National Hockey League

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
PLAYOFFS
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7)
Friday, May 5
Buffalo 7, Ottawa 6, OT
Anaheim 5, Colorado 0
Saturday, May 6
Carolina 6, New Jersey 0
Sunday, May 7
Anaheim 3, Colorado 0
San Jose 2, Edmonton 1
Monday, May 8
Buffalo 2, Ottawa 1
Carolina 3, New Jersey 2, OT
San Jose 2, Edmonton 1
Tuesday, May 9
Anaheim 4, Colorado 3, OT
Wednesday, May 10
Carolina 3, New Jersey 2
Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2, OT
Edmonton 3, San Jose 2, 3OT
Thursday, May 11
Ottawa 2, Buffalo 1, Buffalo leads series 3-1
Anaheim 4, Colorado 1, Anaheim wins series 4-0
Friday, May 12
Edmonton 6, San Jose 3, series tied 2-2
Saturday, May 13
New Jersey 5, Carolina 1, Carolina leads series 3-1
Buffalo at Ottawa, late
Today
New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Monday, May 15
Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m., if necessary
Tuesday, May 16
Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m., if necessary
Wednesday, May 17
Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m., if necessary
San Jose at Edmonton, TBA
Thursday, May 18
New Jersey at Carolina, 7:30 p.m., if necessary
Friday, May 19
Edmonton at San Jose, 9 p.m., if necessary
SATURDAY'S SUMMARY
DEVILS 5, HURRICANES 1
Carolina010--1
New Jersey320--5
First Period--1, New Jersey, Gomez 4 (Rafalski, Elias), 1:58 (pp). 2, New Jersey, Pandolfo 1 (Madden), 11:02 (sh). 3, New Jersey, Gomez 5 (Langenbrunner, Rafalski), 19:00 (pp). Penalties--Wallin, Car (interference), 1:51; Hale, NJ (hooking), 5:13; Rasmussen, NJ (tripping), 9:27; Commodore, Car (holding), 15:06; Kaberle, Car (hooking), 17:52.
Second Period--4, New Jersey, Brylin 2 (Elias), :44. 5, New Jersey, Madden 4 (Hale, Pandolfo), 4:23. 6, Carolina, Recchi 3 (Staal, Commodore), 11:04. Penalties--Carolina bench, served by Ladd (unsportsmanlike conduct), 1:32; K.Adams, Car (interference), 6:57; Wallin, Car (hooking), 11:31; Carolina bench, served by Stillman (too many men), 14:55; LaRose, Car (hooking), 16:48.
Third Period--None. Penalties--Hale, NJ (hooking), 5:57; Langenbrunner, NJ (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:20; Williams, Car (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:20; Weight, Car (hooking), 8:12; Gomez, NJ (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:33; Commodore, Car (tripping), 8:33; Williams, Car (tripping), 12:21; Wiemer, NJ (roughing), 16:08; Wiemer, NJ, misconduct, 19:04; LaRose, Car (interference), 19:04.
Shots on goal--Carolina 7-7-6--20. New Jersey 16-8-9--33.
Power-play Opportunities--Carolina 0 of 4; New Jersey 2 of 11.
Goalies--Carolina, C.Ward 7-2 (17 shots-13 saves), Gerber (:44 second, 16-15). New Jersey, Brodeur 5-3 (20-19).
A--17,585 (19,040). T--2:27.
Referees--Dave Jackson, Brad Watson. Linesmen--Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin.
NAHL TOURNAMENTROBERTSON CUPSO. MINNESOTA 6, PHANTOMS 2
Phantoms101--2
S. Minnesota123--6
First Period--1, So. Minnesota, J.Gaulrapp (J. Wiley), 3:29 (pp). 2, Phantoms, B. Dexter (J. Simota, D. Satterly), 10:39. Penalties--D. Leaverton, MV (kneeing), 1:46; J. Welch, SM (roughing), 7:07; K. Wright, SM (tripping), 13:56; C. Dulman, MV (roughing), 16:38; M. Montgomery, SM (tripping), 18:23.
Second Period--3, So. Minnesota, R. Guentzel (B. Schack, J. Gaulrapp), 6:34 (pp). 4, So. Minnesota, R. Guentzel (C. Willms, M. Montgomery), 14:12 (pp). Penalties--S. Murphy, SM (kneeing), 2:57; D. Urban, MV (slashing), 5:55; D. Leaverton, MV (high stick), 8:38; J. Ruff, SM (interference), 11:58; D. Urban, MV (tripping), 13:00; J. Carlson, SM (fighting), 15:00; J. Simota, MV (fighting), 15:00; M. Bores, MV (slashing), 15:35; D. Satterly, MV (cross checking), 17:40; J. Wiley, SM (roughing), 18:50.
Third Period--5, Phantoms, M. Atsoff (C. Fairbanks, J. Roadhouse), 2:06. 6, So. Minnesota, J. Junkermeir (A. Coles), 13:27. 7, So. Minnesota, S. Murphy (C. Willms, R. Guentzel), 14:45. 8. M. Montgomery (C. Willms, R. Guentzel), 19:16 (pp). Penalties--K. Wright, SM (cross checking), 2:26; S. Murphy, SM (hooking), 4:53; C. Dulman, MV (holding), 8:35; C. Fairbanks, MV (hooking), 10:26; B. Schack, SM (interference), 16:24; M. Atsoff, MV (high stick), 18:06.
Shots on goal--Phantoms 18-5-13--36. Southern Minnesota 8-17-12--37.
Power-play Opportunities--Phantoms 0 of 10; Southern Minnesota 4 of 10.
Goalies--Phantoms, R. Zapolski (37 shots-31 saves). Southern Minnesota, E. Largen (36-34).
A--320. T--2:15.
Referee--Mark Lemelin. Linesmen--Mike Oliver, Jarad Ottenhof.
TEXAS 5, CLEVELAND 3
Cleveland012--3
Texas203--5
First Period--1, Texas, K. Sellan (D. Danowski, T. Train), 3:58. 2, Texas, T. Train (R. Fuller), 6:17 (pp). Penalties--D. Roehl, Cle (high stick), 5:21; S. McCauley, Tex (high stick), 7:43; R. Ward, Cle (slashing), 7:43; T. Bonnett, Cle (holding), 9:12.
Second Period--3, Cleveland, C. Reed (C. Camper, T. Bonnett), 4:24 (pp). Penalties--B. Skwarczewski, Tex (check behind), 2:59; J. Kennedy, Cle (high stick), 6:26; S. Roadhouse, Tex (hooking), 7:55; D. Roehl, Cle (cross checking), 12:13; A. Flink, Tex (cross checking), 15:41; J Kennedy, Cle (unsportsman), 20:00; S. Roadhouse, Tex (unsportsman), 20:00.
Third Period--4, Cleveland, C. Camper (T. Petruska, S. Perkins), 4:53 (pp); 5, Texas, D. Cooper (R. Fuller), 10:21. 6, Texas, T. Train (K. Sellan), 12:30. 7, Cleveland, T. Petruska (C. Camper, J. Leonard), 13:33. 8, Texas, K. Sellan (D. Danowski), 19:21. Penalties--C. Long, Tex (elbowing), 3:52.
Shots on goal--Cleveland 6-10-8--24. Texas 9-9-14--32.
Power-play Opportunities--Cleveland 2 of 4; Texas 1 of 4.
Goalies--Cleveland, Jarosz (32 shots-27 saves). Texas, T. Redmann (24 shots-21 saves).
A--428. T--2:20.
Referee--Adam Hendren. Linesmen--Chris Woodworth, Jarad Ottenhof.
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