S11 CONFERENCE FINALS - GAME 5

[Toronto Maple Leafs]

4 v. 8 Final

Scoring Summary
1st Period
5:08Sweeney 84 (Guerin 89, Hutchinson 80)
10:02Blake 83 (Hutchinson 80, Konowalchuk 83)
15:07Renberg 83 (Murphy 83, Thomas 83)
19:38Norton 79 (Rolston 85, Hull 94)

2nd Period
6:22Halpern 81 (Unassisted)
13:16Rolston 85 (Fitzgerald 80, Battaglia 79)
14:19Nieuwendyk 90 (Murphy 83, Desjardins 83)
15:19Amonte 90 (Nylander 87, Sydor 85)
15:37Nylander 87 (Sydor 85, Amonte 90)
17:17Rolston 85 (Guerin 89, Weinrich 82)

3rd Period
18:17Holzinger 81 (Blake 83)
18:42Weinrich 82 (Berard 87, Halpern 81)

Penalty Summary
1st Period
No Penalties

2nd Period
9:41Nieuwendyk 90 Tripping (Minor)

3rd Period
0:41Rolston 85 Game Misconduct (Game)
0:41Rolston 85 Interference (Major)

LEADS 3-2

The Capitals would not go quietly into the night, even with tempers flaring between Nieuwendyk and Rolston, leading to the latter taking a late run at Joe and getting ejected from the game with a 5 minute major. The Capitals held off the Flyers on the man advantage and skated their way to a doubled-up 8-4 victory to carry the series back home for Game 6. Rolston still maintained first star of the game with his three point night despite his match penalty. It will be interesting to see if the hate bleeds over into Game 6.

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6 v. 5 Final

Scoring Summary
1st Period
5:56Eriksson 82 PPG (Fisher 84)
7:16Salo 82 (Conroy 84, Cheechoo 84)
7:55Dineen 87 (Eriksson 82)
15:51Conroy 84 (Gill 80, Antropov 84)
16:01Antropov 84 (Conroy 84)
18:08Gonchar 90 PPG (Recchi 90, Brind Amour 89)
19:11Daze 85 (Pronger 92, Satan 86)

2nd Period
10:36Satan 86 (Eriksson 82, Afinogenov 84)
13:08Pronger 92 PPG (Verbeek 87, Vokoun 88)

3rd Period
3:43Conroy 84 (Unassisted)
19:55Muller 88 (Brind Amour 89, Ozolinsh 88)

Penalty Summary
1st Period
4:56Recchi 90 Holding (Minor)
8:45Orpik 82 Hooking (Minor)
17:10Selanne 94 Roughing (Minor)

2nd Period
12:37Kotalik 81 Hooking (Minor)
12:41Brind Amour 89 Holding (Minor)

3rd Period
No Penalties

LEADS 2-3

Much like the last game, this one bounced back and forth with the Blues taking the charge and then giving it away. The third period was the difference maker with Conroy tying the game at 5, and Kirk Muller's sneaky dying seconds goal helped put the Blues on top to put their team on the brink of another Stanley Cup Finals appearance. Conroy's explosive 2G 2A game earned him top honors.