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Philipp Grubauer, Braden Holtby

John Carlson, Christian Djoos, Michal Kempny,

Matt Niskanen, Dmitry Orlov, Brooks Orpik

Nicklas Backstrom, Jay Beagle, Andre Burakovsky,

Alex Chiasson, Brett Connolly, Lars Eller, Evgeny Kuznetsov,

T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin CAPTAIN, Devante Smith-Pelly,

Chandler Stephenson, Jakub Vrana, Tom Wilson

Brian MacLellan GENERAL MANAGER

Barry Trotz HEAD COACH

WASHINGTON CAPITALS STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

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2018 EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND

1 ATL TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 113 v. WC 2 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 97 GM STEVE YZERMAN, HC JON COOPER v. GM RAY SHERO, HC JOHN HYNES

LIGHTNING WINS SERIES IN 5

Thursday, April 12 1930 h et on Sportsnet

NEW JERSEY 2 @ TAMPA BAY 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Ondrej Palat 1 (Tyler Johnson, Ryan McDonagh) 15:00

2. TAMPA BAY, Tyler Johnson 1 (Ondrej Palat, Brayden Point) 19:31

Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD 3. TAMPA BAY, Yanni Gourde 1 (Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachev) 1:54 PPG GWG

4. NEW JERSEY, Taylor Hall 1 (unassisted) 13:55

Penalties ― Wood N 0:05, Point T 9:28

THIRD PERIOD 5. NEW JERSEY, Travis Zajac 1 (Taylor Hall, Will Butcher) 9:35 PPG

6. TAMPA BAY, Alex Killorn 1 (Yanni Gourde) 12:14 7. TAMPA BAY, Nikita Kucherov 1 (unassisted) 18:48 ENG

Penalties ― Miller T 9:11

Shots on goal by

DEVILS 11 15 5 31

LIGHTNING 13 7 12 32 NEW JERSEY, Keith Kinkaid; TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Power play: NJ ― 1 for 2, TB ― 1 for 1

Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Brian Murphy 19,092 at Amalie Arena

• During this regular season, the Lightning and Devils met three times — with New Jersey

winning a one-goal game each time. The Devils outscored the Lightning, 11-8, over those three.

• Lightning were led in scoring this season by 24-year old RW Nikita Kucherov, who had 39g,

61a, 100 pts in 80 games to rank third in NHL scoring. 28-year old C Steven Stamkos, who ranked second in team scoring with 27g, 59a, 86 pts in 78 games, also led the Lightning in

penalty minutes with 72.

• Devils’ leading scorer this season was 26-year old LW Taylor Hall, who had 39g, 54a, 93 pts in 76 games. He was a leading candidate for the Hart Memorial Trophy. 22-year old LW Miles Wood

led New Jersey in penalty minutes with 84.

• C Yanni Gourde TB, C Tyler Johnson TB, LW Ondrej Palat TB game’s three stars

• "I thought Tampa came out real hard and we looked a little bit tentative and unsure, but I thought we settled into the game, particularly in the second period, and started playing more of

our game. in the second half of the game is more how we want to play," said Devils’ head coach

John Hynes.

• "The guys were ready, we had a game plan, just as they did, and their coach will probably say Tampa executed their game plan a little better in the first and we executed our game plan a

little better in the second. That's going to happen, there are two teams playing against each other, when you get to playoff time, it's never that one team dominates the other, there are

going to be waves, there are going to be speed bumps, it's how you weather those times,"

said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.

• C Tyler Johnson TB scored his 22nd career Stanley Cup Playoff goal for Tampa Bay, ranking him

third all time for Lightning behind Martin St. Louis 33 and Vincent Lecavalier 24.

Saturday, April 14 1500 h et on SportsnetEast


FIRST PERIOD

1. TAMPA BAY, Brayden Point 1 (Ondrej Palat, Ryan McDonagh) 12:15 2. NEW JERSEY, Nico Hischier 1 (unassisted) 13:38

Penalties ― Boyle N 6:27

SECOND PERIOD

3. TAMPA BAY, Alex Killorn 2 (Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos) 3:14 PPG 4. TAMPA BAY, Tyler Johnson 2 (Ryan McDonagh, Brayden Point) 4:36

5. TAMPA BAY, Nikita Kucherov 2 (unassisted) 6:01 GWG 6. TAMPA BAY, Alex Killorn 3 (Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman) 13:12 PPG

Cory Schneider replaced Keith Kinkaid in Devils’ net at 13:12 of second period

7. NEW JERSEY, Sami Vatanen 1 (Andy Greene, Cory Schneider) 19:34

Penalties ― Lovejoy N 2:44, Zacha N Cirelli T 4:43, Miller T 8:51, Palmieri N 12:21

THIRD PERIOD

8. NEW JERSEY, Blake Coleman 1 (Travis Zajac, John Moore) 11:57

Penalties ― Killorn T 5:02, Palmieri N Point T Palat T 19:51

Shots on goal by DEVILS 10 15 19 44

LIGHTNING 6 11 9 26 NEW JERSEY, Keith Kinkaid, Cory Schneider (13:12 of second period); TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Power play: NJ ― 0 for 3 1 for 5 in series, TB ― 2 for 3 3 for 4 in series

Referees: Ian Walsh, Brad Meier Linesmen: Steve Miller, Ryan Gibbons 19,092 at Amalie Arena

• C Brayden Point TB, LW Alex Killorn TB, RW Nikita Kucherov TB game’s three stars

• G Keith Kinkaid NJ allowed five goals on 15 shots before being replaced

• "It goes back to (New Jersey) and we have our home building, we have our crowd and we have an opportunity to get the matchups that we would like. That's all part of the series. Have to

regroup and make sure we're a better team on Monday," said Devils’ head coach John Hynes

• "What was Jersey's goal? Probably to split. Ok, they didn't. Our goal was to take them both. We did. Now what do we have to go up? We got to go up there and dig our heels and get one. Love

to get them both. That's going to be our plan," said Lightning coach Jon Cooper

• For the first time in their Stanley Cup Playoff history, the Lightning scored four goals in one

period

• Since the beginning of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, F Nikita Kucherov TB has scored 24 SCP

goals — more than any other player. F Tyler Johnson TB sits second with 23.

7, 62)

Monday, April 16 1930 h et on Sportsnet

TAMPA BAY 2 @ NEW JERSEY 5

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Miller T 3:49, Greene N 19:44

SECOND PERIOD

1. TAMPA BAY, Alex Killorn 4 (Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos) 0:42 PPG 2. NEW JERSEY, Taylor Hall 2 (unassisted) 12:24

Penalties ― McDonagh T 3:36, Moore N 9:55, Point T Noesen N 12:53, Hedman T 15:57, Coleman N 18:49

THIRD PERIOD

3. TAMPA BAY, Steven Stamkos 1 (Nikita Kucherov, Alex Killorn) 0:38 PPG 4. NEW JERSEY, Will Butcher 1 (Taylor Hall, Kyle Palmieri) 4:03 PPG

5. NEW JERSEY, Stefan Noesen 1 (Taylor Hall, Matt Greene) 12:55 GWG 6. NEW JERSEY, Blake Coleman 2 (unassisted) 19:02 SHG ENG

7. NEW JERSEY, Ben Lovejoy 1 (unassisted) 19:22 ENG

Penalties ― Paquette T 2:39, Lightning bench (served by Conacher) 3:39, Sergachev T Killorn T Zacha N

13:56, Hall N 17:14, Paquette T Kunitz T Coburn T Conacher T Sergachev T Moore N Stafford N Severson N

Wood N (10-minute misconducts) Boyle T (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 19:37

Shots on goal by LIGHTNING 12 16 8 36

DEVILS 8 13 20 41 TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy; NEW JERSEY, Cory Schneider

Power play: TB ― 2 for 5 5 for 9 in series, NJ ― 1 for 7 2 for 12 in series

Referees: Jean Hebert, Dan O’Rourke Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Trent Knorr

16,514 at Prudential Center

• LW Taylor Hall NJ, G Cory Schneider NJ, RW Stefan Noesen NJ game’s three stars

• G Cory Schneider NJ wins his first game since 27 December 2017. He had been 0-10-2 in

his previous twelve games.

• "Any momentum they gained in that game was because of our penalties, and every penalty we took it seemed was 200 feet from our net. It was too bad because I thought for two periods,

and then after getting the go-ahead goal (by Stamkos), we had control of that game. But you

can't keep taking the penalties. We did it to ourselves," said Lightning coach Jon Cooper.

• "I think we had a little more of an aggressive mindset on the penalty kill. I think we almost

showed them a little too much respect early in the series and needed to get back to what made us successful, and that's being aggressive and optimistic when we get the puck, seeing if we

can't catch them. We have to put some doubt in their heads," said Devils. forward Blake

Coleman.

• F Alex Killorn is the second player in Lightning history to score at least one goal in each of the

first three playoff games, joining Vincent Lecavalier, who scored in Games 1-4 of 2007 Eastern

Conference QF v. Devils.

Wednesday, April 18 1930 h et on Sportsnet

TAMPA BAY 3 @ NEW JERSEY 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW JERSEY, Kyle Palmieri 1 (Will Butcher, Taylor Hall) 8:23 PPG

2. TAMPA BAY, J.T. Miller 1 (Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos) 11:30 3. TAMPA BAY, Nikita Kucherov 3 (Braydon Coburn, J.T. Miller) 15:02 GWG

Penalties ― Hall N 0:34, Killorn T 7:47, Paquette T 8:12, Killorn T 16:49, Stralman T Wood N Coleman N

19:17

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Hall N 9:42, Kucherov T 11:28, Point T 14:28, Noesen N 18:38

THIRD PERIOD 4. TAMPA BAY, Nikita Kucherov 4 (J.T. Miller) 18:52 ENG

Penalties ― Miller T 7:18, Greene N 12:51

Shots on goal by

LIGHTNING 12 12 13 37 DEVILS 13 5 10 28

TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy; NEW JERSEY, Cory Schneider

Power play: TB ― 0 for 5 5 for 14 in series, NJ ― 1 for 6 3 for 18 in series Referees: Wes McCauley, Tim Peel Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Greg Devorski

16,514 at Prudential Center

• G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB, RW Kyle Palmieri NJ, C J.T. Miller TB game’s three stars

• "(Nikita) Kucherov tonight flexed his muscles," Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper said. "He's been pretty dynamic on the power play, but tonight I thought all-around he was the best player

on the ice. He's been playing both sides of the puck, he's been contributing offensively and

defensively. He's a good part of why we won tonight."

• "We had to fight our way to get a spot in the playoffs when no one really believed in us, and now we get to prove ourselves again and go into Tampa and worry about winning one game,"

said Devils’ forward Travis Zajac.

• "That's probably the reason he is going to (the 2018 NHL Awards) in Vegas in June,"

said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper on Andrei Vasilevskiy.

• G Cory Schneider NJ started back-to-back games for the first time since 22-23 January

2018.

• On the day of this game, F Patrice Bergeron BOS, F Sean Couturier PHI and F Anze Kopitar

LA were named as league finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy

Saturday, April 21 1500 h et on SN360


FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Mikhail Sergachev 1 (Anthony Cirelli) 8:07 GWG

Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Zacha N 5:05, Devils’ bench (served by Hall) 7:10, Palmieri N 11:12, Severson N 13:26, Greene N 20:00

THIRD PERIOD

2. TAMPA BAY, Nikita Kucherov 5 (Anton Stralman, Steven Stamkos) 12:27 GWG 3. NEW JERSEY, Patrick Maroon 1 (Kyle Palmieri, Will Butcher) 17:00

4. TAMPA BAY, Ryan Callahan 1 (Ryan McDonagh) 19:58 ENG

Penalties ― Cirelli T 9:02

Shots on goal by DEVILS 11 4 12 27

LIGHTNING 10 18 10 38 NEW JERSEY, Cory Schneider; TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Power play: NJ ― 0 for 1 3 for 19 in series, TB ― 0 for 5 5 for 19 in series

Referees: Trevor Hanson, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Trent Knorr 19,029 at Amalie Arena

• G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB, G Cory Schneider NJ, RW Nikita Kucherov TB game’s three stars

• With 5g, 5a, 10 pts in the series, Lightning F Nikita Kucherov broke the club record for most

points in one series (Tyler Johnson, 9 v. Rangers in 2015 ECF).

• "I think Tampa is a very good team. I thought they played well, and I think the difference in the series (is) we weren't able to score as much as we needed to as the series had gone on. I think

that's something that even when you look at a game like tonight, it's 1-0 and (we) don't score. Our 5-on-5 offensive production wasn't where it needed to be," said Devils’ head coach John

Hynes.

• "It's a seven-game series, and the cliche is the fourth one is always the toughest one to win. The fourth one is the most magnified, I guess, but you still have to win three games to get

there," said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.

• "We played well and we did a good job," Lightning netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy said. "They

are a good team, but we were a little better. The guys played well. We played well all series

long, but now it's in the past and we have to move on."

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1 MET WASHINGTON CAPITALS 105 v. WC 1 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 97 GM BRIAN MacLELLAN, HC BARRY TROTZ v. GM JARMO KEKALAINEN, HC JOHN TORTORELLA

CAPITALS WIN SERIES IN 6

Monday, April 23 1930 h et on Sportsnet

WASHINGTON 6 @ COLUMBUS 3

FIRST PERIOD

1. WASHINGTON, Dmitry Orlov 1 (Matt Niskanen, Chandler Stephenson) 12:12

Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD

2. COLUMBUS, Nick Foligno 1 (Ryan Murray, Ian Cole) 8:40 3. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 4 (Brooks Orpik, Christian Djoos) 12:50

4. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 5 (John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 18:23 PPG

Penalties ― Backstrom W 1:16, Jenner C 3:18, Anderson C 4:47, Jones C 17:10, Stephenson W 19:53

THIRD PERIOD 5. COLUMBUS, Pierre-Luc Dubois 2 (Matt Calvert) 2:25

6. WASHINGTON, Devante Smith-Pelly 2 (unassisted) 3:56 GWG 7. WASHINGTON, Chandler Stephenson 1 (Jay Beagle, Brooks Orpik) 5:30 SHG

8. COLUMBUS, Nick Foligno 2 (Boone Jenner, Oliver Bjorkstrand) 8:22 9. WASHINGTON, Lars Eller 2 (Jay Beagle) 19:46 ENG

Penalties ― Djoos W 4:39, Kuznetsov W 12:56, Wilson W Dubois C 19:46

Shots on goal by

CAPITALS 10 12 6 28 BLUE JACKETS 7 14 17 38

WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; COLUMBUS, Sergei Bobrovsky

Power play: WSH ― 1 for 3 9 for 27 in series, CBJ ― 0 for 4 4 for 24 in series Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Jean Hebert Linesmen: David Brisebois, Pierre Racicot

18,667 at Nationwide Arena

• LW Alex Ovechkin WSH, G Braden Holtby WSH, LW Nick Foligno CBJ game’s three stars

• "This series was very fun to play and very fun to watch," said Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin, who scored twice, including his 50th career Stanley Cup Playoff goal. "It was lots of hockey. A

bit unlucky in the first two overtimes. We got lucky in the third one. In overtime, no one knows."

• "We've grown up in some way," Capitals’ head coach Barry Trotz said. "We understand our core

group is really, really strong. They believe in each other."

• "They put on really good period of hockey, one of the hardest periods of hockey I've played. Credit to them, they were coming. They were working like they didn't want an end to their

season. They pushed us," said Capitals’ goaltender Braden Holtby about the third period of this

game.

