ANAHEIM DUCKS CUP CHAMPIONS - Big Mouth...

© Steve Lansky 2010 bigmouthsports.com NHL and the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup are registered trademarks and the NHL Shield and NHL Conference logos are trademarks of the National Hockey League. All NHL

logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. Copyright © 2010 National Hockey League. All Rights Reserved.

Francois Beauchemin, Ilya Bryzgalov, Ryan Carter, Joe DiPenta, Ryan Getzlaf, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Kent Huskins, Ric Jackman, Chris Kunitz, Todd Marchant, Brad May, Andy McDonald, Drew Miller, Travis Moen, Joe Motzko, Rob Niedermayer, Scott Niedermayer CAPTAIN, Sean O’Donnell, Samuel Pahlsson, George Parros, Dustin Penner, Corey Perry, Chris Pronger, Teemu Selanne, Ryan Shannon, Shawn Thornton Henry Samueli, Susan Samueli OWNERS Brian Burke GENERAL MANAGER, Randy Carlyle HEAD COACH

ANAHEIM DUCKS STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

2 0

0 7

http://bigmouthsports.com/stanley-cup-playoff-summaries/



0

2007 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL

1 BUFFALO SABRES 113 v. 8 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 92 GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF v. GM GARTH SNOW, HC TED NOLAN

SABRES WIN SERIES IN 5

Thursday, April 12 2000 h et on TSN

NEW YORK 1 @ BUFFALO 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Brian Campbell 1 (Tim Connolly, Adam Mair) 9:30

Penalties — Witt N 16:01

SECOND PERIOD

2. NEW YORK, Aaron Asham 1 (Jason Blake, Randy Robitaille) 6:58 3. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 1 (Brian Campbell, Dainius Zubrus) 11:13 PPG GWG

Penalties — Connolly B 8:06, Witt N 10:38, Zednik N 14:04, Robitaille N 19:04

THIRD PERIOD

4. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 2 (Dainius Zubrus, Teppo Numminen) 1:08 5. BUFFALO, Brian Campbell 2 (Daniel Brière, Dainius Zubrus) 16:35 PPG

Penalties — Kalinin B 7:12, Vanek B 10:25, Zednik N 15:23, Blake N Mair B 16:35, Smyth N (double minor)

Blake N Hecht B Stafford B 19:38

Shots on goal by ISLANDERS 1 9 11 21

SABRES 11 11 13 35 NEW YORK, Wade Dubielewicz; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

NYi – 0 for 3, BUF – 2 for 6 on power play Referees: Wes McCauley, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Tim Nowak

18,690 at HSBC Arena

Islanders without G Rick DiPietro, still recovering from two, late-season concussions

Monday, April 16 1930 h et on TSN, VERSUS

BUFFALO 3 @ NEW YORK 2

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Campoli N 4:44, Hecht B 8:23, Mair B 12:50

SECOND PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Adam Mair 1 (Chris Drury, Henrik Tallinder) 5:17

2. BUFFALO, Tomas Vanek 1 (Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov) 8:38 3. NEW YORK, Trent Hunter 2 (Ryan Smyth, Brendan Witt) 9:52

4. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 1 (Tim Connolly, Dainius Zubrus) 12:56 PPG GWG 5. NEW YORK, Ryan Smyth 1 (Randy Robitaille) 19:53

Penalties — Poti N (double minor) Bergeron N 11:59, Zubrus B 16:39

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Brière B 0:32, Zednik N 12:35, Robitaille N 18:26

Shots on goal by

SABRES 9 9 17 35 ISLANDERS 10 10 2 22

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; NEW YORK, Rick DiPietro

BUF – 1 for 6, NYI – 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Derek Nansen

16,234 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Before game, moment of silence observed for those who died in today’s shooting at Virginia Tech Islanders’ captain Alexei Yashin played just 7 mins in G2; played on fourth line and PP in this game

Friday, April 20 1900 h et on TSN, VERSUS


FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Drew Stafford 1 (Tim Connolly, Adam Mair) 15:04

Penalties — Tallinder B 5:58, Kalinin B 17:07

SECOND PERIOD

2. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 2 (Daniel Brière) 0:39 3. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 1 (Ales Kotalik, Maxim Afinogenov) 11:29

Penalties — Islanders’ bench 1:27, Mair B 5:54, Spacek B 8:42, Bergeron N 12:04, Robitaille N 15:12

THIRD PERIOD

4. NEW YORK, Miroslav Satan 1 (Chris Campoli, Jason Blake) 4:22 5. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 1 (Tomas Vanek) 6:38 GWG

6. NEW YORK, Trent Hunter 3 (Bruno Gervais, Ryan Smyth) 9:43

7. NEW YORK, Chris Campoli 1 (Richard Park, Miroslav Satan) 13:07

Penalties — Zednik N 1:15

Shots on goal by ISLANDERS 9 6 18 33

SABRES 8 14 5 27 NEW YORK, Rick DiPietro; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

NYi – 0 for 4 2 for 19 in series, BUF – 0 for 4 4 for 24 in series on power play

Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy 18,690 at HSBC Arena

Today, Sean Hill NYI received a 20-game suspension for violating league’s substance abuse policy

Sabres clinched a series on home ice for only the 10th time in history…last was in 2001 v. PHI

Saturday, April 14 1930 h et on TSN, VERSUS


FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Trent Hunter 1 (Mike Sillinger, Tom Poti) 3:07

2. NEW YORK, Bruno Gervais 1 (Miroslav Satan) 11:03 3. BUFFALO, Toni Lydman 1 (Tomas Vanek, Maxim Afinogenov) 18:58

Penalties — Tallinder B 10:24, Kozlov N 10:31, Afinogenov B 14:29, Robitaille N 16:46

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Hilbert N 4:49, Gervais N 13:23

THIRD PERIOD

4. BUFFALO, Dmitri Kalinin 1 (Jason Pominville, Daniel Brière) 2:12 5. NEW YORK, Marc-André Bergeron 1 (Tom Poti, Viktor Kozlov) 8:37 PPG GWG

Penalties — Brière B 4:48, Afinogenov B 7:58, Sillinger N 11:19

Shots on goal by

ISLANDERS 16 7 9 32 SABRES 10 14 10 34

NEW YORK, Rick DiPietro; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

NYi – 1 for 4, BUF – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski Linesmen: Derek Amell, Tim Nowak


Islanders have not won a playoff series since David Volek scored to eliminate Penguins in 1993

Wednesday, April 18 1930 h et on TSN, VERSUS

BUFFALO @ NEW YORK

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Jason Blake 1 (Tom Poti, Marc-André Bergeron) 6:24 2. BUFFALO, Tomas Vanek 2 (Teppo Numminen, Derek Roy) 11:17

3. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 3 (Dainius Zubrus, Drew Stafford) 13:05 4. NEW YORK, Mike Sillinger 1 (Viktor Kozlov, Ryan Smyth) 19:44 PPG

Penalties — Bergeron N 3:01, Vanek B 4:24, Poti N 7:37, Spacek B 16:58, Numminen B 19:07, Park N 20:00

SECOND PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 4 (Brian Campbell, Daniel Brière) 0:39 PPG GWG

Penalties — Campbell B 18:39

THIRD PERIOD

6. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 1 (unassisted) 18:48

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by SABRES 11 15 5 31

ISLANDERS 12 7 7 26 BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; NEW YORK, Rick DiPietro

BUF – 1 for 3, NYI – 1 for 4 on power play

Referees: Mike Leggo, Rob Schick Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik 16,234 at Nassau Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum

Islanders haven’t advance past the first round since 1993





2 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 107 v. 7 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 93 GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC LOU LAMORIELLO v. GM JAY FEASTER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA

DEVILS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 12 1930 h et on RDS

TAMPA BAY 3 @ NEW JERSEY 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 1 (unassisted) 7:43

2. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 1 (Scott Gomez, Brian Rafalski) 12:31 PPG 3. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 1 (Brad Richards, Dan Boyle) 15:55 PPG

Penalties — Lecavalier T 5:09, White N 8:09, Oduya N 9:48, Prospal T 11:53, Zajac N 14:07, Oduya N 15:38

SECOND PERIOD

4. NEW JERSEY, Brian Rafalski 1 (Scott Gomez, Jamie Langenbrunner) 3:36 PPG 5. TAMPA BAY, Vincent Lecavalier 1 (unassisted) 11:46

Penalties — Lecavalier T 2:45, Rafalski N 16:20

THIRD PERIOD 6. TAMPA BAY, Vincent Lecavalier 2 (Vaclav Prospal, Martin St. Louis) 2:51

7. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 2 (Jamie Langenbrunner) 3:54 GWG 8. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 1 (Scott Gomez, Patrik Elias) 18:38

Penalties — Parisé N 13:57

Shots on goal by

LIGHTNING 6 7 13 26 DEVILS 10 7 7 24

TAMPA BAY, Johan Holmqvist; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

TB – 1 for 6, NJ – 2 for 3 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler

14,495 at Continental Airlines Arena

Devils have not sold out a game this season, including this one, which was about 4,500 under capacity G Martin Brodeur NJ was playing in his 154

th career Stanley Cup playoff game

Monday, April 16 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS

NEW JERSEY 2 @ TAMPA BAY 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Vincent Lecavalier 4 (Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards) 9:06 PPG

Penalties — Ranger T 0:43, Parisé N 1:09, Lukowich N 8:52, Roy T 12:45, St. Louis T 13:42

SECOND PERIOD

2. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 1 (Sergei Brylin, Brad Lukowich) 17:27

Penalties — Fedotenko T 6:01, Matvichuk N 8:55, Gionta N 19:01

THIRD PERIOD 3. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 1 (Martin St. Louis, Filip Kuba) 1:09

4. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 4 (Travis Zajac, Jamie Langenbrunner) 4:46 5. TAMPA BAY, Vaclav Prospal 1 (Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis) 13:31 GWG

Penalties — Matvichuk N 16:08, Gomez N O’Brien T 20:00

Shots on goal by DEVILS 9 8 15 32

LIGHTNING 5 9 10 24 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; TAMPA BAY, Johan Holmqvist

NJ – 0 for 4, TB – 1 for 5 on power play

Referees: Mike Leggo, Rob Schick Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik 20, 219 at St. Pete Times Forum

Before game, moment of silence observed for those who died in today’s shooting at Virginia Tech

Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards TB each averaging over 23 mins TOI per game Brad Richards TB now has a 12-game playoff point streak (7g, 12a during streak)

Friday, April 20 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS


FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Andy Greene 1 (Michael Rupp, Scott Gomez) 12:46 GWG

Penalties — Oduya N 2:19, Perrin T 7:09, Ward T 14:52

SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 3 (Scott Gomez, Brian Rafalski) 9:59

Penalties — Martin N 15:44, St. Louis T 17:18

THIRD PERIOD

3. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 2 (Patrik Elias) 18:13 ENG

Penalties — Greene N 3:36, Richards T 13:32, Roy T (major, game misconduct) Rupp N (major) 18:27, Pratt T Langenbrunner N (majors) Craig T Karlsson T (10-minute misconduct) 19:01, Craig T Rasmussen N (10-minute

misconducts) 20:00

Shots on goal by LIGHTNING 8 14 9 31

DEVILS 5 7 2 14 TAMPA BAY, Johan Holmqvist; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

TB – 0 for 3, NJ – 0 for 5 on power play

Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Derek Amell, Tim Nowak 18,096 at Continental Airlines Arena

Martin Brodeur NJ posted his 22

nd career playoff shutout, one behind record holder Patrick Roy

Brodeur’s playoff win was 92nd

of his career, tying him for second spot w/ Grant Fuhr (Roy, 151)

Saturday, April 14 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS


FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Filip Kuba 1 (Eric Perrin, Brad Richards) 9:02 SHG

2. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 3 (Brian Rafalski, Jamie Langenbrunner) 18:11 PPG

Penalties — Rasmussen N 2:01, Sarich T 8:11, Brylin N 9:41, Kuba T 14:03, O’Brien T 16:39

SECOND PERIOD 3. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 1 (Brian Gionta, Patrik Elias) 16:19 PPG

4. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 2 (Brad Richards, Jason Ward) 19:11

Penalties — Lightning bench 14:45, Kuba T 15:32

THIRD PERIOD 5. TAMPA BAY, Vincent Lecavalier 3 (Paul Ranger, Vaclav Prospal) 1:42 GWG

Penalties — Rafalski N 19:08, Lecavalier T 19:41

Shots on goal by LIGHTNING 9 5

DEVILS 7 18 TAMPA BAY, Johan Holmqvist; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

TB – 0 for 3, NJ – 2 for 5 on power play

Referees: Dennis LaRue, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler 18,231 at Continental Airlines Arena

Again, not a sellout…attendance was about 800 below capacity

Wednesday, April 18 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS

NEW JERSEY 4 @ TAMPA BAY 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 2 (Johnny Oduya, Brian Rafalski) 6:04

2. TAMPA BAY, Eric Perrin 1 (unassisted) 12:08 3. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 5 (Paul Martin, Travis Zajac) 14:20

Penalties — Ward T 4:03, Prospal T 15:36, Elias N 18:46

SECOND PERIOD

4. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 6 (Andy Greene, Travis Zajac) 9:42 PPG 5. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 3 (Filip Kuba, Brad Richards) 11:39

6. TAMPA BAY, Vincent Lecavalier 5 (Vaclav Prospal, Martin St. Louis) 15:20

Penalties — Richards T 5:34, Richards T 8:02, Gomez N Fedotenko T 10:35, St. Louis T 17:20, Lecavalier T 18:42, Devils’ bench 19:43

THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties — None

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD

7. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 1 (unassisted) 12:54 GWG

Penalties — Martin N 0:43, Boyle T 8:09

Shots on goal by DEVILS 10 12 7 8 37

LIGHTNING 6 12 10 5 33 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; TAMPA BAY, Johan Holmqvist

NJ – 1 for 7, TB – 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Mick McGeough Linesmen: Derek Amell, Tim Nowak

20,940 at St. Pete Times Forum

Brad Richards TB extends his playoff point-scoring streak to 13 games Zach Parisé NJ ties Claude Lemieux’ Devils’ record for GOALS IN ONE SERIES with six

Sunday, April 22 1300 h et on HNIC, RDS

NEW JERSEY 3 @ TAMPA BAY 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 4 (Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski) 14:29 PPG

Penalties — Brylin N 4:38, Gomez N O’Brien T (double minor) 13:36, Rafalski N Elias N Ranger T 18:28, Madden N Lecavalier T St. Louis T 19:27

SECOND PERIOD

2. NEW JERSEY, Brian Rafalski 2 (Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez) 1:21 PPG 3. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 2 (Filip Kuba, Vaclav Prospal) 5:10 PPG

4. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 5 (Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta) 5:49 GWG 5. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 3 (Filip Kuba, Vincent Lecavalier) 10:46 PPG

Penalties — Ward T 1:08, Rafalski N 2:28, Devils’ bench 4:47, Parisé N 10:38, Zajac N O’Brien T 16:30

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Pandolfo N 1:09, O’Brien T 6:17


LIGHTNING 11 13 10 34 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; TAMPA BAY, Johan Holmqvist

NJ – 2 for 4 7 for 28 in series, TB – 2 for 6 4 for 26 in series on power play

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Scott Driscoll 20,019 at St. Pete Times Forum

Team that scored first won each game of this series

D Colin White NJ missed his fourth straight game with a back injury





3 ATLANTA THRASHERS 97 v. 6 NEW YORK RANGERS 94 GM DON WADDELL, HC BOB HARTLEY v. GM GLEN SATHER, HC TOM RENNEY

RANGERS SWEEP SERIES

Thursday, April 12 1900 h et on TSN

NEW YORK 4 @ ATLANTA 3

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Jaromir Jagr 1 (Michael Nylander, Fedor Tyutin) 12:50 2. NEW YORK, Michal Rozsival 1 (Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr) 16:47 PPG

3. ATLANTA, Eric Belanger 1 (Niclas Havelid, Keith Tkachuk) 19:01 PPG

Penalties — Sutton A 16:31, Rozsival N 18:42

SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Marian Hossa 1 (Fedor Tyutin, Michael Nylander) 10:52

5. ATLANTA, Shane Hnidy 1 (Brad Larsen, Pascal Dupuis) 12:19 6. NEW YORK, Michael Nylander 1 (Petr Prucha, Thomas Pock) 16:56 GWG

Penalties — Hossa A 0:29, Zhitnik A 8:22

THIRD PERIOD

7. ATLANTA, Pascal Dupuis 1 (Brad Larsen, Bobby Holik) 5:50

Penalties — Pock N 18:49

Shots on goal by RANGERS 13 17 8 38

THRASHERS 8 10 6 24

NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; ATLANTA, Kari Lehtonen

NYR – 1 for 3, ATL – 1 for 2 on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik

18,857 at Philips Arena

Rangers’ first SC playoff win since 1997 First Stanley Cup playoff game in Atlanta since 1980

Tuesday, April 17 1900 h et on TSN

ATLANTA 0 @ NEW YORK 7

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Michael Nylander 2 (Jaromir Jagr, Marek Malik) 0:32 GWG 2. NEW YORK, Michael Nylander 3 (Marcel Hossa, Jaromir Jagr) 9:45

3. NEW YORK, Marek Malik 1 (Michael Nylander, Jaromir Jagr) 12:26

Penalties — de Vries A Avery N 10:44, Exelby A 17:39, Shanahan N 19:08

SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 1 (Sean Avery, Fedor Tyutin) 6:27

5. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 2 (unassisted) 17:21 PPG

Penalties — Rozsival N 2:12, Thrashers’ bench 4:05, Rozsival N 9:54, Marian Hossa A 9:59, Shanahan N 12:13,

Mellanby A 13:46, Mellanby A 16:20, Boulton A Orr N (10-minute misconducts) 20:00

THIRD PERIOD 6. NEW YORK, Brendan Shanahan 2 (Matt Cullen, Thomas Pock) 8:58 PPG

7. NEW YORK, Michael Nylander 4 (Michal Rozsival, Jaromir Jagr) 15:54 PPG

Penalties — Ortmeyer N 2:44, Kovalchuk A Avery N (minors, majors, 10-minute misconducts) Tkachuk A Belanger A Mara N (10-minute misconducts) 3:51, Kozlov A 4:54, Marian Hossa A 8:46, Boulton A (minor, 10-

minute misconduct) Rozsival N 13:36, Kozlov A 15:36, Exelby A 15:54

Shots on goal by THRASHERS 7 11 3 21

RANGERS 13 13 9 35 ATLANTA, Kari Lehtonen; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist

ATL – 0 for 5, NYR – 3 for 9 on power play

Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Thor Nelson 18,200 at Madison Square Garden

Michael Nylander’s hat-trick was Rangers’ first in the playoffs since Wayne Gretzky on 18 May 1997

Rangers have outshot 112-73 in this series

Saturday, April 14 1500 h et on TSN, NBC

NEW YORK 2 @ ATLANTA 1

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Sean Avery 1 (Martin Straka, Fedor Tyutin) 8:08

Penalties — de Vries A 1:33, Shanahan N 4:01, Avery N 11:09, Zhitnik A 14:20, Betts N 17:36

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties — Pock N 4:44, Sutton A 7:18, Sutton A 10:43, Orr N Boulton A 18:39

THIRD PERIOD 2. ATLANTA, Ilya Kovalchuk 1 (Keith Tkachuk) 5:35

3. NEW YORK, Brendan Shanahan 1 (Sean Avery, Fedor Tyutin) 15:59 GWG

Penalties — Hossa N 6:52, Dupuis A 12:04, Shanahan N 19:30, Tkachuk A Kovalchuk A 19:56, Sutton A 20:00


THRASHERS 8 8 12 28 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; ATLANTA, Johan Hedberg

NYR – 0 for 6, ATL – 0 for 6 on power play

Referees: Mike Leggo, Rob Schick Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik 18,803 at Philips Arena

Atlanta has never led a playoff series…Flames had a 2-15 record over six postseason appearances

Wednesday, April 18 1900 h et on TSN ALTERNATE DIGITAL FEED

ATLANTA 2 @ NEW YORK 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. ATLANTA, Keith Tkachuk 1 (Ilya Kovalchuk, Niclas Havelid) 6:38 2. NEW YORK, Michal Rozsival 2 (Martin Straka, Michael Nylander) 7:57 PPG

Penalties — Slater A 7:45, Malik N 8:25

SECOND PERIOD

3. ATLANTA, Greg de Vries 1 (Pascal Dupuis, Marian Hossa) 12:26 4. NEW YORK, Brendan Shanahan 3 (Sean Avery) 18:18

Penalties — Prucha N 10:02, Sutton A 12:59, Kozlov A 19:02

THIRD PERIOD

5. NEW YORK, Matt Cullen 1 (Thomas Pock, Ryan Callahan) 2:06 GWG 6. NEW YORK, Jaromir Jagr 2 (unassisted) 18:27 ENG

Penalties — Belanger A 4:50, Exelby A 5:56, Tyutin N 7:52, Dupuis A 11:30, Malik N 18:43

Shots on goal by

THRASHERS 10 10 6 26 RANGERS 8 11 12 31

ATLANTA, Johan Hedberg; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist

ATL – 0 for 4 1 for 17 in series, NYR – 1 for 6 5 for 24 in series on power play

Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Scott Driscoll 18,200 at Madison Square Garden

Rangers’ first series sweep since the opening round in 1994 – the year they last won the Cup

Jagr NYR, with his 69th career goal, moves into 16

th on all-time playoff list, one ahead of G Howe





4 OTTAWA SENATORS 105 v. 5 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 105 GM JOHN MUCKLER, HC BRYAN MURRAY v. GM RAY SHERO, HC MICHEL THERRIEN

SENATORS WIN SERIES IN 5

Wednesday, April 11 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

PITTSBURGH 3 @ OTTAWA 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Andrej Meszaros 1 (Mike Fisher, Peter Schaefer) 1:37 2. OTTAWA, Chris Kelly 1 (Joe Corvo, Chris Neil) 6:38

Penalties — Meszaros O 3:19, Whitney P Orpik P 11:09, Phillips O 14:04, Fisher O 16:37, Ouelett P 18:16, Talbot P 18:42

SECOND PERIOD

3. OTTAWA, Tom Preissing 1 (Jason Spezza, Joe Corvo) 14:38 PPG 4. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 1 (Maxime Talbot, Ryan Whitney) 16:58

Penalties — Redden O 1:33, Vermette O 12:21, Christensen P 12:51, Crosby P 18:11

THIRD PERIOD

5. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 1 (Daniel Alfredsson, Anton Volchenkov) 0:09 PPG GWG 6. OTTAWA, Chris Neil 1 (Wade Redden) 5:39

7. OTTAWA, Mike Comrie 1 (Peter Schaefer, Anton Volchenkov) 8:22 8. PITTSBURGH, Sergei Gonchar 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Mark Recchi) 12:42 PPG

9. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 1 (Sergei Gonchar, Mark Recchi) 19:11 PPG

Penalties — Orpik P Heatley O (double minor) 10:55, Redden O 11:53, Meszaros O 13:59, Alfredsson O (double minor) 16:10, Ruutu P (double minor) Preissing O Senators’ bench 19:22

Shots on goal by

PENGUINS 4 8 14 26 SENATORS 16 13 8 37

PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury, Jocelyn Thibault (10:28 of third period); OTTAWA, Ray Emery

PIT – 2 for 10, OTT – 2 for 6 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin 19,611 at Scotiabank Place

C Sidney Crosby PIT one goal, plays 22:43, 10:45 on PP, 3 SOG, -1 rating in his SC playoff début

Senators came out flying in this one, as first-period shots-on-goal illustrate

Sunday, April 15 1800 h et on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

OTTAWA 4 @ PITTSBURGH 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Gary Roberts 2 (Sidney Crosby, Colby Armstrong) 0:52

2. OTTAWA, Dean McAmmond 1 (Tom Preissing, Patrick Eaves) 18:04

Penalties — Malkin P 7:33, Scuderi P 11:25, Heatley O 12:25, Fisher O 15:50

SECOND PERIOD 3. OTTAWA, Mike Comrie 2 (Mike Fisher, Joe Corvo) 2:13

4. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 2 (Wade Redden, Dany Heatley) 7:20 PPG GWG 5. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 3 (Dean McAmmond, Ray Emery) 17:12

Penalties — Spezza O Roberts P 4:19, McAmmond O Talbot P (majors) 9:04, Comrie O 15:12

THIRD PERIOD

6. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 3 (Evgeni Malkin, Mark Recchi) 14:40

Penalties — Schubert O 6:58, Alfredsson O Armstrong P 10:06, Schubert O Whitney P 16:53, Phillips O Malkin P 18:43

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 9 12 4 25 PENGUINS 7 5 7 19

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury

OTT – 1 for 3, PIT – 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy

17,132 at Mellon Arena

Penguins’ first playoff game, in Pittsburgh, since May 19, 2001 In second period, Patrick Eaves OTT was knocked cold by a Colby Armstrong hit…left on stretcher

Thursday, April 19 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS


FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties — Redden O 1:00, McAmmond O 1:46, Schubert O 3:32, Orpik P 6:22, Crosby P Spezza O 12:14, Orpik P 19:32

SECOND PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 2 (Daniel Alfredsson, Tom Preissing) 1:08 PPG GWG 2. OTTAWA, Antoine Vermette 1 (Chris Kelly) 6:20

3. OTTAWA, Chris Kelly 3 (Chris Neil, Antoine Vermette) 17:55

Penalties — Volchenkov O 4:14, Oullett P 6:42


Penalties — Volchenkov O 0:43, Senators’ bench 3:01, Ruutu P Schubert O 5:52

Shots on goal by PENGUINS 9 6 5 20

SENATORS 8 12 6 26 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

PIT – 0 for 6 4 for 28 in series, OTT – 1 for 3 6 for 24 in series on power play

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Thor Nelson 20,179 at Scotiabank Place

Sidney Crosby PIT has 2 goals, 3 assists in his first-ever playoff series…two days after series ended,

Crosby reveals that he’s played the last 2½ months with a broken left foot RW Patrick Eaves OTT remains out of line-up, since G3 check from Colby Armstrong PIT

Saturday, April 14 1500 h et on HNIC, RDS, NBC


FIRST PERIOD

1. PITTSBURGH, Ryan Whitney 1 (Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby) 3:01 PPG

Penalties — Staal P 0:25, Alfredsson O 1:52, Armstrong P 4:18, Kelly O 12:28, Christensen P 16:33

SECOND PERIOD 2. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 1 (Daniel Alfredsson, Anton Volchenkov) 8:28

3. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 1 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 16:44 PPG

Penalties — Christensen P 3:26, Melichar P Vermette O 7:30, Petrovicky P 10:02, Armstrong P 16:03, Ruutu P 17:56

THIRD PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Gary Roberts 1 (Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin) 2:04 PPG

5. OTTAWA, Chris Kelly 1 (Dean McAmmond, Andrej Meszaros) 6:18 6. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 2 (Michel Ouellet, Gary Roberts) 9:34

7. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 2 (Mark Recchi, Evgeni Malkin) 11:44 GWG

Penalties — Armstrong P Comrie O (majors) 0:04, Fisher O 0:24, Gonchar P 3:53, Malkin P 12:45

