European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 rangers game up on Caps from press dispatches Landover my. Tomas Sandstrom scored to break a 2-2 tie at 13 49 of the second period As the new York rangers overcame a 2-0 deficit and Defeated the Washington capitals 4-2 Friday night to take a 3-2 Lead in their nil playoff series. Game 6 of the Patrick division playoff final will be played in new nil playoffs York sunday night. A seventh game if necessary will be played in land Over tuesday night. The capitals have lost two Over time decisions while winning twice by decisive margins in the series. They got Power play goals from Dave Christian and Scott Stevens within a 43-second Span after two rangers were sent to the penalty Box Early in the game. The first goal at 2 51, came Only 14 seconds after Washington gained a 5-3 advantage. But Pierre Larouche scored for the rangers at 4 05 and a Power play goal by Wilf paiement tied it 2-2 at 13 40. Sandstrom put the winning goal past Pete Peeters who was playing his 12th consecutive game dating Back to the regular season after Brian Maclellan hooked the puck away from Washington s Kevin Hatcher on the left Wing boards. In the Only other game Friday canadians 5, whalers 3 Montreal Guy Carbon Neau scored twice and Mike Lalor got his first playoff goal As the Mon Treal canadians beat the Hartford whalers to take a 3-2 Lead in their Adams division final. The canadians can Clinch the nil playoff series with a Victory in game 6 in Hartford sunday. The whalers trailed 3-0 after 13 minutes of the first period. They Nar rowed the Gap to 3-2 in the Middle period before Lalor scored with less than four minutes left in the period after taking a pass from defens Eman Larry Robinson. Goaltender Steve weeks got a piece of Lalor s wrist shot but the puck dribbled out of his Glove into the net. Carbonneau scored Montreal s fifth goal with 1 19 left in the game when he batted a rebound past weeks. The canadians special teams connected for the game s first three goals. Claude Lemieux scored first with a Power play goal 2 05 into the con test. Bob Gainey assisted on Carbon Neau s shorthanded goal Midway through the period. Hawks oust pistons mavs eliminate Utah from press dispatches the Atlanta Hawks and the Dallas Mav Ericks wrapped up their Best of five nation Al basketball association first round play off series with victories Friday night. At Pontiac mich., Atlanta s Spud Webb Sank a pair of free throws with three seconds remaining in the second overtime period and the Hawks held off Detroit s last Possession to beat the pistons 114-113. At Lanta won the series three games to one. In Salt Lake City Brad Davis scored 15 of his 26 Points in the fourth Quarter and finished 8 for 8 from the Field including five three pointers As Dallas eliminated Utah from the playoffs 117-113. Dallas also won the series by a 3-1 margin. Atlanta s Victory advanced the Hawks to the Eastern conference semifinals where they will take on the Boston celtics Start ing sunday at Boston. The score was tied 92-92 at the end of regulation time and 103-103 after the first five minute overtime. Detroit s Isiah Thomas scored six of his Aba playoffs 30 Points in the second overtime including an underhand flip shot in the Lane that put the pistons ahead 113-112 with 11 seconds remaining. After an Atlanta timeout the Hawks worked the Ball to Webb the 5-foot-7 Rookie who drove the right Side of the Lane and was fouled by Kelly Tripucka. Webb s first foul shot bounced twice on the rim and dropped through to tie the score. His second shot swished cleanly giving him nine Points for the game. Detroit took the Ball inbound but Earl Cureton s desperation shot from beyond mid court hit the backboard and bounced away from the rim As time ran out. Atlanta s Dominique Wilkins who was held to 21 Points in game 3 after scoring 50 in game 2, finished with a game High 38 Points 24 in the second half. Randy Wittman had 29 for Atlanta. Bill Laimbeer scored 27 and Tripucka finished with 24 for Detroit. The Mavericks will travel to los Angeles to face the lakers in the first game of their seven game series sunday. Dallas used a 12-2 spurt that covered the final 36 seconds of the third Quarter and the first two minutes of the fourth period to gain control. Davis had one of his three pointers during that run and added two others later in the fourth Quarter As Dallas led by As much As 13 Points. His five three Point goals tied an Aba playoff record