GAME THREAD: NHL: OTTAWA (13-6) at ANAHEIM (15-5)

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NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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OTTAWA 0 2 0 2
ANAHEIM 2 2 2 6 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: ANA - (PP) ANDY MCDONALD 10 (RYAN GETZLAF, CHRIS PRONGER)
3:41
ANA - ROB NIEDERMAYER 5 (COREY PERRY) 17:41
2ND PRD: OTT - DANIEL ALFREDSSON 13 (PETER SCHAEFER, MIKE FISHER)
11:27
ANA - TRAVIS MOEN 6 (UNASSISTED) 15:44
OTT - (SH) DANIEL ALFREDSSON 14 (UNASSISTED) 17:38
ANA - (PP) FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN 4 (ANDY MCDONALD) 18:28
3RD PRD: ANA - TRAVIS MOEN 7 (SCOTT NIEDERMAYER, SAMUEL PAHLSSON)
4:01
ANA - COREY PERRY 6 (UNASSISTED) 17:00

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: OTT - 0 OF 3, ANA - 2 OF 6.

MISSED PENALTY SHOTS: OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE, 7:23 3RD.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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OTT 3 5 5 13
ANA 5 7 6 18

GOALIES: OTT - RAY EMERY
ANA - JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN O'HALLORAN, PAUL DEVORSKI
LIN - JEAN MORIN, SHANE HEYER

ATT: 17,372</div>

 

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NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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OTTAWA 0 2 0 2
ANAHEIM 2 2 2 6 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: ANA - (PP) ANDY MCDONALD 10 (RYAN GETZLAF, CHRIS PRONGER)
3:41
ANA - ROB NIEDERMAYER 5 (COREY PERRY) 17:41
2ND PRD: OTT - DANIEL ALFREDSSON 13 (PETER SCHAEFER, MIKE FISHER)
11:27
ANA - TRAVIS MOEN 6 (UNASSISTED) 15:44
OTT - (SH) DANIEL ALFREDSSON 14 (UNASSISTED) 17:38
ANA - (PP) FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN 4 (ANDY MCDONALD) 18:28
3RD PRD: ANA - TRAVIS MOEN 7 (SCOTT NIEDERMAYER, SAMUEL PAHLSSON)
4:01
ANA - COREY PERRY 6 (UNASSISTED) 17:00

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: OTT - 0 OF 3, ANA - 2 OF 6.

MISSED PENALTY SHOTS: OTT - ANTOINE VERMETTE, 7:23 3RD.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTT 3 5 5 13
ANA 5 7 6 18

GOALIES: OTT - RAY EMERY
ANA - JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN O'HALLORAN, PAUL DEVORSKI
LIN - JEAN MORIN, SHANE HEYER

ATT: 17,372</div>

 

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Ottawa 0 2 0 --2
Anaheim 2 2 2 --6
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Anaheim, Andy Mcdonald 10 (power play)
(Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger), 3:41. 2, Anaheim, Rob Niedermayer 5
(Corey Perry), 17:41. Penalties: T Preissing, Ott (interference),
1:40; A Volchenkov, Ott (hooking), 3:25; J Spezza, Ott (holding
stick), 5:39; S Pahlsson, Ana (elbowing), 10:14; C Perry, Ana
(roughing), 15:31; T Selanne, Ana (holding), 18:10.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson 13 (Peter
Schaefer, Mike Fisher), 11:27. 4, Anaheim, Travis Moen 6 (Unassisted),
15:44. 5, Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson 14 (shorthanded) (Unassisted),
17:38. 6, Anaheim, Francois Beauchemin 4 (power play) (Andy Mcdonald),
18:28. Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (elbowing), 16:46.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Anaheim, Travis Moen 7 (Scott Niedermayer,
Samuel Pahlsson), 4:01. 9, Anaheim, Corey Perry 6 (Unassisted), 17:00.
Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (slashing), 5:48; A Volchenkov, Ott
(slashing), 12:27.

Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 3 5 5 --13
Anaheim 5 7 6 --18
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Missed penalty shots: Antoine Vermette, Ott, 7:23 third.
Power-play Conversions: Ottawa - 0 of 3, Anaheim - 2 of 6. Goalies :
Ottawa, Ray Emery (18 shots, 12 saves; record: 13-7-0). Anaheim,
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (13 shots, 11 saves; record: 13-4-0). A:
17,372. Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Paul Devorski. Linesmen: Jean
Morin, Shane Heyer.</div>

 

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Moen is a name normallyassociated with faucets. The Ottawa Senators couldn't turn offTravis Moen in Game Five of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Moen recorded the first two-goal playoff performance of hiscareer and Andy McDonald added a tally and an assist as theAnaheim Ducks captured the Stanley Cup for the first time infranchise history Wednesday with a 6-2 victory over theSenators.

