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2009 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 1 BOSTON BRUINS 116 v. 8 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 93 GM PETER CHIARELLI, HC CLAUDE JULIEN v. GM/HC BOB GAINEY BRUINS SWEEP SERIES

Thursday, April 16 1900 h et on CBC Saturday, April 18 2000 h et on CBC MONTREAL 2 @ BOSTON 4 MONTREAL 1 @ BOSTON 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Phil Kessel 1 (David Krejci, Chuck Kobasew) 13:11 1. BOSTON, Marc Savard 1 (Steve Montador, Phil Kessel) 9:59 PPG 2. BOSTON, David Krejci 1 (Michael Ryder, Milan Lucic) 14:41 2. BOSTON, Chuck Kobasew 1 (Mark Recchi, Patrice Bergeron) 15:12 3. MONTREAL, Christopher Higgins 1 (Glen Metropolit, Alex Tanguay) 16:19 Penalties ― S. Kostitsyn M 8:45, Higgins M 15:35, Kostopoulos M Kessel B 18:34, Schneider M Bergeron B 18:46 Penalties ― Plekanec M 2:37, Hamrlik M 11:04 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 2 (Saku Koivu, Tom Kostopoulos) 0:46 4. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 1 (Saku Koivu, Josh Gorges) 17:37 4. BOSTON, Shane Hnidy 1 (P.J. Axelsson, Marc Savard) 5:45 5. BOSTON, Marc Savard 2 (Michael Ryder, Dennis Wideman) 8:13 PPG Penalties ― Bergeron B 4:12, Plekanec M 12:41, Yelle B 15:30 6. BOSTON, Michael Ryder 1 (Marc Savard, Tim Thomas) 19:57 PPG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Metropolit M 7:17, Tanguay M 14:47, Kovalev M 18:44 5. BOSTON, Zdeno Chara 1 (Phil Kessel, Marc Savard) 11:15 PPG GWG 6. BOSTON, Phil Kessel 2 (Milan Lucic) 19:46 ENG THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties ― Gorges M 10:12, Lapierre M Lucic B (minors, 10-minute misconducts) 19:46, Latendresse M Montador B (minors, 10-minute misconducts) 20:00 Penalties ― Gorges M Bergeron B (majors) Lapierre M Kobasew B 10:03, Lucic B (minor, major, game misconduct) Schneider M Lapierre M (10-minute misconduct) 15:28 Shots on goal by CANADIENS 9 13 6 28 Shots on goal by BRUINS 15 10 14 39 CANADIENS 11 10 10 31 MONTREAL, Carey Price; BOSTON, Tim Thomas BRUINS 15 11 5 31 MONTREAL, Carey Price, Jaroslav Halak (start of third period); BOSTON, Tim Thomas MTL ― 0 for 2, BOS ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tony Sericolo MTL ― 0 for 1, BOS ― 3 for 5 on power play 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden Referees: Mike Leggo, Tim Peel Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tony Sericolo 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden  Zdeno Chara BOS, David Krejci BOS, Phil Kessel BOS game’s THREE STARS  Bruins are 28-2-5 this season when David Krejci registers a point  Marc Savard BOS, Michael Ryder BOS, Chuck Kobasew BOS game’s THREE STARS  Marc Savard BOS first Bruins’ player with a four-point SC playoff game since Adam Oates in ’96  Milan Lucic BOS, with 4:32 rem., cross-checks Maxim Lapierre MTL in face; susp. one game

Wednesday, April 22 1900 h et on CBC Monday, April 20 1900 h et on CBC BOSTON 4 @ MONTREAL 1 BOSTON 4 @ MONTREAL 2 FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MONTREAL, Andrei Kostitsyn 1 (Saku Koivu, Alexei Kovalev) 0:39 1. MONTREAL, Christopher Higgins 2 (Yannick Weber) 11:52 2. BOSTON, Michael Ryder 3 (unassisted) 17:27 2. BOSTON, Phil Kessel 3 (Dennis Wideman) 18:35 3. BOSTON, David Krejci 2 (Michael Ryder, Milan Lucic) 19:25 GWG

Penalties ― A. Kostitsyn M 3:41 Penalties ― O’Byrne M 8:47, Ryder B 9:10, Kostopoulos M 14:08

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. BOSTON, Shawn Thornton 1 (Byron Bitz, Stephane Yelle) 3:36 4. BOSTON, Phil Kessel 4 (Patrice Bergeron) 11:58 4. MONTREAL, Yannick Weber 1 (Glen Metropolit) 5:16 5. BOSTON, Michael Ryder 4 (David Krejci, Dennis Wideman) 12:43 5. BOSTON, Michael Ryder 2 (Dennis Wideman, Mark Stuart) 17:21 GWG Penalties ― Lucic B Laraque M 2:10, Kessel B 9:51, Lapierre M 16:29, Lucic B Komisarek M (majors) 19:18, Koivu Penalties ― Bergeron B Stuart B Stewart M Laraque M 8:57, Bitz B 13:18, Recchi B 18:28 M 19:41

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 6. BOSTON, Chuck Kobasew 2 (David Krejci, Zdeno Chara) 19:23 ENG NO SCORING

Penalties ― Kobasew B 10:21 Penalties ― Komisarek M (major, game misconduct) 12:39, Canadiens’ bench 19:15

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BRUINS 7 16 7 30 BRUINS 7 14 9 30 CANADIENS 10 10 5 25 CANADIENS 16 4 7 27 BOSTON, Tim Thomas; MONTREAL, Carey Price BOSTON, Tim Thomas; MONTREAL, Carey Price

BOS ― 0 for 1, MTL ― 0 for 3 on power play BOS ― 0 for 6, MTL ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Steve Barton, Brian Murphy Referees: Dave Jackson, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Steve Barton, Brian Murphy 21,273 at Centre Bell 21,273 at Centre Bell

 Dennis Wideman BOS, Phil Kessel BOS, Yannick Weber MTL game’s THREE STARS  Michael Ryder BOS, David Krejci BOS, Phil Kessel BOS game’s THREE STARS  For some reason, Montreal fans booed throughout the American national anthem  In this series, Bruins scored 7 of their 17 goals in the final three minutes of a period  Michael Ryder BOS has seven points in four 2009 Stanley Cup Playoff games

Wednesday, April 15 1900 h et on TSN Saturday, April 18 1300 h et on NBC, TSN NEW YORK 4 @ WASHINGTON 3 NEW YORK 1 @ WASHINGTON 0

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 1 (Markus Naslund, Brandon Dubinsky) 7:44 GWG

Penalties ― Girardi N 0:18, Avery N 10:15, Green W 16:06 Penalties ― Semin W 8:28, Kozlov W 19:54

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Tomas Fleischmann 1 (Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green) 6:40 PPG NO SCORING 2. NEW YORK, Scott Gomez 1 (unassisted) 7:49 3. NEW YORK, Nik Antropov 1 (Scott Gomez, Paul Mara) 16:49 PPG Penalties ― Kozlov W 2:15, Green W 13:12, Rozsival N 16:17, Antropov N 18:57 4. NEW YORK, Markus Naslund 1 (Scott Gomez, Wade Redden) 18:28 PPG 5. WASHINGTON, Viktor Kozlov 1 (Nicklas Backstrom, John Erskine) 19:11 THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties ― Gordon W 3:14, Naslund N 5:16, Voros N 11:52, Erskine W 15:00, Fedorov W 17:21 Penalties ― Gomez N 6:24, Semin W 9:39 THIRD PERIOD 6. WASHINGTON, Alexander Semin 1 (Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green) 1:42 PPG Shots on goal by 7. NEW YORK, Brandon Dubinsky 1 (Markus Naslund, Nik Antropov) 11:43 GWG RANGERS 6 10 8 24 CAPITALS 13 6 16 35 Penalties ― Girardi N 0:53, Naslund N 9:32, Naslund N 14:42 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov

Shots on goal by NYR ― 0 for 5, WSH ― 0 for 3 on power play RANGERS 4 11 6 21 Referees: Eric Furlatt, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Jean Morin CAPITALS 14 9 12 35 18,277 at Verizon Center NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; WASHINGTON, Jose Theodore  Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Ryan Callahan NYR, Markus Naslund NYR game’s THREE STARS NYR ― 2 for 4, WSH ― 2 for 7 on power play  Alex Ovechkin WSH played 22:50 and had six shots on goal Referees: Mike Leggo, Tim Peel Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Jean Morin 18,277 at Verizon Center

 Alex Ovechkin WSH, Scott Gomez NYR, Brandon Dubinsky NYR game’s THREE STARS  Chris Drury NYR, Rangers’ captain, sat out with an undisclosed injury  Alex Ovechkin WSH, in 26:07 of ice time, had 13 shots on goal

Monday, April 20 1900 h et on TSN Wednesday, April 22 1900 h et on TSN WASHINGTON 4 @ NEW YORK 0 WASHINGTON 1 @ NEW YORK 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Alexander Semin 2 (Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin) 6:57 GWG 1. NEW YORK, Paul Mara 1 (Brandon Dubinsky) 13:55 2. WASHINGTON, Alexander Semin 3 (Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom) 11:36 Penalties ― Naslund N 9:24, Semin W 10:04, Mara N 17:10, Green W 18:52 Penalties ― Brashear W Orr N 8:17, Laich W 12:35, Steckel W 18:21, Naslund N 20:00 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Chris Drury 1 (Lauri Korpikoski, Derek Morris) 2:23 GWG 3. WASHINGTON, Brooks Laich 1 (Alexander Semin, Sergei Fedorov) 11:29 PPG Penalties ― Mara N 2:54, Rozsival N 11:38 Penalties ― Avery N 3:07, Jurcina W 6:18, Avery N 7:13, Fedorov W 7:57, Drury N 9:53, Callahan N 13:03, Avery N 17:45 THIRD PERIOD 3. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 1 (Alexander Semin) 2:13 THIRD PERIOD 4. WASHINGTON, Tom Poti 1 (Niklas Backstrom, Brian Pothier) 18:35 PPG Penalties ― Avery N 10:21, Semin W 12:30, Avery N 16:54

Penalties ― Pothier W 2:19, Kozlov W 16:31, Avery N (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 17:12 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 9 19 11 39 Shots on goal by RANGERS 11 5 5 21 CAPITALS 14 16 10 40 WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist RANGERS 11 10 12 33 WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist WSH ― 0 for 6, NYR ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Tim Nowak WSH ― 2 for 6, NYR ― 0 for 6 on power play 18,200 at Madison Square Garden Referees: Dave Jackson, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski 18,200 at Madison Square Garden  Henrik Lundqvist NYR, Alex Ovechkin WSH, Chris Drury NYR game’s THREE STARS th  Chris Drury NYR scores the 17 game-winning goal in his Stanley Cup Playoff career  Simeon Varlamov WSH, Alexander Semin WSH, Nicklas Backstrom WSH game’s THREE STARS  Late in game, Sean Avery NYR got ejected for trying to get under skin of Simeon Varlamov WSH

Friday, April 24 1900 h et on TSN Sunday, April 26 1400 h et on NBC, TSN NEW YORK 0 @ WASHINGTON 4 WASHINGTON 5 @ NEW YORK 3

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Matt Bradley 1 (B Gordon, Mike Green) 4:58 SHG GWG 1. WASHINGTON, Milan Jurcina 1 (Brooks Laich, David Steckel) 7:09 2. WASHINGTON, Matt Bradley 2 (Brooks Laich, Tom Poti) 12:07 2. NEW YORK, Scott Gomez 2 (Wade Redden, Sean Avery) 8:15 PPG 3. WASHINGTON, Mike Green 1 (Alexander Semin, Tom Poti) 13:58 PPG Penalties ― Gomez N 1:16, Pothier W 3:40, Rangers’ bench 9:27, Morrisonn W 13:14, Antropov N 13:59 4. WASHINGTON, Tom Poti 2 (David Steckel, Boyd Gordon) 17:14

SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Morrisonn W 7:32, Brashear W Mara N 9:54, Mara N 12:41, Poti W 15:04 3. WASHINGTON, Alexander Semin 4 (Nicklas Backstrom) 4:57 4. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 2 (Sergei Fedorov) 19:31 SECOND PERIOD 5. WASHINGTON, Viktor Kozlov 2 (Tom Poti, Sergei Fedorov) 9:21 GWG Penalties ― Backstrom W 14:15, Callahan N Erskine W (double minor) 20:00 6. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin (Tom Poti, Niklas Backstrom) 16:44 PPG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Brashear W 3:53, Morrisonn W Dubinsky N (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) 15:03, Erskine W NO SCORING 19:17, Jurcina W Zherdev N 19:26

Penalties ― Dubinsky N Brashear W (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 4:03, Voros N 7:37, Dubinsky N 11:40, Orr N THIRD PERIOD (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) Voros N (10-minute misconduct) 14:14, Fleischmann W 15:34 7. NEW YORK, Ryan Callahan 2 (Derek Morris, Scott Gomez) 4:21 PPG 8. NEW YORK, Marc Staal 1 (Lauri Korpikosky, Fredrik Sjostrom) 19:54 Shots on goal by RANGERS 3 7 10 20 Penalties ― Erskine W 2:58, Backstrom W 3:56, Ovechkin W 14:43, Gordon W 15:31 CAPITALS 6 8 7 21 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist, Stephen Valiquette (start of third period); WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov Shots on goal by CAPITALS 9 11 2 22 NYR ― 0 for 4, WSH ― 0 for 7 on power play RANGERS 11 10 11 32 Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Don VanMassenhoven Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Steve Barton WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist, Stephen Valiquette 18,277 at Verizon Center WSH ― 2 for 2, NYR ― 2 for 8 on power play  Matt Bradley WSH, Alex Ovechkin WSH, Simeon Varlamov WSH game’s THREE STARS Referees: Brad Meier, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tony Sericolo  Sean Avery NYR, controversial forward, was a healthy scratch for the Rangers 18,200 at Madison Square Garden  Rangers are scoreless on their last 18 power plays  Tom Poti WSH, Simeon Varlamov WSH, Alex Ovechkin WSH game’s THREE STARS  John Tortorella, NYR coach, suspended for game for throwing water bottle in G5  Jim Schoenfeld handles Rangers’ bench in Tortorella’s absence  Sean Avery NYR returns to Rangers’ line-up after being healthy scratch in G5  Rangers last played in a Game Seven in the 1994 SC Final v. Canucks  Following this game, Donald Brashear WSH was suspended for six games… one for a pre-game nudge of Colton Orr NYR, five for a first-period, blind-side hit on Blair Betts NYR

Tuesday, April 28 1900 h et on TSN NEW YORK 1 @ WASHINGTON 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Nik Antropov 2 (Brandon Dubinsky, Sean Avery) 5:35 2. WASHINGTON, Alexander Semin 5 (Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green) 15:34

Penalties ― Antropov N 11:53, Green W 13:21

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD 3. WASHINGTON, Sergei Fedorov 1 (Matt Bradley) 15:01 GWG

Penalties ― Girardi N 1:10

Shots on goal by RANGERS 8 6 1 15 CAPITALS 2 9 13 24 NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov

NYR ― 0 for 1, WSH ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot 18,277 at Verizon Center

 Simeon Varlamov WSH, Sergei Fedorov WSH, Henrik Lundqvist NYR THREE STARS

2009 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 3 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 106 v. 6 CAROLINA HURRICANES 97 GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC BRENT SUTTER v. GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PAUL MAURICE HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 7

Wednesday, April 15 1930 h et on TSN Friday, April 17 1930 h et on TSN CAROLINA 1 @ NEW JERSEY 4 CAROLINA 2 @ NEW JERSEY 1 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Mike Mottau 1 (unassisted) 16:03 1. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 2 (Paul Martin, Patrik Elias) 10:44 PPG 2. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 1 (Ray Whitney, Sergei Samsonov) 19:35 PPG Penalties ― Hurricanes`bench 0:37, Babchuk C 13:53 Penalties ― Cole C Gleason C White N 7:44, Brind’Amour C 9:46, Ruutu C 12:03, Zajac N 12:48, Zajac N 18:53 SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 1 (Travis Zajac, Jamie Langenbrunner) 0:59 GWG SECOND PERIOD 3. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 1 (Brian Gionta, Dainus Zubrus) 11:33 NO SCORING

Penalties ― Whitney C 14:07, Salvador N 20:00 Penalties ― Pitkanen C 5:27, Brind’Amour C 14:16

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 4. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 1 (Claude Larose, M Cullen) 9:22 NO SCORING 5. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 1 (Zach Parise, Paul Martin) 9:51 Penalties ― Pitkanen C 2:12, Zubrus N 11:58 Penalties ― Gionta N 12:33, Larose C 18:53 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD Shots on goal by 3. CAROLINA, Tim Gleason 1 (Joe Corvo) 2:40 GWG HURRICANES 7 6 6 19 DEVILS 15 15 9 39 Penalties ― None CAROLINA, Cam Ward; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur Shots on goal by CAR ― 0 for 2, NJ ― 0 for 4 on power play HURRICANES 9 11 7 5 32 Referees: Marc Joannette, Dan O`Rourke Linesmen: Steve Barton, Brian Murphy DEVILS 11 11 12 0 34 17,625 at Prudential Center CAROLINA, Cam Ward; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

 Jamie Langenbrunner NJ, Zach Parise NJ, Mike Mottau NJ game’s THREE STARS CAR ― 1 for 3, NJ ― 1 for 6 on power play th  Martin Brodeur NJ records his 96 career Stanley Cup playoff win Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Don VanMassenhoven Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski 17,625 at Prudential Center

 Tim Gleason CAR, Zach Parise NJ, Eric Staal CAR game’s THREE STARS  Tim Gleason CAR didn’t score a single goal in 70 regular season games  Jamie Langenbrunner NJ suffers lower body injury…will miss Games 3 and 4

Sunday, April 19 1930 h et on TSN Tuesday, April 21 1930 h et on TSN NEW JERSEY 3 @ CAROLINA 2 OVERTIME NEW JERSEY 3 @ CAROLINA 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 2 (Dennis Seidenberg, Tuomo Ruutu) 7:44 1. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parise 3 (Paul Martin, Travis Zajac) 6:04 2. CAROLINA, Ryan Bayda 2 (Scott Walker, Joni Pitkanen) 8:47 2. CAROLINA, Ryan Bayda 1 (Jussi Jokinen, Scott Walker) 6:35

3. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 1 (unassisted) 19:51 Penalties ― Zubrus N 2:05, Gionta N Larose C 12:06, Larose C 17:50

Penalties ― Bayda C (double minor) 9:44, Brind’Amour C 16:06 SECOND PERIOD

3. CAROLINA, Chad Larose 2 (Joe Corvo) 6:30 SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 2 (Mike Mottau, Brian Rolston) 19:32 4. CAROLINA, Chad Larose 1 (Patrick Eaves, Joni Pitkanen) 15:30

Penalties ― Clarkson N 3:18, Cullen C 3:41, Havelid N 9:27, Salvador N 17:08 Penalties ― Madden N 0:25, Zubrus C 6:34, Holik N 12:21, Martin N 13:29, Cole C 15:56, Brodeur N Staal C 19:23

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. NEW JERSEY, Brendan Shanahan 1 (Brian Gionta, Niclas Havelid) 4:21 NO SCORING 6. NEW JERSEY, David Clarkson 1 (Bobby Holik, Paul Martin) 8:46

7. CAROLINA, Jussi Jokinen 1 (Dennis Seidenberg, Joni Pitkanen) 19:59 GWG Penalties ― White N 7:30

Penalties ― Cole C 2:17 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD

5. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 1 (Zach Parise, Colin White) 4:58 GWG Shots on goal by

DEVILS 7 10 12 29 Penalties ― None HURRICANES 15 22 9 46

NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; CAROLINA, Cam Ward Shots on goal by

DEVILS 9 13 8 5 35 NJ ― 0 for 3, CAR ― 0 for 4 on power play HURRICANES 8 9 11 2 30 Referees: Eric Furlatt, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Jean Morin NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; CAROLINA, Cam Ward 17,465 at RBC Center

NJ ― 0 for 4, CAR ― 0 for 5 on power play  Jussi Jokinen CAR, Chad Larose CAR, Ryan Bayda CAR game’s THREE STARS Referees: Dennis LaRue, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Tim Nowak  The winning goal was hotly disputed because Brodeur and Jokinen bumped just before goal 17,971 at RBC Center

 Travis Zajac NJ, Chad Larose CAR, Zach Parise NJ game’s THREE STARS  Patrick Eaves CAR had six hits, three takeaways and played 15:17

Thursday, April 23 1930 h et on TSN Sunday, April 26 1930 h et on TSN CAROLINA 0 @ NEW JERSEY 1 NEW JERSEY 0 @ CAROLINA 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 2 (Eric Staal, Chad Larose) 10:32 GWG NO SCORING

Penalties ― Rupp N 5:46, Pitkanen C 13:58, Pitkanen C 18:02 Penalties ― Clarkson N 2:24, Seidenberg C 6:28, Brodeur N 15:30

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 3 (Ray Whitney, Chad Larose) 4:44 1. NEW JERSEY, David Clarkson 1 (Andy Greene, Patrik Elias) 11:22 PPG GWG 3. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 4 (Ray Whitney, Tim Gleason) 7:30

Penalties ― Gleason C 1:41, Rolston N 2:36, Eaves C 9:49, White N 19:06 Penalties ― Zubrus C 0:45, Zajac N 8:12

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING 4. CAROLINA, Jussi Jokinen 2 (Ray Whitney, Joe Corvo) 9:12 PPG

Penalties ― Oduya N 1:24, Eaves C 12:33 Penalties ― Madden N 8:54, Clarkson N Gleason C (majors, 10-minute misconducts) Rupp N (minor, 10-minute

misconduct) 12:15, Rolston N 15:02 Shots on goal by

HURRICANES 9 19 16 44 Shots on goal by DEVILS 16 51 11 42 DEVILS 4 11 13 28 CAROLINA, Cam Ward; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur HURRICANES 15 14 8 37

NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; CAROLINA, Cam Ward CAR ― 0 for 5, NJ ― 1 for 4 on power play

Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Meier Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tony Sericolo NJ ― 0 for 2, CAR ― 1 for 6 on power play 17,625 at Prudential Center Referees: Mike Leggo, Tim Peel Linesmen: Mark Wheler, Scott Driscoll

18,680 at RBC Center  Martin Brodeur NJ, David Clarkson NJ, Andy Greene NJ game’s THREE STARS

 Martin Brodeur NJ records his 23rd Stanley Cup Playoff shutout, ties Patrick Roy for most all time  Ray Whitney CAR, Eric Staal CAR, Tim Gleason CAR game’s THREE STARS

 Eric Staal’s two goals were the fastest two an individual has ever scored in franchise SC history

2009 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 3 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 106 v. 6 CAROLINA HURRICANES 97 GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC BRENT SUTTER v. GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PAUL MAURICE HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 7

Tuesday, April 28 1930 h et on TSN CAROLINA 4 @ NEW JERSEY 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Tuomo Ruutu 1 (Matt Cullen, Dennis Seidenberg) 1:02 2. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 2 (Zach Parise, Travis Zajac) 2:31 3. NEW JERSEY, Jay Pandolfo 1 (John Madden, Brendan Shanahan) 13:27

Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD 4. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 3 (Eric Staal, Chad Larose) 3:42 5. NEW JERSEY, Brian Rolston 1 (Brian Gionta, Brendan Shanahan) 8:47 PPG

Penalties ― Babchuk C 1:23, Cullen C 7:58, Zubrus N 10:47, Shanahan N 11:39, Parise N 13:59, Gleason C (double minor) 17:20

THIRD PERIOD 6. CAROLINA, Jussi Jokinen 3 (Joni Pitkanen, Tim Gleason) 18:40 7. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 5 (Chad Larose, Tim Gleason) 19:28 GWG

Penalties ― Langenbrunner N 8:09, Pitkanen C Elias N 12:58

Shots on goal by HURRICANES 9 10 12 31 DEVILS 9 14 12 35 CAROLINA, Cam Ward; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur

CAR ― 0 for 4, NJ ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Jean Morin, Brian Murphy 17,625 at Prudential Center

 Eric Staal CAR, Jussi Jokinen CAR, Brian Rolston NJ game’s THREE STARS

2009 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 4 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 99 v. 5 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 99 GM RAY SHERO, INTERIM HC DAN BYLSMA v. GM PAUL HOLMGREN, HC JOHN STEVENS PENGUINS WIN SERIES IN 6

Wednesday, April 15 1900 h et on CBC Friday, April 17 1900 h et on CBC PHILADELPHIA 1 @ PITTSBURGH 4 PHILADELPHIA 2 @ PITTSBURGH 3 OT

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar) 4:41 PPG 1. PHILADELPHIA, Scott Hartnell 1 (Matt Carle, Braydon Coburn) 13:26 PPG

Penalties ― Sham Ph 4:26, Hartnell Ph Alberts Ph Cooke Pi 5:04, Orpik Pi 12:28, Hartnell Ph 17:27 Penalties ― Sbisa Ph 10:39, Eaton Pi 13:19, Orpik Pi 16:55

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. PITTSBURGH, Tyler Kennedy 1 (Jordan Staal) 1:39 GWG 2. PITTSBURGH, Bill Guerin 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby) 16:38

Penalties ― Alberts Ph 5:03, Orpik Pi 19:48 Penalties ― Carle Ph 10:47, Crosby Pi 11:15

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 1 (unassisted) 6:28 3. PHILADELPHIA, Darroll Powe 1 (Claude Giroux, Braydon Coburn) 2:09 4. PITTSBURGH, Mark Eaton 1 (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby) 10:27 4. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 2 (Kris Letang, Sergei Gonchar) 16:23 PPG 5. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagne 1 (Mike Richards) 15:25 PPG Penalties ― Carter Ph 15:56 Penalties ― Hartnell Ph 2:46, Cooke Pi 12:23, Fleury Pi 14:54, Lupul Ph 16:08, Alberts Ph Sham Ph 19:41, Parent Ph Hartnell Ph (10-minute misconduct) 19:46, Coburn Ph Guerin Pi (majors) 19:53 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. PITTSBURGH, Bill Guerin 2 (Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin) 18:29 PPG GWG Shots on goal by FLYERS 9 6 12 27 Penalties ― Gill Pi 15:26, Knuble Ph 16:55, Giroux Ph 17:25, Timonen Ph (10-minute misconduct) 18:29 PENGUINS 14 4 15 33 PHILADELPHIA, Martin Biron; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury Shots on goal by FLYERS 14 9 7 10 40 PHI ― 1 for 4, PIT ― 1 for 9 on power play PENGUINS 12 14 12 11 49 Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Don VanMassenhoven Linesmen: Steve Miller, Mark Shewchyk PHILADELPHIA, Martin Biron; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury 17,132 at Mellon Arena PHI ― 1 for 4, PIT ― 2 for 5 on power play  Jordan Staal PIT, Marc-André Fleury PIT, Sidney Crosby PIT game’s THREE STARS Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Meier Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Tim Nowak  Late in game, Dan Carcillo PHI gives Maxim Talbot PIT faceoff head shot ~ one-game suspension 17,132 at Mellon Arena  Chris Kunitz PIT and wife Maureen had son, Zachary James, just ten hours before puck drop  Penguins trying to become first team since ’84 Oilers to win Cup year after going to Finals  Bill Guerin PIT, Evgeni Malkin PIT, Martin Biron PHI game’s THREE STARS  Bill Guerin PIT had his last multi-goal SC playoff game on 18 April 2000

Sunday, April 19 1500 h et on NBC, CBC Tuesday, April 21 1900 h et on CBC PITTSBURGH 3 @ PHILADELPHIA 6 PITTSBURGH 3 @ PHILADELPHIA 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Jeff Carter 1 (Joffrey Lupul, Scott Hartnell) 2:59 NO SCORING 2. PHILADELPHIA, Mike Richards 1 (Mike Knuble, Daniel Briere) 5:14 PPG 3. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 3 (Ruslan Fedotenko) 19:48 Penalties ― Alberts Ph 6:25, Letang Pi 6:33, Malkin Pi 7:27, Parent Ph 12:21, Cooke Pi 16:50

Penalties ― Staal Pi 4:48, Kunitz Pi Hartnell Ph (majors) 5:43, Kennedy Pi Giroux Ph (double minor) Letang Pi SECOND PERIOD Powe Ph (majors) 6:10, Carter Ph 9:56, Cooke Pi 13:19 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 2 (Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke) 3:19 2. PITTSBURGH, Tyler Kennedy 2 (Matt Cooke, Hal Gill) 7:41 GWG SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Rob Scuderi 1(Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz) 0:13 Penalties ― Cooke Pi 1:12, Powe Ph 5:11, Gill Pi 8:59, Gonchar Pi 11:30, Richards Ph 12:17, Hartnell Ph 19:42 5. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 1 (Daniel Briere, Darroll Powe) 4:32 6. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagne 2 (Claude Giroux) 8:58 SHG GWG THIRD PERIOD 3. PHILADELPHIA, Daniel Carcillo 1 (Mike Richards, Randy Jones) 11:44 Penalties ― Malkin Pi 5:35, Richards Ph 7:47, Richards Ph 11:50, Carter Ph 16:23, Malkin Pi 16:37 4. PITTSBURGH, Maxim Talbot 1 (Craig Adams) 19:08 ENG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Eaton Pi 5:12, Kennedy Pi 8:15 7. PHILADELPHIA, Jared Ross 1 (Andrew Alberts, Aaron Asham) 3:42 8. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 4 (Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby) 8:30 PPG Shots on goal by 9. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagne 3 (Braydon Coburn) 18:24 ENG PENGUINS 13 6 7 26 FLYERS 12 15 19 46 Penalties ― Scuderi Pi 5:39, Briere Ph (double minor) 6:22, Kunitz Pi (double minor) Gagne Ph 11:10, PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; PHILADELPHIA, Martin Biron Letang Pi Asham Ph 20:00 PIT ― 0 for 5, PHI ― 0 for 8 on power play Shots on goal by Referees: Dennis LaRue, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tony Sericolo PENGUINS 11 8 10 29 19,883 at Wachovia Center FLYERS 7 14 9 30 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; PHILADELPHIA, Martin Biron  Marc-André Fleury PIT, Tyler Kennedy PIT, Mike Richards PHI game’s THREE STARS  Flyers had 16 shots over their eight power plays…and Fleury stopped them all PIT ― 1 for 7, PHI ― 1 for 6 on power play  Brooks Orpik PIT leads series with 22 total hits Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski 19,745 at Wachovia Center

 Claude Giroux PHI, Simon Gagne PHI, Evgeni Malkin PIT game’s THREE STARS  Brooks Orpik PIT had 19 hits over the first two games…he had zero this afternoon

Thursday, April 23 1900 h et on CBC Saturday, April 25 1500 h et on NBC, CBC PHILADELPHIA 3 @ PITTSBURGH 0 PITTSBURGH 5 @ PHILADELPHIA 3

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. PHILADELPHIA, Mike Knuble (Mike Richards) 17:48 2. PHILADELPHIA, Joffrey Lupul (Claude Giroux, Daniel Briere) 18:39 Penalties ― Staal Pi 8:59, Parent Ph 14:26 Penalties ― Carter Ph 19:22 SECOND PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Arron Asham 1 (Daniel Carcillo) 6:32 GWG SECOND PERIOD 3. PHILADELPHIA, Daniel Briere 1 (Simon Gagne, Kimo Timonen) 4:06 PPG Penalties ― Briere Ph 11:01 4. PITTSBURGH, Ruslan Fedotenko 1 (Evgeni Malkin ) 4:35 5. PITTSBURGH, Mark Eaton 2 (Tyler Kennedy, Ruslan Fedotenko) 6:32 THIRD PERIOD 6. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 3 (Bill Guerin, Kris Letang) 16:59 2. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 2 (Darroll Powe, Matt Carle) 3:25 3. PHILADELPHIA, Mike Knuble 1 (Mike Richards, Matt Carle) 13:12 Penalties ― Crosby Pi 3:45, Talbot Pi Carcillo Ph (majors) 4:21, Malkin Pi Coburn Ph 4:35, Carle Ph 7:59, Alberts Ph 10:16, Fedotenko Pi 14:17 Penalties ― Scuderi Pi 1:06, Briere Ph 7:53, Eaton Pi 14:25, Crosby Pi 15:55, Timonen Ph 16:42, Crosby Pi 19:29 THIRD PERIOD Shots on goal by 7. PITTSBURGH, Sergei Gonchar 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Brooks Orpik) 2:19 GWG FLYERS 5 11 10 26 8. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 4 (unassisted) 19:32 ENG PENGUINS 15 5 8 28 PHILADELPHIA, Martin Biron; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury Penalties ― Malkin Pi 5:13

PHI ― 0 for 5, PIT ― 0 for 4 on power play Shots on goal by Referees: Eric Furlatt, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Jean Morin PENGUINS 7 20 8 35 17,132 at Mellon Arena FLYERS 11 9 5 25 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; PHILADELPHIA, Martin Biron  Martin Biron PHI, Claude Giroux PHI, Mike Knuble PHI game’s THREE STARS  Evgeni Malkin PIT, at 8:26 of the second, had a goal disallowed as it was ruled he kicked it in PIT ― 0 for 3, PHI ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Chris Rooney, Brad Watson Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Jonny Murray 20,017 at Wachovia Center

 Evgeni Malkin PIT, Ruslan Fedotenko PIT, Daniel Briere PHI game’s THREE STARS

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 1 SAN JOSE SHARKS 117 v. 8 ANAHEIM DUCKS 91 GM DOUG WILSON, HC TODD McLELLAN v. GM BOB MURRAY, HC RANDY CARLYLE DUCKS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 16 1930 h pt on CBC Sunday, April 19 1900 h pt on CBC DUCKS 2 @ SHARKS 0 DUCKS 3 @ SHARKS 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. ANAHEIM, Bobby Ryan 1 (James Wisniewski, Ryan Whitney) 3:45 PPG

Penalties ― Boyle S 18:30 Penalties ― Clowe S 1:49, Whitney A 5:03, Nokelainen A 14:19

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING 2. SAN JOSE, Ryan Clowe 1 (unassisted) 5:38

Penalties ― R. Niedermayer A 1:29, R. Niedermayer A 7:22, Brookbank A 11:46, Clowe S 16:52, R. Niedermayer A Penalties ― Pronger A 7:46, Pronger A 11:20, Ducks’ bench 18:12 19:13 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Andrew Ebbett 1 (Erik Christensen, Teemu Selanne) 9:44 1. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer 1 (Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Whitney) 5:18 PPG GWG 4. ANAHEIM, Drew Miller 1 (Rob Niedermayer, Scott Niedermayer) 13:17 GWG 2. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 1 (Mike Brown) 17:35 5. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 1 (Joe Thornton, Jeremy Roenick) 13:54

Penalties ― Cheechoo S 4:20, Perry A 9:23, Getzlaf A 15:26, Cheechoo S 17:56 Penalties ― Brown A 2:13, Blake S 4:37

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by DUCKS 4 7 6 17 DUCKS 14 3 9 26 SHARKS 8 14 13 35 SHARKS 15 17 12 44 ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller; SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller; SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov

ANA ― 1 for 4, SJ ― 0 for 6 on power play ANA ― 1 for 2, SJ ― 0 for 6 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Jay Sharrers Referees: Chris Lee, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Jay Sharrers 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose

 Jonas Hiller ANA, Ryan Getzlaf ANA, Todd Marchant ANA game’s THREE STARS  Jonas Hiller ANA, Jonathan Cheechoo SJ, Scott Niedermayer ANA game’s THREE STARS  First all-California SC playoff series since Oakland v. Los Angeles in 1969  Jonas Hiller ANA has a save percentage of .975 thus far in series

Tuesday, April 21 1930 h pt on CBC Thursday, April 23 1930 h pt on CBC SHARKS 4 @ DUCKS 3 SHARKS 0 @ DUCKS 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Rob Blake 1 (Marc-Edouard Vlasic) 5:34 NO SCORING 2. ANAHEIM, Bobby Ryan 2 (Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Whitney) 11:12 PPG 3. SAN JOSE, Dan Boyle 1 (Joe Thornton, Devin Setoguchi) 13:07 PPG Penalties ― Pavelski S 6:56, Setoguchi S 12:48, Ebbett A 15:06, Clowe S Brown A 20:00 4. ANAHEIM, James Wisniewski 1 (unassisted) 14:50 SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Marleau S (double minor) 0:17, Getzlaf A 0:35, Grier S R. Niedermayer A 5:25, Pronger A 5:50, 1. ANAHEIM, Bobby Ryan 3 (Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Whitney) 6:33 GWG Pavelski S 9:55, Getzlaf A 11:33, Murray S Parros A (majors) 18:58 2. ANAHEIM, Bobby Ryan 4 (Corey Perry, Chris Pronger) 10:13

SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Wisniewski A 10:54, Marleau S 18:18 5. SAN JOSE, Dan Boyle 2 (Joe Pavelski, Ryan Clowe) 1:05 6. ANAHEIM, Chris Pronger 1 (unassisted) 11:50 THIRD PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 1 (Ryan Getzlaf) 14:09 Penalties ― Grier S 7:27 4. ANAHEIM, Drew Miller 2 (Rob Niedermayer, Todd Marchant) 19:19 ENG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Roenick S (minor, 10-minute misconduct) Murray S Brookbank A (10-minute misconduct) 19:48 7. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 1 (Rob Blake, Dan Boyle) 10:33 PPG GWG Shots on goal by Penalties ― Perry A 9:07 SHARKS 10 9 12 31 DUCKS 8 12 6 26 Shots on goal by SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller SHARKS 20 8 7 35 DUCKS 8 13 9 30 SJ ― 0 for 2, ANA ― 0 for 4 on power play SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller Referees: Chris Rooney, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mike Cvik 16,830 at Honda Center SJ ― 2 for 3, ANA ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Don VanMassenhoven Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mike Cvik  Bobby Ryan ANA, Jonas Hiller ANA, James Wisniewski ANA game’s THREE STARS 16,277 at Honda Center  During the first intermission, a 4.0 earthquake shook nearby Yorba Linda (about 14 km to the NE)

 Dan Boyle SJ, Chris Pronger ANA, Rob Blake SJ game’s THREE STARS

Saturday, April 25 1900 h pt on CBC Monday, April 27 1930 h pt on CBC DUCKS 2 @ SHARKS 3 OVERTIME SHARKS 1 @ DUCKS 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 1 (Patrick Marleau, Rob Blake) 7:25 PPG 1. SAN JOSE, Milan Michalek 1 (Rob Blake, Dan Boyle) 10:19 PPG 2. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 3 (Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger) 12:33 PPG Penalties ― Perry A 0:46, Getzlaf A 6:51 Penalties ― Thornton S Getzlaf A (majors) 0:02, R. Niedermayer A 1:11, Perry A 6:25, Wisniewski A 9:35, Boyle SECOND PERIOD S Moen S Murray S Parros A Brown A 10:34, Selanne A 10:56, Marleau S 12:19 2. SAN JOSE, Devin Setoguchi 1 (Jonathan Cheechoo, Joe Thornton) 17:16 SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Grier S 2:03, Blake S 6:51, Wisniewski A 8:32, Goc S 17:39 3. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 1 (Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer) 13:03 PPG GWG 4. ANAHEIM, Francois Beauchemin 1 (Ryan Carter, Mike Brown) 14:26 THIRD PERIOD 3. ANAHEIM, Ryan Carter 1 (Andrew Ebbett, Scott Niedermayer) 0:55 Penalties ― Beauchemin A 10:16, Mitchell S 12:54, Boyle S (double minor) Pavelski S Whitney A (majors) 4. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 2 (Scott Niedermayer, Ryan Getzlaf) 4:42 Getzlaf A 20:00

