The defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins beat the Red Wings 4-2 in Game 5 of their NHL first-round playoff series and eliminated Detroit on Saturday.
Elsewhere, Jussi Jokinen scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Saturday to take a 3-2 series lead, and Nathan MacKinnon scored in overtime to help the Colorado Avalanche rally for a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild and a 3-2 lead.
The Los Angeles Kings staved off elimination by beating the Sharks 3-0 in Game 5 of their series.
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Loui Eriksson opened the scoring for Boston, and Zdeno Chara snapped a second-period tie to give the Bruins the lead for good. Milan Lucic also scored, and Jarome Iginla added an empty-netter.
Tuukka Rask made 31 saves.
Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, the Red Wings captain who missed two months with back surgery and did not return until Game 4, scored and Jonas Gustavsson stopped 29 shots for Detroit.
In Pittsburgh, Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang also scored for the Penguins, who have the upstart Blue Jackets on the verge of elimination with an opportunity to close out the series today in Columbus.
Boone Jenner scored the lone goal for Columbus, who played their first Game 5 in franchise history.
In Denver, MacKinnon goal at 3 minutes, 27 seconds into overtime came after P.A. Parenteau tied the game late in regulation.
MacKinnon poked the puck past Darcy Kuemper’s glove with two defenders all over him. The rookie also had two assists.
Parenteau scored with 1m, 14s left after Avalanche coach Patrick Roy pulled goaltender Semyon Varlamov with 2m, 22s remaining. The strategy worked out yet again.
Nick Holden and Cody McLeod also added goals for the Avalanche.
Kyle Brodziak, Zach Parise and Matt Moulson scored for the Wild. Two of Minnesota’s goals came after a Colorado defenseman shattered his stick and had to play without it.
In San Jose, Califonia, Jonathan Quick made 30 saves to shut out San Jose for the fourth time in his career in the post-season as the Los Angeles Kings narrowed their first-round playoff series deficit to 3-2.
Tyler Toffoli, Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter scored for the Kings, who have rebounded after losing the first three games of the series.
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