Friday, April 13, 2018

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Flyers Square Series With Penguins At 1-1; Jets, Golden Knights Take 2-0 Series Leads

The Stanley Cup Playoffs continued on Friday with three games.


EASTERN CONFERENCE:


At Pittsburgh:


Shayne Gostisbehere and Nolan Patrick each scored a power-play goal while Brian Elliot stopped 34 of 35 shots as the Philadelphia Flyers leveled their conference quarterfinal series at a game apiece following their 5-1 road domination of the Pittsburgh Penguins.




WESTERN CONFERENCE:


At Winnipeg, Manitoba:


Tyler Myers, Paul Stastny, Andrew Copp, and Patrik Lane each scored once while Connor Hellebuyck halted 16 of 17 shots as the Winnipeg Jets extended their conference quarterfinal series with the Minnesota Wild to two games to none after their 4-1 game-two home victory.
At Las Vegas, Nevada:


Erik Haula scored the winning goal at 15:23 of the second overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 at home in game two of their opening-round series, which the Golden Knights now have taken a two-games-to-none advantage.

In another stellar matchup of goalies, Vegas' Marc-Andre Fleury saved 29 of 30 shots while his Los Angeles counterpart Jonathan Quick, despite stopping 54 of 56 saves, was again the hard-luck loser.

No comments: