CAPS, SENATORS ADVANCE WITH OVERTIME WINS

Marcus Johansson stuffed his second goal of the game past Frederik Andersen at 6:31 of overtime, lifting the Washington Capitals to a series-winning 2-1 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 6 on Sunday. Johansson pulled Washington even at 1-1 with less than eight minutes to go in the third period after Auston Matthews scored his fourth goal of the series for Toronto. It was the fifth overtime game of the series and the recordsetting 18th in the first round of the NHL playoffs. Braden Holt

by made 37 saves for the Capitals, who will face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Clarke MacArthur scored a power-play goal 6:30 into overtime and the Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 to win their first-round playoff series in six games. Craig Anderson stopped 28 shots for Ottawa, which advanced in the postseason for the first time since 2013. The Senators will play the New York Rangers in the second round. Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for the Bruins, and Boston got goals from Drew Stafford and Patrice Bergeron. Bobby Ryan and Kyle Turris scored for Ottawa five minutes apart in the second to give the Senators a 2-1 lead. But Bergeron tied it early in the third to force overtime for the fourth time in the series. It was also the 17th overtime game of the playoffs, tying the NHL record for an opening round set in 2013. Six minutes in, Bruins forward David Pastrnak was sent off for pulling MacArthur down from behind. MacArthur, who had missed 156 regular-season games in a row with a concussion, ended it 36 seconds later.