Penalties ― None THIRD PERIOD 5. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 2 (Rob Niedermayer, Drew Miller) 17:06 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 2 (Joe Thornton, Devin Setoguchi) 6:02 GWG Penalties ― Michalek S Clowe S R. Niedermayer A Wisniewski A 3:47, Ehrhoff S 19:58

Penalties ― None Shots on goal by SHARKS 18 8 11 37 Shots on goal by DUCKS 9 15 8 32 DUCKS 5 8 9 3 25 SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov; ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller SHARKS 11 18 12 7 48 ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller; SAN JOSE, Evgeni Nabokov SJ ― 1 for 4, ANA ― 2 for 5 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski ANA ― 0 for 3, SJ ― 1 for 3 on power play 17,174 at Honda Center Referees: Dennis LaRue, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Lonnie Cameron 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose  Jonas Hiller ANA, Chris Pronger ANA, Scott Niedermayer ANA game’s THREE STARS  Sharks lose, marking just the 4th time since Presidents’ Trophy was first awarded in 1986  Patrick Marleau SJ, Joe Thornton SJ, Scott Niedermayer ANA game’s THREE STARS that those Trophy winners have been eliminated in the opening round (CHI 91, STL 00, DET 06)  Patrick Marleau SJ has ten SC Playoff winners since 2002 ~ most among active NHLers  Randy Carlyle ANA has now won 8 of 10 Ducks’ playoff series that he has coached

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 2 DETROIT RED WINGS 112 v. 7 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 92 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM SCOTT HOWSON, HC KEN HITCHCOCK RED WINGS SWEEP SERIES

Thursday, April 16 1900 h et on TSN Saturday, April 18 1800 h et on TSN BLUE JACKETS 1 @ RED WINGS 4 BLUE JACKETS 0 @ RED WINGS 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. DETROIT, Brian Rafalski 1 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom) 13:33 PPG GWG

Penalties ― Rafalski D 2:43, Vermette C 4:39, Rafalski D 4:51, Hossa D 6:21, Holmstrom D 12:46 Penalties ― Cleary D 0:10, Peca C 9:32, Voracek C 12:23

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Jiri Hudler 1 (Valtteri Filppula, Mikael Samuelsson) 10:48 2. DETROIT, Pavel Datsyuk 1 (Marian Hossa, Nicklas Lidstrom) 7:18 PPG 2. COLUMBUS, R.J. Umberger 1 (Jakub Voracek) 11:40 3. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 1 (Johan Franzen, Daniel Cleary) 15:30 3. DETROIT, Jonathan Ericsson 1 (Jiri Hudler, Valtteri Filppula) 14:21 4. DETROIT, Niklas Kronwall 1 (Mikael Samuelsson, Johan Franzen) 15:09 PPG Penalties ― Vermette C 6:24, Voracek C 17:21

Penalties ― Voracek C 4:28, Vermette C 15:01 THIRD PERIOD 4. DETROIT, Jiri Hudler 2 (Niklas Kronwall, Brad Stuart) 3:38 PPG THIRD PERIOD 5. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 1 (Henrik Zetterberg) 2:54 Penalties ― Chimera C 2:49, Ericsson D 4:18, Hejda C 7:33, Williams C 10:55, Vermett C (double minor) Datsyuk D Commodore C (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 11:21, Voracek C Kopecky D 16:08, Huselius C 19:08 Penalties ― Helm D 4:38, Commodore C 15:54 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BLUE JACKETS 8 7 10 25 BLUE JACKETS 13 6 2 21 RED WINGS 15 16 8 39 RED WINGS 14 12 8 34 COLUMBUS, Steve Mason; DETROIT, Chris Osgood COLUMBUS, Steve Mason; DETROIT, Chris Osgood CBJ ― 0 for 2, DET ― 3 for 11 on power play CBJ ― 0 for 5, DET ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Thor Nelson Referees: Paul Devorski, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Thor Nelson 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena  Chris Osgood DET, Pavel Datsyuk DET, Brad Stuart DET game’s THREE STARS  Chris Osgood DET, Jiri Hudler DET, Nicklas Lidstrom DET game’s THREE STARS  Nicklas Lidstrom DET 24:04 TOI, three shots on goal, two assists, 26 shifts  Blue Jackets’ first-ever Stanley Cup Playoff game  During the regular season, Wings had NHL’s best PP (25.5%), Jackets the worst (12.7%)

Tuesday, April 21 1900 h et on TSN Thursday, April 23 1900 h et on TSN RED WINGS 4 @ BLUE JACKETS 1 RED WINGS 6 @ BLUE JACKETS 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 1 (Marian Hossa) 1:07 1. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (Brian Rafalski) 2:58 PPG 2. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 1 (Johan Franzen, Brian Rafalski) 19:14 GWG 2. COLUMBUS, Kristian Huselius 1 (Rick Nash) 6:12 PPG 3. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 2 (Brad Stuart, Pavel Datsyuk) 7:09 Penalties ― Zetterberg D 15:45 4. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 2 (Tomas Kopecky, Valtteri Filppula) 10:02

SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Ericsson D Dorsett C Torres C 2:29, Malbty D 5:47, Commodore C 7:42, Russell C 16:43 3. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 2 (Daniel Cleary, Johan Franzen) 13:55 SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Holmstrom D 0:57, Huselius C 3:01, Methot C 8:28, Ericsson D 14:32 5. COLUMBUS, Rick Nash 1 (Rostislav Klesla, Kristian Huselius) 1:44 6. COLUMBUS, R.J. Umberger 3 (Raffi Torres, Steve Mason) 5:38 PPG THIRD PERIOD 7. DETROIT, Marian Hossa 1 (Niklas Kronwall, Brad Stuart) 6:59 4. COLUMBUS, R.J. Umberger 2 (Rick Nash, Jason Williams) 16:07 PPG 8. DETROIT, Marian Hossa 2 (Tomas Holmstrom, Nicklas Lidstrom) 11:26 PPG 5. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 3 (Daniel Cleary) 19:29 ENG 9. COLUMBUS, Kris Russell 1 (Raffi Torres) 15:45 10. COLUMBUS, Fredrik Modin 1 (Aaron Rome, Jason Chimera) 18:04 Penalties ― Holmstrom D 14:25 Penalties ― Ericsson D 4:24, Commodore C 8:01, Nash C 10:05 Shots on goal by RED WINGS 9 11 6 26 THIRD PERIOD BLUE JACKETS 11 7 14 32 11. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 2 (Jiri Hudler, Niklas Kronwall) 19:13 PPG GWG DETROIT, Chris Osgood; COLUMBUS, Steve Mason Penalties ― Blue Jackets’ bench (too many men) 18:26 DET ― 0 for 2, CBJ ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Brad Meier, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Steve Miller, Mark Shewchyk Shots on goal by 19,219 at Nationwide Arena RED WINGS 14 12 15 41 BLUE JACKETS 7 14 11 32  Daniel Cleary DET, Chris Osgood DET, R.J. Umberger CBJ game’s THREE STARS DETROIT, Chris Osgood; COLUMBUS, Steve Mason  First-ever Stanley Cup Playoff game in Columbus, Ohio DET ― 3 for 6, CBJ ― 2 for 2 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Miller, Mark Shewchyk 18,889 at Nationwide Arena

 Marian Hossa DET, Johan Franzen DET, Rick Nash CBJ game’s THREE STARS  Red Wings are now 8-2 in their last ten playoff road games ~ outscoring opponents 35-19  Wings become first defending Cup champions to win opening round since 2002

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 3 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 100 v. 6 ST. LOUIS BLUES 92 GM MIKE GILLIS, HC ALAIN VIGNEAULT v. GM LARRY PLEAU, HC ANDY MURRAY CANUCKS SWEEP SERIES

Wednesday, April 15 1900 h pt on CBC Friday, April 17 1900 h pt on CBC BLUES 1 @ CANUCKS 2 OVERTIME BLUES 0 @ CANUCKS 3

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. VANCOUVER, Daniel Sedin 1 (Pavol Demitra, Alexander Edler) 10:03 NO SCORING

Penalties ― Edler V 7:37, Ohlund V 11:44, Salo V 12:03, Tkachuk S 13:42, Perron S 16:24, Winchester S Hordichuk Penalties ― Hinote S 9:20 V (10-minute misconducts) Johnson V 20:00 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. VANCOUVER, Mats Sundin 1 (Pavol Demitra, Ryan Kesler) 18:04 GWG 2. VANCOUVER, Sami Salo 1 (Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin) 5:11 PPG GWG 3. ST. LOUIS, Brad Boyes 1 (Alex Steen, Andy McDonald) 18:16 PPG Penalties ― O’Brien V 3:39, O’Brien V 9:36, Backes S 10:53, Blues’ bench 13:16, Crombeen S 18:31

Penalties ― McKee S 3:19, McKee S 5:40, Ohlund V 8:45, Rypien V 13:57, Berglund S 15:52, H. Sedin V 16:43 THIRD PERIOD 2. VANCOUVER, Alex Burrows 1 (Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin) 9:46 THIRD PERIOD 3. VANCOUVER, Henrik Sedin 1 (Daniel Sedin, Sami Salo) 18:36 ENG NO SCORING Penalties ― Burrows V 6:56, Mitchell V 15:57, Jackman S Bernier V (majors) Crombeen S (double minor) Penalties ― Oshie S Burrows V 2:29, Perron S 11:17 Bieksa V Rypien V (10-minute misconduct) 20:00

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BLUES 9 11 6 26 BLUES 7 9 14 30 CANUCKS 8 8 15 31 CANUCKS 5 13 9 27 ST. LOUIS, Chris Mason; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo ST. LOUIS, Chris Mason; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo

STL ― 1 for 7, VAN ― 1 for 6 on power play STL ― 0 for 4, VAN ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Dan O`Halloran Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mike Cvik Referees: Chris Rooney, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mike Cvik 18,630 at General Motors Place 18,630 at General Motors Place

 Roberto Luongo VAN, Andy McDonald STL, Ryan Kesler VAN game’s THREE STARS  Roberto Luongo VAN, Daniel Sedin VAN, Andy McDonald STL game’s THREE STARS  When the Canucks hit the ice to start the second period, the decibel level was 103

Sunday, April 19 1800 h ct on CBC Tuesday, April 21 1900 h ct on CBC CANUCKS 3 @ BLUES 2 CANUCKS 3 @ BLUES 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. ST. LOUIS, David Backes 1 (Brad Boyes, Andy McDonald) 3:11 1. VANCOUVER, Kyle Wellwood 1 (unassisted) 5:20

Penalties ― Ohlund V 5:29, D. Sedin V 10:33, Mitchel V (triple minor) Backes S 11:07, Bieksa V Crombeen S 16:03 Penalties ― Backes S 2:26, Bernier V 2:48, O’Brien V 6:40, Mitchell V 18:36

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. VANCOUVER, Mattias Ohlund 1 (Alexander Edler, Kyle Wellwood) 7:57 PPG 2. VANCOUVER, Alex Burrows 2 (Shane O’Brien, Willie Mitchell) 9:23 3. VANCOUVER, Daniel Sedin 2 (Sami Salo, Kevin Bieksa) 10:18 PPG 3. ST. LOUIS, Brad Boyes 1 (Barret Jackman) 13:30 4. ST. LOUIS, Andy McDonald 1 (David Perron, David Backes) 16:13 4. ST. LOUIS, David Perron 1 (David Backes, Andy McDonald) 16:54

Penalties ― McClement S 7:22, Crombeen S 8:30, McClement S 9:21, Crombeen S 20:00 Penalties ― Burrows V 6:29, Hinote S 11:03

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. VANCOUVER, Steve Bernier 1 (Henrik Sedin, Sami Salo) 1:41 PPG GWG NO SCORING

Penalties ― Kesler V 6:47, Mitchell V 7:44, Backes S (double minor) 19:53 Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD CANUCKS 5 13 8 26 5. VANCOUVER, Alex Burrows 3 (Willie Mitchell) 19:41 GWG BLUES 12 7 26 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; ST. LOUIS, Chris Mason Penalties ― D. Sedin V 6:22, Kesler V (double minor) 10:36, Colaiacovo S 14:41

VAN ― 3 for 5, STL ― 0 for 6 on power play Shots on goal by Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Meier Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Mark Wheler CANUCKS 8 8 11 9 36 19,500 at Scottrade Center BLUES 9 12 10 18 49 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; ST. LOUIS, Chris Mason  Daniel Sedin VAN, Andy McDonald STL, Steve Bernier VAN game’s THREE STARS  Mats Sundin VAN did not play for Canucks, as he’s nursing a groin injury VAN ― 0 for 3, STL ― 0 for 7 on power play Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Jay Sharrers 19,250 at Scottrade Center

 Roberto Luongo VAN, Alex Burrows VAN, Andy McDonald STL game’s THREE STARS  Canucks complete their first-ever Stanley Cup Playoff series sweep  Blues were just 1-for-24 on power play in series

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER—FINAL 4 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 104 v. 5 CALGARY FLAMES 98 GM DALE TALLON, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE v. GM DARRYL SUTTER, HC MIKE KEENAN BLACKHAWKS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 16 1930 h ct on TSN Saturday, April 18 2000 h ct on TSN CALGARY 2 @ CHICAGO 3 CALGARY 2 @ CHICAGO 3

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CALGARY, David Moss 1 (Craig Conroy, Curtis Glencross) 8:38 1. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 1 (Mike Cammalleri, Dion Phaneuf) 7:44 PPG 2. CALGARY, Adrian Aucoin 1 (Jarome Iginla, Olli Jokinen) 16:15 Penalties ― Kiprusoff Ca 13:31, Toews Ch (double minor) 16:29 Penalties ― Eager Ch 7:36, Phaneuf Ca 8:05, Leopold Ca 14:58, Toews Ch 15::41, Leopold Ca 19:04 SECOND PERIOD 2. CHICAGO, Cam Barker 1 (Jonathan Toews, Matt Walker) 13:17 SECOND PERIOD 3. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 1 (Patrick Sharp, Cam Barker) 0:46 PPG Penalties ― Eager Ch 2:30, Leopold Ca 4:33 4. CHICAGO, Patrick Sharp 1 (Patrick Kane, Brian Campbell) 13:58 5. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 2 (David Bolland, Brent Seabrook) 19:36 GWG THIRD PERIOD 3. CALGARY, Mike Cammalleri 1 (Daymond Langkow, Todd Bertuzzi) 3:54 Penalties ― Hjalmarsson Ch 10:33, Versteeg Ch 14:30 4. CHICAGO, Martin Havlat 1 (Cam Barker) 14:27 THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Cammalleri Ca 0:52 NO SCORING

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD Penalties ― Vandermeer Ca Havlat Ch 8:27 5. CHICAGO, Martin Havlat 2 (David Bolland) 0:12 GWG Shots on goal by Penalties ― None FLAMES 14 8 10 32 BLACKHAWKS 12 12 9 33 Shots on goal by CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin FLAMES 10 11 4 0 25 BLACKHAWKS 5 10 12 1 28 CGY ― 1 for 4, CHI ― 1 for 3 on power play CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin Referees: Paul Devorski, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Mark Wheler 22,514 at United Center CGY ― 0 for 3, CHI ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Mark Wheler  Jonathan Toews CHI, Jarome Iginla CGY, Nikolai Khabibulin CHI game’s THREE STARS 22,478 at United Center  Dustin Byfuglien CHI had four shots on goal, seven hits

 Martin Havlat CHI, Mike Cammalleri CGY, Cam Barker CHI game’s THREE STARS  Third-shortest overtime in Stanley Cup Playoff history (Skrudland, ’89; Parise ’75)  Blackhawks’ first Stanley Cup Playoff game in seven years  In second period, Mike Cammalleri CGY gives faceoff head shot to Martin Havlat CHI

Monday, April 20 1930 h mt on TSN Wednesday, April 22 2000 h mt on TSN CHICAGO 2 @ CALGARY 4 CHICAGO 4 @ CALGARY 6

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CHICAGO, Patrick Sharp 2 (Jonathan Toews, Martin Havlat) 2:03 PPG 1. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 1 (Patrick Sharp, Brent Seabrook) 4:40 2. CALGARY, Eric Nystrom 1 (Curtis Glencross, Adrian Aucoin) 6:40 2. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 2 (Mike Cammalleri, Dion Phaneuf) 5:47 PPG

Penalties ― Jokinen Ca 1:54, Flames’ bench 4:22, Bertuzzi Ca 13:18 Penalties ― Toews Ch 4:58

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. CALGARY, Rene Bourque 1 (Olli Jokinen) 17:07 3. CALGARY, Olli Jokinen 1 (unassisted) 0:50 4. CALGARY, Adrian Aucoin 2 (Olli Jokinen, Eric Nystrom) 8:10 Penalties ― Byfuglien Ch 6:02, Sharp Ch 9:09, Bourque Ca 10:51 5. CALGARY, Olli Jokinen 2 (Dion Phaneuf, Eric Nystrom) 9:16 6. CHICAGO, Kris Versteeg 1 (Brian Campbell, Cam Barker) 12:13 PPG THIRD PERIOD 7. CHICAGO, Cam Barker 2 (Samuel Pahlsson, Kris Versteeg) 16:44 4. CALGARY, David Moss 2 (Adam Pardy, Daymond Langkow) 1:18 GWG 8. CHICAGO, Samuel Pahlsson 1 (Kris Versteeg, Brian Campbell) 19:27 PPG 5. CALGARY, David Moss 3 (Curtis Glencross, Jim Vandermeer) 5:24 6. CHICAGO, Martin Havlat 3 (Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews) 15:35 Penalties ― Aucoin Ca 4:19, Leopold Ca 11:12, Jokinen Ca 19:09

Penalties ― Langkow Ca 6:12, Bourque Ca 8:39, Bourque Ca 13:12, Sarich Ca Byfuglien Ch 13:20, Eager Ch THIRD PERIOD (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) Bolland Ch Glencross Ca (10-minute misconducts) Byfuglien Ch Phaneuf Ca 9. CALGARY, Eric Nystrom 2 (Cory Sarich, Daymond Langkow) 13:04 GWG Vandermeer Ca 19:03, Burish Ch Bourque Ca (minors, 10-minute misconducts) 19:47 10. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 3 (unassisted) 19:49 ENG

Shots on goal by Penalties ― Bertuzzi Ca 2:08 BLACKHAWKS 9 12 17 38 FLAMES 8 9 11 28 Shots on goal by CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff BLACKHAWKS 8 13 11 32 FLAMES 13 5 9 27 CHI ― 1 for 7, CGY ― 0 for 3 on power play CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff Referees: Chris Rooney, Brad Watson Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Thor Nelson 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome CHI ― 2 for 4, CGY ― 1 for 1 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Tim Peel Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Thor Nelson  Miikka Kiprusoff CGY, David Moss CGY, Patrick Sharp CHI game’s THREE STARS 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome  Patrick Kane CHI sits out game with flu  Brent Seabrook CHI leads all skaters with 28:06 ice time ~ has four hits, blocks two shots  Olli Jokinen CGY, Eric Nystrom CGY, Samuel Pahlsson CHI game’s THREE STARS  Olli Jokinen CGY ended his goalless drought at 16 games  Seven Flames and Twelve Blackhawks have made their Stanley Cup Playoff debuts in this series

