Hurricanes Eliminate Canadiens

Cory Stillman scored 1:19 into overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes eliminated the Montreal Canadiens with a 2-1 victory Tuesday night at Montreal.

After dropping the first two games of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series at home, Carolina roared back to win four in a row -- three in Montreal.

“We started off slow and we’ve been playing better here game after game,” Stillman said. “We wanted to win here in Game 6. When you go back home for Game 7, it’s great having home ice but you never know. It’s a one-game shot and it could be a bad bounce that goes in to be the difference.”

Stillman took a pass from captain Rod Brind’Amour in the neutral zone and drove a slap shot from the top of the left circle over Canadien goaltender Cristobal Huet’s left shoulder.

Buffalo 7, Philadelphia 1 -- The Sabres dominated from the first faceoff, flexing their scoring muscle at Philadelphia in a win that put them in the Eastern Conference semifinals and extended the Flyers’ Stanley Cup drought to 30 seasons. Chris Drury scored twice for the Sabres, who won the best-of-seven series in six games.