Panthers lead Toronto to the brink, New Jersey down four goals – Hockey – Sportacentrs.com

The Maple Leafs took the lead with their first shot of the game in the third minute when a quick attack by Czech David Kempf set up Sam Lafferty for his first Stanley Cup goal of the season.

In the beginning of the second period, the main goalkeeper of the Toronto unit Ilya Samsonov was injured, he was hit at high speed by both a teammate and an opponent, who was tripped by “Maple Leafs” forward Luke Shen.

In the first chance of a numerical advantage in this game, Anthony Duclair broke through alone against goalkeeper Joseph Wall, who is playing the second game of the Stanley Cup, who, using a filigree trick, equalized the result (1:1).

After less than five minutes, the visitors regained the lead (2:1), when defender Erik Gustafsson made a pass to his teammate in front of an empty goal, but the puck did not reach the intended recipient, as experienced defender Mark Stahl diverted it into his own goal.

In five more minutes panthers regained the balance (2:2), Carter Verhegy successfully changed the direction of the puck’s flight after Radko Gudas’ shot. This was Verhegy’s tenth (4+6) point in the Stanley Cup this season.

The game was decided early in overtime when Toronto goaltender Wall narrowly missed Sam Reinhart’s spill from the back of the net as the Canadiens scored his fifth Stanley Cup goal.

Two goals and two assists from 21-year-old Jack Hughes, three assists from his peer Dawson Mercer, and 1+1 from Nico Hischier and Ondrzej Palat New Jersey “Devils” convincing victory (8:4) over Carolina “Hurricanes”, to the devils getting closer to 1-2 in the series.

In the first two matches of the series, defender Damon Syverson and forwards Michael McLeod, Miles Wood and Timo Maier have experienced devastating failures in the ranks of the New Jersey team.

“Devils” set the tone of the game in the first third, when the hosts achieved the result 3-0 by the 13th minute, conquering the Danish Frederik Andersen’s fortress even in the minority, when Michael McLeod shot accurately.

In the 53rd second of the second period, “Hurricanes” got behind with 0:4, when Andersen was replaced by Russian Pyotr Kochetkov.

The New Jerseys did not manage to play successfully in the majority, the home team scored one goal in the four numerical advantage opportunities, but also conceded three (!) pucks. In the 13th minute of the second period, Jordan Martinuk earned a penalty shot in the minority, which he realized (2:5), and in the middle of the third period, “Hurricanes” forwards Jordan Stahl and Seth Jarvis made it 4:7 from 2:7 in one minority.

In the second period, Seattle “Kraken” converted five of seven (!) shots into goals and achieved a 5:1 victory, which convincingly defeated (7:2) the Dallas “Stars” team in the third battle, taking a 2-1 lead in the series.

Also in this game, goals were scored in the minority, in the early part of the third period, Jani Gurda beat Scott Wedgwood, sent in place of Jake Ettinger, in the “Stars” goal and thus made it 6:1.

In the last minutes of the regular time, when the outcome of the fight was largely clear, the teams got into mutual acrimony, five “Stars” and three “Kraken” hockey players receiving disciplinary punishments.

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