CAROLINA HURRICANES STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

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1 CAROLINA HURRICANES STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS Craig Adams, Kevyn Adams, Anton Babchuk, Rod Brind Amour CAPTAIN, Erik Cole,Mike Commodore, Matt Cullen, Martin Gerber, Bret Hedican, Andrew Hutchinson, Frantisek Kaberle, Andrew Ladd, Chad LaRose, Mark Recchi, Eric Staal, Cory Stillman, Oleg Tverdovsky, Josef Vasicek, Niclas Wallin, Aaron Ward, Cam Ward, Doug Weight, Ray Whitney, Justin Williams, Glen Wesley Peter Karmanos Jr., Thomas Thewes OWNERS, Jim Rutherford GENERAL MANAGER, Peter Laviolette HEAD COACH

2 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 1 OTTAWA SENATORS 113 v. 8 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 92 GM JOHN MUCKLER, HC BRYAN MURRAY v. GM JAY FEASTER, HC JOHN TORTORELLA SENATORS WIN SERIES IN 5 Friday, April h et TAMPA BAY OTTAWA 4 1. TAMPA BAY, Vincent Lecavalier 1 (Dan Boyle, Brad Richards) 19:00 PPG Penalties Eaves O 1:57, Richards T 7:53, Schaefer O 18:06, Chara O 18:47 Penalties Meszaros O 6:20, Lightning bench 8:17, Lecavalier O 12:54, Phillips O 19:43 2. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 1 (Jason Spezza, Peter Schaefer) 5:06 PPG 3. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 1 (Dany Heatley, Ray Emery) 6:13 PPG GWG 4. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 1 (Peter Schaefer) 9:37 SHG 5. OTTAWA, Daniel Alfredsson 1 (Dany Heatley, Anton Volchenkov) 18:58 SHG ENG Penalties Modin T 3:49, Boyle T 5:15, Vermette O 6:35, Heatley O 8:31, Heatley O 16:48, Neil O 19:52 LIGHTNING SENATORS TAMPA BAY, John Grahame; OTTAWA, Ray Emery TB 1 for 9, OTT 2 for 6 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy 19,660 at Scotiabank Place (formerly Corel Centre) Spezza s goal a beauty, as he wired it over Grahame s left shoulder Injured Sens goaltender, Dominik Hasek, watched game from end of Sens bench Sunday, April h et TAMPA BAY OTTAWA 3 1. OTTAWA, Bryan Smolinski 1 (Vaclav Varada, Anton Volchenkov) 4:51 2. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 1 (Vaclav Prospal) 14:36 Penalties Dingman T 11:22, Pothier O 17:00 3. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 1 (Paul Ranger) 7:39 4. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 2 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 17:12 PPG Penalties Modin T Eaves O 6:57, Alfredsson O 7:57, Modin T 9:41, St. Louis T 16:18 5. OTTAWA, Peter Schaefer 1 (Martin Havlat, Mike Fisher) 3:21 6. TAMPA BAY, Dan Boyle 1 (Brad Richards, Paul Ranger) 5:24 7. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 2 (Dmitry Afanasenkov, Brad Richards) 6:19 GWG Penalties Richards T 10:25, Chara O 13:26 LIGHTNING SENATORS TAMPA BAY, John Grahame; OTTAWA, Ray Emery TB 0 for 3, OTT 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven 19,745 at Scotiabank Place Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy D Wade Redden OTT left team on Saturday night, after death of his mother, Pat Redden, 57 Tonight, injured Sens goaltender Dominik Hasek watched game from dressing room Tuesday, April h et OTTAWA TAMPA BAY 4 1. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 3 (Zdeno Chara) 5:20 2. OTTAWA, Wade Redden 1 (Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza) 8:40 PPG 3. OTTAWA, Patrick Eaves 1 (Daniel Alfredsson) 12:56 4. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 3 (Pavel Kubina, Brad Richards) 18:38 PPG Penalties Volchenkov O 2:17, Varada O Pratt T 4:23, Vermette O Varada O Taylor T Artyukhin T (double minor) 8:08, Schaefer O 14:06, Chara O 17:17, Redden O 17:41 5. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 4 (Wade Redden, Peter Schaefer) 2:17 6. OTTAWA, Antoine Vermette 1 (Vaclav Varada, Anton Volchenkov) 9:11 Penalties Eaves O 3:51, Heatley O 11:07, Phillips O 13:07, Schaefer O Fedotenko T 16:16, Neil O 18:56 7. TAMPA BAY, Paul Ranger 1 (unassisted) 0:20 PPG 8. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 1 (Jason Spezza, Wade Redden) 6:12 PPG GWG 9. OTTAWA, Zdeno Chara 1 (Jason Spezza, Martin Havlat) 10:28 PPG 10. TAMPA BAY, Paul Ranger 2 (Dan Boyle, Vaclav Prospal) 11: TAMPA BAY, Pavel Kubina 1 (Vincent Lecavalier, Darryl Sydor) 13:25 PPG 12. OTTAWA, Antoine Vermette 2 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 16:18 Penalties Dingman T (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) 3:44, Sarich T 5:48, Schubert O 12:31, Varada O (double minor) Chara O Heatley O Lecavalier T Pratt T (majors) Meszaros O Fisher O Fedotenko T Kubina T Craig T (10-minute misconducts) 17:43 SENATORS LIGHTNING OTTAWA, Ray Emery; TAMPA BAY, John Grahame, Sean Burke (9:11 of second period) Thursday, April h et OTTAWA TAMPA BAY 2 1. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 2 (Dany Heatley) 6:13 2. TAMPA BAY, Martin St. Louis 4 (Paul Ranger, Brad Richards) 11:10 3. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 2 (Vincent Lecavalier, Paul Ranger) 16:15 Penalties Meszaros O 2:30, Eaves O 13:47, Kubina T 18:58 4. OTTAWA, Chris Phillips 1 (Daniel Alfredsson, Bryan Smolinski) 5:59 5. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 2 (Martin Havlat, Jason Spezza) 17:10 PPG GWG 6. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 5 (Peter Schaefer, Mike Fisher) 17:50 Penalties Artyukhin T 13:00, Boyle T 16:22, Neil O 19:14 7. OTTAWA, Chris Neil 1 (Dany Heatley) 1:24 Penalties Spezza O 4:51, Chara O Fedotenko T 16:12, Fedotenko T 19:01 SENATORS LIGHTNING OTTAWA, Ray Emery; TAMPA BAY, John Grahame, Sean Burke (0:00 of third period) OTT 1 for 4, TB 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland 20,682 at St. Pete Times Forum Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak Spezza sets Senators team record with his ninth point in a single playoff series OTT 3 for 4, TB 3 for 11 on power play Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak 20,815 at St. Pete Times Forum Lightning just 4-for-23 in PP thus far in series Senators scored three times on their first eleven shots Saturday, April h et TAMPA BAY OTTAWA 3 1. OTTAWA, Peter Schaefer 2 (Martin Havlat, Wade Redden) 12:53 2. OTTAWA, Andrej Meszaros 1 (Wade Redden, Dany Heatley) 15:44 Penalties Schubert O 6:28, Kubina T 8:16, Fedotenko T 13:42 3. TAMPA BAY, Evgeny Artyukhin 1 (Cory Sarich, Vincent Lecavalier) 1:37 4. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 6 (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza) 15:02 PPG GWG 5. TAMPA BAY, Brad Richards 3 (Dan Boyle) 18:15 Penalties Richards T 3:10, Fedotenko T 13:33, Afanasenkov T 19:15 Penalties Volchenkov O 2:22, Chara O 14:47, Boyle T 16:26, Schaefer O 19:04 LIGHTNING SENATORS TAMPA BAY, Sean Burke; OTTAWA, Ray Emery TB 0 for 4 4 for 31 in series, OTT 1 for 6 8 for 24 in series on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson 20,004 at Scotiabank Place Martin Havlat OTT, Jason Spezza OTT each tally 10 points in series Sens advance past first round for the fourth time in nine straight playoff appearances since 1997

3 2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 2 CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. 7 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 93 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM BOB GAINEY, HC BOB GAINEY HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 6 Saturday, April h et MONTREAL CAROLINA 1 1. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 1 (unassisted) 0:50 2. MONTREAL, Francis Bouillon 1 (Michael Ryder, Christopher Higgins) 8:23 PPG 3. MONTREAL, Radek Bonk 1 (Mathieu Dandenault, Niklas Sundstrom) 16:17 GWG Penalties Weight C 6:54, Perezhogin M Gerber C 8:39, Bouillon M 20:00 4. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 1 (Tomas Plekanec, Craig Rivet) 2:18 5. MONTREAL, Christopher Higgins 1 (Niklas Sundstrom, Saku Koivu) 16:01 Penalties Souray M 10:23, Komisarek M 12:45, Sundstrom M 13:51, Williams C 16:54 6. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 2 (Mike Ribeiro, Francis Bouillon) 11:40 PPG 7. MONTREAL, Sheldon Souray 1 (Tomas Plekanec, Alexei Kovalev) 18:12 Penalties Staal C 9:44, Sundstrom M 14:56 CANADIENS HURRICANES MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet; CAROLINA, Martin Gerber MTL 2 for 3, CAR 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Don Koharski 18,812 at RBC Center Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot Hurricanes Erik Cole and Ray Whitney both missed game with injuries Cristobal Huet MTL makes his first Stanley Cup-playoff start Monday, April h et MONTREAL CAROLINA 5 DOUBLE OVERTIME 1. MONTREAL, Jan Bulis 1 (Alexei Kovalev) 4:48 2. MONTREAL, Michael Ryder 1 (Andrei Markov, Mathieu Dandenault) 13:35 PPG 3. MONTREAL, Radek Bonk 2 (Niklas Sundstrom, Craig Rivet) 14:46 Penalties Komisarek M Commodore C 8:22, Bouillon M 10:07, Williams C 11:17, Commodore C 13:14 4. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 2 (Eric Staal, Endrew Ladd) 1:42 5. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 1 (Doug Weight, Eric Staal) 9:05 PPG Penalties Wallin C 5:08, Kovalev M 7:01, Rivet M 8:31, Zednik M (double minor) 9:36, Markov M Weight C 16:06, Staal C 16:15, Perezhogin M 19:17, Bouillon M 19:30 6. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 1 (Mark Recchi, Eric Staal) 0:22 PPG 7. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 2 (Justin Williams, Eric Staal) 1:15 PPG 8. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 2 (Jan Bulis, Mathieu Dandenault) 5:22 9. MONTREAL, Richard Zednik 1 (Alexander Perezhogin, Tomas Plekanec) 5: CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 1 (Bret Hedican, Matt Cullen) 18:30 Penalties Weight C 16:08 Penalties Williams C 2:04, A. Ward C 8:27, Plekanec M 14:30, Brind Amour C SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 11. MONTREAL, Michael Ryder 2 (Saku Koivu, Christopher Higgins) 2:32 GWG CANADIENS HURRICANES MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet; CAROLINA, Martin Gerber, Cam Ward (14:46 of first period) MTL 1 for 8, CAR 3 for 8 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Meier Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot 18,730 at RBC Center D Sheldon Souray MTL left game with lower-body injury, and didn t return Hurricanes/Whalers franchise has still never won a multi-overtime playoff game Wednesday, April h et CAROLINA MONTREAL 1 OVERTIME Penalties Plekanec M 6:20, Weight C 10:24, Koivu M 17:17 1. MONTREAL, Richard Zednik 2 (Michael Ryder, Sheldon Souray) 9:17 PPG Penalties Wesley C 8:16, Recchi C 9:45, Bouillon M 12:28 2. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 3 (Bret Hedican, Mike Commodore) 11:27 Penalties Dandenault M 12:09, Komisarek M (double minor) 15:26 3. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 1 (Bret Hedican, Cory Stillman) 3:38 PPG GWG Penalties Plekanec M 2:35 HURRICANES CANADIENS CAROLINA, Cam Ward; MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet CAR 1 for 7, MTL 1 for 3 on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jean Morin 1, at Centre Bell Cam Ward makes his first-ever Stanley Cup playoff start Saku Koivu MTL leaves game, after an unpenalized high stick from Justin Williams His left eye appears to be seriously injured and Koivu spends overnight in hospital Sunday, April h et MONTREAL CAROLINA 2 1. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 2 (Cory Stillman, Rod Brind Amour) 4:27 PPG Penalties Souray M 4:18, Dandenault M 5:13, Hedican C 8:39 2. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 3 (Doug Weight, Frantisek Kaberle) 13:57 PPG GWG 3. MONTREAL, Alexei Kovalev 4 (Sheldon Souray) 19:32 Penalties Weight C 0:16, Markov M 12:43 Penalties Cullen C 0:48, Cullen C 8:29, Brind Amour C 13:57, Souray M 14:33, Bonk M 17:25 CANADIENS HURRICANES MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet; CAROLINA, Cam Ward MTL 0 for 5, CAR 2 for 5 on power play Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Jay Sharrers 18,887 at RBC Center About 40 seconds into the game, Cristobal Huet MTL had a shot blasted off his mask, by Matt Cullen Hurricanes were at RBC Center this season, trailing only Nashville for points at home Friday, April h et CAROLINA MONTREAL 2 1. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 1 (Eric Staal, Doug Weight) 10:22 2. CAROLINA, Aaron Ward 1 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 11:33 3. MONTREAL, Alexander Perezhogin 1 (François Bouillon, Tomas Plekanec) 5:21 4. MONTREAL, Sheldon Souray 2 (Alexei Kovalev, Mike Ribeiro) 12:58 PPG Penalties Wallin C 2:03, Bouillon M 7:43, Adams C 10:55, Hedican C (double minor) 11:45 5. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 4 (Niklas Wallin, Mark Recchi) 5:54 GWG Penalties Kovalev M 0:24 HURRICANES CANADIENS CAROLINA, Cam Ward; MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet CAR 0 for 2, MTL 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven 21,273 at Centre Bell D Mark Streit MTL made his Stanley Cup playoff début Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jean Morin Tuesday, May h et CAROLINA MONTREAL 1 OVERTIME 1. MONTREAL, Sheldon Souray 3 (Michael Ryder, Christopher Higgins) 6:31 PPG 2. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 1 (Eric Staal) 7:01 Penalties A. Ward C 5:52, Komisarek M 9:17, Recchi C 13:00, Recchi C 15:58 Penalties Bulis M 2:05, Stillman C Souray M 3:32, Begin M 4:42 Penalties Whitney C 6:16 3. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 2 (Rod Brind Amour) 1:19 GWG HURRICANES CANADIENS CAROLINA, Cam Ward; MONTREAL, Cristobal Huet CAR 0 for 3 6 for 30 in series, MTL 1 for 4 6 for 27 in series on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy 21,273 at Centre Bell Stillman s OT goal was a long slapshot, re-directed by D Craig Rivet s stick but still very weak Canadiens have won just three of ten playoff series since 1993