Saturday, April 25 2000 h ct on TSN Monday, April 27 1930 h mt on TSN CALGARY 1 @ CHICAGO 5 CHICAGO 4 @ CALGARY 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CHICAGO, Brent Seabrook 1 (Martin Havlat, Kris Versteeg) 9:19 1. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 2 (Dustin Byfuglien, Kris Versteeg) 2:20 PPG 2. CHICAGO, Patrick Sharp 3 (Jonathan Toews, Niklas Hjalmarsson) 10:49 GWG 2. CHICAGO, Adam Burish 1 (Dustin Byfuglien, Kris Versteeg) 10:11 GWG 3. CHICAGO, Kris Versteeg 2 (Brent Seabrook) 11:08 Penalties ― Bertuzzi Ca 1:27, Havlat Ch 6:44 Penalties ― Bertuzzi Ca 1:01, Sarich Ca 7:50, Glencross Ca 12:05 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. CHICAGO, Brian Campbell 1 (Patrick Kane) 14:57 PPG 4. CALGARY, Dustin Boyd 1 (Adam Pardy) 2:45 5. CHICAGO, Andrew Ladd 1 (David Bolland, Brent Seabrook) 6:14 Penalties ― Bolland Ch 0:35, Versteeg Ch 5:20, Flames’ bench 13:31 6. CHICAGO, Cam Barker 3 (Martin Havlat, Dustin Byfuglien) 14:56 THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Kane Ch 8:02 4. CALGARY, Todd Bertuzzi 1 (Jordan Leopold) 0:54 5. CHICAGO, Dustin Byfuglien 1 (Samuel Pahlsson, Brent Seabrook) 19:55 ENG THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties ― None

Penalties ― Pardy Ca Eager Ch (majors) 2:40, Brouwer Ch 5:12, Bolland Ch 5:43, Eager Ch 10:24, Bourque Ca Shots on goal by 11:46, Bourque Ca 16:35 BLACKHAWKS 7 4 5 16 FLAMES 16 17 11 44 Shots on goal by CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff FLAMES 3 8 9 20 BLACKHAWKS 15 5 8 28 CHI ― 2 for 2, CGY ― 0 for 3 on power play CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff, Curtis McElhinney (6:14 of second); CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin Referees: Marc Joannette, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Tim Nowak 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome CGY ― 0 for 4, CHI ― 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Chris Lee, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Miller, Mark Shewchyk  Nikolai Khabibulin CHI, Cory Sarich CGY, Dustin Byfuglien CHI game’s THREE STARS 22,563 at United Center  Dion Phaneuf CGY did not play in this game ~ had helmet-on-helmet with Troy Brouwer in G5  Blackhawks win their first SC Playoff series since 1996  Brent Seabrook CHI, Cam Barker CHI, Martin Havlat CHI game’s THREE STARS  Of last 27 SC Playoff series that were tied 2-2, the Game Five winner gone on to win 25 times

MONTREAL CANADIENS CALGARY FLAMES GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % Alex Kovalev RW 4 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 12 .167 Olli Jokinen C 6 2 3 5 -1 4 0 0 0 23 .087 Saku Koivu C 4 0 3 3 -1 2 0 0 0 6 .000 Jarome Iginla RW 6 3 1 4 -4 0 2 0 0 18 .167 Christopher Higgins LW 4 2 0 2 -1 2 0 0 0 8 .250 Eric Nystrom LW 6 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 8 .250 Yannick Weber D 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 David Moss RW 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17 .176 Glen Metropolit C 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 .000 Adrian Aucoin D 6 2 1 3 -2 2 0 0 0 11 .182 Andrei Kostitsyn LW 4 1 0 1 -2 2 0 0 0 9 .111 Mike Cammalleri LW 6 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 16 .063 Alex Tanguay LW 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 .000 Curtis Glencross LW 6 0 3 3 -1 12 0 0 0 8 .000 Tom Kostopoulos RW 4 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 5 .000 Dion Phaneuf D 5 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 8 .000 Josh Gorges D 4 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 2 .000 Daymond Langkow C 6 0 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 12 .000 Guillaume Latendresse RW 4 0 0 0 -2 12 0 0 0 5 .000 Todd Bertuzzi RW 6 1 1 2 4 8 0 0 0 9 .111 Carey Price G 4 0 0 0 Adam Pardy D 6 0 2 2 -2 5 0 0 0 7 .000 Matt D`Agostini RW 3 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 0 5 .000 Rene Bourque LW 5 1 0 1 -2 22 0 0 0 12 .083 Francis Bouillon D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dustin Boyd C 5 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 5 .200 Jaroslav Halak G 1 0 0 0 Cory Sarich D 5 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 4 .000 Sergei Kostitsyn LW 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 Jim Vandermeer D 6 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 3 .000 Mike Komisarek D 4 0 0 0 -4 20 0 0 0 5 .000 Craig Conroy C 6 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 5 .000 Tomas Plekanec C 3 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 1 .000 Jordan Leopold D 6 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 5 .000 Roman Hamrlik D 4 0 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 10 .000 Jamie Lundmark C 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Mathieu Schneider D 2 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 5 .000 Anders Eriksson D 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Ryan O`Byrne D 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 Miikka Kiprusoff G 6 0 0 2 Gregory Stewart LW 2 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 2 .000 Andre Roy LW 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mathieu Dandenault RW 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 8 .000 Curtis McElhinney G 1 0 0 0 Georges Laraque RW 4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 5 .000 Warren Peters LW 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Patrice Brisebois D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Maxim Lapierre C 4 0 0 0 -3 26 0 0 0 9 .000 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Miikka Kiprusoff 6 324 3.52 .884 2-4-0 0 1 2 0 0 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Curtis McElhinney 1 34 1.76 .900 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Carey Price 4 219 4.11 .878 0-4-0 0 2 0 0 0 Jaroslav Halak 1 20 0.00 1.000 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % NEW JERSEY DEVILS R.J. Umberger C 4 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 9 .333 GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % Rick Nash LW 4 1 2 3 -4 2 0 0 0 13 .077 Zach Parise LW 7 3 3 6 2 2 1 0 1 29 .103 Kris Russell D 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 .200 Brian Gionta RW 7 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 23 .087 Kristian Huselius LW 4 1 1 2 -4 4 1 0 0 11 .091 Travis Zajac C 7 1 3 4 0 6 0 0 1 11 .091 Raffi Torres LW 4 0 2 2 -3 2 0 0 0 4 .000 Paul Martin D 7 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 9 .000 Fredrik Modin LW 4 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 4 .250 Jamie Langenbrunner RW 4 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 16 .125 Rostislav Klesla D 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Brendan Shanahan LW 7 1 2 3 -1 2 0 0 0 25 .040 Jason Williams RW 4 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 5 .000 Patrik Elias LW 7 1 2 3 -1 2 0 0 0 25 .040 Jakub Voracek RW 4 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 12 .000 David Clarkson RW 7 2 0 2 -1 19 1 0 1 12 .167 Jason Chimera LW 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 .000 Brian Rolston C 7 1 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 18 .056 Aaron Rome D 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Mike Mottau D 7 1 1 2 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 Steve Mason G 4 0 1 0 Jay Pandolfo LW 7 1 0 1 -2 0 0 0 0 8 .125 Derek Dorsett RW 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 7 .000 John Madden C 7 0 1 1 -3 4 0 0 0 18 .000 Jan Hejda D 3 0 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 1 .000 Colin White D 7 0 1 1 -3 6 0 0 0 3 .000 Jared Boll RW 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Andy Greene D 3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 5 .000 Michael Peca C 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .000 Niclas Havelid D 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .000 Mike Commodore D 4 0 0 0 -7 18 0 0 0 4 .000 Dainius Zubrus RW 7 0 1 1 -2 10 0 0 0 14 .000 Manny Malhotra C 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 4 .000 Bobby Holik C 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .000 Fedor Tyutin D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Johnny Oduya D 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 8 .000 Antoine Vermette LW 4 0 0 0 -4 10 0 0 0 6 .000 Mike Rupp LW 7 0 0 0 -2 14 0 0 0 7 .000 Marc Methot D 4 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 1 .000 Bryce Salvador D 4 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 0 4 .000 Martin Brodeur G 7 0 0 4 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Steve Mason 4 239 4.27 .878 0-4-0 0 1 0 0 1 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Martin Brodeur 7 427 2.39 .929 3-4-0 1 0 4 0 0 ST. LOUIS BLUES GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % NEW YORK RANGERS Andy McDonald C 4 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 19 .053 GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % Brad Boyes RW 4 2 1 3 -1 0 1 0 0 13 .154 Scott Gomez C 7 2 3 5 -4 4 1 0 0 15 .133 David Backes RW 4 1 2 3 1 10 0 0 0 11 .091 Brandon Dubinsky C 7 1 3 4 1 18 0 0 1 9 .111 David Perron LW 4 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 12 .083 Nik Antropov C 7 2 1 3 -1 6 1 0 0 17 .118 Alexander Steen LW 4 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 19 .000 Markus Naslund LW 7 1 2 3 2 10 1 0 0 10 .100 Barret Jackman D 4 0 1 1 -2 5 0 0 0 4 .000 Ryan Callahan RW 7 2 0 2 -1 4 1 0 1 19 .105 Carlo Colaiacovo D 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .000 Paul Mara D 7 1 1 2 -2 8 0 0 0 7 .143 Jeff Woywitka D 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Derek Morris D 7 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 6 .000 Mike Weaver D 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Sean Avery LW 6 0 2 2 -3 24 0 0 0 15 .000 Cam Janssen RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wade Redden D 7 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 12 .000 Jay McKee D 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .000 Lauri Korpikoski LW 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 Keith Tkachuk C 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 7 .000 Marc Staal D 7 1 0 1 -3 0 0 0 0 4 .250 Dan Hinote RW 3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 1 .000 Chris Drury C 6 1 0 1 -5 2 0 0 1 5 .200 Brad Winchester LW 4 0 0 0 -4 10 0 0 0 4 .000 Fredrik Sjostrom RW 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 Jay McClement C 4 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 8 .000 Colton Orr RW 5 0 0 0 -1 16 0 0 0 0 .000 Roman Polak D 4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 4 .000 Aaron Voros LW 4 0 0 0 -2 14 0 0 0 3 .000 B.J. Crombeen RW 4 0 0 0 -2 12 0 0 0 3 .000 Henrik Lundqvist G 7 0 0 0 T.J. Oshie C 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .000 Dan Girardi D 7 0 0 0 -3 6 0 0 0 12 .000 Patrik Berglund C 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .000 Michal Rozsival D 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .000 Chris Mason G 4 0 0 0 Stephen Valiquette G 2 0 0 0 Artem Anisimov C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Blair Betts C 6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Chris Mason 4 256 2.34 .916 0-4-0 0 1 0 0 0 Nikolai Zherdev RW 7 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 12 .000

GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A SAN JOSE SHARKS Henrik Lundqvist 7 380 3.00 .908 3-4-0 1 0 0 0 0 GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % Stephen Valiquette 2 40 0.00 1.000 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Thornton C 6 1 4 5 -3 5 1 0 0 17 .059 Dan Boyle D 6 2 2 4 -1 8 1 0 0 18 .111 Rob Blake D 6 1 3 4 -5 4 0 0 0 26 .038 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Patrick Marleau C 6 2 1 3 0 8 1 0 2 12 .167 GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % Devin Setoguchi RW 6 1 2 3 -1 2 0 0 0 17 .059 Claude Giroux RW 6 2 3 5 2 6 0 0 0 9 .222 Jonathan Cheechoo RW 6 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 17 .059 Mike Richards C 6 1 4 5 -4 6 1 0 0 21 .048 Ryane Clowe LW 6 1 1 2 -4 8 0 0 0 11 .091 Simon GagneLW 6 3 1 4 -4 2 1 1 1 19 .158 Milan Michalek LW 6 1 0 1 -3 2 1 0 0 20 .050 Danny Briere C 6 1 3 4 -1 8 1 0 0 10 .100 Jeremy Roenick C 6 0 1 1 -1 12 0 0 0 11 .000 Mike Knuble RW 6 2 1 3 -2 2 0 0 0 19 .105 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 6 0 1 1 -6 0 0 0 0 5 .000 Darroll Powe C 6 1 2 3 0 7 0 0 0 10 .100 Joe Pavelski C 6 0 1 1 -3 9 0 0 0 18 .000 Matt Carle D 6 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 13 .000 Claude Lemieux RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Braydon Coburn D 6 0 3 3 2 7 0 0 0 4 .000 Torrey Mitchell C 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 9 .000 Joffrey Lupul RW 6 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 14 .071 Brad Lukowich D 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 .000 Arron Asham RW 6 1 1 2 -1 6 0 0 1 4 .250 Mike Grier RW 6 0 0 0 -2 6 0 0 0 8 .000 Scott Hartnell LW 6 1 1 2 -2 23 1 0 0 15 .067 Evgeni Nabokov G 6 0 0 0 Daniel Carcillo LW 5 1 1 2 3 5 0 0 0 4 .250 Jody Shelley LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jeff Carter C 6 1 0 1 -2 8 0 0 0 30 .033 Marcel Goc C 6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 7 .000 Jared Ross C 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 Douglas Murray D 6 0 0 0 -1 9 0 0 0 3 .000 Kimmo Timonen D 6 0 1 1 -3 12 0 0 0 10 .000 Travis Moen LW 6 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 0 4 .000 Randy Jones D 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .000 Christian Ehrhoff D 6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 20 .000 Andrew Alberts D 6 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 2 .000 Martin Biron G 6 0 0 0 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Luca Sbisa D 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 Evgeni Nabokov 6 362 2.82 .890 2-4-0 0 1 0 0 0 Ryan Parent D 6 0 0 0 -3 6 0 0 0 3 .000

GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Martin Biron 6 375 2.56 .919 2-4-0 1 2 0 0 0

2009 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL 1 BOSTON BRUINS 116 v. 6 CAROLINA HURRICANES 97 GM PETER CHIARELLI, HC CLAUDE JULIEN v. GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PAUL MAURICE HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 7

Friday, May 1 1930 h et on TSN Sunday, May 3 1930 h et on TSN CAROLINA 1 @ BOSTON 4 CAROLINA 3 @ BOSTON 0

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Aaron Ward 1 (Michael Ryder, David Krejci) 1:34 NO SCORING 2. CAROLINA, Jussi Jokinen 4 (Ryan Bayda, Joni Pitkanen) 18:50 Penalties ― None Penalties ― Whitney C 6:20, Bayda C 18:50 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Joe Corvo 1 (Eric Staal, Erik Cole) 2:30 GWG 3. BOSTON, Marc Savard 3 (Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic) 7:21 GWG 2. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 1 (Chad Larose) 7:32 SHG 4. BOSTON, Michael Ryder 5 (unassisted) 12:41 Penalties ― Pitkanen C 6:24, Seidenberg C 17:49 Penalties ― Cole C Chara B 14:54 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 6 (Joe Corvo) 19:32 ENG 5. BOSTON, Marc Savard 4 (Phil Kessel) 7:21 Penalties ― Ference B 1:31, Gleason C 12:15, Pitkanen C 16:53 Penalties ― Cole C 2:26, Chara B 14:13 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by HURRICANES 13 9 3 25 HURRICANES 10 10 7 27 BRUINS 8 12 16 36 BRUINS 8 9 7 24 CAROLINA, Cam Ward; BOSTON, Tim Thomas CAROLINA, Cam Ward; BOSTON, Tim Thomas CAR ― 0 for 1, BOS ― 0 for 4 on power play CAR ― 0 for 1, BOS ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Mike Leggo Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden  Cam Ward CAR, Erik Cole CAR, Chad Larose CAR game’s THREE STARS  Marc Savard BOS, Tim Thomas BOS, Michael Ryder BOS game’s THREE STARS  Rod Brind’Amour CAR plays his 63rd SC Playoff game with team ~ a franchise record (R Francis)  Bruins now 30-2-5 this season when David Krejci scores a point

Wednesday, May 6 1930 h et on TSN Friday, May 8 1930 h et on TSN BOSTON 2 @ CAROLINA 3 OVERTIME BOSTON 1 @ CAROLINA 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Milan Lucic 1 (Dennis Wideman, Marc Savard) 8:43 1. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 8 (Erik Cole) 4:54 PPG

Penalties ― Ference B 16:28 Penalties ― Samsonov C 1:43, Krejci B 3:17, Lucic B Savard B Seidenberg C Cole C 16:59

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 7 (unassisted) 16:49 PPG 2. BOSTON, Marc Savard 5 (Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder) 2:37 PPG 3. CAROLINA, Sergei Samsonov 1 (Scott Walker, Jussi Jokinen) 17:58 Penalties ― Ruutu C 2:09, Kobasew B 14:10 Penalties ― Ruutu C 9:24, Ryder B 15:40, Wallin C 19:21, Savard B 19:56 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. CAROLINA, Jussi Jokinen 6 (Rod Brind’Amour, Anton Babchuk) 2:52 PPG GWG 4. BOSTON, Mark Recchi 1 (Chuck Kobasew, Steve Montador) 9:03 4. CAROLINA, Sergei Samsonov 2 (Jussi Jokinen, Tuomo Ruutu) 14:31 5. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 9 (Joe Corvo, Jussi Jokinen) 15:41 Penalties ― None Penalties ― Chara B 1:07, Montador B 6:08, Kobasew B Cole C 14:59, Babchuk C 19:19, Kobasew B (double FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD minor) Brind’Amour C 19:56 5. CAROLINA, Jussi Jokinen 5 (Sergei Samsonov, Tuomo Ruutu) 2:48 GWG Shots on goal by Penalties ― None BRUINS 4 10 7 21 HURRICANES 12 6 13 31 Shots on goal by BOSTON, Tim Thomas; CAROLINA, Cam Ward BRUINS 8 7 4 4 23 HURRICANES 12 15 11 3 41 BOS ― 1 for 3, CAR ― 2 for 4 on power play BOSTON, Tim Thomas; CAROLINA, Cam Ward Referees: Kevin Pollock, Dave Jackson Linesmen: Jean Morin, Thor Nelson 18,878 at RBC Center BOS ― 0 for 2, CAR ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brian Murphy  Jussi Jokinen CAR, Eric Staal CAR, Tuomo Ruutu CAR game’s THREE STARS 18,680 at RBC Center  Bruins have never, in their history, come back from a three games to one series deficit

 Jussi Jokinen CAR, Eric Staal CAR, Scott Walker CAR game’s THREE STARS  In second period, Boston blew its first SC playoff lead ~ 396 minutes, 49 seconds

Sunday, May 10 1930 h et on TSN Tuesday, May 12 1900 h et on TSN CAROLINA 0 @ BOSTON 4 BOSTON 4 @ CAROLINA 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Mark Recchi 3 (Patrice Bergeron, Chuck Kobasew) 2:01 1. BOSTON, Mark Recchi 2 (Zdeno Chara, Dennis Wideman) 14:48 PPG GWG 2. BOSTON, Steve Montador 1 (David Krejci, Michael Ryder) 5:04 2. BOSTON, Phil Kessel 5 (Marc Savard, Milan Lucic) 18:36

Penalties ― Chara B 19:29 Penalties ― Gleason C 1:33, Chara B 6:06, Samsonov C 7:27, Seidenberg C 14:41, Montador B 15:33

