In brief: Satan’s goal in double OT lifts Boston

NHL: Miroslav Satan scored on a power play at 7:41 of the second overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night and a 3-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.

The Bruins got the power play in the second extra period when Buffalo’s Drew Stafford was caught on the ice as a sixth skater. Satan got a pass from Michael Ryder in front of the net and put it past Ryan Miller.

Tuukka Rask made 35 saves for Boston and also assisted on Satan’s goal.

•Ovechkin sparks Caps: Alex Ovechkin scored his second goal of the game with 8:51 left, sending the visiting Washington Capitals to a 6-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens and a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference series.

Ovechkin opened the scoring at 8:10 of the first period with Washington’s first power-play goal of the series.

•Canucks knot series: Henrik Sedin scored the go-ahead goal with 2:52 to play, and the Vancouver Canucks scored four times in a wild third period to even the first-round series with a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 4 in Los Angeles.

Colts won’t discipline DT Foster

Football: Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian says the team will not discipline defensive tackle Eric Foster, who faces a sexual assault lawsuit.

A 22-year-old hotel receptionist is suing Foster, claiming that he sexually assaulted her in his room at an Indianapolis hotel before the AFC Championship game Jan. 24.

Polian said that the team has no reason to discipline Foster because police investigated the incident and prosecutors later decided not to file charges.

•Bush settles lawsuit: Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush apparently has reached an out-of-court settlement with a fledgling sports marketer who is trying to recoup nearly $300,000 in cash and gifts the star running back and his family allegedly accepted while he was playing at the University of Southern California.

Settlement documents in New Era Sports and Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Lake’s civil suit against Bush, his mother Denise Griffin and his stepfather LaMarr Griffin are expected to be filed in San Diego Superior Court today or Friday.

The settlement includes a confidentiality agreement preventing either side from discussing the case.

•Big Ten still looks at expansion: Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany unfolded a piece of stationery with notes scribbled all over it as he prepared to provide an update on the conference’s exploration into expansion.

Delany’s first public comments in about two months on the subject that is dominating college football this offseason lasted about 30 minutes, but didn’t provide much insight.

“There are no announcements, notifications, nor is there a change in the timeline,” he said.

Back in December, the Big Ten announced it was considering expansion and that it would take about 12 to 18 months to figure out what it wanted to do.

Spurs even series with Mavericks

NBA: Richard Jefferson rebounded from a miserable performance in the opener to score 19 points, helping the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 102-88 in Dallas and tie their first-round series at one game apiece.

Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki missed six of his first seven shots, and even missed a free throw after having made 88 in a row. He finished with 24 points, down from 36 in the opener.

•Magic roll to 2-0 lead: The Dwight Howard-Vince Carter combo again wasn’t perfect – just good enough to win.

Carter finished with 19 points, Howard scored 15 and the Orlando Magic took a 2-0 series lead with a 92-77 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats at Orlando, Fla.

•Blazers get good news: The oft-injured Portland Trail Blazers got some better-than-expected news about starting forward Nicolas Batum. An MRI showed he strained his right shoulder and was questionable for tonight’s Game 3 of the first-round playoff series between the Blazers and the Phoenix Suns.

NASCAR penalizes four MWR teams

Auto racing: NASCAR penalized four teams that fall under the Michael Waltrip Racing banner for violations at Texas Motor Speedway.

NASCAR said cars driven by David Reutimann, Martin Truex Jr., Max Papis and Marcos Ambrose all failed Friday’s post-qualifying inspection at Texas. Reutimann and Truex’s cars are owned by MWR, while Ambrose and Papis drive for teams aligned with MWR.

Among the penalties issued were $75,000 fines and season-long probation for crew chiefs Bootie Barker (Papis) and Frank Kerr (Ambrose).

•Shell partners with Penske: Shell Oil Company said it has partnered with Penske Corporation in a deal that also moves its NASCAR sponsorship to ex-champion Kurt Busch.

ExxonMobil then announced it is discontinuing its relationship with Penske after this season. Mobil 1 sponsors Penske NASCAR driver Sam Hornish Jr.