CONFERENCE FINALS
First period: 1, Pittsburgh, Whitney 1 (Crosby, Gonchar), 5:03 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Hossa 7 (Crosby), 7:41. 3, Philadelphia, Umberger 10 (Prospal, Briere), 10:59. Second period: None. Third period: 4, Pittsburgh, Malone 4 (Sykora, Malkin), 9:58. 5, Pittsburgh, Hossa 8 (Gill), 19:06 (en). Goalies: Pittsburgh, Fleury 11-1-0 (18 shots-17 saves). Philadelphia, Biron 8-7-0 (24-21). Att: 19,965.
PHILADELPHIA | Quick strikes by Ryan Whitney and Marian Hossa raised the Pittsburgh Penguins to heights not reached since Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr donned the black and gold.
Best of seven; all times p.m. Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 Today: at Philadelphia, 6:30
First period: 1, Detroit, Datsyuk 6 (Zetterberg, Rafalski), 9:27. 2, Dallas, Grossman 1 (Modano, Morrow), 15:13. 3, Detroit, Datsyuk 7 (Holmstrom, Rafalski), 15:50. Second period: 4, Dallas, Richards 3 (Eriksson, Lundqvist), 3:47. 5, Detroit, Hudler 3 (Kronwall, McCarty), 11:54. Third period: 6, Detroit, Zetterberg 9, 1:38 (sh). 7, Detroit, Datsyuk 8 (Zetterberg), 17:19. Shots on goal: Detroit 7-7-7-21. Dallas 7-7-4-18. Power-play opportunities: Detroit 0 of 3; Dallas 0 of 6. Goalies: Detroit, Osgood...
DALLAS | This is how ridiculously good the Detroit Red Wings are playing. They lose the NHL’s top scorer this postseason, and their regular-season scoring leader steps up with the first hat trick of his entire career while one of his linemates scores a demoralizing short-handed goal.
Best of seven; all times p.m. Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 Sunday: Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 Tuesday: at Philadelphia, 6:30
First period: 1, Pittsburgh, Crosby 4 (Gonchar), 10:48 (pp). Second period: 2, Philadelphia, Carter 5 (Lupul, Modry), 5:46 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Hossa 6 (Malone, Gonchar), 13:43 (pp). 4, Philadelphia, Richards 7, 19:36 (sh). Third period: 5, Pittsburgh, Talbot 2 (Roberts, Laraque), 8:51. 6, Pittsburgh, Staal 3 (Crosby, Gonchar), 19:31 (en). Shots on goal: Philadelphia 9-13-10-32. Pittsburgh 9-16-13-38. Power-play opportunities: Philadelphia 1 of 3; Pittsburgh 2 of 6. Goalies: Philadelphia, Biron 8-6-0...
PITTSBURGH | With all the stars in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ galaxy, fourth-line forward Maxime Talbot is easy to overlook. But Talbot sure got the Philadelphia Flyers’ attention Sunday.
First period: 1, Detroit, Helm 1 (Hudler), 5:56. 2, Dallas, Robidas 2 (Ribeiro, Morrow), 10:41 (pp). 3, Detroit, Zetterberg 8 (Datsyuk, Holmstrom), 15:13 (pp). Second period: No scoring. Third period: No scoring. Shots on goal: Dallas 4-8-6-18. Detroit 12-9-13-34. Power-play opportunities: Dallas 1 of 5; Detroit 1 of 6. Goalies: Dallas, Turco 8-6 (34 shots-32 saves). Detroit, Osgood 8-0 (18-17). Att: 20,066.
DETROIT | The Detroit Red Wings kept rolling without their hottest player. Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg helped make up for the loss of Johan Franzen by scoring first-period goals in a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday.
Best of seven; all times p.m. Friday: Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2 Sunday: at Pittsburgh, 6:30 Tuesday: at Philadelphia, 6:30
First period: 1, Pittsburgh, Sykora 5 (Malone, Malkin), 6:19. 2, Philadelphia, Richards 5 (Umberger, Coburn), 8:30. 3, Philadelphia, Richards 6 (Lupul, Umberger), 12:50. 4, Pittsburgh, Crosby 3 (Hossa), 14:11. 5, Pittsburgh, Malkin 7 (Whitney), 19:53. Second period: 6, Pittsburgh, Malkin 8 (Gonchar), 4:50 (sh). Third period: No scoring. Shots on goal: Philadelphia 12-7-9-28. Pittsburgh 11-6-4-21. Power-play opportunities: Philadelphia 0 of 3; Pittsburgh 0 of 2. Goalies: Philadelphia, Biron 8-5 (21...
PITTSBURGH | Evgeni Malkin made sure that round one of the Eastern Conference finals would go to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
First period: 1, Detroit, Rafalski 2 (Lidstrom, Holmstrom), 4:28 (pp). 2, Detroit, Franzen 12 (Kronwall, Hudler), 15:34 (pp). Second period: 3, Detroit, Holmstrom 3 (Lidstrom, Zetterberg), 6:40 (pp). 4, Detroit, Filppula 3 (Samuelsson, Kronwall), 15:37. 5, Dallas, Morrow 8 (Ott), 18:53. Third period: None. Shots on goal: Dallas 4-11-6-21. Detroit 12-13-6-31. Power-play opportunities: Dallas 0 of 4; Detroit 3 of 7. Goalies: Dallas, Turco 8-5 (31 shots-27 saves). Detroit, Osgood 7-0 (21-20). Att: 20,066...
DETROIT | Rolling, not rusty. The Detroit Red Wings looked as sharp as they have throughout the playoffs, jumping out to a big lead and beating the Dallas Stars 4-1 Thursday in game one of the Western Conference finals.
Boston’s Sam Cassell (left) and Paul Pierce could smile after Cleveland’s LeBron James shot just six for 24 in
With the Stanley Cup finals just four wins away, the NHL looks like a tale of two conferences. The Eastern Conference features a meeting of intrastate rivals Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, which took turns the last two seasons as the worst team in the conference. The Penguins haven’t won the Stanley Cup since back-to-back championships in the early 1990s, and the Flyers haven’t won it since they went back-to-back in the mid-’70s. After the Penguins swept their season series...
Best of seven; all times p.m. Friday: at Pittsburgh, 6:30 Sunday: at Pittsburgh, 6:30 Tuesday: at Philadelphia, 6:30
TORONTO | Paul Maurice was fired as coach of the Maple Leafs on Wednesday after Toronto failed to make the playoffs during his two years. The dismissal was the first big move in what is expected to be an active offseason for the team.
