TORONTO - Hard to imagine Jeremy Roenick had his jaw wired shut a few months ago.

The elated Philadelphia star couldn't stop talking after scoring in overtime Tuesday night to put the Flyers in the Eastern Conference finals.

"I was sitting on a recliner with a chocolate shake and a straw. That stunk," Roenick said, recalling the recovery process after his jaw was shattered by a shot in February. "This beats that any day of the week, I'll tell you that."

Roenick, who scored his 50th playoff goal earlier in the game, gave the Flyers a 3-2 victory over Toronto by scoring 7:39 into overtime. Capping a two-on-one break, Roenick lifted a shot that beat goalie Ed Belfour on the short side, giving Philadelphia a six-game victory in the best-of-seven series.

Philadelphia will open the conference finals Saturday in Tampa Bay. The Flyers advanced to the conference finals for the 14th time, tying Montreal for the most appearances since expansion.

The Flyers were 0-4 in the regular season against the top-seeded Lightning, who swept Montreal in the second round and have been off since last Thursday night.

DENVER - The San Jose Sharks are headed to the Western Conference finals - finally.San Jose scored three goals in the second period and Evgeni Nabokov was stellar in goal again, helping the Sharks finish off the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 in Game 6 Tuesday night.After four straight losses with a chance to close out Colorado including two in this series, the Sharks knocked off their nemesis to reach the conference finals for the first time in their 13-year history."It's a pretty fun roll," Sharks coach Ron Wilson said. "For a while there it got to be a roller coaster, but I'm really proud of our team. To all the Sharks' fans, hoist one up for our boys tonight because it was quite an effort out there."The Sharks certainly made it interesting.San Jose opened the series with three decisive victories, but lost Games 4 and 5 on overtime goals by Joe Sakic. That let the doubt creep in, particularly because the Sharks blew a 3-2 series lead against the Avalanche in 2002.But San Jose wasn't about to let it happen again.