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Street Sense Carl Nafzger Calvin Borel 9-2 Over a Sloppy Track C M Y K E10 DAILY 05-05-07 MD M2 E10 CMYK E10 Saturday, May 5, 2007 M2 The Washington Post Hockey Eastern Conference (*if necessary) Western Conference (*if necessary) QUOTABLE PERSONNEL DEPT. BUFFALO VS. NEW JERSEY VS. SAN JOSE VS. VANCOUVER VS. Rugged Sabres F Paul Gaustad N.Y. RANGERS OTTAWA DETROIT ANAHEIM “We need some of our guys to wake up. played his first game in three (Buffalo leads, 3-2) (Ottawa leads, 3-1) (Series tied, 2-2) (Anaheim wins, 4-1) We also need to have more contributions and months last night. Gaustad initially was ruled out for the rest of the Game 1: Buffalo, 5-2 Game 1: Ottawa, 5-4 Game 1: San Jose, 2-0 Game 1: Anaheim, 5-1 creativity from more than just one line. season after he sliced a tendon Game 2: Buffalo, 3-2 Game 2: N.J., 3-2 Game 2: Detroit, 3-2 Game 2: Van., 2-1 (2 OT) Those guys need to look in the mirror and above his left ankle in a 3-2 win Game 3: N.Y., 2-1 (2 OT) Game 3: Ottawa, 2-0 Game 3: San Jose, 2-1 Game 3: Anaheim, 3-2 over Ottawa on Feb. 7. He missed PLAYOFF Game 4: N.Y., 2-1 Game 4: Ottawa, 3-2 Game 4: Detroit, 3-2 (OT) Game 4: Anaheim, 3-2 (OT) say, ‘I got to do a better job because I’m 35 games, including nine in the Last Night: Buffalo, 2-1 Today: at New Jersey, 8 Today: at Detroit, 2 Game 5: Anaheim, 2-1 letting all of my teammates down.’” Mon.: at San Jose, TBD (2 OT) playoffs. REPORT Tom.: at New York, 2 *Monday: at Ottawa, 7 Sharks Coach Ron Wilson *Tuesday: at Buffalo, 7 *Wed.: at New Jersey, 7 *Wed.: at Detroit, TBD Afinogenov Finds Redemption With a Goal K Sabres 2, Rangers 1 Buffalo has a 3-2 lead in the best- team on the ice tonight. It was close RANGERS 0010— 1 of-seven series. Game 6 is Sunday for one reason, and that was our goal- SABRES 0011— 2 Associated Press night at Madison Square Garden. tender.” The Sabres had lost two straight Lundqvist was spectacular in frus- THIRD PERIOD BUFFALO, May 4 — Benched games by a 2-1 score to the Rangers. trating a Sabres team that had Scoring: 1, N.Y. Rangers, Straka 2 (Rachunek, Sha- nahan), 16:41. 2, Buffalo, Drury 6 (Briere, Connol- one game, the overtime star the next: Drury’s goal, off a rebound in scored an NHL-leading 308 goals. ly), 19:52. Maxim Afinogenov sure knows how front, came on Buffalo’s 37th shot. He foiled Sabres co-captain Daniel OVERTIME Scoring: 3, Buffalo, Afinogenov 2 (Pominville, Kali- to make up for miscues. Afinogenov’s slap shot from inside Briere on one-timers twice in the nin), 4:39 (pp). Afinogenov scored a power-play the blueline sneaked through the first period. SHOTS ON GOAL goal 4 minutes 39 seconds into over- goalie Henrik Lundqvist’s legs as Lundqvist’s most impressive save Rangers ...................................... 8 6 6 3 — 23 time to cap Buffalo’s come-from- teammate Thomas Vanek provided a came eight minutes into the third pe- Sabres ........................................ 7 17 13 3 — 40 Power-play opportunities: N.Y. Rangers 0 of 7; Buffalo behind 2-1 win over the New York screen in front. riod. He got his blocker up to stop 1 of 6. Goalies: N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 6-3 (40 Rangers on Friday night. The victory He scored 11 seconds after Blair Tim Connolly’s hard snap shot from shots-38 saves). Buffalo, Miller 7-3 (23-22). A: moved the Sabres within a win of the Betts was penalized for hooking Afi- the slot, then covered the rebound 18,690 (18,690). T: 2:44. Eastern Conference finals. nogenov. before Ales Kotalik could reach it. “Definitely happy,” Afinogenov The Rangers were outshot 40-23 “It’s a tough one,” Lundqvist said swan dive at center ice. said. “We’re up right now. It’s a hap- but took a 1-0 lead when Martin Stra- over and over again. “They made a “I just wanted to celebrate and py day for us.” ka scored with 3:19 left in regulation. good play at the end and it paid off. nothing was coming in my head, so I Co-captain Chris Drury forced “That hurts,” Rangers captain Ja- You can’t think too much about this. just dove,” Afinogenov said. overtime by scoring with less than romir Jagr said. “There’s no question You have to move on.” And he had no hard feelings re- eight seconds remaining in regula- about it. That’s probably the tough- Drury’s goal came on a scramble garding his benching. Coach Lindy tion. He