21.   A woozy Darryl Sydor was helped off the ice after he slid face first into the end boards.

22.   Defenseman Derek Morris left due to the flu and center Benoit Gratton did not return after being taken heavily into the end boards.

23.   Dirk was hit from behind by Tampa Bay forward Allan Egeland and crashed head first into the end boards.

24.   He won a battle for the puck with Eric Weinrich along the side boards and chipped the puck to Miroslav Satan on the end boards.

25.   He was so in control in the final moments that even his non-demonstrative coach, Richard Callaghan, was pounding the top of the end boards.

26.   In an unmistakably American touch, the fans were egged on by midriff-baring cheerleaders who clapped and shouted into megaphones behind the end boards.

27.   Midway through the second, Andrei Nazarov missed the net on a shot but the puck rebounded off the end boards and out the other side.

28.   Modano was knocked off his skates, lost his helmet, and slid into the end boards, striking his head.

29.   On the first, Tony Amonte took a long slap shot that took a high carom off the end boards.

30.   Olausson was attempting to clear the puck off the end boards but he misfired and banked it off the side of the net.