• "The better team won. They made bigger plays at key times. Our power play started well, faded

a bit. Theirs got better (over the course of the series)," said Blue Jackets’ head coach John

Tortorella.

• Blue Jackets are now just 2-8 all-time, at home, in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

• Capitals also came back, after losing the first two games at home, during the 2009 Stanley

Cup Playoffs on the New York Rangers.

• On the day of this game, 51-year old Bill Peters was hired as the newest head coach of the

Calgary Flames…and 50-year old Chuck Fletcher was relieved of his duties as GM of the

Minnesota Wild

Sunday, April 15 1930 h et on SN360

COLUMBUS 5 @ WASHINGTON 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Jay Beagle 1 (Brooks Orpik, Jakub Jerabek) 2:12

2. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 1 (John Carlson, T.J. Oshie) 13:26 PPG 3. COLUMBUS, Cam Atkinson 1 (Nick Foligno) 18:25

Penalties ― Jerabek W 5:46, Atkinson C 12:07, Dubois C Kuznetsov W 16:05

SECOND PERIOD

4. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 2 (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson) 4:09 PPG 5. COLUMBUS, Josh Anderson 1 (Zach Werenski, Seth Jones) 8:49

6. COLUMBUS, Cam Atkinson 2 (Artemi Panarin, Seth Jones) 11:13 PPG 7. COLUMBUS, Zach Werenski 1 (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Artemi Panarin) 18:52 PPG

Penalties ― Dubinsky C 4:01, Wilson W 10:36, Foligno C 14:17, Smith-Pelly W 17:40

Braden Holtby replaced Philipp Grubauer in Capitals’ net at start of third period

THIRD PERIOD

8. WASHINGTON, T.J. Oshie 1 (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson) 16:25 PPG

Penalties ― Calvert C 3:56, Dubois C 12:23, Werenski C 15:09, Jenner C 18:01

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD

9. COLUMBUS, Matt Calvert 1 (Zach Werenski, Josh Anderson) 12:22 GWG

Penalties ― Niskanen W 3:51

Shots on goal by BLUE JACKETS 8 14 5 3 30

CAPITALS 19 12 21 6 58 COLUMBUS, Sergei Bobrovsky; WASHINGTON, Philipp Grubauer, Braden Holtby (start of third period)

Power play: CBJ ― 2 for 4 4 for 8 in series, WSH ― 3 for 7 5 for 13 in series

Referees: Steve Kozari, Brian Pochmara Linesmen: Devin Berg, Steve Barton, Garrett Rank 18,506 at Capital One Arena

• LW Matt Calvert CBJ, RW Cam Atkinson CBJ, LW Alex Ovechkin WSH game’s three stars

• This marks the first time the Blue Jackets have ever held a two games-to-none lead in a

Stanley Cup Playoff series.

• "We're disappointed and we're mad," said F Nicklas Backstrom said. "Yeah, we're down 2-0

and obviously we're playing a good hockey team. They've got two home games now. But we're

going to do everything to turn things around. There's a lot of hockey left."

• "If anything, we need to stay out of the box, but you never know what's a call and what's not

anymore. But that's the game right now. We can definitely elevate our game," said Blue Jackets’

forward Cam Atkinson.

• Linesman Steve Barton left the game in the second period due to injury. He was replaced by

Garrett Rank.

• Blue Jackets are the fifth NHL team to win each of the first two games of a Stanley Cup

Playoff series when trailing by multiple goals (Philadelphia Flyers in both 1995 and 2012, Capitals

in 1996 and Los Angeles Kings in 2014).

Thursday, April 12 1930 h et on SN360


FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 1 (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson) 17:52 PPG

2. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson) 18:21 PPG

Penalties ― Foligno C 4:52, Cole C 9:01, Oshie W 14:42, Anderson C (major, game misconduct) 17:23

SECOND PERIOD 3. COLUMBUS, Alexander Wennberg 1 (Boone Jenner, Thomas Vanek) 4:48

Penalties ― Panarin C 16:09

THIRD PERIOD

4. COLUMBUS, Thomas Vanek 1 (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Artemi Panarin) 1:31 PPG 5. WASHINGTON, Devante Smith-Pelly 1 (Jakub Vrana, John Carlson) 5:12

6. COLUMBUS, Seth Jones 1 (Artemi Panarin, Cam Atkinson) 15:34 PPG

Penalties ― Wilson W 1:18, Kuznetsov W 11:19, Burakovsky W 14:55


7. COLUMBUS, Artemi Panarin 1 (Ian Cole, Pierre-Luc Dubois) 6:02 GWG

Penalties ― None


CAPITALS 9 16 5 0 30 COLUMBUS, Sergei Bobrovsky; WASHINGTON, Philipp Grubauer

Power play: CBJ ― 2 for 4, WSH ― 2 for 6

Referees: Trevor Hanson, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Jonny Murray 18,506 at Capital One Arena

• During this regular season, the Capitals and Blue Jackets faced each other four times. Capitals

took six of a possible eight points, with each team scoring 12 goals over those four games.

• Capitals were led in scoring this season by 32-year old LW Alex Ovechkin, who had 49g, 38a, 87 pts in 82 games. His 49 goals earned him the Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard Trophy. 24-year old

RW Tom Wilson led the Capitals in penalty minutes with 187 PIM.

• Blue Jackets’ scoring leader was 26-year old LW Artemi Panarin. He had 27g, 55a, 82 pts in 81

games. 30-year old LW Nick Foligno led the Jackets with 50 PIM.

• C Artemi Panarin CBJ, C Evgeni Kuznetsov WSH, D John Carlson WSH game’s three stars

• "We have been playing for our lives for a while now. Obviously, there is an increased intensity there, but at the start of overtime, we weren't overwhelmed, but we were trying to feel our way

and make some plays. We found a way," said Blue Jackets’ forward Mark Letestu.

• "Right now, I'm going to re-evaluate that, your question. If we go back, right now, Philipp's body

of work has been good. I thought he was fine. We'll sit down and re-evaluate all the goals,

evaluate our team and where we're at, and go from there," said Capitals’ head coach Barry Trotz when asked if goalie Philipp Grubauer (rather than G Braden Holtby) would start Game

Two

• For the first time in four lifetime Stanley Cup Playoff series, the Blue Jackets have won Game

One.

Tuesday, April 17 1930 h et on SN360

WASHINGTON 3 @ COLUMBUS 2 DBL OT

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Wilson W 9:26, Anderson C 11:55, Vrana W 18:27

SECOND PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Tom Wilson 1 (Matt Niskanen, Alex Ovechkin) 5:52

2. COLUMBUS, Pierre-Luc Dubois 1 (Artemi Panarin, Seth Jones) 11:18 3. WASHINGTON, John Carlson 1 (Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin) 14:43 PPG

Penalties ― Blue Jackets’ bench (served by Panarin) 2:15, Dubinsky C 13:08, Murray C 14:15

THIRD PERIOD

4. COLUMBUS, Artemi Panarin 2 (Cam Atkinson) 4:12

Penalties ― Orpik W 9:05


NO SCORING

Penalties ― Carlson W 15:42

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 5. WASHINGTON, Lars Eller 1 (Brett Connolly, Devante Smith-Pelly) 9:00 GWG

Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by

CAPITALS 11 14 6 6 8 45 BLUE JACKETS 9 7 10 7 2 35

WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; COLUMBUS, Sergei Bobrovsky

Power play: WSH ― 1 for 4 6 for 17 in series, CBJ ― 0 for 4 4 for 12 in series Referees: Steve Kozari, Brian Pochmara Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tony Sericolo

19,337 at Nationwide Arena

• G Braden Holtby WSH, G Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ, C Lars Eller WSH game’s three stars

• D John Carlson WSH becomes first NHL defenceman since Al MacInnis STL in 1999 to record

seven-or-more points in his team’s first three games of any Stanley Cup Playoffs.

• "It hit me. Hit him. Hit me. Hit him. Hit me. It hit us like four times and went in. Just a bad

bounce," said Blue Jackets’ defenceman Zach Werenski on Lars Eller's game-winning goal.

• "We're fortunate the puck went in for us. We got a bounce. We got some good fortune but we

also executed. We had a complete effort, and they did on their side," said Capitals’ head coach

Barry Trotz.

• "I'm not to pick apart the team. I thought we played better than the last game. We won the last

game. It's the NHL. It's playoff hockey, it's a strange animal," said Blue Jackets’ head coach

John Tortorella.

• Capitals have gone to overtime in 12 of their last 22 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

• On the day of this game, the Calgary Flames fired head coach Glen Gulutzan and assistants

Dave Cameron and Paul Jerrard.

• NHL announced Vézina Trophy finalists today — Connor Hellebuyck WPG, Pekka Rinne NSH

and Andrei Vasilevskiy TB.

• Also, on the day of this game, former First Lady of the United States, Barbara Bush, passed

away at age 92.

Thursday, April 19 1930 h et on Sportsnet

WASHINGTON 4 @ COLUMBUS 1

FIRST PERIOD

1. WASHINGTON, Tom Wilson 2 (Evgeni Kuznetsov) 6:16

Penalties ― Kuznetsov W 0:34, Dubinsky C 7:15, Wilson W 18:57, Panarin C 19:00

SECOND PERIOD 2. WASHINGTON, T.J. Oshie 2 (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin) 9:19 PPG GWG

Penalties ― Eller W 5:34, Panarin C 8:49

THIRD PERIOD

3. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 3 (Evgeni Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson) 2:49 4. COLUMBUS, Boone Jenner 1 (Josh Anderson) 6:22

5. WASHINGTON, Evgeni Kuznetsov 3 (unassisted) 17:41 ENG

Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by

CAPITALS 12 13 8 33

BLUE JACKETS 7 8 9 24 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; COLUMBUS, Sergei Bobrovsky

Power play: WSH ― 1 for 3 7 for 20 in series, CBJ ― 0 for 3 4 for 15 in series

Referees: Francis Charron, Brad Watson Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Ryan Gibbons 19,395 at Nationwide Arena

• C Evgeni Kuznetsov WSH, LW Alex Ovechkin WSH, RW Tom Wilson WSH game’s three stars

• G Braden Holtby WSH has allowed two-or-fewer goals in 41 of the 62 Stanley Cup Playoff games

in which he has appeared — and he is 28-13 in those games.

• "For some reason, you could see it from the first shift right into our early power play," Blue Jackets’ head coach John Tortorella said. "We looked nervous right on through. I don't know

why. It was just a struggle. That's called a good old-fashioned laying an egg right on throughout

the lineup. It was unexpected. It happened."

• "It's a series for a reason. We're not going to get down from one game. We have to learn from this game. We have to know we have to be way better. Maybe it gives us a little kick in the rear

to know that we have a real good opportunity in front of us to go back there. Home ice hasn't

been too nice to each team. We'll try to get one back," said Blue Jackets’ captain Nick Foligno.

• "Obviously, the next game is a real pivotal game," Capitals’ head coach Barry Trotz said.

"Someone's going to take the lead in this series, and then your back's against the wall. So we've got to make sure we're ready to go. But I think we have been since we got here, and we've just

got to do it at home."

• On the day of this game, D Drew Doughty LA, D Victor Hedman TB, D P.K. Subban NSH were

named as finalists for the James Norris Memorial Trophy.

Saturday, April 21 1500 h et on Sportsnet


FIRST PERIOD

1. COLUMBUS, Matt Calvert 2 (Seth Jones) 10:08 SHG 2. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 1 (Chandler Stephenson, Michal Kempny) 13:22

Penalties ― Eller W 4:52, Vanek C 8:44, Jones C 14:02, Oshie W 15:20, Stephenson W 17:26

SECOND PERIOD

3. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 4 (Dmitri Orlov) 3:21 4. COLUMBUS, Matt Calvert 3 (unassisted) 4:45

5. WASHINGTON, T.J. Oshie 3 (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom) 16:42 PPG

Penalties ― Calvert C 8:37, Beagle W 14:00, Anderson C 16:28, Eller W 18:46

THIRD PERIOD 6. COLUMBUS, Oliver Bjorkstrand 1 (Ian Cole, Alexander Wennberg) 2:30

Penalties ― None


7. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 2 (Dmitri Orlov, Chandler Stephenson) 11:53 GWG

Penalties ― None


CAPITALS 7 13 1 8 29 COLUMBUS, Sergei Bobrovsky; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby

Power play: CBJ ― 0 for 5 4 for 20 in series, WSH ― 1 for 4 8 for 24 in series

Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Kiel Murchison 18,506 at Capital One Arena

• C Nicklas Backstrom WSH, LW Matt Calvert CBJ, G Braden Holtby WSH game’s three stars

• Blue Jackets are 0-for-13 in their current lack-of-power-play-goals streak

• "Disappointing, because I thought we completely outplayed them in the third, had all the

momentum, had some great chances to bury in overtime," Blue Jackets’ captain Nick Foligno said. "Missed the net or just wide or he makes a great save. That's the difference in the

game."

• "I won't have to say a (darn) word to them. We'll be back here for Game 7," said Blue Jackets’

head coach John Tortorella.

• "Nick Backstrom was outstanding tonight. He's a big-moment guy and he got it done," said

Capitals’ head coach Barry Trotz.

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2 ATL BOSTON BRUINS 112 v. 3 ATL TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 105 GM DON SWEENEY, HC BRUCE CASSIDY v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC MIKE BABCOCK

BRUINS WIN SERIES IN 7

Monday, April 23 1900 h et on HNIC

BOSTON 1 @ TORONTO 3


Penalties ― DeBrusk B 10:10

SECOND PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Jake DeBrusk 3 (David Krejci) 1:02 2. TORONTO, William Nylander 1 (Nikita Zaitsev, Jake Gardiner) 1:37 3. TORONTO, Mitchell Marner 2 (Tomas Plekanec, Ron Hainsey) 13:25 GWG Penalties ― Kadri T 19:51

THIRD PERIOD 4. TORONTO, Tomas Plekanec 2 (Mitchell Marner, Nikita Zaitsev) 18:46 ENG Penalties ― Backes B Polak T 1:53, McAvoy B 3:16, Marner T 14:17 Shots on goal by BRUINS 17 9 7 33 MAPLE LEAFS 10 12 8 30 BOSTON, Tuukka Rask; TORONTO, Frederik Andersen Power play: BOS ― 0 for 2 6 for 19 in series, TOR ― 0 for 3 3 for 13 in series Referees: Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Steve Miller 19,604 at Air Canada Centre

• G Frederik Andersen TOR, C Mitchell Marner TOR, C William Nylander TOR game’s three stars

• "You want to be in these moments in your life. You don't remember everything in your life. What you do is you remember moments. You remember, and you want to create, those moments. You want to create memories," Maple Leafs’ head coach Mike Babcock said. "Here's an opportunity for us to create memories with a good group of guys who like each other a lot."

• "I think we're getting a lot of really quality looks, a lot of good opportunities, and he's making some good saves. He's a good goalie. It's bound to happen, we just have to keep going and do more of the same," said Bruins’ forward Brad Marchand about Maple Leafs’ netminder Frederik Andersen.

• Bruins’ top line of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak have each been held without a point and are a combined minus-16 in Boston’s three series losses.

• Last time Maple Leafs won a series, after trailing three games-to-one, was the 1942 Stanley Cup Final.

