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Mighty Ducks 3 Avalanche 0 - Mighty Ducks lead series 2-0
Goalie Ilya Bryzgalov (IHL'-yuh brihs-GAH'-lahf) led Anaheim to a 3-to-nothing win over Colorado in Game Two of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series. The Ducks lead two games to none with Game Three taking place Tuesday in Denver.
In getting his third straight playoff shutout, Brzygalov tied a 61-year old N-H-L rookie record. The 25-year old Russian hasn't allowed a goal in 229 minutes, 42 seconds.Ryan Getzlaf opened the scoring in the first period while Ruslan Salei (ROOZ'-lahn suh-LAY') and Joffrey Lupul added goals in the second stanza.Sharks 2 Oilers 1 - Sharks lead series 1-0SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Patrick Marleau (MAR'-loh) and the San Jose Sharks are off to another speedy playoff start afer beating Edmonton 2-to-1 in the opener of their Western Conference semifinal.The San Jose captain scored his eighth goal of the postseason and added an assist on Christian Ehrhoff's go-ahead goal.Sharks rookie Milan Michalek had two assists. Vesa Toskala (VEH'-suh TAHZ'-kuh-luh) stopped 15 shots in his fifth consecutive victory for the Sharks.Dwayne Roloson made 28 saves for the Oilers, who went scoreless in the final 57 and a-half minutes after Jaroslav Spacek's early power-play goal in the opening two and a-half minutes.These teams won't have much time to dwell on this one. They're back in action for Game Two on Monday night in the best-of-seven series. Game Three is in Edmonton on Wednesday night.