Defenseman Tim Gleason scored his first NHL playoff goal on a slap shot at 2:40 of overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the host New Jersey Devils, 2-1, tying their first-round playoff series at a game apiece. Eric Staal scored the other goal for the Hurricanes. Zach Parise scored for the Devils, who lost captain Jamie Langenbrunner to a lower-body injury in the second period.
Penguins 3, Flyers 2, OT: : Bill Guerin scored his second goal for Pittsburgh during a rare two-man power play 18:29 into overtime, and the Penguins went up two games in their first-round playoff series against the visiting Flyers. Guerin also scored the goal that tied it at 1 late in the second period, and Evgeni Malkin tied it at 2 with 3:37 remaining in the third after rookie Darroll Powe's goal put the determined Flyers up early in the period.
Groups lobby for harsh poaching sentence
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Conservation and recreational fishing groups and a regional regulatory agency are asking a federal judge to make an example of five watermen who pleaded guilty to poaching millions of dollars worth of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River when sentencing begins next week. In letters to U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte, groups such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and state chapters of the Coastal Conservation Association have advised him to send a message to poachers and unscrupulous fish dealers that the federal government is serious in its prosecution of those who violate natural resources laws. CANDUS THOMSON
Soccer: : Crystal Palace Baltimore coach Pete Medd expects defense to be the strength of his team this season, while the offense will need a few games to become as effective. That analysis played out in the opener as Crystal Palace locked down the Pittsburgh Riverhounds but generated few chances in a 0-0 draw in front of an announced 2,050 at UMBC. "We didn't create enough opportunities, we didn't create enough corner kicks and we didn't get down in their box a lot," Medd said. "We have to find the right combination." TODD KARPOVICH ... Ben Olsen headed in a cross from Jaime Moreno in the 90th minute as D.C. United (1-1-3) salvaged a 1-1 tie with the visiting New England Revolution (2-0-2).
Cycling: : Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton, once touted as the next great American cyclist and an heir to Lance Armstrong's throne atop the sport, ended his doping-tarnished career by saying he tested positive for a banned substance and would retire. Hamilton admitted taking an herbal product for two days in February to combat depression.
