Dykhuis knuckler lifts Fliers over Sabres in OT
PHILADELPHIA (AIM K.»rl
Dvkhui* knuckling shot from the
point gave the Philadelphia Ply
ers a i t overtime victory Sun
dav over the Buffalo Satires in the
first game of their Eastern Con
feronce playoff series
Dykhuis shot bounced past
Buffalo goalie Dominik Hasek it
10 06 of the overtime as the Fly
ers won without injured super
star Em: l.indros l.indros. who
has a bruised left eye. isn’t
expo tint !su k for Monday : :-,;ht s
set ond game of the series
Dm Sabres tied the game at 3
3 on l.ison Daw e s second goal of
the game at 12 33 of the third
period Elvers defenseman Em
Desjadins kicked a clearing pass
from the comer to Dawe, who
whacked the pin k past Flyers
goalie Ron Hex tall from in < lose
The Flyers rallied from a 2-1
deficit, si oring twit e in the so
ond period s final three minutes
to lake a 3-2 lead into the third
period
Bat LaFontaine snapped a 1 l
tie with a power-play goal 3 15
into the middle period Faking a
-pass from Donald Audette he
went in alone on Hextall from the
blue line, eventually beating the
goaltendor with a fake and a short
wrist shot.
Philadelphia tied it at 16:51 fol
lowing a 3-on-2 Brent Fedyk
swept a pass from the corner
toward the crease and the puck
hanked in off the skate of Buffa
lo defenseman Richard Smehlik
The unassisted goal was i redit
ed to Fedyk.
The Elvers made it 3-2 at 18:19
when Hasek was knis ked to the
ice by Buffalo’s Alexi Zhitnik and
Philadelphia's Roll DiMaio as the
two Imttled in front of the Satire
net.
Kevin Haller picked up a loose
puck and slopped a 25-footer into
the open net
Alexander Mogilny set up Buf
falo’s first goal, thanks to an
observant Garry Galley.
Galley spotted Mogilny loiter
ing at the Philadelphia blue line
and slipped a pass through cen
ter ice to the Sabre winger, cre
ating a 2-on-l with Dawe.
Mogilny stepped around lies
jardins. then passed to Dawe
coming dow n the left wing. Dawe
tieat Hextall between the legs 1 37
into the game.
A misplay by Hasek allowed
Philadelphia to tie the score at 1 -
1 at 10 18 of the first period
Hasek tailed to handle a shoot
m behind the net and the puck
skidded to Shjon Podein. I fe car
ried it Iwck liehind the net before
passing to DiMaio in the slot Die
uncovered DiMaio heat Hasek
between the pads with a quick
shot.
Devils 5, Bruins 0
BOSTON (AF) — Forward
Claude l-emieux, usually known
more for his defense, turned into
an offensive star for New Jersey
with two first period goals as the
Devils heat the Boston Bruins r>
0 Sunday in Came 1 of their Cist
ern Conference playoff series
Martin Brodeur stopped all 2t
Bruins shots for his second career
playoff shutout. He also shut out
Boston on May ft last year during
the Devils' six-game, second
round victory.
Boston rookie Blaine Lacher
allowed four goals on 17 shots
Indore being replaced 14:59 info
the second period by Craig
Billington. who stopped five of
six shots the rest of the way.
Gamo 2 of the best-of-seven
series is Monday night The Bru
ins need a victory to assure them
selves of another game in the
Boston Carden Indore they move
to the FleetCenter beginning next
season.
A rookie who was ]o ti-2 in
the refill;ir «m«iii Lac her was
beaten two e by defies ted shots
and twice on 2-on-ls in his first
playoff a ppearan t e
H*' was at Lake Superior State
when the Bruins Inst to the Dev
ils last sear, with Boston star Cant
Neely also missing that series,
1ms nuM- of a knee problem
And Lemieux made sure nei
thef one of them would he a fac
tor this time, either lt‘s usually
I.eftlietix's jo!) to shadow Neely
Still upset over the teams'
Mart I] mts'ting when latmuuis
goaded Neely into an early game
mist undue t. the Carden fans
booed tile Devils' forward a! his
introduction and cheered when
he wound up on his pants after
ins first encounter with Nee!\
Boston's plan to negate him
st'eiio-d !o in- -Ami ', w ill'll
Newly got die puck in the slot and
Lemieux ftad to lake a hooking
penalty to keep him from getting
a clean shot But tiefore the Bru
ins could get a shot tiff. Don
Sweeney evened the sides witli
a charging penalty
Blui-s 2, Canucks 1
ST LOUIS (API The SI
Louis Blues took the first step
toward consticutive Stanley Cups
for Mike Keenan Sunday, getting
power play goals from Brett Hull
and Adam Creighton in a 2-1
first-round playoff victory over
the Vancouver Quite ks
The Blues, who tied for the
third-best record in the regular
season, outshot the Cantu ks in
2(i They also blanked Vancouver
on five power plays, extending a
drought to l-for-22. including a
holding-the-stkk penalty on
Brendan Shanahan with 7:08 to
play.
