71.   The play begins, appropriately, with a question of semantics.

72.   The play began when Stars winger Brett Hull took a shot from along the boards.

73.   The play began with a bad clear by Brodeur, rare for him.

74.   The play began with a turnover by Scott Niedermayer, the Devils defenseman, who was trying to pass out of his zone.

75.   The play begins against a sky of splendid stars and ends as the sun comes up.

76.   The play begins in the manner of a brightly sardonic cartoon.

77.   The play finally begins.

78.   The performance is customary for what the senior has done since conference play began.

79.   The play began in the Hartford end, when Zubov turned the puck over to Glen Featherstone, the former Ranger.

80.   The play began in the neutral zone when Ozolinsh fell into the boards after becoming entangled with Bruce Driver.