European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 stars and stripes Friday april 13 2007 Chuck Vancouver Henrik Sedin Center celebrates his winning goal against the stars in the fourth of with brother Daniel right and Taylor Pyatt nil Eastern Buffalo is by islanders thursday by islanders at Buffalo saturday by islanders at Buffalo monday Buffalo at by islanders wednesday Buffalo at by islanders Friday april 20 by islanders at Buffalo if necessary sunday april 22 Buffalo at by islanders if necessary tuesday april 24 by islanders at Buffalo if necessary new Jersey is Tampa Bay thursday Tampa Bay at new Jersey saturday Tampa Bay at new Jersey monday new Jersey at Tampa Bay wednesday new Jersey at Tampa Bay Friday april 20 Tampa Bay at new Jersey if necessary sunday april 22 new Jersey at Tampa Bay if necessary tuesday april 24 Tampa Bay at new Jer sey if necessary Atlanta is by rangers thursday by rangers at Atlanta saturday 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Daniel and blasted a shot past Dallas goalie Marty Turco to give Van Couver the win after squandering a 42 Lead in the third period if s a big Relief to get off the ice Henrik Sedin said after the sixth longest game in Stanley cup history to lose the game would have been Tough Vancouver players streamed off the Bench to congratulate Sedin canucks Veteran Trevor Lin Den who celebrated Bis 37th birthday wednesday said a loss would have been devastating it would have been very difficult to lose this game Linden said to be up two and let that go to lose would have been a bit Ter Pill to Swallow its Nice we got the win and can move on the stars out shot Vancouver 7656 and dominated most of the overtime periods id be lying if i said we we rent disappointed to not get the win said Brenden Morrow who had a goal and assist for dal Las you have to think about it Park it forget about it and move on were not hanging our Heads its a Long series if s going to take four wins and were not the Type of team thais going to quit after losing one hockey game game 2 of the Besto seven series is Friday night Luongo who finished one save Short of Kelly Hru Deys playoff record did set the record for saves in a first career postseason Start i got All the experience i needed in one game Luongo said i think everybody was exhausted if s a hard game to play Guys were battling the whole time and trying not to make mistakes Turco made 51 saves for Dallas but lost a fifth straight playoff overtime decision its really disappointing right now he said its frustrating but in sure Well turn it into a positive too we just have to find a Way to get More pucks and sustain the pressure Down there even More the stars scored 5 minutes apart in the third period to Force the overtime Antti Miettinen started the comeback by scoring at and then assisted on Ladislav nagys tying goal at Sharks 5 predators 4 Patrick Rissmiller scored at of the second overtime and visit ing san Jose won after blowing a two goal Lead in the opening game of the Western conference first round series Rissmiller who scored Only seven goals in the regular season beat Tomas Vokoun with a shot from the Edge of the left Circle after taking a Crisp pass from Patrick Marleau san Jose squandered a 42 Lead after two periods an advantage built with three goals in the mid dle Frame after the Sharks lost top goal scorer Jonathan Cheechov to an injured right knee but the predators scored twice in the final of regulation to Force the first overtime in the franchises Short postseason history Well feel Good about having survived a blown Lead and win Ning in overtime san Jose coach Ron Wilson said its going to be a Long series if s unfortunate that two teams that both have 50 wins have to meet each other in a series like this in the first round if s almost unfair that a great team is going to go Down the Sharks could be without Cheechov for the postseason after a knee knee collision knocked him out of the game Cheechov was due to have an Fri to determine the extent of the damage to his right knee he also lost a tooth and Wilson want Happy at what he called an intent to injure by predators for Ward Scott Hartney the Preda tors Forward was tossed from the game nine minutes into the Sec Ond Nashville coach Barry Trotz de fended har melts actions in the collision saying he studied a re play and didst see Hartnell stick a knee out