The Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Jamie Langenbrunner broke a third-period tie and set up two other goals to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins and a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series Friday night.

Jeff Friesen, Brian Rafalski and Joe Nieuwendyk also scored, and Martin Brodeur made 24 saves as the Devils became the only team in the playoffs to win their first two games at home this season.

Glen Murray and Dan McGillis scored for Boston, which will return home for Games 3 and 4 in the best-of-seven series. The Bruins will need a big comeback to avoid a second straight first-round exit.

Flyers 4, Maple Leafs 1

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Flyers dominated the Toronto Maple Leafs for the second straight game. This time, they did it on the scoreboard, too.

Simon Gagne, John LeClair and Mark Recchi each had a goal and assist in Philadelphia's victory over Toronto in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series.

Game 3 of the best-of-7 series is Monday night in Toronto.

Jeremy Roenick also scored for the Flyers. Alexander Mogilny had Toronto's only goal. Mogilny scored three in Toronto's series-opening win.

Giguere's debut awesome

DETROIT - As good as he was in his NHL playoff debut, Jean-Sebastien Giguere thinks he needs to play even better against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 2 today.

That's saying a lot, given what the Anaheim goaltender did during the Mighty Ducks' 2-1 win in three overtimes Thursday night against the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Giguere made 63 saves - an NHL record for a first postseason game - and faced 20 shots in the first overtime, more than any goaltender has faced in an extra playoff period since the league expanded for the 1967-68 season.

"I want to say I can be better, but I don't want to be cocky by saying that," Giguere said. "I just know it's going to get harder and harder and we're all going to have to bring our game up."

Giguere set franchise records with 34 wins and eight shutouts - including three straight in December - and lost just eight of his last 30 games.

Anaheim coach Mike Babcock is used to watching Giguere make improbable saves with his glove, pads and skates because he coached him at the beginning of last season at Cincinnati in the American Hockey League.

Babcock thinks Giguere's debut was so successful because of the goaltender's ability to block out the fact Detroit has won three of the last six Stanley Cups and has as many as nine possible future Hall of Famers. "Sometimes we try to make things into things they're not," Babcock said. "It's still just a hockey game, and our goaltender realizes this is the same game he's been playing his whole life. We have to realize they're just like us, and he does."

Around the rinks

BLACKHAWKS: Theo Fleury was suspended for a minimum of six months by the NHL for violating the terms of the league's substance abuse program. Fleury is under the supervision of doctors from both the league and the NHL Players' Association. He will be eligible to apply for reinstatement Oct. 11.

FLAMES: Calgary coach Darryl Sutter will also be the general manager after Craig Button was fired.