1.   Robitaille got another chance but the puck slipped through the crease.

2.   The puck slipped past Eddie Belfour and rebounded off the post.

3.   The puck slipped out of the glove, and with a lightning reach, Carter poked it in with a half-second left.

4.   Thornton raced in after Ranger defenseman Jeff Beukeboom got caught flat-footed near his own blue line while the puck slipped past him.

5.   We are not going to see hockey goalies admitting the puck slipped over the line.

6.   When the puck slipped by netminder Olaf Kolzig, DiMaio was skidding through the slot on his belly.

7.   But when the loose puck slipped out, Panthers defenseman Rhett Warrener accidentally nudged it over the goal line.

8.   Tampa Bay goalie Daren Puppa appeared to smother two of the four goals in the opening period, only to have the puck slip into the net.