Shots on goal by PENGUINS 5 5 11 21

SENATORS 6 19 12 37

PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

PIT – 2 for 3, OTT – 1 for 9 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Mick McGeough Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Derek Nansen

20, 133 at Scotiabank Place

First in NHL history that a player over 40 (Roberts) and a teenager (Crosby) scored in same game In their seven-series history, Senators have never had a two games-to-none series lead

Tuesday, April 17 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

OTTAWA 2 @ PITTSBURGH 1

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 2 (Wade Redden, Joe Corvo) 3:25 PPG

Penalties — Whitney P 1:57, Phillips O 12:35

SECOND PERIOD

2. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 3 (Gary Roberts, Marc Ouellet) 8:08

Penalties — Volchenkov O 0:28, Phillips O 4:24, Ruutu P 6:31, Phillips O 15:56, Volchenkov O 19:34

THIRD PERIOD 3. OTTAWA, Anton Volchenkov 1 (Mike Comrie, Peter Schaefer) 9:12 GWG

Penalties — Ouellet P 13:23

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 10 4 12 26 PENGUINS 6 13 5 24

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury

OTT – 1 for 3, PIT – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Dan Marouelli, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy

17,132 at Mellon Arena

Penguins have lost 10 of their last 13 home playoff games




2007 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL

1 DETROIT RED WINGS 113 v. 8 CALGARY FLAMES 96 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM DARRYL SUTTER, HC JIM PLAYFAIR

RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 12 1900 h et on HNIC, VERSUS

CALGARY 1 @ DETROIT 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Valtteri Filppula 1 (Johan Franzen, Brett Lebda) 4:51

2. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (Jiri Hudler, Robert Lang) 8:36 PPG GWG

Penalties — Huselius C 1:26, Tanguay C 6:49, Datsyuk D 11:08, Conroy C 15:14, Samuelsson D 16:34

SECOND PERIOD 3. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 1 (Tomas Holmstrom, Mathieu Schneider) 6:56

4. DETROIT, Mathieu Schneider 1 (Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom) 9:57

Penalties — Stuart C Holmstrom D 4:04, Primeau C 7:53, Hamrlik C Draper D 11:03, Zetterberg D 13:08, Zyuzin C

19:09

THIRD PERIOD 5. CALGARY, Alex Tanguay 1 (Daymond Langkow, Kristian Huselius) 14:55 PPG

Penalties — Phaneuf C Iginla C 9:16, Primeau C Schneider D 12:03, Markov D 14:00, Ritchie C (10-minute misconduct) Stuart C Iginla C Cleary D (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) 19:16

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 7 5 8 20 RED WINGS 11 21 14 46

CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

CGY – 1 for 5, DET – 1 for 7 on power play

Referees: Dave Jackson, Mick McGeough Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Thor Nelson 19,204 at Joe Louis Arena

D Chris Chelios DET sets record by playing in his 22nd

SC postseason (Ray Bourque)

Chelios DET also becomes second oldest player ever in playoffs (Gordie Howe, 52) Wings appear in 16

th consecutive postseason – longest current streak in N. American pro sports

Pavel Datsyuk DET ended a 26-game goalless streak in the playoffs (2002 Conference Final)

Tuesday, April 17 1900 h mt on HNIC, VERSUS

DETROIT 2 @ CALGARY 3


Penalties — Schneider D 2:01, Hamrlik C 4:05, Primeau C (double minor) 6:33, Filppula D 12:39

SECOND PERIOD

1. CALGARY, Matthew Lombardi 1 (Alex Tanguay, David Moss) 9:20 PPG 2. DETROIT, Kris Draper 1 (Daniel Cleary) 11:30

Penalties — Markov D 9:01

THIRD PERIOD

3. DETROIT, Kris Draper 2 (Daniel Cleary, ) 0:39 4. CALGARY, Mark Giordano 1 (unassisted) 4:43 PPG

5. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 1 (Wayne Primeau, Tony Amonte) 9:21 GWG

Penalties — Schneider D 3:16, Markov D 5:54, Calder D 11:07, Tanguay C 13:22

Shots on goal by RED WINGS 4 13 13 30

FLAMES 9 11 8 28

DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff

DET – 0 for 4, CGY – 2 for 6 on power play

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Steve Miller, Dan Schachte

19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome

Flames’ defenceman Robyn Regehr sits out, with a recurrence of his knee injury After being out with injury, Todd Bertuzzi DET returns to Red Wings’ line-up

All of Flames’ four goals, in this series, have come on the power play

Saturday, April 21 1500 h et on HNIC, NBC


FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Primeau C Cleary D 8:29, Hamrlik C 10:25, Maltby D 12:59, Schneider D 17:47

SECOND PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 1 (PENALTY SHOT) 3:32 SHG

2. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 1 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Mathieu Schneider) 8:50 PPG GWG 3. DETROIT, Chris Chelios 1 (Johan Franzen, Nicklas Lidstrom) 10:54 SHG

Penalties — Chelios D 2:01, Holmstrom D 5:58, Tanguay C 8:10, Schneider D 10:25, Red Wings’ bench (served

by Hudler) 14:37, Chelios D 15:08

THIRD PERIOD 4. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 2 (Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom) 5:12 PPG

5. CALGARY, Andrei Zyuzin 1 (Matthew Lombardi, Craig Conroy) 10:03 SHG

6. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 3 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg) 15:42 PPG

Penalties — Warrener C 4:48, Iginla C 9:01, Lebda D 11:25, Phaneuf C Bertuzzi D (majors) Langkow D 15:18,

Primeau D 16:43, McClennan C (minor, major, game misconduct) 17:01, Hudler D 18:08, Iginla C (double minor) 19:17, Nilson C 19:50

Shots on goal by FLAMES 11 7 6 24

RED WINGS 14 15 9 38 CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff, Jamie McLennan (16:43 of third period), Miikka Kiprusoff (17:01 of third period);

DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

CGY – 0 for 8, DET – 3 for 8 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Derek Nansen

19,340 at Joe Louis Arena

Chris Chelios DET scored his first playoff goal since 2002…ends a 41-game playoff goalless streak Daniel Cleary’s penalty shot goal was the first by the Red Wings since Petr Klima in 1988

Shots in series are 200-108 in favour of Red Wings

Sunday, April 15 1300 h et on HNIC, NBC


FIRST PERIOD

1. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 2 (unassisted) 1:02 2. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 2 (Mathieu Schneider) 3:50 PPG GWG

Penalties — Warrener C 2:15, Conroy C 2:55, Hale C 4:56, Stuart C 6:10, Warrener C 8:13, Schneider D 13:02,

Draper D 14:41

SECOND PERIOD 3. CALGARY, Dion Phaneuf 1 (Kristian Huselius, Roman Hamrlik) 2:42 PPG

Penalties — Samuelsson D 1:09, Calder D 9:29

THIRD PERIOD 4. DETROIT, Valtteri Filppula 2 (Johan Franzen, Jiri Hudler) 6:05

Penalties — Holmstrom D 12:09, Yelle C 14:37, Hale C 16:01, Hale C 18:19, Chelios D 19:49

Shots on goal by

FLAMES 8 3 4 15 RED WINGS 23 12 16 51

CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

CGY – 1 for 5, DET – 1 for 8 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Thor Nelson


Flames have been outshot 97-35 in first two games of series

D Robyn Regehr returned to the Flames’ line-up (knee), but didn’t play the third period

Thursday, April 19 1930 h mt on HNIC, VERSUS

DETROIT 2 @ CALGARY 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Daymond Langkow 1 (Alex Tanguay, Jarome Iginla) 8:29 PPG

2. DETROIT, Todd Bertuzzi 1 (Robert Lang, Brett Lebda) 11:07 3. CALGARY, Craig Conroy 1 (Wayne Primeau) 13:33

4. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 1 (Todd Bertuzzi, Chris Chelios) 15:37

Penalties — Tanguay C 3:10, Schneider D 6:28, Hasek D 7:16

SECOND PERIOD 5. CALGARY, Daymond Langkow 2 (Alex Tanguay, Jarome Iginla) 8:19 PPG GWG

Penalties — Huselius C 2:05, Lang D 7:11, Lidstrom D 7:35, Warrener C 11:49, Datsyuk D 13:21, Iginla C 14:39

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Friesen C 0:24, Lebda D 8:35, Warrener C 11:54


FLAMES 10 5 6 21

DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff

DET – 0 for 6, CGY – 2 for 6 on power play

Referees: Wes McCauley, Brad Watson Linesmen: Steve Miller, Dan Schachte

19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome

Flames’ defenceman Robyn Regehr (knee) was scratched for the second straight game

Sunday, April 22 1900 h mt on HNIC, VERSUS

DETROIT 2 @ CALGARY 1 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Langkow C 17:15, Holmstrom D 18:36

SECOND PERIOD 1. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 2 (Daymond Langkow, Brad Stuart) 3:09

2. DETROIT, Robert Lang 1 (Todd Bertuzzi, Chris Chelios) 16:53

Penalties — Hamrlik C 10:32

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Primeau C 3:30, Samuelsson D 11:19

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties — Bertuzzi D 0:32, Conroy C (double minor) 6:44, Lang D 11:43

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD

3. DETROIT, Johan Franzen (Nicklas Lidstrom) 4:24 GWG

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by RED WINGS 13 15 9 17 1 55

FLAMES 4 7 4 5 1 21 DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff

DET – 0 for 5 5 for 38 in series, CGY – 0 for 4 6 for 34 in series on power play

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome

Early today, G Jamie McLennan CGY suspended five games, for yesterday’s third-period fiasco

Also, Flames’ head coach Jim Playfair fined $25,000, CGY organization fined

$100,000





2 ANAHEIM DUCKS 110 v. 7 MINNESOTA WILD 104 GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE v. GM DOUG RISEBROUGH, HC JACQUES LEMAIRE

DUCKS WIN SERIES IN 5

Wednesday, April 11 1930 h pt on TSN

MINNESOTA 1 @ ANAHEIM 2

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Boogaard M 2:12, S. Niedermayer A 3:47, Skoula M 14:51, Koivu M Getzlaf A 15:45, Parros A 18:13

SECOND PERIOD 1. MINNESOTA, Pavol Demitra 1 (Kurtis Foster, Marian Gaborik) 6:01

2. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 1 (François Beauchemin) 9:52

Penalties — Dipenta A 6:42, S. Niedermayer A 18:05

THIRD PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Dustin Penner 1 (Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf) 14:40 GWG

Penalties — Gaborik M 2:59

Shots on goal by WILD 11 8 6 25

DUCKS 13 9 12 34 MINNESOTA, Niklas Backstrom; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov

MIN – 0 for 4, ANA – 0 for 3 on power play

Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Miller, Dan Schachte

17,180 at Honda Center

D Chris Pronger ANA plays 30:39, takes 29 shifts, has +1 rating

Teemu Selanne ANA scored his 29th SC playoff goal for Ducks, tying Paul Kariya’s team record

Sunday, April 15 1900 h ct on TSN

ANAHEIM 2 @ MINNESOTA 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 1 (Chris Pronger) 16:05 PPG

Penalties — Gaborik M 4:49, R. Niedermayer A 7:16, Walz M 14:57, Shannon A 16:57

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Getzlaf A 4:22, Rolston M 10:31, Kunitz A 14:21, Selanne A Backstrom M 17:47

THIRD PERIOD 2. ANAHEIM, Rob Niedermayer 1 (Chris Pronger) 9:43 GWG

3. MINNESOTA, Petteri Nummelin 1 (Pierre-Marc Bouchard) 19:21 PPG

Penalties — Hall M 0:14, Pahlsson A Moen A Radivojevic M 18:39

Shots on goal by

DUCKS 7 6 6 19

WILD 6 8 6 20 ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; MINNESOTA, Niklas Backstrom

ANA – 1 for 4, MIN – 1 for 5 on power play

Referees: Wes McCauley, Brad Watson Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Pierre Racicot 19,224 at Xcel Energy Center

All seven games this season, between the Ducks and Wild, have been one-goal games

D François Beauchemin ANA left bloodied in the closing minutes after a slapshot hit him in the face

Thursday, April 19 1930 h pt on TSN


FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Chris Pronger 2 (Samuel Pahlsson) 1:02

Penalties — Perry A 2:38, Rolston M 8:49, Moen A 19:35

SECOND PERIOD 2. MINNESOTA, Marian Gaborik 3 (Wes Walz, Nicklas Backstrom) 15:42 SHG

3. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 2 (Dustin Penner, Scott Niedermayer) 16:29 PPG GWG

Penalties — Veilleux M 3:05, S. Niedermayer A (double minor) 7:17, O’Donnell A 8:22, Gaborik M Beauchemin A 9:10, Boogaard M (double minor) 15:01

THIRD PERIOD

4. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 1 (Dustin Penner, Chris Pronger) 10:29 5. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 1 (Scott Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson) 19:03 ENG

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by

WILD 6 11 10 27 DUCKS 11 22 6 39

MINNESOTA, Niklas Backstrom; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

MIN – 0 for 5 2 for 26 in series, ANA – 1 for 4 5 for 19 in series on power play Referees: Dan Marouelli, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Derek Nansen


In pre-game warm-up, Ducks’ Teemu Selanne was hit by an errant puck above the eye

Friday, April 13 1930 h pt on TSN


FIRST PERIOD

1. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 1 (Samuel Pahlsson, Travis Moen) 13:19 PPG

Penalties — Skoula M 4:09, Boogaard M (double minor) Parros A 10:12, Burns M (minor, major) Kunitz A (major) Carney M Perry A 11:38, Pronger A 13:55, Kunitz A 18:21, Boogaard M Moen A (10-minute misconducts) 20:00

SECOND PERIOD

2. MINNESOTA, Marian Gaborik 1 (Pavol Demitra, Kurtis Foster) 3:33 3. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 2 (Ryan Getzlaf, Teemu Selanne) 16:17 PPG

4. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 1 (Travis Moen, Chris Pronger) 18:43 SHG GWG

Penalties — Kunitz A 1:30, Kunitz A 4:01, Huskins A 8:19, Johnsson M 15:35, Parros A 17:00

THIRD PERIOD

5. MINNESOTA, Mikko Koivu 1 (Brent Burns) 15:04

Penalties — Burns M R. Niedermayer A 10:14

Shots on goal by WILD 9 10 13 32

DUCKS 11 8 6 25 MINNESOTA, Niklas Backstrom; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov

MIN – 0 for 6, ANA – 2 for 4 on power play

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Steve Miller, Dan Schachte 17,324 at Honda Center

Ducks have now beaten Wild in six consecutive Stanley Cup-playoff games, dating back to 2003

Teemu Selanne ANA records 30th Stanley Cup-playoff point for Anaheim, team record

Tuesday, April 17 2000 h ct on TSN

ANAHEIM 1 @ MINNESOTA 4


Penalties — Getzlaf A 11:40, Carney M 14:30

SECOND PERIOD

1. ANAHEIM, Chris Pronger 1 (Ryan Getzlaf, Scott Niedermayer) 6:08 PPG 2. MINNESOTA, Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 (Derek Boogaard, Nick Schultz) 18:03

Penalties — Veilleux M 5:28, Getzlaf A 10:45, Pronger A 14:15, Gaborik M 19:11

THIRD PERIOD

3. MINNESOTA, Marian Gaborik 2 (Brian Rolston, Pavol Demitra) 3:23 PPG GWG 4. MINNESOTA, Brian Rolston 1 (Pavol Demitra) 9:27

5. MINNESOTA, Mark Parrish 1 (Peteri Nummelin) 10:44

Penalties — Huskins A 2:04, Perry A (minor, major) Burns M (major) Getzlaf A Koivu M 10:44, Walz M 13:53,

Kunitz A 15:29, Huskins A Hall M (majors) S. Thornton S (game misconduct) May A (match penalty, game

misconduct) 18:12

Shots on goal by DUCKS 9 11 9 29

WILD 14 11 15 40 ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov, Jean-Sébastien Giguère (10:44 of third period); MINNESOTA, Niklas Backstrom

ANA – 1 for 4, MIN – 1 for 6 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Pierre Racicot 19,174 at Xcel Energy Center

G Jean-Sebastien Giguère ANA saw his first game action since March 31

st

D François Beauchemin ANA did not dress after taking a puck in the face in Game Three After game, Brad May ANA suspended 3 games for third-pd sucker punch on Kim Johnsson MIN





3 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 105 v. 6 DALLAS STARS 107 GM DAVE NONUS, HC ALAIN VIGNEAULT v. GM DOUG ARMSTRONG, HC DAVE TIPPETT

CANUCKS WIN SERIES IN 7

Wednesday, April 11 1900 h pt on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

DALLAS 4 @ VANCOUVER 5 FOURTH OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. VANCOUVER, Daniel Sedin 1 (Henrik Sedin, Taylor Pyatt) 4:20 2. DALLAS, Brenden Morrow 1 (Mike Ribeiro, Darryl Sydor) 5:28 PPG

Penalties — Bieksa V 5:06, Hagman D 6:23, Sydor D 6:41, Bieksa V 8:35, Nagy D 12:39, Modano D 15:12,

Bieksa V 16:13, Bulis V 17:44

SECOND PERIOD

3. VANCOUVER, Mattias Ohlund 1 (Lukas Krajicek, Markus Naslund) 6:26 PPG 4. DALLAS, Trevor Daley 1 (Brenden Morrow, Loui Eriksson) 10:00

5. VANCOUVER, Markus Naslund 1 (unassisted) 13:47

Penalties — Ribeiro D 6:11, Turco D 6:56, Cooke V 14:57

THIRD PERIOD

6. VANCOUVER, Bryan Smolinski 1 (Sami Salo, Trevor Linden) 7:36 7. DALLAS, Antti Miettinen 1 (Niklas Hagman, Jussi Jokinen) 8:31

8. DALLAS, Ladislav Nagy 1 (Antti Miettinen, Sergei Zubov) 13:46

Penalties — Barnes D 1:41


NO SCORING

Penalties — Norstrom D 11:05


NO SCORING

Penalties — Bieksa V 3:16, Krajicek V 4:38

THIRD OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties — None

FOURTH OVERTIME PERIOD 9. VANCOUVER, Henrik Sedin 1 (Daniel Sedin, Mattias Ohlund) 18:06 GWG

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by STARS 11 13 16 6 12 8 10 76

CANUCKS 11 8 3 7 3 12 12 56 DALLAS, Marty Turco; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo (makes his Stanley Cup playoff début)

DAL – 1 for 7, VAN – 1 for 8 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Scott Driscoll

18,630 at General Motors Place

Sixth-longest game in Stanley Cup-playoff history, and longest in both Canucks’ and Stars’ history D Sergei Zubov DAL has now been involved in three of the six longest, all-time NHL games

Sunday, April 15 2030 h ct on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

VANCOUVER 2 @ DALLAS 1 OVERTIME


Penalties — Boucher D 0:57, H. Sedin V 1:43, Bieksa V 6:12, Krajicek V Burrows V Ott D Morrow D 12:47

SECOND PERIOD

1. DALLAS, Stu Barnes 1 (Stephane Robidas, Philippe Boucher) 13:09 PPG

Penalties — Ott D 3:16, Ohlund V 3:38, Burrows V 11:13, Miettinen D 14:54

THIRD PERIOD 2. VANCOUVER, Jan Bulis 1 (Jannik Hansen, Brendan Morrison) 5:18

Penalties — Bieksa V 1:10

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. VANCOUVER, Taylor Pyatt 1 (Bryan Smolinski, Trevor Linden) 7:47 GWG

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by CANUCKS 7 12 15 3 37

STARS 10 11 4 5 30 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; DALLAS, Marty Turco

VAN – 0 for 3, DAL – 1 for 5 on power play

Referees: Dan Marouelli, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin 18,532 at American Airlines Center

G Marty Turco DAL falls to 1-9 in postseason overtime games

Thursday, April 19 1900 h pt on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

DALLAS 1 @ VANCOUVER 0 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Hagman D 2:14, Cowan V 8:54, Hagman D 12:58

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Ohlund V 12:29

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Naslund V 1:57, Ott D 13:11

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 1. DALLAS, Brenden Morrow 2 (Sergei Zubov, Mike Ribeiro) 6:22 PPG GWG

Penalties — Canucks’ bench 5:18

Shots on goal by STARS 7 12 6 5 30

CANUCKS 10 3 7 1 21 DALLAS, Marty Turco; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo

DAL – 1 for 4, VAN – 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Pierre Racicot


Eric Lindros DAL returned to line-up after missing previous 20 games with groin injury Stars have trailed three games-to-one in a series 12 times in history…they’ve never come back

Friday, April 13 1800 h pt on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

DALLAS 2 @ VANCOUVER 0

FIRST PERIOD

1. DALLAS, Jeff Halpern 1 (Sergei Zubov, Stu Barnes) 0:24 GWG

Penalties — Cowan V 0:48, Mitchell V 7:56, Lundqvist D 10:38, Pyatt V 11:34, Sydor D 12:26, Smolinski V 12:48

SECOND PERIOD 2. DALLAS, Joel Lundqvist 1 (Mike Modano, Stu Barnes) 0:45

Penalties — Boucher D 4:22, Naslund V 5:42, H. Sedin V 10:28, Halpern D 13:33

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Zubov D 5:15, D. Sedin V 5:19, Stars’ bench 10:14

Shots on goal by

STARS 14 6 7 27 CANUCKS 10 8 17 35

DALLAS, Marty Turco; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo

DAL – 0 for 7, VAN – 0 for 6 on power play Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Scott Driscoll


Canucks were without Matt Cooke, Alex Burrows and Ryan Kesler, all injured in Game One Marty Turco’s all-time playoff record is now still only 9 wins, 15 losses

Tuesday, April 17 1900 h ct on HNIC, RDS

VANCOUVER 2 @ DALLAS 1

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Naslund V 3:51, Krajicek V 7:13, Norstrom D 10:20, Bieksa V Hagman D 12:04, Cowan V 13:09, Green V 13:14, Daley D 18:29

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Smolinski V Turco D 7:13, Modano D 7:33, Boucher D 9:43, Salo V 10:34, Lundqvist D 12:54, H. Sedin V 17:38

THIRD PERIOD

1. VANCOUVER, Mattias Ohlund 2 (Bryan Smolinski, Taylor Pyatt) 9:46 2. DALLAS, Darryl Sydor 1 (Ladislav Nagy) 12:29

3. VANCOUVER, Trevor Linden 1 (Willie Mitchell, Taylor Pyatt) 14:29 GWG

Penalties — Ribeiro D 20:00

Shots on goal by CANUCKS 10 10 9 29

STARS 7 12 8 27 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; DALLAS, Marty Turco


Referees: Wes McCauley, Brad Watson Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin 18,532 at American Airlines Center

Before game, moment of silence observed for those who died in yesterday’s shooting at Virginia Tech

Moment of silence also held for former Stars’ player Gaetan Duchesne In history, only 20 of 210 teams, that were behind three games-to-one, have come back to win

Stars’ franchise has fallen behind three games-to-one 13 times…they’ve never come back

Saturday, April 21 1900 h ct on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

VANCOUVER 0 @ DALLAS 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. DALLAS, Mike Modano 1 (Sergei Zubov, Mike Ribeiro) 3:05 PPG GWG

Penalties — Linden V 1:43, Bieksa V 1:55, Lindros D 5:29, Ohlund V 17:21, Burrows V Hagman D 17:48

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Hansen V 0:17, Daley D 7:37, Norstrom D 10:23

THIRD PERIOD 2. DALLAS, Jeff Halpern 2 (unassisted) 7:22

Penalties — Mitchell V 15:58, Cowan V Morrow D (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 17:40, H. Sedin V 18:08,

Green V (double minor) Ott D 20:00

Shots on goal by CANUCKS 11 6 4 21

STARS 8 10 12 30 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; DALLAS, Marty Turco


Referees: Paul Devorski, Dave Jackson Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik 18,600 at American Airlines Center

In series, Marty Turco DAL has stopped 190 of 199 shots….955 save percentage

Roberto Luongo VAN has stopped 209 of 220….950 save percentage





3 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 105 v. 6 DALLAS STARS 107 GM DAVE NONUS, HC ALAIN VIGNEAULT v. GM DOUG ARMSTRONG, HC DAVE TIPPETT

CANUCKS WIN SERIES IN 7

Monday, April 23 1800 h pt on HNIC

DALLAS 1 @ VANCOUVER 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. DALLAS, Joel Lundqvist 2 (Jeff Halpern, Stu Barnes) 16:32 Penalties — Morrison V 0:26, Robidas D 12:10, Burrows V 18:02

SECOND PERIOD 2. VANCOUVER, Henrik Sedin 2 (Daniel Sedin) 15:12 PPG Penalties — H. Secin V 3:18, Morrow D (served by Ott) 5:56, Barnes D 7:09, Klemm D 14:35, Hansen V 15:22, Morrow D 15:42, Stars’ bench (served by Ott) 18:44

THIRD PERIOD 3. VANCOUVER, Trevor Linden (Mattias Ohlund, Henrik Sedin) 7:00 PPG GWG 4. VANCOUVER, Taylor Pyatt 2 (Brendan Morrison) 18:57 ENG 5. VANCOUVER, Bryan Smolinski 2 (Trevor Linden, Jan Bulis) 19:13 ENG Penalties — Lundqvist D 3:23, Halpern D 6:16, Cowan V 10:20, Lehtinen D 11:56, Naslund V 12:21,

Norstrom D 12:37, Lindros D Linden V 15:09 Shots on goal by STARS 9 4 7 20 CANUCKS 6 14 12 32 DALLAS, Marty Turco; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo DAL – 0 for 5 4 for 40 in series, VAN – 2 for 10 3 for 38 in series on power play Referees: Rob Schick, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 18,630 at General Motors Place

D Sergei Zubov DAL scratched for this game…led all skaters in series in TOI thru 6 games Since G1, and before G7, the Canucks only held game lead for 8 min, 14 sec G Roberto Luongo VAN stopped 228 of 240 shots in series….950 sv pct G Marty Turco DAL had personal-record shutout streak of 165:45 ended by H. Sedin Linden VAN playing in 9

th career G7 w/ Canucks, leads active players w/ 12 G7 points





4 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 110 v. 5 SAN JOSE SHARKS 107 GM DAVID POILE, HC BARRY TROTZ v. GM DOUG WILSON, HC RON WILSON

SHARKS WIN SERIES IN 5

Wednesday, April 11 1900 h ct on TSN

SAN JOSE 5 @ NASHVILLE 4 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Matt Carle 1 (Joe Thornton, Craig Rivet) 7:18

Penalties — Guerin S 0:56, Zidlicky N 5:15, Weber N 10:15, Tootoo N 14:07, Bernier S Nichol N 17:21

SECOND PERIOD 2. NASHVILLE, Alexander Radulov 1 (Peter Forsberg, Greg Zanon) 2:35

3. NASHVILLE, J.P. Dumont 1 (Jason Arnott, Scott Hartnell) 3:56 4. SAN JOSE, Mike Grier 1 (Patrick Rissmiller, Curtis Brown) 5:31

5. SAN JOSE, Craig Rivet 1 (Patrick Marleau) 12:57 PPG 6. SAN JOSE, Milan Michalek 1 (Joe Thornton, Marc-Edouard Vlasic) 15:52

