Lemieux Caps Penguins Win
Mario Lemieux made sure Pittsburgh kept the momentum from the NHL’s longest game in 60 years, finally scoring his first goal of the series as the Penguins moved to within a win of eliminating the fatigued Washington Capitals by winning 4-1 Friday at Pittsburgh.
Goaltender Ken Wregget stopped 39 of 40 shots as the Penguins, in position to sweep the final four games after losing the first two at home, became the first team in the series to win on home ice.
Penguins 4, Capitals 1
Washington 0 1 0 - 1
Pittsburgh 1 2 1 - 4
First period-1, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 1 (Nedved, Jagr), 8:36. Second period-2, Pittsburgh, Leroux 1 (Nedved, Jagr), 10:14. 3, Pittsburgh, Smolinski 1 (Roche, Zubov), 13:15. 4, Washington, Brunette 1 (Konowalchuk, Hunter), 14:51. Third period-5, Pittsburgh, Jagr 2 (Daigneault, Wregget), 16:13.
Shots on goal-Washington 15-9-16-40. Pittsburgh 13-12-7-32.Power-play opp.-Washington 0 of 5; Pittsburgh 0 of 8.Goalies-Washington, Kolzig 2-2 (32 shots-28 saves). Pittsburgh, Wregget 2-0 (40-39).A-17,251 (17,181).
Jets 3, Red Wings 1
Detroit
Nikolai Khabibulin made 51 saves and Winnipeg put off its move to Arizona for at least two more days with a win.
Darrin Shannon, Dave Manson and Alexei Zhamnov scored for the Jets, who trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven Western Conference series. Game 6 will be Sunday in Winnipeg.
The Red Wings are trying to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1955.
Winnipeg 0 1 2 - 3
Detroit 0 1 0 - 1
First period-None. Second period-1, Winnipeg, Shannon 1 (Eastwood), 4:09. 2, Detroit, Ciccarelli 2 (Yzerman, Lidstrom), 8:57 (pp). Third period-3, Winnipeg, Manson 2, 6:52.4, Winnipeg, Zhamnov 2, 19:19 (en).
Shots on goal-Winnipeg 3-4-12-19. Detroit 12-20-20-52.Power-play opp.-Winnipeg 0 of 4; Detroit 1 of 8.Goalies-Winnipeg, Khabibulin 2-3 (52 shots-51 saves). Detroit, Osgood 2-1 (18-16).A-19,983 (19,875).
Rangers 3, Canadiens 2
New York
Brian Leetch and Alexei Kovalev scored in the first 4 minutes of the third period as New York moved one victory away from the second round. The win was the first at home for either team in the series, which the Rangers can wrap up Sunday at Montreal.
Montreal 0 0 2 - 2
N.Y. Rangers 1 0 2 - 3
First period-1, New York, Kurri 1, 18:31 (sh). Second period-None. Third period-2, New York, Leetch 1 (Verbeek, Driver), :13 (pp). 3, New York, Kovalev 1 (Samuelsson), 3:03. 4, Montreal, Koivu 3 (Wilkie, Bureau), 6:09. 5, Montreal, Fitzpatrick 1 (Turgeon, Recchi), 16:22.
Shots on goal-Montreal 5-13-9-27. New York 18-16-8-42.Power-play opp.-Montreal 0 of 4; New York 1 of 5.Goalies-Montreal, Thibault 2-3 (42 shots-39 saves). New York, Richter 3-2 (27-25).A-18,200 (18,200).