1 1- 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

RW 27 Laraque, Georges 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ---

D 2 *Greene, Matt 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 ---

RW 13 Harvey, Todd 3 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

LW 18 Moreau, Ethan 3 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

D 23 Tarnstrom, Dick 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

D 47 Bergeron, Marc-Andre 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

RW 20 Dvorak, Radek 6 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 6 19 35 54 2 90 8 0 4 1 156 12.2

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 17 31 48 2- 84 8 0 2 1 238 7.1


35 Roloson, Dwayne 6 409 2.49 4 2 0 0 0 17 238 92.9 0 0 6

TEAM TOTALS 6 411 2.48 4 2 0 0 0 17 238 92.9 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 411 2.77 2 4 1 1 0 19 156 87.8 0 0 0

DETROIT RED WINGS


D 23 Schneider, Mathieu 6 1 7 8 1- 6 0 0 0 0 17 5.9

LW 40 Zetterberg, Henrik 6 6 0 6 2- 2 4 0 0 0 23 26.1

C 20 Lang, Robert 6 3 3 6 2- 2 2 0 0 0 18 16.7

C 19 Yzerman, Steve 4 0 4 4 2- 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

RW 18 Maltby, Kirk 6 2 1 3 2 4 0 0 1 1 12 16.7

C 39 *Franzen, Johan 6 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 9.1

RW 96 Holmstrom, Tomas 6 1 2 3 1- 12 1 0 0 0 10 10.0

C 13 Datsyuk, Pavel 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

D 55 *Kronwall, Niklas 6 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

D 5 Lidstrom, Nicklas 6 1 1 2 4- 2 1 0 1 0 21 4.8

LW 14 Shanahan, Brendan 6 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 21 4.8

RW 29 Williams, Jason 6 1 1 2 3- 6 0 0 0 0 16 6.3

RW 37 Samuelsson, Mikael 6 0 1 1 1- 6 0 0 0 0 16 0.0

D 3 Lilja, Andreas 6 0 1 1 4- 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

LW 11 Cleary, Daniel 6 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 14 0.0

RW 44 Mowers, Mark 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

RW 33 Draper, Kris 6 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 14 0.0

D 22 *Lebda, Brett 6 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

D 24 Chelios, Chris 6 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 6 17 31 48 2- 84 8 0 2 1 238 7.1

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 19 35 54 2 90 8 0 4 1 156 12.2


34 Legace, Manny 6 408 2.65 2 4 0 1 0 18 155 88.4 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 6 411 2.77 2 4 0 1 0 19 156 87.8 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 6 411 2.48 4 2 1 0 0 17 238 92.9 0 0 0

NASHVILLE PREDATORS


LW 9 Kariya, Paul 5 2 5 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 16.7

D 44 Timonen, Kimmo 5 1 3 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 17 5.9

C 81 Sillinger, Mike 5 2 1 3 1- 12 1 0 0 0 7 28.6

D 6 *Weber, Shea 4 2 0 2 3- 8 1 0 0 0 4 50.0

LW 10 Erat, Martin 5 1 1 2 1- 6 1 0 0 0 8 12.5

RW 26 Sullivan, Steve 5 0 2 2 2- 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

D 2 Hamhuis, Dan 5 0 2 2 2- 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

RW 18 Hall, Adam 5 1 0 1 3- 0 1 0 1 0 7 14.3

LW 17 Hartnell, Scott 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 11.1

D 3 Zidlicky, Marek 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

C 38 Fiddler, Vernon 2 0 1 1 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

C 22 Johnson, Greg 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

C 11 Legwand, David 5 0 1 1 1- 8 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

C 94 Perreault, Yanic 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

RW 7 Upshall, Scottie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

C 25 Smithson, Jerred 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 ---

RW 14 Tootoo, Jordin 3 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

C 12 Nichol, Scott 3 0 0 0 2- 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

D 55 Markov, Danny 5 0 0 0 1- 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

D 4 Eaton, Mark 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

RW 24 Walker, Scott 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

D 19 Witt, Brendan 5 0 0 0 3- 12 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 5 10 18 28 4- 88 6 1 1 0 137 7.3

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 17 33 50 4 78 9 0 4 0 171 9.9


30 Mason, Chris 5 296 3.45 1 4 0 0 0 17 171 90.1 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 5 300 3.40 1 4 0 0 0 17 171 90.1 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 300 2.00 4 1 0 0 1 10 137 92.7 0 0 0

SAN JOSE SHARKS


C 12 Marleau, Patrick 5 7 1 8 1 4 4 0 2 0 18 38.9

D 42 Preissing, Tom 5 0 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

D 44 Ehrhoff, Christian 5 0 5 5 3 12 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

RW 14 Cheechoo, Jonathan 5 2 2 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 25 8.0

RW 26 *Bernier, Steve 5 2 2 4 2 6 2 0 1 0 11 18.2

C 19 Thornton, Joe 5 0 4 4 2- 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

C 16 Smith, Mark 5 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 19 15.8

D 25 *Carle, Matthew 5 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

RW 28 Ekman, Nils 5 1 1 2 2- 2 1 0 0 0 14 7.1

D 4 McLaren, Kyle 5 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

C 11 *Goc, Marcel 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

RW 9 *Michalek, Milan 5 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

C 34 Rissmiller, Pat 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3

LW 17 Thornton, Scott 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 12.5

C 10 McCauley, Alyn 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 22 Hannan, Scott 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

LW 15 Nieminen, Ville 5 0 1 1 1 20 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

C 37 *Stevenson, Grant 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ---

D 6 *Gorges, Josh 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 5 17 33 50 4 78 9 0 4 0 171 9.9

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 10 18 28 4- 88 6 1 1 0 137 7.3


35 Toskala, Vesa 5 298 2.01 4 1 0 0 1 10 137 92.7 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 5 300 2.00 4 1 0 0 1 10 137 92.7 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 5 300 3.40 1 4 0 0 0 17 171 90.1 0 0 0




2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL

1 OTTAWA SENATORS 113 v. 4 BUFFALO SABRES 110 GM JOHN MUCKLER, HC BRYAN MURRAY v. GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF

SABRES WIN SERIES IN 5

Friday, May 5 1900 h et

BUFFALO 7 @ OTTAWA 6 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Mike Grier 3 (Derek Roy, Henrik Tallinder) 0:35

2. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 3 (Dany Heatley, Wade Redden) 3:05 3. OTTAWA, Bryan Smolinski 2 (Anton Volchenkov, Daniel Alfredsson) 3:20

4. BUFFALO, Teppo Numminen 1 (Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov) 6:56 PPG

Penalties – Afinogenov B Chara O 2:18, Neil O 5:08, Volchenkov O 12:55, Afinogenov B 17:22

SECOND PERIOD

5. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 7 (C Schubert) 1:47 6. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 4 (P Gaustad, Toni Lydman) 3:29 SHG

7. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 3 (Zdeno Chara, Wade Redden) 4:15 PPG 8. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 2 (Henrik Tallinder, Mike Grier) 19:30

Penalties – McKee B 2:10, Pominville B 3:54, Lydman B 8:28, Fisher O 13:31, Afinogenov B 14:58

THIRD PERIOD 9. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 2 (Martin Havlat, Wade Redden) 0:16

10. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 3 (Tim Connolly ) 18:23 SHG 11. OTTAWA, Bryan Smolinski (Daniel Alfredsson, Peter Schaefer) 18:47 PPG

12. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 5 (Daniel Brière, Derek Roy) 19:49

Penalties – Meszaros O 5:14, Havlat O 15:39, Campbell B 17:18, McKee B Schaefer O 18:47


13. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 4 (Mike Grier) 0:18 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

SABRES 8 4 10 1 23 SENATORS 10 10 13 0 33

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

BUF – 1 for 5, OTT – 2 for 6 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin


Fourth 7-6 overtime game in Stanley Cup history…no SC ot game has ever ended w/ a higher score

Derek Roy’s five points tied a Sabres’ playoff record (John Tucker, 10 April 1988, v. Boston)

Mike Fisher’s goal set a Senators’ team SC record for fastest from start of a period

Wednesday, May 10 1900 h et

OTTAWA 2 @ BUFFALO 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 5 (Jason Pominville, Daniel Brière) 9:24 PPG

Penalties – Chara O 1:08, Drury B 1:26, Alfredsson O 3:53, Redden O 8:02, Campbell B 12:13, Gaustad B 14:36, Neil O Brière B 17:47

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – McKee B 9:52, Varada O 12:49, Gaustad B 14:59

THIRD PERIOD

2. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 4 (Wade Redden, Daniel Alfredsson) 5:47 PPG

3. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 3 (Jochen Hecht, Derek Roy) 10:15 4. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 5 (Brian Pothier) 18:30 PPG

Penalties – Fitzpatrick B 4:37, Hecht B 5:32, Varada O 7:54, Eaves O Kotalik B 13:56, Numminen B 17:56

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 6 (Taylor Pyatt, Henrik Tallinder) 5:05 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 10 7 9 2 28 SABRES 5 4 13 2 24

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

OTT – 2 for 8, BUF – 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Derek Amell, Dan Schachte


Sabres scored game’s first goal for ninth consec. time this postseason, record is 11 (CHI, 1973) Senators’ netminder Dominik Hasek practiced this morning; may soon be able to return

after injuring his groin at Olympic Winter Games in Italy C Jiri Novotny BUF made his Stanley Cup playoff début

Saturday, May 13 1900 h et

BUFFALO 3 @ OTTAWA 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Henrik Tallinder 1 (Ales Kotalik, Chris Drury) 0:33 2. OTTAWA, Daniel Aldredsson 2 (Zdeno Chara, Jason Spezza) 10:26 PPG

Penalties – Schaefer O 1:27, Tallinder B 8:37, Fitzpatrick B 9:52, Pyatt B 13:59, Senators’ bench 16:32

SECOND PERIOD 3. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 6 (Taylor Pyatt, J.P. Dumont) 7:56 PPG

4. OTTAWA, Brian Pothier 2 (Martin Havlat, Bryan Smolinski) 13:59

Penalties – Neil O 6:30, Redden O 9:03, McKee B 11:54, Fitzpatrick B 12:57, Chara O 13:24, Pyatt B 16:59


Penalties – Phillips O 1:43


5. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 5 (Henrik Tallinder, Toni Lydman) 2:26 SHG GWG

Penalties – McKee B 1:44

Shots on goal by SABRES 7 8 8 1 24

SENATORS 13 13 9 1 36 BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

BUF – 1 for 6 3 for 24 in series, OTT – 1 for 7 6 for 32 in series on power play Referees: Don Koharski, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak


Series featured a tie game, or one-goal lead, for all but 1:40 of total play Sabres’ first trip to Eastern Conference Final since 1999

Monday, May 8 1900 h et

BUFFALO 2 @ OTTAWA 1


Penalties – Brière B 2:20, Meszaros O 8:17, McKee B 13:20, Kalinin B 15:17, McKee B 19:59

SECOND PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 5 (Daniel Brière, Taylor Pyatt) 3:33 2. BUFFALO, Jochen Hecht 1 (unassisted) 6:00 GWG

3. OTTAWA, Chris Phillips 2 (Bryan Smolinski) 7:40

Penalties – Dumont B 11:59, Redden O 13:06, Drury B 15:15, Redden O 20:00

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Tallinder B 19:44

Shots on goal by SABRES 9 4 4 17

SENATORS 12 17 15 44 BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

BUF – 0 for 3, OTT – 0 for 7 on power play

Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin 19,816 at Scotiabank Place

In the game’s first minute, Peter Schaefer OTT nailed Tim Connolly BUF…Connolly did not return

Senators have now dropped eight straight playoff games to Sabres, dating back to 1997

