European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 26 stars and stripes Friday March 30 2007 Eastern conference a Buffalo Denew Jersey Atlanta Ottawa Pittsburgh by rangers Tampa Bay 48 45 39 45 44 39 41 20 7 103 23 8 98 27 10 88 24 8 98 23 10 98 29 9 87 32 4 86 31 6 282 200 229 269 263 223 237 224 189 232 210 232 204 245 239 Carolina Toronto by islanders Florida Boston Washington 37 36 32 35 26 29 28 30 35 38 10 12 14 6 13 84 84 78 76 65 238 227 227 209 227 243 221 241 267 274 280 Western conference a Nashville a Anaheim a Vancouver Detroit Dallas san Jose Minnesota 49 44 46 46 46 47 45 21 7 20 12 23 7 19 11 24 6 26 4 24 8 25 105 100 99 103 98 98 98 259 240 206 233 210 238 221 200 195 185 188 183 186 184 205 Colorado St Louis Columbus Edmonton los Angeles Chicago 31 32 31 26 27 33 37 39 37 39 12 7 14 9 74 71 69 66 63 63 s4 196 192 189 216 185 236 229 233 264 239 265 two Points for a win one Point for Over time loss or shootout loss division Leader clinched playoff spot tuesdays games Pittsburgh 4 Washington 3 Florida 5 Tampa Bay 2 Boston 3 Ottawa 2 Montreal 6 by rangers 4 Toronto 6 Carolina f new Jersey 3 by islanders 2 Nashville 4 Edmonton 3 Columbus 4 St Louis 1 Calgary 1 Minnesota 0 so Dallas 6 Phoenix 0 Vancouver 3 Colorado 0 san Jose 3 los Angeles l wednesdays games new Jersey at Buffalo Atlanta att Lorida Carolina at Philadelphia Anaheim at Chicago thursdays games Anaheim at Columbus Toronto at Atlanta Pittsburgh at Boston Edmonton at St Louis Calgary at Minnesota Detroit at Nashville Colorado at Phoenix Vancouver at los Angeles fridays games Tampa Bay at Carolina Montreal at Ottawa Philadelphia at new Jersey Washington at Florida Dallas at Detroit by islanders at Buffalo Columbus at Chicago Phoenix at san Jose tuesday penguins 4 capitals 3 Pittsburgh 1304 Washington 2 0 13 first period1 Washington Semin 38 Ovechkis Washington Gor Don 6 Pettinger 3 Pittsburgh Ouellet 18 Christensen second period4 Pittsburgh Whitney 12 Crosby 5 Pittsburgh Crosby 35 Malkin 6 Pittsburgh Whitney 13 Malone third period7 Washington Jurcina 4 Semin shots on Goa Pittsburgh 517729 Washington 871530 Power play opportunities Pittsburgh 3 of 5 Washington oof 3 goalie Pittsburgh Fleury 37158 30 shots27 Washington Krolzig 21226 a18277 panthers 5 lightning 2 Florida 0 3 25 Tampa Bay p 1 12 second period1 Tampa Bay Richards 25 Ward Florida Weiss 20 Joki Nen 3 Florida Horton 29 Bouwmeester Florida Jokinen 37 Horton third period5 Tampa Bay Kuba 13 St 6 Florida Auen 3 7 Florida Horton 30 Jokinen 1944 in shots of Goa Florida 611926 Tampa Bay 119929 Power play opportunities Florida 1 of 4 Tampa Bay 0 of 3 goalie Florida Belfour 25179 29 shots27 Tampa Bay Denis 17182 Holmquist third Bruins 3 senators 2 Boston 1203 Ottawa 1 1 02 first period1 Ottawa Heatley 46 Spezza 552 Boston Bergeron 21 to second period3 Ottawa Fisher 20 Meszaros 4 Boston Kalus 1 5 Boston Chara 11 Chislov shots on Goa Boston 68317 Ottawa 1381334 Power play opportunities Boston 1 of 5 Ottawa 1 of 7 Jack Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo deflects a Colorado shot during the third period of tuesdays game in Denver Vancouver won 30 goalie Boston Macdonald 362 34 shots32 Ottawa Emery 31155 a19786 canadians 6 rangers 4 by rangers 2 0 24 Montreal 0 5 16 first period1 by rangers Nylander 24 Shanahan 2 by rang ers Mara 5 second period3 Montreal Kovalev 17 4 Montreal begin 5 5 Montreal Ryder 26 Koivu 6 Montreal Plekanec 20 Kos tit syn 7 Montreal Kova lev 18 Koivu third period8 by rangers pock 3 Sha Nahan 9 by rangers Malik 2 10 Montreal Streit 9 Koivu shots on Galny rangers 1291132 Montreal 812525 Powe play opportunities by rangers 1 of 6 Montreal 2 of 5 go Chesny