put Afinogenov’s perform- est for me in five years.” in front and after Lundqvist stopped Ruff sat Afinogenov, believing the dy- ance into perspective. It’s now the Rangers’ turn to re- Connolly’s shot from the left point. namic forward was forcing the play “It’s a great story, the highs and spond in a series in which the home The rebound caromed directly to and, as a result, creating too many lows of playoff hockey,” Drury said. team has won each game. Drury, who snapped it into the open turnovers. “He’s pretty down the other night as “It’s a tough loss, plain and sim- side from the lower left circle. “I can’t be angry. Definitely I want BY BRENDAN MCDERMID — REUTERS we all were and comes back with ob- ple,” Coach Tom Renney said. “We Afinogenov’s goal was indisput- to be there, help the guys and help Buffalo’s Maxim Afinogenov celebrates his winning goal in overtime. The viously a huge goal.” weren’t close to being the better able, and he celebrated by taking a the team,” Afinogenov said. Sabres forced overtime with a goal with less than eight seconds left. Horse Racing 133rd Kentucky Derby Starting Positions KENTUCKY DERBY NOTEBOOK 6:04 p.m. post time at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Pos. Horse Trainer Jockey Odds Rags to Sedgefield Darrin Miller Julien Leparoux 46-1 1 Perfectly decent turf horse coming off a sub-par effort. Would not be stunned to see him fifth at 100-1. Riches Wins Curlin Steve Asmussen Robby Albarado 6-1 The Oaks 2 The morning-line favorite is the horse everyone fears, but historical precedent says no to his three-race campaign. By John Scheinman Special to The Washington Post Zanjero Steve Asmussen Shaun Bridgmohan 34-1 LOUISVILLE, May 4 — With a 3 A strong case can be made for his gutsy third along the rail powerful performance, the chestnut in the Blue Grass, but not his inability to run fast. filly Rags to Riches — who may be the best 3-year-old in the country, of Storm in May William Kaplan Juan Leyva 20-1 either sex — stormed down the 4 Hats off to Bill Kaplan for earning $459,430 with this $16,000 horse, center of the stretch on Friday and but the fantasy ends here. easily won the $500,000 Kentucky Oaks before a crowd of 100,075 at Imawildandcrazyguy William Kaplan Mark Guidry 18-1 Churchill Downs. 5 Likely longest shot in the field actually has nibbled at the edges of A $1.9 million yearling auction some good races. Not today. purchase by owners Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, Rags to Riches had beaten up on two small fields in Cowtown Cat Todd Pletcher Fernando Jara 18-1 Grade I races at Santa Anita Park, 6 Nobody seems impressed with his back-to-back wins in Gotham and but she showed in the Oaks she also Illinois Derby except Pletcher. could run with the top fillies in the country in a bulky 14-horse field Street Sense Carl Nafzger Calvin Borel 9-2 over a sloppy track. Under jockey Garrett Gomez, 7 2006 BC Juvenile champ back at Churchill. Still, unproven the heavily favored Rags to Riches 1 beyond 1 ⁄16 miles. tucked inside behind the leaders in fifth pace and stalked a fast pace Hard Spun Larry Jones Mario Pino 10-1 over a drying-out track. Gomez 8 Blistering workout April 30 either spells doom or super horse. eased her to the outside turning for Expect Pino to have him out there winging. home, and Rags to Riches galloped 1 away to a 4 ⁄4-length victory over Oc- Liquidity Doug O’Neill David Flores 46-1 tave. Todd Pletcher, who sends out five runners Saturday in the Ken- 9 O’Neill believes there is a world of unlocked talent here. Strong stalker tucky Derby, trains both horses. 1 makes his presence felt. The final time for the 1 ⁄8-mile race was 1 minute 49.99 seconds. Teuflesberg Jamie Sanders Stewart Elliott 44-1 Asked after the race if he had 10 Runs very well when not facing Dominican, Hard Spun, Curlin, Street considered skipping the Oaks for Sense, Scat Daddy and Circular Quay. the Kentucky Derby with his filly, Tabor said: “The thought did cross Bwana Bull Jerry Hollendorfer Javier Castellano 35-1 our minds, but at the end of the day, we’re traditionalists and decided to 11 Remember his name because you likely will never hear it again. BY JOHN GRESS — REUTERS run the girls against the girls. May- Street Sense won the juvenile race at the Breeders’ Cup last year.
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