Thursday, May 11 1900 h et

OTTAWA 2 @ BUFFALO 1

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Brian Pothier 1 (unassisted) 4:56

Penalties – Neil O Afinogenov B 1:36, Volchenkov O 8:57, Fitzpatrick B 12:55, Drury B 13:29

SECOND PERIOD 2. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 4 (J.P. Dumont, Brian Campbell) 16:18

Penalties – Dumont B 6:51, Havlat O 8:29, Kelly O 13:58, Smolinski O 17:56

THIRD PERIOD

3. OTTAWA, Wade Redden 2 (Daniel Alfredsson) 2:52 PPG GWG

Penalties – Roy B 2:33, Chara O 10:15, Schaefer O Roy B 12:05

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 18 3 7 28 SABRES 7 16 7 30

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

OTT – 1 for 4, BUF – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak

18,690, at HSBC Arena

For the first time, in 2006 SC playoffs, Sabres failed to score game’s first goal Daniel Brière BUF extended his postseason points streak to seven games (3g, 6a)

Senators’ first win over Sabres, in a playoff game, since 25 April 1997




2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL

2 CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. 3 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 101 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC LOU LAMORIELLO



NEW JERSEY 0 @ CAROLINA 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 2 (Matt Cullen, Doug Weight) 11:37 PPG GWG

Penalties – Hedican C 2:23, Klee N 10:05, Klee N 12:53

SECOND PERIOD

2. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 3 (Eric Staal) 2:58 3. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 3 (Rod Brind’Amour) 17:32 PPG

4. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 3 (Justin Williams, Eric Staal) 18:06 PPG

Penalties – A. Ward C 6:10, Hedican C 8:01, Commodore C 10:09, Gomez N 10:23, Brylin N 16:15, Langenbrunner N 17:27, LaRose C 19:30

THIRD PERIOD

5. CAROLINA, Doug Weight 1 (Frantisek Kaberle) 12:07 PPG 6. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 5 (Bret Hedican, Cory Stillman) 13:07 PPG

Penalties – Janssen N (minor, major) Commodore C (major) 11:33, Marshall N 12:35, Weight C 16:59

Shots on goal by

DEVILS 8 4 9 21 HURRICANES 14 14 10 38

NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur, Scott Clemmensen (13:07 of third period); CAROLINA, Cam Ward

NJ – 0 for 4, CAR – 5 for 8 on power play

Referees: Don Koharski, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot 18,730 at RBC Center

Devils finally lose, after winning 15 straight games (11 reg. season, 4 playoff)

Devils reg. season/playoff winning streak matched that of 1954-55 Red Wings; longest in history Devils had trailed for only 4:39 in entire first-round series v. Rangers


CAROLINA 3 @ NEW JERSEY 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Sergei Brylin 1 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Patrik Elias) 2:57 2. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 4 (Frantisek Kaberle, Mark Recchi) 8:16 PPG

3. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 2 (unassisted) 10:07

Penalties – Elias N 6:40

SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 6 (Brian Rafalski, Jamie Langenbrunner) 8:45 PPG

5. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 6 (Bret Hedican, Eric Staal) 18:59 PPG GWG

Penalties – Wesley C 2:27, Commodore C Langenbrunner N 4:02, Brind’Amour C 7:47, Hale N 10:07,

White N 15:20, Cullen C 15:38, Langenbrunner N (double minor) 17:55

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Commodore C 4:45, Hedican C 9:10

Shots on goal by

HURRICANES 11 7 6 24 DEVILS 8 15 7 30

CAROLINA, Cam Ward; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

CAR – 2 for 5, NJ – 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak

16,862 at Continental Airlines Arena

Hurricanes have their first three games-to-none series lead in franchise history Ward becomes just the second goalie to win his initial seven career postseason starts (T. Thompson)

Hurricanes’ power play is now 14-for-48 in playoffs…tops in the NHL

Sunday, May 14 1900 h et

NEW JERSEY 1 @ CAROLINA 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 3 (Zach Parisé, Brian Rafalski) 0:57 2. CAROLINA, Frantisek Kaberle 1 (Mark Recchi, Matt Cullen) 8:39

Penalties – Hedican C 1:27, Ladd C 5:18, Whitney C 11:07, Commodore C 14:40

SECOND PERIOD

3. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 4 (Justin Williams, Rod Brind’Amour) 14:20 PPG GWG

Penalties – Brind’Amour C 5:06, Hale N 13:30, Albelin N 17:36

THIRD PERIOD

4. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 4 (Doug Weight, Andrew Ladd) 7:22 5. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 5 (Matt Cullen, Mark Recchi) 18:32

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

DEVILS 11 3 4 18 HURRICANES 5 16 10 31

NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

NJ – 0 for 5 3 for 30 in series, CAR – 1 for 2 9 for 24 in series on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin


With about two minutes remaining, the lights went out briefly


NEW JERSEY 2 @ CAROLINA 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 3 (Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski) 6:20

Penalties – Gomez N 11:45, Williams C 12:43, Martin N 13:17, Commodore C 16:43

SECOND PERIOD

2. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 2 (Doug Weight, Ray Whitney) 18:18 PPG

Penalties – Elias N 0:46, Devils’ bench 8:22, Klee N Adams C 11:26, Adams C 13:56, Matvichuk N 16:45, Williams C 18:54, Langenbrunner N 19:05, Hedican C 19:44

THIRD PERIOD

3. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 3 (Zach Parisé, Jamie Langenbrunner) 19:39

4. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 4 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 19:57

Penalties – None

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. CAROLINA, Niclas Wallin 1 (Rod Brind’Amour) 3:09 GWG

Penalties – Matvichuk N Williams C 1:12

Shots on goal by

DEVILS 14 4 5 0 23 HURRICANES 8 12 15 3 38

NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

NJ – 0 for 4, CAR – 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak


Ward CAR becomes just third goalie to win his first six career postseason starts (Jean-Sébastien Giguère in 2003, Tiny Thompson 1930)

Wallin’s ot goal was a weak one…he tried to deke Brodeur, lost the puck and it weakly slid in


CAROLINA 1 @ NEW JERSEY 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 4 (Brian Rafalski, Patrik Elias) 1:58 PPG 2. NEW JERSEY, Jay Pandolfo 1 (John Madden) 11:02 SHG GWG

3. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 5 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Rafalski) 19:00 PPG

Penalties – Wallin C 1:51, Hale N 5:13, Rasmussen N 9:27, Commodore C 15:06, Kaberle C 17:52

SECOND PERIOD

4. NEW JERSEY, Sergei Brylin 2 (Patrik Elias) 0:44 5. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 4 (David Hale, Jay Pandolfo) 4:23

6. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 3 (Eric Staal, Mike Commodore) 11:04

Penalties – Hurricanes’ bench 1:32, K. Adams C 6:57, Wallin C 11:31, Hurricanes’ bench 14:55, LaRose C 16:48


Penalties – Williams C Langenbrunner N 7:20, Weight C 8:12, Commodore C Gomez N 8:33, Williams C 12:21,

Wiemer N 16:08, LaRose C Wiemer N (10-minute misconduct) 19:04

Shots on goal by HURRICANES 7 7 6 20

DEVILS 16 8 9 33 CAROLINA, Cam Ward, Martin Gerber (0:44 of second period); NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

CAR – 0 for 4, NJ – 2 for 11 on power play

Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin 17,585 at Continental Airlines Arena

In their history, Devils have still never been swept in a Stanley Cup playoff series

With his 89th career postseason victory, Martin Brodeur moves into sole possession of third all time

Devils’ added D Tommy Albelin, RW Viktor Kozlov to line-up (D R Matvichuk, RW G Marshall out)




2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL

5 SAN JOSE SHARKS 99 v. 8 EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM DOUG WILSON, HC RON WILSON v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH


Sunday, May 7 1700 h pt

EDMONTON 1 @ SAN JOSE 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Jaroslav Spacek 3 (Ales Hemsky, Sergei Samsonov) 2:33 PPG

2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 8 (Steve Bernier, Milan Michalek) 7:42

Penalties – Carle S 0:55, Roloson E (served by Samsonov) 12:42, Ehrhoff S 12:53, J. Smith E 19:14

SECOND PERIOD

3. SAN JOSE, Christian Ehrhoff 1 (Patrick Marleau, Milan Michalek) 3:14 GWG

Penalties – Stoll E 4:16, Hannan S 12:51, Samsonov E 17:46


Penalties – Spacek E 1:37, Stevenson S 4:43, J. Thornton S 10:48

Shots on goal by

OILERS 9 2 5 16 SHARKS 9 9 12 30

EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala

EDM – 1 for 5, SJ – 0 for 5 on power play

Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Dan Schachte 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose

Sharks’ fans booed Chris Pronger EDM every time he touched puck (based on his days in St. Louis)

Game was Sharks’ 13th victory in last 15 games


SAN JOSE 2 @ EDMONTON 3 TRIPLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Marc-André Bergeron 1 (Raffi Torres) 10:04 PPG

Penalties – Nieminen S 2:25, McCauley S 8:31

SECOND PERIOD 2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 9 (Steve Bernier, Josh Gorges) 1:19

3. SAN JOSE, Pat Rissmiller 2 (Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo) 9:30

Penalties – J. Thornton S 3:06, Samsonov E 5:27, Samsonov E 10:24, Rissmiller S 11:13, Laraque E (boarding major, served by Torres, game misconduct) 13:38, J. Thornton S 15:54, Marleau S 19:03

THIRD PERIOD

4. EDMONTON, Raffi Torres 2 (Chris Pronger, Jarret Stoll) 13:13

Penalties – None


NO SCORING

Penalties – Ehrhoff S 7:05

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Stoll E 18:49

THIRD OVERTIME PERIOD 5. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 2 (Ryan Smyth, Ales Hemsky) 2:24 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

SHARKS 2 8 6 6 10 2 34 OILERS 15 3 9 16 14 0 57

SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson

SJ – 0 for 5, EDM – 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Don Koharski, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler

16,839 at Rexall Place

Sharks didn’t get their first shot-on-goal until the 15:20 mark of the first period…SOG Edm 13 SJ 1 Sharks were without F Milan Michalek, who was injured by a crushing Raffi Torres check in G2

In the second, Ryan Smyth EDM took a Chris Pronger clearing shot in the mouth…several teeth out! At 13:00 of the second overtime, Roloson made an unbelievable glove save off Cheechoo

Horcoff’s GWG scored at was scored at 12:39 AM Edmonton time



FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 6 (Jaroslav Spacek, Michael Peca) 8:29

Penalties – Peca E 1:21, Greene E 8:58, S. Thornton S 11:58, Peca E 14:28

SECOND PERIOD

2. SAN JOSE, Scott Thornton 2 (Christian Ehrhoff, Marcel Goc) 4:30

3. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 3 (Chris Pronger, Ales Hemsky) 6:31 PPG

Penalties – Horcoff E 1:20, M. Smith S 5:14, Greene E 8:55, Staios E 10:51, Torres E 19:03

THIRD PERIOD 4. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 4 (Ryan Smyth) 0:12 SHG

5. SAN JOSE, Christian Ehrhoff 2 (Patrick Marleau, Ville Nieminen) 0:44 PPG 6. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 4 (Kyle McLaren, Joe Thornton) 2:30

7. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 7 (Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Smyth) 4:03 GWG 8. EDMONTON, Jarret Stoll 4 (Ales Hemsky, Jaroslav Spacek) 13:40 PPG

9. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 4 (Shawn Horcoff, Chris Pronger) 16:11 PPG

Penalties – Hannan S 10:58, Cheechoo S 13:31, Michalek S Bernier S 14:52, J. Thornton S (served by Ekman) 18:07

Shots on goal by

OILERS 4 3 11 18 SHARKS 9 8 7 24


EDM – 3 for 7, SJ – 1 for 7 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot


Sharks’ fans booed the Canadian national anthem tonight

Sharks’ F Milan Michalek returned to the line-up, following his G2 injury

Monday, May 8 1930 h pt


FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Tom Preissing 1 (Milan Michalek, Serge Bernier) 4:26

Penalties – Torres E 9:25, Stoll E 10:46, Pronger E Roloson E (served by Torres) Ekman S 15:03

SECOND PERIOD

2. EDMONTON, Sergei Samsonov 2 (Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Smyth) 15:23 3. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 1 (Jonathan Cheechoo, Patrick Marleau) 17:29 PPG GWG

Penalties – Greene E 9:05, Rissmiller S 13:01, Gorges S 13:20, Staios E 16:10, Horcoff E 17:32

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by

OILERS 10 7 8 25 SHARKS 14 10 14 38


EDM – 0 for 2, SJ – 1 for 6 on power play

Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Derek Amell, Dan Schachte


In the second period, Raffi Torres EDM drilled Milan Michalek SJ near centre ice Just prior to Oilers’ first goal, Sharks killed a 5-on-3, w/ two of the San Jose defenders w/out sticks

Oilers played without Radek Dvorak EDM, who injured his knee in G1

Friday, May 12 1800 h mt

SAN JOSE 3 @ EDMONTON 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 2 (Nils Ekman, Jonathan Cheechoo) 3:47 2. SAN JOSE, Nils Ekman 2 (Patrick Marleau) 6:40

3. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 3 (Jason Smith, Chris Pronger) 12:55

Penalties – Peca E 13:56, Marleau S 15:00

SECOND PERIOD 4. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 3 (Joe Thornton, Pat Rissmiller) 9:02

5. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 1 (Ethan Moreau, Raffi Torres) 12:28

6. EDMONTON, Sergei Samsonov 3 (unassisted) 15:35

Penalties – Torres E 1:02, Cheechoo S 9:33, Samsonov E 13:29

THIRD PERIOD 7. EDMONTON, Jason Smith 1 (Sergei Samsonov, Georges Laraque) 2:57 GWG

8. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 3 (Ryan Smyth, Jason Smith) 8:19

9. EDMONTON, Jarret Stoll 3 (Jaroslav Spacek, Chris Pronger) 14:00 PPG

Penalties – Carle S 5:42, Rissmiller S 12:35, Nieminen S 13:13, Moreau E 17:50

Shots on goal by

SHARKS 4 15 6 25 OILERS 15 9 11 35

SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala, Evgeni Nabokov (8:19 of third period); EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson

SJ – 0 for 4, EDM – 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler


Ryan Smyth EDM spent yesterday at the dentist, after having three teeth knocked out by Chris Pronger’s clearing pass in G3. Smyth also took 8 stitches.

Sharks’ rookie Milan Michalek sat out his second straight game, after being popped in G2


SAN JOSE 0 @ EDMONTON 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 2 (unassisted) 8:21 GWG

Penalties – Greene E 2:20, Ekman S 2:58, Ekman S Pronger E 6:25, Spacek E 11:45, Stoll E 12:18, Pisani E 15:53


Penalties – M. Smith S 3:25, Ehrhoff S 6:38, Torres E 12:02, Stoll E 18:06

THIRD PERIOD

2. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 5 (Todd Harvey, Ryan Smyth) 11:47

Penalties – S. Thornton S 1:25, Preissing S 4:36, Torres E 13:09, Smyth E 17:29


OILERS 10 7 9 26 SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson

SJ – 0 for 8 2 for 35 in series, EDM – 0 for 5 6 for 30 in series on power play

Referees: Rob Shick, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jay Sharrers 16,839 at Rexall Place

First time the Oilers have ever won a series after losing the first two games

Oilers make their first trip to the Conference Final since 1992




2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL

6 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 98 v. 7 COLORADO AVALANCHE 95 GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE v. GM PIERRE LACROIX, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE

MIGHTY DUCKS SWEEP SERIES

Friday, May 5 1900 h pt

COLORADO 0 @ ANAHEIM 5

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Vishnevski A 2:36, Wolski C 6:33, Skrastins C 14:52

SECOND PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Samuel Pahlsson 2 (Jeff Friesen, Rob Niedermayer) 2:38 GWG

2. ANAHEIM, Chris Kunitz 2 (François Beauchemin, Teemu Selanne) 10:24 3. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 4 (Chris Kunitz) 19:05

4. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 2 (Teemu Selanne, François Beauchemin) 19:54 PPG

Penalties – Salei A 3:19, Richardson C DiPenta A Marchant A 16:17, Tanguay C 19:13, Laperrière C (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Moen A (major) 20:00

THIRD PERIOD

5. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 1 (Ryan Getzlaf) 11:07

Penalties – Lupul A 0:19, Selanne A 4:54, Hinote C 17:57, Hinote C (major, 10-minute misconduct, game misconduct) 20:00

Shots on goal by

AVALANCHE 4 11 14 29 MIGHTY DUCKS 14 12 8 34

COLORADO, José Theodore; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov

COL – 0 for 5, ANA – 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Derek Amell, Dan Schachte


Bryzgalov ANA is first rookie to post back-to-back SC shutouts since Frank McCool in 1945 Teemu Selanne’s goal was his 22

nd career in the Stanley Cup playoffs

Tuesday, May 9 1800 h mt

ANAHEIM 4 @ COLORADO 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. COLORADO, Dan Hinote 1 (Andrew Brunette, Jim Dowd) 19:33

Penalties – Laperrière C 2:47, Salei A 8:27, Fedoruk A 12:22, Salei A 13:20, Turgeon C 15:21,

McDonald A Kunitz A Skrastins C 20:00

SECOND PERIOD 2. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 4 (Dustin Penner, Vitaly Vishnevski) 9:02

Penalties – Lupul A 13:42, Getzlaf A 15:26, Laaksonen C 18:28

THIRD PERIOD

3. COLORADO, Jim Dowd 2 (Milan Hejduk, Brett Clark) 4:47 SHG 4. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 5 (Todd Marchant, Sean O’Donnell) 8:54

5. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 6 (Dustin Penner) 10:40 6. COLORADO, Rob Blake 3 (Alex Tanguay, Joe Sakic) 13:35

Penalties – Turgeon C 3:12, Marchant A 15:28


7. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 7 (Dustin Penner) 16:30 GWG

Penalties – Lupul A 1:56, Turgeon C 13:10

Shots on goal by MIGHTY DUCKS 8 7 10 12 39

AVALANCHE 9 9 8 5 29 ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; COLORADO, José Theodore

ANA – 0 for 5, COL – 0 for 8 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot

18,007 at Pepsi Center

Bryzgalov’s SC shutout streak ends at 249:15…it’s the second longest of all time (G. Hainsworth) Lupul’s four goals constitute the first hat trick in Mighty Ducks’ playoff history

Only two teams have ever come back from three games-to-none deficit (’42 Leafs, ’75 Islanders)


COLORADO 0 @ ANAHEIM 3

FIRST PERIOD

1. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 2 (Scott Niedermayer) 18:17 PPG GWG

Penalties – Salei A 6:33, Brunette C 11:27, Friesen A 14:08, Dowd C 17:29

SECOND PERIOD 2. ANAHEIM, Ruslan Salei 2 (Todd Marchant, Chris Kunitz) 4:41

3. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 3 (Dustin Penner, Todd Marchant) 12:24

Penalties – Liles C 2:29, Pahlsson A 7:43, Hinote C 13:31, Dowd C 14:45


Penalties – Konowalchuk C 2:48, Mighty Ducks’ bench 7:45, Kunitz A 11:58, Konowalchuk C Vishnevski A 13:54,

Laperrière C Marchant A 18:48, DiPenta A 19:18

Shots on goal by AVALANCHE 6 4 12 22

MIGHTY DUCKS 11 14 10 35 COLORADO, José Theodore; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov

COL – 0 for 6, ANA – 1 for 6 on power play

Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler 17,294 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Mighty Ducks have scored 13 straight goals, dating back to Game Six v. Calgary

Bryzgalov matches NHL rookie shutout record, set in 1945 by Frank McCool

Bryzgalov hasn’t allowed a goal in 229 m 42 s…fourth longest in Stanley Cup playoff history

Thursday, May 11 2000 h mt

ANAHEIM 4 @ COLORADO 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. COLORADO, Joe Sakic 4 (Alex Tanguay, Andrew Brunette) 2:17

2. ANAHEIM, Todd Marchant 1 (Dustin Penner, Scott Niedermayer) 16:52

Penalties – Beauchemin A 3:31, Brunette C 4:53, S. Niedermayer A 9:44, Bryzgalov A 11:40, Salei A 19:54

SECOND PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 5 (Chris Kunitz, Andy McDonald) 2:22 GWG

Penalties – S. Niedermayer A 13:40, Sakic C 15:50

THIRD PERIOD

4. ANAHEIM, Dustin Penner 1 (Todd Marchant, Joffrey Lupul) 6:07 5. ANAHEIM, Todd Marchant 2 (Sean O’Donnell) 18:21 ENG

Penalties – Dowd C (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 13:24

Shots on goal by

MIGHTY DUCKS 10 14 10 34 AVALANCHE 15 10 16 41

ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; COLORADO, José Theodore

ANA – 0 for 3 2 for 19 in series, COL – 0 for 5 0 for 24 in series on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot

18,007 at Pepsi Center

Avs suffered their first playoff sweep in 26 series, since arriving from Quebec in 1995 Mighty Ducks have killed 36 consecutive penalties

This is Ducks’ second trip to Western Conference Final (2003 v. Minnesota Wild)

Ilya Bryzgalov becomes just fourth rookie netminder to win all four games of a playoff series sweep (Bill Durnan MTL, 1944 v. CHI, Jacques Plante MTL, 1954 v. BOS, Tony Esposito CHI, 1970 v. DET)




BUFFALO SABRES


C 23 Drury, Chris 11 6 7 13 3 6 3 1 1 1 30 20.0

C 48 Briere, Daniel 11 4 9 13 2 10 1 0 1 1 32 12.5

C 19 Connolly, Tim 8 5 6 11 3 0 1 1 1 0 11 45.5

RW 17 Dumont, J.P. 11 6 4 10 2 6 3 0 1 1 16 37.5

C 9 Roy, Derek 11 3 6 9 6 10 0 1 0 0 21 14.3


RW 25 Grier, Mike 11 3 5 8 4 2 0 1 0 0 22 13.6

RW 12 Kotalik, Ales 11 3 4 7 4 2 0 0 2 0 32 9.4



C 28 *Gaustad, Paul 11 0 4 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

D 51 Campbell, Brian 11 0 4 4 1- 4 0 0 0 0 18 0.0

D 5 Lydman, Toni 11 0 4 4 13 12 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

LW 55 Hecht, Jochen 8 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 22 4.5

LW 24 Pyatt, Taylor 7 0 3 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

D 27 Numminen, Teppo 10 1 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 7 14.3

D 74 McKee, Jay 11 1 1 2 4 22 0 0 0 0 13 7.7

D 45 Kalinin, Dmitri 8 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

LW 26 *Vanek, Thomas 8 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 15 6.7


C 13 *Novotny, Jiri 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 11 43 75 118 15 150 10 5 8 4 323 13.3

OPPONENT TOTALS 11 27 41 68 15- 189 9 1 3 0 329 8.2


30*Miller, Ryan 11 692 2.25 8 3 0 1 1 26 328 92.1 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 11 695 2.33 8 3 0 1 1 27 329 91.8 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 11 695 3.71 3 8 4 0 0 43 323 86.7 0 0 0

