Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Bruins, Islanders, Flyers, Avalanche, Canucks Take Series Openers

The Stanley Cup Playoffs' Round of 16 is set to continue on Wednesday in Canada with five games.

EASTERN CONFERENCE (All games played at Toronto):

Game #1:

In a contest postponed from Tuesday due to the Tampa Bay-Columbus five-overtime thriller, Patrice Bergeron scored the game winner, 73 seconds into the second overtime period as the Boston Bruins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in the opening game of their best-of-seven quarterfinal-round series.

Game #2:

Josh Bailey's third-period shorthanded goal proved to be the game winner as the New York Islanders knocked off the Washington Capitals 4-2 in their series opener.

Game #3:

Jakub Voracek (power play) and Joel Farabee each scored once while Carter Hart saved 27 of 28 shots as the Philadelphia Flyers took game one of their series with the Montreal Canadiens 2-1.



WESTERN CONFERENCE (All games played at Edmonton):

Game #1:

Nazem Kadri (power play), J.T. Compher, and Mikko Rantanen each scored a third-period goal while Philipp Grubauer had an easy night as he saved all 14 shots as the Colorado Avalanche opened their series with the Arizona Coyotes with a 3-0 victory.

The Coyotes, three goals came in an 83-second span.

Game #2:

Bo Horvath scored twice (once on the power play) as the Vancouver Canucks, who scored three power-play goals in all, overpowered the St. Louis Blues 5-2 in the opening contest of their conference quarterfinal series.

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