• On the afternoon of this game, near Yonge and Finch in Toronto, a van travelled onto a sidewalk, killing ten people. Hockey Night in Canada opened the game with brief clips from Leafs’ defenceman Ron Hainsey and Bruins’ forward Patrice Bergeron communicating their emotions. And a moment of silence was held, for the victims, prior to the anthems.

• On the day of this game, Bill Peters was hired as the newest head coach of the Calgary Flames…and Chuck Fletcher was relieved of his duties as GM of the Minnesota Wild

Thursday, April 19 1900 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Torey Krug 1 (Kevan Miller, David Pastrnak) 0:28 2. TORONTO, Tomas Plekanec 1 (Patrick Marleau, Mitchell Marner) 7:43 Penalties ― DeBrusk B 15:08

SECOND PERIOD 3. BOSTON, Brad Marchand 2 (David Pastrnak, Adam McQuaid) 16:55 GWG Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD 4. BOSTON, Jake DeBrusk 2 (David Krejci) 4:17 Penalties ― None Shots on goal by BRUINS 7 9 5 21 MAPLE LEAFS 12 10 10 32 BOSTON, Tuukka Rask; TORONTO, Frederik Andersen Power play: BOS ― 0 for 0 5 for 11 in series, TOR ― 0 for 1 2 for 9 in series Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Matt MacPherson 19,689 at Air Canada Centre

• G Tuukka Rask BOS, RW David Pastrnak BOS, C Tomas Plekanec TOR game’s three stars

• Just before the game, it was announced that F Patrice Bergeron BOS would not play due to an upper body injury. Boston was 9-2-2 during the regular season without Bergeron.

• "The last period was our best period for sure, but we hung in there and we capitalized on our chances when we got them. Sometimes when you play a team who is desperate and needs to win, you have to weather the storm, and I think today, we did. We did it together, and at the end of the day we got the W," said Bruins’ goaltender Tuukka Rask.

• "The great thing about playoff time and being a young guy is you get lots of lessons. No one is more aware of this than he is, I can tell you that right now. I'm assuming that he thought he was going to come tonight and dominate the game, that's what I thought. I thought the same with Willie (Nylander), but that didn't happen. The other people you're playing against are pros and they're trying too, and they're competitive," said Maple Leafs’ head coach Mike Babcock on 20-year-old Auston Matthews.

Thursday, April 12 1900 h et on HNIC Hughson, C Simpson, Bukauskas

TORONTO 1 @ BOSTON 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Brad Marchand 1 (Torey Krug, David Pastrnak) 5:28 PPG

2. TORONTO, Zach Hyman 1 (Connor Brown, Morgan Rielly) 16:52

Penalties ― van Riemsdyk T 5:04, Krejci B 5:54

SECOND PERIOD 3. BOSTON, David Backes 1 (David Krejci, Charlie McAvoy) 15:43 PPG GWG

4. BOSTON, David Pastrnak 1 (Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron) 19:22

Penalties ― Chara B 0:59, Heinen B 6:49, Marleau T 13:59

THIRD PERIOD 5. BOSTON, Sean Kuraly 1 (David Pastrnak, Zdeno Chara) 7:41

6. BOSTON, David Krejci 1 (Jake DeBrusk, Torey Krug) 11:29 PPG

Penalties ― Maple Leafs’ bench (served by Marner) 1:54, Kadri T 4:44, Kadri T (major, game misconduct) 8:18

Shots on goal by MAPLE LEAFS 7 11 9 27

BRUINS 9 16 15 40 TORONTO, Frederik Andersen; BOSTON, Tuukka Rask

Power play: TOR ― 0 for 3, BOS ― 3 for 6

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Kyle Rehman Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk 17,565 at TD Garden

• During this regular season, the Bruins and Maple Leafs met four times — with the Leafs

winning three of those four games. Toronto outscored Boston, 12-10, over those four meetings.

• Boston’s leading scorer this season was 29-year old LW Brad Marchand, who had 34g, 51a, 85 pts in 68 games. He was a leading candidate for the Hart Memorial Trophy. 30-year old D Kevan

Miller led the Bruins in penalty minutes with 70.

• Maple Leafs’ leading scorer this season was 20-year old C Mitch Marner, who had 22g, 47a, 69 pts in 82 games. 20-year old C Auston Matthews, who missed 20 regular-season games

through injury, had 34g, 29a, 63 pts in 62 games. 28-year old LW Matt Martin led Toronto in

penalty minutes with 50.

• With 177 career Stanley Cup Playoff games under his belt, Maple Leafs’ 38-year old F Patrick

Marleau is the most experienced in these SCP without a Cup to his name. Sharks’ Joe

Thornton 160 and Predators’ Mike Fisher 134 rank second and third respectively.

• C Brad Marchand BOS, RW David Pastrnak BOS, G Tuukka Rask BOS game’s three stars

• "We kind of knew that we needed a little reset, we needed a couple days of rest and we had to bring it for the playoffs," Bruins’ forward David Backes said. "Now, it's throw it all into the game.

... And I think as a collective unit, we all just looked at each other and said, 'It's time to go out

there and do our thing and not be distracted by anything.' It was a pretty solid effort."

• “The beauty about this is we've got a day to solve our problems, and we can feel sorry for

ourselves if we want here tonight, but that's a waste of time and energy. Let's just get back to the hotel, get a meal, get regrouped, have a good practice tomorrow and come back at it," said

Maple Leafs’ head coach Mike Babcock.

• "We were outscored 3-0 on special teams, three on the (penalty kill). That's most likely never

going to get it done," Toronto defenceman Ron Hainsey said. "Not nearly enough offensive-zone time for us. It felt like we spent the vast majority of the game on our half of the ice. We

weren't able to get any long, sustained pushes in their end."

• David Krejci BOS became the tenth player in history to score 30-or-more career Stanley Cup

Playoff goals for Boston. He is one goal from tying Wayne Cashman 31 for ninth spot.

• In the third period, F Nazem Kadri TOR slammed F Tommy Wingels’ BOS head into the

boards. Kadri was ejected from the game and, the day after this game, was handed a three-

game suspension by the NHL.

Saturday, April 14 2000 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, David Pastrnak 2 (Torey Krug, Patrice Bergeron) 5:26 2. BOSTON, Jake DeBrusk 1 (Torey Krug, Patrice Bergeron) 9:46 PPG 3. BOSTON, Kevan Miller 1 (David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand) 12:13

Curtis McElhinney replaced Frederik Andersen in Maple Leafs’ net at 12:13 of first period

4. BOSTON, Rick Nash 1 (David Pastrnak, Torey Krug) 15:00 PPG GWG Penalties ― Maple Leafs’ bench (served by Nylander) 8:24, Hainsey T (double minor) Schaller B 14:49

SECOND PERIOD 5. TORONTO, Mitchell Marner 1 (Zach Hyman) 1:22 6. BOSTON, David Krejci 2 (David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand) 3:46 7. TORONTO, Tyler Bozak 1 (Connor Brown, Morgan Rielly) 9:02 Penalties ― Nash B 3:52, van Riemsdyk T 13:04, Marner T 17:03

THIRD PERIOD 8. BOSTON, David Pastrnak 3 (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand) 12:34 9. TORONTO, James van Riemsdyk 1 (Andreas Johnsson, Mitchell Marner) 14:53 PPG 10. BOSTON, David Pastrnak 4 (Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron) 18:24 Penalties ― Grzelcyk B 4:37, Krejci B 14:20 Shots on goal by MAPLE LEAFS 6 16 11 33 BRUINS 8 14 6 28 TORONTO, Frederik Andersen, Curtis McElhinney (12:13 of first period); BOSTON, Tuukka Rask Power play: TOR ― 1 for 4 1 for 7 in series, BOS ― 2 for 4 5 for 10 in series Referees: Trevor Hanson, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Trent Knorr, Jonny Murray 17,565 at TD Garden

• RW David Pastrnak BOS, C Brad Marchand BOS, D Kevan Miller BOS game’s three stars

• Maple Leafs were without F Nazem Kadri, who was suspended three games for a hit on F Tommy Wingels BOS in Game One of this series

• G Frederik Andersen TOR allowed three goals on four shots before being replaced

• This appearance by Maple Leafs’ netminder Curtis McEhlinney marks only his second career Stanley Cup Playoff game. His first came for the Calgary Flames, mopping up for Miikka Kiprusoff in a 5-1 loss in Chicago on 25 April 2009. ‘Sugar’ Jim Henry went ten years (1942-52) between his first two Stanley Cup Playoff seasons in goal.

• Maple Leafs’ forward Leo Komorov took a knee-on-knee hit in the second period. He left the game, returned briefly during a TV timeout to give it a try and then went back to the room, his night over.

• F David Pastrnak BOS has 4g, 5a, 9 pts in the first two games of this series. That matches the highest-scoring, two-game start at any Stanley Cup Playoff series. Bruins’ C Phil Esposito had nine points in the first two games of the Bruins’ 1969 first-round series v. the Maple Leafs.

• And, in this game, Pastrnak (21y, 324d) became the youngest player to ever score six-or-more points in a Stanley Cup Playoff game. Oilers’ C Wayne Gretzky was 22y, 81d when he scored seven points in a 10-2 Edmonton win over the Flames on 17 April 1983 in Calgary’s Stampede Corral.

• This game marked the 19th time a player had scored six-or-more points in a Stanley Cup Playoff game. The most recent was Claude Giroux PHI with 3g, 3a, 6 pts v. Pittsburgh on 13 April 2012.

• RW David Pastrnak became the third Bruins’ player to record six-or-more points in a Stanley Cup Playoff game. C Phil Esposito had 4g, 2a v. Toronto on 2 April 1969 and F Rick Middleton had 2g, 4a v. the Buffalo Sabres on 18 April 1983.

• "We are playing great as a line and we've been together for a while," Bruins’ 21-year old RW David Pastrnak said. "We've faced it every game this season and we want to get better every game. We don't think about the other team; we try to do our best and play simple and play pretty fast. I think we don't think about what's going to happen, just what we can do and what we can control."



FIRST PERIOD 1. TORONTO, James van Riemsdyk 1 (Tyler Bozak, Morgan Rielly) 17:05 PPG

Penalties ― Nash B 16:58

SECOND PERIOD

2. BOSTON, Adam McQuaid 1 (Tim Schaller, Sean Kuraly) 3:06 3. TORONTO, Patrick Marleau 1 (Mitchell Marner, Morgan Rielly) 3:49

4. BOSTON, Zdeno Chara 1 (Sean Kuraly, Nick Holden) 6:19 5. TORONTO, Auston Matthews 1 (William Nylander, Zach Hyman) 14:47 GWG

Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD

6. TORONTO, Patrick Marleau 2 (Tomas Plekanec, Mitchell Marner) 16:25

Penalties ― Marleau T 0:26, Marchand B Rielly T 17:56

Shots on goal by BRUINS 8 16 18 42

MAPLE LEAFS 12 11 7 30 BOSTON, Tuukka Rask; TORONTO, Frederik Andersen

Power play: BOS ― 0 for 1 5 for 11 in series, TOR ― 1 for 1 2 for 8 in series

Referees: Brad Meier, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Brian Murphy 19,663 at Air Canada Centre

• G Frederik Andersen TOR, C Patrick Marleau TOR, D Morgan Rielly TOR game’s three stars

• "I think we were on it all game. We had our legs and were playing the right way," said F Patrick

Marleau TOR, whose first goal of the night was his 69th in Stanley Cup Playoffs, passing Gordie Howe for 17th all time. "If there was a breakdown, we had another guy there to bail us out, and

obviously (Andersen) had a huge game for us. I think everybody knows at playoff time how we need to play to be successful. We went through the regular season and we know we didn't have

our best in Boston, but we had that change tonight and got the win. Now, we have to look forward to the next game." Marleau’s second goal, his 70th in SCP, tied Steve Yzerman for

16th all time.

• F Patrick Marleau TOR became the oldest player in Maple Leafs history to score a goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (38 years, 213 days), surpassing Norm Ullman, who was 38 years, 109

days old when he scored on Bruins’ Gilles Gilbert on 14 April 1974.

• "I thought our top line was fine for the most part. They just didn't finish. (F David) Pastrnak got robbed about three, four times. That goalie made some head-scratching saves at the end. At

the end of the day, they can be better. They had a tougher matchup tonight. (The Maple Leafs) were determined to keep them off the score sheet, and they did." said Bruins’ head coach Bruce

Cassidy on Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand being held without a point for

the first time in the series.

• "That was one of the best saves I think I've ever seen. That was unbelievable; it was a game-changer, for sure. There's still two minutes left, and then (Boston would) be down by one, so

that was an unbelievable save, that was awesome," said Maple Leafs’ forward Auston Matthews

on G Frederik Andersen's stick save on Pastrnak late in the game.

• "I think we used our speed more which allowed us to get the puck up quicker and get on the

forecheck quicker," said Maple Leafs’ forward Mitchell Marner on what the difference was in

Game 3

Saturday, April 21 2000 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD

1. TORONTO, Connor Brown 1 (Auston Matthews, Zach Hyman) 6:36 2. TORONTO, Andreas Johnsson 1 (Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner) 10:12

Penalties ― Bozak T 13:54

SECOND PERIOD

3. BOSTON, David Backes 2 (Jake DeBrusk, Torey Krug) 9:45 PPG 4. TORONTO, Tyler Bozak 2 (Morgan Rielly, James van Riemsdyk) 10:36

5. TORONTO, James van Riemsdyk 3 (Mitchell Marner, Tyler Bozak) 11:55 PPG GWG

Anton Khudobin replaced Tuukka Rask in Bruins’ net at 11:55 of second period

6. BOSTON, Sean Kuraly 2 (Matt Grzelcyk, Noel Acciari) 17:18

Penalties ― Zaitsev T 9:28, Grzelcyk B 11:24, Gardiner T Hyman T Backes B (double minor) 12:51, Bozak T 13:18, Polak T 13:45, Johnsson T 18:33

THIRD PERIOD

7. BOSTON, Noel Acciari 1 (Tim Schaller, Torey Krug) 5:56

Penalties ― Dermott T 3:10

Shots on goal by MAPLE LEAFS 6 10 5 21

BRUINS 15 10 20 45 TORONTO, Frederik Andersen; BOSTON, Tuukka Rask, Anton Khodobin (11:55 of second period)

Power play: TOR ― 1 for 1 3 for 10 in series, BOS ― 1 for 6 6 for 17 in series

Referees: Francis Charron, Brad Watson Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Ryan Gibbons 17,565 at TD Garden

• G Frederik Anderson TOR, C Noel Acciari BOS, LW James van Riemsdyk TOR three stars

• F Patrice Bergeron returned to Bruins’ line-up after missing Game Four.

• "You've got to give their goaltender (Frederik Andersen) credit," Boston head coach Bruce

Cassidy said. "Both games we've lost we had over 40 shots on net, probably at least 20-

something chances, not all on net, but we created chances. So he was very good tonight, let's

face it. He made a lot of good saves. The ones we got weren't cheap."

