Cristian PascottiniIn chiave play-off, importanti le vittorie dei Rangers sui Maple Leafs e degli Sharks sugli Stars. I Wild ottengono punti preziosi in casa degli Oilers e Philadelphia riesce a vincere contro i Capitals pur confermando il momento di crisi dovuto soprattutto alla prolungata assenza di Peter Forsberg.
Nel “testa a coda” della Eastern Conference, gli Hurricanes primi, vengono sconfitti in casa dalla peggior squadra, i Penguins.
Jaromir Jagr con due gol torna ad essere il capocannoniere del campionato ma anche Gagne, Ovechkin, Svatos, Staal e Cheechoo incrementano il loro bottino.
> PITTSBURGH – CAROLINA 4-3
1st period scoring:
1-0 PIT – Boguniecki 4 (LeClair, Whitney), 7:28.
1-1 CAR – Staal 35 (Whitney, Cole), 19:59.
2nd period scoring:
2-1 PIT – Recchi 20 (Crosby), 0:16.
2-2 CAR – Stillman 15 (Staal, Kaberle), 5:44.
3-2 PIT – LeClair 11 (Jackman, Armstrong), 19:15.
3rd period scoring:
4-2 PIT – Crosby 27 (Christensen, Armstrong), 1:46, (pp).
Goalies:
Pittsburgh, Caron (34-37)
Carolina, Ward (22-26)
> COLORADO – COLUMBUS 4-1
1st period scoring:
1-0 COL – Laaksonen 13, 0:08.
1-1 CLB – Hrdina 8 (Vyborny, Balastik), 10:57.
2nd period scoring: –
3rd period scoring:
2-1 COL – Svatos 31 (McLean, Brunette), 1:08, (pp).
3-1 COL – Svatos 32 (Sakic), 3:58.
4-1 COL – Richardson 3 (Tanguay, Brisebois), 19:19, (pp).
Goalies:
Colorado, Budaj (28-29)
Columbus, Denis (23-27)
> TORONTO – NY RANGERS 2-4
1st period scoring:
1-0 TOR – Kilger 12 (Wellwood), 8:26.
2nd period scoring:
1-1 NYR – Jagr 37 (Rucinsky, Rucchin), 1:21, (pp).
2-1 TOR – Tucker 23 (Wellwood, Antropov), 2:09.
2-2 NYR – Jagr 38 (Tyutin, Rozsival), 4:06, (pp).
2-3 NYR – Poti 3 (Kasparaitis), 7:24.
2-4 NYR – Sykora 14 (Jagr, Rucchin), 11:56, (pp).
3rd period scoring: –
Goalies:
Toronto, Belfour (28-32)
NY Rangers, Lundqvist (19-21)
> WASHINGTON – PHILADELPHIA 4-5
1st period scoring:
0-1 PHI – Gagne 36 (Knuble, Jones), 5:03.
1-1 WAS – Sutherby 11 (Kane, Clymer), 9:36.
2-1 WAS – Willsie 11 (Laich), 10:52, (pp).
2nd period scoring:
2-2 PHI – Brashear 2, 1:43.
2-3 PHI – Kapanen 9 (Meyer, Carter), 5:03, (pp).
2-4 PHI – Savage 5 (Meyer, Richards), 10:51, (pp).
2-5 PHI – Savage 6 (Desjardins, Umberger), 12:46, (pp).
3-5 WAS – Ovechkin 35 (Zubrus), 15:01, (pp).
3rd period scoring:
4-5 WAS – Zubrus 13 (Clymer, Ovechkin), 12:16, (pp).
Goalies:
Washington, Johnson (24-29)
Philadelphia, Esche (39-43)
> ST. LOUIS – CALGARY 2-3 OT
1st period scoring:
1-0 STL – Wideman 8 (Stempniak, McAmmond), 3:29.
1-1 CAL – Phaneuf 13 (Donovan, Simon), 4:43.
2nd period scoring:
1-2 CAL – Ference 3 (LeClerc, Donovan), 15:16.
3rd period scoring:
2-2 STL – Glumac 2 (Wideman, Young), 0:52, (pp).
Over Time scoring:
2-3 CAL – Phaneuf 14 (Ference, Iginla), 2:40, (pp).
Goalies:
St. Louis, Lalime (34-37)
Calgary, Boucher (20-22)
> MINNESOTA – EDMONTON 6-3
1st period scoring:
1-0 MIN – Chouinard 11 (Foster, Bouchard), 8:34.
2-0 MIN – Bouchard 11 (Foster, Robitaille), 18:51, (pp).
3-0 MIN – Bouchard 12 (Kuba), 19:07.
2nd period scoring:
3-1 EDM – Torres 19 (Staios, Stoll), 3:53.
3-2 EDM – Dvorak 7 (Spacek, Stoll), 7:09.
4-2 MIN – Dupuis 8 (Walz, Robitaille), 11:42.
5-2 MIN – Zyuzin 7 (Bouchard, Gaborik), 19:48, (pp).
3rd period scoring:
5-3 EDM – Harvey 5, 8:37.
6-3 MIN – Walz 10 (Rolston, Tjarnqvist), 18:04, (en).
Goalies:
Minnesota, Roloson (23-26)
Edmonton, Morrison (19-24) e dal terzo periodo Conklin (8-8)
> ANAHEIM – VANCOUVER 3-1
1st period scoring:
1-0 ANA – DiPenta 2 (McDonald), 5:41.
2-0 ANA – McDonald 19 (Selanne, Carney), 11:00.
3-0 ANA – Lupul 19 (Salei, Marchant), 17:16, (pp).
3-1 VAN – Naslund 26 (Morrison, Ruutu), 19:04.
2nd period scoring: –
3rd period scoring: –
Goalies:
Anaheim, Bryzgalov (27-28)
Vancouver, Auld (10-13) e dal 17:16 Ouellet (17-17)
> DALLAS – SAN JOSE 3-6
1st period scoring:
1-0 DAL – Modano 19 (Jokinen, Boucher), 6:45.
1-1 SJ – Thornton 20 (Marleau, Ehrhoff), 15:38, (pp).
2nd period scoring:
1-2 SJ – Cheechoo 33 (Thornton, Ekman), 5:54.
1-3 SJ – Cheechoo 34 (Thornton, Marleau), 9:46, (pp).
1-4 SJ – Michalek 11 (Marleau), 14:32.
1-5 SJ – McCauley 10 (Stevenson, Goc), 16:01.
3rd period scoring:
2-5 DAL – Hagman 5 (Skoula, Robidas), 6:20.
3-5 DAL – Barnes 13 (Ott, Tjarnqvist), 6:56.
3-6 SJ – Michalek 12 (Marleau, Bernier), 18:59, (en).
Goalies:
Dallas, Turco (28-34)
San Jose, Toskala (24-27)