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Baker Nets Two; Upstart Sharks Upset Flames

Associated Press

The San Jose Sharks opened the NHL playoffs like they did last year with an upset victory, shocking the division-winning Calgary Flames 5-4 Sunday night in Calgary, Alberta, behind Jamie Baker’s two goals. Ex-Flame Sergei Makarov, Mike Rathje and Ulf Dahlen also scored for San Jose in the Western Conference opener.

San Jose 3 2 0 - 5

Calgary 1 1 2 - 4

First period-1, Calgary, Kruse 1 (McCarthy, Keczmer), 2:26. 2, San Jose, Makarov 1 (Larionov, Whitney), 4:44. 3, San Jose, Rathje 1 (Pederson, Dahlen), 13:46 (pp). 4, San Jose, Dahlen 1 (Friesen, More) 17:15.

Second period-5, San Jose, Baker 1 (Tancill, Odgers), 2:58. 6, Calgary, Fleury 1 (Sullivan), 18:19 (sh). 7, San Jose, Baker 2 (Janney), 19:42.

Third period-8, Calgary, Chiasson 1 (Housley, Fleury), 3:53 (pp). 9, Calgary, Titov 1 (Housley, Reichel), 19:54.

Shots on goal-San Jose 7-9-9-25. Calgary 12-13-14-39.Power-play opp.-San Jose 1 of 6; Calgary 1 of 7. Goalies-San Jose, Irbe 1-0 (39 shots-35 saves). Calgary, Kidd 0-1 (16-11), Tabaracci (0:00 period, 9-9).A-15,624 (20,230).

Flyers 4, Sabres 3 (OT)

Philadelphia

Karl Dykhuis’ knuckling shot from the point gave Philadelphia its overtime victory over Buffalo in the first game of their Eastern Conference playoff series.

Buffalo 1 1 1 0 - 3

Philadelphia 1 2 1 1 - 4

First Period-1, Buffalo, Dawe 1 (Mogilny, Galley), 1:47. 2, Philadelphia, DiMaio 1 (Podein, Haller), 10:18.

Second Period-3, Buffalo, LaFontaine 1 (Audette, Galley), 3:15 (pp). 4, Philadelphia, Fedyk 1, 16:51. 5, Philadelphia, Haller 1 (Desjardins, Brind’Amour), 18:19.

Third Period-6, Buffalo, Dawe 2 (LaFontaine), 12:33.

Overtime-7, Philadelphia Dykhuis 1 (Brind’Amour), 11:06.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 6-12-11-0-29. Philadelphia 11-10-5-5-31.Power-play opp.- Buffalo 1 of 3; Philadelphia 0 of 5.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 0-1 (31 shots-27 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 1-0 (29-26).A-17,380 (17,380).

Red Wings 4, Stars 3

Detroit

Detroit’s quest for its first Stanley Cup championship in 40 years got off to a good start when Vyacheslav Kozlov snapped a 3-3 tie at 10:15 of the third period, allowing the Red Wings to open their Western Conference quarterfinal series with a victory over Dallas.

Dallas 0 1 2 - 3

Detroit 1 1 2 - 4

First period-1, Detroit, Sheppard 1 (Coffey), 7:05 (pp).

Second period-2, Dallas, Evason 1, :45 (sh). 3, Detroit, Yzerman 1, :57 (pp).

Third period-4, Detroit Lidstrom 1 (Fedorov), :42 (pp). 5, Dallas, Broten 1 (Evason, Ludwig), 3:52. 6, Dallas, Klatt 1, 7:50 (pp). 7, Detroit, Kozlov 1 (Brown, Coffey), 10:15.

Shots on goal-Dallas 3-6-11-20. Detroit 13-15-9-37.Power-play opp.-Dallas 1 of 6; Detroit 3 of 6.Goalies-Dallas, Moog 0-1 (37 shots-33 saves). Detroit, Vernon 1-0 (20-17).A-19,875 (19,875).

Devils 5, Bruins 0

Boston Forward Claude Lemieux, usually known more for his defense, turned into an offensive star for New Jersey with two first-period goals as the Devils beat Boston in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference playoff series.

New Jersey 3 1 1 - 5

Boston 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, New Jersey, Richer 1 (Stevens, Brodeur), 6:55 (pp). 2, New Jersey, Lemieux 1 (MacLean, Niedermayer), 16:04. 3, New Jersey, Lemieux 2 (Broten), 19:12.

Second period-4, New Jersey, Albelin 1 (Richer, MacLean), 14:59.

Third period-5, New Jersey, McKay 1 (Broten, Richer), 5:01 (pp).

Shots on goal-New Jersey 14-4-9-27. Boston 9-9-5-23.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 2 of 5; Boston 0 of 5.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 1-0 (23 shots-23 saves). Boston, Lacher 0-1 (17-13), Billington (14:59 second, 10-9). A-14,448 (14,448).

Blues 2, Canucks 1

St. Louis St. Louis took the first step toward consecutive Stanley Cups for Mike Keenan, getting power-play goals from Brett Hull and Adam Creighton in a first-round victory.

Vancouver 0 1 0 - 1

St. Louis 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, St. Louis, Hull 1 (Duchesne, MacInnis), 18:18 (pp).

Second period-2, St. Louis, Creighton 1 (Shanahan, MacInnis), 1:16 (pp). 3, Vancouver, Bure 1 (Linden), 10:32.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Vancouver 8-8-10-26. St. Louis 14-12-10-36.Power-play opp.- Vancouver 0 of 5; St. Louis 2 of 8.Goalies-Vancouver, McLean 0-1 (36 shots-34 saves). St. Louis, Joseph 1-0 (26-25).A-18,788 (19,260).

Maple Leafs 5, Blackhawks 3

Chicago

Mats Sundin scored twice as Toronto renewed its postseason mastery of mistake-prone Chicago.

Toronto 1 1 3 - 5

Chicago 0 2 1 - 3

First period-1, Toronto, Sundin 1 (Mironov, Gilmour), 4:05 (pp).

Second period-2, Chicago, Poulin 1 (Savard, Weinrich), 12:33. 3, Chicago, Amonte 1 (Nicholls, Murphy), 14:01. 4, Toronto, DiPietro 1, 19:26.

Third period-5, Toronto, Gartner 1 (Andreychuk), 1:25. 6, Toronto, Sundin 2, 10:50. 7, Toronto, Andreychuk 1, 11:04. 8, Chicago, Shantz 1 (Russell), 13:28.

Shots on goal-Toronto 11-14-9-34. Chicago 6-8-16-30.Power-play opp.-Toronto 1 of 4; Chicago 0 of 2.Goalies-Toronto, Potvin 1-0 (30 shots-27 saves). Chicago, Belfour 0-1 (33-28), Hackett (12:04 third, 1-1).A-19,042 (20,500).