Penalties — Hartnell N (major, game misconduct) 9:00, Zanon N 12:39, Sharks’ bench 18:57

THIRD PERIOD

7. NASHVILLE, Alexander Radulov 2 (Shea Weber) 13:05 8. NASHVILLE, J.P. Dumont 2 (Shea Weber, Martin Erat) 19:09

Penalties — Bell S 6:23, Zidlicky N 7:19, Grier S 9:04, Grier S 16:48


Penalties — None

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 9. SAN JOSE, Patrick Rissmiller 1 (Patrick Marleau, Mike Grier) 8:14 GWG

Penalties — Timonen N 0:26, Guerin S Tootoo N 5:15

Shots on goal by SHARKS 14 8 2 10 4 38

PREDATORS 6 7 13 12 5 43 SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; NASHVILLE, Tomas Vokoun

SJ – 1 for 7, NSH – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Pierre Racicot

17113, at Gaylord Entertainment Center

Sharks’ leading scorer, Jonathan Cheechoo, helped off in second, after knee-on-knee w/ Hartnell Series features first-round match-up, of highest overall teams, since 1990 Canadiens v. Sabres

Radulov NSH becomes first NHLer to score twice in his SC playoff début since Paul Kariya, 1997

Monday, April 16 1900 h pt on TSN, VERSUS

NASHVILLE 1 @ SAN JOSE 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Ryan Suter 1 (David Legwand, J.P. Dumont) 11:53

Penalties — Fiddler N 14:06, Suter N 17:16

SECOND PERIOD

2. SAN JOSE, Milan Michalek 2 (Craig Rivet, Joe Thornton) 8:38 3. SAN JOSE, Ryane Clowe 2 (Matt Clarle, Christian Ehrhoff) 12:18 GWG

Penalties — Forsberg N Grier S 2:59, Suter N 5:06, Kariya N 10:08, Timonen N 13:43, Smithson N 14:24, Marleau S 18:14

THIRD PERIOD

4. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 1 (Bill Guerin) 15:34

Penalties — Michalek S 6:01

Shots on goal by PREDATORS 7 7 6 20

SHARKS 11 18 12 41 NASHVILLE, Tomas Vokoun; SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov

NSH – 0 for 2, SJ – 0 for 6 on power play

Referees: Dave Jackson, Mick McGeough Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose

Before game, moment of silence observed for those who died in today’s shooting at Virginia Tech

Sharks also held moment of silence for Warren Strelow, former goaltending coach, died last week Predators have still never won a road playoff game, with six tries over three seasons

Friday, April 20 2030 h ct on TSN, VERSUS

SAN JOSE 3 @ NASHVILLE 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Ryane Clowe 3 (Steve Bernier, Marcel Goc) 8:21

Penalties — Forsberg N 5:05, Hartnell N 20:00

SECOND PERIOD 2. NASHVILLE, Jason Arnott 2 (Shea Weber, Kimmo Timonen) 3:47 PPG

3. NASHVILLE, Vern Fiddler 1 (Peter Forsberg, Greg Zanon) 4:26 4. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 2 (Bill Guerin, Craig Rivet) 17:46 PPG

Penalties — Rivet S 3:06, Radulov N 6:29, Vokoun N 7:51, Ehrhoff S Nichol N (spearing major, game

misconduct) 14:58

THIRD PERIOD 5. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 3 (Joe Thornton, Scott Hannan) 15:39 GWG

Penalties — McLaren S 0:42, Hamhuis N 3:10, Brown S Suter N 9:28, McLaren S 10:02,

Rivet S (double minor) Forsberg N 19:35

Shots on goal by SHARKS 14 17 6 37

PREDATORS 8 9 7 24 SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; NASHVILLE, Tomas Vokoun

SJ – 1 for 7 2 for 30 in series, NSH – 1 for 4 3 for 22 in series on power play

Referees: Mike Leggo, Rob Schick Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jean Morin 17,113 at Gaylord Entertainment Center

This was Sharks’ 100

th all-time Stanley Cup playoff game…they’re 49-51…8-9 in elimination games

Friday, April 13 1900 h ct on TSN

SAN JOSE 2 @ NASHVILLE 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Craig Rivet 2 (Patrick Marleau, Matt Carle) 4:37 2. NASHVILLE, Alexander Radulov 3 (Vern Fiddler) 6:54

3. NASHVILLE, Peter Forsberg 1 (Marek Zidlicky, Alexander Radulov) 15:56

Penalties — Guerin S Fiddler N 0:38, Sharks’ bench 1:41, Arnott N 8:01, Clowe S 10:53, Hartnell S 11:28, Guerin S Rivet S Hartnell N Forsberg N 18:59

SECOND PERIOD

4. NASHVILLE, J.P. Dumont 3 (Kimo Timmonen) 10:26 SHG GWG 5. NASHVILLE, J.P. Dumont 4 (Marek Zidlicky, Paul Kariya) 12:56 PPG

Penalties — Radulov N (major, game misconduct) 4:44, Suter N 8:43, Goc S Clowe S 11:00, Forsberg N 14:34,

Grier S 20:00

THIRD PERIOD 6. SAN JOSE, Ryane Clowe 1 (Jonathan Cheechoo, Christian Ehrhoff) 9:52

7. NASHVILLE, Peter Forsberg 2 (David Legwand, Dan Hamhuis) 18:55 ENG

Penalties — Guerin S 3:01, Clowe S 10:28, Hannan S Grier S Smithson N Tootoo N (majors, 10-minute misconducts) Clowe S (minor, major) Hartnell N (major, double game misconduct) 19:00

Shots on goal by

SHARKS 12 6 6 24 PREDATORS 5 7 10 22

SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; NASHVILLE, Tomas Vokoun

SJ – 0 for 5, NSH – 1 for 8 on power play Referees: Dan Marouelli, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy

17,113 at Gaylord Entertainment Center

At 4:44 of second, Radulov NSH slammed Steve Bernier’s head into the boards…did not return

Preds’ season-ticket holders Vince Gill and Amy Grant sang the national anthem Jonathan Cheechoo SJ returned to line-up, after last night’s hit from Hartnell NSH

Wednesday, April 18 1900 h pt on TSN, VERSUS

NASHVILLE 2 @ SAN JOSE 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Milan Michalek 3 (Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo) 3:29

Penalties — Clowe S 3:57, Hartnell N 11:59

SECOND PERIOD

2. SAN JOSE, Joe Pavelski 1 (Kyle McLaren, Scott Hannan) 1:06 3. NASHVILLE, Jason Arnott 1 (J.P. Dumont, Jordan Tootoo) 2:31

4. SAN JOSE, Milan Michalek 4 (Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo) 12:53 GWG

Penalties — Forsberg N 3:46, Legwand N 6:23, Tootoo N 10:33, Grier S 14:13

THIRD PERIOD 5. NASHVILLE, Scott Hartnell 1 (David Legwand, Paul Kariya) 17:08 PPG

Penalties — Radulov N 10:02, Clowe S 15:40

Shots on goal by

PREDATORS 14 8 3 25 SHARKS 5 8 10 23

NASHVILLE, Tomas Vokoun; SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov

NSH – 1 for 3, SJ – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler

17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose

Joe Thornton SJ received a nasty cut over his eye in the final minute of play




B U F F A L O S A B R E S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 48 F Daniel Briere 5 1 4 5 2 4 1 0 1 0 13 .077 23 F Chris Drury 5 4 1 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 15 .267 15 RW Dainius Zubrus 5 0 5 5 -2 2 0 0 0 0 9 .000 61 RW Maxim Afinogenov 5 1 3 4 3 4 0 0 1 0 13 .077 51 D Brian Campbell 5 2 2 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 14 .143 26 LW Thomas Vanek 5 2 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 .222 19 F Tim Connolly 5 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 .000 22 F Adam Mair 5 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 5 .200 29 RW Jason Pominville 5 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 .154 9 F Derek Roy 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 27 D Teppo Numminen 5 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 21 RW Drew Stafford 5 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 .111 45 D Dmitri Kalinin 5 1 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 10 .100 12 RW Ales Kotalik 5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 5 D Toni Lydman 5 1 0 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 10 D Henrik Tallinder 5 0 1 1 -2 4 0 0 0 0 5 .000 55 F Jochen Hecht 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 18 .000 6 D Jaroslav Spacek 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 .000 30 G Ryan Miller 5 0 0 0 TEAM 5 17 30 47 4 44 4 0 4 0 162 OPPONENTS 5 11 20 31 -4 54 2 0 1 0 134 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 30 Ryan Miller 5 299 2.21 .918 4-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 5 5 2.20 .918 4-1-0 0 0 44 17 30 OPPONENTS 5 5 3.40 .895 1-4-0 0 0 54 11 20

N E W Y O R K I S L A N D E R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 94 LW Ryan Smyth 5 1 3 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 .111 55 LW Jason Blake 5 1 2 3 -2 2 0 0 0 0 14 .071 7 RW Trent Hunter 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .300 3 D Tom Poti 5 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 .000 81 RW Miroslav Satan 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .100 47 D Marc-Andre Bergeron 5 1 1 2 1 6 1 0 1 0 13 .077 14 D Chris Campoli 5 1 1 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .500 8 D Bruno Gervais 5 1 1 2 -2 2 0 0 0 0 9 .111 25 F Viktor Kozlov 5 0 2 2 -2 2 0 0 0 0 11 .000 27 F Randy Robitaille 5 0 2 2 -5 8 0 0 0 0 8 .000 18 F Mike Sillinger 5 1 1 2 -1 2 1 0 0 0 10 .100 45 RW Arron Asham 5 1 0 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 10 RW Richard Park 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 .000 32 D Brendan Witt 5 0 1 1 -3 6 0 0 0 0 2 .000 49 D Drew Fata 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11 F Andy Hilbert 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 8 .000 6 D Hill NWT 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 79 F Alexei Yashin 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 20 LW Richard Zednik 5 0 0 0 -1 8 0 0 0 0 3 .000 39 G Rick DiPietro 4 0 0 0 34 G Wade Dubielewicz 1 0 0 0 TEAM 5 11 20 31 -4 54 2 0 1 0 134 OPPONENTS 5 17 30 47 4 44 4 0 4 0 162 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 39 Rick DiPietro 4 236 3.31 .898 1-3-0 0 0 0 0 0 34 W Dubielewicz 1 59 4.07 .886 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 5 5 3.40 .895 1-4-0 0 0 54 11 20 OPPONENTS 5 5 2.20 .918 4-1-0 0 0 44 17 30

N E W J E R S E Y D E V I L S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 23 F Scott Gomez 6 2 7 9 4 6 0 0 1 1 18 .111 26 F Patrik Elias 6 1 6 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 23 .043 28 D Brian Rafalski 6 2 5 7 0 8 2 0 0 0 6 .333 14 RW Brian Gionta 6 5 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 0 21 .238 9 LW Zach Parise 6 6 0 6 3 6 2 0 1 0 29 .207 15 RW Jamie Langenbrunner 6 1 4 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 17 .059 19 F Travis Zajac 6 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 10 .000 6 D Andy Greene 6 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 5 .200 18 F Sergei Brylin 6 0 1 1 -4 4 0 0 0 0 7 .000 21 D Brad Lukowich 6 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 11 F John Madden 6 1 0 1 -4 2 0 0 0 0 14 .071 7 D Paul Martin 6 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 29 D Johnny Oduya 6 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 .000 17 RW Michael Rupp 6 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 12 F Jim Dowd 6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 24 D Richard Matvichuk 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 20 LW Jay Pandolfo 6 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 0 0 6 .000 10 F Erik Rasmussen 6 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 D Colin White 2 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 30 G Martin Brodeur 6 0 0 0 TEAM 6 19 32 51 2 84 7 0 4 1 169 OPPONENTS 6 14 24 38 -2 110 4 1 2 0 168 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 30 Martin Brodeur 6 371 2.26 .917 4-2-0 1 0 0 0 0 TEAM 6 6 2.25 .917 4-2-0 1 0 84 19 32 OPPONENTS 6 6 3.06 .888 2-3-1 1 1 110 14 24

T A M P A B A Y L I G H T N I N G GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 19 F Brad Richards 6 3 5 8 -4 6 2 0 0 0 26 .115 26 RW Martin St. Louis 6 3 5 8 6 8 1 0 0 0 17 .176 4 F Vincent Lecavalier 6 5 2 7 4 10 1 0 1 0 30 .167 71 D Filip Kuba 6 1 4 5 -1 4 0 1 0 0 13 .077 20 F Vaclav Prospal 6 1 4 5 2 4 0 0 1 0 15 .067 9 F Eric Perrin 6 1 1 2 -4 2 0 0 0 0 8 .125 22 D Dan Boyle 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 .000 54 D Paul Ranger 6 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 .000 16 RW Jason Ward 6 0 1 1 -6 6 0 0 0 0 9 .000 34 F Ryan Craig 6 0 0 0 -1 12 0 0 0 0 5 .000 17 LW Ruslan Fedotenko 4 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 3 D Doug Janik 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 24 F Andreas Karlsson 6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 55 D Shane O'Brien 6 0 0 0 -4 12 0 0 0 0 3 .000 44 D Nolan Pratt 6 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 36 RW Andre Roy 6 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 .000 21 D Cory Sarich 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 74 F Nick Tarnasky 6 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 0 0 3 .000 27 F Tim Taylor 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 40 G Johan Holmqvist 6 0 0 0 TEAM 6 14 24 38 -2 110 4 1 2 0 168 OPPONENTS 6 19 32 51 2 84 7 0 4 0 169 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 40 Johan Holmqvist 6 370 2.92 .893 2-4-0 0 1 0 0 0 TEAM 6 6 3.06 .888 2-4-0 0 1 110 14 24 OPPONENTS 6 6 2.25 .917 4-2-0 0 0 84 19 32

N E W Y O R K R A N G E R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 92 F Michael Nylander 4 4 4 8 7 0 1 0 2 0 13 .308 68 RW Jaromir Jagr 4 2 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 18 .111 16 LW Sean Avery 4 1 4 5 2 21 0 0 0 0 19 .053 51 D Fedor Tyutin 4 0 5 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 .000 43 RW Ryan Callahan 4 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 .182 22 D Thomas Pock 4 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 3 D Michal Rozsival 4 2 1 3 5 8 2 0 0 0 6 .333 14 LW Brendan Shanahan 4 3 0 3 1 8 1 0 1 0 20 .150 82 F Martin Straka 4 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 5 F Matt Cullen 4 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 1 0 11 .091 81 LW Marcel Hossa 4 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 6 .167 8 D Marek Malik 4 1 1 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 27 D Paul Mara 4 0 1 1 -1 10 0 0 0 0 5 .000 25 F Petr Prucha 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 .000 19 F Blair Betts 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 46 D Daniel Girardi 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 28 RW Colton Orr 4 0 0 0 -1 12 0 0 0 0 1 .000 41 RW Jed Ortmeyer 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 .000 30 G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 0 0 TEAM 4 17 31 48 7 77 5 0 4 0 143 OPPONENTS 4 6 11 17 -7 115 1 0 0 0 99 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 30 Henrik Lundqvist 4 240 1.50 .939 4-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 TEAM 4 4 1.50 .939 4-0-0 1 0 77 17 31 OPPONENTS 4 4 4.25 .881 0-4-0 1 1 115 6 11

A T L A N T A T H R A S H E R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 9 LW Pascal Dupuis 4 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 .143 8 LW Keith Tkachuk 4 1 2 3 2 12 0 0 0 0 11 .091 28 D Niclas Havelid 4 0 2 2 -5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 17 LW Ilya Kovalchuk 4 1 1 2 -1 19 0 0 0 0 12 .083 29 LW Brad Larsen 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 22 F Eric Belanger 4 1 0 1 -6 12 1 0 0 0 3 .333 34 D Shane Hnidy 4 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 16 F Bobby Holik 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 18 RW Marian Hossa 4 0 1 1 -6 6 0 0 0 0 10 .000 7 D Greg de Vries 4 1 0 1 -2 4 0 0 0 0 5 .200 36 LW Eric Boulton 4 0 0 0 -1 24 0 0 0 0 1 .000 2 D Garnet Exelby 4 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 0 0 3 .000 13 LW Slava Kozlov 4 0 0 0 -6 6 0 0 0 0 7 .000 19 RW Scott Mellanby 4 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 14 LW Jon Sim 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 23 F Jim Slater 4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 25 D Andy Sutton 4 0 0 0 -2 10 0 0 0 0 4 .000 77 D Alexei Zhitnik 4 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 0 5 .000 1 G Johan Hedberg 2 0 0 0 32 G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 0 0 TEAM 4 6 11 17 -7 115 1 0 0 0 99 OPPONENTS 4 17 31 48 7 77 5 0 4 0 143 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 1 Johan Hedberg 2 117 2.56 .928 0-2-0 0 1 0 0 0 32 Kari Lehtonen 2 118 5.59 .849 0-2-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 4 4 4.25 .881 0-4-0 0 1 115 6 11 OPPONENTS 4 4 1.50 .939 4-0-0 0 0 77 17 31

O T T A W A S E N A T O R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 11 RW Daniel Alfredsson 5 3 3 6 -1 8 2 0 1 0 21 .143 7 D Joe Corvo 5 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 15 RW Dany Heatley 5 2 2 4 -2 6 2 0 2 0 11 .182 22 F Chris Kelly 5 3 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 7 .429 19 F Jason Spezza 5 2 2 4 -2 4 1 0 0 0 8 .250 24 D Anton Volchenkov 5 1 3 4 1 8 0 0 1 0 6 .167 89 F Mike Comrie 5 2 1 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 10 .200 37 LW Dean McAmmond 5 1 2 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 .250 25 RW Chris Neil 5 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 .100 42 D Tom Preissing 5 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 .500 6 D Wade Redden 5 0 3 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 3 .000 27 LW Peter Schaefer 5 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 12 F Mike Fisher 5 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 17 .000 14 D Andrej Meszaros 5 1 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 9 .111 20 F Antoine Vermette 5 1 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 7 .143 44 RW Patrick Eaves 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 4 D Chris Phillips 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 61 LW Oleg Saprykin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 5 D Christoph Schubert 5 0 0 0 -1 8 0 0 0 0 8 .000 1 G Ray Emery 5 0 1 0 TEAM 5 18 34 52 6 86 6 0 4 0 151 OPPONENTS 5 10 20 30 -6 78 4 0 1 0 110 GP Min GAA Sv % Record SO EN PIM G A 1 Ray Emery 5 299 2.01 .909 4-1-0 1 0 0 0 1 TEAM 5 5 2.00 .909 4-1-0 1 0 86 18 34 OPPONENTS 5 5 3.60 .881 1-4-0 0 0 78 10 20

P I T T S B U R G H P E N G U I N S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 87 F Sidney Crosby 5 3 2 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 20 .150 55 D Sergei Gonchar 5 1 3 4 -3 2 1 0 0 0 14 .071 71 LW Evgeni Malkin 5 0 4 4 -1 8 0 0 0 0 10 .000 8 RW Mark Recchi 5 0 4 4 -3 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 10 LW Gary Roberts 5 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 .500 11 F Jordan Staal 5 3 0 3 -1 2 0 0 0 0 8 .375 7 RW Michel Ouellet 5 0 2 2 -1 6 0 0 0 0 7 .000 19 D Ryan Whitney 5 1 1 2 -4 6 1 0 0 0 4 .250 20 RW Colby Armstrong 5 0 1 1 -2 11 0 0 0 0 6 .000 25 F Maxime Talbot 5 0 1 1 -2 7 0 0 0 0 5 .000 16 F Erik Christensen 4 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 0 0 6 .000 3 D Mark Eaton 5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 28 RW Nils Ekman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 27 RW Georges Laraque 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 12 LW Ryan Malone 5 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 2 D Josef Melichar 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 44 D Brooks Orpik 5 0 0 0 -2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 26 RW Ronald Petrovicky 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 37 LW Jarkko Ruutu 5 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 0 0 1 .000 5 D Robert Scuderi 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 41 G Jocelyn Thibault 1 0 0 0 29 G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 0 0 TEAM 5 10 20 30 -6 78 4 0 1 0 110 OPPONENTS 5 18 34 52 6 86 6 0 4 0 151 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 41 J Thibault 1 8 0.00 1.000 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 29 M-André Fleury 5 287 3.76 .880 1-4-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 5 5 3.60 .881 1-4-0 0 0 78 10 20 OPPONENTS 5 5 2.00 .909 4-1-0 0 0 86 18 34




D E T R O I T R E D W I N G S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 5 D Nicklas Lidstrom 6 2 6 8 2 2 2 0 2 0 16 .125 13 F Pavel Datsyuk 6 3 2 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 22 .136 93 F Johan Franzen 6 2 3 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 17 .118 23 D Mathieu Schneider 6 1 3 4 3 14 0 0 0 0 34 .029 44 RW Todd Bertuzzi 4 1 2 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 7 .143 24 D Chris Chelios 6 1 2 3 5 6 0 1 0 0 12 .083 11 RW Daniel Cleary 6 1 2 3 3 16 0 1 0 0 23 .043 20 F Robert Lang 6 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 12 .083 40 LW Henrik Zetterberg 6 2 1 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 24 .083 33 F Kris Draper 6 2 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 10 .200 51 F Valtteri Filppula 6 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 .250 26 F Jiri Hudler 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 .000 22 D Brett Lebda 5 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 8 .000 17 LW Kyle Calder 5 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 .000 96 LW Tomas Holmstrom 6 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 11 .000 3 D Andreas Lilja 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 18 LW Kirk Maltby 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 .000 95 D Danny Markov 6 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 9 .000 45 D Kyle Quincey 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 37 RW Mikael Samuelsson 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 19 .000 39 G Dominik Hasek 6 0 0 2 TEAM 6 18 29 47 9 97 5 2 4 1 255 OPPONENTS 6 10 17 27 -9 127 6 1 2 0 129 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 39 Dominik Hasek 6 382 1.57 .922 4-2-0 0 0 2 0 0 TEAM 6 6 1.56 .922 4-2-0 0 0 97 18 29 OPPONENTS 6 6 2.81 .929 2-3-1 0 0 127 10 17

C A L G A R Y F L A M E S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 12 RW Jarome Iginla 6 2 2 4 -2 12 0 0 1 0 13 .154 22 F Daymond Langkow 6 2 2 4 -3 4 2 0 1 0 15 .133 40 LW Alex Tanguay 6 1 3 4 -2 8 1 0 0 0 9 .111 24 F Craig Conroy 6 1 1 2 -1 8 0 0 0 0 11 .091 20 LW Kristian Huselius 6 0 2 2 -4 4 0 0 0 0 7 .000 18 F Matthew Lombardi 6 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0 6 .167 19 F Wayne Primeau 6 0 2 2 -1 14 0 0 0 0 3 .000 10 RW Tony Amonte 6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 5 D Mark Giordano 4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 4 D Roman Hamrlik 6 0 1 1 -3 8 0 0 0 0 9 .000 58 LW David Moss 6 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 3 D Dion Phaneuf 6 1 0 1 -4 7 1 0 0 0 13 .077 6 D Brad Stuart 6 0 1 1 -3 6 0 0 0 0 7 .000 7 D Andrei Zyuzin 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 .200 16 LW Jeff Friesen 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 21 D David Hale 2 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 26 LW Marcus Nilson 6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 7 .000 28 D Robyn Regehr 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 15 F Byron Ritchie 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 44 D Rhett Warrener 6 0 0 0 -3 10 0 0 0 0 2 .000 11 F Stephane Yelle 6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 8 .000 34 G Miikka Kiprusoff 6 0 0 0 TEAM 6 10 17 27 -9 127 6 1 2 0 129 OPPONENTS 6 18 29 47 9 97 5 2 4 0 255 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 34 Miikka Kiprusoff 6 384 2.81 .929 2-4-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 6 6 2.81 .929 2-4-0 0 0 127 10 17 OPPONENTS 6 6 1.56 .922 4-2-0 0 0 97 18 29

A N A H E I M D U C K S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 25 D Chris Pronger 5 2 4 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 16 .125 15 F Ryan Getzlaf 5 2 3 5 0 10 1 1 2 0 16 .125 23 D Francois Beauchemin 4 2 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 14 .143 32 LW Travis Moen 5 1 2 3 2 14 0 0 0 0 8 .125 27 D Scott Niedermayer 5 0 3 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 10 .000 26 F Samuel Pahlsson 5 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 .000 17 RW Dustin Penner 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 .200 10 RW Corey Perry 5 1 1 2 -2 11 0 0 0 0 12 .083 8 RW Teemu Selanne 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 .077 19 F Andy McDonald 5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 17 .059 44 F Rob Niedermayer 5 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 9 .111 33 D Joe DiPenta 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 13 F Mark Hartigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 40 D Kent Huskins 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 .000 14 LW Chris Kunitz 5 0 0 0 -2 15 0 0 0 0 9 .000 24 LW Brad May NWT 4 0 0 0 -1 20 0 0 0 0 3 .000 18 LW Drew Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 21 D Sean O'Donnell 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 .000 16 RW George Parros 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 .000 34 D Aaron Rome 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 38 RW Ryan Shannon 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 45 LW Shawn Thornton 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .000 35 G J-S Giguère 2 0 0 0 30 G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 0 0 TEAM 5 12 20 32 0 123 5 1 4 0 146 OPPONENTS 5 9 14 23 0 79 2 1 1 0 144 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 35 J-S Giguère 2 69 0.87 .968 1-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Ilya Bryzgalov 4 230 2.09 .929 3-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 5 5 1.80 .938 4-1-0 0 0 123 12 20 OPPONENTS 5 5 2.40 .918 1-4-0 1 1 79 9 14

M I N N E S O T A W I L D GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 38 RW Pavol Demitra 5 1 3 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 9 .111 10 RW Marian Gaborik 5 3 1 4 3 8 1 1 1 0 18 .167 96 F Pierre-Marc Bouchard 5 1 1 2 -3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 26 D Kurtis Foster 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 33 D Petteri Nummelin 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 12 RW Brian Rolston 5 1 1 2 -2 4 0 0 0 0 23 .043 24 LW Derek Boogaard 4 0 1 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 1 .000 8 D Brent Burns 5 0 1 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 12 .000 9 F Mikko Koivu 5 1 0 1 -1 4 0 0 0 0 8 .125 21 RW Mark Parrish 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 .077 55 D Nick Schultz 5 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 37 F Wes Walz 5 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 .000 3 D Keith Carney 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 18 RW Adam Hall 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 .000 5 D Kim Johnsson 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 4 .000 92 RW Branko Radivojevic 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 9 .000 41 D Martin Skoula 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 .000 17 F Wyatt Smith 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 19 LW Stephane Veilleux 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 .000 28 F Todd White 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 32 G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 1 2 TEAM 5 9 14 23 0 79 2 1 1 0 144 OPPONENTS 5 12 20 32 0 123 5 1 4 0 146 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 32 N Backstrom 5 297 2.22 .924 1-4-0 0 1 2 0 1 TEAM 5 5 2.40 .918 1-4-0 0 1 79 9 14 OPPONENTS 5 5 1.80 .938 4-1-0 0 0 123 12 20