4 2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 3 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 101 v. 6 NEW YORK RANGERS 100 GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC LOU LAMORIELLO v. GM GLEN SATHER, HC TOM RENNEY DEVILS SWEEP SERIES Saturday, April h et NEW YORK NEW JERSEY 6 1. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 1 (Scott Gomez, Jamie Langenbrunner) 3:55 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Petr Prucha 1 (Jaromir Jagr, Michael Nylander) 10:00 PPG Penalties Moore NYR 3:28, Ward NYR 6:39, Lukowich NJ 9:01, White N 12:16, Gionta NJ 15:19, Ozolinsh NYR 19:21 3. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 1 (Brian Gionta, Patrik Elias) 7:48 PPG GWG 4. NEW JERSEY, Ken Klee 1 (Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez) 17:10 Penalties Rozsival NYR 1:49, Rafalski NJ 3:30, Betts NYR 6:50, Madden NJ 8:16, Malik NYR 13:24, Lukowich NJ 14:17, Poti NYR 15:09, Parisé NJ 18:09 5. NEW JERSEY, Brian Rafalski 1 (Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta) 0:53 PPG 6. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 1 (Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta) 8:45 PPG 7. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 2 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Scott Gomez) 15:34 PPG Penalties Jagr NYR 0:32, Hossa NYR 4:52, Malik NYR 7:06, Hollweg NYR (double minor, served by Prucha, major, 10-minute misconduct) Janssen NJ (major) 14:11, Straka NYR Wiemer NJ 17:02 RANGERS DEVILS NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur Monday, April h et NEW YORK NEW JERSEY 4 1. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 1 (Brian Rafalski, Jay Pandolfo) 7:47 SHG 2. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 1 (Paul Martin, Jamie Langenbrunner) 14:13 PPG GWG Penalties Marshall NJ 4:03, Janssen NJ 7:15, Wiseman NYR 13:25, Orr NYR 17:38 3. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 2 (Jay Pandolfo, Paul Martin) 19:54 SHG Penalties Malik NYR 3:28, Ortmeyer NYR 12:48, Marshall NJ (double minor) 16:22, Madden NJ 17:47 4. NEW YORK, Blair Betts 1 (Ryan Hollweg, Marek Malik) 5:41 5. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 3 (Grant Marshall, Jay Pandolfo) 12:46 Penalties Ozolinsh NYR 8:18, Rasmussen NJ 13:36, Weekes NYR 15:41, Janssen NJ 19:10 RANGERS DEVILS NEW YORK, Kevin Weekes; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur NYR 0 for 7, NJ 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli 19,040 at Continental Airlines Arena Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jean Morin NYR 1 for 6, NJ 5 for 13 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Meier Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Jean Morin 19,040 at Continental Airlines Arena Historically, Devils are 9-0 in series they ve led two games-to-none Madden s two SHG were the 10 th time, in SC playoff history, that a player had two shorties in game Martin Brodeur s 135 th consecutive playoff start for Devils Jagr NYR tried to hit Scott Gomez NJ, injuring Jagr s left shoulder; later, it s revealed to be dislocated Rangers played their first Stanley Cup-playoff game since 1997 D Colin White NJ left game around 17-minute mark, and didn t return Wednesday, April h et NEW JERSEY NEW YORK 0 1. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 2 (Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski) 1:08 GWG 2. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 3 (Jamie Langenbrunner, David Hale) 9:20 Penalties Hale NJ 2:31, Martin NJ 15:40 3. NEW JERSEY, Zach Parisé 1 (Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez) 2:48 Penalties Ozolinsh NYR 6:10, Rasmussen NJ 16:07, Hossa NYR 20:00 Saturday, April h et NEW JERSEY NEW YORK 2 1. NEW YORK, Jed Ortmeyer 1 (Martin Rucinsky, Michal Rozsival) 19:41 Penalties Hossa NYR 3:37, Langenbrunner NJ 7:21, Hale NJ 10:27, Rucinsky NYR 13:33 2. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 2 (Patrik Elias) 4:20 PPG 3. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias (Scott Gomez, Brian Rafalski) 7:21 PPG Penalties Rasmussen NJ 2:09, Rangers bench 4:00, Rozsival NYR 6:24, Rozsival NYR 8:00 4. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 2 (unassisted) 4:30 SHG GWG 5. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 5 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Paul Martin) 13:21 6. NEW YORK, Steve Rucchin 1 (Fedor Tyutin, Blair Betts) 18:33 PPG DEVILS RANGERS NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist NJ 0 for 2, NYR 0 for 3 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don van Massenhoven Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson 18,200 at Madison Square Garden This was Rangers first home playoff game since 23 May 1997 Jaromir Jagr NYR returned to line-up, after dislocating left shoulder in Game One Penalties Rozsival NYR 1:19, Wiemer NJ 2:44, Madden NJ 16:50 DEVILS RANGERS NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; NEW YORK, Henrik Lundqvist NJ 2 for 6 8 for 27 in series, NYR 1 for 5 2 for 21 in series on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy 18,200 at Madison Square Garden Jaromir Jagr NYR, w/ dislocated left shoulder (G1), gets hit just 0:53 in, by Lukowich; leaves game This was the Devils 15 th consecutive win, including 11 at the end of the regular season Martin Brodeur played in his 137 th consecutive postseason game, breaking Patrick Roy s record Brodeur s 88 th career playoff win moved him into a third-place tie with Billy Smith and Ed Belfour This was the third sweep in Devils playoff history (1995 Detroit, 2000 Florida) Patrick Elias 11 first-round points led all NHL players and Elias only played four games!

5 2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 4 BUFFALO SABRES 110 v. 5 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 101 GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF v. GM BOB CLARKE, HC KEN HITCHCOCK SABRES WIN SERIES IN 6 Saturday, April h et PHILADELPHIA BUFFALO 3 DOUBLE OVERTIME 1. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 1 (unassisted) 5:20 Penalties Forsberg P 1:47, Hatcher P Gaustad B 10:09, Tallinder B 15:55, Knuble P 19:33 2. BUFFALO, Jay McKee 1 (Brian Campbell, Daniel Brière) 4:33 3. PHILADELPHIA, Mike Knuble 1 (Éric Desjardins, Denis Gauthier) 16:34 Penalties Desjardins P 0:28, Lydman B 6:39, Desjardins P 9:19, Hatcher P Knuble P Grier B 11:53, McKee B 18:54 4. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagné 1 (Mike Knuble, Peter Forsberg) 18:09 PPG Penalties Gauthier P 7:40, Lydman B 17:22 Penalties Lydman B 0:26, Umberger P 7:16, Carter P McKee B (double minors) 11:28, Knuble P Meyer P Gaustad B 14:41, Rathje P 16:47 SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 5. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 1 (Jochen Hecht) 7:31 GWG FLYERS SABRES PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller Monday, April h et PHILADELPHIA BUFFALO 8 1. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 1 (unassisted) 1:41 2. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 1 (Tim Connolly, Brian Campbell) 3:00 PPG 3. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 1 (Tim Connolly, Toni Lydman) 12:26 GWG 4. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 1 (Paul Gaustad, Jay McKee) 14:36 5. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 2 (Daniel Brière, Jason Pominville) 19:46 PPG Penalties Gagné P 2:22, Meyer P 5:06, Hecht B 7:48, Vanek B 10:15, Esche P Tallinder B 15:54, Hatcher P 17:41, Rathje P 19:20 6. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagné 1 (Peter Forsberg, Derian Hatcher) 0:58 7. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 3 (Daniel Brière, Chris Drury) 9:42 PPG Penalties Gauthier P (major, game misconduct) 6:23, Meyer P 11:44, Eager P (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 16:09, Carter P 18:35 8. PHILADELPHIA, Petr Nedved 1 (Éric Desjardins) 5:47 9. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 2 (Teppo Numinen, Paul Gaustad) 8: BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 3 (Paul Gaustad, J.P. Dumont) 18:42 Penalties Vanek B 14:00, Meyer P Hatcher P Roy B Vanek B Eager P (double minor, 10-minute misconduct) 16:33 FLYERS SABRES PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche, Antero Niittymaki (0:00 of second period); BUFFALO, Ryan Miller PHI 0 for 3, BUF 3 for 12 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson 18,690 at HSBC Arena Dumont and Pominville had the 6 th and 7 th three-goal games in Sabres playoff history Sabres five-goal first period matched team playoff record (three previous times) PHI 1 for 5, BUF 0 for 9 on power play Referees: Dennis LaRue, Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson 18,690 at HSBC Arena D Brian Campbell BUF, 12 mins into first ot, knocked R.J. Umberger PHI unconscious w/ huge check Sabres entire roster sports just 295 games of Stanley Cup-playoff experience Sabres set franchise record with 58 shots (57 on 8 April 1976, 3-2 ot win over St. Louis) Wednesday, April h et BUFFALO PHILADELPHIA 4 1. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 2 (Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly) 2:37 2. PHILADELPHIA, Brian Savage 1 (Michal Handzus, Derian Hatcher) 6:35 SHG Penalties Forsberg P 5:00, Numminen B 7:01, Pitkanen P 11:21, Knuble P 14:16, Lydman B 17:33 3. PHILADELPHIA, Peter Forsberg 1 (unassisted) 6:57 4. PHILADELPHIA, Peter Forsberg 2 (Simon Gagné, Mike Knuble) 12:37 PPG GWG Penalties Savage P 1:36, Tallinder B 7:13, Dumont B 11:08, Handzus P 14:16 5. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 2 (A Kalinin, Maxim Afinogenov) 4:44 6. PHILADELPHIA, Simon Gagné 3 (Peter Forsberg, Mike Knuble) 19:44 ENG Penalties Nedved P 9:42, Nedved P 12:05, Roy B 14:14 Friday, April h et BUFFALO PHILADELPHIA 5 1. BUFFALO, Tomas Vanek 1 (R Fitzpatrick, Ales Kotalik) 2:34 PPG 2. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 2 (Henrik Tallinder) 10:10 3. PHILADELPHIA, Éric Desjardins 1 (Peter Forsberg, J Pitkanen) 12:13 Penalties Kapanen P 1:16, Brière B 8:01, Dimitrakos P 16:00 4. PHILADELPHIA, Peter Forsberg 3 (Joni Pitkanen) 3:26 Penalties Tallinder B 11:41, Fitzpatrick B 14:30 5. PHILADELPHIA, Petr Nedved 2 (Freddy Meyer, Éric Desjardins) 3:50 PPG 6. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 3 (Chris Drury, Ales Kotalik) 6:17 PPG 7. PHILADELPHIA, R.J. Umberger 1 (unassisted) 9:51 8. PHILADELPHIA, Peter Forsberg 4 (unassisted) 19:11 GWG ENG 9. BUFFALO, Mike Grier 1 (Dmitri Kalinin) 19:41 SHG Penalties Pominville B 2:05, Afinogenov B 4:20, Carter P 5:45, Rathje P 6:04, Gaustad B 14:54, Fitzpatrick B 19:31, Brière B 19:56 SABRES FLYERS BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche SABRES FLYERS BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche BUF 2 for 4, PHI 1 for 8 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough 20,092 at Wachovia Center Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Greg Devorski BUF 0 for 7, PHI 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Meier Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Greg Devorski 19,984 at Wachovia Center Sabres had lost only once, during regular season, when holding a two-goal lead At 12:41 of second, Derek Roy BUF stopped on penalty-shot attempt by Robert Esche PHI Roy s penalty shot was the 46 th attempt in Stanley Cup playoff history 15 have been successful Kate Smith s God Bless America was shown; Flyers are now when Kate sings J.P. Dumont BUF was knocked out of game, in late second, by a stick from Denis Gauthier PHI Tuesday, May h et BUFFALO PHILADELPHIA 1 Sunday, April h et PHILADELPHIA BUFFALO 3 1. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 3 (Chris Drury, Brian Campbell) 6:05 PPG GWG Penalties Desjardins P 4:37, Carter P 7:32, Flyers bench 18:05 2. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 4 (Daniel Brière, Tim Connolly) 19:12 PPG Penalties Roy B 5:10, Brière B 8:10, Forsberg P 10:29, Savage P 19:01 3. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 1 (Daniel Brière, J.P. Dumont) 4:50 Penalties Gaustad B 9:04, Hatcher P 17:25 FLYERS SABRES PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller 1. BUFFALO, Mike Grier 2 (Chris Drury, Derek Roy) 11:16 2. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 3 (Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly) 17:34 GWG 3. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 1 (Mike Grier, Chris Drury) 19:27 Penalties McKee B 2:17, Flyers bench 4:22 4. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 4 (Toni Lydman, Henrik Tallinder) 3:05 5. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 2 (Daniel Brière, J.P. Dumont) 7:19 6. PHILADELPHIA, Branko Radivojevic 1 (Michal Handzus) 18:57 7. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 2 (Derek Roy, Mike Grier) 19:46 Penalties Lydman B 0:45, Pyatt B 5:00, Nedved P 9:15, Nedved P 15:45 8. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 3 (Mike Grier) 2:12 SHG Penalties Pyatt B (double minor) 1:52 SABRES FLYERS BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; PHILADELPHIA, Robert Esche, Antero Niittymaki (7:19 of second period) PHI 0 for 3, BUF 2 for 6 on power play Referees: Tim Peel, Don Van Massenhoven 18,690 at HSBC Arena Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak BUF 0 for 3 7 for 41 in series, PHI 0 for 5 3 for 29 in series on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O Halloran Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak 19,967 at Wachovia Center Tim Connolly BUF was forced to wear a visor, after a cut on the face during pre-game warm-up Forsberg-Gagné-Knuble PHI line has 8g, 8a in series rest of Flyers have 5g, 10a Flyers first opening-round elimination since 2002 Last Philadelphia team to win a championship was ers

6 2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 1 DETROIT RED WINGS 124 v. 8 EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM KEN HOLLAND, HC MIKE BABCOCK v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH OILERS WIN SERIES IN 6 Friday, April h et EDMONTON DETROIT 3 DOUBLE OVERTIME 1. DETROIT, Robert Lang 1 (Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan) 4:05 PPG 2. EDMONTON, Sergei Samsonov 1 (Ales Hemsky, Jaroslav Spacek) 11:44 PPG Penalties Roloson E Bergeron E Maltby D 2:28, Peca E 5:29, Schneider D 11:16, Yzerman D 16:30 3. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 1 (Jaroslav Spacek, Sergei Samsonov) 8:43 PPG Penalties Smith E 4:14, Chelios D 7:46, Peca E 13:32, Laraque E 17:39 4. DETROIT, Kirk Maltby 1 (Johan Franzen, Mathieu Schneider) 13:43 Penalties Lilja D 3:31, Schneider D 5:51, Bergeron E (double minor) Draper D 9:29, Shanahan D 18:10 SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 5. DETROIT, Kirk Maltby 2 (Mathieu Schneider, Johan Franzen) 2:39 GWG OILERS RED WINGS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; DETROIT, Manny Legace EDM 2 for 6, DET 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Greg Devorski C Pavel Datsyuk DET sits out with left thigh injury LW Ethan Moreau EDM also sits out with groin injury D Chris Chelios DET, 44 years old, appears in his 21 st postseason tying Ray Bourque s record Sunday, April h et EDMONTON DETROIT 2 1. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 1 (Steve Staios, Shawn Horcoff) 12:32 2. DETROIT, Jason Williams 1 (Robert Lang, Steve Yzerman) 14:50 Penalties Draper D 11:08, Hemsky E 11:42, Stoll E 15:27, Hemsky E 18:25 3. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 1 (Tomas Holmstrom, Niklas Kronwall) 7:11 PPG 4. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 1 (Michael Peca) 17:49 5. EDMONTON, Brad Winchester 1 (Chris Pronger) 18:46 GWG Penalties Yzerman D 0:40, Staios E 5:47 6. EDMONTON, Jarret Stoll 1 (Fernando Pisani) 19:47 ENG Penalties Tarnstrom E Cleary D 2:21, Cleary D 10:08 OILERS RED WINGS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; DETROIT, Manny Legace EDM 0 for 3, DET 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena Oilers coach Craig MacTavish won t call what Edmonton is using the trap but it is C Pavel Datsyuk DET retuns to line-up today Tuesday, April h mt DETROIT EDMONTON 4 DOUBLE OVERTIME 1. EDMONTON, Jaroslav Spacek 1 (Brad Winchester, Ryan Smyth) 4:15 2. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 2 (Mathieu Schneider, Niklas Kronwall) 12:06 PPG 3. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 1 (Brad Winchester, Shawn Horcoff) 16:38 Penalties Lilja D 4:52, Zetterberg D 8:51, Franzen D 10:06, Hemsky E 10:10, Smyth E 10:42, Holmstrom D (double minor, served by Lang) Roloson E (served by Smyth) 18:31, Chelios D 19:31 4. EDMONTON, Raffi Torres 1 (Chris Pronger, Shawn Horcoff) 2:38 PPG Penalties Draper D 1:29, Smyth E 3:33, Tarnstrom E 9:54, Lilja D 13:10 5. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 3 (Jason Williams, Nicklas Lidstrom) 11:52 PPG 6. DETROIT, Mathieu Schneider 1 (Steve Yzerman) 12:10 Penalties Stoll E 3:34, Lebda D Horcoff E 5:17, Murray E 8:53, Bergeron E 11:41, Lidstrom D 18:43 Penalties Spacek E 4:28, Williams D 6:07, Peca E 8:29 SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 7. EDMONTON, Jarret Stoll 2 (Sergei Samsonov, Shawn Horcoff) 8:44 GWG RED WINGS OILERS DETROIT, Manny Legace; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson DET 2 for 9, EDM 1 for 9 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich 16,839 at Rexall Place Oilers fans sported silver pom-poms for this game At 14:31 of first overtime, Wings looked like they had scored, but puck entered under lifted net Saturday, April h et EDMONTON DETROIT 2 Penalties Roloson E (served by Samsonov) 3:48, Lang D 6:00, Holmstrom D 8:25, Smyth E 8:44, Spacek E 9:08, Spacek E 14:15 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 3 (Chris Pronger, Raffi Torres) 5:16 2. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 2 (Jarret Stoll, Chris Pronger) 8:34 PPG 3. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 1 (Jason Smith, Chris Pronger) 12:36 GWG 4. DETROIT, Brendan Shanahan 1 (unassisted) 18:39 Penalties Shanahan D 7:41, Shanahan D 11:30, Smyth E 12:02 5. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 5 (Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom) 19:40 Penalties Staios E 15:54 OILERS RED WINGS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; DETROIT, Manny Legace EDM 1 for 4, DET 0 for 6 on power play Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Don Koharski Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron 20,066, at Joe Louis Arena With about three seconds remaining, Shawn Horcoff EDM blocked a painful shot with upper body For the second game in a row, rookie G Jimmy Howard backed up Legace (Chris Osgood, groin) Thursday, April h mt DETROIT EDMONTON 2 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 2 (Raffi Torres, Shawn Horcoff) 7:22 PPG 2. DETROIT, Tomas Holmstrom 1 (Mathieu Schneider, Robert Lang) 13:25 PPG 3. DETROIT, Robert Lang 2 (Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall) 19:23 Penalties Torres E 0:25, Williams D 6:02, Winchester E 8:40, Greene E 11:34, Staios E 12:17, Holmstrom D 16:28 4. EDMONTON, Jaroslav Spacek 2 (Ales Hemsky, Sergei Samsonov) 4:03 PPG Penalties Peca E 0:32, Maltby D 3:43, Lebda D 8:26, Winchester E 11:30, Greene E 14:15, Samuelsson D 15:46, Kronwall D 16:08, Chelios D 17:52 5. DETROIT, Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (Mathieu Schneider, Robert Lang) 6:44 PPG GWG 6. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 4 (Pavel Datsyuk, Mathieu Schneider) 15:53 PPG Penalties Holmstrom D 1:13, Greene E 5:06, Pisani E 6:29, Bergeron E 10:01, Hemsky E 15:22, Franzen D 16:08 RED WINGS OILERS DETROIT, Manny Legace; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson DET 3 for 11, EDM 2 for 9 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Dean Warren Linesmen: Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich 16,839 at Rexall Place Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman sat out, likely with a lower back injury According to Oilers radio broadcast, referee Mark Joannette did a horrible job Monday, May h mt DETROIT EDMONTON 4 1. DETROIT, Henrik Zetterberg 6 (Mikael Samuelsson, Andreas Lilja) 14:36 Penalties Samuelsson D 4:19, Schneider D 10:33, Samuelsson D 16:29, Pronger E 17:09 2. DETROIT, Robert Lang 3 (Steve Yzerman, Mathieu Schneider) 14:02 PPG Penalties Spacek E 4:54, Holmstrom D 5:18, Pronger E 13:51 3. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 4 (Jarret Stoll, Ryan Smyth) 2:56 PPG 4. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 5 (Jason Smith, Rem Murray) 6:40 5. DETROIT, Johan Franzen 1 (Daniel Cleary, Kirk Maltby) 10:07 6. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 1 (Sergei Samsonov, Dick Tarnstrom) 16:07 PPG 7. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 2 (Sergei Samsonov, Jarret Stoll) 18:54 GWG Penalties Williams D 2:43, Moreau E 7:52, Cleary D 14:24 RED WINGS OILERS DETROIT, Manny Legace; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson DET 1 for 4 8 for 40 in series, EDM 2 for 6 8 for 37 in series on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot 16,839 at Rexall Place Zetterberg s goal was a highlight-reel special, going around D Jaroslav Spacek EDM C Steve Yzerman DET returned to Red Wings line-up, after leaving G3 with upper body injury Hemsky s third-pd goal under review a long time, to determine whether he kicked it in w/ left leg Red Wings become third President s Trophy winners to lose in first round (CHI 91, STL 00)

