Sun May 4 17:21:33 2008

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Hossa's OT goal sends Pens to East finals

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Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Marian Hossa's second goal of the game, 7:10 into overtime, sent the Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Mellon Arena, clinching the series for Pittsburgh.

Hossa tallied the game-winner off a broken play. Sidney Crosby carried over the Rangers' blue line and dished to Pascal Dupuis. Dupuis tried a centering pass from the left circle, but the puck skittered off New York defenseman Dan Girardi's skate to a trailing Hossa, who buried his one-timer from the slot.

Evgeni Malkin also scored for the Penguins, who won the series four games to one and advance to the conference finals to face in-state rival Philadelphia.

Crosby picked up a pair of assists and Marc-Andre Fleury improved to 8-1 in the playoffs with a 20-save performance.

Nigel Dawes and Lauri Korpikoski tallied for the Rangers, who could not sustain momentum from a 3-0 win in Game 4 and a short burst early in the third period of Sunday's contest.

Henrik Lundqvist took the loss despite 37 saves.