NHL Carolina grabs 2-0 advantage

Buffalo also is just two wins away from the Eastern Conference finals.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The never-give-up Carolina Hurricanes did it again, forcing overtime in the waning seconds before a lucky bounce gave them another victory.
Poor Martin Brodeur.
Niclas Wallin had the puck knocked off his stick during a rush early in the extra period, but it bounced off his skate through Brodeur's legs at 3:09 to help the Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 Monday night and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
A video review upheld Wallin's first goal of the playoffs.
In the opener, neither of Carolina's first two goals were actual shots on net, with deflections pushing the puck over the line. It helped lead to a 6-0 rout for the home team, the worst playoff loss of Brodeur's famed career, and he and his teammates promised a better effort in Game 2.
They gave it, but it still wasn't enough stop the Hurricanes, who have handed New Jersey consecutive losses after the Devils' record-tying 15-game winning streak that began in the regular season and continued through a four-game playoff sweep of the New York Rangers.
Carolina and young goalie Cam Ward have won six in a row after the Hurricanes dropped their first two playoff games to Montreal in the opening round with Martin Gerber in the nets.
Sabres 2, Senators 1
OTTAWA -- J.P. Dumont and Jochen Hecht scored goals 2:27 apart in the second period and Ryan Miller made 43 saves to lead Buffalo over Ottawa.
Buffalo won both opening games in Ottawa to grab a 2-0 lead in the series.
Dumont scored his fifth of the playoffs 3:33 into the second and Hecht added a breakaway goal moments later in his return to the lineup after missing three games, including Friday's wild 7-6 overtime win in Game 1.
Miller won his third win in a row, improving to 6-2 in the playoffs.
Chris Phillips netted the only goal for the top-seeded Senators, who have dropped eight straight playoff games to the Sabres, dating to 1997.
Rookie Ray Emery made 15 saves for the Senators.
Buffalo lost center Tim Connolly in the first minute when he was leveled by a clean, open-ice check from Senators forward Peter Schaefer.
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