21.   Hurricanes forward Erik Cole beat Chris Chelios and had an open lane to the net with only Hasek to beat.

22.   I just try to go to the net with my stick down and create room for those two guys and get open for them.

23.   I am playing tennis in my mind, hitting lazy forehands over the net with a slow, easy rhythm.

24.   In early morning light, thin, black figures, set against the first rays of the morning sun, pull up a net with a single fish.

25.   In the closing moments against Behr, Chang came through with some key passing shots, burning Behr at the net with crisp cross- courters.

26.   Jayson Williams, both hands taped heavily around the thumbs, found everything but the net with four free throws in the final two minutes.

27.   Joel Otto knocked the puck out of the air and into the net with the shaft of his stick for his second goal of the year.

28.   Josef Vasicek, near the right-wing corner, threw the puck at the net with Gelinas and Jaroslav Svoboda in front.

29.   Lapointe got another close-in shot, but Richter stopped it, leaving Lapointe to smack the net with his stick in frustration.

30.   Left wing Luc Robitaille swept behind the net with the puck, then flicked it to an open Momesso.