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Maple Leafs are first to advance in playoffs

A 3-1 win completes sweep of Sens. The Hurricanes stun Devils in OT, force Game 5.

Compiled from Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published April 19, 2001

A year ago, the Maple Leafs' Yanic Perreault was knocked out of the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Senators. This time he turned the tables on them.

Perreault scored two goals Wednesday night as Toronto beat Ottawa 3-1 at Air Canada Centre to complete a four-game sweep of their first-round Eastern Conference series.

For Perreault, who injured a knee in last spring's series against the Senators and was lost for the playoffs, motivation was easy on this night.

"We didn't want to go back to Ottawa, for sure," he said.

The Devils are heading back to New Jersey, however, for another game with the Hurricanes. Rod Brind'Amour scored 46 seconds into OT to give Carolina, down 3-0 in the series, a 3-2 victory.

"We get to play another day, so we'll see what happens," Brind'Amour said.

Carolina had been held to one goal through the first three games.

In Pittsburgh, the Capitals tied their series with the Penguins at two games each with a 4-3 overtime win.

The Penguins came back from a 3-1 deficit with two power-play goals midway through the third period to send the game into overtime.

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