Wild beat Blackhawks in overtime, trail 2-1 in Western Conference quarterfinal series

Beating the Chicago Blackhawks usually requires a certain kind of performance: bruising, aggressive and unflappable.

That's precisely what the Minnesota Wild produced, entertaining the fans at the team's first home playoff game in five years.

The Wild had a little luck at a very good time, too. Jason Zucker blindly sent a bad-angle overtime shot toward the goal and scored at 2:15 of the extra period to give the Wild a 3-2 win yesterday, pulling Minnesota within 2-1 in the Western Conference quarterfinal series.

"I don't know if I even saw the net. I probably didn't even look at the net," said the rookie, who raced to the corner and jumped against the glass to celebrate. "I just tried shooting it, and it happened to go in for me."

Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored for the eighth-seeded Wild after Johnny Oduya gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead in the first period. Zach Parise scored early in the third, but Duncan Keith tied it for the Blackhawks with 2:46 left in regulation. Patrick Kane had two assists for Chicago and has five in the series.

Senators 6, Canadiens 1:Jean-Gabriel Pageau got his first NHL hat trick and was left with a bloody smile as host Ottawa -- helped by four unanswered goals in the third period -- took a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

The 20-year-old rookie lost a tooth in a fight-filled, emotional win. The teams totaled 236 penalty minutes and nine players were given a game misconduct.

Pageau gave the Senators a 2-1 lead early in the second period with his first career playoff goal as he slipped between defensemen P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov to beat Carey Price over the shoulder.

Pageau is especially unlikely to forget the goal, because he was hit in the mouth by Subban on the play and lost a tooth. Players could be seen looking for the tooth on the ensuing goal celebration. "I might put it under my pillow and see what happens," Pageau said.

Pageau and Kyle Turris scored in the third period to make it 4-1. On the ensuing faceoff, five different fights broke out. The Senators wound up with the man advantage and Jakob Silfverberg made it 5-1 eight seconds after Turris' goal.

Senators coach Paul MacLean called a timeout with 17 seconds remaining, and in Montreal coach Michel Therien's opinion, MacLean was trying to embarrass and humiliate the Canadiens. "As far as I'm concerned,'' Therien said, "that was classless."

Said MacLean, "I didn't want anyone to get hurt. It was already getting dumb enough as it was. I have two important players on my team and I still have games to play. We're not giving them a freebie. There's already enough of that."

Sharks 5, Canucks 2:Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture each scored twice as host San Jose took a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference quarterfinal series.

Pavelski scored the first two goals and Couture and Patrick Marleau added scores nine seconds apart early in the third period.-- AP