Stanley Cup Playoffs: Habs Top Bruins At Home To Take 2-1 Series Lead; Wild Maul Blackhawks In St. Paul, Cut Chicago Series Advantage To 2-1

The Stanley Cup Playoff continued on Tuesday with two games.

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

At Montreal:

Tomas Plekanec, P.K. Subban, Dale Weise, and Lars Eller (Empty Net) each scored a goal as the Montreal Canadiens to a two-games-to-one lead in their conference semifinal series with the Boston Bruins following their 4-2 game-three home victory.



WESTERN CONFERENCE:

At St. Paul, Minnesota:

After 40 scoreless minutes, Mikael Granlund scored twice while Erik Haula and Zach Parise (Power Play) each added a goal as the Minnesota Wild---with Ilya Bryzgalov stopping all 19 shots---smothered the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 in game three of their conference semifinal series, which the 'Hawks still lead two games to one.