rangers Lundqvist 15 shots11 Valiquette 120 Sec Ond Montreal Halak 840 a21273 Maple Leafs 6 hurricanes 1 Carolina 1 0 01 Toronto 3 2 first perfod1 Toronto Devereaux 7 Steen 43 2 Carolina Staal 29 Cole 3 Toronto Kubina 7 third period7 Toronto Poni Karovsky 19 shots on Goa Carolina 6101127 Tor onto 1191232 Power play opportunities Carolina 0 of 3 Toronto oof 3 goalie Carolina Ward 29186 19 shots14 Grahame second Toronto Raycroft 35238 a19559 devils 3 islanders 2 period1 new Jersey 1 1 13 0 1 12 Parise 30 Zajac second period2 new Jersey Gomez 12 Elias by islanders Yashin third period4 new Jersey Clarkson 3 Langenbrunne 5 by islanders Blake 38 Asham shots on Goa new Jersey 13121136 by islanders 413825 Power play opportunities new Jersey 2 of 3 by islanders 1 of 2 goalies new Jersey Brodeur 44227 25 shots23 by islanders Dunham 493 Tubielewicz third a13337 names 1 wild 0 so Calgary 00001 Minnesota 00000 Calgary won shootout 20 shootout Calgary 2 Tanguay g Gimla Minnesota 0 Demitra no Rolston shots on goal Calgary 5114424 Minnesota 14153638 Power play opportunities Calgary 0 of 3 Minnesota oof 2 goalie Calgary Kip Rusoff 38219 38 shots38 Minnesota Backstrom a18568 predators 4 oilers 3 Edmonton 0 1 23 Nashville 0 2 24 second period1 Edmonton Hemsky 11 he coff 2 Nashvl e Weber 17 Dumont 3 Nashville Radulov 16 Forsberg third period4 Edmonton Sykora 22 Pisani 5 Edmonton Petersen 6 Lupul 6 Nashville Arnott 27 Dumont 7 Nashville Dumont 19 Abid shots on goal Edmonton 812727 Nash Ville 911828 Powe Itlay opportunities Edmonton 1 of goalie Edmonton Roloson 26336 28 shots24 Nashville Vokoun 25104 a16382 Blue jackets 4f blues 1 Columbus 1214 St Louis 0 1 01 first period1 Columbus Hainsey 9 Platt Herdey second penod2 Columbus Modin 21 35 3 Columbus Modin 22 Methot by 4 St Louis Brewer 6 Backes turd period5 Coumbus Nash 24 Vyborny shots on Goa Columbus 810725 St Louis 412420 m Power play opportunities Columbus 2 of 7 St Louis oof 6 goalie Columbus Norrena 23193 20 shots19 St Louis Sanford 7125 Bacashihua second a17251 stars 6 coyotes 0 0 0 00 12 36 St period1 Dallas Ribeiro 15 Zubov second period2 Dallas Lehtinen 26 3 Dallas Modano 20 Lehtinen peno4 Dallas Naoy 12 Ribeiro 5 Dallas Eriksson 6 Modano 6 Dallas Ribeiro 16 Morrow shots on Goa Phoenix 510621 Dallas Power play opportunities Phoenix 0 of 2 Dallas 2 of 6 goalie Phoenix Hellqvist 11123 25 shots19 Dallas Turco 35195 2a18532 canucks 3 Avalanche 0 Vancouver 0 0 33 Colorado 0 0 00 third period1 Vancouver Salo 13 Shedin 2 Vancouver Cooke 8 Fitzpatrick 3 Van Couver Sedin 34 Pyatt est ots on Goa Vancouver 4141129 col Orado 1291334 Power play opportunities Vancouver 1 of 4 Colorado 0 of 5 goalie Vancouver Luongo 44206 34 shots34 Colorado Theodore 12lsl a17437 Sharks 3 Kings 1 los Angeles 0 l 01 san Jose i02 first period1 san Jose Marleau 31 erhoff second periorf2 los Angeles Willsie 11 Osullivan third period3 san Jose Guerin 36 erhoff 4 san Jose Marleau 32 Michalek shots on goal los Angeles 710825 san Jose 145726 Power play opportunities los Angeles 1 of 5 san Jose lot 4 goalies los Angeles Burke 675 26 shots23 san Jose Nabokov 21163 2a417496 Colorado loss puts 3 teams in playoffs the associated press with their playoff Hopes fading the Colorado Avalanche pulled off an unusual hat trick Colorado 30 loss to Vancou ver on tuesday night put three of its Western conference foes the canucks Dallas and Minnesota into the playoffs Roberto Luongo stopped 34 shots and Sami Salo broke a score less tie with a third period Power play goal for the canucks the loss was critical to the Ava Lanche who fell seven Points be Hind the flames for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West Ern conference our