CAROLINA HURRICANES


C 12 Staal, Eric 11 5 10 15 5 4 3 0 1 1 46 10.9

C 17 Brind'Amour, Rod 11 6 5 11 2 8 4 0 2 0 39 15.4

LW 61 Stillman, Cory 11 4 5 9 3 4 2 0 2 1 38 10.5

C 8 Cullen, Matt 11 4 4 8 1 6 2 0 1 0 36 11.1

RW 18 Recchi, Mark 11 3 5 8 0 6 1 0 0 0 21 14.3


C 39 Weight, Doug 11 1 6 7 4- 14 1 0 0 0 17 5.9

RW 13 Whitney, Ray 10 4 1 5 1- 4 2 0 1 0 16 25.0

D 6 Hedican, Bret 11 0 5 5 1 16 0 0 0 0 12 0.0


D 7 Wallin, Niclas 11 1 1 2 1 8 0 0 1 1 9 11.1

LW 16 *Ladd, Andrew 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

D 22 Commodore, Mike 11 0 2 2 1- 23 0 0 0 0 13 0.0

D 4 Ward, Aaron 11 1 0 1 1- 6 0 0 0 0 8 12.5


C 63 Vasicek, Josef 5 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

D 2 Wesley, Glen 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

RW 59 *LaRose, Chad 11 0 0 0 2- 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

RW 27 Adams, Craig 11 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

C 14 Adams, Kevyn 11 0 0 0 2- 6 0 0 0 0 21 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 11 32 55 87 1- 145 15 0 8 3 363 8.8

OPPONENT TOTALS 11 27 50 77 1 157 9 1 3 1 292 9.2


30*Ward, Cam 10 576 1.77 8 2 0 0 1 17 242 93.0 0 1 0

29 Gerber, Martin 3 114 5.26 0 1 0 0 0 10 50 80.0 0 0 2

TEAM TOTALS 11 691 2.34 8 3 0 0 1 27 292 90.8 0 1 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 11 691 2.78 3 8 3 1 0 32 363 91.2 0 0 0

NEW JERSEY DEVILS


LW 26 Elias, Patrik 9 6 10 16 5 4 4 0 0 0 32 18.8

RW 15 Langenbrunner, Jamie 9 3 10 13 5 16 1 0 1 0 17 17.6

C 23 Gomez, Scott 9 5 4 9 1- 6 4 0 1 0 39 12.8

D 28 Rafalski, Brian 9 1 8 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 9 11.1

RW 14 Gionta, Brian 9 3 4 7 1- 2 1 1 2 0 29 10.3

C 11 Madden, John 9 4 1 5 2 8 0 2 0 0 27 14.8

RW 20 Pandolfo, Jay 9 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 25.0

C 9 *Parise, Zach 9 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 21 4.8

D 7 Martin, Paul 9 0 3 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

LW 18 Brylin, Sergei 9 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 14 14.3

D 2 Hale, David 8 0 2 2 1- 12 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

D 8 Klee, Ken 6 1 0 1 1- 6 0 0 0 0 2 50.0

RW 29 Marshall, Grant 7 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 6 Albelin, Tommy 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ---

LW 22 Kozlov, Viktor 3 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 5 White, Colin 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

D 24 Matvichuk, Richard 7 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 16 Wiemer, Jason 8 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

RW 25 *Janssen, Cam 9 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

D 21 Lukowich, Brad 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

C 10 Rasmussen, Erik 9 0 0 0 1- 8 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 9 27 49 76 6 140 11 4 5 0 229 11.8

OPPONENT TOTALS 9 21 37 58 6- 154 11 0 4 1 265 7.9


40 Clemmensen, Scott 1 7 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100.0 0 0 0

30 Brodeur, Martin 9 533 2.25 5 4 0 1 1 20 261 92.3 0 0 2

TEAM TOTALS 9 543 2.32 5 4 0 1 1 21 265 92.1 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 9 543 2.98 4 5 0 0 1 27 229 88.2 0 0 0

OTTAWA SENATORS


C 19 Spezza, Jason 10 5 9 14 1- 2 3 0 1 0 23 21.7

LW 9 Havlat, Martin 10 7 6 13 0 4 3 0 1 0 27 25.9

LW 15 Heatley, Dany 10 3 9 12 1 11 3 0 1 0 32 9.4

D 6 Redden, Wade 9 2 8 10 2- 10 2 0 1 0 19 10.5

RW 11 Alfredsson, Daniel 10 2 8 10 2 4 1 0 0 0 24 8.3

LW 27 Schaefer, Peter 10 2 5 7 2 14 0 0 0 0 18 11.1

C 21 Smolinski, Bryan 10 3 3 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 23 13.0

C 12 Fisher, Mike 10 2 2 4 1 12 0 1 0 0 20 10.0

D 3 Chara, Zdeno 10 1 3 4 0 23 1 0 0 0 17 5.9

D 24 Volchenkov, Anton 9 0 4 4 1 8 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

D 2 Pothier, Brian 8 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 20.0

D 4 Phillips, Chris 9 2 0 2 2- 6 0 0 0 0 8 25.0

C 20 Vermette, Antoine 10 2 0 2 1- 4 0 0 1 0 17 11.8

RW 26 Varada, Vaclav 8 0 2 2 2- 12 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

RW 44 *Eaves, Patrick 10 1 0 1 3- 10 0 0 0 0 20 5.0

RW 25 Neil, Chris 10 1 0 1 1- 14 0 0 0 0 10 10.0

D 14 *Meszaros, Andrej 10 1 0 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 17 5.9

D 5 *Schubert, Christoph 7 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

C 22 *Kelly, Chris 10 0 0 0 4- 2 0 0 0 0 14 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 10 36 62 98 0 164 14 1 5 0 325 11.1

OPPONENT TOTALS 10 29 49 78 0 201 7 3 5 3 289 10.0


1*Emery, Ray 10 604 2.88 5 5 0 0 0 29 289 90.0 0 1 0

TEAM TOTALS 10 608 2.86 5 5 0 0 0 29 289 90.0 0 1 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 10 608 3.55 5 5 0 1 0 36 325 88.9 0 0 0



RW 13 Selanne, Teemu 11 5 5 10 1 4 1 0 2 0 33 15.2

C 15 Lupul, Joffrey 11 7 1 8 7 25 1 0 1 1 39 17.9

C 22 Marchant, Todd 11 2 6 8 10 8 0 0 0 0 21 9.5

LW 38 *Kunitz, Chris 11 2 5 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 18 11.1

D 23 *Beauchemin, Francois 11 2 5 7 0 9 2 0 0 0 27 7.4

D 27 Niedermayer, Scott 11 2 5 7 0 8 1 1 1 0 31 6.5

RW 76 *Penner, Dustin 8 1 5 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 21 4.8

C 19 McDonald, Andy 11 1 5 6 3 8 1 0 0 0 36 2.8

C 51 *Getzlaf, Ryan 11 2 2 4 3- 9 1 0 1 0 23 8.7

D 24 Salei, Ruslan 11 2 2 4 9 16 0 0 0 0 17 11.8

LW 12 Friesen, Jeff 11 2 1 3 1- 6 0 0 0 0 9 22.2


C 44 Niedermayer, Rob 11 1 2 3 2 10 1 0 0 0 15 6.7

D 21 O'Donnell, Sean 11 1 2 3 6 19 0 0 1 1 5 20.0

RW 61 *Perry, Corey 7 0 3 3 2- 12 0 0 0 0 10 0.0


LW 32 Moen, Travis 6 1 0 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 4 25.0


LW 29 Fedoruk, Todd 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

D 33 DiPenta, Joe 11 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 11 33 54 87 11 186 8 1 8 2 345 9.6

OPPONENT TOTALS 11 20 35 55 11- 225 6 3 3 1 298 6.7


30*Bryzgalov, Ilya 8 482 0.87 6 1 0 0 3 7 214 96.7 0 0 2

35 Giguere, Jean-Sébasti 4 201 3.88 2 2 0 0 0 13 84 84.5 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 11 688 1.74 8 3 0 0 3 20 298 93.3 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 11 688 2.88 3 8 2 2 0 33 345 90.4 0 0 0

COLORADO AVALANCHE


C 19 Sakic, Joe 9 4 5 9 1- 6 1 0 1 1 21 19.0

LW 15 Brunette, Andrew 9 3 6 9 2- 8 1 0 1 1 15 20.0

RW 23 Hejduk, Milan 9 2 6 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 24 8.3

LW 18 Tanguay, Alex 9 2 4 6 1 12 0 0 1 1 20 10.0

C 38 Dowd, Jim 9 2 3 5 3 20 0 1 0 0 6 33.3

D 4 Blake, Rob 9 3 1 4 1 8 2 0 1 0 42 7.1

D 5 Clark, Brett 9 2 2 4 2- 2 0 1 0 0 19 10.5

LW 8 *Wolski, Wojtek 8 1 3 4 3- 2 0 0 0 0 9 11.1

D 26 Liles, John-Michael 9 1 2 3 1- 6 1 0 0 0 15 6.7

C 13 Hinote, Dan 9 1 1 2 2- 31 0 0 0 0 10 10.0

C 87 Turgeon, Pierre 5 0 2 2 3- 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

LW 24 Laaksonen, Antti 9 0 2 2 3- 2 0 0 0 0 16 0.0

C 12 *Richardson, Brad 9 1 0 1 3- 6 0 0 0 0 7 14.3

C 53 McLean, Brett 8 0 1 1 5- 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

D 3 Skrastins, Karlis 9 0 1 1 3- 10 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

C 14 Laperriere, Ian 9 0 1 1 6- 27 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

D 71 Brisebois, Patrice 9 0 1 1 7- 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

D 27 Vaananen, Ossi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 22 Konowalchuk, Steve 2 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

LW 10 May, Brad 3 0 0 0 3- 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

D 34 Sauer, Kurt 9 0 0 0 3- 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 9 22 41 63 7- 166 5 2 4 3 257 8.6

OPPONENT TOTALS 9 31 54 85 7 125 7 1 5 1 298 10.4


60 Theodore, José 9 573 3.04 4 5 0 2 0 29 296 90.2 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 9 576 3.23 4 5 0 2 0 31 298 89.6 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 9 576 2.29 5 4 3 0 2 22 257 91.4 0 0 0

EDMONTON OILERS


LW 10 Horcoff, Shawn 12 5 9 14 8 6 0 1 2 1 22 22.7

D 44 Pronger, Chris 12 2 10 12 8 8 1 0 0 0 28 7.1

LW 94 Smyth, Ryan 12 4 7 11 3 10 3 0 0 0 33 12.1


RW 83 Hemsky, Ales 12 3 6 9 1 8 1 0 1 0 28 10.7


C 16 Stoll, Jarret 12 4 4 8 0 14 2 0 1 1 31 12.9


LW 14 Torres, Raffi 12 2 4 6 1 12 1 0 0 0 23 8.7

D 21 Smith, Jason 12 1 4 5 6 4 0 0 1 0 8 12.5

C 37 Peca, Michael 12 2 2 4 0 14 0 0 1 0 21 9.5

LW 26 *Winchester, Brad 10 1 2 3 2- 4 0 0 1 0 9 11.1

D 24 Staios, Steve 12 0 2 2 2- 10 0 0 0 0 10 0.0

D 47 Bergeron, Marc-Andre 12 1 0 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 10 10.0

RW 13 Harvey, Todd 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

RW 27 Laraque, Georges 6 0 1 1 1 17 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

LW 18 Moreau, Ethan 9 0 1 1 2- 4 0 0 0 0 20 0.0

C 22 Murray, Rem 12 0 1 1 1- 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

D 23 Tarnstrom, Dick 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

D 2 *Greene, Matt 6 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 ---

RW 20 Dvorak, Radek 7 0 0 0 3- 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 12 38 67 105 5 175 14 1 8 2 334 11.4

