NHL PLAYOFFS

NHL PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Friday, April 21
Ottawa 4, Tampa Bay 1
Detroit 3, Edmonton 2, 2OT
Nashville 4, San Jose 3
Calgary 2, Anaheim 1, OT
Saturday, April 22
Colorado 5, Dallas 2, Colorado leads series 1-0
New Jersey 6, N.Y. Rangers 1
Montreal 6, Carolina 1
Buffalo 3, Philadelphia 2, 2OT
Sunday, April 23
Edmonton 4, Detroit 2, series tied 1-1
San Jose 3, Nashville 0, series tied 1-1
Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 3, series tied 1-1
Anaheim 4, Calgary 3, series tied 1-1
Monday, April 24
Montreal 6, Carolina 5, 2OT, Montreal leads series 2-0
New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 1, New Jersey leads series 2-0.
Buffalo 8, Philadelphia 2, Buffalo leads series 2-0
Colorado at Dallas, late
Today
Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Detroit at Edmonton, 10 p.m.
Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 26
Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Montreal, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 27
Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Calgary at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Friday, April 28
Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 10 p.m.
Saturday, April 29
Edmonton at Detroit, 3 p.m.
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Sunday, April 30
Colorado at Dallas, 2 p.m., if necessary
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 2 p.m., if necessary
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 6 p.m., if necessary
Montreal at Carolina, 7:30 p.m., if necessary
San Jose at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, May 1
Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m., if necessary
Detroit at Edmonton, TBA, if necessary
Calgary at Anaheim, TBA, if necessary
Tuesday, May 2
Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m., if necessary
Carolina at Montreal, 7 p.m., if necessary
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m., if necessary
Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m., if necessary
Dallas at Colorado, TBA, if necessary
Wednesday, May 3
Edmonton at Detroit, 7 p.m., if necessary
Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7 p.m., if necessary
Anaheim at Calgary, TBA, if necessary
Thursday, May 4
Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m., if necessary
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7 p.m., if necessary
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, TBA, if necessary
Colorado at Dallas, TBA, if necessary
San Jose at Nashville, TBA, if necessary
MONDAY'S SUMMARIES
SABRES 8, FLYERS 2
Philadelphia011--2
Buffalo512--8
First Period--1, Buffalo, Dumont 1, 1:41. 2, Buffalo, Drury 1 (Connolly, Campbell), 3:00 (pp). 3, Buffalo, Kotalik 1 (Connolly, Lydman), 12:26. 4, Buffalo, Pominville 1 (Gaustad, McKee), 14:36. 5, Buffalo, Dumont 2 (Briere, Pominville), 19:44 (pp). Penalties--Gagne, Phi (hooking), 2:22; Meyer, Phi (cross-checking), 5:06; Hecht, Buf (high-sticking), 7:48; Vanek, Buf (hooking), 10:15; Esche, Phi, served by Knuble (roughing), 15:54; Tallinder, Buf (hooking), 15:54; Hatcher, Phi (elbowing), 17:41; Rathje, Phi (holding), 19:20.
Second Period--6, Philadelphia, Gagne 2 (Forsberg, Hatcher), :58. 7, Buffalo, Dumont 3 (Briere, Drury), 9:42 (pp). Penalties--Gauthier, Phi (hooking), 1:53; Gauthier, Phi, major-game misconduct (checking from behind), 6:23; Meyer, Phi (hooking), 11:44; Eager, Phi, minor-misconduct (interference), 16:09; Carter, Phi (interference), 18:35.
Third Period--8, Philadelphia, Nedved 1 (Desjardins), 5:47. 9, Buffalo, Pominville 2 (Numminen, Gaustad), 8:35. 10, Buffalo, Pominville 3 (Gaustad, Dumont), 18:42. Penalties--Meyer, Phi (tripping), 11:36; Vanek, Buf (hooking), 14:00; Eager, Phi, double minor-misconduct (roughing), 16:33; Hatcher, Phi (roughing), 16:33; Roy, Buf (roughing), 16:33; Vanek, Buf (roughing), 16:33.