margin of error was mini Mal going into today game now it is no room Colorado coach Joel Quenneville said we Basi Cally have to win every game going Forward Luongo posted his fifth shutout and the 32nd of his career the nil co Leader in victories with 44 moved to within three of Matching Bernie parents record of 47 set with Philadelphia in 197374 devils 3 islanders 2 Martin Brodeur broke his new Jersey record with a 44th Victory and the visiting devils clinched their 10th straight playoff berth Parise and Scott Gomez staked the devils to a 20 Lead and David Clarkson added a third period Power play goal against backup goalie Mike Dunham who subbed for the injured Rick Dipietro Sharks 3 Kings 1 Patrick Marleau scored two goals Bill Guerin added the godhead score and Host san Jose clinched a play off berth Christian erhoff had a Ca re Erbest three assists and Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves for the Sharks who Shook off a sluggish Start in their return from a lengthy Road trip to win their fourth straight Home game their seventh Victory in nine games Overall penguins 4 capitals 3 Ryan Whitney scored two second Peri of goals to help visiting Pitts Burgh Clinch its first playoff berth since 2001 Sidney Crosby the Nils Lead ing scorer with 113 Points and Michel Ouellet also scored for the penguins and Marcandre Fleury stopped 27 shots stars 6 coyotes 0 Mike Ribeiro scored two goals Mike Modano notched the 505th of his career to extend his record for unborn players and Host dal Las clinched a playoff berth Marty Turco made 21 saves for his 30th career shutout and the stars also got goals from Jere Lehtinen Ladislav Nagy and Loui Eriksson to improve to 811 in their past 10 games flames 1 wild 0 Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginia scored in the shootout and Mitikka Kip Rusoff stopped 38 shots to help visiting Calgary snap Minne sofas nine game winning Streak the wild still managed to Clinch a playoff spot with Colo rados loss to Vancouver canadians 6 rangers 4 Alex Kovalev got his second straight two goal game As Host Montreal outscored new York 50 in the second period and moved into a tie with Tampa Bay for seventh in the Eastern conference the rangers remain one Point ahead of Montreal in sixth place Maple Leafs 6 hurricanes 1 Chad Kilger scored twice and Host Toronto helped its playoff chances with a rout of Carolina Boyd Devereaux Pavel Kubina Yanic Perreault and Alexei Poni Karovsky also scored for the Maple Leafs who Are tied for ninth in the East with defending Champion Carolina and the new York islanders predators 4 3 up do Mont scored a goal and had two assists and Host Nashville held off Edmonton and broke a tie with Buffalo and Detroit for tops in the nil Alexander Radulov Shea Weber and Jason Arnott also scored for the predators who matched a franchise record with their 49th win Bruins 3 senators 2 Zeno Chara scored the game Winner against his former team to help visiting Boston snap a five game losing Streak Patrice Bergeron and Petr Kalus also scored for Boston while Joey Macdonald stopped 32 shots for his third win of the year panthers 5 lightning 2 Olli Jokinen had a goal and two assists Nathan Horton scored twice and de Belfour stopped 27 shots to Lead visiting Florida Jokinen has six goals and seven assists in his past five games and pulled into a tie with Pavel Bure for second place on the franchise goal scoring list with 152 Blue jackets 4 blues 1 fre Drik Modin scored twice and fre Drik Norrena stopped 19 shots helping visiting Columbus beat St Louis Rick Nash added his 24th goal and David Vyborny and Ron Hainsey 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