Rob Niedermayer and defenseman Francois Beauchemin also scoredfor the Ducks, who became the first West Coast team to win theCup since the 1917 Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific CoastHockey Association.

A member of Anaheim's vaunted checking line, Moen scored thewinning goal in Game One of the Finals on May 28. The25-year-old did the same Wednesday, although it was not yourtypical type of tally.

Just over four minutes after Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredssondrew his team within 2-1 midway through the second period, afluke play deep in the Senators' zone helped Anaheim restore itstwo-goal cushion.

Goaltender Ray Emery tried to clear the puck up the left wingboards from behind his own net, but defenseman Chris Phillipsquickly grabbed it. With Emery making his way back into thecrease, Phillips pushed the puck ahead in an attempt to avoid aforechecking Niedermayer and begin a rush.

But the puck got caught in the right skate of an unsuspectingEmery, who moved his foot, jarring it loose and sending it intothe net at 15:44. The last Duck to touch the puck, Moen wascredited with the tally, which gave the Ducks a 3-1 lead.

Just 4:01 into the third period, Moen completed his multi-goaleffort by redirecting defenseman Scott Niedermayer's wrist shotfrom above the right faceoff circle past Emery, staking Anaheimto a 5-2 advantage.

Corey Perry sealed the win with three minutes to go in thethird.

Facing a team that entered having been shorthanded aleague-leading 118 times this postseason, the Senators foundthemselves in penalty trouble early in this one. And the Ducksmade them pay.

With Tom Preissing already in the penalty box for interference,fellow defenseman Anton Volchenkov was called for hooking at3:25, giving Anaheim a brief 5-on-3 opportunity. Just onesecond after Preissing's penalty expired, the Ducks cashed in totake a 1-0 lead.

After getting the puck low in the right faceoff circle, McDonaldattempted a cross-slot pass to Teemu Selanne on the left side.But the puck hit Phillips' right skate and sneaked between thepads of Emery at 3:41 for McDonald's team-leading 10th goal ofthe playoffs.

The tally also gave McDonald the franchise record for most inone postseason, eclipsing the mark of nine set by Joffrey Lupullast year.

Less than two minutes later, the Ducks received a scare whenNorris Trophy finalist Chris Pronger - who was back in thelineup after serving his one-game suspension for a blow to thehead of Ottawa's Dean McAmmond in Game Three - was crunchedbehind Anaheim's net by Antoine Vermette. Senators tough guyChris Neil came in late and added a little elbow to the head ofPronger, who skated off slowly and retreated to the locker roombefore returning late in the period.

Beauchemin made the best save of the opening session with 11:14remaining, getting his stick on Jason Spezza's shot at awide-open right side of the net from the doorstep to preservethe one-goal edge.

Moments after Anaheim successfully killed Perry's roughinginfraction, Rob Niedermayer doubled the advantage. Picking up aloose puck in the neutral zone, Rob Niedermayer skated down theright side, got a step ahead of Mike Comrie and put abackhander between the right arm and body of Emery with 2:19 togo for a 2-0 bulge.

It was the fifth goal in 21 playoff games for Rob Niedermayer,who registered the exact same total in 82 regular-seasoncontests.

After Emery made impressive glove saves on Dustin Penner andSamuel Pahlsson 26 seconds apart early in the middle session,Alfredsson got his team on the scoreboard.

Booed every time he touched the puck for drilling a shotdirectly at Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer at the end of thesecond period in Game Four, Alfredsson received a pass in thehigh slot and fired a shot over the left shoulder of netminderJean-Sebastien Giguere at 11:27 of the second for hisleague-leading 13th postseason tally.

Refusing to let his team get down after Moen's fluke goal,Alfredsson netted his second of the game with 2:22 left in theperiod. With Ottawa shorthanded, the Swede stole the puck fromRyan Getzlaf just outside the blue line and raced down the rightwing before beating Giguere high to the short side, drawing theSenators within a goal.

But Anaheim managed to cash in on the same power play 50 secondslater, as Beauchemin ripped a one-timer from the left pointthat caromed off Volchenkov and past Emery before hitting theright post and entering the net at 18:28.

