1.   The home run surge began in the third when Vaughn used a sweet swing to poke a shot to the opposite field with Valentin aboard.

2.   Then Denilson crossed nicely for Rivaldo, who was sitting on the turf but managed to poke a shot at Van Der Sar.

3.   Williams and Tartabull combined for another misplay in the sixth as Trammell poked a shot to right-center that Williams could not locate as he waved his arms.

4.   Reasoner picked up the rebound and poked a shot past the sprawling Roussel.

5.   But the puck stayed in the zone, was picked up by Sami Solo, whose shot was poked home by Zamuner.

6.   But the puck stayed in the zone and was picked up by Sami Solo, whose shot was poked home by Zamuner.

7.   He poked a shot past Nashville goaltender Eric Fichaud, who did the splits but could not reach the puck.

8.   Larsson beat one defender into the box and poked his shot into the right corner despite the closing presence of three Nigerian defenders.

9.   The Italian set up Mark Pembridge and his shot was poked into the net by Whittingham to give Wednesday the points.