21.   Nabokov blocked it with his skates and went to the ice, allowing Lapointe to slip the puck past him.

22.   Streaking down the left side, he beat two defenders then slipped the puck between the legs of Columbus goalie Marc Denis.

23.   Sullivan slipped the puck through the legs of defenseman Toni Lydman and moved in alone on Turek.

24.   The play Claude Lemieux slipped the puck to rookie Alex Tanguay, who passed it to Sakic in the faceoff circle.

25.   The Stars pulled ahead less than two minutes into the second period when Nieuwendyk picked up a rebound and slipped the puck past Sharks goalkeeper Steve Shields.