31.   Coach Colin Campbell has been waiting all season for someone other than Mark Messier to put the puck in the net on a consistent basis.

32.   Darren McCarty stole the puck from Turek and fed Slava Kozlov, who bounced the puck in off a skate into the wide-open net.

33.   Defenseman Barry Richter slid into Salo as the goalie was making a save on Martin Straka, knocking the puck in with his skate.

34.   Defenseman Darren Van Impe kept the puck in the zone and fired it toward the net.

35.   Defenseman Don Sweeney got the puck in the defensive zone and sprung Murray and Rolston for a two-on-one break.

36.   Defenseman Vladimir Malakhov blocked a puck in the final minute and crawled off the ice.

37.   Defensemen, previously forced to control the puck in the neutral zone, simply shot it into the offensive zone, not fearing an offsides whistle.

38.   Defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky turned over the puck in the neutral zone and Ward punched it up for Kovalenko, who snapped a shot past goalie Jamie Storr.

39.   Darren Van Impe started the play by dumping the puck in from the left point.

40.   Donato held the puck in the right circle until he saw Bourque coming down the slot.