Goalie Curtis Joseph made one
of his lies! saves late in the game,
sliding to stop Jeff Brown's shot
from tlie left side of the net with
4:38 to go. Canucks goalie Kirk
Mclaiiin named the game's No
1 star — had an even stronger
game, robbing Hull alone three
times
Hull was held to one assist in
four regular-season games against
Vancouver He was stopped on a
one-timer form in front of the net
late in the first period and hit the
crossbar late in the second
McLean (lobbied his drive in the
first minute of the third and end
ed up sitting on it as it slid past
him.
PbvoI Bure, who led the NHL
with BO goals while leading Van
couver to the Stanley Cup finals
last year, scored for the Canucks
Al Madnnts, hat k in tin* line
up after missing five games vs itfi
a separated shoulder, assisted on
both St Louis goals The Blues
are 14-3-1 in their last 18 games
at the nevv Kiel C enter
Maple I .eats 5, Blaikhawks I
CHICAGO (APj — Mats
Sundin scored twice os the
Toronto Maple Leafs renewed
their postseason mastery of the
mistake prone Chicago Black
hawks by opening the playoffs
with a fi-i! victory Sunday night
The Blackhawks, who lost to
Toronto in si* games last season,
have dropped 13 of their last 15
playoff games and are trying to
avoid falling in the opening
round for the third consecutive
year They play host in Game l
Tuesday night
Chicago certainly was a gener
ous host in Game 1. making mis
takes on all five Toronto goals
The Blackhawks looked nothing
like the strong defensive team
that ended the regular season
with a five ij.inw winning streak
Felix Potv in. who won three 1
0 div isions over Chicago in last
year's playoffs, wasn't as sharp
this time But In* didn't hast* to
in- .is the Maple I ca! <;:• r< ■: .I
most of the game
The Mapli* 1 i .ifs trailed 2 t
until Chicago goalie Fd Helfottr
was Iteaten from a bad angle hv
Paul DiPietro with t1 / sis unds
left in the second period
At t -25 of the thirii, the ttiai k
hawks failed to dear tin* pm k
and Dave Andres* huk i entered
Mike l
defenseman (.eraId Diduc k and
tipped the put k past Bel four
Toronto dinohed flu* game
when Sundin Si ored w ith *> 10 to
play and Andreyi huk followed
with a goal 1 4 seconds later
Sundin and Andrew huk each
heat a Chicago player to a loosi*
pm k to si on*
Ked Wings 4, Stais I
DETROIT (API Detroit's
quest for its first Stanley (.up
( hampionship in 40 years gut off
to the start Ked Wings tans have
r
been praving for w ith a 4 i \ u
tory Sunday over the I kid las Stars
Vyat heslav Kozlov snapped a
f t tb* at lit 1 s of the third peri
od as the Red Wings heat the
Stars in the opener of their West
ern ('.(inference quarterfinal
series
It was a huge relief for tin*
10.H75 partisan fans at Joe laniis
Arena Detroit has finished with
the host r»s ord m the con foremen,
vet lust m the first round of the
playoffs the 11st two seasons the
Red Wlltgs lost to Sill lose ill ^e\
ell games last year and in seven
to Toronto in luo.i
(lame 2 against the Stars is
si heddied (or t uesdav nigtd in
foe l outs Arena At lion then
sfufts to Dallas
Sharks V f lames I
(Mt.AK’i Alberta I AC)
The San Jose Sharks opened the
NHI. playoffs like they did last
year with an upset victory shot k
mg the diy ision-winning ( aigary
i lames 5-4 Sunday night Imind
Jamie Maker s two goals
I s Marne Sergei Makarov.
Mike Ratlije and l ‘If Ifahlen also
si until for Ifni Sharks, who lead
the Itfst-of-7 Western C-onferom»
quarterfinals 1-0 C.ame 2 will !«■
played Tuesday.
The Sharks pit ked tip where
they left off last \ear. w hen they
finished last tn the t uitlervnt e hot
upset the first-place Detroit Ked
Willis III the opening round of
the playoffs fluty lust the t oil
ferem.e semifinal to Toronto in
si'y eit games
Paul Kruse Theoren Floury,
Steve (.hiasson and I ionium Titov
st ored for ( ulgury . whit h hasn't
won the opening game of the
playoffs since I'-ihh The Flames
also haven't won a playoff serins
since their I'iHO Stanley t up
i hampumshtp
Robert Reichol could have tied
tin* game in the dying set onds,
hut Ins shot at an open net
missed
I lames captain Joe
Nieuwendyk missed the game
with a lower !tat k injury He had
the injury examined in Los Align
Inshut returned to Calgary for the
game
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