• "We just kept saying to ourselves that we were up a goal in the third period on the road. If you

would have written that up at the beginning of the game, we would take it 10 times out of 10. So we just had to stay calm. (Frederik Andersen) was our backbone. We did a great job winning

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2 ATL BOSTON BRUINS 112 v. 3 ATL TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 105 GM DON SWEENEY, HC BRUCE CASSIDY v. GM LOU LAMORIELLO, HC MIKE BABCOCK

BRUINS WIN SERIE S IN 7

Wednesday, April 25 1930 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD

1. TORONTO, Patrick Marleau 3 (Jake Gardiner, William Nylander) 2:05 PPG 2. BOSTON, Jake DeBrusk 4 (David Pastrnak, David Krejci) 4:47 PPG

3. TORONTO, Patrick Marleau 4 (Mitchell Marner) 6:12 4. BOSTON, Danton Heinen 1 (David Krejci, Rick Nash) 9:10

5. BOSTON, Patrice Bergeron 1 (Kevan Miller, David Backes) 19:23

Penalties ― Kuraly B 0:30, Rielly T 3:00, Rick Nash B 11:30

SECOND PERIOD 6. TORONTO, Travis Dermott 1 (Roman Polak, William Nylander) 2:07

7. TORONTO, Kasperi Kapanen 1 (unassisted) 6:05

Penalties ― Plekanec T 4:56

THIRD PERIOD

8. BOSTON, Torey Krug 2 (Kevan Miller, Patrice Bergeron) 1:10 9. BOSTON, Jake DeBrusk 5 (David Krejci) 5:25 GWG

10. BOSTON, David Pastrnak 5 (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand) 11:39 11. BOSTON, Brad Marchand 3 (Riley Nash) 19:09 ENG

Penalties ― Hyman T Krejci B 1:06, Rick Nash B Bozak T 3:41

Shots on goal by

MAPLE LEAFS 10 6 8 24 BRUINS 12 13 11 36

TORONTO, Frederik Andersen; BOSTON, Tuukka Rask

Power play: TOR ― 1 for 2 4 for 15 in series, BOS ― 1 for 2 7 for 21 in series Referees: Wes McCauley, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Scott Cherrey

17,565 at TD Garden

• LW Jake DeBrusk BOS, C David Krejci BOS, C Patrice Bergeron BOS game’s three stars

• Bruins advance past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2014

• "That was one of the most incredible games I've ever been a part of," said Bruins’ forward Brad

Marchand, who scored into an empty net to make it 7-4 with 51 seconds remaining. "It was so back and forth, the intensity from the crowd and the emotion was a lot of fun to be a part of.

But even after they got the lead a couple times ... we knew that we have the resiliency in the

room to continue to come back."

• Maple Leafs have not advanced past first round of Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2004

• "At the start of the series, if you'd have told me we were playing Boston and it'd be like this and

we'd be right here going into the third period, I would've taken that all day long," Toronto coach

Mike Babcock said.

• "There's no real explanation. I felt fine. It just seemed like everything I was doing ended up in

the back of the net," said Maple Leafs’ defenceman Jake Gardiner, who was minus-5

• "Yeah, it's huge. It's a momentum shift, for sure. You know we didn't care how long it took, but

eventually we were going to get it. It was a big play and we kept it going, foot on the gas

pedal," said Bruins’ defenceman Torey Krug on his game-tying goal

• This game was the first all season in which Maple Leafs allowed four goals in the third period

• In these Stanley Cup Playoffs, Bruins’ Torey Krug leads all defencemen with 2g, 7a, 9 pts

through the first round

• Bruins’ rookie LW Jake DeBrusk (son of former NHLer Louie DeBrusk) had 5g, 2a, 7 pts in his

first career Stanley Cup Playoff series. During this regular season, he had 16g, 27a, 43 pts in

70 games

• This game marked Bruins’ 26th all-time Game Seven, one more than Detroit for the most by

one NHL team

• On the day of this game, Jared Bednar COL, Bruce Cassidy BOS and Gerard Gallant VEG were

named as the three nominees for the Jack Adams Award






2 MET PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 100 v. 3 MET PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 98 GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC MIKE SULLIVAN v. GM RON HEXTALL, HC DAVE HAKSTOL

PENGUINS WIN SERIES IN 6

Wednesday, April 11 1900 h et on SN360 Ball, Millen, C Simpson

PHILADELPHIA 0 @ PITTSBURGH 7

FIRST PERIOD

1. PITTSBURGH, Brandon Rust 1 (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel) 2:38 GWG 2. PITTSBURGH, Carl Hagelin 1 (Patric Hornqvist, Riley Sheahan) 10:07

3. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 1 (Carl Hagelin) 14:09

Penalties ― Konecny Ph 10:45, Malkin Pi 11:57, Malkin Pi 15:31

SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 1 (Derick Brassard, Conor Sheary) 7:50 PPG

5. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 1 (Brian Dumoulin, Jake Guentzel) 9:01

Petr Mrazek replaced Brian Elliott in Flyers’ net at 9:01 of second period

Penalties ― Couturier Ph 5:54, Laughton Ph 9:56, Raffl Ph 15:05

THIRD PERIOD 6. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 2 (Justin Schultz, Jake Guentzel) 7:41

7. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 3 (Brian Dumoulin) 10:42

Penalties ― Letang Pi 5:12, Letang Pi 13:22

Shots on goal by FLYERS 9 10 5 24

PENGUINS 15 13 5 33 PHILADELPHIA, Brian Elliott, Petr Mrazek (9:01 of second period); PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray

Power play: PHI ― 0 for 4, PIT ― 1 for 4

Referees: Steve Kozari, Brian Pochmara Linesmen: Devin Berg, Steve Barton 18,556 at PPG Paints Arena

• During the regular season, Penguins and Flyers met four times. Penguins won each of the

games, outscoring Philadelphia, 20-11, over those four games.

• During the regular season, the Penguins led the NHL on the power-play with 26.2% success

rate.

• Penguins were led in scoring this season by 31-year old C Evgeni Malkin, who had 42g, 56a, 98

pts in 78 games. 30-year old C Sidney Crosby had 29g, 60a, 89 pts in 82 games to rank third

in team scoring. Interestingly, Malkin also led Pittsburgh in penalty minutes with 87.

• Flyers’ leading scorer this season was 30-year old LW Claude Giroux, who had 34g, 68a, 102

pts in 82 games — to finish second in NHL scoring to 21-year old C Connor McDavid EDM 108.

27-year old D Radko Gudas led Philadelphia in penalty minutes with 83.

• C Sidney Crosby PIT, C Jake Guentzel PIT, G Matt Murray PIT game’s three stars

• G Matt Murray PIT becomes the ninth goaltender in Stanley Cup history to record three consecutive shutouts, albeit over two seasons. Others are Clint Benedict MMR 1926, John Ross

Roach NYR 1929, Frank McCool TOR 1945, Terry Sawchuk DET 1953, Brent Johnson STL

2002, Patrick Lalime OTT 2002, J-S Giguere ANA 2003 and Ilya Bryzgalov ANA 2006.

• G Brian Elliott PHI allowed five goals on 19 shots.

• "It was one of the worst games I've been a part of. … They had their chances to score, and they went in. They made plays in tight areas, and we just have to find an answer coming next game,"

said Flyers’ captain Claude Giroux.

• "(Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin), sometimes we marvel at what they do out there with

their talent level and their instincts," said Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan.

Friday, April 13 1900 h et on SN360


FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Shayne Gostisbehere 1 (Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier) 19:23 PPG

Penalties ― Aston Pi 18:30

SECOND PERIOD

2. PHILADELPHIA, Sean Couturier 1 (Ivan Provorov, Michael Raffl) 0:47 GWG

Penalties ― Konecny Ph 7:32, MacDonald Ph Hornqvist Pi 12:00, Sanheim Ph 14:40, Simmonds Ph 18:23

THIRD PERIOD 3. PHILADELPHIA, Travis Konecny 1 (Wayne Simmonds, Ivan Provorov) 1:29

4. PHILADELPHIA, Nolan Patrick 1 (Sean Couturier, Jakub Voracek) 5:10 PPG 5. PITTSBURGH, Patric Hornqvist 1 (Justin Schultz, Brian Dumoulin) 5:27

6. PHILADELPHIA, Andrew MacDonald 1 (Jori Lehtera) 19:44 ENG

Penalties ― Rust Pi 3:50, Hornqvist Pi 6:55, Simmons Ph 10:31, MacDonald Ph Hornqvist Pi 11:41, Manning Ph Hornqvist Pi (10-minute misconducts) 15:56

Shots on goal by

FLYERS 6 7 7 20 PENGUINS 11 12 12 35

PHILADELPHIA, Brian Elliott; PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray

Power play: PHI ― 2 for 3 2 for 7 in series, PIT ― 0 for 4 1 for 8 in series Referees: Wes McCauley, Tim Peel Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Derek Nansen

18,648 at PPG Paints Arena

• C Sean Couturier PHI, G Brian Elliott PHI, D Ivan Provorov PHI game’s three stars

• With Flyers’ first goal of the game, G Matt Murray PIT saw his Stanley Cup Playoff shutout

streak (which extended back to 2017) end at 225:49

• "Said it coming in, nobody really is giving us a serious chance in this series," Flyers’ head coach

Dave Hakstol said. "I don't know if anybody still will. But I know this; we just got it down to a

five-game series and we introduced ourselves into this series tonight."

• "For all you doubters out there, there you go," said Flyers’ captain Claude Giroux on Flyers’

goaltender Brian Elliott

• "We just couldn't seem to find the back of the net. We had some high-quality chances. We hit a

couple of posts. We had a breakaway. So it wasn't like we didn't have scoring chances. We did. We just couldn't seem to find the back of the net in tonight's game," said Penguins’ head coach

Mike Sullivan

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PITTSBURGH 5 @ PHILADELPHIA 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 4 (Patric Hornqvist) 10:25

Penalties ― Rust Pi 11:55, Manning Ph 14:41, Hagelin Pi 18:17

SECOND PERIOD

2. PITTSBURGH, Derick Brassard 1 (Phil Kessel, Kris Letang) 2:48 PPG 3. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 2 (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby) 6:48 PPG

4. PITTSBURGH, Brian Dumoulin 1 (Sidney Crosby) 6:53 5. PHILADELPHIA, Travis Sanheim 1 (Jakub Voracek, Nolan Patrick) 13:42

Penalties ― Giroux Ph 1:12, Schultz Pi Konecny Ph 5:19, Voracek Ph 5:56, Malkin Pi 7:53, Flyers’ bench

(served by Konecny) 10:35, Brassard Pi 18:51

THIRD PERIOD 6. PITTSBURGH, Justin Schultz 1 (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby) 7:08 PPG

Penalties ― Laughton Ph 3:06, Voracek Ph 6:13, Gudas Ph 10:26, Crosby Pi 15:43, Sheahan Pi 17:45

Shots on goal by

PENGUINS 4 13 9 26

FLYERS 11 8 8 27 PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray; PHILADELPHIA, Brian Elliott

Power play: PIT ― 3 for 7 4 for 15 in series, PHI ― 0 for 6 2 for 13 in series

Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Derek Nansen 19,955 at Wells Fargo Center

• C Sidney Crosby PIT, G Matt Murray PIT, C Evgeni Malkin PIT game’s three stars

• Coming into this game, after a Penguins’ playoff loss over the past two postseasons, G Matt

Murray is 8-1, has a 1.58 GAA and .936 sv pct

• C Sidney Crosby PIT now has 171 career Stanley Cup Playoff points (61g, 110a), one behind

Mario Lemieux, who is the Penguins’ all-time SCP points leader

• With his assist on Justin Schultz’ goal, C Evgeni Malkin PIT became the 23rd player to reach 100

career Stanley Cup Playoff points and second among active players to Sidney Crosby’s 110

• "Just his makeup. He's such a battle-tested guy. He has a real quiet confidence about him. He knows he's good and if a game doesn't go the way he wants it to go, he always responds the

right way," said Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan about goaltender Matt Murray.

• "It's not time to panic here. We have Wednesday here, guys are going to be ready. We'll put this one behind us and we'll do exactly what we did after Game 1, we'll look at what we did

wrong and fix it," said Flyers’ captain Claude Giroux.

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FIRST PERIOD

1. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 3 (Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel) 4:33 PPG GWG 2. PITTSBURGH, Phil Kessel 1 (Evgeni Malkin) 14:37

Penalties ― Read Ph 3:00, Konecny Ph 17:12, Maatta Pi 19:21, Simmonds Ph 19:29

SECOND PERIOD

3. PITTSBURGH, Kris Letang 1 (Jake Guentzel) 8:04

Michal Neuvirth replaced Brian Elliott in Flyers’ net at 8:04 of second period 4. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 5 (Jake Guentzel, Dominik Simon) 10:56

Penalties ― Kuhnackl Pi 3:31, Malkin Pi (double minor) 16:17

THIRD PERIOD

5. PITTSBURGH, Riley Sheahan 1 (Olli Maatta, Zach Aston-Reese) 15:46

Penalties ― Read Ph 18:23

Shots on goal by

PENGUINS 11 11 8 30

FLYERS 10 7 9 26 PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray; PHILADELPHIA, Brian Elliott, Michal Neuvirth (8:04 of second period)

Power play: PIT ― 1 for 4 5 for 19 in series, PHI ― 0 for 4 2 for 17 in series

Referees: Brad Meier, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Devin Berg, Brian Mach 19,644 at Wells Fargo Center

• C Sidney Crosby PIT, RW Phil Kessel PIT, G Matt Murray PIT game’s three stars

• C Sidney Crosby PIT now had 62g, 111a, 173 pts in 152 career Stanley Cup Playoff games.

That makes him the Penguins’ all-time SCP scoring leader, passing C Mario Lemieux, who had 172 points in 107 career SCP games. "A lot of (Mario’s) records aren't going to be touched, so

the fact that I can be close to him and around that one, I've been fortunate enough to play in a

number of playoff games, which helps a lot, but it's nice to be a part of that," Crosby said.

• "We know it's going to be a tough and desperate team that we're facing. I think you always look

to match that urgency, that desperation to get that fourth one. We understand that. We expect

a tough game at home, so we have to be ready for that," said Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby.

• "We've faced adversity throughout the whole season, we've had our ups and downs. This is

certainly a big down. But it seems like when we have our backs against the wall, it's the most

we've responded," said Flyers’ defenceman Andrew MacDonald.

• Each of the first four games of this series has been decided by four-or-more goals. That’s the only the third time that’s happened in Stanley Cup Playoff history — DET v. SJ in 1995 and

MTL v. CHI in 1946.



STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF FASTEST TWO GOALS, ONE TEAM

RECORDS 0:05 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

RECORD ESTABLISHED IN 1965 BY DETROIT RED WINGS

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FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Claude Giroux 1 (Jakub Voracek, Valtteri Filppula) 17:29

Penalties ― Simon Pi 7:14, Flyers’ bench (served by Konecny) 10:04

SECOND PERIOD

2. PITTSBURGH, Bryan Rust 2 (Conor Sheary, Derick Brassard) 12:00 3. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 2 (Sidney Crosby, Dominik Simon) 16:45

4. PHILADELPHIA, Valtteri Filppula 1 (Jori Lehtera) 18:15 SHG

Penalties ― Manning Ph Malkin Pi 4:35, Gostisbehere Ph 6:42, MacDonald Ph Aston-Reese 12:55, Gostisbehere Ph 13:19, Gudas Ph 17:02

THIRD PERIOD

5. PHILADELPHIA, Sean Couturier 2 (Wayne Simmonds) 18:45 GWG

6. PHILADELPHIA, Matt Read 1 (Valtteri Filppula) 19:42 ENG

Penalties ― Filppula Ph 0:15, Gudas Ph Oleksiak Pi (majors) 4:47

Shots on goal by FLYERS 9 8 8 25

PENGUINS 5 14 13 32 PHILADELPHIA, Michal Neuvirth; PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray

Power play: PHI ― 0 for 1 2 for 18 in series, PIT ― 0 for 5 5 for 24 in series

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Kyle Rehman Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk 18,632 at PPG Paints Arena

• C Sean Couturier PHI, C Valtteri Filppula PHI, RW Bryan Rust PIT game’s three stars

• "(Sean Couturier) being in the lineup (after missing Game Four after sustaining a lower body

injury in practice) gives a boost to everybody just because of what he means to our hockey team. At the end of the day, it comes down to going out and doing the job. He did that,"

said Flyers’ head coach Dave Hakstol.

