Bruins turn tables on Hurricanes in win

Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists 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 visiting Carolina in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference firstround series.

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 shorthanded 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 hosts Game 4 on Sunday. Taylor Hall added a power-play 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.

Trocheck gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead, swiping in a rebound just as he was belatedly knocked down in front of the net. But Coyle tied it on a giveand-go with Jake DeBrusk with 2:44 left in the first.

The Hurricanes lost forward Jordan Martinook in the second period when he got his legs tangled up with Boston’s Taylor Hall.

The game was delayed for about seven minutes when a section of the glass fell on an NHL official working the Bruins penalty box.

Play was whistled dead with 5:07 left in the second period and medical staff ran across the ice to tend to the official, who was not immediately identified. He was taken off on a stretcher.

Maple Leafs 5, Lightning 2:

Ilya Mikheyev scored twice as Toronto beat host Tampa Bay. Colin Blackwell, David Kampf and Morgan Rielly also had goals as the Maple Leafs took a 2-1 lead in the East first-round series.

Briefly: Penguins goalie Casey DeSmith underwent core surgery and will miss the rest of the postseason, coach Mike Sullivan said. The surgery took place three days after DeSmith exited in the second overtime of Pittsburgh’s 4-3 triple-overtime victory over the Rangers in Game 1 of their East series . ... Rangers forward Barclay Goodrow is week-to-week because of a lower-body injury, the Athletic reported.