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Roenick Lifts Chicago

Associated Press

Jeremy Roenick scored a power-play goal at 6:29 of overtime, lifting Chicago over Colorado 3-2 Thursday in the opening game of their Western Conference semifinal series in Denver.

Colorado’s Chris Simon went off at 4:39 of overtime for high-sticking, and Chicago converted its second power-play goal of the game.

Roenick’s 15-foot shot beat Patrick Roy, ending Roy’s 12-game winning streak in overtime playoff games.

Blackhawks 3, Avalanche 2

Chicago 1 0 1 1 - 3

Colorado 0 2 0 0 - 2

First Period - 1, Chicago, Ciccone 1 (Sutter, Shantz), 2:02.

Second Period - 2, Colorado, Lemieux 3 (Kamensky, Forsberg), 3:10. 3, Colorado, Sakic 8 (Deadmarsh, Ozolinsh), 4:25.

Third Period - 4, Chicago, Craven 1 (Nicholls, Suter), 1:58 (pp).

Overtime - 5, Chicago, Roenick 3 (Amonte, Chelios), 6:29 (pp).

Shots on goal - Chicago 10-8-6-2-26. Colorado 2-15-10-3-30. Power-play opportunities - Chicago 2 of 5; Colorado 0 of 6. Goalies - Chicago, Belfour 5-0 (30 shots-28 saves). Colorado, Roy 4-3 (26-23).

A - 16,061 (16,061).

Panthers 2, Flyers 0

Philadelphia

John Vanbiesbrouck made 18 saves for his third career playoff shutout as the Florida Panthers upset Philadelphia in the first game of their best-of-seven playoff series.

Stu Barnes and Dave Lowry scored for the Panthers, who handed Philadelphia its first playoff shutout since a 3-0 defeat at home to Montreal on May 7, 1989.

Vanbiesbrouck, who has won five of six playoff games this year, didn’t have to make a lot of high-quality saves as Florida’s close checking limited the Flyers to a handful of scoring chances.

Florida 0 1 1 - 2

Philadelphia 0 0 0 - 0

First period-None. Second period-1, Florida, Barnes 1 (Lowry, Laus), 5:56. Third period-2, Florida, Lowry 4 (Barnes), 15:50 (pp).

Shots on goal-Florida 5-6-4-15. Philadelphia 7-6-5-18.Power-play opp.-Florida 1 of 3; Philadelphia 0 of 4.Goalies-Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 5-1 (18 shots-18 saves). Philadelphia, Hextall 4-3 (15-13).A-17,380 (17,380).

xxxx NHL PLAYOFFS Today’s games Rangers at Pitt., 4:30 (ESPN) St. Louis at Detroit, 4:30 (ESPN2)