7 2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 2 DALLAS STARS 112 v. 7 COLORADO AVALANCHE 95 GM DOUG ARMSTRONG, HC DAVE TIPPETT v. GM PIERRE LACROIX, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE AVALANCHE WINS SERIES IN 5 Saturday, April h ct COLORADO DALLAS 2 1. DALLAS, Brenden Morrow 1 (Stu Barnes, Stephane Robidas) 13:04 2. DALLAS, Bill Guerin 1 (Jason Arnott, Steve Ott) 15:02 3. COLORADO, Milan Hejduk 1 (Andrew Brunette, Joe Sakic) 16:42 Penalties Kapanen D 1:41, Skrastins C 18:38 4. COLORADO, Wojtek Wolski 1 (Jim Dowd) 5:24 5. COLORADO, Rob Blake 1 (Wojtek Wolski, Pierre Turgeon) 9:08 PPG GWG 6. COLORADO, John-Michael Liles 1 (Andrew Brunette, Joe Sakic) 11:12 PPG Penalties Zubov D 8:00, Miettinen D 9:23, Ott D 11:29, McLean C 14:21, Dowd C 18:53 7. COLORADO, Brett Clark 1 (Jim Dowd, Wojtek Wolski) 2:58 Penalties Miettinen D 4:33, Modano D 8:37, Hagman D 8:56, Blake C 12:51, Avalanche bench 13:58 AVALANCHE STARS COLORADO, José Theodore; DALLAS, Marty Turco COL 2 for 7, DAL 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough 18,532 at American Airlines Center Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak Wolski was just called up to Avs, after completing OHL playoffs with Brampton Battalion Avs 25 th playoff series since moving to Denver in 1995 most of any NHL team Monday, April h ct COLORADO DALLAS 4 OVERTIME 1. COLORADO, Rob Blake 2 (Pierre Turgeon) 7:06 PPG 2. COLORADO, Andrew Brunette 1 (Milan Hejduk, Rob Blake) 9:04 3. COLORADO, Milan Hejduk 2 (Joe Sakic, Andrew Brunette) 12:23 Penalties Modano D 5:29 4. DALLAS, Jussi Jokinen 1 (Niklas Hagman, Sergei Zubov) 2:41 5. DALLAS, Jere Lehtinen 1 (Jason Arnott, Mike Modano) 5:54 PPG 6. DALLAS, Jere Lehtinen 2 (Niko Kapanen, Brenden Morrow) 6:58 7. DALLAS, Mike Modano 1 (Janne Niinimaa, Brenden Morrow) 19:57 PPG Penalties McLean C 4:43, Kapanen D 12:12, Blake C 13:37, Tanguay C 18:34 8. COLORADO, Brett Clark 2 (Milan Hejduk, Antti Laaksonen) 17:56 SHG Penalties Brisebois C Svoboda D 2:25, Tanguay C 3:26, Tanguay C 5:36, Robidas D 10:09, Brunette C 10:27, Kapanen D 11:08, Brunette C 15:11, Hinote C 16:48, Blake C 18:34 9. COLORADO, Joe Sakic 1 (John Michael-Liles, Milan Hejduk) 4:36 GWG AVALANCHE STARS COLORADO, José Theodore; DALLAS, Marty Turco Wednesday, April h mt DALLAS COLORADO 4 OVERTIME 1. COLORADO, Joe Sakic 2 (Brett Clark, Patrice Brisebois) 5:21 PPG 2. DALLAS, Stu Barnes 1 (Brenden Morrow) 10:49 SHG 3. COLORADO, Alex Tanguay 1 (Milan Hejduk, Wojtek Wolski) 18:53 Penalties Zubov D 3:57, Niinimaa D 10:11 4. DALLAS, Jon Klemm 1 (Antti Miettinen, Brenden Morrow) 8:44 5. DALLAS, Sergei Zubov 1 (Jussi Jokinen, Mike Modano) 19:45 PPG Penalties Sakic C 0:20, Arnott D 4:18, Sauer C 8:51, Miettinen D 10:59, Tanguay C 18:12, Hejduk C 19:03 6. COLORADO, Andrew Brunette 2 (Joe Sakic, Alex Tanguay) 19:03 PPG Penalties Niinimaa D 2:49, Hagman D 6:38, Kapanen D 14:03, Liles C 16:24, Morrow D 18:15 7. COLORADO, Alex Tanguay 2 (Brett McLean, Ian Laperriere) 1:09 GWG STARS AVALANCHE DALLAS, Marty Turco; COLORADO, José Theodore DAL 1 for 5, COL 2 for 8 on power play Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O Halloran 18,007 at Pepsi Center Linesmen: Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot Avalanche are 46-14, in playoffs, when Sakic scores a goal when he scores a point Sakic s 80 th career playoff goal tied him for 8 th spot all time (Claude Lemieux) COL 1 for 4, DAL 2 for 8 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Dean Warren 18,532 at American Airlines Center Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Jay Sharrers Stars fall to 4-6 in Stanley Cup playoff games at American Airlines Center Sakic s goal was his seventh in playoff overtime a Stanley Cup record (Maurice Richard had 6) Friday, April h mt DALLAS COLORADO 1 1. COLORADO, Brad Richardson 1 (Antti Laaksonen, Dan Hinote) 4:46 2. DALLAS, Jere Lehtinen 3 (Mike Modano, Sergei Zubov) 7:35 Penalties Mitchell D 10:37, Morrow D 14:00 3. DALLAS, Niklas Hagman 1 (Sergei Zubov) 3:50 GWG 4. DALLAS, Bill Guerin 2 (Jason Arnott, Philippe Boucher) 18:41 PPG Penalties Richardson C 6:04, Skrastins C 9:19, Miettinen D 13:58, Morrow D 16:23, Laperrière C 17:40 5. DALLAS, Niklas Hagman 2 (Jere Lehtinen, Sergei Zubov) 18:45 ENG Penalties Liles C 0:42, Brisebois C 6:30, Boucher D 8:25, Turco D 11:49, Laperrière C 18:59 STARS AVALANCHE DALLAS, Marty Turco; COLORADO, José Theodore DAL 1 for 6, COL 0 for 6 on power play Referees: Linesmen: 18,007 at Pepsi Center Avalanche haven t swept a series since the 2001 Quarter-Final v. Vancouver Sunday, April h ct COLORADO DALLAS 2 OVERTIME Penalties Sauer C 9:33, Niinimaa D 10:46, Laperrière C Kapanen D 12:44, Skrastins C 17:26 1. DALLAS, Jussi Jokinen 2 (Stephane Robidas, Bill Guerin) 4:25 PPG 2. COLORADO, Jim Dowd 1 (Karlis Skrastins, Alex Tanguay) 13:03 3. COLORADO, Joe Sakic 3 (Andrew Brunette, Milan Hejduk) 19:58 Penalties Tanguay C 1:56, Zubov D 2:25, Sakic C 3:02, Richardson C Robidas D 11:30, Arnott D 13:40, Niinimaa D 13:45 4. DALLAS, Bill Guerin 3 (Brenden Morrow, Sergei Zubov) 2:47 Penalties Blake C 11:01, Dowd C 14:38 5. COLORADO, Andrew Brunette 3 (Joe Sakic) 13:55 GWG Penalties Skrastins C 0:45 AVALANCHE STARS COLORADO, José Theodore; DALLAS, Marty Turco COL 0 for 3 5 for 28 in series, DAL 1 for 7 5 for 31 in series on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler 18,532 at American Airlines Center Ryan Miller BUF is first Sabres rookie goalie to record a playoff shutout since Steve Shields in 1997 Joe Sakic s 81 st career playoff goal puts him first among active players

8 2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 3 CALGARY FLAMES 103 v. 6 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 98 GM DARRYL SUTTER, HC DARRYL SUTTER v. GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE MIGHTY DUCKS WIN SERIES IN 7 Friday, April h mt ANAHEIM CALGARY 2 OVERTIME Penalties Perry A 1:16, Selanne A 3:59, Salei A 12:58, Iginla C 16:57, Warrener C 17:28 1. CALGARY, Tony Amonte 1 (Jarome Iginla, Matthew Lombardi) 6:17 Penalties Lupul A Lundmark C (majors) 5:45, Amonte C 7:58, Huselius C 9:51 2. ANAHEIM, Jeff Friesen 1 (Rob Niedermayer, Todd Marchant) 5:17 Penalties Perry A 2:58, Hamrlik C 7:03 3. CALGARY, Darren McCarty 1 (Kristian Huselius, Daymond Langkow) 9:45 GWG Penalties Fedoruk A 3:57 MIGHTY DUCKS FLAMES ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff Sunday, April h mt ANAHEIM CALGARY 3 1. ANAHEIM, Chris Kunitz 1 (François Beauchemin) 9:37 2. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer 1 (unassisted) 13:20 SHG Penalties O Donnell A 1:54, Ference C 7:24, O Donnell A 11:41, Fedoruk A 16:14, Salei A 19:53 3. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 1 (Teemu Selanne, Ruslan Salei) 5:10 4. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 1 (Daymond Langkow) 9:09 SHG 5. CALGARY, Kristian Huselius 1 (Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr) 11:53 PPG Penalties Lupul A 2:45, Yelle C 7:48, Pahlsson A 11:12, Leclerc C 11:59, R. Niedermayer A 13:00, Flames bench (served by Donovan) 14:13, Pahlsson A 14:43, Warrener C 16:13, Regehr C 19:22 6. ANAHEIM, Samuel Pahlsson 1 (Todd Marchant, Jonathan Hedstrom) 7:55 GWG 7. CALGARY, Dion Phaneuf 1 (Roman Hamrlik) 15:31 PPG Penalties McDonald A 0:12, Phaneuf C 5:03, Vishnevski A 11:59, Salei A 14:05, Hedstrom A 17:25 MIGHTY DUCKS FLAMES ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff ANA 0 for 5, CGY 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O Halloran 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler ANA 0 for 6, CGY 2 for 12 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome Bryzgalov was a surprise starter Ducks were mum on why Giguère didn t play This was Flames first opening-game playoff win since 1988, when they beat Kings, 9-2 Nine Mighty Ducks made their Stanley Cup-playoff début When Flames open series w/ split at home, they are 4-6 have lost last four times in that scenario Flames replaced Chris Simon and Jamie Lundmark in line-up w/ Craig MacDonald and Mike Leclerc Tuesday, April h pt CALGARY ANAHEIM 2 1. CALGARY, Daymond Langkow 1 (Andrew Ference, Kristian Huselius) 14:01 PPG 2. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 1 (Scott Niedermayer, Corey Perry) 17:26 PPG Penalties Regehr C 7:11, Marchant A 13:32, Huselius C 16:17, Langkow C 18:13 3. CALGARY, Kristian Huselius 2 (Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr) 1:25 PPG 4. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 2 (Teemu Selanne, Scott Niedermayer) 8:16 PPG 5. CALGARY, Chuck Kobasew 1 (Chris Simon) 15:34 GWG Penalties Lupul A 0:52, Phaneuf C Getzlaf A (majors) Perry A 4:32, McCarty C 7:24, Ference C 8:02, S. Niedermayer A 10:06, McCarty C 15:37, O Donnell A 18:07 6. CALGARY, Darren McCarty 2 (Kristian Huselius, Jordan Leopold) 4:59 7. CALGARY, Robyn Regehr 1 (Jamie Lundmark) 5:33 PPG Thursday, April h pt CALGARY ANAHEIM 3 OVERTIME Penalties Perry A 1:33, O Donnell A 9:57, DiPenta A 17:36, Amonte C 19:56 1. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf (Corey Perry, Vitaly Vishnevski) 3:47 2. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 1 (Andy McDonald, Scott Niedermayer) 7:13 PPG Penalties Lundmark C 6:05, Flames bench (served by Phaneuf) 9:27, McDonald A 11:14, Lombardi C 13:14, Lupul A 14:35, Simon C 17:41 3. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 2 (Daymond Langkow, Andrew Ference) 0:11 4. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 3 (Andrew Ference, Tony Amonte) 3:27 Penalties R. Niedermayer A 9:52, Amonte C 10:45, Yelle C 19:30 Penalties Friesen A 2:59, DiPenta A 5:30, McCarty D 7:19, Warrener C (double minor) 9:04, McCarty C Pahlsson A 18:13, Kiprusoff C Perry A 19:31 FLAMES MIGHTY DUCKS CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère CGY 3 for 7, ANA 2 for 9 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron 17,174 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Beauchemin is first Mighty Ducks rookie to score two in a Stanley Cup playoff game 5. ANAHEIM, Sean O Donnell 1 (Chris Kunitz, Andy McDonald) 1:36 GWG FLAMES MIGHTY DUCKS CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère CGY 0 for 6, ANA 1 for 7 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Lonnie Cameron 17,174 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Flames haven t won consecutive games in Anaheim since Saturday, April h mt ANAHEIM CALGARY 3 1. CALGARY, Tony Amonte 2 (Matthew Lombardi, Roman Hamrlik) 5:49 SHG 2. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 4 (Daymond Langkow, Andrew Ference) 16:18 PPG Penalties Warrener C 0:55, Ference C 4:31, O Donnell A 14:46, O Donnell A McCarty C 16:29, O Donnell A McCarty C (majors) 18:34, Kunitz A 18:44 3. CALGARY, Jarome Iginla 5 (Daymond Langkow, Kristian Huselius) 1:03 GWG Penalties Pahlsson A 19:42 4. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 1 (Teemu Selanne, François Beauchemin) 8:19 PPG 5. ANAHEIM, Rob Niedermayer 1 (Samuel Pahlsson, François Beauchemin) 19:27 PPG Penalties Langkow C 0:55, Moen A Simon C (majors) 4:30, Perry A 4:53, Yelle C 7:10, Leopold C 8:19, Regehr C 17:39, S. Niedermayer A Langkow C 18:28 MIGHTY DUCKS FLAMES ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Ilya Bryzgalov (1:03 of second period); CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff ANA 2 for 6, CGY 1 for 4 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Dean Warren 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome Linesmen: Don Henderson, Brad Lazarowich Ducks allowed their second shorthanded goal of series; they allowed 13 during the regular season Monday, May h pt CALGARY ANAHEIM 2 1. CALGARY, Stephane Yelle 1 (Robyn Regehr) 10:18 Penalties R. Niedermayer A 0:23, Iginla C Beauchemin A (majors) 1:09, Ference C 10:55, Lupul A 11:29, Amonte C 13:49 2. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 2 (Andy McDonald, Chris Kunitz) 7:49 Penalties Ference C 1:22, Lupul A 2:17, Friesen A 9:52, R. Niedermayer A 12:16, Donovan C 14:19, Ference C 15:12, Donovan C Getzlaf A 16:40 3. ANAHEIM, Scott Niedermayer 2 (Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf) 14:23 PPG GWG Penalties Leopold C 8:57, Warrener C 10:01, Yelle C 12:41, Iginla C (double minor) Beauchemin A 19:56 FLAMES MIGHTY DUCKS CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov CGY 0 for 5, ANA 1 for 9 on power play Referees: Don Koharski, Rob Shick Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler 16,594 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim At 11:28 of first period, Ducks had Teemu Selanne ANA goal disallowed although it was clearly in As this game began, Flames knew they were the top remaining seed in the West, w/ DET, DAL out

