Lemieux' 5 goals lift Penguins // 4 tallies in first period

Mario Lemieux tied NHL playoff records with four first-periodgoals, five over all and eight points Tuesday night as the PittsburghPenguins beat the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 10-7 to take a 3-2lead in the Patrick Division finals.

Lemieux, listed as questionable before the game with a neckinjury, scored a hat trick in the first 6:55 of play to give thePenguins, who led 9-3 entering the final period, a 3-0 lead.

In a playoff performance rivaling any by the once-incomparableWayne Gretzky, Lemieux made it 5-1 with his fourth goal at 17:09,tying the league record for playoff goals in a period set by theFlyers' Tim Kerr against the New York Rangers in …