Chicago continues sharp run at home

Patrick Kane scored two goals, Corey Crawford made 30 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild, 4-1, on Sunday night to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.

Patrick Sharp had a goal and an assist as Chicago improved to 5-0 at home in this year’s playoffs. Jonathan Toews also scored a goal in the second period.

Game 3 is Tuesday night in Minnesota.

Defenseman Matt Dumba scored for the Wild, who are winless in eight postseason games at Chicago. Devan Dubnyk finished with 27 saves.

Minnesota trailed 2-0 after two, but got back in the game when Dumba’s powerplay shot 1:20 into the third went off Crawford’s glove and into the top of the goal.

Lightning 6, Canadiens 2: Steven Stamkos scored his first goal of the playoffs and visiting Tampa Bay cruised past Montreal to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Nikita Kucherov scored twice on power plays, Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman and J.T. Brown added goals, and Ben Bishop made 27 saves for the Lightning.

Canadiens goaltender Carey Price allowed the most goals he has all season, finishing with just 18 saves.

Filppula and Hedman also scored with the man advantage as Tampa Bay got its first power-play goals since Game 2 of its sevengame opening series against Detroit.

Montreal is 1 for 26 with the man advantage in the playoffs.