9 2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 3 CALGARY FLAMES 103 v. 6 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 98 GM DARRYL SUTTER, HC DARRYL SUTTER v. GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE MIGHTY DUCKS WIN SERIES IN 7 Wednesday, May h mt ANAHEIM CALGARY 0 Penalties R. Niedermayer A 13:56, Lupul A 18:20 1. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 3 (Andy McDonald, Ruslan Salei) 5:12 GWG 2. ANAHEIM, Ruslan Salei 1 (Vitaly Vishnevski) 19:01 Penalties Lupul A 10:59, Warrener C 15:22 3. ANAHEIM, Jeff Friesen 2 (unassisted) 19:40 ENG Penalties McDonald A 5:49, Donovan C O Donnell A 11:28, Amonte C 13:04 MIGHTY DUCKS FLAMES ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; CALGARY, Miikka Kiprusoff ANA 0 for 2 6 for 44 in series, CGY 0 for 4 6 for 43 in series on power play Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome At 17:22 of second, Corey Perry ANA went knee-to-knee w/ teammate helped off Rookie Dion Phaneuf CGY was on for both goals against series-worst, 8 rating Flames dropped to 5-6, lifetime, in Game Sevens, including four in a row in Calgary

10 2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL 4 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 106 v. 5 SAN JOSE SHARKS 99 GM DAVID POILE, HC BARRY TROTZ v. GM DOUG WILSON, HC RON WILSON SHARKS WIN SERIES IN 5 Friday, April h ct SAN JOSE NASHVILLE 4 1. SAN JOSE, Mark Smith 1 (Marcel Goc, Matthew Carle) 4:12 2. NASHVILLE, Mike Sillinger 1 (Kimmo Timonen, Paul Kariya) 8:57 PPG 3. NASHVILLE, Martin Erat 1 (Paul Kariya, Dan Hamhuis) 10:56 PPG 4. NASHVILLE, Shea Weber 1 (Paul Kariya, Mike Sillinger) 19:56 PPG Penalties Witt N 0:56, Ehrhoff S 8:30, Cheechoo S 9:31, Witt N 12:25, Ekman S 19:44 5. SAN JOSE, Nils Ekman 1 (Joe Thornton, Tom Preissing) 8:50 PPG Penalties Michalek S 4:29, Hartnell N 7:29, Nieminen S 10:58, Nieminen S Walker N 16:18 6. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 1 (Ville Nieminen, Alyn McCauley) 10:31 7. NASHVILLE, Adam Hall 1 (Paul Kariya, Kimmo Timonen) 12:06 PPG GWG Penalties Weber N 3:44, Nieminen S 6:41, Markov N 7:40, Sharks bench 11:32, Timonen N 14:00 SHARKS PREDATORS SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; NASHVILLE, Chris Mason Sunday, April h ct SAN JOSE NASHVILLE 0 1. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 1 (Patrick Marleau, Tom Preissing) 5:37 PPG GWG 2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 1 (Nils Ekman, Jonathan Cheechoo) 16:31 PPG 3. SAN JOSE, Mark Smith 2 (Jonathan Cheechoo, Christian Ehrhoff) 17:31 PPG Penalties Legwand N 1:37, S. Thornton S 2:41, Sillinger N 4:26, Markov N 4:47, Marleau S 10:04, Witt N 15:15, Smithson N 16:16 Penalties Legwand N 6:18, Ehrhoff S 8:59, Witt N 11:53, Eaton N 14:10, Hartnell N 19:13 Penalties J. Thornton S 1:24, McLaren S 6:07, Michalek S 9:30, Nieminen S (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 10:02, Weber N 15:50, Gorges S 19:02 SHARKS PREDATORS SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; NASHVILLE, Chris Mason SJ 1 for 6, NSH 4 for 7 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Dean Warren 17,113 at Gaylord Entertainment Center Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Jay Sharrers SJ 3 for 10, NSH 0 for 9 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Jay Sharrers 16,707 at Gaylord Entertainment Center Predators set franchise record with four PP goals Paul Kariya s first three assists gave him seven points within his last four periods of hockey Sharks have not lost this season when scoring the first two goals are now 20-0 Attendance fell 406 fans short of a sell-out Tuesday, April h pt NASHVILLE SAN JOSE 4 1. NASHVILLE, Kimmo Timmonen 1 (Greg Johnson) 6:33 SHG Penalties Nieminen S 3:14, Eaton N 6:00, Timonen N 7:36, Legwand N 14:32 2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 2 (Christian Ehrhoff) 12:10 3. SAN JOSE, Steve Bernier 1 (Christian Ehrhoff, Tom Preissing) 18:48 PPG GWG Penalties McLaren S 10:04, Nichol N 12:55, Eaton N 16:58 4. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 2 (Christian Ehrhoff, Tom Preissing) 15:38 5. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 3 (M Michalek, Kyle McLaren) 16:45 Penalties Ehrhoff S 2:28, Cheechoo S 4:58, Johnson N 9:23, Hamhuis N 13:28, Weber N 18:24, Smithson N 19:06, Walker N Smith S 20:00 PREDATORS SHARKS NASHVILLE, Chris Mason; SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala NSH 0 for 4, SJ 1 for 9 on power play Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Don Koharski 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler Predators have just two goals in last 160 minutes of playing time Former Sharks captain Owen Nolan, who didn t play in the NHL this season, was at game Thursday, April h pt NASHVILLE SAN JOSE 5 1. SAN JOSE, Pat Rissmiller 1 (Matthew Carle, Marcel Goc) 7:03 2. NASHVILLE, Paul Kariya 1 (Martin Erat, Kimmo Timmonen) 8:55 PPG Penalties McCauley S 2:14, Ehrhoff S 7:45, Eaton N 12:42, Walker N 18:29, Bernier S (double minor) 19:34 3. NASHVILLE, Shea Weber 2 (Steve Sullivan, David Legwand) 5:45 4. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 4 (Christian Ehrhoff, Joe Thornton) 7:01 PPG 5. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 5 (Joe Thornton, Christian Ehrhoff) 11:30 PPG 6. SAN JOSE, Mark Smith 3 (Steve Bernier, Scott Hannan) 12:56 Penalties Weber N 6:31, Legwand N 10:08, Witt N 10:54, Michalek S 16:06, Erat N 18:13 7. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 6 (Steve Bernier, Kyle McLaren) 4:13 GWG 8. NASHVILLE, Mike Sillinger 2 (Paul Kariya) 10:47 9. NASHVILLE, Scott Hartnell 1 (Dan Hamhuis, Vernon Fiddler) 15:38 Penalties Marleau S 1:34, Hannan S 12:47, Erat N 13:21, Sillinger N (10-minute misconduct) 20:00 PREDATORS SHARKS NASHVILLE, Chris Mason; SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala NSH 1 for 7, SJ 2 for 7 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Mark Wheler 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman attended game even serving himself in media cafeteria Predators second-leading scorer Steve Sullivan finally scored his first point of the playoffs Sunday, April h ct SAN JOSE NASHVILLE 1 1. SAN JOSE, Steve Bernier 2 (Milan Michalek, Scott Hannan) 19:59 PPG Penalties Ehrhoff S 5:27, Stevenson S 13:26, Perreault N 14:28, Markov N 16:13, Witt N 18:22 2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 7 (Joe Thornton, Tom Preissing) 13:24 PPG GWG Penalties Bernier S 3:14, Erat N 12:38 3. NASHVILLE, Paul Kariya 2 (Steve Sulivan, Marik Zidlicky) 11:06 PPG Penalties Zidlicky N 3:26, Preissing S 10:19, Ehrhoff S 14:01 SHARKS PREDATORS SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; NASHVILLE, Chris Mason SJ 2 for 5 9 for 37 in series, NSH 1 for 5 6 for 32 in series on power play Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O Halloran Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Greg Devorski 16,061 at Gaylord Entertainment Center Ron Wilson s playoff coaching record now Predators were outshot in series Patrick Marleau s seven first-round goals led all NHL players

11 BUFFALO SABRES C 48 Briere, Daniel C 19 Connolly, Tim C 23 Drury, Chris RW 17 Dumont, J.P RW 29 *Pominville, Jason RW 12 Kotalik, Ales RW 25 Grier, Mike RW 61 Afinogenov, Maxim C 9 Roy, Derek D 51 Campbell, Brian C 28 *Gaustad, Paul D 74 McKee, Jay D 5 Lydman, Toni D 45 Kalinin, Dmitri D 10 Tallinder, Henrik LW 26 *Vanek, Thomas D 8 Fitzpatrick, Rory LW 55 Hecht, Jochen D 27 Numminen, Teppo LW 24 Pyatt, Taylor TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Miller, Ryan TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS CAROLINA HURRICANES C 12 Staal, Eric C 17 Brind'Amour, Rod LW 61 Stillman, Cory C 8 Cullen, Matt RW 18 Recchi, Mark RW 11 Williams, Justin D 6 Hedican, Bret C 39 Weight, Doug RW 13 Whitney, Ray D 4 Ward, Aaron LW 16 *Ladd, Andrew D 5 Kaberle, Frantisek D 22 Commodore, Mike D 7 Wallin, Niclas D 70 Tverdovsky, Oleg C 63 Vasicek, Josef D 2 Wesley, Glen RW 59 *LaRose, Chad RW 27 Adams, Craig C 14 Adams, Kevyn TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Ward, Cam Gerber, Martin TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS MONTREAL CANADIENS RW 27 Kovalev, Alexei D 44 Souray, Sheldon RW 73 Ryder, Michael C 21 *Higgins, Christopher LW 35 *Plekanec, Tomas D 51 Bouillon, Francis RW 37 Sundstrom, Niklas D 25 Dandenault, Mathieu C 14 Bonk, Radek RW 20 Zednik, Richard LW 38 Bulis, Jan RW 42 *Perezhogin, Alexander C 11 Koivu, Saku D 52 Rivet, Craig LW 71 Ribeiro, Mike D 79 Markov, Andrei D 32 Streit, Mark RW 47 Downey, Aaron C 22 Begin, Steve D 8 Komisarek, Mike C 57 *Murray, Garth TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Huet, Cristobal TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS NEW JERSEY DEVILS LW 26 Elias, Patrik RW 15 Langenbrunner, Jamie RW 14 Gionta, Brian C 23 Gomez, Scott D 28 Rafalski, Brian C 11 Madden, John RW 20 Pandolfo, Jay D 7 Martin, Paul C 9 *Parisé, Zach D 8 Klee, Ken D 2 Hale, David RW 29 Marshall, Grant D 5 White, Colin C 10 Rasmussen, Erik D 24 Matvichuk, Richard D 21 Lukowich, Brad LW 18 Brylin, Sergei LW 16 Wiemer, Jason RW 25 *Janssen, Cam TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Brodeur, Martin TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS NEW YORK RANGERS C 19 Betts, Blair RW 41 Ortmeyer, Jed LW 25 *Prucha, Petr C 20 Rucchin, Steve LW 26 Rucinsky, Martin RW 68 Jagr, Jaromir D 3 Rozsival, Michal C 92 Nylander, Michael D 51 *Tyutin, Fedor D 8 Malik, Marek C 44 *Hollweg, Ryan RW 14 Ward, Jason RW 28 *Orr, Colton LW 21 *Wiseman, Chad D 6 Kasparaitis, Darius D 34 Strudwick, Jason D 24 Ozolinsh, Sandis C 18 *Moore, Dominic RW 17 Sykora, Petr LW 82 Straka, Martin LW 81 Hossa, Marcel D 16 Poti, Tom TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Weekes, Kevin *Lundqvist, Henrik TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS PHILADELPHIA FLYERS C 21 Forsberg, Peter LW 12 Gagne, Simon D 37 Desjardins, Eric RW 22 Knuble, Mike C 93 Nedved, Petr C 26 Handzus, Michal D 2 Hatcher, Derian D 44 Pitkanen, Joni C 20 *Umberger, R.J RW 19 Radivojevic, Branko LW 49 Savage, Brian D 23 Gauthier, Denis D 34 *Meyer, Freddy C 18 *Richards, Mike LW 87 Brashear, Donald LW 55 *Eager, Ben RW 15 Dimitrakos, Niko D 3 Rathje, Mike RW 24 Kapanen, Sami C 17 *Carter, Jeff TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Niittymaki, Antero Esche, Robert TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS OTTAWA SENATORS LW 9 Havlat, Martin C 19 Spezza, Jason LW 15 Heatley, Dany LW 27 Schaefer, Peter D 6 Redden, Wade RW 11 Alfredsson, Daniel C 12 Fisher, Mike D 24 Volchenkov, Anton C 20 Vermette, Antoine D 3 Chara, Zdeno C 21 Smolinski, Bryan RW 26 Varada, Vaclav D 4 Phillips, Chris RW 25 Neil, Chris D 14 *Meszaros, Andrej RW 44 *Eaves, Patrick D 5 *Schubert, Christoph D 2 Pothier, Brian C 22 *Kelly, Chris TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Emery, Ray TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING C 19 Richards, Brad D 54 *Ranger, Paul RW 26 St. Louis, Martin D 22 Boyle, Dan C 4 Lecavalier, Vincent D 13 Kubina, Pavel LW 20 Prospal, Vaclav RW 76 *Artyukhin, Evgeny D 21 Sarich, Cory D 5 Sydor, Darryl LW 29 Afanasenkov, Dmitry RW 18 DiMaio, Rob LW 11 Dingman, Chris LW 33 Modin, Fredrik LW 17 Fedotenko, Ruslan C 27 Taylor, Tim C 34 *Craig, Ryan C 8 Cibak, Martin D 44 Pratt, Nolan TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Burke, Sean Grahame, John TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS

12 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM RW 13 Selanne, Teemu D 23 *Beauchemin, Francois AL D 27 Niedermayer, Scott C 19 McDonald, Andy LW 38 *Kunitz, Chris D 24 Salei, Ruslan RW 61 *Perry, Corey LW 12 Friesen, Jeff C 51 *Getzlaf, Ryan C 44 Niedermayer, Rob C 26 Pahlsson, Samuel D 5 Vishnevski, Vitaly C 22 Marchant, Todd C 15 Lupul, Joffrey D 21 O'Donnell, Sean RW 17 Hedstrom, Jonathan LW 32 Moen, Travis RW 76 *Penner, Dustin LW 29 Fedoruk, Todd D 33 DiPenta, Joe TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM GPI *Bryzgalov, Ilya 35 Giguere, Jean-Sebasti TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS EDMONTON OILERS D 44 Pronger, Chris LW 10 Horcoff, Shawn C 34 Pisani, Fernando LW 12 Samsonov, Sergei C 16 Stoll, Jarret RW 83 Hemsky, Ales D 6 Spacek, Jaroslav LW 94 Smyth, Ryan LW 26 *Winchester, Brad LW 14 Torres, Raffi D 21 Smith, Jason D 24 Staios, Steve C 37 Peca, Michael C 22 Murray, Rem RW 27 Laraque, Georges D 2 *Greene, Matt RW 13 Harvey, Todd LW 18 Moreau, Ethan D 23 Tarnstrom, Dick D 47 Bergeron, Marc-Andre RW 20 Dvorak, Radek TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM GPI Roloson, Dwayne TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS CALGARY FLAMES RW 12 Iginla, Jarome LW 20 Huselius, Kristian C 22 Langkow, Daymond D 28 Regehr, Robyn D 21 Ference, Andrew RW 10 Amonte, Tony RW 25 McCarty, Darren D 4 Hamrlik, Roman C 18 Lombardi, Matthew C 11 Yelle, Stephane RW 19 Kobasew, Chuck D 3 *Phaneuf, Dion C 24 Lundmark, Jamie LW 17 Simon, Chris D 6 Leopold, Jordan C 29 MacDonald, Craig LW 27 Leclerc, Mike D 44 Warrener, Rhett C 15 Ritchie, Byron RW 16 Donovan, Shean TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Kiprusoff, Miikka TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS COLORADO AVALANCHE LW 15 Brunette, Andrew C 19 Sakic, Joe RW 23 Hejduk, Milan LW 18 Tanguay, Alex LW 8 *Wolski, Wojtek D 4 Blake, Rob D 5 Clark, Brett C 38 Dowd, Jim D 26 Liles, John-Michael C 87 Turgeon, Pierre LW 24 Laaksonen, Antti C 12 *Richardson, Brad D 3 Skrastins, Karlis C 14 Laperriere, Ian C 13 Hinote, Dan D 71 Brisebois, Patrice C 53 McLean, Brett LW 10 May, Brad D 34 Sauer, Kurt TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Theodore, Jose TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS DALLAS STARS D 56 Zubov, Sergei LW 10 Morrow, Brenden RW 13 Guerin, Bill RW 26 Lehtinen, Jere C 9 Modano, Mike LW 36 *Jokinen, Jussi RW 15 Hagman, Niklas C 44 Arnott, Jason C 14 Barnes, Stu D 3 Robidas, Stephane D 42 Klemm, Jon D 4 Niinimaa, Janne LW 20 *Miettinen, Antti C 39 Kapanen, Niko D 43 Boucher, Philippe LW 29 Ott, Steve LW 25 Stevenson, Jeremy LW 11 Svoboda, Jaroslav D 6 Daley, Trevor D 2 Mitchell, Willie TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Turco, Marty TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS DETROIT RED WINGS D 23 Schneider, Mathieu LW 40 Zetterberg, Henrik C 20 Lang, Robert C 19 Yzerman, Steve RW 18 Maltby, Kirk C 39 *Franzen, Johan RW 96 Holmstrom, Tomas C 13 Datsyuk, Pavel D 55 *Kronwall, Niklas D 5 Lidstrom, Nicklas LW 14 Shanahan, Brendan RW 29 Williams, Jason RW 37 Samuelsson, Mikael D 3 Lilja, Andreas LW 11 Cleary, Daniel RW 44 Mowers, Mark RW 33 Draper, Kris D 22 *Lebda, Brett D 24 Chelios, Chris TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Legace, Manny TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS NASHVILLE PREDATORS LW 9 Kariya, Paul D 44 Timonen, Kimmo C 81 Sillinger, Mike D 6 *Weber, Shea LW 10 Erat, Martin RW 26 Sullivan, Steve D 2 Hamhuis, Dan RW 18 Hall, Adam LW 17 Hartnell, Scott D 3 Zidlicky, Marek C 38 Fiddler, Vernon C 22 Johnson, Greg C 11 Legwand, David C 94 Perreault, Yanic RW 7 Upshall, Scottie C 25 Smithson, Jerred RW 14 Tootoo, Jordin C 12 Nichol, Scott D 55 Markov, Danny D 4 Eaton, Mark RW 24 Walker, Scott D 19 Witt, Brendan TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Mason, Chris TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS SAN JOSE SHARKS C 12 Marleau, Patrick D 42 Preissing, Tom D 44 Ehrhoff, Christian RW 14 Cheechoo, Jonathan RW 26 *Bernier, Steve C 19 Thornton, Joe C 16 Smith, Mark D 25 *Carle, Matthew RW 28 Ekman, Nils D 4 McLaren, Kyle C 11 *Goc, Marcel RW 9 *Michalek, Milan C 34 Rissmiller, Pat LW 17 Thornton, Scott C 10 McCauley, Alyn D 22 Hannan, Scott LW 15 Nieminen, Ville C 37 *Stevenson, Grant D 6 *Gorges, Josh TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Toskala, Vesa TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS

