Orlando Sentinel

Penguins flatten Flyers, bag 2 goals in 5 seconds

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Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists and Matt Murray stopped 26 shots to help the Penguins silence a raucous Philadelph­ia crowd and beat the Flyers 5-1 on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.

Two of the fiercest rivals in the league have provided three lopsided games: the Penguins’ 7-0 win in Game 1 and the Flyers’ 5-1 victory in Game 2 certainly weren’t nail-bitters.

Crosby scored his fourth goal of the series in the first period, and Derick Brassard, Evgeni Malkin and Brian Dumoulin scored in the second to make it 4-0. Malkin and Dumoulin scored 5 seconds apart to tie the playoff record for the fastest two goals, set by the Red Wings in 1965.

Justin Schultz made it 5-1 in the third on the Penguins’ third power-play goal. first-round playoff series.

Calvert’s goal held up after the NHL situation room reviewed the play for a possible offside. Calvert was just onside when Josh Anderson brought the puck into the zone.

The Blue Jackets head home for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Thursday two victories away from advancing to the second round for the first time in franchise history. The Blue Jackets stunned the Metropolit­an Division-champion Capitals with back-toback overtime wins.

Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise scored power-play goals in the first period and the Wild used a four-goal second to roar back in the first-round playoff series with the victory over the Jets in St. Paul, Minn.

Jordan Greenway scored his first NHL goal just 20 seconds after Eric Staal sent a wrist shot past a struggling Connor Hellebuyck, who was pulled for Steve Mason during the second intermissi­on.

Matt Dumba and Marcus Foligno bookended the second period with goals for the Wild.

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