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 2 (Scott Walker, Chad Larose) 2:49 3. BOSTON, Phil Kessel 6 (Marc Savard, Zdeno Chara) 4:40 4. BOSTON, Marc Savard 6 (Milan Lucic, Dennis Wideman) 8:53

5. BOSTON, Chuck Kobasew 3 (Patrice Bergeron, Mark Recchi) 18:03 Penalties ― Hurricanes’ bench 6:38, Larose C 9:35, Wideman B 15:25

Penalties ― Eaves C 14:11, Babchuk C 19:27 THIRD PERIOD

4. BOSTON, Milan Lucic 2 (Michael Ryder, Patrice Bergeron) 12:21 THIRD PERIOD

6. CAROLINA, Sergei Samsonov 3 (Tim Gleason, Eric Staal) 7:20 Penalties ― Conboy C (double minor) Babchuk C Thornton B (triple minor) 2:57, Pitkanen C 3:18, Cole C 5:17,

Ryder B 5:44, Conboy C B. Stuart B (majors) 12:53, Chara B 14:37, Walker C (minor, major, game misconduct) Penalties ― Montador B 8:12, Wideman B 10:46 Ward B 17:13, Wallin C Kobasew B 18:11, Larose C 19:32, Lucic B (10-minute misconduct) 20:00

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BRUINS 9 6 4 19 HURRICANES 7 4 8 19 HURRICANES 11 8 14 33 BRUINS 16 13 11 40 BOSTON, Tim Thomas; CAROLINA, Cam Ward CAROLINA, Cam Ward; BOSTON, Tim Thomas

BOS ― 0 for 2, CAR ― 0 for 3 on power play CAR ― 0 for 5, BOS ― 1 for 9 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brian Murphy Referees: Brad Watson, Tim Peel Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brian Murphy 18,680 at RBC Center 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden

 Chuck Kobasew BOS, Tim Thomas BOS, Patrice Bergeron BOS game’s THREE STARS  Zdeno Chara BOS, Phil Kessel BOS, Tim Thomas BOS game’s THREE STARS  Bruins have scored nine of their playoff goals in the final three minutes of a period

2009 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL 1 BOSTON BRUINS 116 v. 6 CAROLINA HURRICANES 97 GM PETER CHIARELLI, HC CLAUDE JULIEN v. GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PAUL MAURICE HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 7

Thursday, May 14 2000 h et on TSN CAROLINA 3 @ BOSTON 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Byron Bitz 1 (David Krejci, Michael Ryder) 7:42 2. CAROLINA, Rod Brind’Amour 1 (Dennis Seidenberg, Joni Pitkanen) 13:59

Penalties ― Axelsson B 11:59, Ruutu C 16:52

SECOND PERIOD 3. CAROLINA, Sergei Samsonov 4 (Joni Pitkanen, Frantisek Kaberle) 7:45

Penalties ― Cullen C 3:54, Kaberle C 10:55, Samsonov C 13:54, Ryder B 18:46

THIRD PERIOD 4. BOSTON, Milan Lucic 3 (Marc Savard, Phil Kessel) 6:19

Penalties ― None

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 5. CAROLINA, Scott Walker 1 (Ray Whitney, Dennis Seidenberg) 18:46 GWG

Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by HURRICANES 10 10 9 8 37 BRUINS 11 6 11 8 36 CAROLINA, Cam Ward; BOSTON, Tim Thomas

CAR ― 0 for 2, BOS ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden

 Scott Walker CAR, Milan Lucic BOS, Byron Bitz BOS game’s THREE STARS  Walker just third in history to make his first SC Playoff goal a Game-Seven winner Ron Shock PIT 1968 v. MIN, Nikolai Borschevsky TOR 1993 v. DET

Saturday, May 2 1300 h et on NBC, CBC Monday, May 4 1900 h et on CBC PITTSBURGH 2 @ WASHINGTON 3 PITTSBURGH 3 @ WASHINGTON 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 5 (Bill Guerin, Sergei Gonchar) 4:09 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 6 (Sergei Gonchar, Kris Letang) 6:38 PPG 2. WASHINGTON, David Steckel 1 (Matt Bradley, Brooks Laich) 13:50 3. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 4 (Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom) 17:03 PPG Penalties ― Orpik P Semin W (double minor ) 5:28, Staal P 6:58, Letang P 9:52, Guerin P Clark W 13:11, Poti W 16:18, Green W 17:32 Penalties ― Fedorov W 10:44, Gonchar P 15:14, Cooke P 16:15, Clark W 19:47 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 5 (Viktor Kozlov, Sergei Fedorov) 2:18 4. PITTSBURGH, Mark Eaton 3 (Evgeni Malkin, Chris Kunitz) 12:54 3. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 7 (Chris Kunitz, Bill Guerin) 10:57 4. WASHINGTON, David Steckel 2 (Tyler Sloan, Brian Pothier) 15:49 Penalties ― Clark W 6:29 Penalties ― Dupuis P 3:24, Kunitz P 18:22 THIRD PERIOD 5. WASHINGTON, Tomas Fleischmann 2 (Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin) 1:46 GWG THIRD PERIOD 5. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 6 (Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom) 12:53 PPG Penalties ― Fedorov W 4:29, Erskine W 12:22 6. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 7 (Viktor Kozlov, Sergei Fedorov) 15:22 GWG 7. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 8 (Evgeni Malkin, Petr Sykora) 19:29 PPG Shots on goal by PENGUINS 11 12 13 36 Penalties ― Jucina W 10:49, Malkin P 12:49, Jurcina W 18:19 CAPITALS 8 12 6 26 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov Shots on goal by PENGUINS 13 16 7 36 PIT ― 0 for 5, WSH ― 1 for 2 on power play CAPITALS 11 15 7 33 Referees: Dave Jackson, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Jean Morin PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov 18,277 at Verizon Center PIT ― 2 for 5, WSH ― 1 for 5 on power play  Simeon Varlamov WSH, David Steckel WSH, Sidney Crosby PIT game’s THREE STARS Referees: Marc Joannette, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Jean Morin 18,277 at Verizon Center

 Alex Ovechkin WSH, Sidney Crosby PIT, Simeon Varlamov WSH game’s THREE STARS  Tonight marked the first career SC Playoff hat-tricks for both Ovechkin and Crosby  Fourth time opponents had scored hat-tricks in same SC Playoff Game ~ Messier EDM v. Reinhart CGY ’83, Iafrate WSH v. Ferraro NYI ’93 and Linden VAN v. Sakic COL ’96

Wednesday, May 6 1900 h et on CBC Friday, May 8 1900 h et on CBC WASHINGTON 2 @ PITTSBURGH 3 OVERTIME WASHINGTON 3 @ PITTSBURGH 5 FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 8 (Mike Green) 1:23 FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 2 (Alexander Semin) 0:36 Penalties ― Gonchar P 9:38, Nylander W 12:47, Jurcina W 19:34 2. PITTSBURGH, Sergei Gonchar 2 (unassisted) 3:55 PPG 3. PITTSBURGH, Bill Guerin 3 (Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz) 10:47 SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Ruslan Fedotenko 3 (Jordan Staal, Rob Scuderi) 15:25 2. PITTSBURGH, Ruslan Fedotenko 2 (Maxim Talbot, Kris Letang) 9:29 Penalties ― Clark W 1:58, Orpik P 13:45, Ovechkin W 14:55, Malkin P 19:37 Penalties ― Green W 10:05, Varlamov W 19:16 SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. WASHINGTON, Chris Clark 1 (Mike Green, Alex Ovechkin) 15:08 3. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 5 (Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar) 15:01 PPG 4. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 1 (Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin) 18:10 PPG Penalties ― Fedorov W 1:53, Backstrom W 6:49, Dupuis P 9:48, Fleischmann W 11:51, Scuderi P 18:33

Penalties ― Ovechkin W 4:54, Semin W 14:10, Dupuis P 17:32 THIRD PERIOD 6. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 9 (Miroslav Satan, Bill Guerin) 4:16 GWG FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. WASHINGTON, Milan Jurcina 2 (Boyd Gordon, Matt Bradley) 6:23 SHG 5. PITTSBURGH, Kris Letang 1 (Mark Eaton, Sidney Crosby) 11:23 GWG 8. PITTSBURGH, Maxim Talbot 2 (Ruslan Fedotenko, Rob Scuderi) 14:46

Penalties ― Pothier W 2:15 Penalties ― Erskine W 4:30

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by CAPITALS 8 4 6 5 23 CAPITALS 10 5 7 22 PENGUINS 8 15 11 8 42 PENGUINS 13 4 11 28 WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury

WSH ― 1 for 2, PIT ― 1 for 7 on power play WSH ― 0 for 4, PIT ― 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Mike Leggo Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Steve Miller Referees: Brad Watson, Tim Peel Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brian Murphy 17,132 at Mellon Arena 17,132 at Mellon Arena

 Evgeni Malkin PIT, Kris Letang PIT, Simeon Varlamov WSH game’s THREE STARS  Sidney Crosby PIT, Rob Scuderi PIT, Maxim Talbot PIT game’s THREE STARS  Ovechkin’s goal was a total fluke ~ puck takes weird bounce off boards, right in front, open net  14:55 of first, Alex Ovechkin WSH knee-on-knee w/ Sergei Gonchar PIT…Gonchar does not return

Saturday, May 9 1900 h et on CBC Monday, May 11 1900 h et on TSN PITTSBURGH 4 @ WASHINGTON 3 OVERTIME WASHINGTON 5 @ PITTSBURGH 4 OT

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. PITTSBURGH, Bill Guerin 4 (Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz) 5:55

Penalties ― Semin W 5:41, Guerin P 16:05, Malkin P Orpik P Erskine W Ovechkin W 20:00 Penalties ― Backstrom W 10:16, Laich W 11:16, Crosby P 12:12, Kunitz P 19:28

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 1 (Miroslav Satan, Brooks Orpik) 5:17 2. WASHINGTON, Viktor Kozlov 3 (Alex Ovechkin, Shaone Morrisonn) 6:27 2. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 9 (Tom Poti) 6:16 3. WASHINGTON, Tomas Fleischmann 3 (Sergei Fedorov, Alexander Semin) 14:42 3. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 3 (Sergei Fedorov, Alex Ovechkin) 14:35 PPG 4. PITTSBURGH, Mark Eaton 4 (Evgeni Malkin, Philippe Boucher) 19:26 PPG

Penalties ― Penguins’ bench 7:34, Pothier W 17:56 Penalties ― Penguins’ bench 14:19 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. PITTSBURGH, Kris Letang 2 (Alex Goligoski, Evgeni Malkin) 4:40 PPG 4. PITTSBURGH, Ruslan Fedotenko 4 (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang) 0:51 6. WASHINGTON, Brooks Laich 2 (Alexander Semin, Alex Ovechkin) 5:38 PPG 5. PITTSBURGH, Matt Cooke 1 (Tyler Kennedy, Jordan Staal) 6:27 7. WASHINGTON, Viktor Kozlov 4 (Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin) 6:07 6. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 10 (Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green) 15:52 8. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 10 (Brooks Orpik, Evgeni Malkin) 15:42

Penalties ― None Penalties ― Steckel W 4:31, Orpik P 5:23, Laich W 17:58

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 6 (Chris Kunitz) 3:28 PPG GWG 9. WASHINGTON, David Steckel 3 (Brooks Laich, Matt Bradley) 6:22 GWG

Penalties ― Penalties ― Jurcina W 1:29 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by CAPITALS 5 6 9 4 24 PENGUINS 11 14 14 3 42 PENGUINS 18 7 14 3 42 CAPITALS 12 10 9 0 31 WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov WSH ― 1 for 4, PIT ― 2 for 5 on power play PIT ― 1 for 2, WSH ― 1 for 2 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers Referees: Bill McCreary, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot 17,132 at Mellon Arena 18,277 at Verizon Center  Viktor Kozlov WSH, Alex Ovechkin WSH, Sidney Crosby PIT game’s THREE STARS  Evgeni Malkin PIT, Jordan Staal PIT, Ruslan Fedotenko PIT game’s THREE STARS  David Steckel WSH has won 54 of 85 face-offs in series  Penguins are now 8-0 in Game 5s v. Capitals all time

Wednesday, May 13 1900 h et on CBC PITTSBURGH 6 @ WASHINGTON 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 11 (Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin) 12:36 PPG 2. PITTSBURGH, Craig Adams 1 (Ruslan Fedotenko, Brooks Orpik) 12:44

Penalties ― Morrisonn W 11:29, Fedorov W 16:37

SECOND PERIOD 3. PITTSBURGH, Bill Guerin 5 (Sidney Crosby) 0:28 GWG 4. PITTSBURGH, Kris Letang 3 (Evgeni Malkin, Miroslav Satan) 2:12 5. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 2 (Miroslav Satan) 11:37 6. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 11 (unassisted) 18:09

Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD 7. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 12 (unassisted) 2:02 PPG 8. WASHINGTON, Brooks Laich 3 (Tomas Fleischmann) 6:36

Penalties ― Laich W (double minor) 0:26

Shots on goal by PENGUINS 16 8 6 30 CAPITALS 5 7 9 21 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; WASHINGTON, Simeon Varlamov, Jose Theodore (2:12 of second period)

PIT ― 2 for 4, WSH ― 0 for 0 on power play Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers 18,277 at Verizon Center

 Sidney Crosby PIT, Ruslan Fedotenko PIT, Marc-André Fleury PIT THREE STARS

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL 2 DETROIT RED WINGS 112 v. 8 ANAHEIM DUCKS 91 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM BOB MURRAY, HC RANDY CARLYLE RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 7

Friday, May 1 1900 h et on CBC Sunday, May 3 1400 h et on NBC, TSN DUCKS 2 @ RED WINGS 3 DUCKS 4 @ RED WINGS 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 4 (Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger) 7:28 1. DETROIT, Brad Stuart 1 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Jiri Hudler) 6:00 PPG 2. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 3 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Osgood) 12:33 PPG 2. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 3 (Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan) 8:16 3. ANAHEIM, Chris Pronger 2 (Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry) 8:50 PPG Penalties ― Hudler D 8:00, Brown A (major, 10-minute misconduct) 11:29 4. DETROIT, Mikael Samuelsson 1 (Valtteri Filppula, Brett Lebda) 13:54

Penalties ― Getzlaf A 4:13, Stuart D 8:34 SECOND PERIOD 3. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 2 (Brad Stuart, Pavel Datsyuk) 14:24 PPG SECOND PERIOD 4. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 2 (Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger) 19:43 PPG 5. ANAHEIM, Ryan Carter 2 (Scott Niedermayer, Ryan Getzlaf) 4:42 PPG

Penalties ― Chelios D 3:50, Kronwall D 12:15, Lebda D 16:24 Penalties ― Perry A Ericsson D (minors, majors) 4:12, Holmstrom D 10:09, Beauchemin A 13:18, Parros A 18:10, Holmstrom D 18:51, Franzen D 19:07 THIRD PERIOD 6. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 4 (Henrik Zetterberg, Daniel Cleary) 5:19

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― S. Niedermayer A 6:23 5. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 3 (Daniel Cleary, Henrik Zetterberg) 19:10 GWG FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD Penalties ― Marchant A 2:25, Wisniewski A 7:19 NO SCORING

Penalties ― S. Niedermayer A 11:08 Shots on goal by DUCKS 8 9 7 24 SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD RED WINGS 9 10 18 37 NO SCORING

ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller; DETROIT, Chris Osgood Penalties ― None

ANA ― 1 for 3, DET ― 2 for 6 on power play THIRD OVERTIME PERIOD Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers 7. ANAHEIM, Todd Marchant 1 (James Wisniewski) 1:15 GWG

20,066 at Joe Louis Arena Penalties ― None

 Nicklas Lidstrom DET, Johan Franzen DET, Ryan Getzlaf ANA game’s THREE STARS Shots on goal by  Johan Franzen DET has now scored 20 goals in 45 SC Playoff games DUCKS 12 10 7 6 9 2 46  Mike Brown ANA drills Jiri Hudler DET with first-period head shot…avoids suspension RED WINGS 12 6 15 14 15 0 62 ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller; DETROIT, Chris Osgood

CHRIS CHELIOS DET sets record by playing in his 24th SC Playoffs ANA ― 2 for 4, DET ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena

 Jonas Hiller ANA, Johan Franzen DET, Chris Pronger ANA game’s THREE STARS  This was the 20th playoff meeting between Ducks and Wings ~ eight have gone into overtime

Tuesday, May 5 1930 h pt on TSN Thursday, May 7 1930 h pt on TSN RED WINGS 1 @ DUCKS 2 RED WINGS 6 @ DUCKS 3 FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 3 (Ryan Carter) 12:49 FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 5 (Chris Pronger) 0:42 Penalties ― Perry A 1:07, Lidstrom D 3:37, Franzen D 9:03, Lebda D Brown A 16:09, Pronger A 18:05 2. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 5 (Valtteri Filppula, Jonathan Ericsson) 11:49 3. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 6 (Niklas Kronwall) 19:24 SECOND PERIOD 2. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer 2 (Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger) 8:16 PPG GWG Penalties ― Pronger A 8:55 3. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 4 (Mikael Samuelsson, Jiri Hudler) 14:20 PPG SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Stuart D 7:36, S. Niedermayer A 13:49, Kronwall D 17:23 4. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 6 (Ryan Getzlaf) 11:03 5. DETROIT, Marian Hossa 3 (Johan Franzen) 16:02 THIRD PERIOD 6. DETROIT, Marian Hossa 4 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Valtteri Filppula) 19:04 PPG GWG NO SCORING Penalties ― Red Wings’ bench 1:22, Beauchemin A 1:53, Filppula D 6:17, Perry A 6:23, Beauchemin A 18:23 Penalties ― Ebbett A 10:25, Miller A 14:27, Datsyuk D Pronger A 20:00 THIRD PERIOD Shots on goal by 7. DETROIT, Mikael Samuelsson 2 (Kirk Maltby) 2:46 RED WINGS 11 17 18 46 8. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer 3 (Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf) 10:03 PPG DUCKS 14 6 3 23 9. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 5 (Brett Lebda) 17:27 ENG DETROIT, Chris Osgood; ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller Penalties ― Brown A 6:20, Helm D 9:51, Kopecky D Beauchemin A (majors) 11:09 DET ― 1 for 5, ANA ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Brad Watson Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski Shots on goal by 17,174 at Honda Center RED WINGS 11 20 9 40 DUCKS 9 13 6 28  Jonas Hiller ANA, Chris Pronger ANA, Henrik Zetterberg DET game’s THREE STARS DETROIT, Chris Osgood; ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller, Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2:46 of third period)  Phoenix Coyotes, earlier today, file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  Over first three games, Red Wings have outshot Ducks 145-93 DET ― 1 for 5, ANA ― 1 for 3 on power play  James Wisniewski ANA was removed on a stretcher in the second period after a Datsyuk hit Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Lonnie Cameron 17,601 at Honda Center

 Johan Franzen DET, Marian Hossa DET, Corey Perry ANA game’s THREE STARS

Sunday, May 10 1700 h et on TSN DUCKS 1 @ RED WINGS 4 Tuesday, May 12 1900 h pt on TSN RED WINGS 1 @ DUCKS 2 FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties ― Brookbank A 8:16, Stuart D 15:46 Penalties ― Ducks’ bench 4:35, Hudler D 13:13, Filppula D 19:38 SECOND PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 7 (Justin Abdelkader, Jonathan Ericsson) 3:23 SECOND PERIOD 2. DETROIT, Jiri Hudler 3 (Henrik Zetterberg, Brett Lebda) 4:02 GWG 1. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 4 (Corey Perry, Scott Niedermayer) 2:21 PPG 3. ANAHEIM, Ryan Whitney 1 (Erik Christensen, Andrew Ebbett) 15:37 PPG 2. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 7 (Ryan Getzlaf, Bobby Ryan) 17:35 GWG

Penalties ― Brookbank A 7:33, Kronwall D 13:41 Penalties ― Kronwall D 1:41, Marchant A 9:15, Ebbett A 12:04

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 4. DETROIT, Darren Helm 1 (Henrik Zetterberg, Daniel Cleary) 16:52 3. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 8 (Jiri Hudler, Henrik Zetterberg) 17:35 PPG 5. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 6 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk) 19:08 ENG Penalties ― Samuelsson D 9:07, Ducks’ bench 10:05, Rafalski D 11:01, Ebbett A 16:43, Perry A (minor, major, Penalties ― Cleary D 3:50, Marchant A 8:05, Brookbank A 20:00 10-minute misconduct) Marchant A (10-minute misconduct) Getzlaf A (double minor) Datsyuk D Rafalski D S. Niedermayer A (majors) 20:00 Shots on goal by DUCKS 3 9 5 17 Shots on goal by RED WINGS 14 9 15 38 RED WINGS 8 13 18 39 ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller; DETROIT, Chris Osgood DUCKS 12 10 6 28 DETROIT, Chris Osgood; ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller ANA ― 1 for 3, DET ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Steve Miller DET ― 1 for 4, ANA ― 1 for 5 on power play 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena Referees: Dave Jackson, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Jean Morin, Thor Nelson 17,174 at Honda Center  Henrik Zetterberg DET, Jonathan Ericsson DET, Pavel Datsyuk DET game’s THREE STARS  Johan Franzen DET has 18 goals in his last 19 Stanley Cup Playoff games  Jonas Hiller ANA, Ryan Getzlaf ANA, Scott Niedermayer ANA game’s THREE STARS  Red Wings have won 13 straight series in which they’ve led three games to two  Ducks have been outshot in every playoff game they’ve played in 2009

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL 2 DETROIT RED WINGS 112 v. 8 ANAHEIM DUCKS 91 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM BOB MURRAY, HC RANDY CARLYLE RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 7

Thursday, May 14 1900 h et on CBC DUCKS 3 @ RED WINGS 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Jiri Hudler 4 (Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg) 15:43 PPG

Penalties ― Zetterberg D 4:42, Kronwall D 5:32, Getzlaf A 8:42, Getzlaf A 14:12

SECOND PERIOD 2. DETROIT, Darren Helm 2 (Marian Hossa) 1:17 3. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 4 (Ryan Carter, Ryan Whitney) 14:50 4. DETROIT, Mikael Samuelsson 3 (Pavel Datsyuk, Valtteri Filppula) 16:23 5. ANAHEIM, Corey Perry 8 (Chris Pronger, Teemu Selanne) 17:12 PPG

Penalties ― Whitney A 6:29, Beauchemin A 8:07, Hossa D 8:42, Stuart B 9:05, Hudler D 16:46

THIRD PERIOD 6. ANAHEIM, Bobby Ryan 5 (Corey Perry, Scott Niedermayer) 7:37 7. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 3 (Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom) 17:00 GWG

Penalties ― Selanne A 8:04

Shots on goal by DUCKS 6 14 7 27 RED WINGS 17 8 15 40 ANAHEIM, Jonas Hiller; DETROIT, Chris Osgood

ANA ― 1 for 5, DET ― 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jean Morin 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena

 Daniel Cleary DET, Darren Helm DET, Teemu Selanne ANA game’s THREE STARS

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI—FINAL 3 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 100 v. 4 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 104 GM MIKE GILLIS, HC ALAIN VIGNEAULT v. GM DALE TALLON, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE BLACKHAWKS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 30 1800 h pt on CBC Saturday, May 2 1800 h pt on CBC BLACKHAWKS 3 @ CANUCKS 5 BLACKHAWKS 6 @ CANUCKS 3

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. VANCOUVER, Pavol Demitra 1 (Mats Sundin, Kyle Wellwood) 15:22 PPG 1. VANCOUVER, Sami Salo 3 (Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin) 5:35 PPG 2. VANCOUVER, Alexander Edler 1 (Mats Sundin, Kevin Bieksa) 6:44 PPG Penalties ― Rypien V 2:02, Toews C 6:17, Ladd C (double minor) 10:26, Keith C 14:36 Penalties ― Hjalmarsson C 5:05, Burish C Rypien V (10-minute misconducts) Eager C 6:16, Keith C 6:34, SECOND PERIOD O’Brien V 13:56, Demitra V 18:52 2. VANCOUVER, Henrik Sedin 2 (Daniel Sedin, Steve Bernier) 5:13 3. VANCOUVER, Ryan Kesler 1 (Kyle Wellwood, Alexander Edler) 15:23 SECOND PERIOD 3. CHICAGO, Patrick Sharp 4 (Matt Walker) 10:24 Penalties ― Eager C 6:22, Mitchell V 11:15, Kane C (double minor) 16:03 4. CHICAGO, Patrick Sharp 5 (Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane) 13:30 PPG 5. CHICAGO, David Bolland 2 (Duncan Keith) 16:50 SHG THIRD PERIOD 4. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 3 (Martin Havlat, Duncan Keith) 1:01 Penalties ― Seabrook C 2:17, Sundin V 6:53, Bieksa V 11:41, Mitchell V 12:00, Kane C 15:54 5. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 4 (Brent Seabrook, Kris Versteeg) 10:11 PPG 6. CHICAGO, David Bolland 1 (Duncan Keith, Ben Eager) 14:31 THIRD PERIOD 7. VANCOUVER, Sami Salo 2 (Steve Bernier, Mason Raymond) 18:47 GWG 6. CHICAGO, Ben Eager 1 (Adam Burish) 2:13 GWG 8. VANCOUVER, Ryan Johnson 1 (Alex Burrows) 19:44 ENG 7. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 5 (Jonathan Toews, Troy Brouwer) 5:48 8. VANCOUVER, Henrik Sedin 3 (Mats Sundin, Alexander Edler) 17:15 PPG Penalties ― Hordichuk V 9:26 9. CHICAGO, David Bolland 3 (unassisted) 18:50 ENG

Shots on goal by Penalties ― Rypien V 12:20, Toews C (minor, 10-minute misconduct) Burrows V (double minor, 10-minute BLACKHAWKS 10 8 13 31 misconduct) Havlat C Kesler V 13:37, Byfuglien C Rypien V (minors, 10-minute misconducts) Mitchell V 14:29, CANUCKS 8 8 11 27 Bolland C 15:13, Seabrook C 16:52 CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo Shots on goal by CHI ― 1 for 3, VAN ― 1 for 7 on power play BLACKHAWKS 7 13 12 32 Referees: Bill McCreary, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Steve Driscoll, Steve Miller CANUCKS 6 5 10 21 18,630 at General Motors Place CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo

 Sami Salo VAN, Kyle Wellwood VAN, Patrick Kane CHI game’s THREE STARS CHI ― 1 for 8, VAN ― 3 for 7 on power play  Game represented Canucks’ 258th consecutive sell-out Referees: Brad Watson, Tim Peel Linesmen: Steve Miller, Scott Driscoll  Third time Canucks & Hawks have met in SC Playoffs ~ 1995 CHI sweep, 1982 VAN in 5 18,630 at General Motors Place

 Patrick Sharp CHI, Patrick Kane CHI, Henrik Sedin VAN game’s THREE STARS  Blackhawks have only allowed one first-period goal this entire postseason

Tuesday, May 5 1900 h ct on CBC Thursday, May 7 1900 h ct on CBC CANUCKS 3 @ BLACKHAWKS 1 CANUCKS 1 @ BLACKHAWKS 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. VANCOUVER, Mason Raymond 1 (Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa) 15:34 Penalties ― Bieksa V 3:20, Brouwer C 10:01 Penalties ― Vaananen V 1:43, Byfuglien C 2:45, Pyatt V 12:00, Bolland C 16:45, Kane C 19:20 SECOND PERIOD

1. VANCOUVER, Darcy Hordichuk 1 (Rick Rypien, Ryan Johnson) 8:32 SECOND PERIOD 2. VANCOUVER, Steve Bernier 2 (Alexander Edler, Daniel Sedin) 1:00 PPG Penalties ― Mitchell V Ladd C 9:01, O’Brien V 16:39, Bieksa V Havlat C 17:52 3. VANCOUVER, Henrik Sedin 4 (Daniel Sedin) 8:40 THIRD PERIOD 4. CHICAGO, Brian Campbell 2 (Martin Havlat, Duncan Keith) 11:09 PPG 2. CHICAGO, Martin Havlat 4 (Andrew Ladd, David Bolland) 17:16

Penalties ― Kesler V Brouwer C 7:55, D. Sedin V 9:22 Penalties ― Hordichuk V Eager C 6:54

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. CHICAGO, Andrew Ladd 2 (David Bolland, Martin Havlat) 2:52 GWG NO SCORING Penalties ― None Penalties ― Edler V 0:28, Seabrook C 4:16, Raymond V 11:25, Toews C 20:00 Shots on goal by

CANUCKS 4 6 4 1 15 Shots on goal by BLACKHAWKS 8 9 7 4 28 CANUCKS 7 7 7 21 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin BLACKHAWKS 7 7 10 24 VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin VAN ― 0 for 1, CHI ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot VAN ― 1 for 4, CHI ― 1 for 5 on power play 22,682 at United Center Referees: Dave Jackson, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot 22,659 at United Center  Andrew Ladd CHI, Martin Havlat CHI, Darcy Hordichuk VAN game’s THREE STARS  Over the series, Dustin Byfuglien CHI has 43 hits, Troy Brouwer CHI has 30  Henrik Sedin VAN, Troy Brouwer CHI, Mats Sundin VAN game’s THREE STARS  D Sami Salo VAN is stil out of Canucks’ line-up with lower-body injury  Phoenix Coyotes, earlier today, file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  Ryan Kesler VAN led all Canucks’ forwards in playing 22:01 over 28 shifts

Monday, May 11 2000 h ct on CBC CANUCKS 5 @ BLACKHAWKS 7

Saturday, May 9 1930 h pt on CBC FIRST PERIOD 1. VANCOUVER, Mason Raymond 2 (Mats Sundin, Mattias Ohlund) 11:13 BLACKHAWKS 4 @ CANUCKS 2 2. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 6 (Jonathan Toews) 13:13

Penalties ― Kane C 1:41, Versteeg C 13:35 FIRST PERIOD

1. CHICAGO, Dustin Byfuglien 2 (Brian Campbell, Kris Versteeg) 15:27 SECOND PERIOD 2. VANCOUVER, Ryan Kesler 2 (Kyle Wellwood, Mats Sundin) 17:54 PPG 3. CHICAGO, Kris Versteeg 3 (Brent Seabrook, Dustin Byfuglien) 3:54 PPG

4. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 3 (Martin Havlat, Cam Barker) 10:17 PPG Penalties ― Ladd C 16:35 5. VANCOUVER, Daniel Sedin 3 (Kyle Wellwood, Kevin Bieksa) 11:09

6. VANCOUVER, Shane O’Brien 1 (Kevin Bieksa, Rick Rypien) 14:49 SECOND PERIOD

3. VANCOUVER, Mats Sundin 2 (Henrik Sedin) 11:16 Penalties ― Rypien V 2:15, Mitchell V 10:03 4. CHICAGO, Dustin Byfuglien 3 (Brian Campbell) 18:22 PPG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Edler V 2:24, D. Sedin V 8:48, Ladd C 12:44, Versteeg C Bieksa V O’Brien V (minor, 10-minute 7. VANCOUVER, Mats Sundin 3 (Mattias Ohlund, Alexander Edler) 3:43 misconduct) Walker C (10-minute misconduct) 17:12 8. CHICAGO, Adam Burish 2 (Patrick Sharp) 5:41

9. VANCOUVER, Daniel Sedin 4 (Sami Salo, Henrik Sedin) 12:15 PPG THIRD PERIOD 10. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 7 (Troy Brouwer, Brian Campbell) 13:00 5. CHICAGO, David Bolland 4 (Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith) 14:55 PPG GWG 11. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 4 (Martin Havlat, Brian Campbell) 13:49 PPG GWG 6. CHICAGO, Martin Havlat 5 (unassisted) 18:58 ENG 12. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 8 (unassisted) 16:17

Penalties ― Bieksa V 13:16, Kesler V 16:07 Penalties ― Blackhawks’ bench 1:42, Byfuglien C 6:30, Kesler V 7:52, Brouwer C 12:07, O’Brien V 13:26

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BLACKHAWKS 10 11 9 30 CANUCKS 13 8 17 38 CANUCKS 11 5 5 21 BLACKHAWKS 9 12 9 30 CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin; VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo VANCOUVER, Roberto Luongo; CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin

CHI ― 1 for 5, VAN ― 1 for 2 on power play VAN ― 1 for 5, CHI ― 3 for 4 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers Referees: Mike Leggo, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Greg Devorski 18,630 at General Motors Place 22,687 at United Center

 Dustin Byfuglien CHI, Mats Sundin VAN, Brian Campbell CHI game’s THREE STARS  Patrick Kane CHI, Jonathan Toews CHI, Daniel Sedin VAN game’s THREE STARS  Jonathan Toews CHI has been held off the scoresheet for five consecutive games  In this series, Blackhawks scored 14 of their 23 goals in the third period or overtime

BOSTON BRUINS ANAHEIM DUCKS GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % Marc Savard C 11 6 7 13 2 4 3 0 2 17 35.3 Ryan Getzlaf C 13 4 14 18 3 25 1 0 0 25 16.0 Michael Ryder R 11 5 8 13 4 8 1 0 1 25 20.0 Corey Perry R 13 8 6 14 2 36 2 0 1 41 19.5 Phil Kessel C 11 6 5 11 7 4 0 0 0 38 15.8 Scott Niedermayer D 13 3 7 10 0 11 3 0 2 32 9.4 Milan Lucic L 10 3 6 9 12 43 0 0 0 20 15.0 Chris Pronger D 13 2 8 10 4 12 1 0 0 27 7.4 David Krejci C 11 2 6 8 6 2 0 0 1 26 7.7 Bobby Ryan R 13 5 2 7 0 0 2 0 1 49 10.2 Dennis Wideman D 11 0 7 7 3 4 0 0 0 28 0.0 Teemu Selanne R 13 4 2 6 -2 4 2 0 1 31 12.9 Chuck Kobasew R 11 3 3 6 3 14 0 0 1 23 13.0 Ryan Whitney D 13 1 5 6 -1 9 1 0 0 9 11.1 Mark Recchi R 11 3 3 6 0 2 1 0 1 19 15.8 Ryan Carter C 10 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 18 11.1 Patrice Bergeron C 11 0 5 5 3 11 0 0 0 22 0.0 Drew Miller L 13 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 23 8.7 Zdeno Chara D 11 1 3 4 1 12 1 0 1 28 3.6 Andrew Ebbett C 13 1 2 3 -1 8 0 0 0 16 6.3 Steve Montador D 11 1 2 3 5 18 0 0 0 15 6.7 James Wisniewski D 12 1 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 16 6.3 Byron Bitz R 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 25.0 Rob Niedermayer C 13 0 3 3 1 12 0 0 0 7 0.0 Shane Hnidy D 7 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 Todd Marchant C 13 1 1 2 0 16 0 0 1 18 5.6 Shawn Thornton L 10 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 14 7.1 Mike Brown R 13 0 2 2 0 25 0 0 0 6 0.0 Aaron Ward D 11 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 6 16.7 Erik Christensen C 8 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 P. J. Axelsson L 11 0 1 1 -6 2 0 0 0 9 0.0 Francois Beauchemin D 13 1 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 9 11.1 Mark Stuart D 11 0 1 1 5 7 0 0 0 7 0.0 Josh Green C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Stephane Yelle C 11 0 1 1 -4 2 0 0 0 13 0.0 George Parros R 7 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 5 0.0 Matt Hunwick D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Brett Festerling D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Blake Wheeler R 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 Sheldon Brookbank D 13 0 0 0 -1 18 0 0 0 3 0.0 Andrew Ference D 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 0.0 Petteri Nokelainen C 9 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 2 0.0

GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Tim Thomas 11 679 1.85 .935 7-4 1 - 0 0 1 Jonas Hiller 13 806 2.23 .943 7-6 2 - 0 0 0 Jean-Sebastien Giguere 1 16 0.00 1.000 0-0 0 - 0 0 0

WASHINGTON CAPITALS VANCOUVER CANUCKS GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SH GW SOG % Alexander Ovechkin L 14 11 10 21 10 8 3 0 1 90 12.2 Henrik Sedin C 10 4 6 10 2 2 1 0 0 19 21.1 Nicklas Backstrom C 14 3 12 15 3 8 2 0 0 33 9.1 Daniel Sedin L 10 4 6 10 4 8 2 0 0 36 11.1 Alexander Semin L 14 5 9 14 -1 16 1 0 1 42 11.9 Mats Sundin C 8 3 5 8 -1 2 0 0 1 15 20.0 Mike Green D 14 1 8 9 -5 12 1 0 0 24 4.2 Alexander Edler D 10 1 7 8 -2 6 1 0 0 14 7.1 Sergei Fedorov C 14 1 7 8 1 12 0 0 1 24 4.2 Sami Salo D 7 3 4 7 0 2 2 0 2 12 25.0 Brooks Laich C 14 3 4 7 0 10 2 0 0 24 12.5 Kyle Wellwood C 10 1 5 6 -1 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 Tom Poti D 14 2 5 7 8 4 1 0 0 13 15.4 Kevin Bieksa D 10 0 5 5 3 14 0 0 0 18 0.0 Viktor Kozlov C 14 4 2 6 5 6 0 0 1 23 17.4 Alex Burrows L 10 3 1 4 3 20 0 0 1 22 13.6 Matt Bradley R 14 2 4 6 3 0 0 1 1 15 13.3 Steve Bernier R 10 2 2 4 -1 7 2 0 2 15 13.3 David Steckel C 14 3 2 5 0 4 0 0 1 19 15.8 Ryan Kesler C 10 2 2 4 -2 14 1 0 0 28 7.1 Tomas Fleischmann R 14 3 1 4 0 4 1 0 1 22 13.6 Mason Raymond L 10 2 1 3 -2 2 0 0 0 17 11.8 Boyd Gordon C 14 0 3 3 -1 4 0 0 0 10 0.0 Mattias Ohlund D 10 1 2 3 5 6 1 0 0 15 6.7 Milan Jurcina D 14 2 0 2 6 12 0 1 0 10 20.0 Pavol Demitra R 6 1 2 3 -2 2 1 0 0 13 7.7 Brian Pothier D 13 0 2 2 1 8 0 0 0 11 0.0 Shane O'Brien D 10 1 1 2 -3 24 0 0 0 9 11.1 Chris Clark R 8 1 0 1 -2 8 0 0 0 7 14.3 Ryan Johnson C 10 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 25.0 Shaone Morrisonn D 14 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 6 0.0 Rick Rypien C 10 0 2 2 -1 40 0 0 0 6 0.0 John Erskine D 12 0 1 1 1 16 0 0 0 8 0.0 Willie Mitchell D 10 0 2 2 -2 22 0 0 0 1 0.0 Tyler Sloan D 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Darcy Hordichuk L 10 1 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 4 25.0 Eric Fehr R 9 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 Jannik Hansen R 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Jeff Schultz D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Ossi Vaananen D 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 Donald Brashear L 4 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 2 0.0 Taylor Pyatt L 4 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 8 0.0 Michael Nylander C 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 Jay Beagle C 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Roberto Luongo 10 617 2.52 .914 6-4 1 - 0 0 0 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Simeon Varlamov 13 758 2.53 .918 7-6 2 - 2 0 0 Jose Theodore 2 96 3.71 .818 0-1 0 - 0 0 0