held by Mike Bratz of Phoe Nix in 1980. Davis also became the first player to go 5 for 5 from beyond the three Point line in a playoff game. Five players have gone 4 for 4. Sam Perkins led All scorers with 29 Points while Mark Aguirre had 28 and Rolando Blackman 20 for the Mavericks. Utah which led 35-29 Early in the second Quarter was led by Thurl Bailey s 24 Points Bobby Hansen s 22 and Mark eat on s 20. Utah trailed 55-54 at halftime and tied the game on four occasions in the third Quarter but could not take the Lead. Knight belts 2 homers Mefs rip slumping cards 9-0 from press dispatches St. Louis Dwight Golden fired a five hitter and Ray Knight hit two Home runs leading the new York mets to their seventh straight Victory Friday night a 9-0 Triumph Over the St. Louis cardinals. Gooden 3-0, struck out five and walked none for his third Complete game in four starts. The right hander saddled St. Louis with its fifth straight loss. He escaped the cards Lone threat with the Aid of a double play in the second inning. It was Gooden s 12th career shutout and his first of 1986. It was the cards third shutout loss during their slump. Loser Ricky Horton 0-2, held the mets to three hits before Knight led off the fifth with his towering shot to left. New York got its second run in the seventh when Rafael Santana singled with one out moved to second on Gooden s sacrifice and scored on Kevin Mitchell s double. The mets added five runs in the eighth two scoring on an error. Knight had a two run Homer in the ninth. Jack Clark and Terry Pendleton both singled in the second with Clark reaching third. But Gooden got Mike Lavalliere to hit into a double play to end the threat. Afterwards the cards managed Only sin Gles by Horton to Start the third inning Ozzie Smith to open the sixth and Smith in " the eighth. In other National league games expos 4, cubs 2 Chicago Hubie Brooks and Tim Wallach hit successive Home runs leading off the 11th inning to Power Montreal Over Chicago snapping the cubs three game winning Streak. Brooks led off with his third Homer of the year. Two pitches later Wallach hit his second. Both blows came off loser Matt Keough 0-1, and made a Winner of reliever Jeff Reardon 2-1. Reardon came on in the 10th inning after Bob Dernier had broken an 0-for-18 slump with a single off George Riley and Thad Bosley had walked. Reardon got Shawon Dunston to Fly out and struck out Pinch Batter Gary Matthews and Ryne Sandberg to end the threat. Tim Raines opened the game with a Dou ble to right went to third on Mitch Webster s Fly to Center and scored on Andre Dawson s sacrifice Fly to Center. The cubs went ahead with two runs in the fourth. Jerry Mumphrey and Sandberg each Drew walks off starter Jay Tibbs. Keith Moreland singled to score Mumphrey and Sandberg scored on Leon Durham s sacrifice Fly. The expos tied it in the sixth when Webster doubled to right and scored on a see no on Page 23 a photo mets Dwight Gooden .12th shutout of his career Houston paper says astros May go to . Houston a the Houston astros May be looking at Washington ., As a relocation site for the 1987 season the Houston chronicle reported Friday. The chronicle said its sources also said the astros May just be sending out feelers and that baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth almost certainly would frown on such a franchise shift. Also in an interview with the washing ton Post on thursday astros owner John  said he has considered moving his team Only in the Way you would con Sider anything you Stop and think about any situation at one time or  am i satisfied no. We Haven t gotten the attendance we want and i m doing everything i can to increase it. We be had Only six games at Home this year so it s too Early to Tell he said. Mcmullen said his Only Contact with . Baseball commission the group at tempting to bring baseball to Washington has been As a member of the owners Long Range planning committee the group that Deal with franchise relocation and expansion. Although he repeatedly avoided questions about moving the astros to washing ton he would not deny that it might Hap pen the Post said. I won t know anything until the end of the year he said. Mcmullen business is headquartered inner York but he lives in new Jersey and also owns the new Jersey devils of the National hockey league. Rob Matwick Public relations director for the astros in Houston said Friday that general manager  Wagner did not want to comment on Mcmullen s remarks to the Post