Dubnyk keeps Blues at bay; Wild stay alive
Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves, Charlie Coyle scored in the first period and the Wild avoided elimination with a 2- 0 win over the host Blues in Game 4 of the first- round playoff series Wednesday night.
Martin Hanzal also scored for Minnesota in the second.
Blues goalie Jake Allen made 26 saves. He entered having stopping 114 of the Wild’s first 117 shots in the series.
St. Louis still leads the series 3- 1 heading into Game 5 at Minnesota on Saturday afternoon.
A costly mistake by Allen set up Minnesota’s first goal. He went to play the puck behind the net and passed it right to Coyle, who buried the open look at 16: 50.
Hanzal beat Allen cleanly on the glove side to make it 2- 0 with 3: 19 left in the second period.
Dubnyk made several big saves as the Blues stepped up their offensive push, outshooting the Wild 12- 10 in the second frame after putting just four shots on goal in the first.
Capitals 5, Maple Leafs 4
Tom Wilson and T. J. Oshie each scored two goals, and the Capitals beat the host Maple Leafs to tie their first- round playoff series at two games apiece.
Alex Ovechkin added his third goal of the playoffs as the topseeded Capitals regained momentum with the series shifting back to Washington for Game 5 on Friday night. Braden Holtby made 30 saves.
Zach Hyman, James van Riemsdyk, Auston Matthews and Tyler Bozak scored for Toronto. Frederik Andersen stopped 22 shots.
The Maple Leafs rallied after the Capitals scored four times in the first for a 4- 1 lead. Bozak got Toronto within one with 26 seconds left, but Washington held on from there.
Senators 1, Bruins 0
Bobby Ryan scored early in the third period, Craig Anderson stopped 22 shots and the Senators beat the Bruins for a 3- 1 lead in their first- round playoff series.
It was Anderson’s fourth career playoff shutout.
Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for Boston, which had a goal disallowed in the first when Ottawa coach Guy Boucher challenged and the replay showed Noel Acciari was offside.
Ducks 3, Flames 1
Patrick Eaves, Nate Thompson and Ryan Getzlaf scored, and the Ducks beat the Flames for a sweep of their first- round playoff series.
John Gibson made 36 stops for the Ducks, who will face the Oilers or Sharks in the second round.
Sean Monahan scored a powerplay goal in the second for Calgary, which qualified for the postseason as the first wild card in the Western Conference.