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Detroit Clips Ducks’ Wings With Ot Win

Associated Press

NHL playoffs

Martin Lapointe scored 59 seconds into overtime as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 2-1 Friday night in the opening game of their best-of-7 Western Conference semifinal.

Detroit was able to shut down the Ducks long enough as goalie Mike Vernon made some key saves and Sergei Fedorov scored midway through the third period to tie the game 1-1.

In overtime, Larry Murphy dug the puck out from the boards at center ice and passed across to Brendan Shanahan, sending him and Lapointe on a 2-on-1 with only Paul Kariya back. Shanahan made a hard pass to Lapointe and he fired it past Guy Hebert.

Red Wings 2, Ducks 1

Anaheim 0 1 0 0 - 1

Detroit 0 0 1 1 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, Anaheim, Kariya 6 (Van Impe, Mironov), 19:00 (pp).

Third period-2, Detroit, Fedorov 1 (Sandstrom, Lidstrom), 11:01.

Overtime-3, Detroit, Lapointe 1 (Shanahan, Murphy), :59.

Shots on goal-Anaheim 6-9-5-0-20. Detroit 13-6-10-1-30.Power-play opp.- Anaheim 1 of 3; Detroit 0 of 5.Goalies- Anaheim, Hebert 4-4 (30 shots-28 saves). Detroit, Vernon 5-2 (20-19).A-19,983 (19,983).

Avalanche 5, Oilers 1

Denver

Peter Forsberg had two goals and an assist and Joe Sakic added three assists to lead Colorado past Edmonton in the opener of their Western Conference semifinal.

Patrick Roy made 35 saves in extending his NHL record for playoff victories by a goalie to 91. Edmonton’s Curtis Joseph, a standout in the opening-round series win over Dallas, had 32 saves.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Avalanche took a 2-0 lead after one period, giving them a 14-6 advantage over their opponents in goals scored in the first period of this year’s playoffs.

Eric Lacroix scored his first career playoff goal, fighting off defenseman Greg de Vries behind the goal and slipping the puck between Joseph’s legs on a wraparound at 3:10. It was Lacroix’s first goal in 26 games.

Six minutes later, Claude Lemieux got his sixth goal of the playoffs, scoring on a backhander from the slot at 9:08 after beating defenseman Bryan Marchment.

Edmonton 0 1 0 - 1

Colorado 2 2 1 - 5

First period-1, Colorado, Lacroix 1 (Corbet, Sakic), 3:10. 2, Colorado, Lemieux 6 (Forsberg, Kamensky), 9:08.

Second period-3, Edmonton, Buchberger 2, 4:00. 4, Colorado, Forsberg 3 (Lacroix), 12:28. 5, Colorado, Ozolinsh 3 (Sakic), 16:16.

Third period-6, Colorado, Forsberg 4 (Ozolinsh, Sakic), 6:39 (pp).

Shots on goal-Edmonton 13-9-14-36. Colorado 14-14-9-37.Power-play opp.- Edmonton 0 of 4; Colorado 1 of 4.Goalies- Edmonton, Joseph 4-4 (37 shots-32 saves). Colorado, Roy 5-2 (36-35).A-16,061 (16,061).

Devils 2, Rangers 0

East Rutherford, N.J.

Martin Brodeur recorded his second straight playoff shutout and Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal for New Jersey in the opener of the best-of-7 Eastern Conference semifinals.

New York 0 0 0 - 0

New Jersey 0 1 1 - 2

First period-None. Second period-1, New Jersey, Niedermayer 2 (Chambers, Elias), 13:45 (pp). Third period-2, New Jersey, MacLean 4 (Stevens), 19:56 (en). Shots on goal-New York 6-8-7-21. New Jersey 19-9-6-34.Power-play opp.-New York 0 of 3; New Jersey 1 of 4.Goalies- New York, Richter 4-2 (33 shots-32 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 5-1 (21-21).A-19,040 (19,040).