Michel Goulet and Basil McRae scored 17 seconds apart in thethird period last night to power the visiting Quebec Nordiques to a2-1 victory and a 2-0 series lead over the defending StanleyCup-champion Montreal Canadiens in their Adams Division final.
The Nordiques swept both games in Montreal and return home forGames 3 and 4.
The teams played two tight-checking, scoreless periods beforeGoulet connected on a 15-foot wrist shot that beat goalie BrianHayward low to the left side at 2:47.
Paul Gillis outmuscled Canadiens forward Bobby Smith behind theMontreal net before passing to Goulet, who leads the Nordiques inplayoff scoring with eight goals.
McRae notched his second goal of the playoffs on a rebound at3:04 after a slap shot from the point by Risto Siltanen. Haywardwent down on the point shot and blocked it with his left pad, but anunchecked McRae lifted the rebound over the prone goalie.
Montreal reduced the margin to 2-1 on a power play at 5:21.Ryan Walter took a pass from Mats Naslund and beat goalie MarioGosselin with a low 10-foot slap shot inside the left post.
Gosselin made several big saves to preserve the victory,including point-blank stops on two slap shots - one a rebound byChris Nilan from 15 feet with 8:28 left.
Islanders 2, Flyers 1: Mikko Makela scored a power-play goalwith three seconds left to give New York victory at Philadelphia andeven the series 1-1.
The Islanders received a power play with 48 seconds left in thegame when Philadelphia was penalized for having too many men on theice. Makela took a pass from Tomas Jonsson, skated in on goaltenderRon Hextall and fired the puck into the net on Hextall's stick sideat 19:57 of the third.
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