• "I felt good," Sean Couturier said. "Once you get going, the emotions and the adrenaline kind

of takes over. Just trying to do whatever I could to help. Thought it was a good team effort. … It's one game. We're still down, but we've battled all year. We have to keep battling next game

and play the same kind of mentality game. It was a road game. We didn't put a show on, but

we kept it tight and found a way to win."

• "I think (urgency) came in the second. I don't think it was there in the first. We took a while to

get into it, and even with that, we had a great second. Unfortunately we give up that goal (to

Filppula) late," said Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby.

• On the day of this game, F Aleksander Barkov FLA, F William Karlsson VEG, Ryan O’Reilly

BUF were named as league finalists for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy



FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Sean Couturier 3 (unassisted) 2:15

2. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 6 (Kris Letang, Brian Dumoulin) 6:30 3. PITTSBURGH, Carl Hagelin 2 (Phil Kessel, Riley Sheahan) 7:17

4. PHILADELPHIA, Andrew MacDonald 2 (Ivan Provorov, Sean Couturier) 15:48

Penalties ― Laughton Ph 18:35

SECOND PERIOD 5. PHILADELPHIA, Sean Couturier 4 (Matt Read) 0:40

6. PHILADELPHIA, Scott Laughton 1 (Sean Couturier) 12:14 7. PITTSBURGH, Patric Hornqvist 2 (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby) 13:35

8. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 3 (Olli Maatta, Patric Hornqvist) 19:06

Penalties ― Kessel Pi 9:43, Sheary Pi Konecny Ph 16:09

THIRD PERIOD 9. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 4 (Phil Kessel) 0:30

10. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 5 (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang) 12:48 GWG 11. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 6 (Patric Hornqvist, Kris Letang) 12:58

12. PHILADELPHIA, Sean Couturier 5 (Claude Giroux) 17:07 with extra attacker 13. PITTSBURGH, Bryan Rust 3 (unassisted) 19:29 ENG

Penalties ― Dumoulin Pi 6:15, Guentzel Pi Voracek Ph 10:05, Letang Pi 10:37

Shots on goal by

PENGUINS 11 10 7 28 FLYERS 10 9 7 26

PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray; PHILADELPHIA, Michal Neuvirth

Power play: PIT ― 0 for 1 5 for 25 in series, PHI ― 0 for 3 2 for 21 in series Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk

19,861 at Wells Fargo Center

• C Jake Guentzel PIT, C Sean Couturier PHI, C Sidney Crosby PIT game’s three stars

• C Jake Guentzel PIT becomes just the third player in Stanley Cup Playoff history to score four straight goals in any game. Flyers’ F Tim Kerr scored four straight v. the Rangers on 13 April

1985 and Canadiens’ Newsy Lalonde @ Seattle Metropolitans on 22 March 1919.

• In this game, C Sidney Crosby PIT became just the fourth player to have 60-or-more multiple-point games in his Stanley Cup Playoff career. Wayne Gretzky had 108 career Stanley Cup

Playoff multi-point games. Mark Messier scored two-or-more points 77 times. And Jari Kurri

also had 60 multiple-point games in his Stanley Cup Playoff career.

• Penguins were without C Evgeni Malkin, who suffered a lower-body injury in Game Five.

• Flyers’ F Sean Couturier played the final two games of this series with a torn right MCL, and had five points in this Game Six. "The decision was on me," Couturier said. "I had the support

of the staff, the organization and the medical team. They helped me a lot. We had a lot of

treatments. It definitely got better over the days, but it wasn't the ideal situation."

• "By no means are we satisfied. We're going to try to get some rest here and be ready for our

next opponent," said Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan.

• On the day of this game, the NHL announced that the three finalists for the 2018 Calder Trophy

are C Mathew Barzal NYI, RW Brock Boeser VAN and C Clayton Keller ARZ


https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-elliott-8470880

https://www.nhl.com/player/sidney-crosby-8471675


2018 WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND

1 CEN NASHVILLE PREDATORS 117 v. WC 2 COLORADO AVALANCHE 95 GM DAVID POILE, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM JOE SAKIC, HC JARED BEDNAR

AVALANCHE WIN SERIES IN 6

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COLORADO 2 @ NASHVILLE 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. COLORADO, Nikita Zadorov 1 (Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon) 6:36

Penalties ― Ekholm N 16:38, Watson N 18:19

SECOND PERIOD

2. NASHVILLE, Austin Watson 1 (Colton Sissons, Ryan Johansen) 3:16 3. COLORADO, Blake Comeau 1 (Carl Soderberg, Matt Nieto) 4:51

4. NASHVILLE, Craig Smith 1 (Ryan Johansen) 8:50 PPG

Penalties ― MacKinnon C 8:40

THIRD PERIOD 5. NASHVILLE, Filip Forsberg 1 (Roman Josi, Viktor Arvidsson) 6:08 GWG

6. NASHVILLE, Filip Forsberg 2 (unassisted) 12:10 7. NASHVILLE, Colton Sissons 1 (Austin Watson) 18:03

Penalties ― Barbeiro C 7:58, Turris N 12:22, Zadorov C (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 20:00

Shots on goal by

AVALANCHE 11 6 10 27

PREDATORS 10 11 10 31 COLORADO, Jonathan Bernier; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne

Power play: COL ― 0 for 3, NSH ― 1 for 2

Referees: Ian Walsh, Brad Meier Linesmen: Steve Miller, Ryan Gibbons 17,301 at Bridgestone Arena

• During this regular season, the Predators and Avalanche played each other four times —

with Nashville winning every game. The Preds outscored the Avs, over those four, 17-8.

• Predators’ leading scorer this season was 23-year old LW Filip Forsberg, who had 26g, 38a, 64

pts in 67 games. 26-year old LW Austin Watson led the Preds in penalty minutes with 123.

• 22-year old C Nathan MacKinnon led the Avalanche in scoring with 39g, 58a, 97 pts in 74 games. He was a leading candidate for the Hart Memorial Trophy. 22-year old D Nikita Zadorov

led Colorado in PIM with 103.

• With 117 points, Predators won their first-ever Presidents’ Trophy — which was first presented following the 1985-86 NHL season. It was the first time a team from the Western

Conference had won the trophy since the 2013 Chicago Blackhawks.

• LW Filip Forsberg NSH, LW Austin Watson NSH, C Craig Smith NSH game’s three stars

• "We hadn't played our best hockey in the first two periods," Predators’ LW Filip Forsberg said.

"We just wanted to push. They did a good job of playing us hard in the first two, and I don't

think just that third period push was a good enough game."

• "I think we played a good game. I think we played a really good 40 minutes, and then they got

that goal, kind of a lucky bounce off of Forsberg. These guys are really good with a lead in the third period so that's unfortunate, but I thought we gave ourselves a chance tonight to have the

lead for a big part of the game," said Avalanche defenceman Tyson Barrie.

• LW Filip Forsberg’s second goal was his 28th career Stanley Cup Playoff point for Predators. It tied him with D Shea Weber (13-15-28) and C David Legwand (14-15-28) as Predators’ all-

time playoff scoring leader.

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FIRST PERIOD

1. COLORADO, Gabriel Bourque 1 (JT Compher, Colin Wilson) 2:34

Penalties ― Landeskog C 19:03

SECOND PERIOD 2. NASHVILLE, Kevin Fiala 1 (Colton Sissons, Kyle Turris) 1:01 PPG

3. NASHVILLE, Viktor Arvidsson 1 (unassisted) 12:36 4. NASHVILLE, Ryan Johansen 1 (Mattias Ekholm, P.K. Subban) 16:32

5. COLORADO, Nathan MacKinnon 1 (Nikita Zadorov) 17:08

Penalties ― Ekholm N 3:21, Warsofsky C 3:37, Avalanche bench (served by Wilson) 7:33, Landeskog C Ellis N 10:46, Fisher N 13:44, Barberio C Watson N 15:48, Nieto C 19:55

THIRD PERIOD

6. NASHVILLE, Austin Watson 2 (Kevin Fiala, Nick Bonino) 7:16 7. COLORADO, Gabriel Landeskog 1 (Nathan MacKinnon, Tyson Barrie) 9:14 PPG

8. NASHVILLE, Ryan Hartman 1 (P.K. Subban, Mattias Ekholm) 18:51 ENG GWG 9. COLORADO, Alexander Kerfoot 1 (Gabriel Landeskog, Tyson Barrie) 19:24

Penalties ― Subban N 4:07, Turris N 8:10, Sissons N 8:24, Andrighetto C 10:42

Shots on goal by

AVALANCHE 11 8 11 30 PREDATORS 9 10 14 33

COLORADO, Jonathan Bernier; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne

Power play: COL ― 1 for 5 1 for 8 in series, NSH ― 1 for 5 2 for 7 in series Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Jean Hebert Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Brian Murphy

17,369 at Bridgestone Arena

• LW Austin Watson NSH, LW Viktor Arvidsson NSH, LW Kevin Fiala NSH game’s three stars

• "We handed them a couple of goals tonight. The one on the change late, we have time and we threw it over by our bench and they got one there. Not getting above the puck on the one 4-on-

4, we gave them a couple breaks there. We can't do that. It's too hard and too competitive to

find ice to create scoring chances," said Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar

• "We let them hang around a bit. You get up two in the third, you want to be able to win those

games. I know we won, but letting them keep sticking around can be dangerous the more games you get into a series. Two-goal leads are great, but we've got to protect them a little bit better,"

said Predators’ forward Nick Bonino

• "There's definitely no quit on that side," Nashville forward Ryan Johansen said. "That's with every team in the playoffs, but they play desperate. They play fast. They've got a lot of young

skill over there that can make you pay. A great example was tonight. We find a way to get a lead and they were resilient and ended up crawling back into the game. We've got to make sure

we close out games better."

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NASHVILLE 3 @ COLORADO 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. COLORADO, Blake Comeau 2 (Carl Soderberg, Matt Nieto) 1:50

2. COLORADO, Gabriel Bourque 1 (Patrik Nemeth, JT Compher) 13:24 3. COLORADO, Nathan MacKinnon 2 (Gabriel Landeskog) 18:07

Penalties ― Fiala N Comeau C 7:55, Turris N 14:46, Barrie C 19:11, Watson N Zadorov C 20:00

SECOND PERIOD

4. COLORADO, Nathan MacKinnon 3 (Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen) 4:25 GWG

Juuse Saros replaced Pekka Rinne in Predators’ net at 4:25 of second period

5. NASHVILLE, Ryan Johansen 2 (Filip Forsberg, Ryan Ellis) 10:23 PPG

Penalties ― Ellis N 6:40, Nemeth C Zadorov C 9:27, Bonino N 12:37, Forsberg N 16:13,

Subban N MacKinnon C 17:16

THIRD PERIOD

6. NASHVILLE, Colton Sissons 2 (Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis) 7:12 7. COLORADO, Gabriel Landeskog 2 (Mikko Rantanen, Mark Barberio) 18:24 ENG

8. NASHVILLE, Austin Watson 3 (unassisted) 18:45

Penalties ― Salomaki N 2:31

Shots on goal by PREDATORS 6 12 14 32

AVALANCHE 11 15 8 34 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne, Juuse Saros (4:25 of second period); COLORADO, Jonathan Bernier

Power play: NSH ― 1 for 3 3 for 10 in series, COL ― 0 for 5 1 for 13 in series

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, David Brisebois 18,087 at Pepsi Center

• C Nathan MacKinnon COL, LW Gabriel Landeskog COL, LW Blake Comeau COL three stars

• "There's a tremendous hockey team across from us. It doesn't matter who you play in our

league, that's the beauty of it. If you're not at your best, you'll lose. So, we just need to make sure we're ready for Game 4 to bring our best from all the men in this room. We do that, we

believe we'll be successful," said Predators’ forward Ryan Johansen.

• "I think he thrives on the energy at the building. He gets up for it. He's just so explosive at

home, he's dangerous every time he touches the puck at home, he's focused and for 40 minutes of that game he was dominant for me," said Avalanche coach Jared Bednar on forward Nathan

MacKinnon.

• F Filip Forsberg's assist gave him 29 points (17 goals, 12 assists) in 45 career Stanley Cup Playoff games to move ahead of David Legwand and Shea Weber for the most in Predators’

history.

Wednesday, April 18 2000 h mt on Sportsnet


FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Filip Forsberg 3 (Ryan Johansen, Mattias Ekholm) 15:33

Penalties ― Nemeth C 0:38, Soderberg C 1:19

SECOND PERIOD

2. NASHVILLE, Colton Sissons 3 (Filip Forsberg, Mattias Eklholm) 7:18

3. NASHVILLE, Craig Smith 2 (Austin Watson) 11:49 GWG

Penalties ― Irwin N 2:55, Sissons N 4:31, Hartman N (double minor) Andrighetto C 9:41, Ekholm N Landeskog C 13:28, Kerfoot C 19:49

Andrew Hammond replaced Jonathan Bernier in Avalanche net at start of third period

THIRD PERIOD

4. COLORADO, Gabriel Landeskog 3 (Tyson Jost, Tyson Barrie) 5:20 PPG 5. COLORADO, Alexander Kerfoot 2 (Matt Nieto, Nikita Zadorov) 11:01

Penalties ― Hartman N Sissons N 4:52

Shots on goal by PREDATORS 15 11 8 34

AVALANCHE 8 14 11 33 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; COLORADO, Jonathan Bernier, Andrew Hammond (start of third period)

Power play: NSH ― 0 for 3 3 for 13 in series, COL ― 1 for 5 2 for 18 in series

Referees: Trevor Hanson, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Kiel Murchison 18,087 at Pepsi Center

• LW Filip Forsberg NSH, LW Gabriel Landeskog COL, D Mattias Ekholm NSH game’s three stars

• "It's huge that we have a chance to finish the series at home. Obviously, that's something that

is in the back of your head. We want to take it so bad and have this opportunity. But it's a good team, so we have to play again like this and I think that will be enough," said Predators’

goalie Pekka Rinne.

• "Our goal is to go there and win, then we know we're coming home. You have to break it down. You can't think about, 'Well, we have to win three in a row.' It's simple, you go into Nashville,

play your game the way we did in the third period, get to the game we played the other night

early and stay with it," said Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar.

• "We're still in it, it's not over yet. We can't win the series if we don't win Game 5," said Avalanche

forward Nathan MacKinnon.

• G Andrew Hammond COL, who replaced G Jonathan Bernier (lower body injury) to begin the

third period, last started a Stanley Cup Playoff game on 17 April 2015, for the Ottawa Senators

v. Montréal Canadiens.



