European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 s tar s and stripes monday april 9 2007 rout helps Detroit tune up for playoffs the associated press the real sea son begins for the Detroit red wings Mikael Samuelsson had two goals and a career High five Points to lift Detroit to a 72 Victory Over the Chicago Blackhawk on saturday in the red wings regular season finale Detroit is the Western conferences to seeded team but the red wings lost a Chance to win the presidents trophy As the Overall no 1 when Buffalo beat Washington on saturday this is the 16th consecutive sea son Detroit has reached the play Offe the longest Streak in North american professional sports the red wings won Stanley cup titles in 19971998 and 2002 but Haven advanced past the Sec Ond round since their last championship the red wings were ruminated in the first round in 2003 the second round in 2004 and were f by the eight seeded Edmonton oilers in the first round last Spring after winning the presi everybody is looking Forward to the playoffs Samuelsson said hopefully the fun begins canucks 4 shades 3 at san Jose Calif Mattias Ohlund scored a Power play goal 34 seconds into overtime and Vancou ver clinched the Northwest Divi Sion title with a Victory Over san Jose by earning one Point san Jose r clinched the no 5 seed in next weeks playoffs against Nashville ducks 4 Blue jackets 3 at co Lumbus Ohio Teemu Reianne had two goals and Anaheim celebrated its first division title by beating Columbus Dustin Penner and Ryan get Olaf also scored for the ducks who found out just before the game that they had clinched the Pacific division Crown Maple Leafs 6 canadians 5 at Toronto the Toronto Maple Leafs stayed alive and knocked out their biggest rivals too trailing the Montreal Cana Diens by one entering the third period the Maple Leafs got Power play goals from Bryan Mccabe and Kyle Wellwood and then held on in the final game for both teams the Maple Leafs now need the new York islanders to lose at new Jersey on sunday to claim the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern conference islanders 4 flyers 2 at Phila Delphia Wade Tubielewicz made 28 saves and new York stayed alive in the Eastern conference playoff race by beating Philadel phia Alexei Yashin Miroslav satan and Richard Park All scored for the islanders Tom Poti added an empty net goal with 29 seconds left if new York wins at new Jer sey on sunday the islanders will make the playoffs As the eight seeded team in the East Ern conference and face no 1 Buffalo Byz Buffalo new Jersey Atlanta Ottawa Pittsburgh any rangers Tampa Bay s3 49 43 48 47 42 44 21 24 28 25 24 30 33 7 8 11 9 11 10 5 113 106 97 105 105 94 93 a 305238 214198 246245 288222 277 246 242 216 253261 258269 Montreal by islanders Carolina Florida Boston Washington 39 40 35 35 28 30 34 31 41 40 12 8 16 6 14 90 88 86 76 70 245238 241 253 247257 219289 235286 210300 Thrashers 3 lightning 2 at Atlanta Jonathan Sims shoot out goal gave Atlanta a Victory Over Tampa Bay in the final regu la season game for both teams Sims shot past Johan Holm Qvist gave Atlanta the shootout advantage Kari Lehtonen deflected Erric Perrins shot to Clinch the Victory penguins 2 rangers 1 at Pittsburgh Gary Roberts and Mark Recchi the oldest players on a Pittsburgh team led by teen age scoring Champion Sidney Crosby scored goals and the pen Guins completed one of the big Gest single season turnarounds in nil history by beating the new York rangers despite winning the penguins lost out on Home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs As Ottawa beat Boston to secure fourth place in the Eastern con Ference while the penguins wont Start the playoffs at Home they reached them for the first time since 2001 by going 47point improvement from their 22win season of a year ago when they were 15th and last in the Eastern conference the turn around is the fourth est by Points in nil history Kings 3 coyotes 2 at los an Geles Rookie Anze Kopitar scored his 20th goal of the season with 53 seconds remaining and los Ange Les beat Phoenix clinching last place in the Western conference for the visiting coyotes senators 6 Bruins 3 at bos ton Dany heat Leys 50th goal of the season helped Ottawa Clinch Home ice advantage in the first round of the payoffs the senators will open their Besto seven Eastern Confer ence quarterfinal series at Home against Pittsburgh hurricanes 5 panthers 4 at Raleigh no Rod Brindamour scored on a break away with 24 seconds left in Over time to lift Carolina to a sea Victory Over Florida wild 5 blues 1 at St Paul Minn the Minnesota wild cruised in their final tuneup be fore the playoffs getting 24 saves from Kiwas Backstrom in a Victory Over St Louis predators 4 Avalanche 2 at Denver Colorado will be Home for the playoffs for the