V A N C O U V E R C A N U C K S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 16 F Trevor Linden 7 2 3 5 4 4 1 0 2 0 12 .167 9 LW Taylor Pyatt 7 2 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 19 .105 2 D Mattias Ohlund 7 2 2 4 2 6 1 0 0 0 14 .143 33 F Henrik Sedin 7 2 2 4 -3 10 1 0 1 1 20 .100 21 F Bryan Smolinski 7 2 2 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 10 .200 22 LW Daniel Sedin 7 1 2 3 -2 2 0 0 0 0 34 .029 38 F Jan Bulis 7 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 .067 7 F Brendan Morrison 7 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 .000 19 RW Markus Naslund 7 1 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 15 .067 36 LW Jannik Hansen 6 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 11 .000 5 D Lukas Krajicek 7 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 0 0 9 .000 8 D Willie Mitchell 7 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 .000 6 D Sami Salo 7 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 .000 3 D Kevin Bieksa 7 0 0 0 -1 16 0 0 0 0 9 .000 14 LW Alex Burrows 6 0 0 0 -1 8 0 0 0 0 6 .000 24 LW Matt Cooke 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 20 LW Jeff Cowan 7 0 0 0 -1 20 0 0 0 0 5 .000 18 D Rory Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 25 F Josh Green 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 .000 17 F Kesler RES 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 26 F Tommi Santala 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 29 F Nathan Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 D Brent Sopel 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 1 G Roberto Luongo 7 0 0 0 TEAM 7 13 22 35 2 110 3 0 4 2 231 OPPONENTS 7 12 21 33 -2 104 4 0 3 0 240 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 1 Roberto Luongo 7 509 1.41 .950 4-3-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 7 7 1.41 .950 4-3-0 0 0 110 13 22 OPPONENTS 7 7 1.52 .944 3-2-2 2 2 104 12 21

D A L L A S S T A R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 14 F Stu Barnes 7 1 3 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 14 .071 56 D Sergei Zubov 6 0 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 18 .000 11 F Jeff Halpern 7 2 1 3 -1 4 0 0 1 0 9 .222 10 LW Brenden Morrow 7 2 1 3 -1 18 2 0 1 1 17 .118 63 F Mike Ribeiro 7 0 3 3 -3 4 0 0 0 0 8 .000 39 F Joel Lundqvist 7 2 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 8 .250 20 RW Antti Miettinen 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 .091 9 F Mike Modano 7 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 19 .053 17 LW Ladislav Nagy 7 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 .067 5 D Darryl Sydor 7 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 16 .063 43 D Philippe Boucher 7 0 1 1 -5 6 0 0 0 0 15 .000 6 D Trevor Daley 7 1 0 1 -3 4 0 0 0 0 12 .083 21 LW Loui Eriksson 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 15 LW Niklas Hagman 7 0 1 1 -1 10 0 0 0 0 20 .000 36 LW Jussi Jokinen 4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 3 D Stephane Robidas 7 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 17 .000 42 D Jon Klemm 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 26 RW Jere Lehtinen 7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 16 .000 88 F Eric Lindros 3 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 4 D Mattias Norstrom 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 7 .000 29 F Steve Ott 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 .000 35 G Marty Turco 7 0 0 4 TEAM 7 12 21 33 -2 104 4 0 3 1 240 OPPONENTS 7 13 22 35 2 110 3 0 4 0 231 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 35 Marty Turco 7 509 1.30 .952 3-4-0 3 2 4 0 0 TEAM 7 7 1.52 .944 3-4-0 3 2 104 12 21 OPPONENTS 7 7 1.41 .950 4-2-1 0 0 110 13 22

S A N J O S E S H A R K S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 12 F Patrick Marleau 5 3 3 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 .176 19 F Joe Thornton 5 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 52 D Craig Rivet 5 2 3 5 -3 8 1 0 0 0 17 .118 9 RW Milan Michalek 5 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 15 .267 18 D Matt Carle 5 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 .125 14 RW Jonathan Cheechoo 5 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 29 LW Ryane Clowe 5 3 0 3 0 17 0 0 1 0 5 .600 10 D Christian Ehrhoff 5 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 .000 25 RW Mike Grier 5 1 1 2 -1 25 0 0 0 0 23 .043 13 RW Bill Guerin 5 0 2 2 -1 10 0 0 0 0 15 .000 22 D Scott Hannan 5 0 2 2 3 17 0 0 0 0 1 .000 34 F Patrick Rissmiller 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 .143 26 RW Steve Bernier 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 .000 37 F Curtis Brown 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 .000 11 F Marcel Goc 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 .000 4 D Kyle McLaren 5 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 8 F Joe Pavelski 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 44 D Marc-Edouard Vlasic 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 7 LW Mark Bell 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 20 G Evgeni Nabokov 5 0 0 0 TEAM 5 16 30 46 3 97 2 0 4 1 163 OPPONENTS 5 14 25 39 -3 148 3 1 1 0 134 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 20 Evgeni Nabokov 5 327 2.39 .902 4-1-0 0 1 0 0 0

TEAM 5 5 2.56 .896 4-1-0 0 1 97 16 30 OPPONENTS 5 5 2.93 .902 1-3-1 0 0 148 14 25

N A S H V I L L E P R E D A T O R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 71 RW J.P. Dumont 5 4 2 6 4 0 1 1 1 0 8 .500 21 F Peter Forsberg 5 2 2 4 2 12 0 0 0 0 7 .286 47 RW Alexander Radulov 4 3 1 4 1 19 0 0 0 0 13 .231 19 F Jason Arnott 5 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 11 .182 11 F David Legwand 5 0 3 3 -2 2 0 0 0 0 14 .000 6 D Shea Weber 5 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 .000 38 F Vernon Fiddler 5 1 1 2 -3 4 0 0 0 0 2 .500 17 RW Scott Hartnell 5 1 1 2 -1 28 1 0 0 0 5 .200 9 LW Paul Kariya 5 0 2 2 -4 2 0 0 0 0 10 .000 44 D Kimmo Timonen 5 0 2 2 -1 4 0 0 0 0 7 .000 5 D Greg Zanon 5 0 2 2 -2 2 0 0 0 0 7 .000 3 D Marek Zidlicky 5 0 2 2 -1 4 0 0 0 0 8 .000 10 LW Martin Erat 3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 2 D Dan Hamhuis 5 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 0 0 7 .000 20 D Ryan Suter 5 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 9 .111 22 RW Jordin Tootoo 4 0 1 1 -2 21 0 0 0 0 6 .000 14 LW Ramzi Abid 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 16 LW Darcy Hordichuk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 12 F Scott Nichol 5 0 0 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 3 .000 25 F Jerred Smithson 5 0 0 0 -2 17 0 0 0 0 0 .000 29 G Tomas Vokoun 5 0 0 2 TEAM 5 14 25 39 -3 148 3 1 1 0 134 OPPONENTS 5 16 30 46 3 97 2 0 4 0 163 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 29 Tomas Vokoun 5 324 2.96 .902 1-4-0 0 0 2 0 0 TEAM 5 5 2.93 .902 1-4-0 0 0 148 14 25 OPPONENTS 5 5 2.56 .896 4-1-0 1 1 97 16




Conference Semifinals Facts And Figures

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Vancouver Canucks led only 45 minutes, 55 seconds (9%)

of the total 512:15 played in their seven-game elimination of the Dallas Stars. No team led less.

The first-round lead-time figures for the other Conference Semifinalists (by percentage of total playing

time): New York Rangers 166:00, 69.2%; Ottawa Senators 179:09, 59.7%; Buffalo Sabres 171:54,

57.3%; Anaheim Ducks 153:18, 51.1%; New Jersey Devils 173:55, 46.6%; San Jose Sharks 147:46,

45.0%; Detroit Red Wings 154:39, 40.2%.

The Rangers trailed only 7:11 (or 3%) of the 240 minutes in their first-round sweep of the Atlanta

Thrashers. No team spent less time playing from behind.

The first-round trail-time figures for the other Conference Semifinalists (by percentage of total playing

time): Anaheim 20:28, 6.8%; Detroit 62:56, 16.4%; Ottawa 50:55, 17%; Buffalo 55:21, 18.5%; San Jose

75:44, 23.1%; Vancouver 147:20, 28.8%.

Of the 32 game-winning goals in the first round, 16 were scored on power plays, including three each

by Buffalo, Ottawa and Detroit.

All five of Anaheim's power-play goals provided the lead in their five-game conquest of Minnesota.

The San Jose Sharks scored only two power-play goals in their series against Nashville, but one provided

the lead and the other wiped out a one-goal deficit.

The Canucks withstood 36 of the 40 Dallas power plays in the first round. Of the four power-play

goals they did permit, one wiped out a lead and the other three put them behind.

The Canucks are the only survivor of the five teams who qualified for the 2007 playoffs after missing last

season's tournament. The others were Atlanta, Minnesota, the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh.

None of the remaining coaches has coached his team to a Stanley Cup, although Buffalo's Lindy

Ruff (1999), Detroit's Mike Babcock (with Anaheim in 2003) and San Jose's Ron Wilson (with Washington

in 1998) has coached in a Stanley Cup Final.

With the retirement of Scott Mellanby (today), Vancouver's Trevor Linden (1,323 regular-season

games) becomes the tenured player still in quest of his first Cup. Anaheim's Teemu Selanne (1,041

regular-season games) is next.

Each Western Conference Semifinal features a Conn Smythe Trophy winner: Detroit's Nicklas

Lidstrom won in 2002, Anaheim's J.S. Giguere won in 2003.

Each Eastern Conference Semifinal features a player who has scored a Cup-winning goal: the

Rangers' Brendan Shanahan scored his for Detroit in 2002, the New Jersey Devils' Mike Rupp scored his in

2003.

Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinalists have European-born captains: Jaromir Jagr,

Rangers; Patrik Elias, Devils; Daniel Alfredsson, Senators. The other Eastern Semifinalist, Buffalo, has co-

captains: Chris Drury and Daniel Brière.


http://www.canucks.com/

http://www.dallasstars.com/

http://www.newyorkrangers.com/

http://www.ottawasenators.com/

http://www.sabres.com/

http://www.anaheimducks.com/

http://www.newjerseydevils.com/

http://www.sjsharks.com/

http://www.detroitredwings.com/

http://www.atlantathrashers.com/

http://www.atlantathrashers.com/


http://www.newyorkislanders.com/

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8449545













2007 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL

1 BUFFALO SABRES 113 v. 6 NEW YORK RANGERS 94 GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF v. GM GLEN SATHER, HC TOM RENNEY

SABRES WIN SERIES IN 6

Wednesday, April 25 1900 h et on TSN, RDS, VERSUS



Penalties — Avery N 4:14, Mara N 10:00, Cullen N 14:16, Spacek B 14:25, Girardi N 19:36

SECOND PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Tomas Vanek 3 (Dmitri Kalinin, Derek Roy) 14:19 PPG 2. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 1 (Adam Mair) 16:19

3. BUFFALO, Tomas Vanek 4 (Henrik Tallinder, Teppo Numminen) 18:24 GWG

Penalties — Malik N 2:19, Spacek B 10:42, Straka N 13:54

THIRD PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Marcel Hossa 2 (Michael Nylander, Marek Malik) 10:44

5. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 3 (Jochen Hecht, Daniel Brière) 13:47 6. NEW YORK, Brendan Shanahan 4 (Michael Nylander, Matt Cullen) 19:12 PPG

7. BUFFALO, Drew Stafford 2 (Dainius Zubrus, Toni Lydman) 19:44 ENG

Penalties — Avery N 4:23, Brière B Zubrus B 6:27, Hollweg N 16:50, Kalinin B 17:23


SABRES 15 13 9 37 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

NYR – 1 for 5, BUF – 1 for 8 on power play

Referees: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jean Morin 18,690 at HSBC Arena

Sabres have won five consecutive series openers; when they lose G1, their series record is 1-13

Pominville’s goal was allowed after a long video review

Sunday, April 29 1400 h et on NBC, TSN, RDS

BUFFALO 1 @ NEW YORK 2 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Avery N 2:39, Numminen B 7:08, Jagr N 16:09, Tallinder B 18:21

SECOND PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Jaromir Jagr 3 (Martin Straka, Marek Malik) 0:33

Penalties — Jagr N 8:50, Mara N 11:01, Jagr N 14:08

THIRD PERIOD

2. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 2 (Tim Connolly, Brian Campbell) 12:14 PPG

Penalties — Mara N 1:10, Shanahan N 11:01


NO SCORING

Penalties — Malik N 10:48, Stafford B 15:32, Tallinder B 17:27

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Michal Rozsival 3 (Michael Nylander, Marcel Hossa) 16:43 GWG

Penalties — Roy B 4:40, Mara N 11:04

Shots on goal by

SABRES 5 14 9 5 6 39 RANGERS 9 10 14 7 6 46

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist

BUF – 1 for 9, NYR – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers

18,200 at Madison Square Garden

Rangers’ longest game since 29 April 1971, when Pete Stemkowski scored to beat Chicago Jagr’s goal was his 70

th career postseason, second among active players (Joe Sakic, 82)

Friday, May 4 1900 h et on TSN, RDS, VERSUS

NEW YORK 1 @ BUFFALO 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Roy B 5:02, Mair B 7:59, Tyutin N 14:25, Zubrus B 17:16

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Spacek B 2:17, Kotalik B 5:11, Rachunek N 9:45, Girardi N 12:17, Jagr N 19:47

THIRD PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Martin Straka 2 (Karol Rachunek, Brendan Shanahan) 16:41

2. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 6 (Daniel Brière, Tim Connolly) 19:52

Penalties — Kalinin B 0:47, Isbister N 12:14

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. BUFFALO, Maxim Afininogenov 2 (Jason Pominville, Dmitri Kalinin) 4:39 PPG GWG

Penalties — Drury B 0:27, Betts N 4:28

Shots on goal by

RANGERS 8 6 6 3 23 SABRES 7 17 13 3 40

NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

NYR – 0 for 7, BUF – 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik


Five of Rangers’ nine goals, in this series, have come on the power play

Friday, April 27 1900 h et on TSN, RDS, VERSUS


FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Martin Straka 1 (Michal Rozsival, Jaromir Jagr) 10:08 PPG 2. BUFFALO, Brian Campbell 3 (Tim Connolly, Chris Drury) 10:58 PPG

Penalties — Brière B 9:51, Prucha N 10:37, Lydman B 15:09

SECOND PERIOD

3. NEW YORK, Paul Mara 1 (Brendan Shanahan, Karel Rachunek) 18:40 PPG

Penalties — Tyutin N (double minor) 4:57, Afinogenov B 9:11, Kalinin B 17:48

THIRD PERIOD

4. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 5 (Toni Lydman) 0:24 5. BUFFALO, Tomas Vanek 5 (Drew Stafford, Brian Campbell) 10:11 GWG

Penalties — Cullen N 10:46, Brière B 18:06

Shots on goal by

RANGERS 13 9 11 33 SABRES 4 5 9 18

NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

NYR – 2 for 5, BUF – 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Brad Watson Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jean Morin


Jagr’s assist was 163rd playoff point of career, tying him w/ S Fedorov for 3

rd among active players

Tuesday, May 1 1900 h et on TSN, RDS, VERSUS


FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Brière B 5:24, Callahan N 14:34, Lydman B 19:38

SECOND PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Jaromir Jagr 4 (Michael Nylander, Michal Rozsival) 0:45 PPG

Penalties — Mair B Callahan N 9:14, Rozsival N 11:25, Brière B 13:52, Hossa N 17:18, Malik N 19:00

THIRD PERIOD

2. NEW YORK, Brendan Shanahan 5 (Matt Cullen) 8:31 PPG GWG 3. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 2 (Tim Connolly) 9:04

Penalties — Campbell B 6:47

Shots on goal by

SABRES 10 9 11 30 RANGERS 10 14 4 28


BUF – 0 for 4, NYR – 2 for 4 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers


With 13.4 secs rem., Brière BUF looked to have scored, but refs waved it off, replays inconclusive G Henrik Lundqvist NYR is now undefeated in nine straight at MSG

Sabres’ sniper Maxim Afinogenov was a healthy scratch

Sunday, May 6 1400 h et on NBC, TSN, RDS


FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW YORK, Michael Nylander 5 (Paul Mara, Martin Straka) 17:10

Penalties — Shanahan N 2:43, Cullen N 6:46

SECOND PERIOD 2. BUFFALO, Dmitri Kalinin 2 (Ales Kotalik, Daniel Brière) 1:29

3. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 4 (Adam Mair, Paul Gaustad) 2:53 4. NEW YORK, Paul Mara 2 (Karol Rachunek) 4:40 PPG

5. BUFFALO, Jochen Hecht 1 (Chris Drury, Dainius Zubrus) 7:41 6. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 7 (Daniel Brière, Dainius Zubrus) 11:15 PPG

Penalties — Brière B 4:09, Callahan N 9:57

THIRD PERIOD

7. NEW YORK, Jaromir Jagr 5 (Martin Straka, Karol Rachunek) 5:08 PPG 8. BUFFALO, Jochen Hecht 2 (Daniel Brière) 14:50

9. NEW YORK, Michael Nylander 6 (Martin Straka, Michal Rozsival) 17:09 PPG

Penalties — Lydman B 4:02, Kotalik B 7:44, Jagr N 8:25, Miller B (served by Hecht) Jagr N 12:16, Lydman B 16:00

Shots on goal by

SABRES 11 11 7 29 RANGERS 8 15 13 36


BUF – 1 for 4 5 for 35 in series, NYR – 3 for 4 8 for 30 in series on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Schick Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik


Sabres reach Eastern Conference Final for the second year in a row




2007 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL

2 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 107 v. 4 OTTAWA SENATORS 105 GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC LOU LAMORIELLO v. GM JOHN MUCKLER, HC BRYAN MURRAY


Thursday, April 26 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS

OTTAWA 5 @ NEW JERSEY 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 3 (Tom Preissing, Dany Heatley) 1:30

2. OTTAWA, Joe Corvo 1 (unassisted) 6:49 PPG 3. OTTAWA, Dean McAmmond 2 (unassisted) 14:43 SHG

4. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 3 (unassisted) 16:39 5. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 1 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Zach Parisé) 17:38

Penalties — Rupp N 6:25, Comrie O 13:40, Comrie O 20:00

SECOND PERIOD

6. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 6 (Scott Gomez, Paul Martin) 2:20 7. NEW JERSEY, Andy Greene 2 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Zach Parisé) 4:57

Penalties — Brylin N 10:20, Volchenkov O 13:25, Rasmussen N 19:42

THIRD PERIOD

8. OTTAWA, Wade Redden 1 (Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley) 0:43 PPG GWG 9. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 7 (Scott Gomez, Brian Rafalski) 19:30

Penalties — Clarkson N 7:49

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 9 11 6 26

DEVILS 15 8 7 30

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

OTT – 2 for 4, NJ – 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot


Devils’ captain Patrik Elias missed this game because of a lingering cold Crowd of 15,512 was about 3,500 shy of a sellout

G Brodeur NJ has given up four goals in one playoff period just one other time…28 Apr 2001 v. TOR

Monday, April 30 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

NEW JERSEY 0 @ OTTAWA 2

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Schaefer O 7:46, Meszaros O 12:55, Matvichuk N 16:48, Gomez N 19:47


Penalties — Phillips O 3:33, Matvichuk N 6:04

THIRD PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Tom Preissing 2 (Mike Comrie, Mike Fisher) 4:46 GWG 2. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 4 (Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley) 19:04 ENG

Penalties — Saprykin O 10:09, Langenbrunner N 11:21, Phillips O 13:45

Shots on goal by

DEVILS 7 9 9 25 SENATORS 11 9 14 34

NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

NJ – 0 for 5, OTT – 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Brad Watson Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jean Morin

19,636 at Scotiabank Place

G Ray Emery OTT recorded his second career Stanley Cup playoff shutout

Saturday, May 5 2000 h et on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

OTTAWA 3 @ NEW JERSEY 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 3 (Patrik Elias, Paul Martin) 6:59

Penalties — Heatley O 14:01

SECOND PERIOD 2. OTTAWA, Antoine Vermette 2 (Tom Preissing) 5:19

3. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 5 (Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley) 12:06 PPG 4. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 6 (Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley) 17:28 GWG

Penalties — Pandolfo N 10:58, Parisé N 12:33

THIRD PERIOD

5. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 4 (John Madden, Zach Parisé) 19:20

Penalties — Phillips O 6:00

Shots on goal by SENATORS 3 19 2 24

DEVILS 11 9 9 29 OTTAWA, Ray Emery; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

OTT – 1 for 2 4 for 20 in series, NJ – 0 for 2 3 for 22 in series on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers 19,040 at Continental Airlines Arena

Last-ever NHL game at Continental Airlines Arena…next season, it’s Prudential Center in Newark

G Ray Emery, yesterday in Ottawa, got in minor car accident and missed team flight to Jersey Senators make their second trip to Conference Finals (2003, 7-game loss to New Jersey)

Saturday, April 28 2000 h et on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

OTTAWA 2 @ NEW JERSEY 3 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 7 (Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez) 1:43 PPG 2. NEW JERSEY, Sergei Brylin 1 (unassisted) 19:59 PPG

Penalties — Volchenkov O 1:07, Neil O Gomez N (double minor) 6:14, Fisher O 8:51, Schaefer O (double

minor) 16:52

SECOND PERIOD 3. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 4 (Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley) 4:23 PPG

Penalties — Dowd N 3:00, White N 13:13, Gomez N 19:09

THIRD PERIOD

4. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 4 (Jason Spezza, Antoine Vermette) 19:33

Penalties — Gionta N 20:00


NO SCORING

Penalties — Matvichuk N 9:25, Senators’ bench 10:18, Volchenkov O 13:42


5. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 2 (Travis Zajac) 1:55 GWG

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 5 14 12 13 1 45 DEVILS 16 4 4 7 2 33

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

OTT – 1 for 6, NJ – 2 for 7 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot


Devils had their very first sell-out of the season Senators have still never led a series two games-to-none

G Martin Brodeur NJ makes his NHL-record 150th consecutive playoff start

Wednesday, May 2 1900 h et on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

NEW JERSEY 2 @ OTTAWA 3

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 5 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 4:34

Penalties — Kelly O 8:25, Neil O 11:46, Fisher O 19:30

SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 8 (Patrik Elias, Martin Brodeur) 4:17 PPG

3. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley (unassisted) 14:44

Penalties — Volchenkov O 3:33, Martin N 4:37, Saprykin O 17:42

THIRD PERIOD 4. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 1 (Wade Redden, Ray Emery) 3:58 GWG

5. NEW JERSEY, Jay Pandolfo 1 (Paul Martin, Sergei Brylin) 9:36

Penalties — Brodeur N 5:03, White N 14:40, Dowd N 15:54


SENATORS 9 14 13 36 NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

NJ – 1 for 5, OTT – 0 for 4 on power play

Referees: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jean Morin


Today, the NHL sent the Stanley Cup to Khandahar, to visit Canadian troops G Brodeur NJ received his 8

th career playoff assist




2007 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL

1 DETROIT RED WINGS 113 v. 5 SAN JOSE SHARKS 107 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM DOUG WILSON, HC RON WILSON

RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 26 1930 h et on TSN, VERSUS

SAN JOSE 2 @ DETROIT 0

FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Matt Carle 2 (Joe Thornton, Ryane Clowe) 9:45 PPG GWG

2. SAN JOSE, Mike Grier 2 (Patrick Rissmiller, Curtis Brown) 10:09

Penalties — Lidstrom D 8:17

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Vlasic S 6:53, Thornton S 9:35, Ehrhoff S 13:59


Penalties — None

Shots on goal by

SHARKS 10 3 6 19 RED WINGS 11 10 13 34

SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

SJ – 1 for 1, DET – 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Brad Lazarowich


Tomas Holmstrom (eye), Brett Lebda (ankle, concussion) DET were out of the Wings’ line-up Maltby DET wore

#6 on helmet, honouring Blue Angels’ Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis, killed Saturday

Monday, April 30 1900 h pt on TSN, RDS, VERSUS

DETROIT 1 @ SAN JOSE 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 3 (Mikael Samuelsson, Daniel Cleary) 11:13 PPG

Penalties — Rivet S 3:04, Guerin S 9:58, Lilja D 18:14, Rivet S 19:06

SECOND PERIOD

2. SAN JOSE, Ryane Clowe 4 (Matt Carle, Joe Thornton) 12:43

Penalties — Lang D 5:32, Bertuzzi D 17:44

THIRD PERIOD 3. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 2 (Kyle McLaren, Ryane Clowe) 13:19 PPG GWG

Penalties — Draper D 11:38, McLaren S 14:03, Bertuzzi D 17:12

Shots on goal by

RED WINGS 16 7 7 30 SHARKS 7 7 13 27

DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov

DET – 1 for 4, SJ – 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Schick Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot


D Chelios DET plays his 237

th career Stanley Cup playoff game; passes Messier for second all time

Tomas Holmstrom DET still out of Wings’ line-up, recovering from eye injury

Saturday, May 5 1400 h et on NBC, RDS, TSN


FIRST PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Marcel Goc 2 (Mike Grier, Kyle McLaren) 4:53

Penalties — Maltby D 7:27, Hannan S 18:40

SECOND PERIOD 2. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 4 (Tomas Holmstrom, Nicklas Lidstrom) 3:10

3. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 5 (unassisted) 16:13 GWG

Penalties — Red Wings’ bench 6:01, Ehrhoff S 7:35, Markov D 10:01, Rivet S Holmstrom D Zetterberg D 20:00

THIRD PERIOD 4. DETROIT, Mikael Samuelsson 1 (Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk) 3:46 PPG

5. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 2 (Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk) 6:14 PPG

Penalties — Smith S 3:17, Grier S 5:21, Thornton S 7:16, Lilja D 12:55, Draper D 16:19, Hannan S (minor, 10-

minute misconduct) Smith S Chelios D 19:31

Shots on goal by SHARKS 9 4 11 24

RED WINGS 8 14 11 33 SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

SJ – 0 for 6, DET – 2 for 6 on power play

Referees: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy 19,937 at Joe Louis Arena

Bill Guerin SJ did not play after taking a shot in the face in G4

D Mathieu Schneider DET broke his left wrist during the first period of game Cheechoo (3-game goal) and Thornton SJ (7-game assist) both had streaks ended

Saturday, April 28 1500 h et on NBC, RDS, TSN


FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 1 (Kyle McLaren, Joe Thornton) 0:36

2. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 1 (Milan Michalek) 4:17

3. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 3 (Pavel Datsyuk, Todd Bertuzzi) 17:30

Penalties — Draper D 5:29, Marleau S 11:36, Thornton S 13:59, Hudler D 17:46


Penalties — Bertuzzi D 3:08, McLaren S 9:51, Draper D 19:47

THIRD PERIOD

4. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 2 (Kirk Maltby) 1:23 SHG 5. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 4 (Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg) 18:36 GWG

Penalties — Franzen D 8:01, Bertuzzi D 12:50

Shots on goal by

SHARKS 9 4 6 19 RED WINGS 3 9 10 22

SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

SJ – 0 for 6, DET – 0 for 3 on power play

Referees: Dave Jackson, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Brad Lazarowich

At Joe Louis Arena

D Chelios DET plays his 236th career Stanley Cup playoff game; ties Mark Messier for second all time

Red Wings continue to be without Tomas Holmstrom (eye) and Brett Lebda (ankle)