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Penalties ― Fiala N 4:56, Compher C 20:00

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Zadorov C 17:47

THIRD PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Nick Bonino 1 (Mattias Ekholm, Austin Watson) 10:18

2. COLORADO, Gabriel Landeskog 4 (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen) 15:49 3. COLORADO, Sven Andrighetto 1 (JT Compher, Tyson Barrie) 18:32 GWG

Penalties ― Fiala N 1:39, Predators’ bench (served by Wilson) 3:19

Shots on goal by

AVALANCHE 8 9 11 27 PREDATORS 11 14 20 45

COLORADO, Andrew Hammond; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne

Power play: COL ― 0 for 2 2 for 20 in series, NSH ― 0 for 3 3 for 16 in series Referees: Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Devin Berg, Brian Mach

17,504 at Bridgestone Arena

• RW Sven Andrighetto COL, C Nick Bonino NSH, G Pekka Rinne NSH game’s three stars

• Entering this game, Avalanche had lost seven consecutive games in Nashville

• During their run to the 2017 Stanley Cup Final, Predators did not lose an elimination game

• Predators’ F Ryan Hartman served a one-game suspension for an illegal check to the head

of Avalanche F Carl Soderberg in Game Four

• G Andrew Hammond COL only started two games this season — one in the regular season — a loss to the Flyers on 28 March 2018 — and this Game Five. Hammond earned the nickname

“The Hamburglar” during his 2015 Stanley Cup Playoff run with Ottawa Senators.

• Predators’ F Nick Bonino scored his third-period goal by watching the puck go off his right skate and into the net. The goal was disallowed on the ice but, after review, it was determined that

Bonino did not use a kicking motion to put the puck into the net, and the call was reversed.

• "We got the lead with nine minutes left and with four minutes left we have to close games," Nashville forward Nick Bonino said. "Hats off to them, they didn't stop working. We knew how

hard it would be, and for stretches of that game we didn't play our best hockey."

• On the day of this game, F Aleksander Barkov FLA, F William Karlsson VEG, Ryan O’Reilly

BUF were named as league finalists for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Sunday, April 22 1700 h mt on Sportsnet


FIRST PERIOD

1. NASHVILLE, Mattias Ekholm 1 (Colton Sissons, Nick Bonino) 7:02 GWG 2. NASHVILLE, Austin Watson 4 (Colton Sissons, Nick Bonino) 10:19

Penalties ― Landeskog C 18:07

SECOND PERIOD

3. NASHVILLE, Filip Forsberg 4 (unassisted) 0:38 4. NASHVILLE, Nick Bonino 2 (Calle Jarnkrok, Ryan Ellis) 8:26

Penalties ― Arvidsson N Zadorov C Andrighetto C 6:13, Ellis N Zadorov C (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 19:31

THIRD PERIOD

5. NASHVILLE, Viktor Arvidsson 2 (P.K. Subban) 2:36

Penalties ― Barberio C 10:02

Shots on goal by

PREDATORS 14 10 13 37 AVALANCHE 7 9 6 22

NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; COLORADO, Andrew Hammond

Power play: NSH ― 0 for 3 3 for 19 in series, COL ― 0 for 1 2 for 21 in series Referees: Tim Peel, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Derek Nansen

18,087 at Pepsi Center

• C Nick Bonino NSH, C Colton Sissons NSH, G Pekka Rinne NSH game’s three stars

• "It was a good test for us. These guys have been flying around for six games, playing really fast

hockey. We've been trying to play as fast as we can as well. If we can bring that speed into the

next round, that will be good," said Predators’ forward Filip Forsberg.

• "I'm proud of this team, what they accomplished, how hard they worked all year, how coachable

they were. Great group, fun to coach. They were respectful, responsive, hard working, a real close-knit group from Day One. Great leadership, it was a good season, a fun season. Especially

for a lot of our guys who went through probably their worst season, myself included, last year

to respond and have a season like this," said Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar.

• Predators’ LW Austin Watson (4g, 3a) and C Colton Sissons (3g, 4a) each had seven points in

this series for Nashville.

• Predators’ goaltender Pekka Rinne earned the fourth shutout of his Stanley Cup Playoff

career.

• "It's disappointing because we showed what we can do when we're battling from behind and when our season was on the line last game," Avalanche netminder Andrew Hammond said.

"But unfortunately tonight, we weren't able to repeat that."


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Friday, April 13 1900 h pt on HNIC

LOS ANGELES 1 @ VEGAS 2 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, Alex Tuch 1 (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith) 14:47 PPG

Penalties ― Clifford L 12:51, Marchessault V 17:58

SECOND PERIOD

2. LOS ANGELES, Paul LaDue 1 (Dion Phaneuf, Michael Amadio) 15:55 PPG

Penalties ― Phaneuf L 3:51, Lewis L 10:12, McNabb V 14:19

THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― None


NO SCORING

Penalties ― Bellemare V 9:07

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 3. VEGAS, Erik Haula 1 (James Neal, Shea Theodore) 15:23 GWG

Penalties ― Phaneuf L 7:33

Shots on goal by

KINGS 5 7 8 7 3 30 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 11 14 9 13 9 56

LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; VGAS, Marc-André Fleury

Power play: LA ― 1 for 3 1 for 6 in series, VEG ― 1 for 4 1 for 7 in series

Referees: Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Matt MacPherson 18,588 at T-Mobile Arena

• LW Erik Haula VEG, D Nate Schmidt VEG, G Jonathan Quick LA game’s three stars

• Kings’ D Drew Doughty did not play, after being suspended for a hit in Game One

• This game was the longest in both teams’ histories — 95:23

• "I have all the confidence in the world in this hockey club, and I think we'll rise to the occasion," said Kings’ defenceman Alec Martinez, who played a game-high 44:51 among all

players

• "Midnight is a new day. You can't get carried away. There's a lot more to come. They're definitely

tough to play in L.A., so we've got to be ready for that. It was a hard game, but it's fun to get

the win," said Golden Knights’ forward Jonathan Marchessault

Tuesday, April 17 1930 h pt on HNIC

VEGAS 1 @ LOS ANGELES 0


Penalties ― Kempe L 14:05

SECOND PERIOD

1. VEGAS, Brayden McNabb 1 (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson) 4:04 GWG

Penalties ― Neal V 11:12


Penalties ― Smith V 12:16

Shots on goal by

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 8 7 6 21 KINGS 14 7 10 31

VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick

Power play: VEG ― 0 for 1 1 for 12 in series, LA ― 0 for 2 1 for 13 in series Referees: Francis Charron, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk

18,422 at STAPLES Center

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG, G Jonathan Quick LA, D Brayden McNabb VEG game’s three stars

• Golden Knights become first NHL team to sweep a Stanley Cup Playoff series in its inaugural season. And Knights are only the second NHL team — joining the 1970 Pittsburgh Penguins,

who swept Oakland Seals — to sweep its first-ever Stanley Cup Playoff series.

• "I don't think to try to keep the fairy tale is pressure. I think a lot of people back home are just

excited that the fairy tale is still living," said Golden Knights’ forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.

• "I felt like we got a little bit better in the first game at home, and I thought tonight was our best

game. Limit the other team, the amount of scoring they had, you usually give yourself a chance to win and tonight we had some really good looks with the right people with the puck on their

stick there," said Kings’ head coach John Stevens.

• In this series, G Marc-André Fleury VEG had a 0.65 GAA and .977 sv pct — stopping 127 of 130

Kings’ shots.


Dave Cameron and Paul Jerrard




away at age 92.


1 PAC VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 109 v. WC 1 LOS ANGELES KINGS 98 GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC GERARD GALLANT v. GM DEAN LOMBARDI, HC JOHN STEVENS

GOLDEN KNIGHTS SWEEP SERIES

Wednesday, April 11 1900 h pt on HNIC Randorf, DeBrusk, Murphy

LOS ANGELES 0 @ VEGAS 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, Shea Theodore 1 (Tomas Nosek) 3:23 GWG

Penalties ― McNabb V 4:21, Carter L 12:47, Nosek V 15:46

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Neal V 4:19, Lewis L 10:30, Brown L 15:20


Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by

KINGS 12 8 10 30 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 8 11 9 28

LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick; VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury

Power play: LA ― 0 for 3, VEG ― 0 for 3 Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: David Brisebois, Brad Kovachik

18,479 at T-Mobile Arena

• In this, their inaugural NHL season, the Golden Knights had 26 more wins, 18 more points, seven more home wins and two more road wins than any other NHL team ever had in its first

season. Thirteen Vegas players had career highs in points and ten had career highs in goals.

• During this regular season, the expansion Golden Knights and Kings met five times. Vegas won the first two, and the Kings won the final three. The Kings outscored the Golden Knights

over those five games, 14-12. Two of the Kings wins were in overtime.

• Golden Knights’ leading scorer this season was 25-year old C William Karlsson, who had 43g,

35a, 78 pts in 82 games. 25-year old D Colin Miller led Vegas with 53 penalty minutes.

• The Kings were led in scoring this season by 30-year old C Anze Kopitar, who had 35g, 57a, 92

pts in 82 games. With 58 penalty minutes, 33-year old C Dustin Brown led the Kings.

• Kings’ 32-year old netminder Jonathan Quick won the 2018 William M. Jennings Trophy by

allowing just 203 goals and shootout winners against during this regular season.

• During the second period of this game, pxp man Dave Randorf dedicated the broadcast of this

game to Humboldt Broncos’ pxp man Tyler Bieber, who was killed in last Friday’s bus crash —

a tragedy that took 16 lives, including that of trainer Dayna Brons, who only passed away today

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG, LW James Neal VEG, G Jonathan Quick LA game’s three stars

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG recorded his 63rd career Stanley Cup Playoff win, tying him with Curtis

Joseph for 12th all time. And it was Fleury’s 11th SCP shutout, moving him into 10th spot all

time, and the most among active NHL netminders.

• "I thought our guys played hard tonight. I thought we created some opportunities to get some

offence. We've got to make it a lot tougher for (Fleury) to see the puck. I'd like to see us improve

in certain areas," said Kings’ head coach John Stevens.

• "We're playing a good team, and we've been playing a good game all year long. Obviously it's

going to be very physical, but it's a one-goal game and there's going to be a lot of physicality.

But I thought we handled it well," said Golden Knights’ forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.

• In the third period, Vegas forward William Carrier left the game after being hit by D Drew

Doughty LA. Knights’ head coach Gerard Gallant said Carrier is out day-to-day. Doughty did not receive a penalty on the play but, on the day after this game, was served a one-game

suspension by the NHL.

Sunday, April 15 1930 h pt on HNIC

VEGAS 3 @ LOS ANGELES 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. LOS ANGELES, Alex Iafallo 1 (Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown) 13:14

Penalties ― Clifford L 5:33, Knights’ bench (served by Perron) Carrier V Clifford L 7:35, Brown L 7:41, Eakin V

19:36

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Neal V 6:19, Fantenberg L 17:57, Marchessault V 19:58

THIRD PERIOD 2. VEGAS, Cody Eakin 1 (Ryan Carpenter, David Perron) 6:10

3. VEGAS, James Neal 1 (Nate Schmidt, Alex Tuch) 14:23 4. VEGAS, William Karlsson 1 (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault) 14:44 GWG

5. LOS ANGELES, Anze Kopitar 1 (Oscar Fantenberg) 17:56

Penalties ― Muzzin L 7:23, Perron V 14:57

Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 8 9 9 26

KINGS 8 14 17 39 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; LOS ANGELES, Jonathan Quick

Power play: VEG ― 0 for 4 1 for 11 in series, LA ― 0 for 5 1 for 11 in series

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Kyle Rehman Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk 18,484 at STAPLES Center

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG, LW James Neal VEG, C Alex Iafallo LA game’s three stars

• Vegas is the third NHL team to win at least its first three playoff games, joining Pittsburgh

Penguins in 1970 and Florida Panthers in 1996. Penguins (four wins) and Panthers each did so

in their third season in the NHL.

• "We've played the same way all year. We roll four lines, and we try to create situations that's going to end up into offensive chances and playing the right way all game," said Golden Knights’

forward David Perron.

• "All the experience and veterans in this locker room, they've been through it all. They have been helping us young guys throughout the whole way. Believe in them and believe in ourselves, and

we'll be fine," said Kings’ forward Alex Iafallo.

• F David Perron VEG had an assist in 17:12 in his return after missing the final six games of the

regular season and the first two of the series with an undisclosed injury. His 50 assists led Vegas.

• Kings’ F Anze Kopitar scored his 21st Stanley Cup Playoff goal, passing Marcel Dionne (20) for

sixth most in Kings history.

• Los Angeles is one of four teams in SCP history to come back from down 3-0 in a series,

defeating San Jose Sharks in first round in 2014 to join Philadelphia Flyers against Boston Bruins in 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals, New York Islanders against Penguins in 1975

quarterfinals, and Toronto Maple Leafs against Detroit Red Wings in 1942 Stanley Cup Final.


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Friday, April 13 1830 h ct on Sportsnet

MINNESOTA 1 @ WINNIPEG 4


Penalties ― Myers W 4:21

SECOND PERIOD

1. WINNIPEG, Tyler Myers 1 (Jack Roslovic, Ben Chiarot) 8:41

Penalties ― Brodin M 5:06, Myers W 9:14

THIRD PERIOD 2. WINNIPEG, Paul Stastny 1 (Dustin Byfuglien, Patrik Laine) 7:42 GWG

3. WINNIPEG, Andrew Copp 1 (Bryan Little, Jack Roslovic) 9:24 4. WINNIPEG, Patrik Laine 2 (Nikolaj Ehlers, Tyler Myers) 17:58

5. MINNESOTA, Zach Parise 2 (Mikko Koivu, Jonas Brodin) 19:15 PPG

Penalties ― Foligno M 11:51, Trouba W 15:07, Tanev W 19:01, Winnik M Tanev W (majors) Foligno M Prosser M Byfuglien W Morrow W (minors, 10-minute misconducts) 19:50, Seeler M (minor, major)

Chiarot W (major) 19:53

Shots on goal by WILD 9 5 3 17

JETS 13 14 16 43 MINNESOTA, Devan Dubnyk; WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck

Power play: MIN ― 1 for 4 1 for 5 in series, WPG ― 0 for 3 1 for 5 in series

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, David Brisebois 15,321 at Bell MTS Place

• D Dustin Byfuglien WPG, C Jack Roslovic WPG, RW Patrik Laine WPG game’s three stars

• According to Elias Sports Bureau, NHL teams that win the first two games of a best-of-

seven series go on to win the series 88.7% of the time (236 wins, 30 losses)

• Dating back to 2 March 2018, Jets have now won eleven consecutive home games

• Jets acquired D Joe Morrow and F Paul Stastny prior to the NHL Trade Deadline, and they have

scored the game winners in the first two games of this series

• "Listen, we're trying. You guys are trying to make it sound like we're not trying. They played

really good, and they beat us tonight. We'll be ready on Sunday. We've got a lot of pride in that

room," said Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau

• "He's just like a wild card. There are very few players like him, very unique. (San Jose Sharks defenceman) Brent Burns maybe, in a different way, but he's played forward, too, in half of his

life, also played defence. But he's always moving around, too, so that's what makes him tough to defend. Sometimes he might give up a chance here and there, but he creates more chances

than he gives up, so I think in that sense as a forward, playing with him is nice," said Jets’

forward Paul Stastny about teammate Dustin Byfuglien

Tuesday, April 17 1900 h ct on Sportsnet

WINNIPEG 2 @ MINNESOTA 0

FIRST PERIOD 1. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 2 (Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor) 19:32 GWG

Penalties ― Trouba W 15:57

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Hellebuyck W (served by Connor) 9:43, Koivu M 11:29

THIRD PERIOD 2. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 3 (Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp) 19:49 ENG

Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by

JETS 7 12 WILD 11 10

WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck; MINNESOTA, Devan Dubnyk

Power play: WPG ― 0 for 1 2 for 11 in series, MIN ― 0 for 2 3 for 10 in series

Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Kyle Rehman Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Matt MacPherson 19,277 at Xcel Energy Center

• G Connor Hellebuyck WPG, G Devan Dubnyk MIN, C Mark Scheifele WPG game’s three stars

• On the day of this game, Minnesota Wild announced that, late in Game Three, F Zach Parise

suffered a broken sternum and is likely done for the season.

