31.   That he did not go back in for the final series with only a touchdown needed to tie the game does.

32.   That is when the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Washington D.C. would play their if-necessary game in the Eastern Conference final series.

33.   That part of the playoff format will add intrigue to the final series of the season for two of the division winners.

34.   The Avalanche open their Western Conference final series against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

35.   The Devils lost the final series to Colorado in seven games.

36.   The Gold Rush set in motion a final series of terrible conflicts between Native Americans and whites by making inevitable intensive contact and conflict over land and resources....

37.   The first two passes by BC quarterback Mark Hartsell on the final series of the game had been incomplete.

38.   The Giants play their final series in Colorado, where they lost all three games of a three-game series immediately after the all-star break.

39.   The road team has won every one of the five games of the Eastern Conference final series between the Devils and the Philadelphia Flyers.

40.   The Wings won all three games played here during this conference final series.