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NHL: Staal power-play gives Penguins victory over Rangers

Jordan Staal scored a power-play goal in the second period and Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves, giving the Penguins a 2-0 victory on Sunday over the New York Rangers and a home-ice sweep of the first two games of their second-round NHL playoff series.

Staal’s goal came with older brother Marc, a Rangers defenseman on the ice, and was all the offensive support Fleury needed. Fleury helped the Penguins kill off two key Rangers power plays in the final six-plus minutes and Adam Hall scored into an empty net with 16.7 seconds remaining.

Games 3 and 4 will be today and Thursday in New York.

Stars 5, Sharks 2

At San Jose, California, Mike Modano scored the tiebreaking goal early in Dallas’ four-goal third period, and Marty Turco made 29 saves in a victory over San Jose in Game 2, sending the Stars home with a commanding series lead.

Brad Richards scored the tying goal on an awful San Jose turnover in the opening minute of the third period, and Niklas Hagman added two insurance goals in the Stars’ eighth victory in their last nine trips to San Jose. Mike Ribeiro also scored an early goal before Dallas put a tremendous finish on another profitable night at the Shark Tank.

Dallas hasn’t reached the conference finals since 2000, when the Stars beat San Jose in the second round on the way to their second straight Stanley Cup finals appearance.

Games 3 and 4 are back-to-back, starting tonight in Dallas.

Milan Michalek and Joe Pavelski scored for the second-seeded Sharks.
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