Colorado took the lead in the second minute, when Andre Burakovsky pushed himself through the shoulder of Connor Ingram’s goalkeeper. Nashville leveled at the end of the first period. Jakov Trenin won the playoff for the second time. The Russian striker also responded to Avalanche’s second goal and the third act was 2: 2.
After four minutes of play, the Predators took the lead for the first time. Filip Forsberg ended a successful combination in the offensive zone with a shot into the French’s exposed goal and brought the home team closer to their first victory in the battle for the Stanley Cup.
But Nashville’s conclusion didn’t work out, the guests pushed through three times and after Nathan MacKinnon’s goal in the empty net they were able to rejoice in the progress. The Frenchman caught the whole match, covered 28 shots and assisted in the final shot of his team.
Washington was close to the third victory in the series in a duel with Florida, leading Yevgeny Kuznetsov 2: 1 in the 50th minute, but Sam Reinhart found a puck between the rings two minutes before the end and sent the match into overtime. This was decided by the Panthers at 64:57, when the puck bounced off Carter Verhaeghe, who sent the rebounded puck behind Ilya Samson without a preparation.
“It’s great. I’m glad we won and we returned to our fans in a steady state. We will have the advantage of the home environment, so I hope we can use it. I don’t think about anything else now,” said Verhaeghe, author of two Monday goals. .
Czech defender Radko Gudas played for almost 12 minutes and scored four hits. He, too, helped the Capitals make only 16 shots on the Florida goal.
“I think we played the best match of the series so far, we finally got to our game. We were able to hold the puck well and we didn’t let our opponents go,” praised Panthers coach Andrew Brunette.
Calgary succeeded in Dallas and tied the series at 2: 2. Flames led the 4: 1 victory to two-point Johnny Gaudreau, who scored the winning goal from a penalty shootout.
Despite the enormous shooting activity, the guests waited for the first goal until the middle of the match, when Rasmus Andersson used the power play ordered for Radek Faksa’s foul and overtook Jake Oettinger for the first time.
The American goalkeeper faced 53 shots and, despite three collected goals, was declared the second star of the evening.
Pittsburgh defeated the NY Rangers high 7: 2 and leads 3: 1 in the series. The Penguins decided the second home win in the second period, in which they scored five times.
Sidney Crosby won with three points per goal and two assists. Filip Chytil in Rangers jersey came out empty.
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| Eastern Conference – Matches 4: |
| Washington – Florida 2: 3 in overtime |
| Goals: 8. Oshie, 50. Kuznetsov – 15th and 65th Verhaeghe, 58th Reinhart. Shots on goal: 16:32. Attendance: 18,573. Match stars: 1. Reinhart, 2. Bobrovskij (both Florida), 3. Samsonov (Washington). 2: 2 series. |
| Pittsburgh – New York Rangers 7:2 (1:1, 5:1, 1:0) |
| Goals: 12. Crosby, 24. Matheson, 24. Guentzel, 32. Friedman, 39. Heinen, 40. Carter, 53. Malkin – 3. Lafreniere, 35. Fox. Shots on goal: 41:24. Attendance: 18,392. Match Stars: 1. Crosby, 2. Guentzel, 3. Dominigue (all Pittsburgh). 3: 1 series. |
| Western Conference – Matches 4: |
| Nashville – Colorado 3: 5 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 3) |
| Goals: 19th and 37th Trenin, 44th Forsberg – 2nd Burakovsky, 34th Makar, 49th Toews, 53rd Nichushkin, 60th MacKinnon. Shots on goal: 31:38. Pavel Francouz caught the whole match for Colorado, he collected three goals from 31 shots and the success rate of interventions was 90.3 percent. Attendance: 17,188. Match stars: 1. Makar, 2. Burakovsky (both Colorado), 3. Trenin (Nashville). Final score of the series 0: 4. |
| Dallas – Calgary 1:4 (0:0, 0:1, 1:3) |
| Goals: 56. Seguin – 31. R. Andersson, 48. from the penalty shootout J. Gaudreau, 52. E. Lindholm, 60. Backlund. Shots on goal: 35:54. Attendance: 18,532. Match stars: 1. J. Gaudreau (Calgary), 2. Oettinger (Dallas), 3. Markström (Calgary). |
