Blues 3, Stars 2, OT Erstes Drittel 1. Dallas, Modano 3 (Lehtinen, Ludwig), 0:59. Strafzeiten -- Ludwig, Dal (cross checking), 4:44; Keane, Dal (slashing), 5:20; Finley, Stl (slashing), 8:28; Demitra, Stl (roughing), 16:08; Hogue, Dal (roughing), 19:00. Zweites Drittel 2. St Louis, Hecht 2 (Demitra, Handzus), 5:02. 3. St Louis, Courtnall 2 (power play) (Young, Macinnis), 7:41. Strafzeiten -- Zubov, Dal (slashing), 6:12; Hatcher, Dal (slashing), 7:41; Pronger, Stl (holding), 10:28; Belfour, Dal served by Langenbrunner (interference), 11:16; Pronger, Stl (roughing), 13:25. Drittes Drittel 4. Dallas, Lehtinen 4 (Modano, Marshall), 0:40. Strafzeiten -- Macinnis, Stl (Obstr hooking), 4:16; Sydor, Dal (tripping), 5:42. Overtime 5. St Louis, P Turgeon 4 (unassisted), 5:52. Torschüsse Dallas 6 10 5 4--25 St Louis 10 8 9 3--30 Powerplay -- Dal: 0-5, Stl: 1-7. Torhüter -- Dallas, Belfour (L,6-2-0). St Louis, Fuhr (W,6-4-0). Zuschauer -- 20,341. Schiedsrichter -- Faucette, Van Massenhoven. Assistenten -- Scapinello, Broseker. Sabres 3, Bruins 2 Erstes Drittel 1. Buffalo, Woolley 2 (power play) (Grosek), 1:37. 2. Boston, Heinze 3 (power play) (Carter, Thornton), 8:47. 3. Boston, Carter 4 (Thornton), 12:48. Strafzeiten -- Bourque, Bos (tripping), 0:10; Hasek, Buf served by Primeau (Ob holding the stick), 7:00; Juneau, Buf (high sticking), 18:26. Zweites Drittel Keine Tore. Strafzeiten -- Ellett, Bos (slashing), 9:33; Sanderson, Buf (tripping), 14:34; B Holzinger, Buf (roughing), 18:16; Bourque, Bos (hooking), 19:35. Drittes Drittel 4. Buffalo, R Warrener 1 (D Ward, Sanderson), 6:44. 5. Buffalo, D Ward 3 (Varada, Peca), 9:38. Strafzeiten -- Nickulas, Bos (Obstr hooking), 4:12; K Belanger, Bos (slashing), 9:46. Torschüsse Boston 6 8 7--21 Buffalo 3 4 18--25 Powerplay -- Bos: 1-4, Buf: 1-5. Torhüter -- Boston, Dafoe (L,5-4-0). Buffalo, Hasek (W,6-1-0). Zuschauer -- 18,595. Schiedsrichter -- Koharski, Stewart. Assistenten -- Collins, Murphy.

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