Wednesday, May 2 1900 h pt on TSN, RDS, VERSUS

DETROIT 3 @ SAN JOSE 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 3 (Joe Thornton, Milan Michalek) 17:52

Penalties — Zetterberg D 3:04, Franzen D 10:52, Cheechoo S 15:18, Rivet S 19:17

SECOND PERIOD

2. SAN JOSE, Marcel Goc 1 (Patrick Rissmiller) 8:07 3. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 1 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Mathieu Schneider) 19:55 PPG

Penalties — Red Wings’ bench 3:11, Maltby D Cheechoo S 13:13, McLaren S 19:50

THIRD PERIOD

4. DETROIT, Robert Lang 2 (Valtteri Fillpula) 19:26

Penalties — Goc S 2:33, Draper D 10:43

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. DETROIT, Mathieu Schneider 2 (unassisted) 16:04 PPG GWG

Penalties — Schneider D 6:28, Rivet S 14:52

Shots on goal by

RED WINGS 11 14 12 12 49 SHARKS 9 4 8 6 27

DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov

DET – 2 for 5, SJ – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot


Joe Thornton SJ has an assist in seven straight playoff games Patrick Marleau SJ tied Mike Rathje for most playoff games in Sharks’ history with his 71

st

Tomas Holmstrom DET returns to Wings’ line-up, after missing three games

Monday, May 7 1800 h pt on TSN, RDS, VERSUS

DETROIT 2 @ SAN JOSE 0

FIRST PERIOD

1. DETROIT, Mikael Samuelsson 2 (Johan Franzen, Chris Chelios) 15:26 GWG 2. DETROIT, Mikael Samuelsson 3 (Pavel Datsyuk, Chris Chelios) 19:52

Penalties — Cleary D Michalek S 3:11, Calder D 6:48, Thornton S (double minor) 9:19, Cheechoo S 15:39


Penalties — Calder D 3:11, Chelios D 19:51

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Hannan S 3:19, Quincey D 5:48


SHARKS 11 10 7 28 DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov

DET – 0 for 4 5 for 25 in series, SJ – 0 for 4 2 for 27 in series on power play

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose

With several Wings’ D hurt, Chelios (26:15) and Lidstrom (29:05) played a ton of minutes

Red Wings’ first trip to Conference Finals since 2002, when they won the Stanley Cup




2007 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL

2 ANAHEIM DUCKS 110 v. 3 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 105 GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE v. GM DAVE NONUS, HC ALAIN VIGNEAULT


Wednesday, April 25 1900 h pt on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

VANCOUVER 1 @ ANAHEIM 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. VANCOUVER, Jeff Cowan 1 (unassisted) 7:07 2. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 2 (Chris Kunitz, Chris Pronger) 9:24 PPG

3. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 2 (Chris Kunitz, Andy McDonald) 14:56 GWG 4. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 3 (Teemu Selanne, Chris Kunitz) 19:11

Penalties — Pahlsson A 1:13, R. Niedermayer A 2:58, Canucks’ bench 7:34, D. Sedin V 11:02, Fitzpatrick V 16:00

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Selanne A 3:54, Ohlund V 6:21. Kunitz A 7:59, Burrows V 15:22, Beauchemin A 17:29, Morrison V 18:59

THIRD PERIOD

5. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 3 (Dustin Penner, Corey Perry) 9:05 6. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 4 (Kent Huskins, Ryan Getzlaf) 19:08 PPG

Penalties — Fitzpatrick V 3:30, Pronger A 10:46, Fitzpatrick V Perry A 13:10, Selanne A 13:51, Linden V 17:12,

Krajicek V 18:53

Shots on goal by

CANUCKS 9 6 12 27 DUCKS 9 14 14 37

VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

VAN – 0 for 7, ANA – 2 for 9 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik


Canucks forced to play without D Sami Salo, D Kevin Bieksa…both injured in series v. Stars Andy McDonald’s three-goal game was the first of his NHL career

Sunday, April 29 1700 h pt on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

ANAHEIM 3 @ VANCOUVER 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. ANAHEIM, Dustin Penner 2 (Corey Perry) 3:08

2. VANCOUVER, Markus Naslund 3 (Mattias Ohlund, Brendan Morrison) 19:12 PPG

Penalties — S. Niedermayer A 7:22, Pronger A 8:46, R. Niedermayer A 16:43, Getzlaf A 18:47

SECOND PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 3 (Chris Kunitz, Chris Pronger) 9:45 PPG

4. VANCOUVER, Daniel Sedin 2 (Taylor Pyatt, Lukas Krajicek) 14:31

Penalties — Perry A 7:14, Naslund V 8:27, Mitchell V 10:43, Getzlaf A Edler V 18:28

THIRD PERIOD 5. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 2 (Chris Pronger, Andy McDonald) 7:51 PPG GWG

Penalties — Beauchemin A 0:24, Pahlsson A 1:00, Pyatt V 2:22, Perry A 4:41, Burrows V 7:40, Sopel V 12:08

Shots on goal by

DUCKS 2 15 7 24 CANUCKS 13 6 7 26

ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo

ANA – 2 for 5, VAN – 1 for 8 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy


Canucks had D Sami Salo back in line-up, but were without D Rory Fitzpatrick, D Kevin Bieksa Canucks’ power play now just 4-for-58 (6.9

%) in these Stanley Cup Playoffs

Thursday, May 3 1800 h pt on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

VANCOUVER 1 @ ANAHEIM 2 2 OT

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Krajicek V 1:18, Perry A 9:09, Smolinski V 14:22, S. Niedermayer A 15:39

SECOND PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Samuel Pahlsson 1 (Travis Moen, Rob Niedermayer) 0:14

Penalties — Ohlund V 1:59, Perry A 3:47, Beauchemin A 4:16, Bieksa V 17:43, Burrows V 18:48

THIRD PERIOD

2. VANCOUVER, Alex Burrows 1 (Josh Green, Brandon Reid) 11:03

Penalties — R. Niedermayer A 1:55, Krajicek V 3:13, Getzlaf A 4:41


Penalties — Mitchell V 10:11


3. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer (unassisted) 4:30 GWG

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by CANUCKS 6 7 8 4 2 27

DUCKS 17 22 8 14 2 63 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo, Dany Sabourin (0:00 of first overtime), Roberto Luongo (3:34 of first overtime);

ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

VAN – 0 for 6 1 for 29 in series, ANA – 0 for 7 4 for 36 in series on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Brad Lazarowich


In bizarre turn, Canucks’ back-up Dany Sabourin started overtime, as Luongo had equip probs Six of Ducks’ eight playoff wins have come by just one goal

Friday, April 27 1900 h pt on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

VANCOUVER 2 @ ANAHEIM 1 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Parros A 3:09, Smolinski V 7:56, Pronger A 11:46, Parros A 15:02, Green V 18:10

SECOND PERIOD 1. VANCOUVER, Markus Naslund 2 (unassisted) 6:30

2. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 2 (Teemu Selanne, Samuel Pahlsson) 11:01

Penalties — Naslund V 8:05, Cowan V Mitchell V Kunitz A McDonald A 16:41, Shannon A 19:17


Penalties — Pyatt V 1:47, Naslund V 6:48, Ohlund V 10:48, R. Niedermayer A 12:16


NO SCORING

Penalties — Naslund V 14:34


3. VANCOUVER, Jeff Cowan 2 (Trevor Linden) 7:49 GWG

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by CANUCKS 12 16 12 7 2 49

DUCKS 8 17 6 11 2 44 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

VAN – 0 for 5, ANA – 0 for 7 on power play

Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Schick Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik 17,392 at Honda Center

Giguère ANA allows his first-ever playoff overtime goal…ending NHL record streak of 197:51

Canucks again without two of their top D…Sami Salo and Kevin Bieksa

Tuesday, May 1 1930 h pt on HNIC, RDS, VERSUS

ANAHEIM 3 @ VANCOUVER 2 OT

FIRST PERIOD

1. VANCOUVER, Markus Naslund 4 (Mattias Ohlund, Trevor Linden) 12:55

Penalties — Perry A 3:26, Salo V 10:28, H. Sedin V 17:34

SECOND PERIOD 2. VANCOUVER, Brendan Morrison 1 (Daniel Sedin, Mattias Ohlund) 17:31

Penalties — H. Sedin V 5:20, Green V (double minor) 6:48, Ducks’ bench 7:53, S. Niedermayer A 10:07,

Morrison V 13:27

THIRD PERIOD

3. ANAHEIM, Chris Pronger 3 (Samuel Pahlsson, Brad May) 3:58 4. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 3 (Chris Pronger, Chris Kunitz) 14:18

Penalties — Getzlaf A 6:43, Bieksa V 9:00, Mitchell V 16:34


5. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 3 (Samuel Pahlsson, Scott Niedermayer) 2:07 GWG

Penalties — None

Shots on goal by DUCKS 10 9 9 2 30

CANUCKS 11 8 7 0 26 ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo

ANA – 0 for 8, VAN – 0 for 3 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Brian Murphy 18,630 at General Motors Place

Canucks were without F Jeff Cowan, who has undergone minor knee surgery

D Kevin Bieksa VAN played his first game of series, returning from undisclosed injury




B U F F A L O S A B R E S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 48 F Daniel Brière 11 2 9 11 6 16 2 0 1 0 38 .053 23 F Chris Drury 11 7 3 10 4 2 3 0 2 0 36 .194 15 RW Dainius Zubrus 11 0 8 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 22 .000 51 D Brian Campbell 11 3 4 7 3 4 2 0 0 0 23 .130 19 F Tim Connolly 11 0 7 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 17 .000 26 LW Thomas Vanek 11 5 2 7 1 4 1 0 2 0 27 .185 29 RW Jason Pominville 11 4 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 .160 61 RW Maxim Afinogenov 10 2 3 5 3 6 1 0 2 1 23 .087 22 F Adam Mair 11 1 4 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 8 .125 45 D Dmitri Kalinin 11 2 2 4 8 10 0 0 0 0 16 .125 12 RW Ales Kotalik 11 2 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 28 .071 9 F Derek Roy 11 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 .100 21 RW Drew Stafford 9 2 2 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 15 .133 55 F Jochen Hecht 11 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 1 0 31 .065 5 D Toni Lydman 11 1 2 3 -1 8 0 0 0 0 9 .111 27 D Teppo Numminen 11 0 3 3 9 4 0 0 0 0 5 .000 10 D Henrik Tallinder 11 0 2 2 -1 8 0 0 0 0 8 .000 28 F Paul Gaustad 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 20 LW Daniel Paille 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 6 D Jaroslav Spacek 11 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 13 .000 30 G Ryan Miller 11 0 0 2 TEAM 11 34 60 94 11 108 9 0 8 1 355 OPPONENTS 11 24 44 68 -11 128 10 0 3 0 334 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 30 Ryan Miller 11 697 2.07 .928 8-3-0 0 0 2 0 0 TEAM 11 11 2.05 .928 8-3-0 0 0 108 34 60 OPPONENTS 11 11 2.91 .904 3-7-1 1 1 128 24 44 N E W Y O R K R A N G E R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 92 F Michael Nylander 10 6 7 13 9 0 2 0 2 0 23 .261 68 RW Jaromir Jagr 10 5 6 11 6 12 2 0 0 0 48 .104 82 F Martin Straka 10 2 8 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 15 .133 3 D Michal Rozsival 10 3 4 7 6 10 2 0 1 1 18 .167 14 LW Brendan Shanahan 10 5 2 7 -5 12 3 0 2 0 41 .122 16 LW Sean Avery 10 1 4 5 -3 27 0 0 0 0 42 .024 51 D Fedor Tyutin 10 0 5 5 -3 8 0 0 0 0 9 .000 5 F Matt Cullen 10 1 3 4 -2 6 0 0 1 0 23 .043 81 LW Marcel Hossa 10 2 2 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 16 .125 8 D Marek Malik 10 1 3 4 6 10 0 0 0 0 4 .250 27 D Paul Mara 10 2 2 4 -4 18 2 0 0 0 11 .182 23 D Karel Rachunek 6 0 4 4 -1 2 0 0 0 0 8 .000 43 RW Ryan Callahan 10 2 1 3 1 6 1 0 0 0 26 .077 22 D Thomas Pock 4 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 25 F Petr Prucha 10 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 22 .000 19 F Blair Betts 10 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 0 9 .000 10 LW Nigel Dawes 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 46 D Daniel Girardi 10 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 0 7 .000 44 F Ryan Hollweg 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 4 .000 15 LW Brad Isbister 4 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 28 RW Colton Orr 4 0 0 0 -1 12 0 0 0 0 1 .000 41 RW Jed Ortmeyer 9 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 8 .000 30 G Henrik Lundqvist 10 0 0 0 TEAM 10 30 55 85 0 151 13 0 6 1 343 OPPONENTS 10 23 41 64 0 179 6 0 4 0 292 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 30 H Lundqvist 10 637 2.07 .924 6-4-0 1 1 0 0 0 TEAM 10 10 2.15 .921 6-4-0 1 1 151 30 55 OPPONENTS 10 10 2.81 .913 4-5-1 1 1 179 23 41 O T T A W A S E N A T O R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 15 RW Dany Heatley 10 5 9 14 4 8 2 0 2 0 32 .156 19 F Jason Spezza 10 5 7 12 4 4 2 0 0 0 31 .161 11 RW Daniel Alfredsson 10 6 5 11 5 8 3 0 2 0 41 .146 42 D Tom Preissing 10 2 4 6 3 2 1 0 1 0 13 .154 7 D Joe Corvo 10 1 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 28 .036 6 D Wade Redden 10 1 4 5 7 6 1 0 1 0 10 .100 89 F Mike Comrie 10 2 2 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 16 .125 12 F Mike Fisher 10 1 3 4 1 12 0 0 1 0 31 .032 22 F Chris Kelly 10 3 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 18 .167 37 LW Dean McAmmond 10 2 2 4 3 7 0 1 0 0 5 .400 20 F Antoine Vermette 10 2 2 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 13 .154 24 D Anton Volchenkov 10 1 3 4 0 16 0 0 1 0 8 .125 25 RW Chris Neil 10 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 20 .050 27 LW Peter Schaefer 10 0 3 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 16 .000 14 D Andrej Meszaros 10 1 1 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 11 .091 44 RW Patrick Eaves 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 4 D Chris Phillips 10 0 0 0 -1 16 0 0 0 0 2 .000 61 LW Oleg Saprykin 7 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 10 .000 5 D Christoph Schubert 10 0 0 0 -3 8 0 0 0 0 10 .000 1 G Ray Emery 10 0 2 0 TEAM 10 33 55 88 9 132 10 1 8 0 316 OPPONENTS 10 21 39 60 -9 120 7 0 2 0 258 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 1 Ray Emery 10 619 2.04 .919 8-2-0 2 0 0 0 2 TEAM 10 10 2.03 .919 8-2-0 2 0 132 33 55 OPPONENTS 10 10 3.18 .896 2-8-0 1 1 120 21 39 N E W J E R S E Y D E V I L S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 23 F Scott Gomez 11 4 10 14 6 14 0 0 1 1 37 .108 26 F Patrik Elias 10 1 9 10 3 4 1 0 0 0 48 .021 9 LW Zach Parise 11 7 3 10 4 8 2 0 1 0 45 .156 14 RW Brian Gionta 11 8 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 37 .216 15 RW Jamie Langenbrunner 11 2 6 8 3 7 1 0 1 1 38 .053 28 D Brian Rafalski 11 2 6 8 -1 8 2 0 0 0 11 .182 19 F Travis Zajac 11 1 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 18 .056 7 D Paul Martin 11 0 4 4 -4 6 0 0 0 0 6 .000 18 F Sergei Brylin 11 1 2 3 -8 6 1 0 0 0 13 .077 6 D Andy Greene 11 2 1 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 10 .200 11 F John Madden 11 1 1 2 -6 2 0 0 0 0 24 .042 21 D Brad Lukowich 11 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 .000 29 D Johnny Oduya 6 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 .000 20 LW Jay Pandolfo 11 1 0 1 -8 4 0 0 0 0 10 .100 17 RW Michael Rupp 9 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 27 RW David Clarkson 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 12 F Jim Dowd 11 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 24 D Richard Matvichuk 9 0 0 0 -4 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 F Erik Rasmussen 11 0 0 0 -1 14 0 0 0 0 4 .000 5 D Colin White 7 0 0 0 -4 6 0 0 0 0 2 .000 30 G Martin Brodeur 11 0 1 2 TEAM 11 30 51 81 -1 126 10 0 5 2 317 OPPONENTS 11 29 45 74 1 156 8 2 6 0 333 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 30 Martin Brodeur 11 688 2.44 .916 5-6-0 1 1 2 0 1 TEAM 11 11 2.50 .913 5-6-0 1 1 126 30 51 OPPONENTS 11 11 2.59 .905 6-3-2 1 1 156 29 45

D E T R O I T R E D W I N G S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 13 F Pavel Datsyuk 12 5 6 11 3 4 1 0 2 0 49 .102 5 D Nicklas Lidstrom 12 3 8 11 3 4 3 0 2 0 31 .097 40 LW Henrik Zetterberg 12 4 4 8 2 6 2 0 1 0 45 .089 93 F Johan Franzen 12 2 4 6 8 4 0 0 1 1 30 .067 23 D Mathieu Schneider 11 2 4 6 4 16 1 0 1 1 38 .053 24 D Chris Chelios 12 1 4 5 7 10 0 1 0 0 22 .045 11 RW Daniel Cleary 12 2 3 5 2 18 0 2 0 0 39 .051 37 RW Mikael Samuelsson 12 3 2 5 0 6 1 0 1 0 29 .103 44 RW Todd Bertuzzi 10 1 3 4 -1 15 0 0 0 0 16 .063 96 LW Tomas Holmstrom 9 2 2 4 3 10 2 0 0 0 14 .143 20 F Robert Lang 12 2 2 4 3 6 0 0 0 0 21 .095 51 F Valtteri Filppula 12 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 .154 33 F Kris Draper 12 2 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 25 .080 26 F Jiri Hudler 6 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 .000 22 D Brett Lebda 6 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 9 .000 17 LW Kyle Calder 11 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 13 .000 18 LW Kirk Maltby 12 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 16 .000 3 D Andreas Lilja 12 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 8 .000 95 D Danny Markov 12 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 20 .000 45 D Kyle Quincey 7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 39 G Dominik Hasek 12 0 0 2 TEAM 12 31 49 80 10 159 10 3 8 2 445 OPPONENTS 12 19 33 52 -10 185 8 1 4 0 273 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 39 Dominik Hasek 12 756 1.51 .930 8-4-0 1 0 2 0 0 TEAM 12 12 1.50 .930 8-4-0 1 0 159 31 49 OPPONENTS 12 12 2.45 .930 4-6-2 0 0 185 19 33 S A N J O S E S H A R K S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 19 F Joe Thornton 11 1 10 11 2 10 0 0 0 0 23 .043 14 RW Jonathan Cheechoo 11 3 3 6 1 6 1 0 1 0 27 .111 29 LW Ryane Clowe 11 4 2 6 -2 17 0 0 1 0 14 .286 12 F Patrick Marleau 11 3 3 6 -5 2 1 0 1 0 28 .107 9 RW Milan Michalek 11 4 2 6 3 4 0 0 1 0 27 .148 18 D Matt Carle 11 2 3 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 12 .167 52 D Craig Rivet 11 2 3 5 -5 18 1 0 0 0 21 .095 25 RW Mike Grier 11 2 2 4 1 27 0 0 0 0 31 .065 4 D Kyle McLaren 11 0 4 4 -2 10 0 0 0 0 7 .000 34 F Patrick Rissmiller 11 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 18 .056 11 F Marcel Goc 11 2 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 16 .125 37 F Curtis Brown 11 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 .000 10 D Christian Ehrhoff 11 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 12 .000 13 RW Bill Guerin 9 0 2 2 -3 12 0 0 0 0 22 .000 22 D Scott Hannan 11 0 2 2 4 33 0 0 0 0 6 .000 26 RW Steve Bernier 11 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 .000 8 F Joe Pavelski 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 .167 44 D Marc-Edouard Vlasic 11 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 .000 7 LW Mark Bell 4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 16 F Mark Smith 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 .000 20 G Evgeni Nabokov 11 0 0 0 TEAM 11 25 46 71 2 165 4 0 6 1 307 OPPONENTS 11 27 45 72 -2 210 8 2 5 0 324

GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 20 Evgeni Nabokov 11 701 2.23 .920 6-5-0 1 1 0 0 0 TEAM 11 11 2.30 .917 6-5-0 1 1 165 25 46 OPPONENTS 11 11 2.13 .919 5-5-1 0 0 210 27 45 A N A H E I M D U C K S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 25 D Chris Pronger 10 3 8 11 4 10 1 0 0 0 34 .088 15 F Ryan Getzlaf 10 3 4 7 -1 18 1 1 2 0 33 .091 26 F Samuel Pahlsson 10 1 6 7 4 6 0 0 0 0 13 .077 19 F Andy McDonald 10 4 2 6 0 2 3 0 0 0 39 .103 32 LW Travis Moen 10 3 3 6 0 14 0 0 1 1 20 .150 8 RW Teemu Selanne 10 3 3 6 2 6 0 0 1 0 34 .088 14 LW Chris Kunitz 10 0 5 5 1 19 0 0 0 0 23 .000 27 D Scott Niedermayer 10 1 4 5 0 14 0 0 1 1 27 .037 17 RW Dustin Penner 10 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 .125 10 RW Corey Perry 10 2 3 5 -1 23 1 0 1 0 29 .069 23 D François Beauchemin 9 3 1 4 2 8 3 0 0 0 32 .094 44 F Rob Niedermayer 10 1 1 2 1 12 0 0 1 0 19 .053 40 D Kent Huskins 10 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 .000 24 LW Brad May 7 0 1 1 1 20 0 0 0 0 3 .000 33 D Joe DiPenta 10 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 3 .000 13 F Mark Hartigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 18 LW Drew Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 21 D Sean O'Donnell 10 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 .000 16 RW George Parros 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .000 34 D Aaron Rome 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 38 RW Ryan Shannon 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 .000 45 LW Shawn Thornton 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 .000 35 G J-Sebastien Giguère 7 0 0 0 30 G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 0 0 TEAM 10 26 45 71 3 191 9 1 8 2 344 OPPONENTS 10 17 25 42 -3 159 3 1 2 0 299 GP Min GAA Sv % Record SO EN PIM G A 35 J-S Giguère 7 423 1.28 .952 5-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Ilya Bryzgalov 4 230 2.09 .929 3-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 10 10 1.56 .943 8-2-0 0 0 191 26 45 OPPONENTS 10 10 2.39 .924 2-6-2 1 1 159 17 25 V A N C O U V E R C A N U C K S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 16 F Trevor Linden 12 2 5 7 4 6 1 0 2 0 19 .105 2 D Mattias Ohlund 12 2 5 7 3 12 1 0 0 0 29 .069 9 LW Taylor Pyatt 12 2 4 6 -2 6 0 0 1 1 30 .067 19 RW Markus Naslund 12 4 1 5 -1 16 1 0 0 0 41 .098 22 LW Daniel Sedin 12 2 3 5 -5 4 0 0 0 0 49 .041 7 F Brendan Morrison 12 1 3 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 21 .048 33 F Henrik Sedin 12 2 2 4 -8 14 1 0 1 1 24 .083 21 F Bryan Smolinski 12 2 2 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 16 .125 38 F Jan Bulis 12 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 20 .050 20 LW Jeff Cowan 10 2 0 2 1 22 0 0 1 1 10 .200 5 D Lukas Krajicek 12 0 2 2 -2 12 0 0 0 0 11 .000 14 LW Alex Burrows 11 1 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 12 .083 25 F Josh Green 9 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 9 .000 36 LW Hansen MNR 10 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 17 .000 8 D Willie Mitchell 12 0 1 1 -2 12 0 0 0 0 10 .000 37 F Reid MNR 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 6 D Sami Salo 10 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 27 .000 3 D Kevin Bieksa 9 0 0 0 -1 20 0 0 0 0 13 .000 24 LW Matt Cooke 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 23 D Edler MNR 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 18 D Rory Fitzpatrick 3 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 17 F Kesler RES 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 26 F Tommi Santala 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 29 F Smith MNR 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 D Brent Sopel 11 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 21 .000 1 G Roberto Luongo 12 0 0 0 35 G Dany Sabourin 2 0 0 0 TEAM 12 21 33 54 -1 190 4 0 5 3 386 OPPONENTS 12 26 46 72 1 172 8 0 7 0 438 GP Min GAA Save % Record SO EN PIM G A 1 Roberto Luongo 12 847 1.77 .941 5-7-0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Dany Sabourin 2 14 4.29 .909 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 12 12 1.80 .941 5-7-0 0 0 190 21 33 OPPONENTS 12 12 1.45 .946 7-2-3 2 2 172 26 46




2007 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

1 BUFFALO SABRES 113 v. 4 OTTAWA SENATORS 105 GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF v. GM JOHN MUCKLER, HC BRYAN MURRAY

PLAYOFF HISTORY: The Sabres and Senators will meet in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second consecutive season and the fourth time overall. Buffalo has won each of the first three series: In 1997, the Senators' first-ever playoff series extended to overtime of Game 7. Buffalo's Derek Plante ended the exciting Conference Quarterfinal series with a goal at 5:24. In 1999, the Sabres swept the Senators, who had captured their first Northeast Division title, in a first-round match-up. The Sabres went on to reach the Stanley Cup Final. In 2006, the Sabres captured the Conference Semifinal series in five games. Three contests were decided in overtime, including the series-clincher in which RW Jason Pominville scored a shorthanded goal at 2:26. The Sabres have won five consecutive playoff overtime games against the Senators since 1997. CONFERENCE FINALS: This marks the sixth season the Sabres have reached the Conference Final round, the Senators' second. Buffalo defeated Montreal 4-2 in 1975, lost to the New York Islanders 4-2 in 1980, lost to Washington 4-2 in 1998, defeated Toronto 4-1 in 1999 and lost to Carolina 4-3 in 2006. Ottawa dropped a 4-3 decision to New Jersey in 2003. HOW THEY GOT HERE: Buffalo eliminated the Islanders in five games and the Rangers in six games. Ottawa eliminated Pittsburgh in five games and New Jersey in five games. HIGHEST-SCORING TEAMS: This series is a match-up of the NHL's highest-scoring teams during the regular season. The Sabres ranked first with 308 goals, the Senators second with 288. The Sabres featured a League-leading four 30-goal scorers (Thomas Vanek, Chris Drury, Jason Pominville, Daniel Briere) and seven 20-goal scorers (Vanek, Drury, Pominville, Briere, Dainius Zubrus, Maxim Afinogenov, Derek Roy). The Senators had hockey's highest scoring line, as left wing Dany Heatley, center Jason Spezza and right wing Daniel Alfredsson all finished in among the League's top 20 scorers. Heatley ranked fourth (50-55--105), Spezza 15th (34-53--87) and Alfredsson 16th (29-58--87). NORTHEAST RIVALS: The Sabres-Senators series in the first in the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs involving clubs from the same division. The Senators (5-2-1) won the eight-game season series, outscoring the Sabres 33-25. CLUB CONNECTIONS: Senators GM John Muckler spent six years with the Sabres. He served as head coach from 1991-92 through 1994-95 and was GM from 1993-94 through 1996-97. HEATLEY DELIVERS: Senators LW Dany Heatley tallied 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) against the Sabres in eight regular-season games. Only Colorado Avalanche C Joe Sakic, who notched 20 points against the Calgary Flames, scored more against one club this season. CAPTAIN'S LOG: Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson is the only player to have appeared in each of Ottawa's 89 Stanley Cup

Playoff games since 1997. Alfredsson and D Wade Redden have played in each of the Senators' 16 games against the Sabres. EMERY vs. BUFFALO: Senators G Ray Emery has posted a career 9-2-0 record in 13 regular-season appearances against the Sabres, including a 5-1 mark in 2006-07. Emery was born in Hamilton, Ontario, 70 miles northwest of Buffalo and played junior B hockey in Welland, Ont., just 25 miles across the border. STANLEY CUP HISTORY: The Senators are seeking their first berth in the Stanley Cup Final since joining the NHL in 1992-93. Ottawa has a rich Stanley Cup tradition; home to Lord Stanley of Preston, Governor-General of Canada, who commissioned the trophy in 1892, the city has celebrated Cup wins by the Ottawa Silver Seven (1903-1906) and Senators (1909-11, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1927). It has been 80 years since the city hosted a Stanley Cup Final game. HEAD COACHES: Lindy Ruff has led the Sabres to the Conference Finals for the fourth time in his nine seasons as head coach. Hired in 1997, Ruff is the League's longest-tenured head coach. The Senators' Bryan Murray, one of just five coaches in NHL history with as many as 600 regular-season victories, will be making his first appearance in the Conference Finals. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: Sabres D Toni Lydman will be playing in the Conference Finals for the third consecutive season. Lydman was a member of the 2004 Calgary Flames, who defeated the San Jose Sharks en route to the Stanley Cup Final, and skated for the Sabres in the 2006 Eastern Conference Final against Carolina. SECOND HEAVEN: Goal differential statistics show both the Sabres and Senators dominating the second period, both in the regular season and playoffs. The Sabres outscored their opponents 116-75 in the middle frame during the regular season and have continued that success in the playoffs with 14-7 advantage. The Senators ranked second to Buffalo with 102 second-period goals in the regular season and enjoy a 14-5 advantage in the postseason.















http://www.coloradoavalanche.com/


http://www.calgaryflames.com/





http://www.calgaryflames.com/




FIRST GOAL: The Sabres and Senators are a combined 10-0 in the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs when scoring the first goal of the game. The Sabres have scored first four times in their 11 games, while the Senators have tallied first six times in 10 contests. LOCAL HERO: Sabres D Brian Campbell had a four-year career in major junior hockey with the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's. MR. CLUTCH: Fourteen of Sabres co-captain Chris Drury's 42 career playoff goals -- or one third -- have been game-winners, including two of seven this year. He has tallied a game-winning goal in each of his six Stanley Cup Playoff years. Drury's clubs have never been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the first two rounds (now 12 for 12). SENATORS' BIG HITTER: Ottawa RW Chris Neil led the NHL in regular-season hits with 288. WALL-CHENKOV: Senators D Anton Volchenkov led all NHL players in blocked shots with 273 during the regular season. HOMEGROWN TALENT: The Sabres and Senators both have excelled at developing players from within the organization. There are 15 players on the Buffalo roster who have not played for another NHL club, followed closely by Ottawa's 14. A look at the League leaders: Columbus Blue Jackets 19 New Jersey Devils 17 San Jose Sharks 17 Edmonton Oilers 16 Buffalo Sabres 15 St. Louis Blues 15 Ottawa Senators 14 Philadelphia Flyers 14 FAMILIAR FACES: The Sabres and Senators each will ice similar lineups to those from last year's playoff series. The Sabres have added defenseman Jaroslav Spacek and left wing Dainius Zubrus, while Ottawa obtained defensemen Joe Corvo and Tom Preissing, center Mike Comrie and left wings Dean McAmmond and Oleg Saprykin.

