Florida Goes 2 Up On Boston Bruins
NHL
Dave Lowry scored two goals and goalie John Vanbiesbrouck made 37 saves as the Florida Panthers, taking advantage of a Boston team playing without its top goaltender, beat the Bruins 6-2 Monday night in the Stanley Cup playoffs in Miami.
The victory gave Florida, playing in its first postseason, a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference series.
Boston played without goalie Bill Ranford, a late scratch due to a sore ankle.
Panthers 6, Bruins 2
Boston 0 2 0 - 2
Florida 1 3 2 - 6
First period-1, Florida, Jovanovski 1 (Laus, Sheppard), 6:15. Second period-2, Florida, Sheppard 3 (Woolley, Barnes), 4:15 (pp). 3, Boston, Bourque 1 (Moger, Stumpel), 7:49 (pp). 4, Florida, Lowry 1 (Barnes, Sheppard), 9:31. 5, Florida, Lowry 2 (Barnes, Sheppard), 11:40. 6, Boston, Heinze 1 (Oates), 18:39 (sh). Third period-7, Florida, Woolley 2, 14:41. 8, Florida, Garpenlov 2 (Niedermayer, Laus), 15:34.
Shots on goal-Boston 9-18-12-39. Florida 8-10-10-28.Power-play opp.-Boston 1 of 8; Florida 1 of 8.Goalies-Boston, Billington 0-1 (28 shots-22 saves). Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 2-0 (39-37).-14,703 (14,503).
Penguins 4, Capitals 1
Landover, Md
Mario Lemieux assisted on all four Pittsburgh goals and Tom Barrasso stopped 38 shots to beat Washington, cutting the Capitals’ playoff lead to 2-1.
The Penguins, who scored on two of their first three shots, are striving to become only the 10th team in NHL history to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first two games at home.
Pittsburgh 2 2 0 - 4
Washington 0 0 1 - 1
First period-1, Pittsburgh, Francis 2 (Lemieux, Jagr), 8:29 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Murray 1 (Zubov, Lemieux), 17:52. Second period-3, Pittsburgh, Roche 1 (Murray, Lemieux), 12:33. 4, Pitsburgh, Miller 1 (Lemieux), 16:00. Third period-5, Washington, Cote 2 (Peake), 12:29 (pp).
Shots on goal-Pittsburgh 3-15-1-19. Washington 10-12-17-39.Power-play opp.-Pittsburgh 1 of 5; Washington 1 of 10.Goalies-Pittsburgh, Barrasso 1-2 (39 shots-38 saves). Washington Carey 0-1 (19-15).A-18,130 (18,130).
Canucks 4, Avalanche 3
Vancouver, British Columbia
Fourth-line players Josef Beranek and Gino Odjick scored unexpected goals in the second period to inspire Vancouver to victory over Colorado, tying the series at two apiece.
Colorado 1 1 1 - 3
Vancouver 1 3 0 - 4
First period-1, Colorado, Keane 1 (Ricci, Yelle), 14:43. 2, Vancouver, Tikkanen 2 (Mogilny, Linden), 16:39 (pp). Second period-3, Colorado, Deadmarsh 1 (Sakic, Lefebvre), 3:46. 4, Vancouver, Lumme 1 (Mogilny, Tikkanen), 8:30 (pp). 5, Vancouver, Beranek 1 (Naslund, Mogilny), 13:18. 6, Vancouver, Odjick 3 (Beranek), 19:40. Third period-7, Colorado, Sakic 3 (Young, Krupp), 6:36.
Shots on goal-Colorado 14-8-11-33. Vancouver 13-11-2-26.Power-play opp.-Colorado 0 of 6; Vancouver 2 of 6.Goalies-Colorado, Roy 2-2 (26 shots-22 saves). Vancouver, Hirsch 2-1 (33-30).A-18,033 (18,422). xxxx PLAYOFF SCHEDULE Today’s games Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Detroit at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at St. Louis, 6 p.m.