first time since 1994 thanks to former Ava Lanche players Paul Kariya and Peter Forsberg Kariya scored the game Winner into the third period on a pass from Forsberg to help Nash Ville beat the Avalanche Knock ing Colorado out of the playoff race oilers 3 flames 2 at Calgary Alberta Patrick Thoresent tie breaking goal in the third period gave Edmonton a win Over Cal Gary but the flames still clinched the final playoff spot in the West Ern conference a Detroit Anaheim Vancouver Nashville san Jose Dalas Minnesota 50 48 49 51 51 49 48 19 20 25 23 26 25 26 13 14 7 8 5 7 8 113 110 105 110 107 105 104 a 254199 258208 221 198 272212 258199 223195 235 191 255 220 Colorado St Louis Columbus Chicago Edmonton los Angeles 34 33 31 32 27 35 42 41 43 41 13 7 9 7 14 81 73 71 71 68 214254 201 249 199255 195248 227283 213283 nil scoreboard Eastern conference Western conference two Points for a win one Point for Over time loss or shootout loss clinched playoff spot clinched division clinched conference saturdays games Detroit 7 Chicago 2 Buffalo 2 Washington 0 by islanders 4 Philadelphia 2 Vancouver 4 san Jose 3 of los Angeles 3 Phoenix 2 Ottawa 6 Boston 3 Carolina 5 Florida 4 of Anaheim 4 Columbus 3 Toronto 6 Montreal 5 Atlanta 3 Tampa Bay 2 so Pittsburgh 2 by rangers 1 Minnesota 5 St Louis 1 Nashville 4 Colorado 2 Edmonton 3 Calgary 2 sundays games Chicago at Dallas Buffalo at Philadelphia by islanders at new Jersey Vancouver at Phoenix Calgary at Colorado end of regular season saturday red wings 7 Jack Hawks 2 Chicago 0112 Detroit 3407 first Detroit Markov 4 Maltby 2 Detroit Samuelsson 13 Lang 3 Detroit Calder 14 Samuelsson 1130 second period4 Detroit Holmstrom 30 351 5 Detroit Calder 15 Sam Heisson 5jj 6 Detroit Samuelsson 14 Lidstrom 1230 7 Chica go Wrbata 14 Richmond 8detroit Quincey 1 Lilja third Chicago Hamilton 18 Barker 737 shots on 57921 Detroit 8161539 Power play 0 of 4 Detroit 2 of 11 Lalime 461 24 shots17 Khabibulin third Detroit Osgood 1136 a20066 sabres 2 capitals 0 Buffalo 2002 Washington 0000 first period Buffalo Roy 20 Afinogenov 136 2 Buffalo Connolly l shots on Goa Buffalo 910524 Washington 771226 Power play 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period1 Pittsburgh Roberts 20 Crosby 53 2 Pittsburgh Recchi 24 Crosby 1554 third by rangers Prucha 22 Callahan shots on Stalny rangers 6111229 Pittsburgh 1014630 Power play opportunities by rangers 0 of 4 Pittsburgh 2 of 6 rangers Lundqvist 37228 30 shots28 Pittsburgh Fleury 40169 a17132 t221 wild 5 blues 1 St Louis 0101 Minnesota 2125 first Minnesota Bouchard 20 White Minnesota Radivojevic 11 Gaborik second St Louis Sejna Minnesota Gaborik third period5 Minnesota Smith 2 Schultz 236 6minnesota Smith 3 Skoula shots on goals Louis Minne Sota 891431 Power play opportunities St Louis 0 of 3 Minnesota 1 of 5 Louis Sanford second 23 shots20 Minnesota Bacashihua 373 Backstrom 2386 a18568 predators 4 Avalanche 2 Nashville 1034 Colorado 11 02 first period1 Colorado Hejduk 35 Skrastins Nashville dumont20 fiddler second period3 Colorado Brunette 26 Sakic third period4 Nashville Legwand 27 Tootoo 8385 Nashville Kariya 24 Forsberg Nashville do Mont 21 shots on Goa Nashville 1071532 Colo Rado 971531 Power play opportunities Nashville 0 of 3 Colorado oof 5 goalie Nashville Vokoun 27124 31 shots29 Colorado Budaj 31166 a17462 oilers 3 Rames 2 Edmonton 02 13 Calgary 0202 second period1 Calgary Nilson 4 Amon the 362 Calgary Anonte 10 3 Edmonton Hemsky 13 Sykora 4 Edmonton Smid 3 Gil Bert third Edmonton Thoresen 4 Syvret shots on goal Edmonton 1081129 Cal Gary 1210830 Power play opportunities Edmonton 1 of 3 Calgary oof 7 goalie Edmonton Roloson 27346 30 shots28 Calgary Kip Rusoff 40249 a19289 scoring leaders through april 7 up g Crosby pit 79 36 Thornton so 82 22 Lecavalier to 82 52 Heatley Ott 82 50 St Louis to 82 43 Hossa at 82 43 Sakic col 81 35 jagr nor 82 30 Savard bos 82 22 brie Rebuf v 80 32 Reianne Ana 82 48 Iginia Cal 70 39 of Wechkin was 82 46 Jokinen Fla 82 39 Spezza Ott 67 34 77 29 Matsyuk out 79 27 Makiri pit 78 33 use divan 80 36 Whitney car 81 32 Nylander nor 79 26 a pts 84 120 92 114 56108 55 105 59 102 57100 62 97 65 96 74 96 63 95 46 94 55 94 46 92 52 91 53 87 58 87 60 87 52 85 48 84 51 83 57 83 Calendar april 11 Stanley cup playoffs begin april 27may 13 Lief world Champion ship Moscow May 29june 2 nil Combine Toronto june 11 last possible Day for Stanley cup finals june 15 deadline for first club elected salary arbitration june 23 nil draft Columbus Ohio july l free Agency signing period be gins july 5 deadline for player elected salary arbitration july 6 deadline for second club elected salary arbitration july 10 deadline for eligible players to elect group 5 free Agency july 20aug 4 salary arbitration hear Ings held aug 6 deadline for salary arbitration decisions