Antoine Vermette was awarded a penalty shot at 7:23 of the thirdafter being hooked from behind by Todd Marchant. But whileattempting to deke to his backhand, Vermette lost control of thepuck, never getting off a shot.

 

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Ottawa 0 2 0 --2
Anaheim 2 2 2 --6
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Anaheim, Andy Mcdonald 10 (power play)
(Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger), 3:41. 2, Anaheim, Rob Niedermayer 5
(Corey Perry), 17:41. Penalties: T Preissing, Ott (interference),
1:40; A Volchenkov, Ott (hooking), 3:25; J Spezza, Ott (holding
stick), 5:39; S Pahlsson, Ana (elbowing), 10:14; C Perry, Ana
(roughing), 15:31; T Selanne, Ana (holding), 18:10.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson 13 (Peter
Schaefer, Mike Fisher), 11:27. 4, Anaheim, Travis Moen 6 (Unassisted),
15:44. 5, Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson 14 (shorthanded) (Unassisted),
17:38. 6, Anaheim, Francois Beauchemin 4 (power play) (Andy Mcdonald),
18:28. Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (elbowing), 16:46.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Anaheim, Travis Moen 7 (Scott Niedermayer,
Samuel Pahlsson), 4:01. 9, Anaheim, Corey Perry 6 (Unassisted), 17:00.
Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (slashing), 5:48; A Volchenkov, Ott
(slashing), 12:27.

Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 3 5 5 --13
Anaheim 5 7 6 --18
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Missed penalty shots: Antoine Vermette, Ott, 7:23 third.
Power-play Conversions: Ottawa - 0 of 3, Anaheim - 2 of 6. Goalies :
Ottawa, Ray Emery (18 shots, 12 saves; record: 13-7-0). Anaheim,
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (13 shots, 11 saves; record: 13-4-0). A:
17,372. Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Paul Devorski. Linesmen: Jean
Morin, Shane Heyer.</div>

 

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OTTAWA 0 2 0 --2
ANAHEIM 2 2 2 --6
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Anaheim, Andy Mcdonald 10 (power play)
(Ryan Getzlaf, Chris Pronger), 3:41. 2, Anaheim, Rob Niedermayer 5
(Corey Perry), 17:41. Penalties: T Preissing, Ott (interference),
1:40; A Volchenkov, Ott (hooking), 3:25; J Spezza, Ott (holding
stick), 5:39; S Pahlsson, Ana (elbowing), 10:14; C Perry, Ana
(roughing), 15:31; T Selanne, Ana (holding), 18:10.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson 13 (Peter
Schaefer, Mike Fisher), 11:27. 4, Anaheim, Travis Moen 6 (Unassisted),
15:44. 5, Ottawa, Daniel Alfredsson 14 (shorthanded) (Unassisted),
17:38. 6, Anaheim, Francois Beauchemin 4 (power play) (Andy Mcdonald),
18:28. Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (elbowing), 16:46.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Anaheim, Travis Moen 7 (Scott Niedermayer,
Samuel Pahlsson), 4:01. 9, Anaheim, Corey Perry 6 (Unassisted), 17:00.
Penalties: C Schubert, Ott (slashing), 5:48; A Volchenkov, Ott
(slashing), 12:27.

Shots on goal:
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OTTAWA 3 5 5 --13
ANAHEIM 5 7 6 --18
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Missed penalty shots: Antoine Vermette, Ott, 7:23 third.
Power-play Conversions: OTT - 0 of 3, ANA - 2 of 6. Goalies : Ottawa,
Ray Emery (18 shots, 12 saves; record: 13-7-0). Anaheim,
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (13 shots, 11 saves; record: 13-4-0). A:
17,372. Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Paul Devorski. Linesmen: Jean
Morin, Shane Heyer.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

