PHILADELPHIA – After playing five overtimes in Toronto this week, the Philadelphia Flyers made sure this game didn’t go past regulation.

Sami Kapanen scored two power-play goals, and Tony Amonte had two assists, leading the Flyers to a 4-1 victory over the Maple Leafs on Saturday. Philadelphia leads 3-2 in the first-round, best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Monday night in Toronto.

Dmitry Yushkevich and Simon Gagne also scored for Philadelphia, which took its first series lead.

Aki Berg scored for the Leafs.

The Flyers beat Toronto 3-2 in triple overtime Wednesday night. The Leafs won 4-3 in double overtime Monday night.

Toronto had Alexander Mogilny back after the star right wing sat out Game 4 because of concussion symptoms. Mogilny, who had five goals in the first three games, was injured after being hit in the face with a high stick in Game 3.

Mogilny hit the post on a short-handed, two-on-one breakaway in the second period, and was given a double minor for high-sticking in the third that led to Kapanen’s second goal.

After falling behind 1-0, the Flyers scored twice in a span of 1:55 later in the first.

Yushkevich’s goal with 3:35 left in the first gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead. Yushkevich took a pass from Jeremy Roenick and slapped it underneath Amonte’s raised leg and past goaltender Ed Belfour for his first goal of the series.

Stars 3, Oilers 2

EDMONTON, Alberta – Mike Modano scored with 6:52 left to send the Dallas Stars into the second round of the playoffs with a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

Modano’s goal, his fourth of the series, eliminated the Oilers in Game 6 of the best-of-seven series. The Stars and Oilers have met in the playoffs six of seven years with Dallas winning five straight times.

Edmonton led this series 2-1 but then dropped three straight.

Wild 3, Avalanche 2

DENVER – Manny Fernandez gave the Colorado Avalanche yet another Game 5 disappointment.

Fernandez stopped 26 shots in his first career playoff start, and Willie Mitchell gave Minnesota the early lead it needed as the Wild beat the Avalanche 3-2 to stave off elimination.

Colorado leads the best-of-seven series 3-2. The Avalanche won three straight after losing the opener but again struggled in a Game 5 at home.

The Avalanche came out flat and were sloppy with the puck throughout to lose a potential series-clinching fifth game.

at home for the fourth time in five years. Colorado won two of the previous series in seven games and lost to Edmonton in seven games in 1998.

The Avalanche cut Minnesota’s lead to 3-2 on Rob Blake’s backhander with 27 seconds left, but Fernandez stopped a wrist shot by Joe Sakic with 10 seconds left. Derek Morris missed the goal on the final shot. Game 6 is Monday in Minnesota with a potential Game 7 scheduled for Tuesday in Denver.

Kapanen’s first goal, a deflection off a shot by Kim Johnsson, tied it at 1.

Johnsson blasted a shot from the point that hit off Kapanen’s stick, went between Roenick’s legs and past Belfour.

Berg gave the Leafs a 1-0 lead just 2:34 in on his first goal in 42 playoff games. Berg took a pass from Travis Green and slapped a shot from just outside the left circle past Roman Cechmanek.

Belfour, who had a franchise-record 72 saves in Game 4, stopped 25 shots. Cechmanek made 22 saves.

Seconds after the Flyers killed their third penalty, Gagne made it 3-1 with 5:25 left in the second. Justin Williams intercepted a pass to start a breakaway, and passed to Gagne, whose first shot was blocked by Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle. But Belfour couldn’t control the puck, and Gagne poked it between his legs for his second goal of the series.

Kapanen made it 4-1 with his second goal midway through the third.

After scoring a career-high 27 goals for Carolina last season, Kapanen had just 11 goals in his last 98 games, including playoffs. He had one goal in 23 playoff games last season when Carolina reached the Stanley Cup finals.

Players didn’t wait until the game started to resume the physical side of the series. Roenick and Darcy Tucker, who have exchanged several hard checks throughout, had words during warmups.

Notes: Before Kapanen scored his first goal, the Flyers had been 0-for-11 on the power play and 2-for-21 in the series. They also allowed two short-handed goals. … Yushkevich’s goal was his fourth in 64 playoff games and the fifth by a Flyers defenseman in this series. … Philadelphia has outshot Toronto 210-134. … Flyers D Eric Desjardins had to be helped to the locker room in the third period because of an undisclosed injury. … The Flyers are 10-0 in best-of-seven series in which they won Game 5 after being tied 2-2.

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