• "I really feel bad for him. When we found out yesterday, the sadness on his face was more

affected by, here's a guy that's worked so hard to get back to where he was and so hard to want to play for his hometown and bring glory and he finally gets to that spot, and this happens, you

know," said Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau on injured forward Zach Parise, who likely is out the rest of the series after missing the first 39 games of the regular season following back

surgery.

• Jets were without D Tyler Myers, who suffered what appeared to be a right ankle injury in Game Three. He was replaced in the Winnipeg line-up by D Tucker Poolman, who made his Stanley

Cup Playoff debut.

• “(Mark Scheifele) was outstanding. Especially in Game 2, that (top) line had done all they needed to do except score. At some point, you need your drivers to be the difference in the game, and

they were the one line we had that had some sustained offense and some pressure. Scored a huge goal at the end of the period. They needed that, a good feeling, and to be a clear difference-

maker," said Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice on Scheifele, Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor.

• "Well, bottom line is we need to win the next one. We have a couple days off and we gotta lick

our wounds and get ready for the next one. This is far from over," said Wild forward Mikael

Granlund.


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away at age 92.

Friday, April 20 1830 h ct on Sportsnet


FIRST PERIOD 1. WINNIPEG, Jacob Trouba 1 (Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler) 0:31 GWG 2. WINNIPEG, Bryan Little 1 (Dustin Byfuglien, Paul Stastny) 5:42 3. WINNIPEG, Brandon Tanev 1 (unassisted) 11:10 4. WINNIPEG, Joel Armia 1 (Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Copp) 11:59

Alex Stalock replaced Devan Dubnyk in Wild net at 11:59 of first period

Penalties ― Morrow W 1:31, Foligno M 19:09

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Chiarot W 11:03, Trouba W 17:00, Wild bench (served by Greenway) 19:24

THIRD PERIOD 5. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 4 (Paul Stastny, Blake Wheeler) 0:32 PPG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by WILD 9 10 11 30 JETS 13 7 6 26 MINNESOTA, Devan Dubnyk, Alex Stalock (11:59 of first period); WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck Power play: MIN ― 0 for 3 3 for 13 in series, WPG ― 1 for 2 3 for 13 in series Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Jean Hebert Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Brian Murphy 15,321 at Bell MTS Place

• G Connor Hellebuyck WPG, D Jacob Trouba WPG, D Dustin Byfuglien WPG game’s three stars

• D Josh Morrissey WPG was suspended for this one game by the NHL, for a cross-check to the head area of F Eric Staal MIN in Game Four.

• First Stanley Cup Playoff series-clinching game, by any Winnipeg Jets’ hockey club, since 1987 over Calgary Flames

• "I'm not pinching myself. This isn't a fairy tale. It feels real, so I'm staying in the moment day to day. That's what made our team good all year. There's no reason to change that now. At some point when it's all over, definitely we're all going to sit back and do that, but not right now," said Jets’ captain Blake Wheeler.

• "I thought the team was great in front of me," Jets’ G Connor Hellebuyck said. "The guys' details are fantastic. Anytime you can get that many (goals) in the first period, that kind of sinks the other team, especially deep in a series like this. They definitely got this one early."

• On the day of this game, F Aleksander Barkov FLA, F William Karlsson VEG, Ryan O’Reilly BUF were named as league finalists for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy


2 CEN WINNIPEG JETS 114 v. 3 CEN MINNESOTA WILD 101 GM KEVIN CHEVELDAYOFF, HC PAUL MAURICE v. GM CHUCK FLETCHER, HC BRUCE BOUDREAU

JETS WIN SERIES IN 5

Wednesday, April 11 1800 h ct on Sportsnet

For HNIC — Romanuk, Galley, Oake, Campbell-Pascal



Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD 1. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 1 (Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien) 17:37 PPG Penalties ― Staal M 0:24, Byfuglien W 6:46, Prosser M 17:17

THIRD PERIOD 2. MINNESOTA, Matt Cullen 1 (Jordan Greenway, Nate Prosser) 1:46 3. MINNESOTA, Zach Parise 1 (Mikael Granlund, Mikko Koivu) 3:58 4. WINNIPEG, Patrik Laine 1 (Peter Stastny) 4:51 5. WINNIPEG, Joe Morrow 1 (Nikolaj Ehlers) 12:47 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by WILD 4 12 4 20 JETS 13 8 19 40 MINNESOTA, Devan Dubnyk; WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck Power play: MIN ― 0 for 1, WPG ― 1 for 2 Referees: Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Kiel Murchison, Scott Cherrey 15,321 at Bell MTS Place

• As this was the opening game of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Hockey Night in Canada’s cold tease was a song, ‘Leave the Light On’ — a tribute to the SJHL’s Humboldt Broncos, 16 of whom died in a horrific bus crash last Friday 6 April.

• Since moving from Atlanta to Winnipeg in 2012, this marks only the second time the Jets have reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In 2015, they were swept in the first round by the Anaheim Ducks.

• During this regular season, the Jets and Wild met four times. The Jets won the first three games, while Minnesota won the final. The Jets outscored the Wild, 14-10, over those four games.

• Jets were led in scoring this season by 31-year old Blake Wheeler, who had 23g, 68a, 91 pts in 81 games. 33-year old D Dustin Byfuglien led Winnipeg in penalty minutes with 112.

• 33-year old C Eric Staal led the Wild in scoring this season with 42g, 34a, 76 pts in 82 games. With 72 penalty minutes, 26-year old LW Marcus Foligno led the Wild in PIM.

• Entering this series, the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets franchise had never won a Stanley Cup Playoff game. Born in 1999, the Thrashers were swept by the New York Rangers in their only SCP series in 2007. And the Jets were swept by the Anaheim Ducks in 2015.

• LW Adam Lowry WPG, G Devan Dubnyk MIN, RW Patrik Laine WPG game’s three stars

• "They were aggressive," Wild F Zach Parise said. "They were aggressive all over the ice. I think when we didn't get it behind them that's when we let them keep coming back at us. That would be my guess as to what happened because I thought for a little while we had a good stretch of shifts in the (offensive) zone and some chances. We have to remind ourselves to keep getting it below the goal line and make smart plays."

• "Nothing changed on the bench. The next guys over the boards had a job to do and then they did it and very quickly we got that game back to tied, which was real important to solidify the idea of something I think you've worked hard at all year, of playing the same shift after a goal," said Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice, about his club’s attitude after going down 2-1.

• Jet’s forward Patrik Laine (19y 357d) became the youngest Finnish-born player to score a goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, surpassing Sabres’ Hannu Virta, who was 20y 31d when he scored on 22 April 1983 v. Boston.

• It’s estimated that the Jets’ ‘Whiteout Block Party’ — during the game outside Bell MTS Place — drew some 9,000 people to watch the game and enjoy the Stanley Cup Playoff atmosphere.

Sunday, April 15 1800 h ct on Sportsnet

WINNIPEG 2 @ MINNESOTA 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. WINNIPEG, Blake Wheeler 1 (Dustin Byfuglien, Patrik Laine) 4:50 PPG 2. MINNESOTA, Mikael Granlund 1 (Mikko Koivu, Eric Staal) 9:47 PPG 3. MINNESOTA, Zach Parise 3 (Mikko Koivu, Jonas Brodin) 17:50 PPG Penalties ― Dumba M 0:43, Cullen M 3:35, Chiarot W 7:26, Lowry W 8:06, Chiarot W 17:01

SECOND PERIOD 4. MINNESOTA, Matt Dumba 1 (Daniel Winnik, Joel Eriksson Ek) 3:32 GWG 5. WINNIPEG, Tyler Myers 2 (unassisted) 6:42 6. MINNESOTA, Eric Staal 1 (Mikael Granlund) 14:40 7. MINNESOTA, Jordan Greenway 1 (Matt Cullen, Nick Seeler) 15:00 8. MINNESOTA, Marcus Foligno 1 (Jared Spurgeon, Nick Seeler) 18:23 Penalties ― Parise M 7:23, Coyle M 10:24

Steve Mason replaced Connor Hellebuyck in Jets’ net at start of third period


Penalties ― None Shots on goal by JETS 7 12 12 31 WILD 13 9 7 29 WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck, Steve Mason (start of third period); MINNESOTA, Devan Dubnyk Power play: WPG ― 1 for 5 2 for 10 in series, MIN ― 2 for 3 3 for 8 in series Referees: Wes McCauley, Tim Peel Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Matt MacPherson 19,175 at Xcel Energy Center

• RW Mikael Granlund MIN, C Eric Staal MIN, LW Marcus Foligno MIN game’s three stars

• Late in the second period, D Tyler Myers WPG fell against the boards and left the game favouring his right knee. He did not return — and missed Game Four as well. He returned for G5.

• Jets had an interesting time getting to St. Paul for this game. They flew from Winnipeg on Saturday but, while they were in the air, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport was closed (due to a blizzard), so they had to land in Duluth, Minnesota. They sat on the tarmack there for about two hours, then opted to fly back to Winnipeg. They boarded another flight on the morning of this game and flew to Minnesota. "I don't know if it made us worse, but I can say for a fact that it certainly didn't make us better," Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice said of the flight fiasco.

• "We needed (that win)," forward Zach Parise said. "That's the way playoffs go; you go from losing two, thinking it's the end of the world, and all of a sudden we've got some life. We want to tie this series up in the next game, but it was a good start for us."

• "It's the playoffs. Everybody needs to win, everybody wants to win. We wanted to win today, and we didn't get it done," said Jets’ forward Nikolaj Ehlers.

• "You only get your first NHL goal one time. It was exciting. All the guys have been helping me out trying to get me my first one. So it's good to have the support behind me," said Wild forward Jordan Greenway, who didn't score in six regular-season games after signing with Minnesota on 26 March.


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Saturday, April 14 1930 h pt on SN360

SAN JOSE 3 @ ANAHEIM 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. ANAHEIM, Jakob Silfverberg 1 (Hampus Lindholm) 0:40

2. SAN JOSE, Marcus Sorensen 1 (Brenden Dillon) 9:41 3. SAN JOSE, Logan Couture 1 (Kevin Labanc, Joe Pavelski) 14:41 PPG

Penalties ― Kane S Silfverberg A 6:12, Montour A 13:37

SECOND PERIOD

4. SAN JOSE, Tomas Hertl 1 (Mikkel Boedker, Logan Couture) 1:11 GWG 5. ANAHEIM, Hampus Lindholm 1 (Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Kesler) 7:51 PPG

Penalties ― Martin S 6:30

THIRD PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Kane S 6:12, Ritchie A 9:17, Perry A 16:17

Shots on goal by SHARKS 9 13 13 35

DUCKS 8 11 11 30 SAN JOSE, Martin Jones; ANAHEIM, John Gibson

Power play: SJ ― 1 for 3 2 for 9 in series, ANA ― 1 for 2 1 for 5 in series

Referees: Francis Charron, Brad Watson Linesmen: Tony Sericolo, Pierre Racicot 17,430 at Honda Center

• C Logan Couture SJ, D Hampus Lindholm ANA, C Tomas Hertl SJ game’s three stars

• NHL teams that have taken a 2-0 lead on the road in a best-of-7 series have advanced

78.7% of the time (70 wins, 19 losses). Sharks advanced the three previous times they took a 2-0 lead on the road in a best-of-7 series — against Calgary Flames in 1995 Western Conference

QF, Vancouver Canucks in 2013 QF and Los Angeles Kings in 2016 first round.

• "They came out desperate. It's probably how they're going to come out next game as well," said

Sharks’ captain F Joe Pavelski.

• "We can't let them score three goals on us. We're not going to win like that. We did some good things, but we need to clean up the defensive zone," said Ducks’ defenceman Hampus

Lindholm.

• "I know the resolve in our room. I guarantee you we're not going to lay down," said Ducks’ head

coach Randy Carlyle.

• With 3:43 remaining in game, F Melker Karlsson SJ got absolutely drilled in the head by F Corey

Perry ANA. Karlsson did not have the puck at the time. Perry received an intererence penalty.

Wednesday, April 18 1930 h pt on SN1

ANAHEIM 1 @ SAN JOSE 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Marcus Sorensen 3 (Brent Burns, Melker Karlsson) 5:43

Penalties ― Lindholm A 15:14


Penalties ― Pavelski S 7:13, Ritchie A 10:18, Meier S 13:02, Fehr S 19:00

THIRD PERIOD

2. ANAHEIM, Andrew Cogliano 1 (Ryan Kesler, Jakob Silfverberg) 7:53 3. SAN JOSE, Tomas Hertl 3 (Marc-Edouard Vlasic) 9:09 GWG

Penalties ― Montour A 2:03, Karlsson S 4:35

Shots on goal by

DUCKS 10 14 7 31 SHARKS 9 6 9 24

ANAHEIM, John Gibson; SAN JOSE, Martin Jones

Power play: ANA ― 0 for 4 2 for 12 in series, SJ ― 0 for 3 6 for 20 in series

Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: David Brisebois, Mark Shewchyk

17,562 at SAP Center

• G Martin Jones SJ, C Tomas Hertl SJ, LW Marcus Sorensen SJ game’s three stars

• "I'm just really proud of our group, the resiliency, the composure," Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer said. "We asked them to come into this series and play with composure. We knew what

we were going to get, they were going to try to push us out of the series physically. We stood

in there and did it without taking penalties and with discipline."

• "Tonight was probably more of the type of game that we expected of ourselves and they probably

expected from us, and for whatever reason we weren't able to put together 60 in the previous three games at the level that was required. Tonight was a much more competitive game in all

three zones, was more of the type of hockey that these two clubs have played against one

another, and that's what's so disappointing for us," said Ducks’ head coach Randy Carlyle.

• "All I can tell you is I remember playing (Vegas) in November and going, 'This isn't a mirage.

These guys are for real.' Their game was real, the way they came at you, the tenacity they played with the depth they have. That opinion for me hasn't changed in any of the games we

played them, and it went back as far as November when we played them early. Great test for us," said Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer on facing the Vegas Golden Knights in the upcoming

second round.

• Ducks were last swept in a Stanley Cup Playoff series in 1999, when Detroit Red Wings turned

the trick in the Western Conference QF.

• It was the second Stanley Cup Playoff sweep in Sharks’ history. They swept the Vancouver

Canucks in the 2013 Western Conference QF.




