Capitals even series with Maple Leafs

Ducks oust Flames; Sens, Wild prevail

TORONTO — Tom Wilson and T.J. Oshie each scored two goals as the Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Wednesday night to tie their first-round playoff series at two games apiece.

Alex Ovechkin added his third goal of the playoffs as the top-seeded Capitals regained momentum with the series shifting back to Washington for Game 5 on Friday night. Braden Holtby made 30 saves.

Zach Hyman, James van Riemsdyk, Auston Matthews and Tyler Bozak scored for Toronto, which was coming off a 4-3 overtime win Monday night. Frederik Andersen stopped 22 shots.

The Maple Leafs rallied after the Capitals scored four times in the first for a 4-1 lead. Bozak, who had the winning goal in Game 3, got Toronto within one with 26 seconds left, but Washington held on from there.

DUCKS 3, FLAMES 1: In Calgary, Alberta, Patrick Eaves, Nate Thompson and Ryan Getzlaf scored as Anaheim beat Calgary for a sweep of their first-round Western playoff series.

John Gibson made 36 stops for the Ducks, who will face Edmonton or San Jose in the second round.

Sean Monahan scored a power-play goal in the second for Calgary, which qualified for the postseason as the first wild card in the West.

SENATORS 1, BRUINS 0: In Boston, Bobby Ryan scored early in the third period and Craig Anderson stopped 22 shots as Ottawa beat Boston for a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

It was Anderson’s fourth career playoff shutout.

The Bruins, who were winless in four games against the Senators in the regular season, will try to force the series back to Boston with a victory in Ottawa in Game 5 on Friday night.

WILD 2, BLUES 0: In St. Louis, Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves and Charlie Coyle scored in the first period as Minnesota avoided elimination with a win over St. Louis.

St. Louis still leads the bestof-seven series 3-1 heading into Game 5 at Minnesota on Saturday.