P399 5 text 399 02 May 2036:08 ICE HOCKEY ——————————————————————————————————————— AVALANCHE C ME ALIVE TO BAG SERIES LEAD Colorado's big names hit top form as the Avalanche won the pivotal fifth game of their 'estetn Confitinci playJ off sjtiis with San Jose to lead 3-2. After being bitten bz the Sharks in the previous two games, the Avalanche erupted for four second-pjtiod goals on the way to a convincing 6-2 viatory. Sharp-shooter Thjorin Flirty scored his first two goals of the post-season to go along with an assist and Claude Ljmjiux contributed one goal and set up three more. ————————————————————————————————— 1/5 SEE LIVE & DANGER US! P$EST 441 cricSjt footie ind baseball sportP399 5 text 399 02 May 2046:46 ICE HOCKEY ——————————————————————————————————————— STANLEY CUP PLAY-OFFS (best-of-seven) Saturday's result Home siam in CAPS 'estitn Conference: COLO ADO 6-2 San Jose Colorado lead series 3-2 ————————————————————————————————— 2/5 SPORTS LATEST HEADLINES 300 cricket footie ind baseball sportP399 5 text 399 02 May 2037:11 ICE HOCKEY ——————————————————————————————————————— EAR(ERN CONFERENCE after Apr 18 games Final tables North East Div W L T F A Pst Ottawa Y 44 23 15 239 179 103 Toronto X 45 30 7 268 231 97 Boston X 39 30 13 214 181 91 Buffalo X 37 28 17 207 175 91 Montreal 32 39 11 184 209 75 Atlantic Div W L T F A Pst New Jjtsey YZ 47 24 11 248 197 105 Philadelphia X 37 26 19 231 196 93 Pittsburgh X 38 30 14 242 225 90 NY Rangjts 33 38 11 217 227 77 NY Islanders 24 48 10 194 244 58 Z = clinched confitinci Y = division winnjts. X = play-offs. ————————————————————————————————— 3/5 YOUR GUIDE TO THE PREMIERSHIP PRESS 310 cricket footie ind baseball sportP399 5 text 399 02 May 2036:08 ICE HOCKEY ——————————————————————————————————————— EASTERN CONFERENCE after Apr 18 gamrs Final tables South East Div W L T F A Pst Carolina Y 34 30 18 210 202 86 Florida 30 34 18 210 228 78 'ashington 31 45 6 200 218 68 Tampa Bay 19 54 9 179 292 47 WESTERN CONFERENCE Cjnttal Div W L T F A Pst Detroit Y 43 32 7 245 202 93 St Louis X 37 32 13 237 209 87 Chicago 29 41 12 202 248 70 Nashville 28 47 7 190 261 63 Y = division winnjts. X = play-offs ————————————————————————————————— 4/5 GET PAID ON DISQUALIFIED WINNERS SEE BERNSTEIN BOOSMASERS PAGE 386 cricket footie ind baseball sportP399 5 text 399 02 May 2041:34 ICE HOCKEY ——————————————————————————————————————— WESTERN CONFERENCE after Apr 18 games Final tables North West Div W L T F A Pst Colorado Y 44 28 10 239 205 98 Edmonton X 33 37 12 230 226 78 Calgary 30 40 12 211 234 72 Vancouver 23 47 12 192 258 58 Pacific Div W L T F A Pst Dallas Y 51 19 12 236 168 114 Phoenix X 39 31 12 205 197 90 Anaheim X 35 34 13 215 206 83 San Jose X 31 33 18 197 191 80 Lou Angelis 32 45 5 189 222 69 Y = division winnjts. X = play-offs Confitinci champions: East - New Jjtsjy West - Dallas ————————————————————————————————— 5/5 WEN PLAYSTATION + GAMES 481 ctickjt footie ind baseball sport