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Lightning edges Caps in triple
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/04/22 11:07  Shanghai Daily

  Otmartin St Louis scored his fifth goal of the series 4:03 in the third overtime to give the Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals.

  The Lightning, after dropping the first two games at home, won four straight to win the best-of-seven series on Sunday and advance in the playoffs for the first time in their 11-year history.

  Tampa Bay's only previous postseason appearance came in 1996, when it lost 4-2 to Philadelphia. The third-seeded Lightning will play No 2 New Jersey in the second round.

  St Louis scored on a power play after the Capitals were whistled for too many men. St Louis took Vincent Lecavalier's pass behind the net, circled to the right of the crease and put the shot above Olaf Kolzig's glove.

  The Capitals added another collapse to their playoff legacy, blowing a two-game series lead for the fourth time since 1992. They lost four straight - some-thing that didn't happen during the regular season - and are 2-10 in their last 12 home playoff games.

  St Louis' goal came in a state of slow-motion hockey by exhausted skaters. Players were being tackled with weary abandon, with little regard to a possible penalty.

  Nikolai Khabibulin made 60 saves for the Lightning. Kolzig had 44.Tampa Bay's Dave Andrey-chuk sent the game to overtime with a power-play goal with 4:06 remaining in regulation. Peter Bondra scored during a second-period power play for the Capitals.

  In St Louis, Markus Naslund had a goal and two assists as the Canucks staved off elimination for the second straight game, beating the St Louis Blues 4-3 on Sunday night to force a decisive Game 7 in the first-round playoff series.

  Whoever wins tonight's game in Vancouver will play the winner of the series between Colorado and Minnesota.

  Mattias Ohlund had a goal and an assist for the Canu-cks, who scored two goals in each of the first two periods. Vancouver scored twice on the power play in the second period as the Blues repeatedly hurt them-selves with ill-advised penalties.

  The Blues made it interesting with third-period goals by Eric Boguniecki and Doug Weight before the comeback fell short. St Louis outshot Vancouver 13-2 in the third period.

  St Louis has never lost a series in which it led 3-1, but the Canucks have come back twice from that deficit to win.

  The Canucks were second in the NHL in goals in the regular season, and their offense has come to life the last two games. After scoring four goals in the first four games, Vancouver has nine in the last two, putting constant pressure on goalie Chris Osgood.




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