13 2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL 1 OTTAWA SENATORS 113 v. 4 BUFFALO SABRES 110 GM JOHN MUCKLER, HC BRYAN MURRAY v. GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF SABRES WIN SERIES IN 5 Friday, May h et BUFFALO OTTAWA 6 OVERTIME 1. BUFFALO, Mike Grier 3 (Derek Roy, Henrik Tallinder) 0:35 2. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 3 (Dany Heatley, Wade Redden) 3:05 3. OTTAWA, Bryan Smolinski 2 (Anton Volchenkov, Daniel Alfredsson) 3:20 4. BUFFALO, Teppo Numminen 1 (Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov) 6:56 PPG Penalties Afinogenov B Chara O 2:18, Neil O 5:08, Volchenkov O 12:55, Afinogenov B 17:22 5. OTTAWA, Martin Havlat 7 (C Schubert) 1:47 6. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 4 (P Gaustad, Toni Lydman) 3:29 SHG 7. OTTAWA, Dany Heatley 3 (Zdeno Chara, Wade Redden) 4:15 PPG 8. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 2 (Henrik Tallinder, Mike Grier) 19:30 Penalties McKee B 2:10, Pominville B 3:54, Lydman B 8:28, Fisher O 13:31, Afinogenov B 14:58 9. OTTAWA, Mike Fisher 2 (Martin Havlat, Wade Redden) 0: BUFFALO, Derek Roy 3 (Tim Connolly ) 18:23 SHG 11. OTTAWA, Bryan Smolinski (Daniel Alfredsson, Peter Schaefer) 18:47 PPG 12. BUFFALO, Tim Connolly 5 (Daniel Brière, Derek Roy) 19:49 Penalties Meszaros O 5:14, Havlat O 15:39, Campbell B 17:18, McKee B Schaefer O 18: BUFFALO, Chris Drury 4 (Mike Grier) 0:18 GWG SABRES SENATORS BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; OTTAWA, Ray Emery Monday, May h et BUFFALO OTTAWA 1 Penalties Brière B 2:20, Meszaros O 8:17, McKee B 13:20, Kalinin B 15:17, McKee B 19:59 1. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 5 (Daniel Brière, Taylor Pyatt) 3:33 2. BUFFALO, Jochen Hecht 1 (unassisted) 6:00 GWG 3. OTTAWA, Chris Phillips 2 (Bryan Smolinski) 7:40 Penalties Dumont B 11:59, Redden O 13:06, Drury B 15:15, Redden O 20:00 Penalties Tallinder B 19:44 SABRES SENATORS BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; OTTAWA, Ray Emery BUF 0 for 3, OTT 0 for 7 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary 19,816 at Scotiabank Place Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin In the game s first minute, Peter Schaefer OTT nailed Tim Connolly BUF Connolly did not return Senators have now dropped eight straight playoff games to Sabres, dating back to 1997 BUF 1 for 5, OTT 2 for 6 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven 19,544 at Scotiabank Place Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin Fourth 7-6 overtime game in Stanley Cup history no SC ot game has ever ended w/ a higher score Derek Roy s five points tied a Sabres playoff record (John Tucker, 10 April 1988, v. Boston) Mike Fisher s goal set a Senators team SC record for fastest from start of a period Wednesday, May h et OTTAWA BUFFALO 3 OVERTIME Thursday, May h et OTTAWA BUFFALO 1 1. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 5 (Jason Pominville, Daniel Brière) 9:24 PPG 1. OTTAWA, Brian Pothier 1 (unassisted) 4:56 Penalties Chara O 1:08, Drury B 1:26, Alfredsson O 3:53, Redden O 8:02, Campbell B 12:13, Gaustad B 14:36, Neil O Brière B 17:47 Penalties McKee B 9:52, Varada O 12:49, Gaustad B 14:59 2. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 4 (Wade Redden, Daniel Alfredsson) 5:47 PPG 3. BUFFALO, Maxim Afinogenov 3 (Jochen Hecht, Derek Roy) 10:15 4. OTTAWA, Jason Spezza 5 (Brian Pothier) 18:30 PPG Penalties Fitzpatrick B 4:37, Hecht B 5:32, Varada O 7:54, Eaves O Kotalik B 13:56, Numminen B 17:56 5. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 6 (Taylor Pyatt, Henrik Tallinder) 5:05 GWG SENATORS SABRES OTTAWA, Ray Emery; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller OTT 2 for 8, BUF 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Derek Amell, Dan Schachte 18,690 at HSBC Arena Penalties Neil O Afinogenov B 1:36, Volchenkov O 8:57, Fitzpatrick B 12:55, Drury B 13:29 2. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 4 (J.P. Dumont, Brian Campbell) 16:18 Penalties Dumont B 6:51, Havlat O 8:29, Kelly O 13:58, Smolinski O 17:56 3. OTTAWA, Wade Redden 2 (Daniel Alfredsson) 2:52 PPG GWG Penalties Roy B 2:33, Chara O 10:15, Schaefer O Roy B 12:05 SENATORS SABRES OTTAWA, Ray Emery; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller OTT 1 for 4, BUF 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak 18,690, at HSBC Arena For the first time, in 2006 SC playoffs, Sabres failed to score game s first goal Daniel Brière BUF extended his postseason points streak to seven games (3g, 6a) Senators first win over Sabres, in a playoff game, since 25 April 1997 Sabres scored game s first goal for ninth consec. time this postseason, record is 11 (CHI, 1973) Senators netminder Dominik Hasek practiced this morning; may soon be able to return after injuring his groin at Olympic Winter Games in Italy C Jiri Novotny BUF made his Stanley Cup playoff début Saturday, May h et BUFFALO OTTAWA 2 OVERTIME 1. BUFFALO, Henrik Tallinder 1 (Ales Kotalik, Chris Drury) 0:33 2. OTTAWA, Daniel Aldredsson 2 (Zdeno Chara, Jason Spezza) 10:26 PPG Penalties Schaefer O 1:27, Tallinder B 8:37, Fitzpatrick B 9:52, Pyatt B 13:59, Senators bench 16:32 3. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 6 (Taylor Pyatt, J.P. Dumont) 7:56 PPG 4. OTTAWA, Brian Pothier 2 (Martin Havlat, Bryan Smolinski) 13:59 Penalties Neil O 6:30, Redden O 9:03, McKee B 11:54, Fitzpatrick B 12:57, Chara O 13:24, Pyatt B 16:59 Penalties Phillips O 1:43 5. BUFFALO, Jason Pominville 5 (Henrik Tallinder, Toni Lydman) 2:26 SHG GWG Penalties McKee B 1:44 SABRES SENATORS BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; OTTAWA, Ray Emery BUF 1 for 6 3 for 24 in series, OTT 1 for 7 6 for 32 in series on power play Referees: Don Koharski, Dan O Halloran Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak 20,024 at Scotiabank Place Series featured a tie game, or one-goal lead, for all but 1:40 of total play Sabres first trip to Eastern Conference Final since 1999

14 2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL 2 CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. 3 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 101 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC LOU LAMORIELLO HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 5 Saturday, May h et NEW JERSEY CAROLINA 6 1. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 2 (Matt Cullen, Doug Weight) 11:37 PPG GWG Penalties Hedican C 2:23, Klee N 10:05, Klee N 12:53 2. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 3 (Eric Staal) 2:58 3. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 3 (Rod Brind Amour) 17:32 PPG 4. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 3 (Justin Williams, Eric Staal) 18:06 PPG Penalties A. Ward C 6:10, Hedican C 8:01, Commodore C 10:09, Gomez N 10:23, Brylin N 16:15, Langenbrunner N 17:27, LaRose C 19:30 5. CAROLINA, Doug Weight 1 (Frantisek Kaberle) 12:07 PPG 6. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 5 (Bret Hedican, Cory Stillman) 13:07 PPG Penalties Janssen N (minor, major) Commodore C (major) 11:33, Marshall N 12:35, Weight C 16:59 DEVILS HURRICANES NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur, Scott Clemmensen (13:07 of third period); CAROLINA, Cam Ward NJ 0 for 4, CAR 5 for 8 on power play Referees: Don Koharski, Dan O Halloran 18,730 at RBC Center Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot Monday, May h et NEW JERSEY CAROLINA 3 OVERTIME 1. NEW JERSEY, Jamie Langenbrunner 3 (Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski) 6:20 Penalties Gomez N 11:45, Williams C 12:43, Martin N 13:17, Commodore C 16:43 2. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 2 (Doug Weight, Ray Whitney) 18:18 PPG Penalties Elias N 0:46, Devils bench 8:22, Klee N Adams C 11:26, Adams C 13:56, Matvichuk N 16:45, Williams C 18:54, Langenbrunner N 19:05, Hedican C 19:44 3. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 3 (Zach Parisé, Jamie Langenbrunner) 19:39 4. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 4 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 19:57 5. CAROLINA, Niclas Wallin 1 (Rod Brind Amour) 3:09 GWG Penalties Matvichuk N Williams C 1:12 DEVILS HURRICANES NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; CAROLINA, Cam Ward Devils finally lose, after winning 15 straight games (11 reg. season, 4 playoff) Devils reg. season/playoff winning streak matched that of Red Wings; longest in history Devils had trailed for only 4:39 in entire first-round series v. Rangers NJ 0 for 4, CAR 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Kevin Pollock, Rob Shick Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak 18,730 at RBC Center Ward CAR becomes just third goalie to win his first six career postseason starts (Jean-Sébastien Giguère in 2003, Tiny Thompson 1930) Wallin s ot goal was a weak one he tried to deke Brodeur, lost the puck and it weakly slid in Wednesday, May h et CAROLINA NEW JERSEY 2 1. NEW JERSEY, Sergei Brylin 1 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Patrik Elias) 2:57 2. CAROLINA, Matt Cullen 4 (Frantisek Kaberle, Mark Recchi) 8:16 PPG 3. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 2 (unassisted) 10:07 Penalties Elias N 6:40 4. NEW JERSEY, Patrik Elias 6 (Brian Rafalski, Jamie Langenbrunner) 8:45 PPG 5. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 6 (Bret Hedican, Eric Staal) 18:59 PPG GWG Penalties Wesley C 2:27, Commodore C Langenbrunner N 4:02, Brind Amour C 7:47, Hale N 10:07, White N 15:20, Cullen C 15:38, Langenbrunner N (double minor) 17:55 Penalties Commodore C 4:45, Hedican C 9:10 HURRICANES DEVILS CAROLINA, Cam Ward; NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur CAR 2 for 5, NJ 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven 16,862 at Continental Airlines Arena Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak Hurricanes have their first three games-to-none series lead in franchise history Ward becomes just the second goalie to win his initial seven career postseason starts (T. Thompson) Hurricanes power play is now 14-for-48 in playoffs tops in the NHL Saturday, May h et CAROLINA NEW JERSEY 5 1. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 4 (Brian Rafalski, Patrik Elias) 1:58 PPG 2. NEW JERSEY, Jay Pandolfo 1 (John Madden) 11:02 SHG GWG 3. NEW JERSEY, Scott Gomez 5 (Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Rafalski) 19:00 PPG Penalties Wallin C 1:51, Hale N 5:13, Rasmussen N 9:27, Commodore C 15:06, Kaberle C 17:52 4. NEW JERSEY, Sergei Brylin 2 (Patrik Elias) 0:44 5. NEW JERSEY, John Madden 4 (David Hale, Jay Pandolfo) 4:23 6. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 3 (Eric Staal, Mike Commodore) 11:04 Penalties Hurricanes bench 1:32, K. Adams C 6:57, Wallin C 11:31, Hurricanes bench 14:55, LaRose C 16:48 Penalties Williams C Langenbrunner N 7:20, Weight C 8:12, Commodore C Gomez N 8:33, Williams C 12:21, Wiemer N 16:08, LaRose C Wiemer N (10-minute misconduct) 19:04 HURRICANES DEVILS CAROLINA, Cam Ward, Martin Gerber (0:44 of second period); NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur CAR 0 for 4, NJ 2 for 11 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin 17,585 at Continental Airlines Arena In their history, Devils have still never been swept in a Stanley Cup playoff series With his 89 th career postseason victory, Martin Brodeur moves into sole possession of third all time Devils added D Tommy Albelin, RW Viktor Kozlov to line-up (D R Matvichuk, RW G Marshall out) Sunday, May h et NEW JERSEY CAROLINA 4 1. NEW JERSEY, Brian Gionta 3 (Zach Parisé, Brian Rafalski) 0:57 2. CAROLINA, Frantisek Kaberle 1 (Mark Recchi, Matt Cullen) 8:39 Penalties Hedican C 1:27, Ladd C 5:18, Whitney C 11:07, Commodore C 14:40 3. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 4 (Justin Williams, Rod Brind Amour) 14:20 PPG GWG Penalties Brind Amour C 5:06, Hale N 13:30, Albelin N 17:36 4. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 4 (Doug Weight, Andrew Ladd) 7:22 5. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 5 (Matt Cullen, Mark Recchi) 18:32 DEVILS HURRICANES NEW JERSEY, Martin Brodeur; CAROLINA, Cam Ward NJ 0 for 5 3 for 30 in series, CAR 1 for 2 9 for 24 in series on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jean Morin 18,730 at RBC Center With about two minutes remaining, the lights went out briefly