GOT TICKETS?: Sabres C Derek Roy was born in Ottawa, and Buffalo C Daniel Briere is from Gatineau, Quebec, just across the Ottawa River. FIRST-ROUND KNOCKOUTS: The Ottawa lineup boasts nine players who were claimed in the first round of their respective Entry Drafts. A chronological listing: LW Dean McAmmond (#22 overall, Chicago, 1991); D Wade Redden (#2 overall, Islanders, 1995); D Chris Phillips (#1 overall, Ottawa, 1996); LW Oleg Saprykin (#11 overall, Calgary, 1999); RW Dany Heatley (#2 overall, Atlanta, 2000); D Anton Volchenkov (#21 overall, Ottawa, 2000); C Jason Spezza (#2 overall, Ottawa, 2001); RW Patrick Eaves (#29 overall, Ottawa, 2003); D Andrej Meszaros (#23 overall, Ottawa, 2004). FIRST-ROUND KNOCKOUTS (Part Two): The Buffalo lineup features six players who were claimed in the first round of their respective Entry Drafts. A chronological listing: RW Dainius Zubrus (#15 overall, Philadelphia, 1996); D Dmitri Kalinin (#18 overall, Buffalo, 1998); C Tim Connolly (#5 overall, Islanders, 1999); LW Daniel Paille (#20 overall, Buffalo, 2002); LW Thomas Vanek (#5 overall, Buffalo, 2003); RW Drew Stafford (#13 overall, Buffalo, 2004). MAJOR CONNECTION: Sabres goaltending coach Jim Corsi once held that position (1994-97) with St. Michael's Majors, the 100-year-old Toronto-area academy that has been a stalwart producer of NHL talent. In addition to being sole owner of the Senators, Eugene Melnyk also is sole owner of the Majors. ROGER CONNECTION: The late Roger Neilson, who concluded his NHL coaching career with the Senators, was an assistant coach in the Sabres' organization form 1979-80 and Buffalo's head coach in 1980-81. While with the Sabres and Rangers, Neilson coached Lindy Ruff. In 1993-94, when the two were with the expansion Florida Panthers, Neilson named Ruff an assistant coach, in charge of defensemen and penalty killing. The Panthers reached the Stanley Cup Final in 1996. CHRIS-TAL CLEAR: Of the four Conference Finalists, Buffalo's Chris Drury leads in career playoff goals with 42.






http://www.bluejackets.com/



http://www.edmontonoilers.com/




http://www.philadelphiaflyers.com/


























http://www.floridapanthers.com/




2007 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

1 DETROIT RED WINGS 113 v. 2 ANAHEIM DUCKS 110 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE

PLAYOFF HISTORY: The Red Wings and Ducks will meet in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fourth time overall. Each of the first three series has resulted in a four-game sweep. In 1997, the Red Wings eliminated Anaheim in the Conference Semifinals en route to their first Stanley Cup in 42 years. Three of the four games went to overtime, including double- and triple-OT contests. In 1999, the Red Wings swept Anaheim in decisive fashion, outscoring the Ducks 17-6. In 2003, the seventh-seeded Ducks shocked the second-seeded Red Wings in the Conference Quarterfinals. Two games were decided in overtime, including a triple-OT thriller in Game 1. CONFERENCE FINALS: This marks the second consecutive year and third time in the past four seasons the Ducks have advanced to the Conference Finals. Anaheim defeated Minnesota 4-0 in 2003 and dropped a 4-1 decision to the Edmonton Oilers in 2006. The Red Wings are making their first appearance in the Conference Finals since their Stanley Cup-winning campaign in 2002. This is the Wings' sixth trip to the third round of the playoffs in the past 13 years (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002), tying the Colorado Avalanche for the most over that span. HOW THEY GOT HERE: Detroit defeated Calgary in six games and San Jose in six games. Anaheim defeated Minnesota in five games and Vancouver in five games. NORRIS CHORUS: The Red Wings and Ducks feature four previous winners of the Norris Trophy, awarded to the League's top defenseman, including all three finalists for this year's honor. The Red Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom is a four-time winner and is nominated this year, while Chris Chelios is a three-time winner (Montreal, 1989; Chicago, 1993 and 1996). The Ducks boast the two other finalists this season, Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger. Niedermayer captured the award in 2004 with New Jersey and Pronger took home the hardware in 2000 with St. Louis. Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle also won the award, with Pittsburgh in 1981. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES: This series pits the top two seeds in the Western Conference. Last year in the West, the #5, #6, #7 and #8 seeds upset numbers #1, #2, #3 and #4. CHELI KEEPS ON GOING: 45-year-old Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios has appeared in 240 career playoff games, seven shy of tying Patrick Roy for the all-time lead. Most Career Playoff Games: 1. Patrick Roy Montreal, Colorado 247 2. Chris Chelios Montreal, Chicago, Detroit 240 3. Mark Messier Edmonton, NY Rangers 236 CHELIOS, LIDSTROM AMONG TOP-SCORING 'D': The Red Wings' Chris Chelios and Nicklas Lidstrom rank seventh and eighth, respectively, on the all-time playoff scoring list for defensemen. Chelios has 142 points (39 goals, 103 assists), Lidstrom has 129 (38 goals, 91 assists). The only blueliners ahead of the Red Wings duo are Paul Coffey (196), Ray Bourque (180), Denis Potvin (164), Al MacInnis (160), Larry Murphy (152) and Larry Robinson (144). CLUB CONNECTIONS: Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock made his NHL head coaching debut with the Ducks in 2002-03. In his rookie season behind the bench, the Ducks swept the highly-favored Red Wings in a first-round upset en route to the franchise's first Stanley Cup Final berth. Six Ducks players remain from Babcock's last season with the club in 2003-04: forwards Andy McDonald, Rob Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson and Chris Kunitz and goaltenders J.S. Giguere and Ilja Bryzgalov. WELCOME BACK: Ducks LW Chris Kunitz played four years of college hockey at Ferris State in Detroit, where he became a fan of the Detroit Tigers. PRONGER KNOWS DETROIT: Ducks D Chris Pronger will take on the Red Wings for the second consecutive playoff year and for the sixth time in his career. He faced Detroit with the St. Louis Blues in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2002, and with the Edmonton Oilers last year. Nearly one quarter of his NHL postseason games (29 of 119, 24%) have been against the Red Wings. GOOD MEMORIES OF THE JOE: Ducks D Scott Niedermayer will be playing his first playoff game at Joe Louis Arena in nearly 12 years. In his last postseason game at the Joe, on June 20, 1995, Niedermayer's highlight-reel goal in the third period helped the New Jersey Devils defeat the Red Wings 4-2 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final en route to a four-game sweep. Ducks G Jean-Sebastien Giguere made a sensational playoff debut at Joe Louis Arena on April 10, 2003 in Game 1 of the Detroit-Anaheim Conference Quarterfinal, setting a record for most saves by a goaltender in his first postseason game (63) as the Ducks upset the Red Wings in triple overtime.



























THE DOMINATOR: Red Wings G Dominik Hasek sports a career 1.97 goals-against average in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, second-best among those with 100 or more appearances: GP GAA 1. Martin Brodeur 164 1.93 2. Dominik Hasek 109 1.97 3. Turk Broda 102 1.98 4. Jacques Plante 112 2.17 5. Ed Belfour 161 2.17 WE'RE NUMBER ONE: The Ducks' lineup features eight players who were selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft: C Ryan Getzlaf (#19, by Anaheim, 2003); G JS Giguere (#13, by Hartford, 1995); LW Brad May (#14, by Buffalo, 1990); C Rob Niedermayer (#5, by Florida, 1993); D Scott Niedermayer (#3, by New Jersey, 1991); RW Corey Perry (#28, by Anaheim, 2003); D Chris Pronger (#2 overall, by Hartford, 1993); RW Teemu Selanne (#10, by Winnipeg, 1988). EASTERN INTEREST: The Eastern Conference Final will be of particular interest to Ducks D Sean O'Donnell, who was born in Kanata, Ont. (where Ottawa's home rink, Scotiabank Place, is located) and originally was drafted by Buffalo (sixth round, #123 overall, in 1991). EASTERN INTEREST, Part 2: Red Wings G Dominik Hasek played for Buffalo (1992-2001) and Ottawa (2005-06). DRAFT? OR COLD SHOULDER?: Four Ducks -- C Andy McDonald, RW Dustin Penner, LW Chris Kunitz, RW Ryan Shannon -- were not drafted. THE KILLERS: The Ducks, who killed the final 22 manpower disadvantages they faced over the final five games of the regular season, have withstood 53 of 56 shortages in the playoffs (including 28 of 29 against Vancouver in the Conference Semifinal). So they have survived 75 of 78 (96.2%) over the past 15 games since March 28. Of the three power-play goals they have surrendered, one cost them a lead and one put them behind.

THAT'S SPECIAL: Of the four Conference Finalists, Anaheim made the biggest regular-season improvement in discipline. The Ducks, shorthanded 510 times in 2005-06, reduced that figure to 408 in 2006-07 -- an improvement of 102 times shorthanded. The other Conference Finalists, listing their shorthanded figure for 2005-06 prior to their 2006-07 mark: Buffalo 439-386 (improvement of 53); Detroit 461-408 (53); Ottawa 476-394 (82). DUCK POWER: Of Anaheim's nine power-play goals so far, seven have provided the lead and one has tied the score. LEADING THE FIELD: The Ducks have trailed just 68 minutes, 39 seconds of the 654:26 they have played over 10 games -- the least of the Conference Finalists. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS STILL AVAILABLE: Four key contributors to the Detroit cause were selected after more than 200 picks had been made at their respective Entry Drafts. In numerical order: G Dominik Hasek, #207, Chicago, 1983; LW Henrik Zetterberg, #210, Detroit, 1999; D Danny Markov, #223, Toronto, 1995; LW Tomas Holmstrom, #257, Detroit, 1994. NEWSPAPER BUSINESS: Anaheim RW Dustin Penner used to deliver the Winnipeg Free Press on his paper route as a youngster and Ducks D Francois Beauchemin delivered the Journal de Montreal. WINNERS FROM WINNIPEG: Anaheim Coach Randy Carlyle and RW Teemu Selanne played for the Winnipeg Jets, as did Red Wings C Kris Draper and assistant coach Paul MacLean. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: Detroit's Mikael Samuelsson, who scored both goals in the Red Wings' series-clinching victory over San Jose, originally was drafted by the Sharks (#145 overall, 1998) and played four games for them in 2000-01.

































Thursday, May 10 1900 h et on HNIC

OTTAWA 5 @ BUFFALO 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 2 (unassisted) 4:32 SHG Playing shorthanded, Fisher outraces Kalinin on breakaway and snaps it five-hole on Miller 2. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 7 (Joe Corvo, Jason Spezza) 7:54 PPG Playing 4-on-3, Alfredsson wires a one-timer, from top of circle, past Miller stick side 3. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 3 (Tomas Vanek, Dmitri Kalinin) 10:55 Takes rebound off Kalinin’s long shot and fires it past Emery’s open stick side Penalties — Preissing O 2:51, Heatley O 5:56, Kalinin B 7:24, Connolly B 7:43, Comrie O 17:24

SECOND PERIOD 4. BUFFALO, Toni Lydman 2 (Jason Pominville) 8:45

Off draw, takes puck from point, moves down boards, dances out of corner, slides it low, past Emery

Penalties — Roy B 1:38, Preissing O 6:30, Kotalik B 9:34, Phillips O 12:29, Hecht B 15:46

THIRD PERIOD 5. OTTAWA, Oleg Saprykin 1 (Dean McAmmond) 7:41 GWG

From slot, makes lovely tip of McAmmond’s pass from the halfboards 6. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 6 (Wade Redden, Daniel Alfredsson) 15:48 PPG

Swats in rebound of Redden’s wrister from between circles 7. OTTAWA, Dean McAmmond 3 (Dany Heatley) 19:47 ENG

Outraces Lydman to loose puck and backhands it into empty net

Penalties — Roy B 14:49


SABRES 7 8 5 20 OTTAWA, Ray Emery; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

OTT – 2 for 6, BUF – 0 for 5 on power play

Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jean Morin 18,690 at HSBC Arena

Dany Heatley OTT extends his point streak to seven games (4g, 8a)

Three of Mike Fisher’s nine career playoff goals have been shorthanded During telecast, HNIC announced that former producer Bob Gordon had passed away this week

In their history, Sabres are 1-13 in series after losing Game One

Monday, May 14 1900 h et on HNIC

BUFFALO 0 @ OTTAWA 1

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Hecht B 7:04, Spezza O 12:05, Vermette O 14:21

SECOND PERIOD 1. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 9 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 13:40 GWG

Heatley blasts it just wide, but Miller gloves rebound off boards, accidentally pushing it into crease for Alfredsson

Penalties — Corvo O 4:14, Corvo O 7:37, Vanek B 9:07, Campbell B 14:48, Vanek B 19:46


Penalties — Tallinder B 4:12, Fisher O 7:30, Kotalik B 9:29, Kalinin B 11:31, Neil O 13:59

Shots on goal by

SABRES 4 6 5 15

SENATORS 13 9 10 32 BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

BUF – 0 for 6, OTT – 0 for 7 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Koharski Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers 20,171 at Scotiabank Place

Senators have won a franchise-record six straight playoff games

Over 8,500 fans watched game at HSBC Arena in Buffalo

Sabres are 0-for-18 on power play in this series

Saturday, May 12 2000 h et on HNIC

OTTAWA 4 @ BUFFALO 3 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Tomas Vanek 6 (Maxim Afinogenov, Derek Roy) 3:41 Took pass from Afinogenov, deked defenceman, then flipped it nicely over Emery’s glove side 2. BUFFALO, Jochen Hecht 3 (Jason Pominville, Teppo Numminen) 6:13 Blast from point leaves rebound, and Hecht pounds it past screened Emery’s glove side 3. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 8 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 14:22 Finishes nice three-way break-in by flipping shot over Miller’s glove side Penalties — Meszaros O 0:29, Vanek B 6:45, Schubert O 9:17, Phillips O 18:00

SECOND PERIOD 4. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 3 (Andrej Meszaros, Tom Preissing) 6:08 PPG

Absolutely blasts a one-timer, from top of circle, past Miller’s stick side 5. OTTAWA, Wade Redden 2 (Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley) 19:44 PPG

Blasts a slapshot past Miller high glove side

Penalties — Neil O 2:35, Roy B 4:13, Schubert O 12:46, Campbell B 18:26, Zubrus B 19:26

THIRD PERIOD 6. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 3 (Tim Connolly, Chris Drury) 19:54

In frenzied final minute, point shot deflected to wide-open Brière at Emery’s glove side

Penalties — Meszaros O 16:28


Penalties — Corvo O 11:31


7. OTTAWA, Joe Corvo 2 (Jason Spezza) 4:58 GWG Spezza wins draw straight back, then Corvo unloads from point as it’s deflected past Miller Penalties — None

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 8 9 4 9 2 32 SABRES 15 5 8 6 3 37

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller

OTT – 2 for 4, BUF – 0 for 7 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot


Senators take their first-ever two games-to-none lead in a playoff series Sabres had a PP goal disallowed, just 1:51 into game, after it was ruled Vanek had gloved it in

Wednesday, May 16 1900 h et on HNIC

BUFFALO 3 @ OTTAWA 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 2 (Chris Drury) 0:09 Drury intercepts Meszaros’ pass, then Roy chips Drury’s pass high over Emery Penalties — Lydman B 3:05, Campbell B 5:16, Lydman B 13:07

SECOND PERIOD

2. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 4 (Daniel Brière, Jason Pominville) 4:32 PPG

On PP, Brière steps out of corner, into circle, then makes sweet pass to Afinogenov at open glove side 3. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 8 (Tim Connolly, Derek Roy) 8:06 GWG

Sabres tic-tac-toe into zone, and Drury quickly snaps last pass between Emery’s blocker and body 4. OTTAWA, Dean McAmmond 4 (Andrej Meszaros, Chris Kelly) 14:55

Sabres can’t get it out, McAmmond blasts a beauty from top of circle past Miller glove side 5. OTTAWA, Peter Schaefer 1 (Mike Comrie, Joe Corvo) 16:41

Comrie executes beautiful no-look pass from behind net, and Schaefer converts it from tight slot

Penalties — Neil O 3:15, McAmmond O 3:52, Gaustad B McAmmond O 12:48


Penalties — Lydman B 6:07, Campbell B 8:17, Schubert O 11:37, Heatley O 17:28

Shots on goal by

SABRES 5 10 7 22 SENATORS 9 9 15 33

BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

BUF – 1 for 4, OTT – 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Schick Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Shane Heyer


Prior to game, 30 playoff scoring plays have required video review…12 became goals…18 did not Dany Heatley (nine games), Daniel Alfredsson OTT (7 games) had their point streaks snapped

Chris Drury’s GWG was the 15th of his playoff career, putting him second behind Joe Sakic







Saturday, May 19 1400 h et on HNIC

OTTAWA 3 @ BUFFALO 2 OVERTIME


Penalties — Neil O 16:16, Roy B 17:53

SECOND PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Jochen Hecht 4 (Jason Pominville, Daniel Brière) 4:30 Emery coughs it up behind net, Sens scramble as loose puck comes to Hecht glove side 2. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 6 (Jason Spezza, Wade Redden) 15:41 Just as PP ended, point shot knocked down, Spezza shoves rebound to Heatley open glove side 3. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 7 (Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley) 19:21 Senators 2-on-1, Alfredsson freezes D w/ slapshot fake, puts awesome pass on Spezza’s stick Penalties — Hecht B 5:16, Roy B 6:29, Fisher O 12:29, Campbell B 13:36

THIRD PERIOD 4. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 5 (Daniel Brière, Tomas Vanek) 10:58 PPG Just as 5-on-3 ends, Brière’s close-in shot hits post, Afinogenov slams rebound open glove side Penalties — Alfredsson O 3:33, Volchenkov O 8:55, Schubert O 9:25, Neil O 12:21, Comrie O 17:10

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 10 (Dany Heatley, Andrej Meszaros) 9:32 GWG Among three Sabres, between the circles, Alfredsson snaps bouncing puck low glove on Miller Penalties — None Shots on goal by SENATORS 7 9 3 6 25 SABRES 7 9 11 2 29 OTTAWA, Ray Emery; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller OTT – 0 for 4 4 for 26 in series, BUF – 1 for 7 2 for 29 in series on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jean Morin 18,690 at HSBC Arena

Patrick Eaves OTT returned to Senators’ line-up…Oleg Saprykin sits out Re-born Senators’ franchise reaches their first-ever Stanley Cup Final Sabres are eliminated in Eastern Conference Final for second straight year As Murray has reached SCF, Brian Sutter (1,028) coached most games w/out reaching SCF







Friday, May 11 1930 h et on TSN

ANAHEIM 1 @ DETROIT 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 5 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk) 3:44 PPG

Zetterberg tries hard pass across slot, and it goes in off Beauchemin’s leg

Penalties — DiPenta A 3:36, Franzen D 5:03, Draper D 5:28, Huskins A Draper D 10:34, Samuelsson D 18:21


Penalties — Zetterberg D 5:26, Moen A 12:46, Thornton A Markov D (majors) 17:07, Beauchemin A Draper D

20:00

THIRD PERIOD

2. ANAHEIM, Chris Kunitz 1 (Ryan Getzlaf) 1:35 Takes crossing-pattern drop pass from Getzlaf and wrists a shot past Hasek’s glove side 3. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 3 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Mikael Samuelsson) 15:06 PPG GWG A weird one…Giguère deflects slapshot high in air, Beauchemin dives for it, accidentally knocks it in own net Penalties — S. Niedermayer A Holmstrom D 4:11, Cleary D 4:46, McDonald A 6:14, Getzlaf A 14:33, Lang D

16:41, Zetterberg D 19:46

Shots on goal by

DUCKS 10 8 14 32

RED WINGS 5 6 8 19 ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

ANA – 0 for 7, DET – 2 for 4 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Koharski Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers 19,939 at Joe Louis Arena

C Todd Marchant (groin) ANA returned to Ducks’ line-up, playing his first postseason game

D Chris Pronger ANA has played ¼ of his career postseason games v. Red Wings

Tuesday, May 15 1800 h pt on TSN

DETROIT 5 @ ANAHEIM 0

FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 3 (Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg) 11:09 GWG

Franzen converts lovely pass across slot, beats Giguère to the stick side 2. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 4 (Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom) 19:17 PPG

Takes pass all alone, steps in, then snaps a beauty stick side on Giguère

Penalties — Kopecky D 5:05, Kopecky D 13:23, May A 16:47, Pronger A 18:37

SECOND PERIOD 3. DETROIT, Todd Bertuzzi 2 (Daniel Cleary, Robert Lang) 3:17

Giguere stops original shot, but rebound goes in off Bertuzzi’s skate; Giguère is removed 4. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 5 (Valtteri Filppula, Pavel Datsyuk) 3:34

Bryzgalov bites on Holmstrom’s stick-side fake, then shooter goes high glove on wrap around

Penalties — S. Niedermayer A 3:52, Ducks’ bench 7:10, Getzlaf A 9:39, R. Niedermayer A (major, game misconduct) 11:40, Pronger A 16:56

THIRD PERIOD

5. DETROIT, Valtteri Filppula 3 (Tomas Holmstrom, Nicklas Lidstrom) 10:58 Lovely backhand pass, across slot, and Filppula simply pounds it home from in close Penalties — Selanne A 6:43, Lilja D 11:20, May A 15:04, Samuelsson D Pahlsson A 17:01, Maltby D (double minor)

19:52

Shots on goal by

RED WINGS 9 12 6 28 DUCKS 14 2 13 29

DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Ilya Bryzgalov (3:17 of second period)

DET – 1 for 9, ANA – 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jean Morin


Chris Kunitz ANA undergoes hand surgery…out for remainder of playoffs Rob Niedermayer’s major penalty was for a hit on Holmstrom, who left bleeding profusely

Sunday, May 13 1930 h et on HNIC

ANAHEIM 4 @ DETROIT 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Rob Niedermayer 2 (Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry) 17:04

Getzlaf’s lovely no-look pass, from behind net, finds Niedermayer ready at edge of crease

Penalties — Marchant A 0:23, Pronger A 6:31, Thornton A Cleary D 12:05, Draper D 15:04

SECOND PERIOD 2. DETROIT, Kirk Maltby 1 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Daniel Cleary) 10:34 SHG

Lidstrom keeps puck in, then Maltby swats his own rebound out of the air past Giguère 3. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 5 (Corey Perry, Chris Pronger) 11:40

Puck bounces out of corner, McDonald swats it over line, with Chelios and Hasek flopping in crease…reviewed 4. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 4 (Daniel Cleary, Robert Lang) 16:07 PPG

Lidstrom takes pass, while cruising into high slot, then snaps a nice shot high stick side on Giguère Penalties — Pahlsson A 4:50, Lilja D 9:40, Cleary D 12:26, R. Niedermayer A 14:55, Lebda D 17:00,

Pronger A 19:09, O’Donnell A 19:33

THIRD PERIOD 5. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 6 (Robert Lang, Henrik Zetterberg) 1:03 PPG

Playing 5-on-3, Lang sends great, slap pass across slot to wide-open Datsyuk on glove side 6. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 4 (Samuel Pahlsson) 5:06

Right off draw, Moen’s weak shot actually enters net while puck is lying on prone Hasek’s pants…reviewed

