BLUES 2, Kings 1 Erstes Drittel No scoring. Strafzeiten -- Norstrom LA (hooking) 0:46, C.Johnson LA (holding) 5:20, McAlpine StL (interference) 8:47, Rheaume StL (roughing) 11:10, MacInnis StL (tripping) 13:33, Perreault LA (roughing) 14:43, Chase StL (holding) 16:48. Zweites Drittel 1. St. Louis, Pronger 1 (Conroy, Pellerin) 1:43 2. Los Angeles, Murray 2 (Stumpel, Berg) 7:49 Strafzeiten -- McKenna LA (interference), Rheaume StL (hooking) 1:12, McAlpine StL (interference) 4:11, Blake LA (holding the stick) 5:55, G.Courtnall StL (tripping) 7:14, McKenna LA (slashing) 15:43, Rheaume StL (holding the stick) 16:00. Drittes Drittel 3. St. Louis, Campbell 3 (Turgeon, Gill) 11:37 (pp) Strafzeiten -- St. Louis bench, (too many men, served by Hull) 3:38, Blake LA (interference) 5:05, Stumpel LA (interference) 9:54. Torschüsse Los Angeles 6 12 9--27 St. Louis 5 10 12--27 Torhüter -- Los Angeles: Storr (L,0-1); St. Louis: Fuhr (W,2-0). Powerplay -- Los Angeles: 0-8; St. Louis: 1-7. Schiedsrichter -- Rob Shick. Assistenten -- Greg Devorski, Ray Scapinello. Zuschauer -- 20,050. PENGUINS 4, Canadiens 1 Erstes Drittel 1. Pittsburgh, Olczyk 1 (Barnes, Francis) 11:13 (pp) 2. Montreal, Damphousse 1 (Malakhov, Corson) 18:29 (pp) Strafzeiten -- Recchi Mtl (hooking) 9:34, Damphousse Mtl (cross-checking) 10:48, Barnes Pgh (interference) 17:28, Olczyk Pgh (interference) 18:15, Corson Mtl (slashing) 19:08. Zweites Drittel 3. Pittsburgh, Barnes 2 (Jagr, Olausson) 10:42 Strafzeiten -- Olczyk Pgh (tripping) 2:11, Damphousse Mtl (hooking) 3:55, Tamer Pgh (interference) 15:33. Drittes Drittel 4. Pittsburgh, Barnes 3 (Lang, Jagr) 1:12 5. Pittsburgh, Francis 1 (Jagr, Olausson) 19:03 (en) Strafzeiten -- Hicks Pgh (high-sticking) 2:38. Torschüsse Montreal 10 3 15--28 Pittsburgh 12 12 4--28 Torhüter -- Montreal: Moog (L,1-1); Pittsburgh: Barrasso (W,1-1). Powerplay -- Montreal: 1-5; Pittsburgh: 1-4. Schiedsrichter -- Kerry Fraser. Assistenten -- Wayne Bonney, Dan McCourt. Zuschauer -- 16,601.

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