its unfortunate when any body gets Hurt in the game but looking at it i thought it was a pretty clean hit i mean they did collide knee on knee but there was no sticking out of the knee Trot said senators 6 penguins 3 at Ottawa Andrej Meszaros and Chris Kelly scored apart Early in the first period and Ottawa ruined Sidney Crosby playoff debut with Pittsburgh ducks 2 wild 1 at Anaheim Calif Dustin Penner scored with remaining to lift the ducks Over visiting Minnesota Teemu Velanne tied it for Ana Heim with a second period goal just after Pavol Demitra scored for Minnesota Nils longest playoff games longest Stanley cup playoff games with time of overtime Date score round and goal scorer six overtimes 116 minutes 30 seconds March 241936 Detroit 1 Montreal maroons 0 semifinal mud Bruneteau apri 31933 Toronto 1 Boston 0 semifinal Ken Doraty five overtimes May 4 2000 Philadelphia 2 Pitts Burgh 1 conference semifinal Keith prime a april 242003 Anaheim 4 Dallas 3 conference semifinal Petr Sykora four overtimes april 241996 Pittsburgh 3 Washington 2 conference quarterfinal Petr Nedved april 112007 Vancouver 5 Dallas 4 conference quarterfinal Henrik Sedin March 231943 Toronto 3 Detroit 2 semifinal Jack Mclean 6852 March 28 1930 Montreal Cana Diens 2 by rangers 1 semifinal Gus Riv ers april 18 1987 by islanders 3 Washington 2 division semifinal Pat Lafon Taine april 271994 Buffalo 1 new Jer sey 0 conference quarterfinal Dave Han Nan i March 27 1951 Montreal Cana Diens 3 Detroit 2 semifinal Maurice Rich Ard March 271938 by americans 3 by rangers 2 quarterfinal lome Carr three overtimes 5932 March 26 1932 by rangers 4 Montreal canadians 3 semifinal Frery Cook s925 March 211939 Boston 2 by rang ers 1 semifinal Mel Hill 5734 april 271999 Dallas 3 Edmonton 2 conference quarterfinal Joe Nieuwe Dyk May 151990 Edmonton 3 Boston 2 final Petr Klima june 191999 Dallas 2 Buffalo 1 final Brett Hull june 8 2002 Detroit 3 Carolina 2 final Igor Larionov april 16 2003 Philadelphia 3 Tor onto 2 quarterfinal Mark Recchi 5330 april 91931 Chicago 3 Montreal canadians 2 final by Wentworth March 261961 Chicago 2 Montre Al canadians 1 semifinal Murray Balfour april 11937 Detroit 2 Montreal Ca Nadies 1 semifinal Hec Kilrea March 26 1930 Montreal Cana Diens 3 Chicago 2 quarterfinal Howie Morenz May 2 2003 new Jersey 2 Tampa Bay 1 conference semifinal Grant Marshall april 231996 Chicago 2 Calgary 1 conference quarterfinal Joe Murphy april 21939 Boston 2 by rang ers 1 semifinal Mel Hill 4707 april 241997 Montreal canadians 4 new Jersey 3 conference quarterfinal Patrice Brisebois 4631 june 8 2000 Dallas 1 new Jersey 0 final Mike Modano 4535 March 201930 Boston 2 Montreal maroons 1 semifinal Harry Oliver March 221949 Detroit 2 Montreal canadians 1 semifinal Max Mcnab june 101996 colorado1 Florida 0 Stanley cup Winner Uwe Krupp 4430 May 4 2002 Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 conference semifinal Gary Roberts april 202003 Tampa Bay 2 Washington 1 conference quarterfinal Martin St Louis april 102003 Anaheim 2 Detroit 1 conference quarterfinal Paul Kariya March 271960 Toronto 5 Detroit 4 semifinal Frank Mahovlich april 17 2004 Vancouver 5 Cal Gary 4 conference quarterfinal Brendan Morrison 4224 May 10 2006 Edmonton 3 san Jose 2 conference semifinal Shawn Gorcoff March 29 1951 Montreal Cana Diens 1 Detroit 0 semifinal Maurice Rich Ard 4131 May 41997 Detroit 3 Anaheim 2 conference semifinal Silva Kozlov april 291971 by rangers 3 Chi Cago 2 semifinal Pete Stemkowski goal won Stanley cup most playoff saves note saves records since 196768 73 Kelly Hrudney by islanders is Washington w april 181987 72 de Belfour Toronto is Philadelphia l 23 april 162003 72 Roberto Luongo Vancouver is dal Las w april 112007 70 Mikhail stale nov Anaheim is de troit l May 81997 70 Ron tug Nutt Pittsburgh is Philadel phia l 12 May 52000 70 Dominik hasek Buffalo is new Jer sey w april 271994 most saves in overtime 42 Ron tug Nutt Pittsburgh is Philadel phia l May 52000 42 Ken Wreggit and Tom Barrasso Pittsburgh is Washington w 32 april 241996 40 Jea Sebastien Giguere Anaheim is Dallas w 43 aprif242003 39 Brian Boucher Philadelphia is Pitts Burgh w 21 May 42000 39 Dominik hasek Buffalo is new Jer sey w april 271994 39 Kelly Hrudney by islanders is Washington w april 181987 37 de Belfour Toronto is Philadelphia l april 162003 a Wreggit and Barrasso split duties in the game