Penalties — Shannon A 8:07, R. Niedermayer A Chelios D 20:00

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer (Rob Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson) 14:17 GWG

Pinching in, Niedermayer snaps high shot over Hasek’s short-side, glove-side shoulder…a weak one

Penalties — Samuelsson D 8:50

Shots on goal by DUCKS 11 5 10 7 33

RED WINGS 6 9 10 2 27 ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

ANA – 0 for 5, DET – 2 for 7 on power play

Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Schick Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Shane Heyer 19,620 at Joe Louis Arena

Chris Kunitz ANA was scratched from the Ducks’ line-up, later revealed as broken right hand

Today in Moscow, Team Canada, w/ Steve Yzerman as GM, won IIHF World Hockey Championship

Thursday, May 17 1800 h pt on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 3 (unassisted) 1:37

Bertuzzi tries horrible cross-ice pass, Perry intercepts and blasts it low stick side on Hasek 2. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 3 (Chris Chelios) 3:29

Giguère blindly throws it around boards, Chelios intercepts and fires it to Cleary, who tips it nicely from slot 3. ANAHEIM, Ric Jackman 1 (Ryan Getzlaf, Teemu Selanne) 11:26 PPG

On PP, Jackman takes slick Getzlaf pass in high slot, and snapshot deflects off Markov’s skate and past Hasek 4. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 4 (Todd Marchant, François Beauchemin) 18:31

As puck bounces into their zone, Wings retreat, Selanne swats Marchant’s bouncing pass past Hasek

Penalties — Red Wings’ bench (served by Samuelsson) 10:19, Datsyuk D 13:51

SECOND PERIOD 5. DETROIT, Todd Bertuzzi 3 (Daniel Cleary, Robert Lang) 7:48 PPG

Lang makes nice touch pass, fr behind net, to Bertuzzi in slot, glove-side shot has Giguère too deep in crease 6. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 4 (Todd Bertuzzi, Mikael Samuelsson) 15:36 PPG Original shot misses net, but Giguère starts flopping around and Cleary just flips it over him…weak goal Penalties — S. Niedermayer A 0:49, O’Donnell A 2:03, Marchant A 6:14, Cleary D (double minor) R. Niedermayer

A 8:50, R. Niedermayer A 15:16, Samuelsson D 16:03, Perry A 19:37

THIRD PERIOD 7. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 4 (Teemu Selanne, François Beauchemin) 5:24 PPG

On PP, hard wrist shot from point has eyes, and beats screened Hasek to stick side 8. ANAHEIM, Rob Niedermayer 3 (Travis Moen, Scott Niedermayer) 18:52 ENG

Ducks move puck out, Niedermayer carries it into Wings’ zone, then shoots past Wings’ D into empty net

Penalties — R. Niedermayer A 0:02, Cleary D 4:23, Zetterberg D Pahlsson A 19:42


DUCKS 8 6 9 23 DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

DET – 2 for 6, ANA – 2 for 5 on power play

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot 17,375 at Honda Center

For G3 Holmstrom hit (for which Niedermayer was penalized), Chris Pronger suspended this game

The last time Hasek DET gave up three goals in a playoff period was in 1999 Ric Jackman ANA scored on the very first shot of his Stanley Cup playoff début







Sunday, May 20 1500 h et on TSN/NBC

ANAHEIM 2 @ DETROIT 1 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Lebda D 2:13, Perry A Kopecky D Draper D 16:27, Franzen D 18:54

SECOND PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Andreas Lilja 1 (Daniel Cleary) 6:13

Takes pass from Cleary near blueline, moves to top of circle, then blasts one over Giguère’s catching glove

Penalties — Marchant A 7:56, Marchant A 10:06, Pronger A 14:16, O’Donnell A 15:40

THIRD PERIOD 2. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer 3 (Teemu Selanne, Chris Pronger) 19:12 PPG

Niedermayer’s quick shot from slot goes off Lidstrom’s stick and floats over Hasek’s glove side Penalties — Lilja D 3:52, Pronger A 4:32, Motzko A 15:41, Datsyuk D 18:13


3. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne (unassisted) 11:57 GWG McDonald forces Lilja to cough it up right in front, Selanne goes high, backhand deke on sprawling Hasek Penalties — Moen A 7:53

Shots on goal by

DUCKS 8 3 7 8 26 RED WINGS 11 15 8 3 37

ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; DETROIT, Dominik Hasek

ANA – 1 for 5, DET – 0 for 7 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Koharski Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers


Winning goal was result of horrible Lilja giveaway right in front of Dominik Hasek

Tuesday, May 22 1800 h pt on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD

1. ANAHEIM, Rob Niedermayer 4 (Chris Pronger, Sean O’Donnell) 3:51 SHG SH, right off draw, Pronger’s point blast hits Niedermayer’s left skate and deflects past screened Hasek Penalties — Holmstrom D 1:45, Marchant A 2:11, Ducks’ bench (served by Motzko) 16:59, Lidstrom D 19:08

SECOND PERIOD

2. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 4 (François Beauchemin, Ryan Getzlaf) 9:52 Beauchemin fires low blast from point, Perry scoops up rebound and sweeps it under prone Hasek 3. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 5 (Todd Marchant, Teemu Selanne) 18:33 PPG Hasek thinks he’s covered puck, but it’s loose and Getzlaf scoops it up and slips backhand into open net Penalties — McDonald A 1:11, R. Niedermayer A 6:51, Franzen D 15:48, Red Wings’ bench (served by

Holmstrom) 18:04

THIRD PERIOD

4. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 6 (Chris Chelios, Mikael Samuelsson) 3:15 Lovely tip of a hard, ice-level shot, right over Giguère’s left shoulder 5. ANAHEIM, Samuel Pahlsson 2 (Rob Niedermayer, Travis Moen) 5:54 GWG Hasek stops Moen’s initial backhand, but rebound goes right to Pahlsson, who pounds it past Dominik 6. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 7 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Mikael Samuelsson) 10:08 PPG Lidstrom’s low point slapshot is deflected beautifully by Datsyuk at edge of crease 7. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 8 (Henrik Zetterberg, Mikael Samuelsson) 16:56 PPG

On PP, Wings work it around beautifully, and Datsyuk converts Zetterberg’s pass, going high glove on Giguère Penalties — Marchant A 9:44, Getzlaf A 16:47, Moen A 17:08

Shots on goal by

RED WINGS 7 6 16 29 DUCKS 14 12 3 29

DETROIT, Dominik Hasek; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

DET – 2 for 7 9 for 40 in series, ANA – 1 for 4 4 for 30 in series on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Schick Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Shane Heyer


Ducks reach their second-ever Stanley Cup Final (2003) Only four Ducks remain from that 2003 team…Giguère, Pahlsson, R. Niedermayer, McDonald




O T T A W A S E N A T O R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 15 RW Dany Heatley 15 6 15 21 7 12 2 0 2 0 50 .120 19 F Jason Spezza 15 7 13 20 7 6 3 0 0 0 44 .159

11 RW Daniel Alfredsson 15 10 7 17 7 10 4 0 4 1 54 .185 7 D Joe Corvo 15 2 6 8 4 6 1 0 1 1 42 .048

6 D Wade Redden 15 2 6 8 9 6 2 0 1 0 17 .118 37 LW Dean McAmmond 15 4 3 7 5 11 0 1 0 0 12 .333

42 D Tom Preissing 15 2 5 7 3 6 1 0 1 0 17 .118 12 F Mike Fisher 15 3 3 6 0 16 1 1 1 0 43 .070

89 F Mike Comrie 15 2 3 5 2 15 0 0 0 0 22 .091 22 F Chris Kelly 15 3 2 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 25 .120

14 D Andrej Meszaros 15 1 4 5 7 10 0 0 0 0 22 .045 27 LW Peter Schaefer 15 1 3 4 3 6 0 0 0 0 29 .034

20 F Antoine Vermette 15 2 2 4 3 6 0 0 0 0 22 .091 24 D Anton Volchenkov 15 1 3 4 2 18 0 0 1 0 11 .091

25 RW Chris Neil 15 1 2 3 1 14 0 0 0 0 26 .038

44 RW Patrick Eaves 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000

61 LW Oleg Saprykin 11 1 0 1 -1 4 0 0 1 0 16 .063 4 D Chris Phillips 15 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 3 .000

5 D Christoph Schubert 15 0 0 0 -3 16 0 0 0 0 14 .000

1 G Ray Emery 15 0 2 0 TEAM 15 48 80 128 12 192 14 2 12 2 472

OPPONENTS 15 31 57 88 -12 174 9 0 3 0 381 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 1 Ray Emery 15 952 1.95 .919 12-3-0 3 0 0 0 2 TEAM 15 15 1.95 .919 12-3-0 3 0 192 48 80 OPPONENTS 15 15 3.01 .898 3-10-2 2 2 174 31 57

B U F F A L O S A B R E S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 48 F Daniel Briere 16 3 12 15 3 16 2 0 1 0 49 .061 23 F Chris Drury 16 8 5 13 3 2 3 0 3 0 43 .186

29 RW Jason Pominville 16 4 6 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 .100 26 LW Thomas Vanek 16 6 4 10 2 10 1 0 2 0 36 .167

61 RW Maxim Afinogenov 15 5 4 9 3 6 3 0 2 1 36 .139 19 F Tim Connolly 16 0 9 9 6 4 0 0 0 0 25 .000

15 RW Dainius Zubrus 15 0 8 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 25 .000 51 D Brian Campbell 16 3 4 7 0 14 2 0 0 0 29 .103

9 F Derek Roy 16 2 5 7 3 14 0 0 0 0 19 .105 55 F Jochen Hecht 16 4 1 5 2 10 0 0 1 0 45 .089

45 D Dmitri Kalinin 16 2 3 5 9 14 0 0 0 0 16 .125 22 F Adam Mair 16 1 4 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 .100

12 RW Ales Kotalik 16 2 2 4 -3 8 0 0 0 0 34 .059 5 D Toni Lydman 16 2 2 4 -5 14 0 0 0 0 14 .143

27 D Teppo Numminen 16 0 4 4 10 4 0 0 0 0 9 .000 21 RW Drew Stafford 10 2 2 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 16 .125

10 D Henrik Tallinder 16 0 2 2 -4 10 0 0 0 0 12 .000 28 F Paul Gaustad 7 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 4 .000

20 LW Daniel Paille 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 6 D Jaroslav Spacek 16 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 15 .000

30 G Ryan Miller 16 0 0 2 TEAM 16 44 78 122 8 162 11 0 9 1 478

OPPONENTS 16 39 69 108 -8 188 14 1 7 0 490 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 30 Ryan Miller 16 1029 2.22 .922 9-7-0 0 1 2 0 0 TEAM 16 16 2.26 .920 9-7-0 0 1 162 44 78 OPPONENTS 16 16 2.55 .908 7-8-1 1 1 188 39 69

A N A H E I M D U C K S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG %

25 D Chris Pronger 15 3 11 14 6 22 1 0 0 0 52 .058 15 F Ryan Getzlaf 16 5 8 13 1 24 3 1 3 0 49 .102

8 RW Teemu Selanne 16 5 7 12 2 8 0 0 2 1 52 .096 26 F Samuel Pahlsson 16 2 8 10 6 12 0 0 1 0 19 .105

32 LW Travis Moen 16 4 5 9 2 20 0 0 1 1 26 .154 27 D Scott Niedermayer 16 3 6 9 1 20 1 0 2 2 39 .077

10 RW Corey Perry 16 4 5 9 2 27 1 0 1 0 47 .085 23 D François Beauchemin 15 3 4 7 3 10 3 0 0 0 44 .068

19 F Andy McDonald 16 5 2 7 3 6 3 0 0 0 54 .093 44 F Rob Niedermayer 16 4 3 7 5 39 0 1 1 0 27 .148

14 LW Chris Kunitz 11 1 5 6 2 19 0 0 0 0 27 .037 17 RW Dustin Penner 16 2 3 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 .077

22 F Todd Marchant 6 0 2 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 10 .000 40 D Kent Huskins 16 0 1 1 2 11 0 0 0 0 4 .000

5 D Ric Jackman 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500

24 LW Brad May 13 0 1 1 -2 24 0 0 0 0 12 .000

21 D Sean O'Donnell 16 0 1 1 4 8 0 0 0 0 11 .000 52 F Ryan Carter 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

33 D Joe DiPenta 14 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000

13 F Mark Hartigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 18 LW Drew Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

46 RW Joe Motzko 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 16 RW George Parros 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .000

34 D Aaron Rome 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 38 RW Ryan Shannon 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 .000

45 LW Shawn Thornton 11 0 0 0 -3 17 0 0 0 0 4 .000 35 G J-S Giguère 13 0 0 0

30 G Ilya Bryzgalov 5 0 0 0 TEAM 16 42 72 114 7 307 13 2 12 4 516

OPPONENTS 16 34 57 91 -7 244 12 2 4 0 478 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 35 J-S Giguère 13 769 1.87 .931 9-3-0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Ilya Bryzgalov 5 267 2.25 .922 3-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 16 16 1.96 .929 12-4-0 0 0 307 42 72 OPPONENTS 16 16 2.42 .919 4-8-4 2 2 244 34 57

D E T R O I T R E D W I N G S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG %

5 D Nicklas Lidstrom 18 4 14 18 0 6 4 0 2 0 39 .103 13 F Pavel Datsyuk 18 8 8 16 2 8 4 0 2 0 66 .121

40 LW Henrik Zetterberg 18 6 8 14 1 12 3 0 1 0 78 .077 11 RW Daniel Cleary 18 4 8 12 2 30 1 2 0 0 53 .075

37 RW Mikael Samuelsson 18 3 8 11 2 14 1 0 1 0 45 .067 96 LW Tomas Holmstrom 15 5 3 8 2 14 4 0 1 0 26 .192

20 F Robert Lang 18 2 6 8 5 8 0 0 0 0 28 .071 44 RW Todd Bertuzzi 16 3 4 7 -2 15 1 0 0 0 24 .125

24 D Chris Chelios 18 1 6 7 7 12 0 1 0 0 27 .037 93 F Johan Franzen 18 3 4 7 8 10 0 0 2 1 47 .064

23 D Mathieu Schneider 11 2 4 6 4 16 1 0 1 1 38 .053 51 F Valtteri Filppula 18 3 2 5 -2 2 0 0 0 0 22 .136

33 F Kris Draper 18 2 0 2 -5 24 0 0 0 0 26 .077 26 F Jiri Hudler 6 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 .000

22 D Brett Lebda 12 0 2 2 4 8 0 0 0 0 19 .000 18 LW Kirk Maltby 18 1 1 2 0 10 0 1 0 0 20 .050

17 LW Kyle Calder 13 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 13 .000 3 D Andreas Lilja 18 1 0 1 -4 10 0 0 0 0 12 .083

28 RW Tomas Kopecky 4 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 0 0 2 .000

95 D Danny Markov 18 0 0 0 -2 13 0 0 0 0 27 .000 45 D Kyle Quincey 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 .000

39 G Dominik Hasek 18 0 0 2 TEAM 18 48 81 129 6 244 19 4 10 2 624

OPPONENTS 18 35 60 95 -6 301 12 2 8 0 445 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 39 Dominik Hasek 18 1140 1.79 .923 10-8-0 2 1 2 0 0 TEAM 18 18 1.83 .921 10-8-0 2 1 244 48 81 OPPONENTS 18 18 2.51 .923 8-8-2 0 0 301 35 60




2007 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

2W ANAHEIM DUCKS 110 v. 4E OTTAWA SENATORS 105 GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE v. GM JOHN MUCKLER, HC BRYAN MURRAY

THE SKINNY

There will no lack of star power as the Anaheim Ducks and the Ottawa Senators clash in the Stanley Cup Final with each franchise looking for its first Stanley Cup title.

Anaheim, the second seed in the West, rode the brilliant goaltending of J.S. Giguere, the minute-eating brilliance of stud defensemen Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer and the clutch scoring of Teemu Selanne to return to the Stanley Cup Final four years after the franchise's only other trip -- a seven-game loss to the New

Jersey Devils in 2003.

Ottawa, meanwhile, used a rampaging top line -- featuring established star and team captain Daniel Alfredsson paired with young center Jason Spezza and winger Dany Heatley, the equally young sniper with back-to-back 50-goal seasons on his resume, to fire its way into the first Stanley Cup Final appearance for the franchise in its

modern incarnation. Second-year goalie Ray Emery, meanwhile, is making a name for himself on the postseason stage, much in the same way Giguere did back in

2003.

Most likely, the series will play out just as the series' stars are aligned, as well. The quick-skating, fundamentally sound Senators are a solid two-way team, but has

been surprisingly one-dimensional in the attacking zone, riding the exploits of its big line to five-game triumphs against Pittsburgh, New Jersey and Buffalo. Heatley

leads the playoffs with 21 points. Spezza has 20 points and Alfredsson has a team-high 10 goals and 17 points to rank second and third on the overall playoff scoring

chart.

Defensemen Wade Redden and Joe Corvo, with eight points apiece, are the next-highest scorers on the Ottawa roster.

Anaheim, on the other hand, has shown itself to be a balanced offensive team that occasionally struggled to find goals in dispatching Minnesota, Vancouver and Detroit.

The Ducks boast nine players with at least three goals and no player with more than five. But the Western Conference champs can get away with a sometime-anemic

offense because of the brilliance of their elite defensemen and the steadiness of Giguere, already a proven playoff commodity after winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the losing goalie in the 2003 Final.

Like the past three Stanley Cup Final showdowns, which all went seven games, the 2007 Stanley Cup Final matchup between Anaheim and Ottawa appears to be so

evenly matched that this series could go either way on the turn of just one play. As a result, it will be interesting, to say the least. It promises to be physical. And, it will be filled with enough star power to illuminate the entire hockey world.

ANAHEIM GAME BREAKERS

CHRIS PRONGER

Chris Pronger – The second-highest scoring defenseman in the tournament -- only Nicklas Lidstrom of the eliminated Detroit Red Wings had more points than Pronger's 14 -- Pronger is putting his stamp on the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second-straight spring. Last year, Pronger was the catalyst, at both ends of the ice, during

Edmonton's surprising run to Game 7 of the Final. This year, he is reprising that role in his first season with the Ducks. Nobody in these playoffs plays more than

Pronger, who is averaging more than 31 minutes per game and nobody, it seems, does as much. Pronger is on the first power-play unit, he is a primary penalty killer

and he plays the bulk of his five-on-five time against top forwards from the other team. He is also the catalyst for Anaheim's attack in the offensive zone, passing or shooting as he sees fit.

JEAN-SÉBASTIEN GIGUÈRE

J.S. Giguere – The Anaheim goalie won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2003 by playing brilliantly as the then-Mighty Ducks made a mighty surprising run to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against New Jersey. Giguere has been just as good, if not better, in this postseason. Since re-assuming the starting job midway through the first

round, Giguere has done nothing, it seems, but win. He has won nine of 12 decisions while posting laudatory numbers comparable to the stats that made him MVP four

years ago. At 5-on-5, Giguere has been nearly unbeatable, allowing just 12 even-strength goals in 11 starts. Plus, Giguere's experience on the Stanley Cup Final stage

should give him an early advantage over Ottawa goalie Ray Emery, who has posted similar numbers to Giguere through the first three rounds.

TEEMU SELANNE

Teemu Selanne – "The Finnish Flash" has been a streaky scorer throughout his career and fortunately for the Ducks he appears to be entering the Stanley Cup Final on

another one of his patented hot streaks. Selanne closed out the Western Conference Finals with points in the final three games. During that stretch, he had two goals --

including the pivotal overtime winner in Game 5 -- and four assists. That strong finishing kick put to rest complaints about a four-game run without points that began at the end of the second round against Vancouver. The overtime goal in Game 5 against Detroit was his second game-winning goal of this postseason, and the eighth in a

81-game

postseason career. The Senators will have to account for his whereabouts at all times.

OTTAWA GAME BREAKERS

RAY EMERY

Ray Emery – Finally, his game and his ability have caught up to his flashy style and brash personality. Emery isn’t the backup anymore and the 24-year-old has used

these playoffs as his own personal coming out party, growing into a formidable No. 1 goaltender over the course of the last three weeks. In the opening round he beat Pittsburgh’s Marc André Fleury. In the second round, he out-played Martin Brodeur. In the conference finals, Ryan Miller was next in line as Emery’s made Ottawa look

like the team to beat this spring. With a 12-3 record in the tournament with a 1.95 GAA and .919 save-percentage, Emery could be the key to Ottawa winning the first

Stanley Cup.

DANIEL ALFREDSSON Daniel Alfredsson – The captain leads by example, and what an example he’s set so far in the playoffs. Long gone are the days when Alfie would get booed by the home

crowd, just as when the Senators were playoff patsies is also ancient history. Alfredsson is on his way to winning a Conn Smyth as playoff MVP, leading all playoff

scorers with four game-winning goals, including the biggest one in Ottawa’s history when he scored in overtime of Game 5 against the Sabres to send his team to their

first Stanley Cup Finals. Did we mention his line has been equally impressive at the defensive end?

DANY HEATLEY

Dany Heatley – Back-to-back 50-goal seasons was only a warm-up for Heatley, who leads all playoff scorers with 21 points in 15 games. One-third of Ottawa’s vaunted

top line with Alfredsson and Jason Spezza, Heatley is the triggerman of the trio, but tied for the team lead at plus-7 in the tournament, he’s also defensively responsible. Head coach Bryan Murray has not hesitated to put Heatley’s line against any opponent, in any situation. Big, fast and strong, Heatley will be a lot to handle

as he plays for his first Stanley Cup.

X FACTORS SAMUEL PAHLSSON

Samuel Pahlsson -- Barely mentioned because of the big stars that populate the Anaheim roster, Pahlsson may just be the cog that makes this team go. But he will be

noticed in the Stanley Cup Final. As the team's checking-line center, he will be at the forefront of the Ducks' game plan to slow down Ottawa's rampaging top line of

center Jason Spezza and wingers Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson. Sure, Pahlsson will get help from his linemates -- Travis Moen and Rob Niedermayer -- and the

all-star defensemen Anaheim features; but Pahlsson will assume the lion's share of the responsibility. He has proven to be capable of handling such a workload, though. Not only is Pahlsson up for the Selke Award as the League's best defensive forward in the regular season, but he has already helped derail the top lines from Minnesota,

Vancouver and Detroit.

JASON SPEZZA Jason Spezza – If Heatley is the sniper, then Spezza is the playmaker of the group. Right behind his teammate for the playoff scoring lead, Spezza’s checked in with 20

points in 15 games between Heatley and Alfredsson on the top line. "The Spezz Dispenser" has 13 assists in the playoffs and presents an interesting dilemma for

opposing coaches, because if you concentrate too much on Heatley and Alfredsson, Spezza has the skill set to take games over. Though he might not be the most

physical player on the ice, the 23-year old isn’t going to take any penalties. In the open ice, he can make any defenseman look silly.


http://www.anaheimducks.com/
















http://www.detroitredwings.com/




















FAST FACTS

Iron men: Anaheim rides it top three defensemen -- Pronger, Scott Niedermayer and Francois Beauchemin -- to virtual exhaustion each night. All three, who each play more than 30 minutes a game, rank in the top five in average ice time in these playoffs. By comparison, Ottawa's ice time leader is Wade Redden, who ranks 30th

overall by

logging 23:51 per game.

Money in the bank: If any of these games go to OT, bet on Anaheim. In his 40-game playoff career, J.S. Giguere is 12-1 in games that have extended past regulation.

Facing off: This series will feature four excellent faceoff men, going against each other. For Anaheim, Andy MacDonald and Sammy Pahlsson are well above 50 percent

on draws. For Ottawa, Antoine Vermette (60.1 percent) and Mike Fisher are among the best in the business.

Home sweet home: The Ducks are 7-0 in potential series-ending games played in Anaheim.

Who’s the big winner?: Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson leads all playoff scorers with four game-winning goals so far in the playoffs. He’s three shy of tying Brad

Richards’ all-time record of seven set in 2004.

Road Warriors: The Senators aren’t afraid of playing on the road, and for good reason. While top-line catalysts Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley are tied for the playoff

lead with 14 points on the road, Daniel Alfredsson leads all scorers with seven goals away from home.

Bada Byng: Only one member of the Senators, Patrick Eaves, has not been called for a penalty yet in the playoffs. Eaves has zero in four games this spring, while

steady defenseman Chris Phillips leads the team with 20 PIMs.

QUOTABLE "Every year you start from scratch and we finished last year probably better than we expected and, obviously, got a taste of playoff hockey as a group. We were excited

to try and get back here and give ourselves an opportunity to go further. And that's what we've done right now. We got an opportunity to play in the Final and that's

what was our goal. And it's great. We have a great group of guys. We're having a lot of fun and, obviously, a lot of tough hockey to be played and we're looking forward

to it."

-- Anaheim defenseman Scott Niedermayer

"It takes a long time in a career. This is my third time to be in the Final, first as a coach. So, obviously, I've tried to keep telling the players that in your whole career

you might get one, two chances, no matter how good a team you are or how good an individual player you are. So, it feels great. I'm so happy for the guys, after the

way we started the year, to do what they've done, to get to this level. I guess it's a reverse of last year's series where Buffalo was the team and we had to make up ground all the way through the second half. So it's a very special group of people right now."

– Ottawa head coach Bryan Murray

CRYSTAL BALL The Ducks will win if: It finds a way to slow down Ottawa's top line. Spezza, Alfredsson and Heatley have 23 goals in the 15 games Ottawa has played this postseason.

The rest of the team, meanwhile, has combined for just 25 goals in those same 15 games. The Senators' top line has had the answers for everything thrown in its path

this postseason, but it has not faced shut-down defensemen like Nidermayer and Pronger. Also, Anaheim is a far more physical team than any of the teams that Ottawa

vanquished in the first three rounds. The Ducks used an unyielding body attack -- an average of 26 hits per game throughout the Western Conference Finals -- to wear down the Red Wings as the series progressed. In the first round, Anaheim's relentless forecheck proved to be the quick undoing of the Minnesota Wild. If Anaheim can

establish physical superiority in this series and contain, if not silence, Ottawa's top line, the Ducks will have executed the perfect game plan to achieve the franchise's

first Stanley Cup championship.

The Senators will win if: Emery continues to stand on his head and the Senators’ top line keeps on going through defenses like a hot knife through butter. The Ottawa defense is as solid as they come. They’re a focused group capable of absolutely shutting people down, as they demonstrated in the last round against Buffalo, the NHL’s

highest scoring team in the regular season. In addition to the top line, the shutdown pair of Chris Phillips and Anton Volchenkov does most of the heavy lifting, but

Ottawa got to this point because they’ve been deeper, quicker and better than anyone else they’ve faced. If they can continue making it look easy (the Sens have lost

only one game in each round) and if they can keep up their dominating pace at both ends, the Stanley Cup runs the risk of being drop kicked into the Rideau Canal one more time.
















http://www.wild.com/







Stanley Cup Final notes & story lines

California Dreamin': For the third time since 1993, a California-based club will compete in the Stanley Cup Final. The 1993 Los Angeles Kings dropped a five-game decision to the

Montreal Canadiens and the 2003 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim lost to the New Jersey Devils in seven games. The Ducks will attempt to become the first West Coast-based club to capture

the Stanley Cup since the Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada Hockey League defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 1925. No West Coast club has won the Stanley Cup since the

NHL clubs exclusively began competing for the Cup in 1927.