15 2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL 5 SAN JOSE SHARKS 99 v. 8 EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM DOUG WILSON, HC RON WILSON v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH OILERS WIN SERIES IN 6 Sunday, May h pt EDMONTON SAN JOSE 2 1. EDMONTON, Jaroslav Spacek 3 (Ales Hemsky, Sergei Samsonov) 2:33 PPG 2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 8 (Steve Bernier, Milan Michalek) 7:42 Penalties Carle S 0:55, Roloson E (served by Samsonov) 12:42, Ehrhoff S 12:53, J. Smith E 19:14 3. SAN JOSE, Christian Ehrhoff 1 (Patrick Marleau, Milan Michalek) 3:14 GWG Penalties Stoll E 4:16, Hannan S 12:51, Samsonov E 17:46 Penalties Spacek E 1:37, Stevenson S 4:43, J. Thornton S 10:48 OILERS SHARKS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala EDM 1 for 5, SJ 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Dan Schachte 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose Sharks fans booed Chris Pronger EDM every time he touched puck (based on his days in St. Louis) Game was Sharks 13 th victory in last 15 games Monday, May h pt EDMONTON SAN JOSE 2 1. SAN JOSE, Tom Preissing 1 (Milan Michalek, Serge Bernier) 4:26 Penalties Torres E 9:25, Stoll E 10:46, Pronger E Roloson E (served by Torres) Ekman S 15:03 2. EDMONTON, Sergei Samsonov 2 (Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Smyth) 15:23 3. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 1 (Jonathan Cheechoo, Patrick Marleau) 17:29 PPG GWG Penalties Greene E 9:05, Rissmiller S 13:01, Gorges S 13:20, Staios E 16:10, Horcoff E 17:32 OILERS SHARKS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala EDM 0 for 2, SJ 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose Linesmen: Derek Amell, Dan Schachte Wednesday, May h mt SAN JOSE EDMONTON 3 TRIPLE OVERTIME In the second period, Raffi Torres EDM drilled Milan Michalek SJ near centre ice Just prior to Oilers first goal, Sharks killed a 5-on-3, w/ two of the San Jose defenders w/out sticks Oilers played without Radek Dvorak EDM, who injured his knee in G1 1. EDMONTON, Marc-André Bergeron 1 (Raffi Torres) 10:04 PPG Penalties Nieminen S 2:25, McCauley S 8:31 2. SAN JOSE, Patrick Marleau 9 (Steve Bernier, Josh Gorges) 1:19 3. SAN JOSE, Pat Rissmiller 2 (Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo) 9:30 Penalties J. Thornton S 3:06, Samsonov E 5:27, Samsonov E 10:24, Rissmiller S 11:13, Laraque E (boarding major, served by Torres, game misconduct) 13:38, J. Thornton S 15:54, Marleau S 19:03 4. EDMONTON, Raffi Torres 2 (Chris Pronger, Jarret Stoll) 13:13 Penalties Ehrhoff S 7:05 Friday, May h mt SAN JOSE EDMONTON 6 1. SAN JOSE, Joe Thornton 2 (Nils Ekman, Jonathan Cheechoo) 3:47 2. SAN JOSE, Nils Ekman 2 (Patrick Marleau) 6:40 3. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 3 (Jason Smith, Chris Pronger) 12:55 Penalties Peca E 13:56, Marleau S 15:00 4. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 3 (Joe Thornton, Pat Rissmiller) 9:02 5. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 1 (Ethan Moreau, Raffi Torres) 12:28 6. EDMONTON, Sergei Samsonov 3 (unassisted) 15:35 Penalties Torres E 1:02, Cheechoo S 9:33, Samsonov E 13:29 Penalties Stoll E 18:49 SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 7. EDMONTON, Jason Smith 1 (Sergei Samsonov, Georges Laraque) 2:57 GWG 8. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 3 (Ryan Smyth, Jason Smith) 8:19 9. EDMONTON, Jarret Stoll 3 (Jaroslav Spacek, Chris Pronger) 14:00 PPG THIRD OVERTIME PERIOD 5. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 2 (Ryan Smyth, Ales Hemsky) 2:24 GWG SHARKS OILERS SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson SJ 0 for 5, EDM 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Don Koharski, Dan O Halloran Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler 16,839 at Rexall Place Sharks didn t get their first shot-on-goal until the 15:20 mark of the first period SOG Edm 13 SJ 1 Sharks were without F Milan Michalek, who was injured by a crushing Raffi Torres check in G2 In the second, Ryan Smyth EDM took a Chris Pronger clearing shot in the mouth several teeth out! At 13:00 of the second overtime, Roloson made an unbelievable glove save off Cheechoo Horcoff s GWG scored at was scored at 12:39 AM Edmonton time Penalties Carle S 5:42, Rissmiller S 12:35, Nieminen S 13:13, Moreau E 17:50 SHARKS OILERS SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala, Evgeni Nabokov (8:19 of third period); EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson SJ 0 for 4, EDM 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler 16,839 at Rexall Place Ryan Smyth EDM spent yesterday at the dentist, after having three teeth knocked out by Chris Pronger s clearing pass in G3. Smyth also took 8 stitches. Sharks rookie Milan Michalek sat out his second straight game, after being popped in G2 Sunday, May h pt EDMONTON SAN JOSE 3 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 6 (Jaroslav Spacek, Michael Peca) 8:29 Penalties Peca E 1:21, Greene E 8:58, S. Thornton S 11:58, Peca E 14:28 2. SAN JOSE, Scott Thornton 2 (Christian Ehrhoff, Marcel Goc) 4:30 3. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 3 (Chris Pronger, Ales Hemsky) 6:31 PPG Penalties Horcoff E 1:20, M. Smith S 5:14, Greene E 8:55, Staios E 10:51, Torres E 19:03 4. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 4 (Ryan Smyth) 0:12 SHG 5. SAN JOSE, Christian Ehrhoff 2 (Patrick Marleau, Ville Nieminen) 0:44 PPG 6. SAN JOSE, Jonathan Cheechoo 4 (Kyle McLaren, Joe Thornton) 2:30 7. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 7 (Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Smyth) 4:03 GWG 8. EDMONTON, Jarret Stoll 4 (Ales Hemsky, Jaroslav Spacek) 13:40 PPG 9. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 4 (Shawn Horcoff, Chris Pronger) 16:11 PPG Penalties Hannan S 10:58, Cheechoo S 13:31, Michalek S Bernier S 14:52, J. Thornton S (served by Ekman) 18:07 OILERS SHARKS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala EDM 3 for 7, SJ 1 for 7 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary 17,496 at HP Pavilion at San Jose Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot Wednesday, May h mt SAN JOSE EDMONTON 2 1. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 2 (unassisted) 8:21 GWG Penalties Greene E 2:20, Ekman S 2:58, Ekman S Pronger E 6:25, Spacek E 11:45, Stoll E 12:18, Pisani E 15:53 Penalties M. Smith S 3:25, Ehrhoff S 6:38, Torres E 12:02, Stoll E 18:06 2. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 5 (Todd Harvey, Ryan Smyth) 11:47 Penalties S. Thornton S 1:25, Preissing S 4:36, Torres E 13:09, Smyth E 17:29 SHARKS OILERS SAN JOSE, Vesa Toskala; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson SJ 0 for 8 2 for 35 in series, EDM 0 for 5 6 for 30 in series on power play Referees: Rob Shick, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jay Sharrers 16,839 at Rexall Place First time the Oilers have ever won a series after losing the first two games Oilers make their first trip to the Conference Final since 1992 Sharks fans booed the Canadian national anthem tonight Sharks F Milan Michalek returned to the line-up, following his G2 injury

16 2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL 6 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 98 v. 7 COLORADO AVALANCHE 95 GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE v. GM PIERRE LACROIX, HC JOEL QUENNEVILLE MIGHTY DUCKS SWEEP SERIES Friday, May h pt COLORADO ANAHEIM 5 Penalties Vishnevski A 2:36, Wolski C 6:33, Skrastins C 14:52 1. ANAHEIM, Samuel Pahlsson 2 (Jeff Friesen, Rob Niedermayer) 2:38 GWG 2. ANAHEIM, Chris Kunitz 2 (François Beauchemin, Teemu Selanne) 10:24 3. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 4 (Chris Kunitz) 19:05 4. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 2 (Teemu Selanne, François Beauchemin) 19:54 PPG Penalties Salei A 3:19, Richardson C DiPenta A Marchant A 16:17, Tanguay C 19:13, Laperrière C (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Moen A (major) 20:00 5. ANAHEIM, Travis Moen 1 (Ryan Getzlaf) 11:07 Penalties Lupul A 0:19, Selanne A 4:54, Hinote C 17:57, Hinote C (major, 10-minute misconduct, game misconduct) 20:00 AVALANCHE MIGHTY DUCKS COLORADO, José Theodore; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov COL 0 for 5, ANA 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough 17,174 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Linesmen: Derek Amell, Dan Schachte Bryzgalov ANA is first rookie to post back-to-back SC shutouts since Frank McCool in 1945 Teemu Selanne s goal was his 22 nd career in the Stanley Cup playoffs Sunday, May h pt COLORADO ANAHEIM 3 1. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf 2 (Scott Niedermayer) 18:17 PPG GWG Penalties Salei A 6:33, Brunette C 11:27, Friesen A 14:08, Dowd C 17:29 2. ANAHEIM, Ruslan Salei 2 (Todd Marchant, Chris Kunitz) 4:41 3. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 3 (Dustin Penner, Todd Marchant) 12:24 Penalties Liles C 2:29, Pahlsson A 7:43, Hinote C 13:31, Dowd C 14:45 Penalties Konowalchuk C 2:48, Mighty Ducks bench 7:45, Kunitz A 11:58, Konowalchuk C Vishnevski A 13:54, Laperrière C Marchant A 18:48, DiPenta A 19:18 AVALANCHE MIGHTY DUCKS COLORADO, José Theodore; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov COL 0 for 6, ANA 1 for 6 on power play Referees: Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler 17,294 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Mighty Ducks have scored 13 straight goals, dating back to Game Six v. Calgary Bryzgalov matches NHL rookie shutout record, set in 1945 by Frank McCool Bryzgalov hasn t allowed a goal in 229 m 42 s fourth longest in Stanley Cup playoff history Tuesday, May h mt ANAHEIM COLORADO 3 OVERTIME 1. COLORADO, Dan Hinote 1 (Andrew Brunette, Jim Dowd) 19:33 Penalties Laperrière C 2:47, Salei A 8:27, Fedoruk A 12:22, Salei A 13:20, Turgeon C 15:21, McDonald A Kunitz A Skrastins C 20:00 2. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 4 (Dustin Penner, Vitaly Vishnevski) 9:02 Penalties Lupul A 13:42, Getzlaf A 15:26, Laaksonen C 18:28 3. COLORADO, Jim Dowd 2 (Milan Hejduk, Brett Clark) 4:47 SHG 4. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 5 (Todd Marchant, Sean O Donnell) 8:54 5. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 6 (Dustin Penner) 10:40 6. COLORADO, Rob Blake 3 (Alex Tanguay, Joe Sakic) 13:35 Penalties Turgeon C 3:12, Marchant A 15:28 7. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 7 (Dustin Penner) 16:30 GWG Penalties Lupul A 1:56, Turgeon C 13:10 MIGHTY DUCKS AVALANCHE ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; COLORADO, José Theodore ANA 0 for 5, COL 0 for 8 on power play Referees: Dave Jackson, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot 18,007 at Pepsi Center Thursday, May h mt ANAHEIM COLORADO 1 1. COLORADO, Joe Sakic 4 (Alex Tanguay, Andrew Brunette) 2:17 2. ANAHEIM, Todd Marchant 1 (Dustin Penner, Scott Niedermayer) 16:52 Penalties Beauchemin A 3:31, Brunette C 4:53, S. Niedermayer A 9:44, Bryzgalov A 11:40, Salei A 19:54 3. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 5 (Chris Kunitz, Andy McDonald) 2:22 GWG Penalties S. Niedermayer A 13:40, Sakic C 15:50 4. ANAHEIM, Dustin Penner 1 (Todd Marchant, Joffrey Lupul) 6:07 5. ANAHEIM, Todd Marchant 2 (Sean O Donnell) 18:21 ENG Penalties Dowd C (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 13:24 MIGHTY DUCKS AVALANCHE ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; COLORADO, José Theodore ANA 0 for 3 2 for 19 in series, COL 0 for 5 0 for 24 in series on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot 18,007 at Pepsi Center Avs suffered their first playoff sweep in 26 series, since arriving from Quebec in 1995 Mighty Ducks have killed 36 consecutive penalties This is Ducks second trip to Western Conference Final (2003 v. Minnesota Wild) Ilya Bryzgalov becomes just fourth rookie netminder to win all four games of a playoff series sweep (Bill Durnan MTL, 1944 v. CHI, Jacques Plante MTL, 1954 v. BOS, Tony Esposito CHI, 1970 v. DET) Bryzgalov s SC shutout streak ends at 249:15 it s the second longest of all time (G. Hainsworth) Lupul s four goals constitute the first hat trick in Mighty Ducks playoff history Only two teams have ever come back from three games-to-none deficit ( 42 Leafs, 75 Islanders)

17 BUFFALO SABRES C 23 Drury, Chris C 48 Briere, Daniel C 19 Connolly, Tim RW 17 Dumont, J.P C 9 Roy, Derek RW 29 *Pominville, Jason RW 25 Grier, Mike RW 12 Kotalik, Ales D 10 Tallinder, Henrik RW 61 Afinogenov, Maxim C 28 *Gaustad, Paul D 51 Campbell, Brian D 5 Lydman, Toni LW 55 Hecht, Jochen LW 24 Pyatt, Taylor D 27 Numminen, Teppo D 74 McKee, Jay D 45 Kalinin, Dmitri LW 26 *Vanek, Thomas D 8 Fitzpatrick, Rory C 13 *Novotny, Jiri TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Miller, Ryan TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS CAROLINA HURRICANES C 12 Staal, Eric C 17 Brind'Amour, Rod LW 61 Stillman, Cory C 8 Cullen, Matt RW 18 Recchi, Mark RW 11 Williams, Justin C 39 Weight, Doug RW 13 Whitney, Ray D 6 Hedican, Bret D 5 Kaberle, Frantisek D 7 Wallin, Niclas LW 16 *Ladd, Andrew D 22 Commodore, Mike D 4 Ward, Aaron D 70 Tverdovsky, Oleg C 63 Vasicek, Josef D 2 Wesley, Glen RW 59 *LaRose, Chad RW 27 Adams, Craig C 14 Adams, Kevyn TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Ward, Cam Gerber, Martin TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS NEW JERSEY DEVILS LW 26 Elias, Patrik RW 15 Langenbrunner, Jamie C 23 Gomez, Scott D 28 Rafalski, Brian RW 14 Gionta, Brian C 11 Madden, John RW 20 Pandolfo, Jay C 9 *Parise, Zach D 7 Martin, Paul LW 18 Brylin, Sergei D 2 Hale, David D 8 Klee, Ken RW 29 Marshall, Grant D 6 Albelin, Tommy LW 22 Kozlov, Viktor D 5 White, Colin D 24 Matvichuk, Richard LW 16 Wiemer, Jason RW 25 *Janssen, Cam D 21 Lukowich, Brad C 10 Rasmussen, Erik TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Clemmensen, Scott Brodeur, Martin TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS OTTAWA SENATORS C 19 Spezza, Jason LW 9 Havlat, Martin LW 15 Heatley, Dany D 6 Redden, Wade RW 11 Alfredsson, Daniel LW 27 Schaefer, Peter C 21 Smolinski, Bryan C 12 Fisher, Mike D 3 Chara, Zdeno D 24 Volchenkov, Anton D 2 Pothier, Brian D 4 Phillips, Chris C 20 Vermette, Antoine RW 26 Varada, Vaclav RW 44 *Eaves, Patrick RW 25 Neil, Chris D 14 *Meszaros, Andrej D 5 *Schubert, Christoph C 22 *Kelly, Chris TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Emery, Ray TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM RW 13 Selanne, Teemu C 15 Lupul, Joffrey C 22 Marchant, Todd LW 38 *Kunitz, Chris D 23 *Beauchemin, Francois D 27 Niedermayer, Scott RW 76 *Penner, Dustin C 19 McDonald, Andy C 51 *Getzlaf, Ryan D 24 Salei, Ruslan LW 12 Friesen, Jeff C 26 Pahlsson, Samuel C 44 Niedermayer, Rob D 21 O'Donnell, Sean RW 61 *Perry, Corey D 5 Vishnevski, Vitaly LW 32 Moen, Travis RW 17 Hedstrom, Jonathan LW 29 Fedoruk, Todd D 33 DiPenta, Joe TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Bryzgalov, Ilya Giguere, Jean-Sébasti TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS COLORADO AVALANCHE C 19 Sakic, Joe LW 15 Brunette, Andrew RW 23 Hejduk, Milan LW 18 Tanguay, Alex C 38 Dowd, Jim D 4 Blake, Rob D 5 Clark, Brett LW 8 *Wolski, Wojtek D 26 Liles, John-Michael C 13 Hinote, Dan C 87 Turgeon, Pierre LW 24 Laaksonen, Antti C 12 *Richardson, Brad C 53 McLean, Brett D 3 Skrastins, Karlis C 14 Laperriere, Ian D 71 Brisebois, Patrice D 27 Vaananen, Ossi LW 22 Konowalchuk, Steve LW 10 May, Brad D 34 Sauer, Kurt TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Theodore, José TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS EDMONTON OILERS LW 10 Horcoff, Shawn D 44 Pronger, Chris LW 94 Smyth, Ryan LW 12 Samsonov, Sergei RW 83 Hemsky, Ales C 34 Pisani, Fernando C 16 Stoll, Jarret D 6 Spacek, Jaroslav LW 14 Torres, Raffi D 21 Smith, Jason C 37 Peca, Michael LW 26 *Winchester, Brad D 24 Staios, Steve D 47 Bergeron, Marc-Andre RW 13 Harvey, Todd RW 27 Laraque, Georges LW 18 Moreau, Ethan C 22 Murray, Rem D 23 Tarnstrom, Dick D 2 *Greene, Matt RW 20 Dvorak, Radek TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Roloson, Dwayne TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS SAN JOSE SHARKS C 12 Marleau, Patrick RW 14 Cheechoo, Jonathan C 19 Thornton, Joe D 44 Ehrhoff, Christian D 42 Preissing, Tom RW 26 *Bernier, Steve RW 9 *Michalek, Milan RW 28 Ekman, Nils C 16 Smith, Mark C 34 Rissmiller, Pat D 4 McLaren, Kyle C 11 *Goc, Marcel D 25 *Carle, Matthew LW 17 Thornton, Scott LW 15 Nieminen, Ville C 10 McCauley, Alyn D 22 Hannan, Scott D 6 *Gorges, Josh RW 29 *Clowe, Ryane D 5 Davison, Rob C 37 *Stevenson, Grant TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS Toskala, Vesa Nabokov, Evgeni TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS

18 2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 2 CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. 4 BUFFALO SABRES 110 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 7 Saturday, May h et BUFFALO CAROLINA 2 1. BUFFALO, Henrik Tallinder 2 (Jochen Hecht, Jason Pominville) 2:56 2. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 7 (Cory Stillman) 12:11 Penalties Tallinder B 5:37, Hecht B 15:40, Stillman C 19:38 3. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 5 (Jason Pominville, Taylor Pyatt) 9:41 Penalties Lydman B 13:02, Williams C 16:15 4. BUFFALO, Jay McKee 2 (Jochen Hecht, Rory Fitzpatrick) 13:40 GWG 5. CAROLINA, Mike Commodore 1 (Bret Hedican, Eric Staal) 17:07 SHG Penalties Lydman B Williams C 0:29, McKee B 11:32, A. Ward C 15:50 SABRES HURRICANES BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; CAROLINA, Cam Ward BUF 0 for 3, CAR 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Michael McGeough 18,730 at RBC Center Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak Sabres have now scored game s first goal in 11 of 12 playoff games in 2006 D Teppo Numminen left game after the first period, leaving Sabres with only five D Monday, May h et BUFFALO CAROLINA 4 1. CAROLINA, Frantisek Kaberle 2 (Matt Cullen, Cory Stillman) 10:05 PPG 2. BUFFALO, Thomas Vanek 2 (Ales Kotalik, Rory Fitzpatrick) 19:12 PPG Penalties Kotalik B 9:08, Kaberle C 14:06, Stillman C 18:00 3. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 5 (Eric Staal, Doug Weight) 6:03 PPG 4. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 6 (Matt Cullen, Glen Wesley) 12:58 Penalties Hecht B 5:39, Pominville B 7:28, Gaustad B Recchi C 11:09, A. Ward C 18:51, Dumont B 19:06 5. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 3 (unassisted) 6:58 GWG 6. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 7 (Daniel Brière, J.P. Dumont) 11:39 PPG 7. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 4 (Chris Drury, Maxim Afinogenov) 19:57 PPG Penalties Wesley C 7:15, Kaberle C 10:23, Hedican C 10:27, Kotalik B 13:55, LaRose C 18:07 SABRES HURRICANES BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; CAROLINA, Cam Ward BUF 3 for 7, CAR 2 for 9 on power play Referees: Dan O Halloran, Don Van Massenhoven 18,730 at RBC Center Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak Sabres D Teppo Numminen didn t dress (lower body injury); Doug Janik took his spot Hurricanes sport the best PP in the playoffs 15-for-58, 25.9% Wednesday, May h et CAROLINA BUFFALO 4 1. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 5 (unassisted) 14:07 2. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 8 (Ales Kotalik, Derek Roy) 19:30 PPG Penalties Recchi C Roy B 5:42, Tallinder B 6:55, Roy B 8:36, Williams C 9:03, Hedican C 10:37, Campbell B 12:02, Brind Amour C 18:53, Weight C 19:56 3. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 6 (Jochen Hecht, J.P. Dumont) 1:02 PPG 4. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 7 (J.P. Dumont, Jay McKee) 8:28 5. BUFFALO, Ales Kotalik 4 (Maxim Afinogenov, Toni Lydman) 12:55 GWG 6. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 6 (Aaron Ward, Justin Williams) 18:18 Penalties Wesley C 5:05, Commodore C 10:41, McKee B 13:08, K. Adams C 15:52 7. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 6 (Doug Weight, Frantisek Kaberle) 15:52 PPG Penalties Lydman B 14:17 HURRICANES SABRES CAROLINA, Cam Ward, Martin Gerber (12:55 of second period); BUFFALO, Ryan Miller CAR 1 for 5, BUF 2 for 7 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Rob Shick Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski 18,690 at HSBC Arena Friday, May h et CAROLINA BUFFALO 0 1. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 4 (Frantisek Kaberle, Aaron Ward) 6:54 GWG 2. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 7 (Bret Hedican, Ray Whitney) 9:53 PPG Penalties Dumont B 9:06, Wesley C 14:48, Gerber C 17:46 3. CAROLINA, Andrew Ladd 1 (Doug Weight, Glen Wesley) 2:10 Penalties Janik B 6:06 4. CAROLINA, Bret Hedican 1 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 16:03 Penalties LaRose C 3:23, Recchi C 11:54 HURRICANES SABRES CAROLINA, Martin Gerber; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller CAR 1 for 2, BUF 0 for 4 on power play Referees: Michael McGeough, Brad Watson 18,690 at HSBC Arena Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski Eric Staal CAR extends his point streak to 14 games (7 g, 12 a), four shy of Bryan Trottier s SC record Sabres streak of one-goal decisions ends at eight, tying SC record (MTL 1989, ANA 2003) Sabres suffer their worst playoff loss since 1991 Carolina s Eric Staal s playoff point streak is now at 13 games; record is 18 by Bryan Trottier in 1981 Staal s is the longest since Pavel Bure VAN went 16 games in 1994 D Henrik Tallinder BUF suffers broken arm is now out for remainder of playoffs Sunday, May h et BUFFALO CAROLINA 4 OVERTIME 1. BUFFALO, Chris Drury 9 (Taylor Pyatt) 7:08 2. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 4 (Cory Stillman, Niclas Wallin) 7:25 3. BUFFALO, Derek Roy 5 (unassisted) 17:32 Penalties Williams C 3:03, Roy B 7:57, Recchi C 9:26, Drury B 10:06, Miller B Williams C 20:00 Tuesday, May h et CAROLINA BUFFALO 2 OVERTIME 1. BUFFALO, J.P. Dumont 7 (Daniel Brière, Brian Campbell) 4:56 Penalties McKee B 9:30, Dumont B 17:17, Recchi C 19:40, Campbell B 19:58 4. BUFFALO, Toni Lydman 1 (Jay McKee, Derek Roy) 1:55 5. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 5 (Doug Weight, Matt Cullen) 5:21 6. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 8 (Eric Staal, Frantisek Kaberle) 10:04 PPG Penalties McKee B 8:24, Fitzpatrick B 13:14, Commodore C 15:26 Penalties Fitzpatrick B 7:40, Drury B 12:40, Hedican C 19:19 7. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 7 (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen) 8:46 PPG GWG Penalties Dumont B 7:12 SABRES HURRICANES BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; CAROLINA, Martin Gerber, Cam Ward (1:55 of second period) Penalties K. Adams C 4:05, K. Adams C 14:29, Wallin C 19:02 2. CAROLINA, Bret Hedican 2 (Matt Cullen, Cory Stillman) 16:07 3. BUFFALO, Daniel Brière 8 (Rory Fitzpatrick, Derek Roy) 4:22 PPG GWG Penalties Weight C 2:28 HURRICANES SABRES CAROLINA, Cam Ward; BUFFALO, Ryan Miller CAR 0 for 3, BUF 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Dan O Halloran Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers 18,690 at HSBC Arena BUF 0 for 4, CAR 2 for 7 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven 18,730 at RBC Center Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot Eric Staal s 15-game point streak comes to an end tonight three short of Bryan Trottier s record D Teppo Numminen BUF returns to line-up (groin), lasts only 4:13 of ice time, then sits on bench Buffalo is 1-4 lifetime in Game 7 Carolina is 0-3 Eric Staal CAR extends his point streak to 15 games (7 g, 13 a) Sabres continue to be without Tim Connolly (concussion) and Teppo Numminen (groin)

19 2006 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 2 CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. 4 BUFFALO SABRES 110 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM DARCY REGIER, HC LINDY RUFF HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 7 Thursday, June h et BUFFALO CAROLINA 4 1. CAROLINA, Mike Commodore 2 (Doug Weight, Justin Williams) 12:05 Penalties A. Ward C 1:13, Campbell B 1:46, Pominville B 5:46, Kotalik B 18:32 2. BUFFALO, Doug Janik 1 (Ales Kotalik, Jochen Hecht) 15:50 3. BUFFALO, Jochen Hecht 2 (Brian Campbell, Chris Drury) 19:56 Penalties Hedican C 14:41, Brière B 15:24 4. CAROLINA, Doug Weight 2 (Ray Whitney, Niclas Wallin) 1:34 5. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 9 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 11:22 PPG GWG 6. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 5 (Rod Brind Amour, Cory Stillman) 19:08 Penalties Campbell B 10:18, Williams C 15:25, Stillman C 19:45 SABRES HURRICANES BUFFALO, Ryan Miller; CAROLINA, Cam Ward BUF 0 for 4 6 for 34 in series, CAR 1 for 5 7 for 35 in series on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 18,730 at RBC Center Fourth time, in SC playoff history, that rookie netminders have face each other in G7 Sabres D Jay McKee misses game w/ seriously infected cut on his shin, so Buffalo has four regular D out of line-up (Numminen w/ hip flexor, Tallinder w/ broken left arm, Kalinen w/ ankle) Sabres first loss, in 2006 playoffs, when leading after two periods Cory Stillman CAR extended his point streak to 8 games (4 g, 6 a) D Nathan Paetsch BUF made his NHL début, playing 12:06

20 2006 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 6 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 98 v. 8 EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM BRIAN BURKE, HC RANDY CARLYLE v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH OILERS WIN SERIES IN 5 Friday, May h pt EDMONTON ANAHEIM 1 1. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 3 (Dwayne Roloson) 18:35 SHG 2. ANAHEIM, Andy McDonald 2 (François Beauchemin, Scott Niedermayer) 19:03 PPG Penalties Lupul A 5:04, Spacek E 9:35, Penner A 14:40, Pronger E 18:05 3. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 4 (Ryan Smyth, Chris Pronger) 11:35 PPG GWG Penalties Harvey E 4:26, O Donnell A 9:15, Vishnevski A 10:41, Peca E 12:02, Marchant A 15:20, Stoll E 16:09 4. EDMONTON, Todd Harvey 1 (Shawn Horcoff) 19:18 ENG Penalties Roloson E (served by Torres) 2:28, Pronger E 14:02, Moreau E 19:57 OILERS MIGHTY DUCKS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov Sunday, May h pt EDMONTON ANAHEIM 1 1. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 3 (Ales Hemsky, Ryan Smyth) 13:08 PPG Penalties Staios E 10:15, Perry A 11:48, Kunitz A 13:22, Hemsky E 14:22 2. ANAHEIM, Jeff Friesen 3 (Samuel Pahlsson, Rob Niedermayer) 6:12 3. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 8 (Sergei Samsonov, Michael Peca) 17:09 GWG Penalties Lupul A 1:27, Staios E 11:51 4. EDMONTON, Michael Peca (Fernando Pisani, Dwayne Roloson) 19:42 ENG Penalties Roloson E 2:33, Smyth E 8:30 OILERS MIGHTY DUCKS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov EDM 1 for 5, ANA 1 for 8 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Don Van Massenhoven 17,174 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot EDM 1 for 3, ANA 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 17,264 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Hemsky s PPG ended a string of 39 straight penalty kills for the Mighty Ducks Oilers are the only former Stanley Cup champions still alive in playoffs 14 th consecutive Oilers series in which Edmonton has opened on the road ties NHL record Oilers C Toby Petersen, D Dick Tarnstrom replace Raffi Torres, Marc-André Bergeron (out w/ flu) Oilers have never lost a Stanley Cup playoff series when up two games-to-none (18-0) Tuesday, May h mt ANAHEIM EDMONTON 5 1. EDMONTON, Toby Petersen 1 (Rem Murray) 13:47 Penalties Fedoruk A Laraque E 2:51, Marchant A Penner A (double minor) O Donnell A J. Smith E (double minor) Pronger E 3:10, DiPenta A (major) Lupul A Moreau E (major) Peca E 5:26, Pisani E 6:31, Horcoff E 7:50, Harvey E 15:00 Penalties Bergeron E 6:01, Niedermayer A 6:16, Greene E 9:06, Perry A 11:39, Staios E 17:10, Pahlsson A 19:16 2. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 5 (unassisted) 2:19 3. EDMONTON, Steve Staios 1 (Sergei Samsonov, Fernando Pisani) 3:35 PPG 4. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 4 (Jaroslav Spacek, Sergei Samsonov) 4:40 PPG 5. ANAHEIM, Sean O Donnell 2 (Andy McDonald, Todd Marchant) 7:15 6. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 6 (Dustin Penner, Vitaly Vishnevski) 9:13 7. ANAHEIM, Chris Kunitz 3 (Ryan Getzlaf, Joffrey Lupul) 11:15 8. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 9 (Michael Peca) 14:14 GWG 9. ANAHEIM, Teemu Selanne 7 (Scott Niedermayer) 18:15 Penalties Oilers bench (served by Samsonov) 1:24, Selanne A 1:43, Fedoruk A Laraque E 3:45, Vishnevski A 3:58, Niedermayer A 4:11, Pahlsson A 4:40 MIGHTY DUCKS OILERS ANAHEIM, Ilya Bryzgalov; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson ANA 0 for 7, EDM 2 for 8 on power play Referees: Eric Furlatt, Brad Watson Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers 16,839 at Rexall Place Anthem singer Paul Lorieau sang the first four lines of O Canada, then simply held the microphone up high, and the crowd sang the rest of the anthem in its entirety Tonight was D Chris Pronger s 100 th career Stanley Cup playoff game Mighty Ducks still haven t won in Edmonton since 1999 The Oilers have not trailed in this series Edmonton has led for 111:01 series tied for 68:59 Thursday, May h mt ANAHEIM EDMONTON 3 1. ANAHEIM, Dustin Penner 2 (unassisted) 7:28 2. ANANEIM, Dustin Penner 3 (Teemu Selanne, Todd Marchant) 15:11 3. ANAHEIM, Ryan Getzlaf (Andy McDonald, Scott Niedermayer) 19:18 PPG Penalties Moreau E 8:50, Smyth E 9:31, Oilers bench (served by Samsonov) 18:07, J. Smith E 18:15, Stoll E 19:18 4. EDMONTON, Marc-André Bergeron 2 (Chris Pronger, Sergei Samsonov) 3:30 PPG 5. ANAHEIM, Ruslan Salei 3 (Sean O Donnell, Samuel Pahlsson) 5:42 GWG 6. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 5 (Shawn Horcoff) 7:46 7. EDMONTON, Georges Laraque 1 (Chris Pronger) 10:01 8. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 8 (Todd Marchant) 18:22 Penalties Beauchemin A 1:15, Pahlsson A 1:58, Hemsky E 2:59, Getzlaf A 3:18, Staios E 4:19, McDonald A 4:39, Staios E 13:26, Smyth E 14:10, Salei A 19:06 9. ANAHEIM, Joffrey Lupul 9 (Todd Marchant, Ryan Getzlaf) 18:50 ENG Penalties Getzlaf A 10:46, S. Niedermayer A 11:34 MIGHTY DUCKS OILERS ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère; EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson ANA 1 for 8, EDM 1 for 7 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan O Halloran Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Jay Sharrers 16,839 at Rexall Place Ducks last win in Edmonton was 24 February 1999 Ducks 25 first-period shots were 3 shy of SC playoff record (Flyers had PIT, 21 Apr 1997) Ducks 25 first-period shots were most Oilers have ever allowed in one period of playoff hockey Oilers Radek Dvorak (knee) and Raffi Torres (flu) both returned to the line-up tonight Saturday, May h pt EDMONTON ANAHEIM 1 1. ANAHEIM, François Beauchemin 3 (Scott Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne) 7:30 PPG Penalties Greene E 1:34, Spacek E 7:13, Pisani E 13:42, Pahlsson A 16:15, Oilers bench (served by Torres) 18:10 2. EDMONTON, Ethan Moreau 1 (Rem Murray, Steve Staios) 3:42 3. EDMONTON, Raffi Torres 3 (Marc-André Bergeron, Shawn Horcoff) 8:31 GWG Penalties Penner A 0:58, Stoll E 4:30, Mighty Ducks bench 6:29, Greene E 10:13, Marchant A 16:29, Pronger E 19:44 Penalties Penner A 0:56, Samsonov E 5:33, Samsonov E 10:35, Penner A 12:35, Oilers bench 16:10, Pronger E 17:42 OILERS MIGHTY DUCKS EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson; ANAHEIM, Jean-Sébastien Giguère EDM 0 for 6 5 for 29 in series, ANA 1 for 11 2 for 28 in series on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Rob Shick Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak 17,174 at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Oilers earn first trip to Stanley Cup Championship Series since 1990 Ducks finish this season v. Oilers Oilers are lowest-seeded team to ever reach the Stanley Cup Championship Series