2009 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 4 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 99 v. 6 CAROLINA HURRICANES 97 GM RAY SHERO, HC DAN BYLSMA v. GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PAUL MAURICE PENGUINS SWEEP SERIES

Monday, May 18 1930 h et on TSN Thursday, May 21 1930 h et on TSN CAROLINA 2 @ PITTSBURGH 3 CAROLINA 4 @ PITTSBURGH 7

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Miroslav Satan 1 (Matt Cooke, Hal Gill) 9:17 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 13 (Chris Kunitz, Bill Guerin) 1:51 Right out of penalty box, Satan’s breakaway ends with successful deke to glove side Penguins work puck around net quickly and Crosby jams home cross-slot pass 2. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 7 (Philippe Boucher) 10:41 2. CAROLINA, Chad Larose 4 (Ray Whitney, Eric Staal) 3:07 Cuts across top of slot and backhand finds net stick side on Ward Staal fires puck from tough angle and Larose, in front, jams it past Fleury 3. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 8 (Tyler Kennedy, Matt Cooke) 8:15 Penalties ― E. Staal C 2:37, Walker C 5:01, Satan P 7:07 Kennedy tries to stuff it in from behind net and Malkin puts in the garbage 4. CAROLINA, Jussi Jokinen 7 (Scott Walker, Rod Brind’Amour) 8:40 SECOND PERIOD Fleury can’t corral Walker’s high shot and, after several whacks at it, Jokinen scores 3. CAROLINA, Chad Larose 3 (Erik Cole, Matt Cullen) 13:04 5. CAROLINA, Dennis Seidenberg 1 (unassisted) 12:10 Hurricanes criss-cross as they enter Penguins’ zone and Larose’s shot goes five-hole on Fleury Point shot from blueline finds net past partially screened Fleury

Penalties ― Cole C 15:13 Penalties ― Kunitz P 15:33, Larose C 18:50

THIRD PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Phillipe Boucher 1 (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin) 11:33 PPG GWG 6. PITTSBURGH, Maxim Talbot 3 (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby) 3:11 On PP, Boucher’s snapshot from circle just squeezes under Ward’s left pad and over line Talbot drives in on partial breakaway and just blasts it past Ward 5. CAROLINA, Joe Corvo 2 (Ray Whitney, Rod Brind’Amour) 18:34 PPG 7. PITTSBURGH, Chris Kunitz 1 (Bill Guerin, Mark Eaton) 19:52 On PP, with Ward out, point blast goes through Fleury, who’s playing with defenceman’s stick Won puck battle in corner, steps into circle and snaps a beauty high on Ward

Penalties ― Cullen C 9:50, Orpik P 17:26 Penalties ― Crosby P 0:50, Cullen C 10:02, Malkin P 12:06, Fedotenko P 13:21, Cole C Gonchar P 16:11

Shots on goal by THIRD PERIOD HURRICANES 12 6 7 25 8. CAROLINA, Patrick Eaves 1 (Ryan Bayda) 2:35 PENGUINS 9 12 10 31 Takes pass in slot, from behind net, and snaps a beauty high glove on Fleury CAROLINA, Cam Ward; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury 9. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 9 (Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke) 8:50 GWG Picks up garbage goal, standing beside net, as he jams in rebound CAR ― 1 for 2, PIT ― 1 for 4 on power play 10. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 10 (unassisted) 12:25 Referees: Dave Jackson, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jean Morin What a beauty! Comes out from behind net, glove side, and fires a no-look backhand shortside 17,132 at Mellon Arena 11. PITTSBURGH, Tyler Kennedy (Jordan Staal, Matt Cooke) 18:11 ENG With Ward on bench, puck bounces around Hurricanes’ zone until Kennedy fires it into empty net  Phillipe Boucher PIT, Chad Larose CAR, Marc-André Fleury PIT game’s THREE STARS Penalties ― Cullen C 4:13, Gleason C Eaves C Satan P (majors) Letang P (majors, game misconduct) Bayda C (match penalty) 18:41, Seidenberg C Adams P 18:58

Shots on goal by HURRICANES 14 6 8 28 PENGUINS 12 16 14 42 CAROLINA, Cam Ward; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury

CAR ― 0 for 3, PIT ― 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers 17,132 at Mellon Arena

 Evgeni Malkin PIT, Chris Kunitz PIT, Sidney Crosby PIT game’s THREE STARS  Hal Gill PIT ties Don Awrey’s SC Playoff record for most games played without a goal

Saturday, May 23 1930 h et on CBC Tuesday, May 26 1930 h et on CBC PITTSBURGH 6 @ CAROLINA 2 PITTSBURGH 4 @ CAROLINA 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 3 (Matt Walker, Patrick Eaves) 4:06 1. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 10 (Sergei Samsonov, Erik Cole) 1:36 Hurricanes work puck around boards and Cullen, from in tight, one-times Eaves’ pass from behind net Samsonov, Cole work puck behind net…Staal grabs it and wraps around glove side 2. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 11 (Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar) 6:50 PPG 2. PITTSBURGH, Ruslan Fedotenko 6 (Philippe Boucher, Sergei Gonchar) 6:21 On PP, Gleason tries to chip it out of zone, but it hits Malkin and he’s in alone to deke Ward Strange one…Boucher sends low slapshot wide of net, but Fedotenko snuck in back door and tipped it in 3. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby (Chris Kunitz, Bill Guerin) 19:17 3. PITTSBURGH, Maxime Talbot 4 (Miroslav Satan) 18:31 GWG From in close, Crosby simply re-directs Guerin’s awesome full-speed, cross-ice backhand pass Horrible goal…weak wrist shot rolls up Babchuk’s stick, Ward moves to catch it but completely fans 4. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 12 (Craig Adams, Sergei Gonchar) 19:48 GWG

Malkin scoops up puck on halfboards, glides in front and flips it past Ward stick side Penalties ― Malkin P 9:52, Jokinen C 15:27, Malkin P 19:35

Penalties ― Eaves C 6:18, Cole C 10:55 SECOND PERIOD

4. PITTSBURGH, Bill Guerin 7 (Sidney Crosby) 12:10 SECOND PERIOD Penguins’ two-on-one results in Guerin’s one-touch tip-in of lovely Crosby pass NO SCORING

Penalties ― Seidenberg C 3:09, Seidenberg C 9:43, Guerin P 9:56 Penalties ― Seidenberg C 4:15

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. PITTSBURGH, Craig Adams 3 (Sidney Crosby, Maxime Talbot) 18:50 ENG 5. CAROLINA, Sergei Samsonov 5 (Erik Cole, Joni Pitkanen) 1:58 Fires it into the empty net from point-blank range just inside the blueline Right off draw, Cole snaps shot from bad angle and Fleury kicks rebound right to Samsonov

6. PITTSBURGH, Ruslan Fedotenko 5 (Evgeni Malkin) 11:29 Penalties ― Adams P 3:40, Corvo C 10:49, Larose C 12:18 On cross-cross break-in, Malkin drops it to Fedotenko, who snaps a wrister high on Ward

7. PITTSBURGH, Craig Adams 2 (unassisted) 18:12 ENG Shots on goal by Right off face-off, that Jokinen wins, puck travels all the way down ice into empty net PENGUINS 9 10 6 25 8. PITTSBURGH, Bill Guerin 6 (Chris Kunitz, Ruslan Fedotenko) 18:52 PPG HURRICANES 5 16 10 31 Guerin is trailer, takes pass in high slot, and backhands a weak one past Ward PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; CAROLINA, Cam Ward

Penalties ― Gonchar P 7:38, Satan P 16:33, Corvo C 17:20, Boucher P (double minor) Bayda C 19:27 PIT ― 0 for 5, CAR ― 0 for 4 on power play

Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot Shots on goal by 18,680 at RBC Center PENGUINS 16 15 9 40

HURRICANES 8 8 18 34  Bill Guerin PIT, Marc-André Fleury PIT, Sidney Crosby PIT game’s THREE STARS PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; CAROLINA, Cam Ward  Peter Zezel, just 44 years old, died earlier today from a blood disorder, hemolytic anemia

 Penguins are first finalist since 2001 Devils to return to SCF PIT ― 2 for 4, CAR ― 0 for 3 on power play  Penguins are first Cup-losing finalist since 1984 Oilers to return to SCF Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Shane Heyer

18,680 at RBC Center

 Evgeni Malkin PIT, Sidney Crosby PIT, Chris Kunitz PIT game’s THREE STARS  Malkin PIT has six consecutive multi-point games in playoffs…most since Dale Hawerchuk BUF 1993 SC Playoff record is eight, set by Wayne Gretzky EDM in 1983

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 2 DETROIT RED WINGS 112 v. 4 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 104 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM DALE TALLON, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 5

Sunday, May 17 1500 h et on TSN/NBC Tuesday, May 19 1930 h et on TSN CHICAGO 2 @ DETROIT 5 CHICAGO 2 @ DETROIT 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CHICAGO, Adam Burish 3 (unassisted) 5:25 1. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 5 (Martin Havlat, Cam Barker) 12:49 PPG Strange one…Osgood plays shoot-in, but bouncing puck comes to Burish and he swats it past Osgood On PP, Hawks work puck down low and Toews banks one in off D Ericsson’s right skate 2. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 4 (unassisted) 8:23 2. DETROIT, Brian Rafalski 2 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk) 16:43 PPG Seabrook misplays it at blueline, Cleary chugs into Hawks’ zone, snaps wrister from top of circle high glove side On PP, long, high snapshot from point has eyes…beats Khabibulin high glove side

Penalties ― Seabrook C 13:12, Keith C Holmstrom D 14:00 Penalties ― Blackhawks’ bench 7:14, Samuelsson D 10:33, Stuart D 11:34, Holmstrom D 13:41, Toews C 15:26

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 9 (unassisted) 16:38 3. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 6 (unassisted) 14:06 Steals puck from Keith behind Hawks’ net and wraps it around and past Khabibulin Seabrook misplay sends Cleary in on long breakaway ~ scores stick side

Penalties ― Ladd C 3:15 Penalties ― Pahlsson C 2:26, Lidstrom D 3:18, Lidstrom D 19:21

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 4. CHICAGO, Kris Versteeg 4 (Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Seabrook) 3:12 PPG 4. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 6 (Kris Versteeg, Brian Campbell) 12:20 Rebound of Seabrook’s point blast comes right to Versteeg at open glove side Campbell slips at blueline, but still manages weak roller toward net that’s deflected about three times on way in 5. DETROIT, Mikael Samuelsson 4 (Brett Lebda, Valtteri Filppula) 7:31 GWG Takes rebound in circle, moves over to dot, then snaps one past Khabibulin Penalties ― Byfuglien C Osgood D 4:56, Bolland C 13:53 6. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 5 (Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg) 8:58 Weak shot from half-boards gets lovely re-direct from Cleary in front of Khabibulin FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 7 (Johan Franzen, Brad Stuart) 19:17 ENG 5. DETROIT, Mikael Samuelsson 5 (Valtteri Filppula, Jiri Hudler) 5:14 GWG From a tight angle in circle, finds empty net Brian Campbell falls at blueline, giving Wings 3-on-1…trailer Samuelsson fires it point-blank past Khabibulin

Penalties ― Ericsson D 1:28, Brouwer C Franzer D 10:21, Burish C (double minor) 19:38 Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BLACKHAWKS 9 10 13 32 BLACKHAWKS 19 6 12 2 39 RED WINGS 15 14 14 43 RED WINGS 13 9 14 2 38 CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin; DETROIT, Chris Osgood CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin; DETROIT, Chris Osgood

CHI ― 1 for 1, DET ― 1 for 3 on power play CHI ― 1 for 5, DET ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Shane Heyer Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena

 Daniel Cleary DET, Johan Franzen DET, Mikael Samuelsson DET game’s THREE STARS  Mikael Samuelsson DET, Jonathan Toews CHI, Daniel Cleary DET game’s THREE STARS  Scary moment for Hawks in second, Ben Eager’s skate makes contact w/ Adam Burish’s throat  D Niklas Kronwall DET played over 25 minutes and delivered four hits

Friday, May 22 1900 h ct on CBC Sunday, May 24 1400 h ct on CBC/NBC DETROIT 3 @ CHICAGO 4 OVERTIME DETROIT 6 @ CHICAGO 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CHICAGO, Patrick Sharp 6 (Brent Seabrook, David Bolland) 8:45 PPG 1. DETROIT, Marian Hossa 5 (Valtteri Filppula) 8:41 SHG On PP, Hawks work puck around perimeter and Seabrook’s slapshot is deflected by Sharp Playing SH, Red Wings break in two-on-one, Hossa takes cross-ice saucer pass and snaps it high stick on Huet 2. CHICAGO, Andrew Ladd 3 (David Bolland, Martin Havlat) 9:50 Ladd fires shot moving down halfboards, cuts to net and slides his own rebound under Osgood 2. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 10 (unassisted) 19:39 GWG Barrels down right wing, then snaps a beauty through Campbell’s legs and over Huet’s right shoulder Penalties ― Cleary D (double minor) 6:35, Franzen D Byfuglien C Kronwall D (major, game misconduct) 13:08, Ericsson D 18:15, Lebda D Sharp C 20:00 Penalties ― Zetterberg D 7:41, Franzen D Seabrook C 11:09, Pahlsson C 13:43, Holmstrom D Byfuglien C 17:32, Walker C 20:00 SECOND PERIOD 3. CHICAGO, Samuel Pahlsson 2 (Duncan Keith) 0:45 SECOND PERIOD From inside circle, Pahlsson deflects Keith’s point blast past Osgood 3. DETROIT, Valtteri Filppula 1 (Marian Hossa, Brian Rafalski) 1:13 PPG 4. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 4 (Marian Hossa, Valtteri Filppula) 14:38 Filppula wide open in slot as Huet kicks Hossa’s rebound right onto his stick Lidstrom’s point blast goes off Pahlsson’s right skate and past Khabibulin 4. CHICAGO, Jonathan Toews 7 (Cam Barker, Patrick Kane) 3:53 PPG 5. DETROIT, Brian Rafalski 3 (Mikael Samuelsson, Daniel Cleary) 17:12 Barker’s slapshot from point is stopped, then Toews works hard in crease to jam it past Osgood Rafalski’s casual wrist shot from point finds five-hole as Cleary screens Khabibulin 5. DETROIT, Marian Hossa 6 (Valtteri Filppula, Brett Lebda) 4:05 6. DETROIT, Jonathan Ericsson 2 (Brad Stuart, Marian Hossa) 19:01 With Byfuglien chopping at him, Hossa cuts in off halfboards and slides it past Huet; goaltender change Holmstrom fully screens Khabibulin, and Ericsson’s shot from halfboards goes in high stick side 6. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 8 (Brian Rafalski, Niklas Kronwall) 7:42 PPG Tic-tac-toe between defencemen finds Zetterberg all alone at Crawford’s stick side Penalties ― Hjalmarsson C 5:49, Seabrook C 9:40, Bolland C 13:02 Penalties ― Lebda D 3:06, Versteeg C Walker C 7:06, Versteeg C 9:11, Eager C (10-minute misconduct) 15:05 THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING THIRD PERIOD 7. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 9 (Brian Rafalski, Niklas Kronwall) 12:47 PPG Penalties ― None Huet stops Rafalski’s blast, but kicks rebound right onto Zetterberg’s stick

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD Penalties ― Bolland C 4:14, Keith C Eager C (game misconduct) 7:29, Hossa D 7:47, Brouwer C 11:42, Filppula D 7. CHICAGO, Patrick Sharp 7 (Matt Walker, Cam Barker) 1:52 GWG 13:24, Versteeg C (10-minute misconduct) 14:59, Ericsson D Barker C 18:17, Burish C (double minor) 20:00 Byfuglien causes problems for Osgood and Sharp swats bouncing puck into open stick side Shots on goal by Penalties ― None RED WINGS 14 10 9 33 BLACKHAWKS 9 10 9 28 Shots on goal by DETROIT, Chris Osgood, Ty Conklin (start of third pd); CHICAGO, Cristobal Huet, RED WINGS 6 18 6 0 30 Corey Crawford (4:05 of second pd), Cristobal Huet (start of third period) BLACKHAWKS 11 8 6 2 27 DETROIT, Chris Osgood; CHICAGO, Nikolai Khabibulin, Cristobal Huet (start of third period) DET ― 3 for 8, CHI ― 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers DET ― 1 for 3, CHI ― 1 for 4 on power play 22,663 at United Center Referees: Dave Jackson, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jean Morin 22,678 at United Center  Valtteri Filppula DET, Marian Hossa DET, Cam Barker CHI game’s THREE STARS  Nicklas Lidstrom DET, Kris Draper DET, Nikolai Khabibulin CHI all out of this game with injuries  Patrick Sharp CHI, David Bolland CHI, Brad Stuart DET game’s THREE STARS  Chris Osgood DET left the game after two periods due to dehydration  Pavel Datsyuk DET out of Wings’ line-up after taking shot on foot in Game Two  Niklas Kronwall DET was ejected after a thundering hit on Martin Havlat CHI  No update given on Khabibulin’s condition, and netminder Corey Crawford dressed, sat on bench

2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 2 DETROIT RED WINGS 112 v. 4 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 104 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM DALE TALLON, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 5

Wednesday, May 27 1930 h et on CBC CHICAGO 1 @ DETROIT 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Sharp C 8:34, Blackhawks’ bench 16:34

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Fraser C Holmstrom D Eager C (10-minute misconduct) 8:00, Hossa D 8:31, Lebda D 11:24, Keith C 14:31, Holmstrom D 15:04

THIRD PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 8 (Brett Lebda) 6:08 Lebda’s low knuckler from point goes off top of Cleary’s stick blade and past Huet 2. CHICAGO, Patrick Kane 9 (Brent Seabrook, David Bolland) 12:53 Comes flying down right wing, around Lebda, then shelfs a gorgeous backhand over Osgood…great goal!

