Bruins, Marchand finally solve Hurricanes, 4-2
Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists on Friday night to help the Boston Bruins take their first lead against the Hurricanes all season — and hold onto it for a 4-2 victory over Carolina in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series in Boston.
Rookie Jeremy Swayman stopped 25 shots in his first career playoff start after Linus Ullmark allowed eight goals in the first two games, both Hurricanes victories. That followed a regular season in which Carolina swept all three games, outscoring the Bruins, 16-1, and never trailing.
Charlie Coyle scored a short-handed goal and added an assist, and David Pastrnak had a power-play goal and an assist for Boston, which hopes to even the best-of-seven series when it plays host Sunday in Game 4. Taylor Hall added a powerplay goal for the Bruins to make it 4-1 early in the third period.
Vincent Trocheck and Jaccob Slavin scored for Carolina, and backup goalie Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves in his first career playoff start. He took over in Game 2 after starter Antti Raanta was injured in a collision with Pastrnak.
Other game
Maple Leafs 5, Lightning
2: Jack Cambell had 32 saves — including three to protect the lead on a late power play — and visiting Toronto beat the Tampa Bay. Ilya Mikheyer had two emptynet goals in the final two minutes, and Morgan Rielly, Colin Blackwell and David Kampf also scored to help Toronto take a 2-1 lead in the best-ofseven Eastern Conference matchup. Ross Colton and Ondrej Palat scored for Tampa Bay. Ilya Mikheyer had two empty-net goals.