Sakic OT hero again for Avalanche (AP)
Published 4/10/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - NHL News
Joe Sakic added another line to his amazing playoff resume. Sakic tipped in a shot by Ruslan Salei from the point midway through the first overtime period, his eighth career playoff goal in extra time, to send the Colorado Avalanche past the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Wednesday night. The goal came at 11:11 of OT and gave Colorado a 1-0 lead in this first-round series.
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