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Penguins Rally To Even Series I

Associated Press

NHL playoffs

The Pittsburgh Penguins, down two goals and about to go down two games, revived their big-gun offense on third-period goals by Luc Robitaille, Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens to rally past the Washington Capitals 5-3 Monday night in Pittsburgh.

The Penguins, on the verge of trailing 2-0 in the Eastern Conference series, scored three times in just 3:14 early in the third period to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead to tie the series 1-1.

Washington 3 0 0 - 3 Pittsburgh 1 0 4 - 5

First period-1, Pittsburgh, Murphy 1 (Francis, Jagr), 3:35 (pp). 2, Washington, Cote 1 (Eagles), 4:12. 3, Washington, Bondra 1 (Juneau, Pivonka), 9:50 (pp). 4, Washington, Jones 1 (Konowalchuk, Juneau), 12:43.

Second period-None.

Third period-5, Pittsburgh, Robataille 1 (Francis, Murphy), 1:06. 6, Pittsburgh, Jagr 2 (Francis), 1:35. 7, Pittsburgh, Stevens 2 (Cullen, Mullen), 4:20 (pp). 8, Pittsburgh, Robitaille 2 (Mullen, Francis), 19:19 (en).

Shots on goal-Washington 8-5-9-22. Pittsburgh 14-4-15-33.Power-play opp.-Washington 1 of 4; Pittsburgh 2 of 5.Goalies-Washington, Carey 0-1 (32 shots-28 saves). Pittsburgh, Wregget 1-1 (22-19).A-15,079 (17,181).

Rangers 8, Nordiques 3

Quebec

Mark Messier’s 100th career playoff goal helped spark New York to a victory over Quebec, leveling their Eastern Conference playoff series at 1-1.

N.Y. Rangers 1 3 4 - 8 Quebec 0 2 1 - 3

First period-1, New York, Larmer 1 (Messier), 12:48 (sh).

Second period-2, Quebec, Bassen 2 (Nolan, Forsberg), 2:38. 3, New York, Graves 3, 5:37. 4, New York, Nemchinov 1 (Matteau), 6:10. 5, New York, Messier 1 (Verbeek, Leetch), 12:41 (pp). 6, Quebec, Laukkanen 1 (Bassen, Forsberg), 13:37.

Third period-7, New York, Zubov 1 (Kovalev, Verbeek), 5:35. 8, New York, Nedved 1 (Kovalev), 8:33 (pp). 9, New York, Nemchinov 2 (Kovalev), 11:09. 10, Quebec, Kamensky 1 (Lefebvre, Finn), 16:10. 11, New York, Nedved 2 (Kypreos), 18:31.

Shots on goal-N.Y. Rangers 11-12-8-31. Quebec 3-9-10-22.Power-play opp.-N.Y. Rangers 2 of 4; Quebec 0 of 4.Goalies-N.Y. Rangers, Healy 1-0 (22 shots-19 saves). Quebec, Fiset 1-1 (28-21), Snow (11:09 third, 3-2).A-14,178 (15,399).

Devils 3, Bruins 0

Boston

Martin Brodeur stopped 23 shots to shut out Boston for the second consecutive game and New Jersey beat Boston to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.

New Jersey 1 0 2 - 3 Boston 0 0 0 - 0

First period-1, New Jersey, Richer 2, 14:10 (sh).

Second period-None.

Third period-2, New Jersey, Broten 1 (Chorske, Richer), 18:30. 3, New Jersey, Chorske 1 (Richer), 19:29 (en).

Shots on goal-New Jersey 10-10-11-31. Boston 9-11-3-23.Power-play opp.-New Jersey 0 of 4; Boston 0 of 5.Goalies-New Jersey, Brodeur 2-0 (23 shots-23 saves). Boston, Lacher 0-2 (30-28).A-14,448 (14,448).

Flyers 3, Sabres 1

Philadelphia

Rob DiMaio and Rod Brind’Amour each had a goal and an assist as Philadelphia beat Buffalo to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoff series.

Buffalo 0 1 0 - 1 Philadelphia 1 2 0 - 3

First period-1, Philadelphia, Brind’Amour 1 (DiMaio, Dineen), 3:04.

Second period-2, Philadelphia, DiMaio 2 (Brind’Amour, Yushkevich), 11:43 (sh). 3, Buffalo, Holzinger 1 (Khymlev, Bodger), 12:34. 4, Philadelphia, Semenov 1 (LeClair, Svoboda), 18:39.

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Buffalo 9-12-9-30. Philadelphia 9-7-8-24.Power-play opp.-Buffalo 0 of 5; Philadelphia 0 of 7.Goalies-Buffalo, Hasek 0-2 (24 shots-21 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 2-0 (30-29).A-17,380 (17,380).