OPPONENT TOTALS 12 29 54 83 5- 150 10 0 4 1 413 7.0


35 Roloson, Dwayne 12 807 2.16 8 4 0 0 1 29 413 93.0 0 0 10

TEAM TOTALS 12 814 2.14 8 4 0 0 1 29 413 93.0 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 12 814 2.80 4 8 2 1 0 38 334 88.6 0 0 0

SAN JOSE SHARKS


C 12 Marleau, Patrick 11 9 5 14 2 8 4 0 2 0 38 23.7

RW 14 Cheechoo, Jonathan 11 4 5 9 1- 8 1 0 1 0 46 8.7

C 19 Thornton, Joe 11 2 7 9 4- 12 1 0 1 0 23 8.7

D 44 Ehrhoff, Christian 11 2 6 8 2 18 1 0 1 0 27 7.4

D 42 Preissing, Tom 11 1 6 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 18 5.6

RW 26 *Bernier, Steve 11 1 5 6 4 8 1 0 1 0 14 7.1

RW 9 *Michalek, Milan 9 1 4 5 4 8 1 0 0 0 23 4.3

RW 28 Ekman, Nils 11 2 2 4 2- 8 1 0 0 0 24 8.3

C 16 Smith, Mark 11 3 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 0 23 13.0

C 34 Rissmiller, Pat 11 2 1 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 11 18.2

D 4 McLaren, Kyle 11 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

C 11 *Goc, Marcel 11 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

D 25 *Carle, Matthew 11 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 13 0.0

LW 17 Thornton, Scott 11 2 0 2 1- 6 0 0 0 0 23 8.7

LW 15 Nieminen, Ville 11 0 2 2 1- 24 0 0 0 0 18 0.0

C 10 McCauley, Alyn 6 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

D 22 Hannan, Scott 11 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

D 6 *Gorges, Josh 11 0 1 1 1- 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

RW 29 *Clowe, Ryane 1 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---

D 5 Davison, Rob 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

C 37 *Stevenson, Grant 5 0 0 0 1- 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 11 29 55 84 1 144 11 0 6 0 346 8.4

OPPONENT TOTALS 11 29 50 79 1- 173 12 2 5 1 315 9.2


35 Toskala, Vesa 11 686 2.45 6 5 0 0 1 28 311 91.0 0 0 0

20 Nabokov, Evgeni 1 12 5.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 75.0 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 11 702 2.48 6 5 0 0 1 29 315 90.8 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 11 702 2.48 5 6 0 0 1 29 346 91.6 0 0 0




2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

2 CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. 4 BUFFALO SABRES 110 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF



BUFFALO 3 @ CAROLINA 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Henrik Tallinder 2 (Jochen Hecht, Jason Pominville) 2:56

2. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 7 (Cory Stillman) 12:11

Penalties – Tallinder B 5:37, Hecht B 15:40, Stillman C 19:38

SECOND PERIOD 3. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 5 (Jason Pominville, Taylor Pyatt) 9:41

Penalties – Lydman B 13:02, Williams C 16:15

THIRD PERIOD

4. BUFFALO, Jay McKee 2 (Jochen Hecht, Rory Fitzpatrick) 13:40 GWG 5. CAROLINA, Mike Commodore 1 (Bret Hedican, Eric Staal) 17:07 SHG

Penalties – Lydman B Williams C 0:29, McKee B 11:32, A. Ward C 15:50

Shots on goal by

SABRES 6 13 8 27 HURRICANES 10 4 17 31

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

BUF – 0 for 3, CAR – 0 for 4 on power play

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak


Sabres have now scored game’s first goal in 11 of 12 playoff games in 2006

D Teppo Numminen left game after the first period, leaving Sabres with only five D


CAROLINA 3 @ BUFFALO 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 5 (unassisted) 14:07 2. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 8 (Ales Kotalik, Derek Roy) 19:30 PPG

Penalties – Recchi C Roy B 5:42, Tallinder B 6:55, Roy B 8:36, Williams C 9:03, Hedican C 10:37,

Campbell B 12:02, Brind’Amour C 18:53, Weight C 19:56

SECOND PERIOD 3. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 6 (Jochen Hecht, J.P. Dumont) 1:02 PPG

4. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 7 (J.P. Dumont, Jay McKee) 8:28 5. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 4 (Maxim Afinogenov, Toni Lydman) 12:55 GWG

6. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 6 (Aaron Ward, Justin Williams) 18:18

Penalties – Wesley C 5:05, Commodore C 10:41, McKee B 13:08, K. Adams C 15:52

THIRD PERIOD

7. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 6 (Doug Weight, Frantisek Kaberle) 15:52 PPG

Penalties – Lydman B 14:17


SABRES 11 18 4 33 CAROLINA, Cam Ward, Martin Gerber (12:55 of second period); BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

CAR – 1 for 5, BUF – 2 for 7 on power play

Referees: Marc Joannette, Rob Shick Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski 18,690 at HSBC Arena

Carolina’s Eric Staal’s playoff point streak is now at 13 games; record is 18 by Bryan Trottier in 1981

Staal’s is the longest since Pavel Bure VAN went 16 games in 1994 D Henrik Tallinder BUF suffers broken arm…is now out for remainder of playoffs

Sunday, May 28 1930 h et

BUFFALO 3 @ CAROLINA 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 9 (Taylor Pyatt) 7:08

2. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 4 (Cory Stillman, Niclas Wallin) 7:25 3. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 5 (unassisted) 17:32

Penalties – Williams C 3:03, Roy B 7:57, Recchi C 9:26, Drury B 10:06, Miller B Williams C 20:00

SECOND PERIOD

4. BUFFALO, Toni Lydman 1 (Jay McKee, Derek Roy) 1:55 5. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 5 (Doug Weight, Matt Cullen) 5:21

6. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 8 (Eric Staal, Frantisek Kaberle) 10:04 PPG

Penalties – McKee B 8:24, Fitzpatrick B 13:14, Commodore C 15:26

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Fitzpatrick B 7:40, Drury B 12:40, Hedican C 19:19

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 7 (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen) 8:46 PPG GWG

Penalties – Dumont B 7:12

Shots on goal by

SABRES 10 7 7 2 26 HURRICANES 10 12 1 3 26

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; CAROLINA, Martin Gerber, Cam Ward (1:55 of second period)

BUF – 0 for 4, CAR – 2 for 7 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot


Eric Staal CAR extends his point streak to 15 games (7 g, 13 a) Sabres continue to be without Tim Connolly (concussion) and Teppo Numminen (groin)



FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Frantisek Kaberle 2 (Matt Cullen, Cory Stillman) 10:05 PPG

2. BUFFALO, Thomas Vanek 2 (Ales Kotalik, Rory Fitzpatrick) 19:12 PPG

Penalties – Kotalik B 9:08, Kaberle C 14:06, Stillman C 18:00

SECOND PERIOD 3. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 5 (Eric Staal, Doug Weight) 6:03 PPG

4. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 6 (Matt Cullen, Glen Wesley) 12:58

Penalties – Hecht B 5:39, Pominville B 7:28, Gaustad B Recchi C 11:09, A. Ward C 18:51, Dumont B 19:06

THIRD PERIOD 5. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 3 (unassisted) 6:58 GWG

6. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 7 (Daniel Brière, J.P. Dumont) 11:39 PPG 7. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 4 (Chris Drury, Maxim Afinogenov) 19:57 PPG

Penalties – Wesley C 7:15, Kaberle C 10:23, Hedican C 10:27, Kotalik B 13:55, LaRose C 18:07

Shots on goal by

SABRES 6 4 9 19 HURRICANES 12 16 7 35

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

BUF – 3 for 7, CAR – 2 for 9 on power play

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak 18,730 at RBC Center

Sabres’ D Teppo Numminen didn’t dress (lower body injury); Doug Janik took his spot

Hurricanes sport the best PP in the playoffs…15-for-58, 25.9%

Friday, May 26 1930 h et

CAROLINA 4 @ BUFFALO 0

FIRST PERIOD

1. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 4 (Frantisek Kaberle, Aaron Ward) 6:54 GWG 2. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 7 (Bret Hedican, Ray Whitney) 9:53 PPG

Penalties – Dumont B 9:06, Wesley C 14:48, Gerber C 17:46

SECOND PERIOD

3. CAROLINA, Andrew Ladd 1 (Doug Weight, Glen Wesley) 2:10

Penalties – Janik B 6:06

THIRD PERIOD 4. CAROLINA, Bret Hedican 1 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 16:03

Penalties – LaRose C 3:23, Recchi C 11:54

Shots on goal by

HURRICANES 6 11 4 21 SABRES 11 7 4 22

CAROLINA, Martin Gerber; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

CAR – 1 for 2, BUF – 0 for 4 on power play

Referees: Michael McGeough, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski 18,690 at HSBC Arena

Eric Staal CAR extends his point streak to 14 games (7 g, 12 a), four shy of Bryan Trottier’s SC record

Sabres’ streak of one-goal decisions ends at eight, tying SC record (MTL 1989, ANA 2003) Sabres suffer their worst playoff loss since 1991


CAROLINA 1 @ BUFFALO 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 7 (Daniel Brière, Brian Campbell) 4:56

Penalties – McKee B 9:30, Dumont B 17:17, Recchi C 19:40, Campbell B 19:58

SECOND PERIOD

Penalties – K. Adams C 4:05, K. Adams C 14:29, Wallin C 19:02

THIRD PERIOD 2. CAROLINA, Bret Hedican 2 (Matt Cullen, Cory Stillman) 16:07

Penalties – None

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 8 (Rory Fitzpatrick, Derek Roy) 4:22 PPG GWG

Penalties – Weight C 2:28

Shots on goal by

HURRICANES 5 14 12 0 26 SABRES 9 10 6 1 31

CAROLINA, Cam Ward; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

CAR – 0 for 3, BUF – 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers


Eric Staal’s 15-game point streak comes to an end tonight…three short of Bryan Trottier’s record D Teppo Numminen BUF returns to line-up (groin), lasts only 4:13 of ice time, then sits on bench

Buffalo is 1-4 lifetime in Game 7…Carolina is 0-3




2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

2 CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. 4 BUFFALO SABRES 110 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF


Thursday, June 1 1930 h et


FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Mike Commodore 2 (Doug Weight, Justin Williams) 12:05 Penalties – A. Ward C 1:13, Campbell B 1:46, Pominville B 5:46, Kotalik B 18:32

SECOND PERIOD 2. BUFFALO, Doug Janik 1 (Ales Kotalik, Jochen Hecht) 15:50 3. BUFFALO, Jochen Hecht 2 (Brian Campbell, Chris Drury) 19:56 Penalties – Hedican C 14:41, Brière B 15:24

THIRD PERIOD 4. CAROLINA, Doug Weight 2 (Ray Whitney, Niclas Wallin) 1:34 5. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 9 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 11:22 PPG GWG 6. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 5 (Rod Brind’Amour, Cory Stillman) 19:08 Penalties – Campbell B 10:18, Williams C 15:25, Stillman C 19:45 Shots on goal by SABRES 7 9 8 24 HURRICANES 9 9 10 28 BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; CAROLINA, Cam Ward BUF – 0 for 4 6 for 34 in series, CAR – 1 for 5 7 for 35 in series on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 18,730 at RBC Center

Fourth time, in SC playoff history, that rookie netminders have face each other in G7 Sabres’ D Jay McKee misses game w/ seriously infected cut on his shin, so Buffalo has

four regular D out of line-up (Numminen w/ hip flexor, Tallinder w/ broken left arm, Kalinen w/ ankle)

Sabres’ first loss, in 2006 playoffs, when leading after two periods Cory Stillman CAR extended his point streak to 8 games (4 g, 6 a) D Nathan Paetsch BUF made his NHL début, playing 12:06




