Hurricanes take 3-2 lead in win over Bruins
Hurricanes 5, Bruins 1: Rookie Seth Jarvis scored twice and Antti Raanta finished with 34 saves to help host Carolina beat Boston on Tuesday night for a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series.
Defensemen Jaccob Slavin and Tony Deangelo scored first-period goals for the Hurricanes, and Vincent Trocheck added an empty-netter.
The series has yet to see a team secure a road win. It wasn't close to happening in this one, either, with the Hurricanes playing from in front and carrying the action in a much cleaner performance than their mistake-filled showings in Boston.
With the Game 5 win, the Hurricanes have two chances to close out the Bruins. Game 6 is Thursday in Boston, and Game 7, if needed, on home ice Saturday.
Maple Leafs 4, Lightning 3: Auston Matthews scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:06 left in the third period and host Toronto rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat Tampa Bay and take a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series.
William Nylander added a goal and two assists for Toronto, which is a victory away from advancing in the postseason for the first time since 2004. John Tavares had a goal and assist, and Morgan Rielly also scored. Jack Campbell stopped 32 shots.
Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman and Ryan Mcdonagh scored, Nikita Kucherov had two assists and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning, who will try to avoid elimination in the best-of-seven series in Game 6 at home on Thursday night.
Kings 5, Oilers 4 (OT): Adrian Kempe scored 1:12 into overtime to give visiting Los Angeles a win over Edmonton for a 3-2 lead in the firstround playoff series.
Kempe muscled his way past his
defender and wrapped a shot around Edmonton goalie Mike Smith to secure the victory.
The result means the Oilers need a win in Game 6 in Los Angeles on Thursday to stave off elimination.
Blues 5, Wild 2: Vladimir Tarasenko had three goals in the third period to break open a tied game and series, and visiting St. Louis pushed Minnesota to the edge of elimination.
Ryan O'reilly scored for the fourth time in the series and Brandon Saad got the tying goal late in the second period. Jordan Binnington made 30 saves for his second straight win.
Wild star Kirill Kaprizov scored twice on Minnesota's previously sluggish power play in the first period. Wild goalie Marc-andre Fleury stopped 27 shots.
The series returns to St. Louis for Game 6 on Thursday night. If the Blues win, Game 7 would be back in Minnesota on Saturday.