Canadiens stay alive
But Canadiens rally in third period to beat Flyers, stave off elimination
Philadelphia fails to close out Montreal in Game 5 of NHL playoff series.
When it comes to overtime, the Tampa Bay Lightning know how to get to the Point.
That would be forward Brayden Point, whose goal 5:12 into overtime lifted Tampa Bay to a 5-4 win in Toronto that eliminated the Columbus Blue Jackets from the Stanley Cup chase. Point also delivered the winner in Game 1 of the bestof-seven series, a five-overtime thriller that wound up being the fourth-longest game in NHL history.
This time, the Lightning rallied from a two-goal, thirdperiod deficit as defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk and forward Anthony Cirelli scored in the final eight minutes of regulation to wipe out a 4-2 deficit. Cirelli’s tying goal came with 1:38 left in regulation. Earlier, Columbus scored four consecutive times to overcome an early two-goal deficit of its own.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 37 of 41 shots for Tampa Bay, which was swept from the first round by the Blue Jackets last season.
Tyler Johnson and Blake Coleman scored within a 61-second span to give the Lightning an early 2-0 lead that Columbus answered with goals by Nick Foligno, Kevin Stenlund and Alexander Wennberg, who put the Blue Jackets ahead, 3-2, with 15.8 seconds remaining in the second period.
Other games
Bruins 2, Hurricanes 1: Patrice Bergeron broke a tie with 3.5 seconds left in the second period, David
Pastrnak returned with two assists, and Boston beat Carolina to win the firstround Eastern Conference series in Toronto in five games. The Bruins trailed, 1-0, entering the final 5 minutes of the second period before scoring twice on the power play, first from David Krejci with 4:40 left after Bergeron drew a penalty on a breakaway chance.
Avalanche 7, Coyotes 1: Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists, Nazem Kadri also scored twice and Colorado routed Arizona to close out the first-round Western Conference series in five games in Edmonton, Alberta.
Canadiens 5, Flyers 3: Nick Suzuki scored the winner at 10:59 of the third period in Toronto as Montreal cut Philadelphia’s Eastern Conference series lead to 32.
Note
A former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager and the NHL team reached an undisclosed settlement with a hotel shuttle driver, who sued both for negligence after being harassed in Buffalo two years ago. The driver’s lawyer, Charles Desmond, cited a confidentiality agreement in declining to reveal details of the settlement reached Monday.
The lawsuit sought unspecified damages from the Senators and Randy Lee, who had already pleaded guilty to a criminal violation for inappropriate actions and comments he made to the then-19-year-old driver while being shuttled to his hotel.