Stars top Sharks in 4 OTs, reach Western finals

May 6, 2008

The Dallas Stars have finally made it back to the Western Conference finals. It took the eighth-longest game in NHL history to do it.

Brenden Morrow scored a power-play goal 9:03 into the fourth overtime by deflecting a pass from Stephane Robidas as the host Stars eliminated the pesky San Jose Sharks, 2-1, in a game that ended early yesterday morning - the longest game in the NHL playoffs this season.

Dallas won the series, 4-2. It was the fourth overtime game in the series. The deciding game lasted 5 hours, 14 minutes.

"At that point of the game, you don't really know what you've got left," Morrow said.

Marty Turco made a franchise-record 61 saves for Dallas, which will play Game 1 on Thursday night in Detroit against the Red Wings, who wrapped up their second-round sweep of the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

Off the ice

• Penguins // Nathan Smith, the captain of Pittsburgh's American Hockey League team - the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins - was ordered to stand trial after his streaking arrest April 27.

• Blackhawks // Chicago agreed to terms with goaltender Antti Niemi, who went 26-6-14 this season in the Finnish Elite League.

• Panthers // Center Kamil Kreps and right wing Wade Belak signed two-year contracts.

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