2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

6 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 98 v. 8 EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH


Friday, May 19 1800 h pt

EDMONTON 3 @ ANAHEIM 1

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 3 (Dwayne Roloson) 18:35 SHG 2. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 2 (François Beauchemin, Scott Niedermayer) 19:03 PPG

Penalties – Lupul A 5:04, Spacek E 9:35, Penner A 14:40, Pronger E 18:05

SECOND PERIOD

3. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 4 (Ryan Smyth, Chris Pronger) 11:35 PPG GWG

Penalties – Harvey E 4:26, O’Donnell A 9:15, Vishnevski A 10:41, Peca E 12:02, Marchant A 15:20, Stoll E 16:09

THIRD PERIOD 4. EDMONTON, Todd Harvey 1 (Shawn Horcoff) 19:18 ENG

Penalties – Roloson E (served by Torres) 2:28, Pronger E 14:02, Moreau E 19:57

Shots on goal by

OILERS 10 11 5 26 MIGHTY DUCKS 9 9 14 32

EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov

EDM – 1 for 5, ANA – 1 for 8 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 17,174 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Hemsky’s PPG ended a string of 39 straight penalty kills for the Mighty Ducks

Oilers are the only former Stanley Cup champions still alive in playoffs 14

th consecutive Oilers’ series in which Edmonton has opened on the road…ties NHL record

Tuesday, May 23 1800 h mt

ANAHEIM 4 @ EDMONTON 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Toby Petersen 1 (Rem Murray) 13:47

Penalties – Fedoruk A Laraque E 2:51, Marchant A Penner A (double minor) O’Donnell A

J. Smith E (double minor) Pronger E 3:10, DiPenta A (major) Lupul A Moreau E (major) Peca E 5:26, Pisani E 6:31, Horcoff E 7:50, Harvey E 15:00

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Bergeron E 6:01, Niedermayer A 6:16, Greene E 9:06, Perry A 11:39, Staios E 17:10, Pahlsson A 19:16

THIRD PERIOD 2. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 5 (unassisted) 2:19

3. EDMONTON, Steve Staios 1 (Sergei Samsonov, Fernando Pisani) 3:35 PPG 4. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 4 (Jaroslav Spacek, Sergei Samsonov) 4:40 PPG

5. ANAHEIM, Sean O’Donnell 2 (Andy McDonald, Todd Marchant) 7:15 6. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 6 (Dustin Penner, Vitaly Vishnevski) 9:13

7. ANAHEIM, Chris Kunitz 3 (Ryan Getzlaf, Joffrey Lupul) 11:15 8. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 9 (Michael Peca) 14:14 GWG

9. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 7 (Scott Niedermayer) 18:15

Penalties – Oilers’ bench (served by Samsonov) 1:24, Selanne A 1:43, Fedoruk A Laraque E 3:45, Vishnevski A 3:58, Niedermayer A 4:11, Pahlsson A 4:40

Shots on goal by

MIGHTY DUCKS 14 8 16 38 OILERS 6 8 8 22

ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson

ANA – 0 for 7, EDM – 2 for 8 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Brad Watson Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers


Anthem singer Paul Lorieau sang the first four lines of ‘O Canada,’ then simply held the microphone up high, and the crowd sang the rest of the anthem in its entirety

Tonight was D Chris Pronger’s 100th career Stanley Cup playoff game

Mighty Ducks still haven’t won in Edmonton since 1999

The Oilers have not trailed in this series…Edmonton has led for 111:01…series tied for 68:59

Saturday, May 27 1800 h pt


FIRST PERIOD

1. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 3 (Scott Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne) 7:30 PPG

Penalties – Greene E 1:34, Spacek E 7:13, Pisani E 13:42, Pahlsson A 16:15, Oilers’ bench (served by Torres) 18:10

SECOND PERIOD 2. EDMONTON, Ethan Moreau 1 (Rem Murray, Steve Staios) 3:42

3. EDMONTON, Raffi Torres 3 (Marc-André Bergeron, Shawn Horcoff) 8:31 GWG

Penalties – Penner A 0:58, Stoll E 4:30, Mighty Ducks’ bench 6:29, Greene E 10:13, Marchant A 16:29, Pronger E 19:44

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Penner A 0:56, Samsonov E 5:33, Samsonov E 10:35, Penner A 12:35, Oilers’ bench 16:10, Pronger E 17:42

Shots on goal by

OILERS 8 10 7 25 MIGHTY DUCKS 14 8 11 33

EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

EDM – 0 for 6 5 for 29 in series, ANA – 1 for 11 2 for 28 in series on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Rob Shick Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak


Oilers earn first trip to Stanley Cup Championship Series since 1990 Ducks finish this season 1-6-1 v. Oilers

Oilers are lowest-seeded team to ever reach the Stanley Cup Championship Series



FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 3 (Ales Hemsky, Ryan Smyth) 13:08 PPG

Penalties – Staios E 10:15, Perry A 11:48, Kunitz A 13:22, Hemsky E 14:22

SECOND PERIOD 2. ANAHEIM, Jeff Friesen 3 (Samuel Pahlsson, Rob Niedermayer) 6:12

3. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 8 (Sergei Samsonov, Michael Peca) 17:09 GWG

Penalties – Lupul A 1:27, Staios E 11:51

THIRD PERIOD

4. EDMONTON, Michael Peca (Fernando Pisani, Dwayne Roloson) 19:42 ENG

Penalties – Roloson E 2:33, Smyth E 8:30

Shots on goal by OILERS 10 11 4 25

MIGHTY DUCKS 12 12 10 34 EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov

EDM – 1 for 3, ANA – 0 for 5 on power play

Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 17,264 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Oilers C Toby Petersen, D Dick Tarnstrom replace Raffi Torres, Marc-André Bergeron (out w/ flu)

Oilers have never lost a Stanley Cup playoff series when up two games-to-none (18-0)

Thursday, May 25 1800 h mt

ANAHEIM 6 @ EDMONTON 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Dustin Penner 2 (unassisted) 7:28

2. ANANEIM, Dustin Penner 3 (Teemu Selanne, Todd Marchant) 15:11 3. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf (Andy McDonald, Scott Niedermayer) 19:18 PPG

Penalties – Moreau E 8:50, Smyth E 9:31, Oilers’ bench (served by Samsonov) 18:07, J. Smith E 18:15,

Stoll E 19:18

SECOND PERIOD 4. EDMONTON, Marc-André Bergeron 2 (Chris Pronger, Sergei Samsonov) 3:30 PPG

5. ANAHEIM, Ruslan Salei 3 (Sean O’Donnell, Samuel Pahlsson) 5:42 GWG 6. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 5 (Shawn Horcoff) 7:46

7. EDMONTON, Georges Laraque 1 (Chris Pronger) 10:01 8. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 8 (Todd Marchant) 18:22

Penalties – Beauchemin A 1:15, Pahlsson A 1:58, Hemsky E 2:59, Getzlaf A 3:18, Staios E 4:19, McDonald A 4:39,

Staios E 13:26, Smyth E 14:10, Salei A 19:06

THIRD PERIOD 9. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 9 (Todd Marchant, Ryan Getzlaf) 18:50 ENG

Penalties – Getzlaf A 10:46, S. Niedermayer A 11:34

Shots on goal by

MIGHTY DUCKS 25 10 11 46 OILERS 3 13 7 23

ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson

ANA – 1 for 8, EDM – 1 for 7 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers


Ducks last win in Edmonton was 24 February 1999

Ducks’ 25 first-period shots were 3 shy of SC playoff record (Flyers had 28 @ PIT, 21 Apr 1997) Ducks’ 25 first-period shots were most Oilers have ever allowed in one period of playoff hockey

Oilers Radek Dvorak (knee) and Raffi Torres (flu) both returned to the line-up tonight




BUFFALO SABRES


C 48 Briere, Daniel 18 8 11 19 0 12 3 0 2 2 47 17.0

C 23 Drury, Chris 18 9 9 18 5 10 5 1 1 1 42 21.4

C 9 Roy, Derek 18 5 10 15 7 16 1 1 0 0 33 15.2

RW 17 Dumont, J.P. 18 7 7 14 1 14 3 0 1 1 25 28.0

C 19 Connolly, Tim 8 5 6 11 3 0 1 1 1 0 11 45.5

RW 12 Kotalik, Ales 18 4 7 11 4 8 0 0 3 0 51 7.8



RW 25 Grier, Mike 18 3 5 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 32 9.4


LW 55 Hecht, Jochen 15 2 6 8 4 8 0 0 1 0 36 5.6

D 51 Campbell, Brian 18 0 6 6 5- 12 0 0 0 0 29 0.0

D 74 McKee, Jay 17 2 3 5 3 30 0 0 1 0 21 9.5

D 5 Lydman, Toni 18 1 4 5 14 18 0 0 0 0 14 7.1

LW 24 Pyatt, Taylor 14 0 5 5 2- 10 0 0 0 0 17 0.0


C 28 *Gaustad, Paul 18 0 4 4 1 14 0 0 0 0 13 0.0

LW 26 *Vanek, Thomas 10 2 0 2 1- 6 2 0 0 0 16 12.5

D 27 Numminen, Teppo 12 1 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 7 14.3

D 45 Kalinin, Dmitri 8 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 11 0.0

D 33 *Janik, Doug 5 1 0 1 2- 2 0 0 0 0 4 25.0

D 38 *Paetsch, Nathan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

C 22 Mair, Adam 3 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

C 13 *Novotny, Jiri 4 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

D 34 Jillson, Jeff 4 0 0 0 4- 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 18 60 106 166 11 220 16 5 11 5 505 11.9

OPPONENT TOTALS 18 49 80 129 11- 265 16 2 7 1 523 9.4


30*Miller, Ryan 18 1123 2.56 11 7 0 1 1 48 522 90.8 0 0 2

TEAM TOTALS 18 1128 2.61 11 7 0 1 1 49 523 90.6 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 18 1128 3.19 7 11 5 0 1 60 505 88.1 0 0 0

CAROLINA HURRICANES


C 12 Staal, Eric 18 7 13 20 2 4 5 0 1 1 71 9.9

LW 61 Stillman, Cory 18 7 12 19 9 10 3 0 3 2 53 13.2

C 17 Brind'Amour, Rod 18 9 6 15 8 10 6 0 3 0 61 14.8


C 8 Cullen, Matt 18 4 9 13 1 6 2 0 1 0 44 9.1

C 39 Weight, Doug 18 2 11 13 3- 18 1 0 0 0 28 7.1

RW 13 Whitney, Ray 17 6 4 10 1- 4 3 0 1 0 28 21.4

RW 18 Recchi, Mark 18 5 5 10 4- 16 1 0 1 0 33 15.2

D 6 Hedican, Bret 18 2 7 9 4 24 0 0 0 0 21 9.5


D 22 Commodore, Mike 18 2 2 4 1- 27 0 1 0 0 19 10.5

D 7 Wallin, Niclas 18 1 3 4 3 10 0 0 1 1 16 6.3

LW 16 *Ladd, Andrew 10 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 14.3

D 4 Ward, Aaron 18 1 2 3 1- 12 0 0 0 0 15 6.7

D 2 Wesley, Glen 18 0 2 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 11 0.0


C 63 Vasicek, Josef 5 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

RW 59 *LaRose, Chad 18 0 0 0 2- 10 0 0 0 0 13 0.0

RW 27 Adams, Craig 18 0 0 0 2- 2 0 0 0 0 15 0.0

C 14 Adams, Kevyn 18 0 0 0 2- 12 0 0 0 0 31 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 18 54 94 148 3 221 22 1 12 4 557 9.7

