Three games were played on Wednesday, the opening night of the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Playoffs.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Pittsburgh:
After Beau Bennett and Matt Niskanen scored power-play goals 45 seconds apart in the second period, Brandon Sutter scored the winning goal at 8:18 of the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins battled back from a two-goal deficit and upended the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in the opening game of their best-of-seven conference quarterfinal series.
At Tampa, Florida:
Dale Weise scored the winning goal 18:08 into overtime as the Montreal Canadiens seized home-ice advantage in their opening-round series with the Tampa Bay Lightning following their series-opening 5-4 road victory.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
Kyle Palmieri, Ryan Getzlaf, and Mathieu Perreault (power play) each scored a goal in the first period while Matt Beleskey (PP) scored what proved to be the game winner in the second period as the Anaheim Ducks raced to a 4-0 lead before holding on for a conference quarterfinal series-opening 4-3 win over the visiting Dallas Stars (who were making their first playoff appearance since 2008).
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