The opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs concluded on Monday with the seventh and deciding game of each of two Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
At Boston:
Patrice Bergeron scored twice, once at 19:09 of the third period to tie the game, then, at 6:05 into overtime with the game and series winner as the Boston Bruins overcame a 4-1 third-period deficit and defeated the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in the deciding game of their opening-round series. The Bruins (who won the series four games to three) became the first team in NHL history to win a seventh-game of a playoff series after trailing by three goals in the third period.
At Washington:
Aaron Asham, Taylor Pyatt, Michael Del Zotto, Ryan Callahan, and Mats Zuccarello each scored a goal while Henrik Lundqvist turned aside all 35 shots as the New York Rangers ran roughshod over the Washington Capitals 5-0 in the deciding contest of their first-round series and took out the Southeast Division regular-season champs four games to three to advance to the second round of the playoffs.
The Rangers and Bruins, two closed-circuit-era clubs, will battle it out in an Eastern Conference semifinal series, which is slated to start at Boston on Thursday night.
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