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Malone's tally is the difference after Pens blow three-goal lead
Associated Press Apr 11, 08 11:58 PM CDT
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Ryan Malone scored Pittsburgh's third power-play goal of the game with only 1:02 remaining and the Penguins squandered a three-goal lead against Ottawa, then rallied for a 5-3 victory Friday over the Senators and a sweep of their first two home games in the Eastern Conference playoff series. Pittsburgh’s Petr Sykora scored twice, both set up by Evgeni Malkin.
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Lundqvist continues dominance over metro-area rivals
Associated Press Apr 11, 08 11:08 PM CDT
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Henrik Lundqvist and another flukey goal have the New York Rangers halfway to the second round after beating longtime rival New Jersey, 2-1, on Friday. Jaromir Jagr and Sean Avery scored 23 seconds apart early in the third period and Lundqvist made 26 saves in beating the Devils yet again for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
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League's top scorer starts Washington's third-period rally
Associated Press Apr 11, 08 10:52 PM CDT
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Held without a shot until late in the third period, Alex Ovechkin stole the puck and netted the tiebreaking goal with 4 1/2 minutes remaining, leading the Washington Capitals to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round series Friday. Ovechkin also set up the first of two goals by defenseman Mike Green.
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Visitors grab early lead in first-round playoff series
Associated Press Apr 11, 08 1:04 AM CDT
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Marty Turco put on an acrobatic show in goal and the Dallas Stars' power play provided more than enough offense to put the defending Stanley Cup champions in an early playoff hole. Turco earned his fourth career postseason shutout and Dallas defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-0 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Thursday night.
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Nabokov gets shutout for San Jose, offense finally cashes in shots
Associated Press Apr 11, 08 12:55 AM CDT
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Evgeni Nabokov made sure the Sharks left San Jose with something to show for all those shots in their first two playoff games. Nabokov made 21 saves in his sixth career postseason shutout, and rookie Torrey Mitchell scored a power-play goal in the Sharks' 2-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night, evening their first-round series at a game apiece.
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Hasek stops 19 of 20 as Detroit takes Game 1 of West's 1-8 matchup
Associated Press Apr 10, 08 10:15 PM CDT
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Henrik Zetterberg broke a tie at 6:54 of the third period and added an empty-net goal, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in the postseason opener for both teams. Dominik Hasek, playing in his 116th playoff game, made 19 saves for the top-seeded Wings.
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Brothers Kostitsyn strike early, playoff virgin Price shines for Habs
Associated Press Apr 10, 08 10:14 PM CDT
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Sergei and Andrei Kostitsyn scored goals 1:28 apart in the opening minutes of their playoff debuts, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Thursday night. Carey Price also made his playoff debut, stopping 17 shots for Montreal, which finished first overall in the Eastern Conference.
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Calgary opens up 1-0 series lead
Associated Press Apr 10, 08 12:17 AM CDT
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The Calgary Flames are off to a fine playoff start, and the San Jose Sharks can start worrying again. Stephane Yelle scored two goals, Miikka Kiprusoff made 37 saves and the seventh-seeded Flames stunned the NHL's second-best regular season team in their first-round opener, beating the Sharks 3-2 on Wednesday night. Dion Phaneuf also scored a power-play goal for the Flames.
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Captain scores game winner midway through first OT
Associated Press Apr 10, 08 12:10 AM CDT
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Joe Sakic added another line to his amazing playoff resume. Sakic tipped in a shot by Ruslan Salei from the point midway through the first overtime period, his eighth career playoff goal in extra time, to send the Colorado Avalanche past the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Wednesday night. The goal gave Colorado a 1-0 lead in this first-round series.
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Pittsburgh takes 1-0 series lead
Associated Press Apr 9, 08 10:50 PM CDT
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The Ottawa Senators must be wondering how many more times this can happen. They get to the playoffs, yet Gary Roberts finds a way to beat them. Again. And again. Roberts and Petr Sykora scored in the first period and the favored Penguins, determined not to duplicate their awful postseason opener of a year ago, rode Marc-Andre Fleury's goaltending to a 4-0 victory.
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Longtime Jersey star Gomez torments team with three assists
Associated Press Apr 9, 08 10:02 PM CDT
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Scott Gomez showed the New Jersey Devils just what they let get away. In his first playoff game against the team he grew up with, Gomez assisted on three of the New York Rangers' goals in a 4-1 playoff-opening win over the Devils on Wednesday night.
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Detroit defenseman plows on in his 23rd season
ESPN Apr 8, 08 12:17 AM CDT
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Twenty-four seasons and counting for Chris Chelios – and he doesn’t think about the ‘R’ word. And why should he, considering that, at age 46, he’s still a finely-tuned athlete, one who works out harder than players half his age and is still called on by his coach to play significant minutes on the Red Wings blue line, writes E. J. Hradek in ESPN The Magazine .
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