Jakob Silfverberg scored the tiebreaking goal with 21 seconds to play as the Anaheim Ducks rallied from another third-period deficit for a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, taking a 2-0 lead in their first-round NHL playoff series.
Patrick Maroon scored the tying power-play goal midway through the third period and Frederik Andersen made 28 saves for the top-seeded Ducks.
Silfverberg sealed it moments before overtime, taking a puck off the boards and wheeling into the faceoff circle for a shot past Ondrej Pavelec, who stopped 37 shots in an outstanding performance.
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RANGERS 4, PENGUINS 3
Sidney Crosby scored twice as Pittsburgh evened their first-round playoff series with New York.
The Penguins forced turnovers in the decisive second period and shut down the Rangers’ power play.
Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 23 saves for the Penguins, while Henrik Lundqvist had 18.
Brandon Sutter and Chris Kunitz also scored for Pittsburgh, and Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard and Rick Nash (with 5.1 seconds to go) had goals for New York.
LIGHTNING 5, RED WINGS 1
Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop stopped 24 shots for his first NHL playoff victory, a win over Detroit that evened their opening-round Eastern Conference series at one game apiece.
Tyler Johnson had two goals for the Lightning, who dropped the first game while outplaying the Red Wings for most of a 3-2 loss.
Alex Killorn and Andrej Sustr scored in the second period before Johnson’s breakaway goal finished a three-goal flurry that put Tampa Bay up 4-0.
Bishop lost his bid for a shutout when Detroit’s Tomas Tatar scored at 5 minutes, 49 seconds of the third period.
The Red Wings did not play particularly well in either of the two games in Tampa Bay, but escaped with the opener thanks to an outstanding playoff debut by young goalie Petr Mrazek.
The 23-year-old Mrazek was pulled on Saturday after Tampa Bay’s three-goal second period, replaced by the struggling, but much more experienced Jimmy Howard, who gave up Tampa Bay’s final goal to Valtteri Filppula on a power play in the closing minutes.
BLUES 4, WILD 1
Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals in the first period and then had an empty-netter for his first career playoff hat-trick, leading St Louis to a victory over Minnesota that evened the Western Conference series at a game apiece.
Tarasenko had an assist and no shots in a 4-2 loss in the opening game, but responded with an impressive performance more in line with his play in the regular season.
Patrik Berglund’s unassisted goal past Devan Dubnyk made it a two-goal cushion with 1 minute, 58 seconds to go for the Central Division champions.
Jake Allen made 24 saves for St Louis, while Marco Scandella scored for Minnesota.
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