Shots on goal--Philadelphia 8-4-10--22. Buffalo 10-7-11--28.
Power-play opportunities--Philadelphia 0 of 3; Buffalo 3 of 12.
Goalies--Philadelphia, Esche 0-2 (10 shots-5 saves), Niittymaki (0:00 second, 18-15). Buffalo, Miller 2-0 (22 shots-20 saves).
A--18,690 (18,690). T--2:37.
Referees--Dave Jackson, Brad Watson. Linesmen--Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson.
DEVILS 4, RANGERS 1
N.Y. Rangers001--1
New Jersey211--4
First Period--1, New Jersey, Madden 1 (Rafalski, Pandolfo), 7:47 (sh). 2, New Jersey, Gionta 1 (Martin, Langenbrunner), 14:13 (pp). Penalties--Marshall, NJ (interference), 4:03; Janssen, NJ (interference), 7:15; Wiseman, NYR (boarding), 13:25; Orr, NYR (interference), 17:38.
Second Period--3, New Jersey, Madden 2 (Pandolfo, Martin), 19:54 (sh). Penalties--Malik, NYR (tripping), 3:28; Ortmeyer, NYR (elbowing), 12:48; Marshall, NJ, double minor (holding stick, unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:22; Madden, NJ (hooking), 17:47.
Third Period--4, N.Y. Rangers, Betts 1 (Hollweg, Malik), 5:41. 5, New Jersey, Madden 3 (Marshall, Pandolfo), 12:46. Penalties--Ozolinsh, NYR (hooking), 8:18; Rasmussen, NJ (holding), 13:36; Weekes, NYR, served by Orr (delay of game), 15:41; Janssen, NJ (hooking), 19:10.
Shots on goal--N.Y. Rangers 5-9-12--26. New Jersey 8-7-10--25.
Power-play opportunities--N.Y. Rangers 0 of 7; New Jersey 1 of 6.
Goalies--N.Y. Rangers, Weekes 0-1 (25 shots-21 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 2-0 (26-25).
A--19,040 (19,040). T--2:31.
Referees--Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli. Linesmen--Michel Cormier, Jean Morin.
CANADIENS 6, HURRICANES 5
Montreal30201--6
Carolina02300--5
First Period--1, Montreal, Bulis 1 (Kovalev), 4:48. 2, Montreal, Ryder 1 (Markov, Dandenault), 13:35 (pp). 3, Montreal, Bonk 2 (Sundstrom, Rivet), 14:46. Penalties--Commodore, Car (roughing), 8:22; Komisarek, Mon (roughing), 8:22; Bouillon, Mon (roughing), 10:07; Williams, Car (holding stick), 11:17; Commodore, Car (hooking), 13:14.
Second Period--4, Carolina, Cullen 2 (Staal, Ladd), 1:42. 5, Carolina, Brind'Amour 1 (Weight, Staal), 9:05 (pp). Penalties--Wallin, Car (holding), 5:08; Kovalev, Mon (boarding), 7:01; Rivet, Mon (tripping), 8:31; Zednik, Mon, double minor (high-sticking), 9:36; Weight, Car (roughing), 16:06; Markov, Mon (roughing), 16:06; Staal, Car (high-sticking), 16:15; Perezhogin, Mon (hooking), 19:17; Bouillon, Mon (delay of game), 19:30.
Third Period--6, Carolina, Whitney 1 (Recchi, Staal), :22 (pp). 7, Carolina, Brind'Amour 2 (Williams, Staal), 1:15 (pp). 8, Montreal, Kovalev 3 (Bulis, Dandenault), 5:22. 9, Montreal, Zednik 1 (Perezhogin, Plekanec), 5:58. 10, Carolina, Stillman 1 (Hedican, Cullen), 18:30. Penalty--Weight, Car (hooking), 16:08.
First Overtime--None. Penalties--Williams, Car (hooking), 2:04; A.Ward, Car (holding), 8:27; Plekanec, Mon (interference), 14:30; Brind'Amour, Car (holding stick), 17:05.
Second Overtime--11, Montreal, Ryder 2 (Higgins, Koivu), 2:32. Penalties--None.
