1.   Both players made terrific par saves on the fifth playoff hole, with Woods hitting a punch shot approach under trees onto the green.

2.   Entering the weekend, just four points separated the three teams still in the battle for the fifth playoff spot behind Phoenix.

3.   It is making its fifth playoff appearance in the last seven years.

4.   Minnesota holds the fifth playoff spot in the Western Conference, two games ahead of Portland.

5.   Tampa Bay is playing in only its fifth playoff game in franchise history.

6.   Overall, it was his fifth playoff loss.

7.   Patrick Lalime fell three minutes short of his fifth playoff shutout, which would have been an NHL record.

8.   Hampton, going for his first postseason win in his fifth playoff start, pitched out of trouble in the first inning.

9.   Minnesota still needs two wins or Houston losses to clinch its fifth straight playoff berth.

10.   None of it mattered as the Sabres and Flyers began their fifth playoff series in seven years.