21 BUFFALO SABRES C 48 Briere, Daniel C 23 Drury, Chris C 9 Roy, Derek RW 17 Dumont, J.P C 19 Connolly, Tim RW 12 Kotalik, Ales RW 29 *Pominville, Jason RW 61 Afinogenov, Maxim RW 25 Grier, Mike D 10 Tallinder, Henrik LW 55 Hecht, Jochen D 51 Campbell, Brian D 74 McKee, Jay D 5 Lydman, Toni LW 24 Pyatt, Taylor D 8 Fitzpatrick, Rory C 28 *Gaustad, Paul LW 26 *Vanek, Thomas D 27 Numminen, Teppo D 45 Kalinin, Dmitri D 33 *Janik, Doug D 38 *Paetsch, Nathan C 22 Mair, Adam C 13 *Novotny, Jiri D 34 Jillson, Jeff TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS *Miller, Ryan TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM RW 13 Selanne, Teemu C 22 Marchant, Todd C 15 Lupul, Joffrey D 27 Niedermayer, Scott RW 76 *Penner, Dustin D 23 *Beauchemin, Francois C 19 McDonald, Andy LW 38 *Kunitz, Chris C 51 *Getzlaf, Ryan D 24 Salei, Ruslan D 21 O'Donnell, Sean C 26 Pahlsson, Samuel LW 12 Friesen, Jeff C 44 Niedermayer, Rob D 5 Vishnevski, Vitaly RW 61 *Perry, Corey LW 32 Moen, Travis RW 17 Hedstrom, Jonathan LW 29 Fedoruk, Todd D 33 DiPenta, Joe TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM GPI *Bryzgalov, Ilya 35 Giguere, Jean-Sebasti TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS CAROLINA HURRICANES C 12 Staal, Eric LW 61 Stillman, Cory C 17 Brind'Amour, Rod RW 11 Williams, Justin C 8 Cullen, Matt C 39 Weight, Doug RW 13 Whitney, Ray RW 18 Recchi, Mark D 6 Hedican, Bret D 5 Kaberle, Frantisek D 22 Commodore, Mike D 7 Wallin, Niclas LW 16 *Ladd, Andrew D 4 Ward, Aaron D 2 Wesley, Glen D 70 Tverdovsky, Oleg C 63 Vasicek, Josef RW 59 *LaRose, Chad RW 27 Adams, Craig C 14 Adams, Kevyn TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM GPI *Ward, Cam 29 Gerber, Martin TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS EDMONTON OILERS LW 10 Horcoff, Shawn D 44 Pronger, Chris LW 94 Smyth, Ryan LW 12 Samsonov, Sergei C 34 Pisani, Fernando RW 83 Hemsky, Ales C 37 Peca, Michael D 6 Spacek, Jaroslav C 16 Stoll, Jarret LW 14 Torres, Raffi D 21 Smith, Jason D 24 Staios, Steve D 47 Bergeron, Marc-André LW 26 *Winchester, Brad C 22 Murray, Rem RW 13 Harvey, Todd RW 27 Laraque, Georges LW 18 Moreau, Ethan RW 45 Petersen, Toby D 23 Tarnstrom, Dick RW 20 Dvorak, Radek D 2 *Greene, Matt TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM GPI Roloson, Dwayne TEAM TOTALS OPPONENT TOTALS

22 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 7 Monday, June h et EDMONTON CAROLINA 5 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 10 (Raffi Torres, Jaroslav Spacek) 8:18 Spacek s point shot is deflected, Ward stops it, but Pisani jams in rebound to open stick side Penalties Commodore C 2:12, Staios E 11:45, Bergeron E 14:12, Hedican C 14:46, Wallin C 14:55, Brind Amour C 16:33 2. EDMONTON, Chris Pronger 5 (PENALTY SHOT) 10:36 As a result of Wallin covering puck in crease, Pronger moves in, freezes Ward, and snaps it low stick side 3. EDMONTON, Ethan Moreau 2 (Matt Greene) 16:23 Moreau s shot, from out near blueline, deflects off Aaron Ward s butt and past a surprised Ward 4. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 10 (Justin Williams, Cory Stillman) 17:17 Roloson stops Williams long shot, but Brind Amour is standing all alone, with rebound, and wide-open glove side Penalties Peca E 5:59, Dvorak E 18:33 5. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 7 (Doug Weight, Andrew Ladd) 1:40 As Canes come in over Oilers line, Weight feathers pass to Whitney, and he blasts it high blocker on Roloson 6. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 8 (Mark Recchi, Eric Staal) 5:09 PPG On PP, Roloson stops Recchi from in close, but Whitney snaps rebound high over netminder 7. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 6 (Chad LaRose, Aaron Ward) 10:02 SHG After Staios blueline gaffe, Williams gets breakaway and snaps it low stick on Roloson 8. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 5 (Jarret Stoll, Chris Pronger) 13:31 PPG On PP, Breaks in on right side and makes lovely, flying deke to Ward s stick side 9. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 11 (unassisted) 19:28 GWG Bizarre Conklin tries to play backhand behind net, but it hits a surprised Jason Smith deflects to Brind Amour Penalties Kaberle C 2:11, Moreau E 4:28, Hedican C 8:11, Staal C 12:53 OILERS HURRICANES EDMONTON, Dwayne Roloson (right knee), Ty Conklin (14:06 of third period); CAROLINA, Cam Ward EDM 1 for 7, CAR 1 for 5 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Michael McGeough 18,797 at RBC Center Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot Oilers lines Smyth-Horcoff-Hemsky, Torres-Peca-Pisani, Dvorak-Stoll-Samsonov, Moreau-Murray-Laraque Oilers pairings Pronger-J. Smith, Spacek-Staios, Bergeron-Greene Canes lines Stillman-Brind Amour-Williams, Cullen-Staal-Recchi, Ladd-Weight-Whitney, C. Adams-K. Adams-LaRose; Canes pairings Hedican-Commodore, Kaberle-A. Ward, Wesley-Wallin Pronger s was the ninth (first successful) penalty shot in Stanley Cup Championship Series history Roloson left the game after Marc-André Bergeron checked Andrew Ladd into him in the crease after the game, Craig MacTavish announced that Roloson was through for remainder of series Before tonight, last team to overcome a three-goal deficit in a SCF game was Pittsburgh in 1992 Wednesday, June h et EDMONTON CAROLINA 5 1. CAROLINA, Andrew Ladd 2 (Eric Staal, Frantisek Kaberle ) 6:21 GWG Staios caught rushing Ladd, Staal get 2-on-1 Ladd keeps, snaps a shot, off Bergeron s foot, goes high glove Penalties C. Adams C 3:26, Pronger E 11:13, Stillman C 12:47, Whitney C 18:46 2. CAROLINA, Frantisek Kaberle 3 (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen) 10:28 PPG On PP, Kaberle finishes three-way passing play by snapping shot, from high slot, past Markkanen low stick 3. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 8 (Niclas Wallin, Justin Williams) 19:57 w/ 2.4 secs rem., Markkanen flopping all over, Stillman actually flips puck over net, grabs it, and backhands high Penalties Greene E 5:34, J. Smith E 6:20, Torres E 8:52, A. Ward C 11:23, Horcoff E 14:20 4. CAROLINA, Doug Weight 3 (Mark Recchi, Matt Cullen) 2:21 PPG On PP, disputed goal, but was allowed when replays showed Weight s stick touched the puck after it hit his skate 5. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 6 (Frantisek Kaberle, Matt Cullen) 4:12 PPG On PP, Canes buzzing all around net Kaberle s point shot is tipped by Recchi, past Markkanen low stick side Penalties Samsonov E 1:31, Moreau E 2:47, Smyth E 5:01, C. Adams C 8:33, Laraque E 11:14, Wesley C 14:12, Laraque E (major, game misconduct) 16:44, Wesley C 19:19 OILERS HURRICANES EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen; CAROLINA, Cam Ward EDM 0 for 6, CAR 3 for 10 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 18,928 at RBC Center Jussi Markkanen EDM makes his first start since 1 March days ago becomes first goalie, since Hank Bassen in 1961, to make his playoff début in SCF Hurricanes insert D Oleg Tverdovsky into line-up, replacing F Chad LaRose Oilers use of three netminders in the SCF is the first since 1970 (STL Hall, Plante, Wakely) Canes are 30 th team to sweep first two of SCF at home only 1971 Blackhawks have blown that lead Only three teams have ever come back from 2-0 deficit in SCF 1942 Leafs over Red Wings, 1966 Canadiens over Red Wings, 1971 Canadiens over Black Hawks Hurricanes now trying to become 21 st team to sweep SCF since best-of-seven introduced in 1939 Saturday, June h mt CAROLINA EDMONTON 2 1. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 6 (Jaroslav Spacek, Ales Hemsky) 2:31 Nice deflection of Spacek s hard, low point shot Penalties Weight C 6:03, Pronger E 10:02, C. Adams C 12:30, K. Adams C 13:03, Recchi C 15:53 Penalties Cullen C 1:37, Horcoff E 6:04, Brind Amour C 6:48, Greene E 10:25, Tarnstrom E 16:04 Monday, June h mt CAROLINA EDMONTON 1 1. EDMONTON, Sergei Samsonov 4 (Radek Dvorak, Jarret Stoll) 8:40 Works great give-and-go with Dvorak, tipping the return pass past Ward low glove side 2. CAROLINA, Cory Stillman 9 (Frantisek Kaberle, Eric Staal) 9:09 PPG On PP, absolutely blasts a one-timer, from Kaberle, past Markkanen low glove side Penalties Torres E 8:57, Ladd C 10:04, Whitney C 13:08, Whitney C 15:35, A. Ward C 16:23, Stoll E 19:20 3. CAROLINA, Mark Recchi 7 (Eric Staal, Cory Stillman) 15:56 GWG After Pronger fails to clear it, Staal finds Recchi at side of net, and he fires it high over flopping Markkanen Penalties Pronger E 3:24, Hedican C 8:54, Greene E 18:05, Williams C 18:35, Pronger E 19:27 2. CAROLINA, Rod Brind Amour 12 (Cory Stillman) 9:09 After Brind Amour s initial shot, from slot, hits Jason Smith in the throat, Brind Amour snaps rebound high stick 3. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 6 (Ales Hemsky, Jaroslav Spacek) 17:45 GWG Ward stops Hemsky s initial shot, but puck goes off Smyth s jersey then, maybe, his stick after review, it counts Penalties J. Smith E 15:22 Penalties Hedican C 2:42 HURRICANES OILERS CAROLINA, Cam Ward; EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen CAR 0 for 5, EDM 0 for 7 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 16,839 at Rexall Place D Dick Tarnstrom replaces D Marc-André Bergeron in the Oilers line-up Oilers all-time home record in SCF is now 14-4 Cory Stillman CAR extends his point streak to 11 games Former Oilers captain Doug Weight CAR was soundly booed whenever he touched the puck HURRICANES OILERS CAROLINA, Cam Ward; EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen CAR 1 for 6, EDM 0 for 5 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 16,839 at Rexall Place Only the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs have come back from a 3-1 SCF series deficit Hurricanes inserted Josef Vasicek into the line-up, replacing Chad LaRose Sergei Samsonov s score snapped a personal ten-game goalless streak Cory Stillman CAR extended his point streak to 12 games In history, 210 teams have gone down 3-1 in a Stanley Cup series just 20 have come back to win but, the 1990 Oilers v. Winnipeg, and the 1998 Oilers v. Avalanche, were two of those 20

23 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES CAROLINA HURRICANES 112 v. EDMONTON OILERS 95 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM KEVIN LOWE, HC CRAIG MacTAVISH HURRICANES WIN SERIES IN 7 Wednesday, June h et EDMONTON CAROLINA 3 OVERTIME 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 11 (Chris Pronger, Raffi Torres) 0:16 Pronger blasts a low shot from the point, and Pisani tips it through Ward s legs as he goes down 2. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 8 (Doug Weight, Bret Hedican) 5:54 PPG On PP, with Markkanen flopping around, Weight kicks puck to Staal and he scores glove side on prone Jussi 3. CAROLINA, Ray Whitney 9 (Eric Staal, Mark Recchi) 10:16 PPG On PP, wires one, from point, past Markkanen s high stick side 4. EDMONTON, Ales Hemsky 6 (Dick Tarnstrom, Steve Staios) 13:25 PPG On PP, one times pass, from circle, over Ward s right shoulder 5. EDMONTON, Michael Peca 6 (Ales Hemsky, Chris Pronger) 19:42 Down low, near goal line, Peca takes Hemsky s touch pass and flips it high past Ward Penalties Hemsky E 2:27, Greene E 5:03, Greene E 9:06, Cullen C 11:40, Spacek E 14:42, C. Adams C 17:17, Tarnstrom E 18:46, Commodore C 19:13 6. CAROLINA, Eric Staal 9 (Ray Whitney, Cory Stillman) 10:51 PPG On PP, Whitney s point shot misses net, but hits Markkanen s foot and trickles towards line, then Staal stuffs it in Penalties Hedican C 2:43, Stoll E 4:11, Staios E 8:20, Brind Amour C 15:32 Penalties Commodore C 4:23, Vasicek C 7:53 7. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 12 (unassisted) 3:31 SHG GWG Playing SH, Stillman, Staal can t get puck out of zone Pisani scoops it up, skates in, wires it glove side high Penalties Staios E 3:03 Saturday, June h mt CAROLINA EDMONTON 4 Penalties Staios E 1:09, Hedican C 6:02, Hedican C 11:41, Pisani E 19:25 1. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 13 (Ales Hemsky, Jaroslav Spacek) 1:45 PPG GWG On PP, Pisani s quick backhand, from slot, goes off Wesley s skate and goes high, glove side, on Ward 2. EDMONTON, Raffi Torres 4 (Steve Staios, Fernando Pisani) 9:54 Tips Staios point shot past Ward, low stick side Penalties Hurricanes bench 1:08, Wesley C 3:14, Stillman C Spacek E 5:48, Hedican C 10:22, Tarnstrom E 15:59, J. Smith E 18:22 3. EDMONTON, Ryan Smyth 7 (Michael Peca, Jaroslav Spacek) 3:04 PPG Peca orchestrates entire play, as Smyth cuts down left side, knifes in front and shelfs backhand 4. EDMONTON, Shawn Horcoff 7 (Radek Dvorak, Dick Tarnstrom) 13:05 PPG On 2-on-1, takes Dvorak s pass in slot and snaps rolling puck high glove on Ward Penalties Whitney C 2:46, Hurricanes bench (served by Ladd) 4:11, Greene E 9:29, Whitney C 11:11, Cullen C 15:04, Oilers bench 15:41 HURRICANES OILERS CAROLINA, Cam Ward; EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen CAR 0 for 6, EDM 3 for 9 on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 16,839 at Rexall Place OILERS HURRICANES EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen; CAROLINA, Cam Ward EDM 1 for 7, CAR 3 for 6 on power play Referees: Paul Devorski, Michael McGeough Linesmen: Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot 18,974 at RBC Center Erik Cole CAR surprises hockey world and returns to line-up tonight (broken vertebrae on 4 March) Doug Weight CAR misses game with upper-body injury, which looks a lot like a separated rt shoulder Hurricanes didn t get their initial second-period shot until 14:11 of the period Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended game Now, 14 SCFs have gone to a seventh game home team has won 11 times ( 45 TOR, 71 MTL) Todd Harvey replaces Georges Laraque in Oilers line-up At morning skate, Ryan Smyth EDM digs out U.S. silver dollar, which was buried at centre ice D Aaron Ward CAR left the game, in the second period, with an upper body injury he returned, only to be drilled, blocking a shot, with about two minutes left in regulation Early in the third, Doug Weight CAR got sandwiched, left immediately cradling left shoulder he returned to the bench in the third, but did not play another shift Cory Stillman CAR extends his playoff point streak to 13 games Monday, June h mt EDMONTON CAROLINA 3 1. CAROLINA, Aaron Ward 2 (Mark Recchi, Matt Cullen) 1:26 Ward s shot, from top of circle, beats screened Markkanan high stick side Penalties Staal C 3:17, Spacek E 11:03, Greene E 17:33, Moreau E 19:55 2. CAROLINA, Frantisek Kaberle 4 (Cory Stillman, Matt Cullen) 4:18 PPG GWG On PP, Kaberle s point blast goes off Jason Smith s pants and beats Markkanen Penalties Spacek E 4:10, Wallin C 16:16, A. Ward C 16:21, Smyth E 17:21 3. EDMONTON, Fernando Pisani 14 (Rem Murray, Raffi Torres) 1:03 Torres flies down wing, Ward stops his shot, then the rebound, but Pisani jams third try home 4. CAROLINA, Justin Williams 7 (Eric Staal, Bret Hedican) 18:59 ENG With Pronger chasing him, Williams skates in from centre and seals the Cup win Penalties Hedican C 12:38, Smyth E Williams C 19:39 OILERS HURRICANES EDMONTON, Jussi Markkanen; CAROLINA, Cam Ward EDM 0 for 4 5 for 45 in series, CAR 1 for 5 9 for 43 in series on power play Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers 18,978 at RBC Center C A M W A R D CAROLINA HURRICANES 2006 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER 15 wins, two shutouts,.920 sv pct, 2.14 GAA in 23 games Doug Weight CAR took the game-day skate, surprising many, but ultimately did not play Veterans Rod Brind Amour, Bret Hedican, Glen Wesley win their first Stanley Cup Cam Ward becomes first rookie goalie, since Patrick Roy in 1986, to lead team to championship Ward also becomes first rookie goalie, since Ron Hextall in 1987, to win Conn Smythe Trophy