OPPONENT TOTALS 18 44 81 125 3- 227 15 1 6 2 474 9.3


30*Ward, Cam 16 898 2.07 11 5 0 0 1 31 384 91.9 0 1 0

29 Gerber, Martin 6 221 3.53 1 1 0 0 1 13 90 85.6 0 0 4

TEAM TOTALS 18 1124 2.35 12 6 0 0 2 44 474 90.7 0 1 4

OPPONENT TOTALS 18 1124 2.88 6 12 4 1 0 54 557 90.3 0 0 0



RW 13 Selanne, Teemu 16 6 8 14 0 6 1 0 2 0 53 11.3

C 22 Marchant, Todd 16 3 10 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 26 11.5

C 15 Lupul, Joffrey 16 9 2 11 9 31 1 0 1 1 62 14.5

D 27 Niedermayer, Scott 16 2 9 11 1 14 1 1 1 0 48 4.2

RW 76 *Penner, Dustin 13 3 6 9 10 12 0 0 0 0 41 7.3

D 23 *Beauchemin, Francois 16 3 6 9 0 11 3 0 0 0 35 8.6

C 19 McDonald, Andy 16 2 7 9 0 10 2 0 0 0 48 4.2

LW 38 *Kunitz, Chris 16 3 5 8 1- 8 0 0 0 0 34 8.8

C 51 *Getzlaf, Ryan 16 3 4 7 3- 13 2 0 1 0 38 7.9

D 24 Salei, Ruslan 16 3 2 5 10 18 0 0 1 0 27 11.1

D 21 O'Donnell, Sean 16 2 3 5 8 23 0 0 1 1 10 20.0


LW 12 Friesen, Jeff 16 3 1 4 1- 6 0 0 0 0 15 20.0

C 44 Niedermayer, Rob 16 1 3 4 1- 10 1 0 0 0 24 4.2


RW 61 *Perry, Corey 11 0 3 3 4- 16 0 0 0 0 14 0.0

LW 32 Moen, Travis 9 1 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 5 20.0


LW 29 Fedoruk, Todd 12 0 0 0 1- 16 0 0 0 0 12 0.0

D 33 DiPenta, Joe 16 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 16 46 77 123 10 267 11 1 9 2 528 8.7

OPPONENT TOTALS 16 36 59 95 10- 328 11 4 7 1 419 8.6


30*Bryzgalov, Ilya 11 659 1.46 6 4 0 2 3 16 285 94.4 0 0 2

35 Giguere, Jean-Sebasti 6 318 3.40 3 3 0 0 0 18 132 86.4 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 16 988 2.19 9 7 0 2 3 36 419 91.4 0 0 2

OPPONENT TOTALS 16 988 2.79 7 9 2 3 0 46 528 91.3 0 0 0

EDMONTON OILERS


LW 10 Horcoff, Shawn 17 5 12 17 9 8 0 1 2 1 32 15.6

D 44 Pronger, Chris 17 4 13 17 9 18 3 0 0 0 38 10.5

LW 94 Smyth, Ryan 17 5 9 14 1 16 3 0 0 0 43 11.6



RW 83 Hemsky, Ales 17 4 7 11 2- 12 2 0 2 0 32 12.5

C 37 Peca, Michael 17 5 4 9 3 18 0 1 1 0 28 17.9


C 16 Stoll, Jarret 17 4 4 8 5- 20 2 0 1 1 36 11.1

LW 14 Torres, Raffi 15 3 4 7 1 12 1 0 1 0 29 10.3

D 21 Smith, Jason 17 1 4 5 6 10 0 0 1 0 10 10.0

D 24 Staios, Steve 17 1 3 4 0 20 1 0 0 0 19 5.3

D 47 Bergeron, Marc-André 16 2 1 3 2 12 2 0 0 0 15 13.3


C 22 Murray, Rem 17 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

RW 13 Harvey, Todd 7 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 20.0


LW 18 Moreau, Ethan 14 1 1 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 26 3.8

RW 45 Petersen, Toby 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3

D 23 Tarnstrom, Dick 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

RW 20 Dvorak, Radek 9 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.0

D 2 *Greene, Matt 11 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 17 54 91 145 6 278 19 2 12 2 455 11.9

OPPONENT TOTALS 17 42 77 119 6- 231 13 0 5 1 596 7.0


35 Roloson, Dwayne 17 1106 2.22 12 5 0 1 1 41 595 93.1 0 2 14

TEAM TOTALS 17 1114 2.26 12 5 0 1 1 42 596 93.0 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 17 1114 2.91 5 12 2 3 0 54 455 88.1 0 0 0




2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH


Monday, June 5 2000 h et

EDMONTON 4 @ CAROLINA 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 10 (Raffi Torres, Jaroslav Spacek) 8:18

Spacek’s point shot is deflected, Ward stops it, but Pisani jams in rebound to open stick side

Penalties – Commodore C 2:12, Staios E 11:45, Bergeron E 14:12, Hedican C 14:46, Wallin C 14:55, Brind’Amour C 16:33

SECOND PERIOD

2. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 5 (PENALTY SHOT) 10:36 As a result of Wallin covering puck in crease, Pronger moves in, freezes Ward, and snaps it low stick side 3. EDMONTON, Ethan Moreau 2 (Matt Greene) 16:23 Moreau’s shot, from out near blueline, deflects off Aaron Ward’s butt and past a surprised Ward 4. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 10 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 17:17 Roloson stops Williams’ long shot, but Brind’Amour is standing all alone, with rebound, and wide-open glove side Penalties – Peca E 5:59, Dvorak E 18:33

THIRD PERIOD

5. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 7 (Doug Weight, Andrew Ladd) 1:40 As Canes come in over Oilers’ line, Weight feathers pass to Whitney, and he blasts it high blocker on Roloson 6. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 8 (Mark Recchi, Eric Staal) 5:09 PPG On PP, Roloson stops Recchi from in close, but Whitney snaps rebound high over netminder 7. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 6 (Chad LaRose, Aaron Ward) 10:02 SHG

After Staios blueline gaffe, Williams gets breakaway and snaps it low stick on Roloson 8. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 5 (Jarret Stoll, Chris Pronger) 13:31 PPG

On PP, Breaks in on right side and makes lovely, flying deke to Ward’s stick side 9. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 11 (unassisted) 19:28 GWG

Bizarre…Conklin tries to play backhand behind net, but it hits a surprised Jason Smith deflects to Brind’Amour

Penalties – Kaberle C 2:11, Moreau E 4:28, Hedican C 8:11, Staal C 12:53


HURRICANES 8 7 11 26 EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson (right knee), Ty Conklin (14:06 of third period); CAROLINA, Cam Ward

EDM – 1 for 7, CAR – 1 for 5 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 18,797 at RBC Center

Oilers’ lines…Smyth-Horcoff-Hemsky, Torres-Peca-Pisani, Dvorak-Stoll-Samsonov, Moreau-Murray-Laraque Oilers’ pairings…Pronger-J. Smith, Spacek-Staios, Bergeron-Greene

Canes’ lines…Stillman-Brind’Amour-Williams, Cullen-Staal-Recchi, Ladd-Weight-Whitney, C. Adams-K. Adams-LaRose; Canes’ pairings…Hedican-Commodore, Kaberle-A. Ward, Wesley-Wallin

Pronger’s was the ninth (first successful) penalty shot in Stanley Cup Championship Series history Roloson left the game after Marc-André Bergeron checked Andrew Ladd into him in the crease…

after the game, Craig MacTavish announced that Roloson was through for remainder of series

Before tonight, last team to overcome a three-goal deficit in a SCF game was Pittsburgh in 1992

Saturday, June 10 1800 h mt

CAROLINA 1 @ EDMONTON 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 6 (Jaroslav Spacek, Ales Hemsky) 2:31

Nice deflection of Spacek’s hard, low point shot

Penalties – Weight C 6:03, Pronger E 10:02, C. Adams C 12:30, K. Adams C 13:03, Recchi C 15:53


Penalties – Cullen C 1:37, Horcoff E 6:04, Brind’Amour C 6:48, Greene E 10:25, Tarnstrom E 16:04

THIRD PERIOD

2. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 12 (Cory Stillman) 9:09 After Brind’Amour’s initial shot, from slot, hits Jason Smith in the throat, Brind’Amour snaps rebound high stick 3. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 6 (Ales Hemsky, Jaroslav Spacek) 17:45 GWG Ward stops Hemsky’s initial shot, but puck goes off Smyth’s jersey then, maybe, his stick…after review, it counts Penalties – Hedican C 2:42


OILERS 9 11 10 30 CAROLINA, Cam Ward; EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen

CAR – 0 for 5, EDM – 0 for 7 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 16,839 at Rexall Place

D Dick Tarnstrom replaces D Marc-André Bergeron in the Oilers’ line-up

Oilers’ all-time home record in SCF is now 14-4 Cory Stillman CAR extends his point streak to 11 games

Former Oilers’ captain Doug Weight CAR was soundly booed whenever he touched the puck

Wednesday, June 7 2000 h et


FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Andrew Ladd 2 (Eric Staal, Frantisek Kaberle ) 6:21 GWG

Staios caught rushing…Ladd, Staal get 2-on-1…Ladd keeps, snaps a shot, off Bergeron’s foot, goes high glove

Penalties – C. Adams C 3:26, Pronger E 11:13, Stillman C 12:47, Whitney C 18:46

SECOND PERIOD 2. CAROLINA, Frantisek Kaberle 3 (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen) 10:28 PPG

On PP, Kaberle finishes three-way passing play by snapping shot, from high slot, past Markkanen low stick 3. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 8 (Niclas Wallin, Justin Williams) 19:57

w/ 2.4 secs rem., Markkanen flopping all over, Stillman actually flips puck over net, grabs it, and backhands high

Penalties – Greene E 5:34, J. Smith E 6:20, Torres E 8:52, A. Ward C 11:23, Horcoff E 14:20

THIRD PERIOD

4. CAROLINA, Doug Weight 3 (Mark Recchi, Matt Cullen) 2:21 PPG On PP, disputed goal, but was allowed when replays showed Weight’s stick touched the puck after it hit his skate 5. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 6 (Frantisek Kaberle, Matt Cullen) 4:12 PPG On PP, Canes buzzing all around net…Kaberle’s point shot is tipped by Recchi, past Markkanen low stick side Penalties – Samsonov E 1:31, Moreau E 2:47, Smyth E 5:01, C. Adams C 8:33, Laraque E 11:14,

Wesley C 14:12, Laraque E (major, game misconduct) 16:44, Wesley C 19:19


HURRICANES 8 10 8 26 EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

EDM – 0 for 6, CAR – 3 for 10 on power play

Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 18,928 at RBC Center

Jussi Markkanen EDM makes his first start since 1 March 2006…99 days ago…becomes first goalie,

since Hank Bassen in 1961, to make his playoff début in SCF Hurricanes insert D Oleg Tverdovsky into line-up, replacing F Chad LaRose

Oilers’ use of three netminders in the SCF is the first since 1970 (STL Hall, Plante, Wakely) Canes are 30

th team to sweep first two of SCF at home…only 1971 Blackhawks have blown that lead

Only three teams have ever come back from 2-0 deficit in SCF… 1942 Leafs over Red Wings, 1966 Canadiens over Red Wings, 1971 Canadiens over Black Hawks

Hurricanes now trying to become 21st team to sweep SCF since best-of-seven introduced in 1939

Monday, June 12 1800 h mt


FIRST PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Sergei Samsonov 4 (Radek Dvorak, Jarret Stoll) 8:40

Works great give-and-go with Dvorak, tipping the return pass past Ward low glove side 2. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 9 (Frantisek Kaberle, Eric Staal) 9:09 PPG

On PP, absolutely blasts a one-timer, from Kaberle, past Markkanen low glove side

