Hurricanes storm back, stun Islanders
RALEIGH: Sebastian Aho and Jordan Martinook scored the tying and goahead goals nine seconds apart with just over two minutes left as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to beat the New York Islanders 5-3 in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday in Game Two of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.
With goalie Frederik Andersen pulled for the extra attacker, Aho tipped in Andrei Svechnikov’s shot to tie the game 3-3 with 2:15 to go. Martinook got the winner with 2:06 left when he jammed in a loose puck from the side of the net. Jake Guentzel added an emptynet goal with 56 seconds remaining.
Seth Jarvis had a goal and two assists, Aho contributed two points, Svechnikov contributed two assists and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Carolina. Andersen made nine saves.
Anders Lee, Kyle Palmieri and Bo Horvat scored for New York, who led 3-0 midway through the second period. Semyon Varlamov stopped 34 shots in the loss.
Auston Matthews scored with 7:54 left in regulation to cap a three-point night and lift Toronto over hosts Boston 3-2 in Game Two of an Eastern Conference first-round play-off series.
Matthews had one goal and two assists, Max Domi added a goal and an assist and John Tavares also scored for Toronto, who returns home with the best-of-seven series tied at 1-1. Ilya Samsonov made 27 saves, including 10 in the third period.
Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak scored for the Bruins, who led 2-1 after one period. Linus Ullmark stopped 30 shots as Boston continued the goalierotation plan they utilised in the regular season. Jeremy Swayman started and won Game 1.
Zach Hyman collected his first career play-off hat trick in a four-point game and Connor McDavid posted a playoffbest five assists to lead hosts Edmonton past Los Angeles 7-4 in Game One of a Western Conference first-round playoff series.
Adam Henrique and Leon Draisaitl both netted one goal and one assist, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Warren Foegele also scored and Evan Bouchard notched a career-best four assists for the Oilers, who snapped a seven-game skid in series openers. Stuart Skinner made 33 saves.
Adrian Kempe logged a goal and an assist and Mikey Anderson, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Trevor Moore also scored for the Kings. Cam Talbot stopped 38 shots.
Logan Thompson made 27 saves in his NHL play-off debut as Vegas began their Stanley Cup title defence with a 4-3 victory at Dallas in Game 1 of a Western Conference first-round series.
Brayden McNabb, Mark Stone,
Jonathan Marchessault and Tomas Hertl scored and Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin each added two assists for the Golden Knights, who had never won Game 1 of a play-off series when playing on the road.
RESULTS (home team in CAPS, best-of-seven series)
Toronto 3 BOSTON 2 (Series tied 1-1); CAROLINA 5 NY Islanders 3 (Hurricanes lead series 2-0); Las Vegas 4 DALLAS 3 (Golden Knights lead series 1-0); EDMONTON 7 Los Angeles 4 (Oilers lead series 1-0)