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Lightning Shock Flyers In Ot Again

Associated Press

Alexander Selivanov scored just more than 2 minutes into overtime Sunday, giving the Tampa Bay Lightning a 5-4 victory in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series with the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Lightning stunned the top seed in the Eastern Conference in overtime for the second straight game, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series before a league playoff-record crowd of 25,945 at the ThunderDome in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Selivanov also assisted on Brian Bellows’ goal that tied the game with 1:19 remaining in regulation. He slipped a rebound through the legs of goaltender Ron Hextall for the game-winner, 2:13 into the extra period.

The Flyers, who blew a 1-0 lead before losing 2-1 in overtime in Game 2, squandered a 3-1 lead this time. Eric Lindros deflected Dale Hawerchuk’s shot past Tampa Bay’s Jeff Reese for a 4-3 third-period advantage that Hextall couldn’t hold.

Lightning 5, Flyers 4 (OT)

Philadelphia 2 1 1 0 - 4

Tampa Bay 1 2 1 1 - 5

First Period-1, Tampa Bay, Klima 1 (Cullen, Gratton), 2:52 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Otto 2 (Haller), 10:30. 3, Philadelphia, Klatt 2 (Otto, Podein), 18:33.

Second Period-4, Philadelphia, Falloon 2 (Renberg, Hawerchuk), :39 (pp). 5, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 1 (Andersson), 2:56 (sh). 6, Tampa Bay, Zamuner 2, 14:43.

Third Period-7, Philadelphia, Lindros 2 (Hawerchuk, Dykhuis), 3:20. 8, Tampa Bay, Bellows 2 (Selivanov, Bradley), 18:41.

Overtime-9, Tampa Bay, Selivanov 2 (Holder, Bradley), 2:13.

Shots on goal-Philadelphia 14-18-10-0-24. Tampa Bay 9-7-12-4-32.Power-play opp.-Philadelphia 1 of 5; Tampa Bay 1 of 5.Goalies-Philadelphia, Hextall 1-2 (32 shots-27 saves). Tampa Bay, Reese 1-0 (42-38).A-25,945 (28,000).

Blues 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

St. Louis

Glenn Anderson tapped in a pass from Shayne Corson at 1:24 of overtime as St. Louis beat Toronto in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.

It was the second overtime game of the series and both have ended quickly. Mats Sundin’s power-play goal at 4:02 of the extra period gave Toronto a 5-4 victory Thursday in Game 2 at home. This one set a Blues record for the shortest playoff overtime game at home, beating the previous mark of 1:32 on April 27, 1968.

It also gave the fifth-seeded Blues a 2-1 series lead entering Game 4 Tuesday night in St. Louis.

Toronto 1 1 0 0 - 2

St. Louis 0 2 0 1 - 3

First Period-1, Toronto Muller 2, 16:04 (pp).

Second Period-2, Toronto, Kolesar 1 (Gimour), 3:53 (sh). 3, St. Louis, Noonan 1 (Pronger), 10:28. 4, St. Louis, Zezel 1, 12:31 (sh).

Third Period-None.

Overtime-5, St.Louis, Anderson 1 (Corson, Gretzky), 1:24.

Shots on goal-Toronto 8-5-8-0-21. St. Louis 11-11-15-3-40.Power-play opp.-Toronto 1 of 4; St. Louis 0 of 4.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 1-2 (19 shots-18 saves), Beaupre (10:28 second, 0-0), Potvin (10:53 second, 21-19). St. Louis, Casey 1-1 (21-19).A-20,516 (19,260).

Rangers 2, Canadiens 1

Montreal

Adam Graves scored twice and Mark Messier played a dominant game as New York battled back into its first-round playoff series with the victory over Montreal.

The Canadiens hold a 2-1 lead in the series with Game 4 set for Tuesday night at the Molson Centre.

New York 2 0 0 - 2

Montreal 1 0 0 - 1

First period-1, New York, Graves 2 (Messier, Leetch), 15:30 (pp). 2, New York, Graves 3 (Messier, Verbeek), 17:50 (pp). 3, Montreal, Recchi 2 (Damphousse, Turgeon), 19:00 (pp).

Second period-None.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-New York 12-9-14-35. Montreal 5-5-7-17.Power-play opp.-New York 2 of 8; Montreal 1 of 9.Goalies-New York, Richter 1-2 (17 shots-16 saves). Montreal, Thibault 2-1 (35-33).A-21,273 (21,221).

Jets 4, Red Wings 1

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg rode the goaltending of Nikolai Khabibulin and a balanced scoring attack to shock Detroit.

A deafening roar of support from 15,544 white-clad fans gave the Jets the kind of lift they needed to come back after dropping the first two games in Detroit.

Detroit 0 0 1 - 1

Winnipeg 1 0 3 - 4

First period-1, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 1 (Janney, Olczyk), 16:03.

Second period-None.

Third period-2, Detroit, Larionov 2 (Kozlov, Ramsey), 2:39. 3, Winnipeg, Kilger 1 (Muni, King), 11:40. 4, Winnipeg, Olczyk 1 (Tkachuk, Janney), 15:25. 5, Winnipeg, Manson 1 (Zhamnov, Korolev), 18:03.

Shots on goal-Detroit 13-10-10-33. Winnipeg 9-9-7-25.Power-play opp.-Detroit 0 of 4; Winnipeg 0 of 4.Goalies-Detroit, Vernon 0-1 (25 shots-21 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 1-2 (33-32).A-15,544 (15,393).

Blackhawks 7, Flames 5

Calgary, Alberta

Chicago’s Eric Daze stymied a furious comeback by Calgary with his second goal of the game, and the Blackhawks took a 3-0 stranglehold on their opening-round playoff series.

The Flames had rallied from a five-goal deficit to make the score 5-4 when Daze took a cross-ice pass from Jeremy Roenick. He went in alone and beat Rick Tabaracci, sending the puck between the goaltender’s legs.

Chicago 2 3 2 - 7

Calgary 0 1 4 - 5

First period-1, Chicago, Black 1 (Weinrich, Savard), 7:15. 2, Chicago, Daze 2 (Amonte, Weinrich), 19:03.

Second period-3, Chicago, Amonte 1 (Daze, Roenick), 1:52 (pp). 4, Chicago, Weinrich 1 (Nicholls, Carney), 2:29 (pp). 5, Chicago, Sutter 1 (Weinrich, Shantz), 3:17. 6, Calgary, Fleury 1 (Huscroft, Titov), 12:24.

Third period-7, Calgary Fleury 2 (Iginla), 1:27. 8, Calgary, Chiasson 1 (Stillman, Stern), 3:07. 9, Calgary, Stillman 1 (Chiasson, Zalapski), 5:51. 10, Chicago, Daze 3 (Roenick, Amonte), 13:12. 11, Chicago, Murphy 3 (Nicholls), 13:40. 12, Calgary, Chiasson 2 (Fleury, Stern), 18:50.

Shots on goal-Chicago 10-9-4-23. Calgary 10-10-13-33.Power-play opp.-Chicago 2 of 6; Calgary 0 of 5.Goalies-Chicago, Belfour 3-0 (33 shots-28 saves). Calgary, Kidd (14-9), Tabaracci 0-2 (3:13 second, 9-7).A-15,229 (20,230).