Penalties ― None

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. DETROIT, Darren Helm 3 (Tomas Holmstrom, Brett Lebda) 3:58 GWG Wings are all over Hawks in overtime and Helm finally jams in rebound from in close

Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by BLACKHAWKS 9 11 11 0 31 RED WINGS 21 10 11 4 46 CHICAGO, Cristobal Huet; DETROIT, Chris Osgood

CHI ― 0 for 3, DET ― 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Shane Heyer 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena

 Chris Osgood DET, Cristobal Huet CHI, Darren Helm DET game’s THREE STARS  Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom, Jonathan Ericsson all out of Wings’ line-up due to injury  Red Wings reach Stanley Cup Final for sixth time in fourteen years  For the first time since 1984, same teams play in SCF two years in a row

CHRIS CHELIOS DET plays in his record 266th SC Playoff game

CAROLINA HURRICANES CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SHSOG % GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SHSOG % Eric Staal C 18 10 5 15 -3 4 3 0 73 13.7 Martin Havlat RW 16 5 10 15 E 8 0 0 35 14.3 Ray Whitney LW 18 3 8 11 -9 4 0 0 55 5.5 Patrick Kane RW 16 9 5 14 -9 12 2 0 34 26.5 Chad LaRose RW 18 4 7 11 E 16 0 0 51 7.8 Jonathan Toews C 17 7 6 13 -1 26 5 0 43 16.3 Jussi Jokinen LW 18 7 4 11 -3 2 2 0 28 25.0 Brent Seabrook D 17 1 11 12 E 14 1 0 36 2.8 Sergei Samsonov LW 17 5 3 8 2 6 0 0 28 17.9 Dave Bolland C 17 4 8 12 -1 24 1 1 30 13.3 Joni Pitkanen D 18 0 8 8 E 16 0 0 46 0.0 Kris Versteeg LW 17 4 8 12 -5 22 3 0 27 14.8 Scott Walker RW 18 1 6 7 -3 19 0 0 25 4.0 Patrick Sharp RW 17 7 4 11 -1 6 3 0 42 16.7 Joe Corvo D 18 2 5 7 -7 4 1 0 52 3.8 Brian Campbell D 17 2 8 10 E 0 2 0 27 7.4 Matt Cullen C 18 3 3 6 E 14 0 1 29 10.3 Dustin Byfuglien RW 17 3 6 9 -2 26 1 0 40 7.5 Dennis Seidenberg D 16 1 5 6 -5 16 0 0 18 5.6 Cam Barker D 17 3 6 9 -3 2 0 0 32 9.4 Erik Cole RW 18 0 5 5 -5 22 0 0 32 0.0 Duncan Keith D 17 0 6 6 1 10 0 0 23 0.0 Tim Gleason D 18 1 4 5 -2 32 0 0 11 9.1 Samuel Pahlsson C 17 2 3 5 -4 4 1 0 11 18.2 Rod Brind'Amour C 18 1 3 4 -5 8 0 0 29 3.4 Adam Burish RW 17 3 2 5 3 30 0 0 23 13.0 Ryan Bayda LW 15 2 2 4 2 18 0 0 17 11.8 Andrew Ladd LW 17 3 1 4 3 12 0 0 35 8.6 Tuomo Ruutu RW 16 1 3 4 -3 8 0 0 17 5.9 Matt Walker D 17 0 2 2 -4 14 0 0 15 0.0 Patrick Eaves RW 18 1 2 3 -1 13 0 0 21 4.8 Ben Eager LW 17 1 1 2 -1 61 0 0 15 6.7 Frantisek Kaberle D 7 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 0.0 Troy Brouwer LW 17 0 2 2 -1 12 0 0 24 0.0 Anton Babchuk D 13 0 1 1 -5 10 0 0 21 0.0 Niklas Hjalmarsson D 17 0 1 1 -2 6 0 0 10 0.0 Patrick Dwyer RW 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Colin Fraser C 2 0 0 0 E 2 0 0 5 0.0 Niclas Wallin D 18 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 10 0.0 Dwight Helminen C 1 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0 0.0 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Tim Conboy D 3 0 0 0 E 9 0 0 0 0.0 Nikolai Khabibulin 15 880 2.93 .898 8-6 0 3 0 0 0 Cristobal Huet 3 129 3.23 .910 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Corey Crawford 1 15 3.77 .857 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Cam Ward 18 1101 2.67 .915 8-10 2 3 0 0 1

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS DETROIT RED WINGS GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SHSOG % GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SHSOG % Henrik Zetterberg C 23 11 13 24 13 13 4 0 82 13.4 Evgeni Malkin C 24 14 22 36 3 51 7 0 104 13.5 Johan Franzen LW 23 12 11 23 8 12 4 0 72 16.7 Sidney Crosby C 24 15 16 31 9 14 5 0 79 19.0 Nicklas Lidstrom D 21 4 12 16 11 6 3 0 59 6.8 Bill Guerin RW 24 7 8 15 8 15 2 0 70 10.0 Valtteri Filppula C 23 3 13 16 8 8 1 0 35 8.6 Ruslan Fedotenko LW 24 7 7 14 9 4 0 0 58 12.1 Daniel Cleary RW 23 9 6 15 17 12 0 0 57 15.8 Sergei Gonchar D 22 3 11 14 3 12 2 0 41 7.3 Marian Hossa RW 23 6 9 15 5 10 2 1 100 6.0 Chris Kunitz LW 24 1 13 14 3 19 0 0 46 2.2 Brian Rafalski D 18 3 9 12 11 11 3 0 24 12.5 Maxime Talbot C 24 8 5 13 8 19 0 0 37 21.6 Jiri Hudler LW 23 4 8 12 4 6 2 0 36 11.1 Kris Letang D 23 4 9 13 1 26 2 0 54 7.4 Mikael Samuelsson RW 23 5 5 10 7 6 0 0 79 6.3 Tyler Kennedy C 24 5 4 9 -1 4 0 0 68 7.4 Brad Stuart D 23 3 6 9 5 12 1 0 34 8.8 Jordan Staal C 24 4 5 9 -5 8 0 1 58 6.9 Pavel Datsyuk C 16 1 8 9 5 9 1 0 52 1.9 Matt Cooke LW 24 1 6 7 -2 22 0 0 31 3.2 Niklas Kronwall D 23 2 7 9 4 33 2 0 32 6.3 Mark Eaton D 24 4 3 7 4 10 1 0 16 25.0 Jonathan Ericsson D 22 4 4 8 9 25 0 0 33 12.1 Miroslav Satan RW 17 1 5 6 1 11 0 0 21 4.8 Tomas Holmstrom RW 23 2 5 7 -2 22 0 0 25 8.0 Craig Adams RW 24 3 2 5 -1 16 0 0 26 11.5 Brett Lebda D 23 0 6 6 8 22 0 0 19 0.0 Rob Scuderi D 24 1 4 5 5 6 0 0 8 12.5 Darren Helm C 23 4 1 5 1 4 0 0 42 9.5 Philippe Boucher D 9 1 3 4 -2 4 1 0 10 10.0 Justin Abdelkader LW 10 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 11 18.2 Brooks Orpik D 24 0 4 4 -1 22 0 0 12 0.0 Ville Leino LW 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 7 0.0 Hal Gill D 24 0 2 2 8 6 0 0 17 0.0 Kris Draper C 8 1 0 1 E 0 0 0 6 16.7 Petr Sykora RW 7 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 7 0.0 Kirk Maltby RW 20 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 12 0.0 Alex Goligoski D 2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0.0 Tomas Kopecky LW 8 0 1 1 E 7 0 0 13 0.0 Pascal Dupuis LW 16 0 0 0 -5 8 0 0 17 0.0 Chris Chelios D 6 0 0 0 E 2 0 0 4 0.0

Derek Meech D 2 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 1 0.0 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A

Marc-André Fleury 24 1447 2.61 .908 16-8 2 1 2 0 0 GP Min GAA Sv % Rec SO EN PIM G A Mathieu Garon 1 24 0.00 1.000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Osgood 23 1405 2.01 .926 15-8 2 1 2 0 0 Ty Conklin 1 19 0.00 1.000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

2009 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES DETROIT RED WINGS 112 v. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 99 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM RAY SHERO, HC DAN BYLSMA PENGUINS WIN SERIES IN 7

Saturday, May 30 2000 h et on CBC/NBC Sunday, May 31 2000 h et on CBC/NBC PITTSBURGH 1 @ DETROIT 3 PITTSBURGH 1 @ DETROIT 3

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Brad Stuart 2 (unassisted) 13:38 1. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 13 (Kris Letang, Bill Guerin) 16:50 PPG Stuart’s weak wrist shot fr point goes off back boards, off back of Fleury’s right leg and in…horrible goal in SCF On PP, mad scramble around net results in Stuart actually swatting bouncing puck into his own net 2. PITTSBURGH, Ruslan Fedotenko 7 (Evgeni Malkin) 18:37 Lebda can’t clear it…Malkin knocks it down and blasts puck at Osgood…Fedotenko, all alone, tucks in rebound Penalties ― Kronwall D 16:08

Penalties ― None SECOND PERIOD 2. DETROIT, Jonathan Ericsson 3 (Jiri Hudler, Darren Helm) 4:21 SECOND PERIOD With Helm screening, Ericsson’s long point shot finds its way past Fleury 3. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 11 (Brian Rafalski, Henrik Zetterberg) 19:02 GWG 3. DETROIT, Valtteri Filppula 2 (Tomas Holmstrom, Marian Hossa) 10:29 GWG Unbelievably, a flopping Fleury once again kicks puck off back boards into his own net Wings swarm net and Filppula flips backhand, from very tough angle, high into net over fallen Fleury

Penalties ― Lebda D 4:38, Samuelsson D 7:05, Adams P 13:44 Penalties ― Malkin P 8:15

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 4. DETROIT, Justin Abdelkader 1 (Ville Leino) 2:46 4. DETROIT, Justin Abdelkader 2 (Tomas Holmstrom) 2:47 Very athletic play as Abdelkader gloves his own rebound to the ice and fires it high stick side on Fleury Coming in one-on-three, Abdelkader’s knuckleball wrister goes off Fleury’s glove and in…yet another weak one

Penalties ― None Penalties ― Talbot P Malkin P (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Zetterberg D (major) 19:41

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by PENGUINS 7 13 12 32 PENGUINS 11 9 12 32 RED WINGS 11 11 8 30 RED WINGS 7 16 3 26 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; DETROIT, Chris Osgood PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; DETROIT, Chris Osgood

PIT ― 0 for 2, DET ― 0 for 1 on power play PIT ― 1 for 1, DET ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot Referees: Bill McCreary, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Jean Morin, Steve Miller 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena

 Chris Osgood DET, Evgeni Malkin PIT, Darren Helm DET game’s THREE STARS  Chris Osgood DET, Valtteri Filppula DET, Justin Abdelkader DET game’s THREE STARS  Both Pavel Datsyuk and Kris Draper were out of the Detroit line-up due to injury  First time SCF has begun on back-to-back nights since 1940 SCF between Leafs and Rangers  Red Wings won 39 of the game’s 56 face-offs ~ 69%  Bill Guerin PIT has gone 14 years between SCF appearances (NJ, 1995)

Tuesday, June 2 2000 h et on CBC/VERSUS Thursday, June 4 2000 h et on CBC/VERSUS DETROIT 2 @ PITTSBURGH 4 DETROIT 2 @ PITTSBURGH 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Maxime Talbot 5 (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang) 4:48 1. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 14 (Kris Letang, Jordan Staal) 2:39 PPG From high slot, wires a one-timer past Osgood’s stick side After Penguins buzz net, Osgood loses sight of puck and Malkin jams it in stick side 2. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 10 (Ville Leino, Johan Franzen) 6:19 2. DETROIT, Darren Helm 4 (unassisted) 18:19 Leino’s wrap-around is unsuccessful, but puck comes right to Zetterberg, who fires it over flopping Fleury Helm intercepts Scuderi’s clearing pass in circle and snaps one high over Fleury 3. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 12 (Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall) 11:33 PPG On PP, Zetterberg’s cross-ice pass is slowed just enough by Cooke to allow Franzen a perfect one-timer Penalties ― Kronwall D 1:12, Eaton P 11:09, Ericsson D 16:27, Guerin P 16:37 4. PITTSBURGH, Kris Letang 4 (Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar) 15:57 PPG On PP, From top of circle, Letang fires feeble slapshot that somehow finds its way five-hole through Osgood SECOND PERIOD 3. DETROIT, Brad Stuart 3 (Henrik Zetterberg, Brian Rafalski) 0:46 Penalties ― Orpik P 9:42, Cleary D 14:46, Franzen D 18:02 From point, absolutely blasts one past screened Fleury 4. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 3 (Maxime Talbot, Mark Eaton) 8:35 SHG SECOND PERIOD Playing SH, fantastic individual effort as he fights off Rafalski, then dekes Osgood ~ beautiful goal NO SCORING 5. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 15 (Evgeni Malkin) 10:34 GWG Two-on-one, Malkin sticks with puck and makes great pass across to Crosby on stick-side doorstep Penalties ― Satan P 15:35 6. PITTSBURGH, Tyler Kennedy 4 (Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz) 14:12 As pretty an offensive-zone three-way passing play as you will ever see…Kennedy tucks it stick side THIRD PERIOD 5. PITTSBURGH, Sergei Gonchar 3 (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby) 10:29 PPG GWG Penalties ― Malkin P 5:44, Orpik P 7:43 On PP, Gonchar’s point blast cleanly beats Osgood glove side 6. PITTSBURGH, Maxime Talbot 6 (Ruslan Fedotenko) 19:03 ENG THIRD PERIOD From just over centre ice, finds dead centre of empty net NO SCORING

Penalties ― Ericsson D 9:06 Penalties ― Kronwall D 18:27

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by RED WINGS 12 14 3 29 RED WINGS 19 9 11 39 PENGUINS 7 4 10 21 PENGUINS 11 11 9 31 DETROIT, Chris Osgood; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury DETROIT, Chris Osgood; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury

DET ― 1 for 2, PIT ― 2 for 3 on power play DET ― 0 for 4, PIT ― 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot Referees: Bill McCreary, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Jean Morin, Steve Miller 17,132 at Mellon Arena 17,132 at Mellon Arena

 Maxime Talbot PIT, Evgeni Malkin PIT, Henrik Zetterberg DET game’s THREE STARS  Marc-André Fleury PIT, Sidney Crosby PIT, Evgeni Malkin PIT game’s THREE STARS  Sidney Crosby and Sergei Gonchar PIT led Penguins, each with over 22 minutes played  Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin PIT led all Penguins with 21:34 and 21:11 TOI  D Nicklas Lidstrom DET played 26:40, most of any Red Wings’ player

2009 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES DETROIT RED WINGS 112 v. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 99 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM RAY SHERO, HC DAN BYLSMA PENGUINS WIN SERIES IN 7

Saturday, June 6 2000 h et on CBC/NBC Tuesday, June 9 2000 h et on CBC/NBC PITTSBURGH 0 @ DETROIT 5 DETROIT 1 @ PITTSBURGH 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. DETROIT, Daniel Cleary 9 (Pavel Datsyuk, Brian Rafalski) 13:32 GWG NO SCORING With Wings breaking in two-on-one, quick snapshot from top of circle, beats Fleury glove side Penalties ― Zetterberg D 3:35, Filppula D 13:29 Penalties ― Kronwall D 7:19, Kunitz P 19:39 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Jordan Staal 4 (Tyler Kennedy, Rob Scuderi) 0:51 2. DETROIT, Valtteri Filppula 3 (Marian Hossa, Chris Osgood) 1:44 Pens break in two-on-one…Staal’s first shot hits Osgood high, and Staal scored on rebound Osgood makes fantastic up-ice pass to Hossa, who hits Filppula in full stride in slot…five-hole deke 3. DETROIT, Niklas Kronwall 2 (Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg) 6:11 PPG Penalties ― None On PP, Kronwall takes puck in corner to Fleury’s left, then just muscles into slot and scores high glove 4. DETROIT, Brian Rafalski 3 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk) 8:26 PPG THIRD PERIOD On PP, with Holmstrom completely screening Fleury, Rafalski’s long wrist shot goes in stick side 2. PITTSBURGH, Tyler Kennedy 5 (Maxime Talbot, Ruslan Fedotenko) 5:35 GWG 5. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 11 (Jiri Hudler, Mikael Samuelsson) 15:40 PPG Penguins work puck hard along boards…Kennedy comes from behind net and takes two tries to whack it in On PP, Hudler blasts slap-pass to Zetterberg, who wires it from circle high glove 3. DETROIT, Kris Draper 1 (Jonathan Ericsson, Nicklas Lidstrom) 8:01 Picks up juicy rebound of Ericsson’s slapshot from point, then fires it stick side on Fleury Penalties ― Gonchar P 5:53, Malkin P 6:48, Kunitz P 13:50, Crosby P 17:37, Talbot P 17:57 Penalties ― Malkin P 9:18, Guerin P 12:40 THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING Shots on goal by RED WINGS 3 9 14 26 Penalties ― Hossa D 1:53, Malkin P 7:14, Dupuis P Adams P (10-minute misconduct) 15:50, Cooke P Talbot P PENGUINS 12 12 7 31 Lebda D (10-minute misconducts) Malkin P 18:08 DETROIT, Chris Osgood; PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury

Shots on goal by DET ― 0 for 2, PIT ― 0 for 2 on power play PENGUINS 10 6 6 22 Referees: Bill McCreary, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Jean Morin, Steve Miller RED WINGS 8 15 5 29 17,132 at Mellon Arena PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury, Mathieu Garon (15:40 of second); DETROIT, Chris Osgood  Marc-André Fleury PIT, Tyler Kennedy PIT, Jordan Staal PIT game’s THREE STARS PIT ― 0 for 2, DET ― 3 for 9 on power play  Five players in series have previously played in an SCF Game Seven ~ Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot Petr Sykora PIT (NJ 2001, ANA 2003), Brian Rafalski DET (NJ 2003), 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena Ruslan Fedotenko PIT (TB 2004), Craig Adams PIT (CAR 2006), Ty Conklin DET (EDM 2006)  In this series, Sidney Crosby PIT has 2g, 3a, 15 SOG, 143 shifts  Henrik Zetterberg DET, Pavel Datsyuk DET, Chris Osgood DET game’s THREE STARS  Home teams are 12-2 all time in previous SCF Game Sevens  Darren Helm DET had seven hits in game ~ his 32 hits in series lead all players  Pavel Datsyuk DET returned to Wings’ line-up, after missing seven games with foot injury  Wings have now won 11 of 12 games at Joe Louis Arena during 2009 SC Playoffs  Red Wings have won 49 consecutive SC Playoff games when scoring four-or-more goals  Nicklas Lidstrom DET played his 233rd SC Playoff gm ~ ties him w/ Scott Stevens for fifth all time

Friday, June 12 2000 h et on CBC/NBC PITTSBURGH 2 @ DETROIT 1

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Stuart D 11:24

SECOND PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Maxime Talbot 7 (Evgeni Malkin) 1:13 Malkin’s skate forces turnover and puck bounces right to Talbot, who fires one five-hole on Osgood 2. PITTSBURGH, Maxime Talbot 8 (Chris Kunitz, Rob Scuderi) 10:07 GWG Comes flying down the left side and wrists a beauty over Osgood’s glove side

Penalties ― Staal P Holmstrom D 1:59, Gill P 6:16

THIRD PERIOD 3. DETROIT, Jonathan Ericsson 4 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Jiri Hudler) 13:53 One-timer from point beats Fleury high glove as he goes down for no reason

Penalties ― Eaton P 2:36

Shots on goal by PENGUINS 10 7 1 18 RED WINGS 6 11 7 24 PITTSBURGH, Marc-André Fleury; DETROIT, Chris Osgood

PIT ― 0 for 1, DET ― 0 for 2 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Paul Devorski Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena

 Maxime Talbot PIT, Evgeni Malkin PIT, Jonathan Ericsson DET game’s THREE STARS E V G E N I M A L K I N  Sidney Crosby PIT took second-period hit from Johan Franzen ~ played just 32 seconds after that PITTSBURGH PENGUINS  At 21, Sidney Crosby PIT becomes youngest-ever captain of Stanley Cup champion  Evgeni Malkin PIT wins Conn Smythe Trophy ~ 14g, 22a in 24 SC Playoff games 2009 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER  Malkin (36 pts), Crosby (30) first teammats to surpass 30 pts in playoff year since ’94 (Leetch, Messier)  Bill Guerin PIT waited 14 years between Cups ~ third-longest ever (Chris Chelios, Mark Recchi) 14 goals, 22 assists, 7 power-play goals, 3 GW goals in 24 games  Marian Hossa DET held without a goal in 2009 SCF  Penguins become first-ever team to rally from 2-0 games deficits twice in same playoff year  This was only fourth time team went up 2-0 in SCF and lost (’42 DET, ’66 DET, ’71 CHI)  Maxime Talbot PIT becomes 9th player to score two goals in Game Seven of SCF  First time since 1997 that team with series home-ice advantage has lost SCF