Penalties – Torres E 8:57, Ladd C 10:04, Whitney C 13:08, Whitney C 15:35, A. Ward C 16:23, Stoll E 19:20

SECOND PERIOD 3. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 7 (Eric Staal, Cory Stillman) 15:56 GWG

After Pronger fails to clear it, Staal finds Recchi at side of net, and he fires it high over flopping Markkanen

Penalties – Pronger E 3:24, Hedican C 8:54, Greene E 18:05, Williams C 18:35, Pronger E 19:27


Penalties – J. Smith E 15:22

Shots on goal by

HURRICANES 4 11 5 20 OILERS 8 8 5 21

CAROLINA, Cam Ward; EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen

CAR – 1 for 6, EDM – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers


Only the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs have come back from a 3-1 SCF series deficit Hurricanes inserted Josef Vasicek into the line-up, replacing Chad LaRose

Sergei Samsonov’s score snapped a personal ten-game goalless streak Cory Stillman CAR extended his point streak to 12 games

In history, 210 teams have gone down 3-1 in a Stanley Cup series…just 20 have come back to win…

but, the 1990 Oilers v. Winnipeg, and the 1998 Oilers v. Avalanche, were two of those 20




2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH


Wednesday, June 14 2000 h et

EDMONTON 4 @ CAROLINA 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 11 (Chris Pronger, Raffi Torres) 0:16 Pronger blasts a low shot from the point, and Pisani tips it through Ward’s legs as he goes down 2. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 8 (Doug Weight, Bret Hedican) 5:54 PPG On PP, with Markkanen flopping around, Weight kicks puck to Staal and he scores glove side on prone Jussi 3. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 9 (Eric Staal, Mark Recchi) 10:16 PPG On PP, wires one, from point, past Markkanen’s high stick side 4. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 6 (Dick Tarnstrom, Steve Staios) 13:25 PPG On PP, one times pass, from circle, over Ward’s right shoulder 5. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 6 (Ales Hemsky, Chris Pronger) 19:42 Down low, near goal line, Peca takes Hemsky’s touch pass and flips it high past Ward Penalties – Hemsky E 2:27, Greene E 5:03, Greene E 9:06, Cullen C 11:40, Spacek E 14:42, C. Adams C 17:17,

Tarnstrom E 18:46, Commodore C 19:13

SECOND PERIOD 6. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 9 (Ray Whitney, Cory Stillman) 10:51 PPG

On PP, Whitney’s point shot misses net, but hits Markkanen’s foot and trickles towards line, then Staal stuffs it in

Penalties – Hedican C 2:43, Stoll E 4:11, Staios E 8:20, Brind’Amour C 15:32

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Commodore C 4:23, Vasicek C 7:53


7. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 12 (unassisted) 3:31 SHG GWG Playing SH, Stillman, Staal can’t get puck out of zone…Pisani scoops it up, skates in, wires it glove side high Penalties – Staios E 3:03

Shots on goal by

OILERS 10 7 5 7 29 HURRICANES 14 8 2 0 24

EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

EDM – 1 for 7, CAR – 3 for 6 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot


Todd Harvey replaces Georges Laraque in Oilers’ line-up At morning skate, Ryan Smyth EDM digs out U.S. silver dollar, which was buried at centre ice

D Aaron Ward CAR left the game, in the second period, with an upper body injury…he returned, only to be drilled, blocking a shot, with about two minutes left in regulation

Early in the third, Doug Weight CAR got sandwiched, left immediately cradling left shoulder…

he returned to the bench in the third, but did not play another shift Cory Stillman CAR extends his playoff point streak to 13 games

Monday, June 19 1800 h mt


FIRST PERIOD

1. CAROLINA, Aaron Ward 2 (Mark Recchi, Matt Cullen) 1:26 Ward’s shot, from top of circle, beats screened Markkanan high stick side Penalties – Staal C 3:17, Spacek E 11:03, Greene E 17:33, Moreau E 19:55

SECOND PERIOD

2. CAROLINA, Frantisek Kaberle 4 (Cory Stillman, Matt Cullen) 4:18 PPG GWG On PP, Kaberle’s point blast goes off Jason Smith’s pants and beats Markkanen Penalties – Spacek E 4:10, Wallin C 16:16, A. Ward C 16:21, Smyth E 17:21

THIRD PERIOD

3. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 14 (Rem Murray, Raffi Torres) 1:03 Torres flies down wing, Ward stops his shot, then the rebound, but Pisani jams third try home 4. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 7 (Eric Staal, Bret Hedican) 18:59 ENG With Pronger chasing him, Williams skates in from centre and seals the Cup win

Penalties – Hedican C 12:38, Smyth E Williams C 19:39


HURRICANES 10 11 6 27 EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

EDM – 0 for 4 5 for 45 in series, CAR – 1 for 5 9 for 43 in series on power play

Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 18,978 at RBC Center

Doug Weight CAR took the game-day skate, surprising many, but ultimately did not play

Veterans Rod Brind’Amour, Bret Hedican, Glen Wesley win their first Stanley Cup Cam Ward becomes first rookie goalie, since Patrick Roy in 1986, to lead team to championship

Ward also becomes first rookie goalie, since Ron Hextall in 1987, to win Conn Smythe Trophy

Saturday, June 17 1800 h mt


FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties – Staios E 1:09, Hedican C 6:02, Hedican C 11:41, Pisani E 19:25

SECOND PERIOD 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 13 (Ales Hemsky, Jaroslav Spacek) 1:45 PPG GWG

On PP, Pisani’s quick backhand, from slot, goes off Wesley’s skate and goes high, glove side, on Ward 2. EDMONTON, Raffi Torres 4 (Steve Staios, Fernando Pisani) 9:54

Tips Staios’ point shot past Ward, low stick side

Penalties – Hurricanes’ bench 1:08, Wesley C 3:14, Stillman C Spacek E 5:48, Hedican C 10:22, Tarnstrom E 15:59, J. Smith E 18:22

THIRD PERIOD

3. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 7 (Michael Peca, Jaroslav Spacek) 3:04 PPG Peca orchestrates entire play, as Smyth cuts down left side, knifes in front and shelfs backhand 4. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 7 (Radek Dvorak, Dick Tarnstrom) 13:05 PPG On 2-on-1, takes Dvorak’s pass in slot and snaps rolling puck high glove on Ward Penalties – Whitney C 2:46, Hurricanes’ bench (served by Ladd) 4:11, Greene E 9:29, Whitney C 11:11,

Cullen C 15:04, Oilers’ bench 15:41


OILERS 10 11 13 34 CAROLINA, Cam Ward; EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen

CAR – 0 for 6, EDM – 3 for 9 on power play

Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 16,839 at Rexall Place

Erik Cole CAR surprises hockey world and returns to line-up tonight (broken vertebrae on 4 March)

Doug Weight CAR misses game with upper-body injury, which looks a lot like a separated rt shoulder Hurricanes didn’t get their initial second-period shot until 14:11 of the period

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended game Now, 14 SCFs have gone to a seventh game…home team has won 11 times (’45 TOR, ’71 MTL)

C A M W A R D CAROLINA HURRICANES

2006 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER

15 wins, two shutouts, .920 sv pct, 2.14 GAA in 23 games




CAROLINA HURRICANES


C 12 Staal, Eric 25 9 19 28 0 8 7 0 1 1 87 10.3

LW 61 Stillman, Cory 25 9 17 26 12 14 4 0 3 2 75 12.0

C 17 Brind'Amour, Rod 25 12 6 18 9 16 6 0 4 0 75 16.0


C 8 Cullen, Matt 25 4 14 18 2 12 2 0 1 0 56 7.1

RW 18 Recchi, Mark 25 7 9 16 5- 18 2 0 2 0 45 15.6

C 39 Weight, Doug 23 3 13 16 3- 20 2 0 0 0 35 8.6

RW 13 Whitney, Ray 24 9 6 15 1- 14 5 0 1 0 40 22.5


D 6 Hedican, Bret 25 2 9 11 6 42 0 0 0 0 23 8.7

LW 16 *Ladd, Andrew 17 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 13 15.4

D 4 Ward, Aaron 25 2 3 5 0 18 0 0 0 0 18 11.1

D 7 Wallin, Niclas 25 1 4 5 3 14 0 0 1 1 19 5.3

D 22 Commodore, Mike 25 2 2 4 1 33 0 1 0 0 27 7.4

D 2 Wesley, Glen 25 0 2 2 1 16 0 0 0 0 15 0.0

RW 59 *LaRose, Chad 21 0 1 1 2- 10 0 0 0 0 15 0.0

RW 26 Cole, Erik 2 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0


C 63 Vasicek, Josef 8 0 0 0 2- 2 0 0 0 0 13 0.0

C 14 Adams, Kevyn 25 0 0 0 4- 14 0 0 0 0 36 0.0

RW 27 Adams, Craig 25 0 0 0 4- 10 0 0 0 0 18 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 25 73 129 202 2 319 31 2 16 4 721 10.1

OPPONENT TOTALS 25 60 108 168 2- 334 20 2 9 3 674 8.9

GOALTENDER GPI MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM

30*Ward, Cam 23 1320 2.14 15 8 0 0 2 47 584 92.0 0 1 0

29 Gerber, Martin 6 221 3.53 1 1 0 0 1 13 90 85.6 0 0 4

TEAM TOTALS 25 1547 2.33 16 9 0 0 3 60 674 91.1 0 1 4

OPPONENT TOTALS 25 1547 2.83 9 16 4 2 1 73 721 89.9 0 0 0

EDMONTON OILERS


D 44 Pronger, Chris 24 5 16 21 10 26 3 0 0 0 61 8.2

LW 10 Horcoff, Shawn 24 7 12 19 4 12 1 1 2 1 41 17.1


RW 83 Hemsky, Ales 24 6 11 17 3- 14 4 0 2 0 47 12.8

LW 94 Smyth, Ryan 24 7 9 16 2- 22 4 0 1 0 60 11.7



C 37 Peca, Michael 24 6 5 11 5 20 0 1 1 0 43 14.0

LW 14 Torres, Raffi 22 4 7 11 2 16 1 0 1 0 42 9.5

C 16 Stoll, Jarret 24 4 6 10 4- 24 2 0 1 1 49 8.2

D 24 Staios, Steve 24 1 5 6 0 28 1 0 0 0 28 3.6

D 21 Smith, Jason 24 1 4 5 5 16 0 0 1 0 14 7.1

C 22 Murray, Rem 24 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 0.0

D 47 Bergeron, Marc-André 18 2 1 3 0 14 2 0 0 0 17 11.8

LW 18 Moreau, Ethan 21 2 1 3 0 19 0 0 0 0 40 5.0


RW 13 Harvey, Todd 10 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 16.7


D 23 Tarnstrom, Dick 12 0 2 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 7 0.0

RW 20 Dvorak, Radek 16 0 2 2 1- 4 0 0 0 0 32 0.0

RW 45 Petersen, Toby 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3

D 2 *Greene, Matt 18 0 1 1 1 34 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

TEAM TOTALS 24 70 118 188 7 385 24 3 15 3 655 10.7

OPPONENT TOTALS 24 61 112 173 7- 329 22 1 9 1 760 8.0

RK NO GOALTENDER GPI MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM

30 Markkanen, Jussi 6 360 2.17 3 3 0 1 1 13 137 90.5 0 0 0

35 Roloson, Dwayne 18 1160 2.33 12 5 0 1 1 45 618 92.7 0 2 14

29 Conklin, Ty 1 6 10.00 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 66.7 0 0 0

TEAM TOTALS 24 1537 2.38 15 9 0 2 2 61 760 92.0 0 0 0

OPPONENT TOTALS 24 1537 2.73 9 15 3 3 1 70 655 89.3 0 0 0


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