Saturday, April 16, 2011

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Wings Hold Off Coyotes To Take 2-0 Series Lead; Habs Bottle Up Bruins Again; Flyers, Kings Square Respective Series

Four games were played on Saturday as the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs continued.

Eastern Conference:

At Philadelphia:


Brian Boucher stopped 20 of 21 shots in relief as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the visiting Buffalo Sabres 5-4 to square their first-round series at one game apiece.

At Boston:


Mike Cammalleri and Mathieu Darche each scored a goal in the first 2:20 of the game while Carey Price stopped 34 of 35 shots as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins 3-1 in game two to take a two-games -to-none lead in their conference quarterfinal series.

Western Conference:

At Detroit:

A power play goal plus three assists from Pavel Datsyuk (including Tomas Holstrom's game winner in the second period) enabled the Detroit Red Wings, after having lead by four goals at one point, hold on for a 4-3 game-two victory over the Phoenix Coyotes to take a two-games-to-none lead in their conference quarterfinal series.

At San Jose, California:


Drew Dougherty scored twice (once on a power play) and Jonathan Quick stopped all 34 shots as the Los Angeles Kings evened up their series with the San Jose Sharks at a game apiece with a 4-0 road beatdown in game two.

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