Anaheim opens conference finals with double-OT win

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks had the Minnesota Wild just where they wanted them -- in overtime.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere continued his postseason brilliance with 39 saves, and Petr Sykora scored the winning goal 8:06 into the second extra session as the Mighty Ducks beat the Minnesota Wild 1-0 in the opener of the Western Conference finals.

Giguere stretched his playoff overtime shutout streak to 159 minutes, 5 seconds -- the second-longest run behind Patrick Roy's 162:56 in 1996-97.

The seventh-seeded Mighty Ducks improved to 5-0 in overtime in these playoffs and 9-1 in one-goal games. Anaheim, which eliminated No. 1 Dallas and No. 2 Detroit en route to the conference finals, is also 5-1 on the road.

The Mighty Ducks, outshot 39-26 by the No. 6 Wild, couldn't muster much of an attack all afternoon. Sykora's goal was their first shot of the second overtime.

Senators 3, Devils 2, OT

OTTAWA -- Shaun Van Allen tipped Martin Havlat's pass into a wide-open net 3:08 into overtime, lifting Ottawa to an Eastern Conference finals opening victory over the New Jersey Devils.

The Senators won despite squandering an early 2-0 lead. The Presidents' Trophy winners haven't lost a playoff game this year in which they've scored. Ottawa was shut out once by the New York Islanders and twice by Philadelphia in the first two rounds.

Chris Neil and Todd White also scored for the Senators, making their first third-round appearance in their 11-year history. Patrick Lalime finished with 32 saves.

-- From wire reports