Bruins score four goals in third for 4-3 win

Jake DeBrusk scored twice in Boston’s dominating third period to help the Bruins rally past the Carolina Hurricanes,4-3, Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in their firstround Eastern Conference series in Toronto.

Brad Marchand and Connor Clifton also scored in the third, helping Boston erase a 2-0 deficit entering the period.

It was a stunning turnaround — complete with the Bruins taking a 16-2 edge in shots on goal during those final 20 minutes — that now has Boston within a victory of advancing in a series that looked headed for a 2-2 tie as late as the early minutes of the thrd period.

Game 5 is scheduled for Wednesday.

Justin Williams and Jordan Martinook scored to give the Hurricanes a 2-0 advantage before the Bruins ran off four consecutive goals, while Teuvo Teravainen

added a goal at 18:33 of the third to bring Carolina within one.

Other games

Lightning 2, Blue Jackets 1: Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and Tampa Bay beat Columbus to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference series in Toronto. Barclay Goodrow and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and an assist as the Lightning pushed the Blue Jackets to the verge of elimination after being swept by Columbus in the first round of the playoffs last year.

Avalanche 7, Coyotes 1: Nazem Kadri had two goals and an assist, Philipp Grubauer stopped 14 shots, and Colorado took a 3-1 lead against Arizona in their firstround Western Conference series in Edmonton, Alberta. Matt Calvert, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen each had a goal and an assist. Grubauer was sharp after Pavel Francouz started Game 3. Matt Nieto and Joonas Donskoi also scored to put Colorado in position to clinch the series Wednesday.