OTTAWA ANAHEIM
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
D Alfredsson 2 0 even 2 C Perry 1 1 even 1
M Fisher 0 1 -1 2 C Kunitz 0 0 even 1
A Meszaros 0 0 -1 2 R Getzlaf 0 1 even 0
D Heatley 0 0 -2 0 D Penner 0 0 even 3
J Spezza 0 0 -1 0 A McDonald 1 1 +1 2
A Vermette 0 0 +1 3 S O'Donnell 0 0 +2 0
C Kelly 0 0 -1 0 T Marchant 0 0 -1 0
A Volchenkov 0 0 -1 1 F Beauchemin 1 0 even 2
C Neil 0 0 even 0 B May 0 0 -1 0
P Schaefer 0 1 -1 0 C Pronger 0 1 +1 0
C Phillips 0 0 even 0 S Pahlsson 0 1 +3 4
T Preissing 0 0 even 0 S Niedermayer 0 1 +1 1
P Eaves 0 0 even 2 T Moen 2 0 +2 2
C Schubert 0 0 -2 0 J DiPenta 0 0 even 0
W Redden 0 0 even 0 K Huskins 0 0 even 0
O Saprykin 0 0 even 1 R Niedermayer 1 0 +3 1
J Corvo 0 0 even 0 S Thornton 0 0 even 1
M Comrie 0 0 -2 0 T Selanne 0 0 -1 0
D McAmmond CONCUSSION R Jackman HEALTHY
B McGrattan HEALTHY S Caron HEALTHY
L Nycholat HEALTHY R Carter HEALTHY
A Rome HEALTHY
G Parros HEALTHY
J Motzko HEALTHY
R Shannon HEALTHY
A Miller HEALTHY</div>

 

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** CONFIRMED **
NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS
OTTAWA 2
ANAHEIM 6</div>

 

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Moen is a name normallyassociated with faucets. The Ottawa Senators couldn't turn offTravis Moen in Game Five of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Moen recorded the first two-goal playoff performance of hiscareer and Andy McDonald added a tally and an assist as theAnaheim Ducks captured the Stanley Cup for the first time infranchise history Wednesday with a 6-2 victory over theSenators.

Rob Niedermayer and defenseman Francois Beauchemin also scoredfor the Ducks, who became the first West Coast team in theUnited States to win the Cup since the 1917 SeattleMetropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.

"Hockey has gained huge support in this area and I believe thisgave a big boost for hockey in California," Anaheim's TeemuSelanne said. "In the future, you're going to see more and moregreat hockey players coming from this area. I think we've donea very important job."

Hailing from British Columbia, the Victoria Cougars of theWestern Canada Hockey League also won the trophy in 1925.

"Our players deserve all the recognition for the way theyplayed, the way they committed to everything that we asked ofthem to do," Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. "We have a bunchof great leaders and the guys worked their tails off. It's kindof surreal right now."

A member of Anaheim's vaunted checking line, Moen scored thewinning goal in Game One of the Finals on May 28. The25-year-old did the same Wednesday, although it was not yourtypical type of tally.

Just over four minutes after Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredssondrew his team within 2-1 midway through the second period, afluke play deep in the Senators' zone helped Anaheim restore itstwo-goal cushion.

Goaltender Ray Emery tried to clear the puck up the left wingboards from behind his own net, but defenseman Chris Phillipsquickly grabbed it. With Emery making his way back into thecrease, Phillips pushed the puck ahead in an attempt to avoid aforechecking Niedermayer and begin a rush.

But the puck got caught in the right skate of an unsuspectingEmery, who moved his foot, jarring it loose and sending it intothe net at 15:44. The last Duck to touch the puck, Moen wascredited with the tally, which gave the Ducks a 3-1 lead.

"I was trying to get away from Niedermayer coming from behindthe net," Phillips said. "I put the puck in front of me and itgot stuck in (Emery's) skates. The play could happen (likethat) a hundred times without the puck going in. The puck wasat my feet, and I couldn't get it out.

"I felt bad, obviously. Not the time to do it, that's for sure.... My screw-up seemed to take some momentum away."

Just 4:01 into the third period, Moen completed his multi-goaleffort by redirecting Conn Smythe Trophy winner ScottNiedermayer's wrist shot from above the right faceoff circlepast Emery, staking Anaheim to a 5-2 advantage.

"The second goal was a good goal to get," Moen said. "The firstone was a little lucky, but I'll take both of them, for sure."

"(We provided) more than anyone would have expected," saidSamuel Pahlsson, the center of Anaheim's checking line."Everyone has to contribute to get a winning team. And that'swhat we got, we got help from everyone out there."

Corey Perry sealed the win with three minutes to go in thethird.

"It's everything," Perry said of winning the Cup. "This is whyyou play hockey, this is why you go to the rink at five in themorning as a little kid and your parents take you. This iseverything you dream about. When you get this opportunity,you're going to remember it for the rest of your life."

"They played really well," Ottawa's Mike Fisher said. "Theyplayed better than us. You've got to give them credit. They'rea great team."

Facing a team that entered having been shorthanded aleague-leading 118 times this postseason, the Senators foundthemselves in penalty trouble early in this one. And the Ducksmade them pay.

