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Tuesday, April 17, 2001
Toronto takes command
Leafs edge Senators, 3-2, take 3-0 series lead
Associated Press
TORONTO - Cory Cross scored 2:16 into overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 Monday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round playoff series.
   Cross scored by shooting a long rebound past Senators goalie Patrick Lalime.
   "It came out to me and I just one-timed it," Cross told CBC. "I was lucky it went in. I didn't even see it go in."
   Toronto can eliminate Ottawa with a win at home on Wednesday night in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series.
   Down 2-0 in the game, and without a goal in the series, the Senators scored twice in the final 3:09 to force overtime.
   The Senators had not scored on Curtis Joseph in more than 223 minutes of playoff action, dating to last year's playoffs, when Marian Hossa spoiled Joseph's third straight shutout with 3:09 left in regulation.
   With Lalime on the bench, Daniel Alfredsson then wired a shot past Joseph with 35.6 seconds left in the third period to make it 2-2.
   Mats Sundin and Nik Antropov scored power-play goals for the Maple Leafs, and Joseph made 26 saves
   FLYERS 3, AT SABRES 2: Andy Delmore, playing his first game of the postseason, sparked Philadelphia to yet another critical victory. With the Flyers trailing, 2-0, in a first-round playoff series against the Buffalo, Delmore broke a tie with nine minutes left, leading the Flyers to victory. Game 4 of the best of seven series is tonight at Buffalo.
   Kent Manderville and Simon Gagne also scored for the Flyers, who had lost the first two games at home. Roman Cechmanek stopped 26 shots to record his first playoff victory.
   All three games of the series have been decided by one goal.
   Chris Gratton and Steve Heinze scored for the Sabres, who didn't help themselves, committing two turnovers that led directly to Philadelphia goals - including Delmore's game-winner.
   Flyers forward Daymond Langkow intercepted Rhett Warrener's poor clearing attempt inside the Buffalo blue line. Langkow wristed the puck at the net where Delmore, a defenseman, deflected it over goalie Dominik Hasek's right shoulder.
   Delmore was inserted into the lineup in place of Chris McAllister, who committed a number of defensive miscues in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss.
   Delmore has been known to produce in the playoffs before.
   Last year, with the Flyers trailing Pittsburgh 2-0 in a second-round series, Delmore scored in overtime in Game 3 and then scored three times in Game 5 as Philadelphia eventually beat the Penguins in six games.
   It marked the second time that Philadelphia overcame a 2-0 series deficit.
   The Flyers' lineup was also bolstered Monday by the return of center Keith Primeau, who missed three weeks with a sprained left knee. Primeau had a hand in Gagne's power-play goal that tied it 2-2 with 8:37 remaining in the second period.
   Gratton, with his second goal of the playoffs, opened the scoring with a power-play goal, converting a rebound off Doug Gilmour's point shot, four minutes in.
   Manderville, with his first playoff goal since 1994 when he was with Toronto, tied it at 1 2:37 into the second after intercepting Donald Audette's clearing pass through the middle of the ice.
   Heinze scored a power-play goal two minutes later, to give Buffalo a 2-1 lead.
   AT PENGUINS 3, CAPITALS 0: Kevin Stevens scored his second key goal of a low-scoring series as Pittsburgh beat Washington. The Penguins have allowed only two goals in three games to lead the Eastern Conference series, 2-1, going into Game 4 Wednesday night in Pittsburgh.
   Alexei Kovalev and Jan Hrdina also scored in a 2:39 span of the third period, but it was two players rescued off hockey's scrap heap - Stevens and rookie goalie Johan Hedberg - who were the big stars on a team usually dominated by two of the game's big names, Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr.
   Hedberg, playing in only his 12th NHL game, turned aside a succession of good Capitals scoring chances while making 25 saves in the first two periods and 34 overall in his first career shutout.

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