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It took 129 minutes to achieve, but the Dallas Stars finally eliminated the pesky San Jose Sharks from the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs.  Brenden Morrow netted the puck 9:03 into the 4th overtime period to give the Stars their first Conference Finals appearance since 2000.

Marty Turco faced 61 shots in the epic battle, making him the 1st star of the game.  Evgeni Nabokov of the Sharks was 2nd star and Brenden Morrow was 3rd.

The Dallas Stars now go on to face the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference finals.

Earlier tonight the Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated the New York Rangers, making way for an all Pen State EC final between the Penguins and Flyers.

The Dallas Stars tried again to eliminate the San Jose Sharks today, but failed to achieve the task as the Sharks rallied to win in overtime, 3-2.

Jere Lehtinen opened the scoring for the Stars.  Brenden Morrow put the Stars up 2-0 going into the third period.  The 2nd period saw not one, but two waved off goals by Brenden Morrow.  In the third Milan Michalek and Brian Campbell evened the score, taking the game to overtime, where Joe Pavelski netted the game winner in the 2nd minute of OT.

“Every game we lose, we give them more life, but I like our position better than theirs,” Morrow said. “The third period was our downfall. We have to move on, earn our breaks. We earned this 3-2 lead.”
- Yahoo! Sport

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Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals fought hard and took the Flyers to overtime, but it wasn’t enough, and fell in overtime off a goal from Joffrey Lupul.  The Philadelpia Flyers now have a 2nd round matchup with the Montreal Canadiens.