Stanley Cup Final Returns 'Home': For the first time in 80 years, the Stanley Cup Final will be contested in Ottawa, birthplace of the world's most famous trophy. Home to Lord

Stanley of Preston, Governor-General of Canada who commissioned the trophy in 1892, the city celebrated 11 Cup wins by the original Senators franchise:1903-1906, 1909-11, 1920, 1921, 1923 and 1927.

Selanne's Quest: Ducks right wing Teemu Selanne, who has played 1,041 regular-season and 81 playoff games in his 14-year NHL career, will be making his first appearance in the

Stanley Cup Final. The series will cap off a memorable 2006-07 campaign that featured his 500th career goal (Nov. 22 at Colorado) and his 1,000th game (Dec. 31 at Minnesota). At 36 years of age (born July 3, 1970), Selanne became the first player in NHL history 35 or older to record consecutive 40-goal seasons and the oldest player in League history to score

45 goals in one season. He finished the campaign with a club-leading 48 goals, third in the League overall.

Alfredsson On A Mission: Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson made his NHL debut with the Senators in 1995-96 and is the only player to have played in all 94 playoff games in

franchise history. Alfredsson leads the club in all-time playoff goals (39), assists (36) and points (75). Alfredsson has delivered his finest playoff performance in 2007, leading the NHL

in goals (10) and game-winning goals (four). He notched his first game-winner as part of a two-goal effort in a 4-2 victory at Pittsburgh in Game 3 of the Conference Quarterfinals. He tallied the winning score in the series-clinching 3-2 win at New Jersey in Game 5 of the Conference Semifinals and had two more against Buffalo in the Conference Final, capped by his

double-overtime strike in Game 5 that sent the Senators to the Stanley Cup Final.

European Milestone: Born in Goteborg, Sweden, Ottawa's Daniel Alfredsson has the opportunity to be the first European captain to hoist the Stanley Cup. Since Peter Stastny became the first European captain in 1985 with the Quebec Nordiques, no European captain has made it to the Stanley Cup Final.

In The Zone: Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final will mark Ottawa's first game outside the Eastern Time Zone since a March 4 visit to Chicago. Their most recent game in the Pacific Time Zone was Dec. 9, 2005 at Vancouver and most recent visit to California was a three-game road swing to Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Jose on Oct. 15, 17 and 18, 2003.

Giguere's Time Of Year: In 2003, Ducks G J.S. Giguere captured the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after he backstopped Anaheim to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. Giguere became just the fifth player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as a member of the losing team in the Stanley Cup Final. Entering the 2007 Stanley Cup Final, Giguere boasts a career

playoff record of 27-12 with a 1.92 goals-against average and .932 save percentage. His playoff overtime record is 12-1 with 0.24 goals-against average (one goal against in 250:47)

and .990 save percentage (101 saves on 102 shots).

Emery Backstops Senators: G Ray Emery has posted a shutout in each round of the 2007 playoffs, April 19 vs. Pittsburgh, 3-0; April 30 vs. New Jersey, 2-0; May 14 vs. Buffalo, 1-

0. Emery enters the Stanley Cup Final with a career playoff record of 17-8 with a 2.31 goals-against average in 25 appearances.

Emery never has faced the Ducks, marking the second consecutive year that a starting goaltender in the Stanley Cup Final faced his opponent for the first time. In the 2006 Final,

Carolina Hurricanes rookie goaltender Cam Ward had not previously faced the Edmonton Oilers.

Big-Time Trio: The Senators boast hockey's highest-scoring line, as left wing Dany Heatley, center Jason Spezza and right wing Daniel Alfredsson all finished in among the League's

top 20 regular-season scorers. Heatley ranked fourth (50-55--105), Spezza 15th (34-53--87) and Alfredsson 16th (29-58--87). In the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Heatley and Spezza

rank first and second in League scoring with totals of 6-15--21 and 7-13--20, respectively, while Alfredsson is fourth in points with 10-7--17 and leads all players in goals and game-

winning goals (four). Including the 2007 postseason, Spezza has not been held pointless in consecutive games since Oct. 12 and Oct. 14, 2006.

PPG Line: The Ducks trio of Corey Perry, Dustin Penner and Ryan Getzlaf is big, young and talented. Perry and Getzlaf, who both turned 22 earlier this month, are 6'3", 202 lbs. and

6'3", 211 lbs., respectively. Penner, 24, checks in at 6'4", 243 lbs. Getzlaf ranks second on the club in playoff scoring with 13 points (five goals, eight assists) and leads the club with three game-winning goals. Perry and Penner have contributed nine and five postseason points.

Encore, Encore: Ducks D Chris Pronger is appearing in the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive season. Pronger led the Edmonton Oilers to the Final in 2005-06 by posting a

club-leading 21 points (five goals, 16 assists) and 30:57 in average ice time per game in 24 postseason contests. Pronger's quest for his first career Stanley Cup fell just short, as the Carolina Hurricanes edged the Oilers in seven games.

Welcome Back: Three members of the 2007 Ducks saw action with the team in the 2003 Stanley Cup Final against New Jersey: C Samuel Pahlsson, C Rob Niedermayer and G Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

Brothers In Arms: The Ducks' Rob and Scott Niedermayer will be the first brothers to appear in the Final as teammates since the Philadelphia Flyers' Rich and Ron Sutter in the 1985 Final against Edmonton. The last brother combination to win the Stanley Cup was Brent and Duane Sutter, who captured their second consecutive title together with the New York

Islanders in 1983. The Niedermayers became the first set of brothers on opposing clubs in the Stanley Cup Final since 1946 when Scott's New Jersey Devils defeated Rob's Ducks in

2003.

Players In The Final With Stanley Cup Rings: Anaheim -- D Scott Niedermayer (NJ 94-95, 99-00, 02-03); Ottawa -- G Martin Gerber (CAR 05-06).

Bryan Murray's Link To Anaheim: Senators head coach Bryan Murray spent three years with the Ducks, as head coach in 2001-02 and as general manager in 2002-03 and 2003-04. Murray was named The Hockey News' Executive of the Year in 2002-03 following a season in which the Ducks posted a 26-point improvement over 2001-02 and reached the

Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history. Among Murray's key moves as GM:

* Named Mike Babcock head coach, May 22, 2002.

* Obtained C Rob Niedermayer from Calgary for D Mike Commodore and G Jean-Francois Damphousse at the trade deadline, Mar. 11, 2003.

* Selected C Ryan Getzlaf and RW Corey Perry with the 19th and 28th picks, respectively, in the first round of the 2003 Entry Draft, June 21, 2003.

* Signed LW Dustin Penner as a free agent, May 12, 2004.

Stanley Cup Final Experience: Senators GM John Muckler is making his seventh trip to the Stanley Cup Final. He was a member of the Edmonton Oilers coaching staff in each of the

team's first six Final appearances, serving as assistant coach from 1983 through 1985, as co-coach in 1987 and 1988 and head coach in 1990. Muckler's clubs won the Stanley Cup five times in that span. Senators head coach Bryan Murray, in search of his first championship, is making his third trip to the Final: he was general manager of the Florida Panthers in

1996 vs. Colorado and served in the same capacity with the Ducks in 2003 vs. New Jersey.

Need Tickets: Ducks D Sean O’Donnell was born in Kanata, Ont. (where Ottawa’s home rink, Scotiabank Place, is located) and D Kent Huskins was born in Almonte, Ont., 20 miles

west of Kanata. Senators backup G Martin Gerber and D Joe Corvo began their NHL careers with Southern California-based clubs; Gerber played for the Ducks in 2002-03 and 2003-

04, while Corvo skated in 203 games for the Los Angeles Kings from 2002-03 through 2005-06.

Roster Additions: The five playoff participants acquired by the Ducks and Senators during the regular season -- who are now in the Stanley Cup Final -- were obtained from clubs

that did not qualify for the postseason. The Ducks added LW Brad May from Colorado at the trade deadline on Feb. 27, RW George Parros from Colorado Nov. 13 and D Ric Jackman

from Florida Jan. 3. The Senators added LW Oleg Saprykin from Phoenix at the trade deadline and C Mike Comrie from Phoenix Jan. 3.


http://www.lakings.com/

http://www.canadiens.com/


http://www.canadiens.com/





http://www.carolinahurricanes.com/











http://www.carolinahurricanes.com/






http://www.philadelphiaflyers.com/












http://www.floridapanthers.com/



http://www.lakings.com/










Longtime Teammates: Although they are paired on the ice infrequently, Senators defensemen Wade Redden and Chris Phillips know each other well. They have been

teammates since 1997-98, Phillips' rookie year with the Senators and Redden's sophomore campaign. Their nine seasons as teammates is the NHL's longest active streak among defensemen. Redden was the second overall pick in the 1995 Entry Draft, selected by the New York Islanders and later traded to Ottawa; Phillips was the

first overall Entry Draft selection in 1996.

Making It A Habit: Senators backup G Martin Gerber, who backed up Cam Ward in the Hurricanes' seven-game triumph over the Edmonton Oilers last season, is looking to win the Stanley Cup in successive seasons with different clubs -- a feat most recently accomplished by LW Cory Stillman (Tampa Bay 2004, Carolina 2006).

This marks Gerber's third trip to the Stanley Cup Final in his four NHL seasons; he was the substitute goaltender for J.S. Giguere during the Ducks' run to the Stanley

Cup Final in his rookie season of 2002-03.

Tale of the Tape: The Stanley Cup Finalists are nearly identical in average height (Anaheim 6’1”, Ottawa 6’1”) and average weight (Anaheim 204 lbs., Ottawa 206 lbs.). The Senators are slightly younger in average age (Anaheim 28.5, Ottawa 27.4).

The youngest player in the Stanley Cup Final is 21-year-old Ottawa D Andrej Meszaros (10/13/85). The oldest player is 36-year-old Anaheim RW Teemu Selanne

(7/3/70).

The oldest player on the Senators roster is captain Daniel Alfredsson, 34 (12/11/72). The last Stanley Cup champion without a player 35 or older was the 1996 Colorado

Avalanche. C Dave Hannan (age 34) was their oldest player to appear in the Final.

Trophy Candidates: The Ducks boast three players who are 2006-07 NHL trophy finalists. Defensemen Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger join Detroit's Nicklas

Lidstrom as the three contenders for the Norris Trophy as top defenseman and center Samuel Pahlsson joins Carolina's Rod Brind'Amour and New Jersey's Jay Pandolfo

as finalists for the Selke Trophy as top defensive forward. Trophy winners will be announced at the 2007 NHL Awards Show, Thursday, June 14 at Toronto's historic

Elgin Theatre (CBC, 8:30 p.m., ET).

We're Number One: The Stanley Cup Final will feature 17 players who were selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, nine from Ottawa and eight from

Anaheim.

From Ottawa: C Patrick Eaves (#29, by Ottawa, 2003); LW Dany Heatley (#2, by Atlanta, 2000); LW Dean McAmmond (#22, by Chicago, 1991), D Andrej Meszaros (#23, by Ottawa, 2004); D Chris Phillips (#1, by Ottawa, 1996); D Wade Redden (#2, by New York Islanders, 1995), LW Oleg Saprykin (#11, by Calgary, 1999); C

Jason Spezza (#2, by Ottawa, 2001); D Anton Volchenkov (#21, by Ottawa, 2000);

From Anaheim: C Ryan Getzlaf (#19, by Anaheim, 2003); G J.S. Giguere (#13, by Hartford, 1995); LW Brad May (#14, by Buffalo, 1990); C Rob Niedermayer (#5, by Florida, 1993); D Scott Niedermayer (#3, by New Jersey, 1991); RW Corey Perry (#28, by Anaheim, 2003); D Chris Pronger (#2 overall, by Hartford, 1993); RW

Teemu Selanne (#10, by Winnipeg, 1988).

Senators' Big Hitter: Ottawa RW Chris Neil led the NHL in regular-season hits with 288 and ranks seventh in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with 41.

Wall-Chenkov: Senators D Anton Volchenkov led all NHL players in blocked shots with 273 during the regular season and ranks first in the postseason with 61.

College Days (1): Ducks RW Dustin Penner (Maine) scored the game-winning goal against Boston College in the 2004 semifinal of the NCAA Frozen Four. Anaheim RW

Ryan Shannon and Ottawa RW Patrick Eaves both played for Boston College, with Shannon scoring BC's only goal in the 2-1 defeat.

College Days (2): Senators RW Patrick Eaves and Ducks RW Ryan Shannon, teammates at Boston College for three years, shared the Norman F. Dailey Award in

2004-05 as the team's Most Valuable Player.

College Days (3): Ducks C Andy McDonald (Colgate) and Senators C Mike Comrie (Michigan) were finalists for the Hobey Baker Award in 2000 as the top player in

U.S. college hockey. Comrie helped end McDonald's college career when his shot was tipped in overtime for a 4-3 win in the first round of the NCAA tournament.




















































Monday, May 28 2000 h et on HNIC, VERSUS

OTTAWA 2 @ ANAHEIM 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 4 (Andrej Meszaros, Mike Comrie) 1:38 PPG

Giguère deflects Fisher’s shot from circle high in the air, it floats behind him, off post and trickles over line 2. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 6 (Teemu Selanne) 10:55

Redden can’t clear the zone, Selanne slides it to McDonald, who snaps one from circle high glove past Emery

Penalties — S. Niedermayer A 0:53, Heatley O 2:34, Jackman A 14:14

SECOND PERIOD 3. OTTAWA, Wade Redden 3 (Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza) 4:36 PPG

On PP, Giguère loses his stick, Sens blast one off post, then Redden’s cannon point shot scores high blocker side

Penalties — Redden O 0:59, Getzlaf A 3:52, Beauchemin A 6:34, Pahlsson A 6:59

THIRD PERIOD 4. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 6 (Corey Perry, Ric Jackman) 5:44

Getzlaf cuts in from left side, then slips puck to his backhand before sliding it five-hole on Emery 5. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 5 (Rob Niedermayer, Scott Niedermayer) 17:09 GWG

Rob Niedermayer avoids check behind net, slides pass into slot, and Moen buries it high glove on Emery

Penalties — Schubert O 6:37, Meszaros O 10:03, S. Niedermayer A 13:08, Pronger A 19:16

Shots on goal by

SENATORS 4 10 6 20 DUCKS 8 10 14 32

OTTAWA, Ray Emery; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

OTT – 2 for 7, ANA – 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Jean Morin


Prior to G1, G Jean-Segastien Giguère’s career playoff record was 27-12, 1.92 GAA and .932 sv pct Scott Niedermayer ANA, Martin Gerber OTT are only players in series w/ their names on the Cup

No West Coast team has won Cup since 1925, when Victoria beat Montreal City of Ottawa is seeking its first Stanley Cup title since 1927, when they beat the Boston Bruins

Sens haven’t played outside Eastern Time Zone since 4 March in CHI Sens haven’t won in Pacific Zone since 9 Dec 2005 in Vancouver

Steven Stills sang the American national anthem California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger conducted the ceremonial face-off

Saturday, June 2 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC

ANAHEIM 3 @ OTTAWA 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 7 (Teemu Selanne) 5:39 PPG

With Emery having lost his stick, McDonald, in slot, one-times Selanne’s pass from behind the net 2. OTTAWA, Chris Neil 2 (Chris Kelly, Andrej Meszaros) 16:10

One-times pass from corner, beating Giguère low to glove side…scores for daughter, Haley, born yesterday

Penalties — Redden O 3:51, May A 6:01, Moen A Fisher O 11:29

SECOND PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 5 (Dustin Penner, Ryan Getzlaf) 5:20

Scoops up puck behind net and comes around from Emery’s right, sweeping it through his legs…weak 4. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 5 (Anton Volchenkov) 5:47

Tips Volchenkov’s hard, low point shot over Giguère’s shoulder 5. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 7 (Dustin Penner, Corey Perry) 7:38

Penner snaps one fr circle and Emery coughs up massive rebound to Getzlaf, who swats it in open blocker side 6. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 11 (Wade Redden, Joe Corvo) 16:14 PPG

Disputed goal, as puck goes off Alfredsson’s left skate as he’s stopping…review rules it a goal 7. OTTAWA, Dean McAmmond 5 (Oleg Saprykin, Christoph Schubert) 18:34 GWG

Pass from behind net goes off Pronger’s foot and into open glove side past surprised Giguère

Penalties — Pahlsson A Spezza O 2:04, S. Niedermayer A 13:44, O’Donnell A 15:39

THIRD PERIOD 8. OTTAWA, Anton Volchenkov 2 (Antoine Vermette, Chris Kelly) 8:22

Pinches in from point, then one-times pass, beating Giguère low to give Sens insurance goal

Penalties — Perry A (double minor) Penner A Getzlaf A Neil O Schaefer O Fisher O 2:55, May A 5:43, Schaefer O 10:41, Getzlaf A 11:05, McDonald A 15:29, Phillips O 19:49

Shots on goal by

DUCKS 8 11 3 22 SENATORS 10 12 7 29

ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

ANA – 1 for 3, OTT – 1 for 7 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Jean Morin


First SCF game in Ottawa since 13 April 1927 Ducks’ forward Chris Kunitz returned to line-up, but suffered a leg injury and did not return

Early in third, Chris Pronger ANA elbowed Dean McAmmond…no penalty, but one-game suspension

Wednesday, May 30 2000 h et on HNIC, VERSUS



Penalties — Comrie O 2:17, Miller A 5:40, Volchenkov O 8:05, Thornton A 12:31, Pronger A 13:24, Fisher O 18:07

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties — Preissing O 18:04, McDonald A 19:36

THIRD PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Samuel Pahlsson 3 (unassisted) 14:16 GWG

Pahlsson scoops up Heatley’s giveaway, swoops down wing and snaps a low rocket through Emery’s legs

Penalties — None


DUCKS 12 14 5 31 OTTAWA, Ray Emery; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

OTT – 0 for 4, ANA – 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers


To begin this game, Sens break up Heatley/Alfredsson/Spezza line; start Fisher/Schaefer/Alfie Canadian Holly Cole sings Canadian national anthem

Teams that have won the first two games at home have won the Cup 29 of 30 times (’71 MTL/CHI)

Monday, June 4 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC

ANAHEIM 3 @ OTTAWA 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 12 (Peter Schaefer, Mike Fisher) 19:59 GWG Fisher digs puck off boards, gets it to Schaefer behind net, then Alfredsson one-times it blocker side Penalties — Beauchemin A 0:58, Perry A 3:54, Neil O 6:13, Perry A Eaves O 17:11, Getzlaf A 18:16

SECOND PERIOD

2. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 8 (Todd Marchant, Corey Perry) 10:06 McDonald takes Marchant’s pass in slot, moves across ice and outwaits Emery…when he goes down, AM shoots 3. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 9 (Rob Niedermayer, Sean O’Donnell) 11:06 McDonald comes in over line, Volchenkov completely overcommits, then McDonald slips backhand five-hole 4. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 7 (Patrick Eaves, Jason Spezza) 18:00 Eaves steps out from behind net (blocker side), lovely fake freezes D, then finds Heatley at open glove side

Penalties — Neil O 4:29, Phillips O 8:02, Pahlsson A Fisher O 20:00

THIRD PERIOD 5. ANAHEIM, Dustin Penner 3 (Teemu Selanne, Andy McDonald) 4:07 GWG

Ducks break out very quickly, Selanne leaves Redden flatfooted coming back, slides puck to open Penner

Penalties — Beauchemin A 1:02

Shots on goal by DUCKS 2 13 6 21

SENATORS 13 4 6 23 ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; OTTAWA, Ray Emery

ANA – 0 for 3, OTT – 0 for 4 on power play

Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers 20,500 at Scotiabank Place

National anthems sung by Alanis Morissette

D Chris Pronger ANA serves his one-game suspension for G3 hit on Dean McAmmond

Ducks’ 12th one-goal victory in these playoffs equals record (MTL ’93, ANA ’03)

As the second period ended, Daniel Alfredsson OTT fired a full slapshot at Scott Niedermayer… in the hours and days following the game, this incident became a huge controversy







Wednesday, June 6 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC


FIRST PERIOD

1. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 10 (Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger) 3:41 PPG Just as 5-on-3 ends, McDonald’s sweep shot goes five-hole, after deflecting off Phillips’ right foot 2. ANAHEIM, Rob Niedermayer 5 (Corey Perry) 17:41 Niedermayer busts down right side and backhands one over Emery’s shoulder Penalties — Preissing O 1:40, Volchenkov O 3:25, Spezza O 5:39, Pahlsson A 10:14, Perry A 15:31, Selanne A

18:10

SECOND PERIOD 3. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 13 (Peter Schaefer, Mike Fisher) 11:27

Alfredsson takes pass in high slot, then floats a weak wrister over Giguère, who went down way too early 4. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 6 (unassisted) 15:44 GWG

A la Steve Smith in 1986, Phillips and Emery get crossed up behind net and Emery eventually kicks it in 5. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 14 (unassisted) 17:38 SHG

Alfredsson barrels down right side, fights off Getzlaf all the way, then snaps one high over Giguère…a beauty 6. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 4 (Andy McDonald) 18:28 PPG

On PP, weak slapshot, from point, goes off Volchenkov and beats Emery to his glove side

Penalties — Schubert O 16:46

THIRD PERIOD 7. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 7 (Scott Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson) 4:01

Emery shoots it blindly around boards, Niedermayer scoops it up and his low, weak shot is tipped by Moen 8. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 6 (unassisted) 17:00

Alfredsson sends horrible pass up the middle, Perry intercepts and blasts it past Emery stick side

Penalties — Schubert O 5:48, Volchenkov O 12:27


DUCKS 5 7 6 18 OTTAWA, Ray Emery; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère

OTT – 0 for 3 3 for 25 in series, ANA – 2 for 6 3 for 20 in series on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Jean Morin 17,372 at Honda Center

D Chris Pronger ANA returns to Ducks’ line-up after serving his one-game suspension

Rob, Scott Niedermayer ANA become first brothers to win Cup since the Sutters in 1983 Ducks win their first-ever Stanley Cup in their 14

th NHL season

Teemu Selanne ANA claims his first Cup, after playing 1,041 career NHL regular season games At 7:23 of third, Antoine Vermette OTT stopped on penalty-shot attempt by J-S Giguère ANA

S C O T T N I E D E R M A Y E R ANAHEIM DUCKS

2007 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER

3 goals, 8 assists, +2 rating in 21 games




O T T A W A S E N A T O R S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG % 11 RW Daniel Alfredsson 20 14 8 22 4 10 6 1 4 1 66 .212 15 RW Dany Heatley 20 7 15 22 4 14 2 0 2 0 59 .119

19 F Jason Spezza 20 7 15 22 5 10 3 0 0 0 49 .143 12 F Mike Fisher 20 5 5 10 -2 24 2 1 1 0 54 .093

6 D Wade Redden 20 3 7 10 6 10 3 0 1 0 23 .130 7 D Joe Corvo 20 2 7 9 4 6 1 0 1 1 49 .041

37 LW Dean McAmmond 18 5 3 8 5 11 0 1 1 0 15 .333 22 F Chris Kelly 20 3 4 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 27 .111

14 D Andrej Meszaros 20 1 6 7 5 12 0 0 0 0 26 .038 42 D Tom Preissing 20 2 5 7 3 10 1 0 1 0 21 .095

89 F Mike Comrie 20 2 4 6 -1 17 0 0 0 0 25 .080 27 LW Peter Schaefer 20 1 5 6 1 10 0 0 0 0 33 .030

24 D Anton Volchenkov 20 2 4 6 -2 24 0 0 1 0 18 .111 20 F Antoine Vermette 20 2 3 5 2 6 0 0 0 0 28 .071

25 RW Chris Neil 20 2 2 4 0 20 0 0 0 0 31 .065

44 RW Patrick Eaves 7 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 .000

61 LW Oleg Saprykin 15 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 19 .053 5 D Christoph Schubert 20 0 1 1 -5 22 0 0 0 0 16 .000

4 D Chris Phillips 20 0 0 0 -2 24 0 0 0 0 7 .000

1 G Ray Emery 20 0 2 0 TEAM 20 59 99 158 6 246 18 3 13 2 573 OPPONENTS 20 47 79 126 -6 238 12 0 7 0 505 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 1 Ray Emery 20 1249 2.26 .907 13-7-0 3 0 0 0 2 TEAM 20 20 2.25 .907 13-7-0 3 0 246 59 99 OPPONENTS 20 20 2.82 .897 7-11-2 2 2 238 47 79

A N A H E I M D U C K S GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW OT SOG %

15 F Ryan Getzlaf 21 7 10 17 1 32 3 1 3 0 57 .123 10 RW Corey Perry 21 6 9 15 5 37 1 0 1 0 58 .103

25 D Chris Pronger 19 3 12 15 10 26 1 0 0 0 58 .052 8 RW Teemu Selanne 21 5 10 15 1 10 0 0 2 1 60 .083

19 F Andy McDonald 21 10 4 14 6 10 5 0 0 0 64 .156 32 LW Travis Moen 21 7 5 12 5 22 0 0 3 1 34 .206

26 F Samuel Pahlsson 21 3 9 12 10 20 0 0 2 0 30 .100 27 D Scott Niedermayer 21 3 8 11 2 26 1 0 2 2 42 .071

44 F Rob Niedermayer 21 5 5 10 9 39 0 1 1 0 42 .119 23 D François Beauchemin 20 4 4 8 2 16 4 0 0 0 58 .069

17 RW Dustin Penner 21 3 5 8 4 2 0 0 2 0 37 .081 14 LW Chris Kunitz 13 1 5 6 1 19 0 0 0 0 28 .036

22 F Todd Marchant 11 0 3 3 -1 12 0 0 0 0 19 .000 5 D Ric Jackman 7 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 .500

21 D Sean O'Donnell 21 0 2 2 8 10 0 0 0 0 13 .000

40 D Kent Huskins 21 0 1 1 4 11 0 0 0 0 5 .000

24 LW Brad May 18 0 1 1 -1 28 0 0 0 0 14 .000 52 F Ryan Carter 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

33 D Joe DiPenta 16 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000

13 F Mark Hartigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 18 LW Drew Miller 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 .000

46 RW Joe Motzko 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 16 RW George Parros 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 .000

34 D Aaron Rome 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 38 RW Ryan Shannon 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 .000

45 LW Shawn Thornton 15 0 0 0 -3 19 0 0 0 0 5 .000 35 G J-S Giguère 18 0 0 0

30 G Ilya Bryzgalov 5 0 0 0 TEAM 21 58 94 152 13 371 16 2 16 4 640

OPPONENTS 21 45 76 121 -13 298 16 3 5 0 579 GP Min GAA Sv% Record SO EN PIM G A 35 J-S Giguère 18 1067 1.97 .922 13-4-0 1 0 0 0 0 30 Ilya Bryzgalov 5 267 2.25 .922 3-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 21 21 2.01 .922 16-5-0 1 0 371 58 94 OPPONENTS 21 21 2.60 .909 5-12-4 2 2 298 45 76


ANAHEIM DUCKS CUP CHAMPIONS - Big Mouth...

Documents

Transcript of ANAHEIM DUCKS CUP CHAMPIONS - Big Mouth...