S19 CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS - GAME 5

[Toronto Maple Leafs]

GAME 5

5 v. 8 Final

Scoring Summary
1st Period
2:08Foligno 81 (Methot 80)
3:05Huselius 85 (Unassisted)
5:28Michalek 85 (Methot 80, MacArthur 83)
9:30Numminen 83 (Voracek 87, Nash 88)
18:29Steen 85 (Voracek 87, Radulov 87)

2nd Period
1:34Dadonov 84 PPG (Hamonic 81, MacArthur 83)
9:35Connolly 84 (Tucker 82, Josi 90)
10:02Tucker 82 (Huselius 85)
10:58Comrie 84 (Burns 91, Bouwmeester 85)
17:01Fisher 84 (MacArthur 83, Giroux 90)
19:52Radulov 87 (Nash 88, Pietrangelo 90)

3rd Period
4:17Holmstrom 83 (Josi 90)
17:17Giroux 90 (Dadonov 84)

Penalty Summary
1st Period
19:00Numminen 83 Hooking (Minor)
20:00Van Riemsdyk 85 Holding (Minor)

2nd Period
9:13Hamonic 81 Fighting (Major)
9:13Kronwall 85 Fighting (Major)
11:15Voracek 87 Cross-Checking (Minor)
14:43Neil 80 Roughing (Minor)

3rd Period
19:22Gonchar 90 Slashing (Minor)

LEADS SERIES 3-2

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6 v. 3 Final

Scoring Summary
1st Period
1:19Lidstrom 94 (Selanne 94)
5:53Tkachuk 89 (Toews 90, Whitney 87)
19:21Visnovsky 87 (Boyle 87, Hejduk 88)

2nd Period
15:16Redden 84 (Foote 86, Perry 87)
18:20Williams 85 (Keith 90, Eriksson 84)
18:35Boyle 87 (Hejduk 88)

3rd Period
12:24Semin 87 (Roberts 90, Demitra 90)
17:54Koivu 86 (Koivu 87, Vlasic 84)
19:45Selanne 94 PPG (Pronger 92)

Penalty Summary
1st Period
7:00Visnovsky 87 Delay of Game (Minor)
12:41Thornton 91 Hooking (Minor)

2nd Period
19:33Getzlaf 90 Hooking (Minor)

3rd Period
5:31Demitra 90 Holding (Minor)
7:11Tanguay 87 Roughing (Minor)
7:11Doan 86 Roughing (Minor)
18:55Eriksson 84 Roughing (Minor)

WINS SERIES 4-1

[Toronto Maple Leafs]

Signs of life for the Leafs. They pushed hard in the first to wrap it up 3-2, and in the second, despite the game evening out in the first 90 seconds on a Dadonov powerplay marker, Toronto stormed back with 3 goals in less than 2 minutes thanks to Connolly, Tucker and Comrie. Ottawa pushed back, but Radulov and Holmstrom kept the scoring by committee to a high to give the Leafs another chance to keep moving forward. Hamonic and Kronwall dropped the gloves. Toronto outshot the Sens, barely, 35-34. MacArthur had 3 assists in the loss, and six players for the Leafs had 2 points each.

This game was actually kind of close until Semin’s mid-frame goal to really seal the Avalanche fate in the third period. Good pushback for Redden and Williams, but it feels like the Avs just ran out of steam. Shots were 27-21 for the Avalanche. Backstrom was steady in net. Jets found success in their chances and the Avs didn’t, that’s really the difference. Two juggernaut teams and one edged the other out every step of the way. It happens, and it’s a tough series to see Colorado go down in. Jets advance to continue their quest to repeat. They will meet the Oilers for a battle of Western Canada in the Conference Finals.