Shots on goal--Montreal 14-5-10-6-1--36. Carolina 9-12-9-14-2--46.
Power-play opportunities--Montreal 1 of 8; Carolina 3 of 8.
Goalies--Montreal, Huet 2-0 (46 shots-41 saves). Carolina, Gerber (13-10), Ward 0-1 (14:46 frst, 23-20).
A--18,730 (18,730). T--3:34.
Referees--Paul Devorski, Brad Meier. Linesmen--Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot.
SUNDAY'S LATE SUMMARY
ANAHEIM 4, CALGARY 3
Anaheim211--4
Calgary021--3
First Period--1, Anaheim, Kunitz 1 (Beauchemin), 9:37. 2, Anaheim, S.Niedermayer 1, 13:20 (sh). Penalties--O'Donnell, Ana (hooking), 1:54; Ference, Cal (holding), 7:24; O'Donnell, Ana (delay of game), 11:41; Fedoruk, Ana (tripping), 16:14; Salei, Ana (tripping), 19:53.
Second Period--3, Anaheim, Lupul 1 (Selanne, Salei), 5:10. 4, Calgary, Iginla 1 (Langkow), 9:09 (sh). 5, Calgary, Huselius 1 (Iginla, R.Regehr), 11:53 (pp). Penalties--Lupul, Ana (roughing), 2:45; Yelle, Cal (hooking), 7:48; Pahlsson, Ana (tripping), 11:12; Leclerc, Cal (hooking), 11:59; R.Niedermayer, Ana (holding), 13:00; Calgary bench, served by Donovan (too many men), 14:13; Pahlsson, Ana (tripping), 14:43; Warrener, Cal (tripping), 16:13; R.Regehr, Cal (interference), 19:22.
Third Period--6, Anaheim, Pahlsson 1 (Marchant, Hedstrom), 7:55. 7, Calgary, Phaneuf 1 (Hamrlik), 15:31 (pp). Penalties--McDonald, Ana (high-sticking), :12; Phaneuf, Cal (roughing), 4:57; Vishnevski, Ana (hooking), 11:59; Salei, Ana (tripping), 14:05; Hedstrom, Ana (hooking), 17:25.
Shots on goal--Anaheim 4-7-9--20. Calgary 7-6-12--25.
Power-play opportunities--Anaheim 0 of 6; Calgary 2 of 12.
Goalies--Anaheim, Giguere 1-0 (25 shots-22 saves). Calgary, Kiprusoff 1-1 (20 shots-16 saves).
A--19,289 (17,409). T--2:30.
Referees--Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick. Linesmen--Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich.
NAHL PLAYOFFS
North Division Final (best-of-seven)
Cleveland vs. U.S. National Team
(U.S. National Team leads series 3-2)
Thursday: Cleveland at U.S. National Team, 7:00 p.m.
Friday: Cleveland at U.S. National Team, 7:00 p.m.*
* if necessary
(Winner advances to Robertson Cup in Boardman, May 10-13)
South Division Final (best-of-seven)
Texarkana vs. Texas
(Texas leads series 3-0)
Monday: Texas at Texarkana, 8:30 p.m.
Friday: Texarkana at Texas, 8:30 p.m. *
Saturday: Texas at Texarkana, 8:30 p.m. *
Sunday: Texarkana at Texas, 7:00 p.m. *
* if necessary
(Winner advances to Robertson Cup in Boardman, May 10-13)
Central Division Final (best-of-seven)
Fargo-Moorhead vs. Southern Minnesota
(Southern Minnesota won series 4-0)
(Southern Minnesota advances to Robertson Cup in Boardman, May 10-13)
West Division Final (best-of-seven)
Fairbanks vs. Bozeman
(Bozeman leads series 3-1)
Friday: Fairbanks at Bozeman, 10:05 p.m.
Saturday: Fairbanks at Bozeman, 10:05 p.m. *
Sunday: Fairbanks at Bozeman, 8:30 p.m. *
* if necessary
(Winner advances to Robertson Cup in Boardman, May 10-13)
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