With Tom Preissing already in the penalty box for interference,fellow defenseman Anton Volchenkov was called for hooking at3:25, giving Anaheim a brief 5-on-3 opportunity. Just onesecond after Preissing's penalty expired, the Ducks cashed in totake a 1-0 lead.

After getting the puck low in the right faceoff circle, McDonaldattempted a cross-slot pass to Selanne on the left side. Butthe puck hit Phillips' right skate and sneaked between the padsof Emery at 3:41 for McDonald's team-leading 10th goal of theplayoffs.

"It was a great bounce," McDonald said. "To get a score likethat early in the game, your mind starts wandering a little bit.But the game was so much back and forth at that point. ... Itwas good feeling."

The tally also gave McDonald the franchise record for most inone postseason, eclipsing the mark of nine set by Joffrey Lupullast year.

Less than two minutes later, the Ducks received a scare whenNorris Trophy finalist Chris Pronger - who was back in thelineup after serving his one-game suspension for a blow to thehead of Ottawa's Dean McAmmond in Game Three - was crunchedbehind Anaheim's net by Antoine Vermette. Senators tough guyChris Neil came in late and added a little elbow to the head ofPronger, who skated off slowly and retreated to the locker roombefore returning late in the period.

Beauchemin made the best save of the opening session with 11:14remaining, getting his stick on Jason Spezza's shot at awide-open right side of the net from the doorstep to preservethe one-goal edge.

"Those are things that aren't easy to do," Ducks captain ScottNiedermayer said. "I guess when you're focused on the game,they're fun to do, but they're not easy. ... But when you'recommitted to win, you're doing things like that."

Moments after Anaheim successfully killed Perry's roughinginfraction, Rob Niedermayer doubled the advantage. Picking up aloose puck in the neutral zone, Rob Niedermayer skated down theright side, got a step ahead of Mike Comrie and put abackhander between the right arm and body of Emery with 2:19 togo for a 2-0 bulge.

It was the fifth goal in 21 playoff games for Rob Niedermayer,who registered the exact same total in 82 regular-seasoncontests.

"I think it was just a whole team effort," Rob Niedermayer said."They had a lot of chances in the series. I think (goaltenderJean-Sebastien Giguere) did a good job of making some hugestops. It was just contributions from everybody. That's why wewere able to win."

After Emery made impressive glove saves on Dustin Penner andPahlsson 26 seconds apart early in the middle session,Alfredsson got his team on the scoreboard.

Booed every time he touched the puck for drilling a shotdirectly at Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer at the end of thesecond period in Game Four, Alfredsson received a pass in thehigh slot and fired a shot over the left shoulder of netminderGiguere at 11:27 of the second for his league-leading 13thpostseason tally.

Refusing to let his team get down after Moen's fluke goal,Alfredsson netted his second of the game with 2:22 left in theperiod. With Ottawa shorthanded, the Swede stole the puck fromRyan Getzlaf just outside the blue line and raced down the rightwing before beating Giguere high to the short side, drawing theSenators within a goal.

"He's been the leader on this team from start to finish,"Ottawa's Dany Heatley said of Alfredsson. "He certainly triedto carry us tonight."

But Anaheim managed to cash in on the same power play 50 secondslater, as Beauchemin ripped a one-timer from the left pointthat caromed off Volchenkov and past Emery before hitting theright post and entering the net at 18:28.

"I think the goal Beauchemin scored late in the second (wasbig)," McDonald said. "They scored late there and we answeredback with a goal. That was huge to go into the third periodwith the momentum after scoring the goal."

Vermette was awarded a penalty shot at 7:23 of the third afterbeing hooked from behind by Todd Marchant. But while attemptingto deke to his backhand, Vermette lost control of the puck,never getting off a shot.

"I tried to prevent him from getting off a shot," Marchant said."I tried to cut him off and make contact with his stick. Ithought that I did get the stick. The referee thoughtdifferently."

It was the 10th penalty shot in Stanley Cup Finals history andninth unsuccessful one. Only Pronger has converted a penaltyshot in the Finals, scoring on Cam Ward of the CarolinaHurricanes as a member of the Edmonton Oilers in Game One lastyear.

Ottawa managed to record just 13 shots on goal Wednesday andonly 49 in the three games at the Honda Center.

"With the way the game developed, I thought that the exclamationpoint for our team was we only allowed 13 shots in a criticalgame," Carlyle said. "That's a tribute to the players becausethey went out and they fought and won a lot of battles."