2 PAC ANAHEIM DUCKS 101 v. 3 PAC SAN JOSE SHARKS 100 GM BOB MURRAY, HC RANDY CARLYLE v. GM DOUG WILSON, HC PETER DeBOER

SHARKS SWEEP SERIES

Thursday, April 12 1930 h pt on SN360

SAN JOSE 3 @ ANAHEIM 0


Penalties ― Pettersson A 4:57, Meier S 11:28, Kesler A 13:43

SECOND PERIOD

1. SAN JOSE, Evander Kane 1 (Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl) 7:07 PPG GWG 2. SAN JOSE, Evander Kane 2 (Joe Pavelski, Brenden Dillon) 13:51

3. SAN JOSE, Brent Burns 1 (Timo Meier) 15:15

Penalties ― Dillon S 1:44, Cogliano A 6:41, Getzlaf A 6:57, Perry A 15:41


Penalties ― Kesler A 11:40, Braun S 19:10, Dillon S Perry A 20:00

Shots on goal by

SHARKS 8 17 9 34 DUCKS 4 9 12 25

SAN JOSE, Martin Jones; ANAHEIM, John Gibson

Power play: SJ ― 1 for 6, ANA ― 0 for 3 Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Jean Hebert Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tony Sericolo

17,174 at Honda Center

• The Ducks and Sharks met four times this season, with San Jose winning three of those games. Two of the games went to a shootout and another ended in overtime. Sharks outscored

Ducks, 13-8, over those four games.

• 24-year old C Richard Rakell led the Ducks in scoring this season with 34g, 35a, 69 pts in 77

games. 36-year old D Kevin Bieksa led Anaheim in penalty minutes with 83.

• Sharks were led in scoring this season by 33-year old D Brent Burns. He had 12g, 55a, 67 pts

in 82 games. 27-year old D Brenden Dillon led San Jose with 60 penalty minutes.

• C Joe Pavelski SJ, D Brent Burns SJ, LW Evander Kane SJ game’s three stars

• "I thought that first goal was huge," San Jose head coach Peter DeBoer said. "Both teams were

feeling each other out and there were a little bit of nerves. Gibson made a couple real good

saves at that point, and getting that first goal was critical."

• “You can't afford to take seven (minor penalties) and give the opposition an opportunity to

practice their power play. It takes any momentum you had building in the game and flips

everything in their favor," said Ducks’ head coach Randy Carlyle.

• Sharks’ LW Evander Kane played 574 career NHL regular-season games before finally reaching

the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Among active NHLers, only Hurricanes’ Jeff Skinner (579) has played

more without reaching the postseason.

• Ducks had gone 49 consecutive Stanley Cup Playoff games without being shut out. The

last came on 21 April 2015 v. Dallas Stars in the West QF.

Monday, April 16 1930 h pt on SN1

ANAHEIM 1 @ SAN JOSE 8

FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Logan Couture 2 (Mikkel Boedker) 3:44

2. ANAHEIM, Rickard Rakell 1 (Brandon Montour, Ryan Getzlaf) 13:40 PPG

Penalties ― Getzlaf A 10:22, Meier S 12:59

SECOND PERIOD 3. SAN JOSE, Joonas Donskoi 1 (Evander Kane) 1:15 GWG

4. SAN JOSE, Marcus Sorensen 2 (Joonas Donskoi) 3:41 5. SAN JOSE, Eric Fehr 1 (Marcus Sorensen, Melker Karlsson) 13:43

6. SAN JOSE, Tomas Hertl 2 (Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture) 16:49 PPG

Penalties ― Ritchie A (double minor) 14:28, DeMelo S 14:28, Beauchemin A 15:59

Ryan Miller replaced John Gibson in Ducks’ net at start of third period

THIRD PERIOD

7. SAN JOSE, Joe Pavelski 1 (Timo Meier, Joonas Donskoi) 10:04 PPG 8. SAN JOSE, Evander Kane 3 (Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture) 17:16 PPG

9. SAN JOSE, Timo Meier 1 (Chris Tierney, Kevin Labanc) 19:36 PPG

Penalties ― Sorensen S 5:09, Getzlaf A (double minor) 7:22, Perry A Getzlaf A (10-minute misconduct) 11:12, Fehr S 14:49, Kesler A 16:38, Montour A 19:24

Shots on goal by

DUCKS 11 19 16 46 SHARKS 8 16 12 36

ANAHEIM, John Gibson, Ryan Miller (start of third period); SAN JOSE, Martin Jones

Power play: ANA ― 1 for 3 2 for 8 in series, SJ ― 4 for 8 6 for 17 in series Referees: Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Kiel Murchison, Scott Cherrey

17,562 at SAP Center

• G Martin Jones SJ, RW Joonas Donskoi SJ, LW Marcus Sorensen SJ game’s three stars

• "From my perspective, it's hard to forget what we just did," Ducks’ head coach Randy Carlyle said. "Very undisciplined, very disappointed in our reaction in the hockey game. Those are the

things we have to address. You're not going to get yourself any kind of opportunity to take the

number of penalties we took, and I call them selfish penalties."

• "We started making repeated mistakes and it hurt us. We weren't backing each other up

properly. We gave up too many odd-man rushes, and they started scoring goals," said Ducks’

captain Ryan Getzlaf.

• "They were committing people to their rush, to their offensive game tonight. They got behind and they were committing everybody. The result was when there was a breakdown the other

way, we were getting 2-on-1s and breakaways and things like that. We finished them

tonight," said Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer.

• Sharks’ defenceman Brent Burns did not play the final 10:05 because of an undisclosed injury.

• Ducks’ D Francois Beauchemin and C Ryan Kesler each played his 100th Stanley Cup Playoff

game.

• San Jose centre Joe Thornton (knee) skated during warmups, but did not play in the game. He

has not played since Jan. 23.


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2018 EASTERN CONFERENCE SECOND ROUND

1 ATL TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 113 v. 2 ATL BOSTON BRUINS 112 GM STEVE YZERMAN, HC JON COOPER v. GM DON SWEENEY, HC BRUCE CASSIDY

LIGHTNING WIN SERIES IN 5

Saturday, April 28 1520 h et on Sportnet Romanuk, Galley, Bukauskas

BOSTON 6 @ TAMPA BAY 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Rick Nash 2 (David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron) 17:11 PPG Penalties ― Callahan T 17:03

SECOND PERIOD 2. BOSTON, Patrice Bergeron 2 (David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand) 0:42 3. TAMPA BAY, Dan Girardi 1 (Cedric Paquette, Victor Hedman) 2:31 4. BOSTON, Rick Nash 3 (David Krejci, David Pastrnak) 12:33 GWG 5. TAMPA BAY, Mikhail Sergachev 2 (Brayden Point, Yanni Gourde) 13:22 PPG Penalties ― Pastrnak B 10:17, DeBrusk B 12:41

THIRD PERIOD 6. BOSTON, Brad Marchand 4 (Charlie McAvoy) 3:32 7. BOSTON, Patrice Bergeron 3 (Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak) 10:11 8. BOSTON, Jake DeBrusk 6 (Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy) 13:41 ENG Penalties ― DeBrusk B 11:24 Shots on goal by BRUINS 13 5 6 24 LIGHTNING 11 14 11 36 BOSTON, Tuukka Rask (2.94 GAA, .899 sv pct in 2018 SCP); TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy (2.01, .941) Power play: BOS ― 1 for 1 8 for 22 in SCP, TB ― 1 for 3 6 for 22 in SCP Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Meier Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, David Brisebois 19,092 at Amalie Arena

• C Patrice Bergeron BOS, LW Rick Nash BOS, RW David Pastrnak BOS game’s three stars

• During this regular season, Lightning and Bruins met four times, with Boston winning three of the games. Tampa Bay’s only win came in the form of a 4-0 in their final meeting. Bruins outscored Lightning, 10-8 over the four games.

• About 20 seconds before Tampa Bay’s second goal, a shot knocked the blade off Bruins’ netminder Tuukka Rask’s left skate. Rask immediately seemed to partially give up on the puck, trying instead to get the officials’ attention about his equipment problem. Play was not stopped, and the Lightning scored. NHL subsequently issued the following statement: There is no rule for referees to stop play for a piece of broken equipment, regardless of whether the equipment belongs to a goaltender or a skater. The lone exception is when referees may stop play after a goaltender has lost his helmet (as outlined in Rule 9.6). "Can't make a save, so you're scrambling in there and then emotions run high," Rask said. "I was just trying to get it fixed and get back in there, keep up the play."

• Lightning head coach Jon Cooper removed netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy TB for extra attacker with over seven minutes remaining in the third period — and Bruins’ F Jake DeBrusk scored into the unguarded goal for the final tally of the game.

• "It's fun. We're having fun," Bruins’ F Patrice Bergeron said. "We wanted to play a little bit simple at the beginning and put more pucks deep. We are good when we are fast on the forecheck and getting pucks back, so we just need to keep playing like that."

• "I think we lost 6-2, so it doesn't matter how we feel about how we played. We're going to wake up in the morning, somebody is going to look at the score and say Tampa is down 1-0. Is there stuff we can build off this game? No question. But they got six and in the end, we have to raise the level of our game to get back in this series," said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.

• Through the Bruins’ first eight games in these 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, F David Pastrnak has 17 points. For Boston, only Rick Middleton had more in the first eight. He had 6-13-19 in 1983.



FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Yanni Gourde 2 (Brayden Point, Mikhail Sergachev) 11:47 PPG 2. BOSTON, Charlie McAvoy 1 (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand) 18:30 Penalties ― Backes B (double minor) Paquette T 5:30, Krug B 10:00, Johnson T 14:02, McDonagh T 14:17

SECOND PERIOD 3. TAMPA BAY, Tyler Johnson 3 (Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat) 10:14 Penalties ― Hedman T 10:31

THIRD PERIOD 4. TAMPA BAY, Ondrej Palat 2 (Brayden Point) 14:08 GWG 5. BOSTON, Torey Krug 3 (David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand) 15:58 6. TAMPA BAY, Brayden Point (Victor Hedman) 19:34 ENG Penalties ― Miller B Krug B Stralman T Gourde T 3:18, Pastrnak B 7:31 Shots on goal by BRUINS 8 5 7 20 LIGHTNING 10 8 13 31 BOSTON, Tuukka Rask; TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy Power play: BOS ― 0 for 3 1 for 4 in series 8 for 25 in SCP, TB ― 1 for 4 2 for 7 in series 7 for 26 in SCP Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, David Brisebois 19,092 at Amalie Arena

• C Tyler Johnson TB, C Brayden Point TB, RW Ryan Callahan TB game’s three stars

• "We know they're a good team, but we're a good team as well. This is going to be a tight series. I don't think anybody doubts that. But we feel confident in ourselves. We didn't play our best tonight and it's still 3-2 with four minutes left,” said Bruins’ defenceman Charlie McAvoy.

• "The big thing we talked about was let's get the lead and make them chase us instead of us having to chase them. I thought that was huge, us getting the lead. We gave it right back, unfortunately, but we did get that second one. You've got to make them chase you, make them press. They had to," said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.

• Bruins’ Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak combined for four points (four assists) and have 45 points (12 goals, 33 assists) in nine games in these Stanley Cup Playoffs.

• C Brayden Point TB became the third Lightning player to ever record four points in a Stanley Cup Playoff game.

• Earlier today, Toronto Maple Leafs announced that Lou Lamoriello would not return as GM in 2018-19. He will become a senior advisor with Toronto.

Wednesday, May 2 1900 h et on HNIC

TAMPA BAY 4 @ BOSTON 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Ondrej Palat 3 (Tyler Johnson, Anton Stralman) 1:47 2. TAMPA BAY, Ondrej Palat 4 (Victor Hedman, Dan Girardi) 3:19 GWG 3. BOSTON, Patrice Bergeron 4 (David Pastrnak, Rick Nash) 14:12 PPG 4. TAMPA BAY, Anthony Cirelli 1 (Yanni Gourde, Ryan McDonagh) 16:43 Penalties ― Riley Nash B 6:04, McAvoy B 10:39, Stralman T 13:43


Penalties ― Krug B 11:58, Paquette T (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Backes B (minor, major) 15:12, Marchand B 15:57

THIRD PERIOD 5. TAMPA BAY, Steven Stamkos 2 (J.T. Miller, Victor Hedman) 19:18 PPG ENG Penalties ― Krug B 18:31, Marchand B (10-minute miscondct) 19:18 Shots on goal by LIGHTNING 19 11 7 37 BRUINS 14 8 7 29 TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy; BOSTON, Tuukka Rask Power play: TB ― 1 for 5 3 for 12 in series 8 for 31 in SCP, BOS ― 1 for 1 2 for 5 in series 9 for 26 in SCP Referees: Wes McCauley, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Derek Amell 17,565 at TD Garden

• LW Ondrej Palat TB, G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB, D Ryan McDonagh TB game’s three stars

• "It's been amazing. I think it's just an awesome experience and I'm so glad I was able to be there for my wife. It was just an amazing experience and it's really cool I was able to make it for the game tonight and overall the last 24 hours have been really amazing," said Lightning forward Yanni Gourde, who arrived in Boston on Wednesday following the birth of his daughter.

• "Obviously every time you get the puck on your stick in the slot, you want to put the puck in the net. It just didn't go our way. Just have to be a little better next time, sharper. Pick your spot and put it in the net," said Bruins’ centre David Krejci.

• Lightning F Nikita Kucherov had ten points in the first round v. Devils — and has yet to record a point in this series.

Friday, May 4 1900 h et on HNIC

TAMPA BAY 4 @ BOSTON 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Brayden Point 3 (unassisted) 4:36 2. TAMPA BAY, Nikita Kucherov 6 (Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos) 9:53 PPG 3. BOSTON, David Pastrnak 6 (Torey Krug, Brad Marchand) 15:28 PPG Penalties ― Rick Nash B 7:17, Chara B 8:58, Gourde T 11:21, Stamkos T 14:45

SECOND PERIOD 4. BOSTON, Patrice Bergeron 5 (Torey Krug) 2:04 PPG Penalties ― Johnson T 0:43, Rick Nash B 5:14

THIRD PERIOD 5. BOSTON, Patrice Bergeron 6 (Brad Marchand) 6:36 SHG 6. TAMPA BAY, Steven Stamkos 3 (J.T. Miller) 12:56 Penalties ― Acciari B 5:34, Johnson T 7:15

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. TAMPA BAY, Dan Girardi 2 (Alex Killorn, Yanni Gourde) 3:18 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by LIGHTNING 11 4 11 2 28 BRUINS 9 14 7 2 32 TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy; BOSTON, Tuukka Rask Power play: TB ― 1 for 4 4 for 16 in series 9 for 35 in SCP, BOS ― 2 for 4 4 for 9 in series 11 for 30 in SCP Referees: Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent, Brad Watson Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk 17,565 at TD Garden

• D Dan Girardi TB, C Patrice Bergeron BOS, G Tuukka Rask BOS game’s three stars

• With 8:27 remaining in the third period, Bruins’ defenceman Torey Krug went hard into the the end boards, with Lightning F Alex Killorn right behind him. Krug struggled to the bench and did not return to the game. Krug left the rink with a walking boot on his left foot and on crutches. On the day after this game, the Bruins announced he would not play again in this series.

• Tampa Bay's .652 winning percentage in overtime in the playoffs is second in Stanley Cup Playoff history to the New York Islanders (.673).

• "Desperate hockey. You know we've shown character all year. You know I've spoken about that, about the resilience in this room, so it's time to show it," said Bruins’ forward Patrice Bergeron.

• "It was like Stam (Steven Stamkos) said, ‘I've had enough,’” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "It was just a matter of time, but we needed him, and he was there for us."

• Referee Francois St. Laurent fell into the end boards just 18 seconds into the third period. He refereed the rest of the third with a broken collarbone. He was replaced, to begin overtime, by Brad Watson.

• Most of the media talk, after this game, focused on Bruins’ F Brad Marchand. His nickname, "Little Ball of Hate", even made its way to President Barack Obama when the Bruins visited the White House after their 2011 Stanley Cup win. In this Game Four, Marchand went nose-to-nose with Lightning F Ryan Callahan after a whistle with 1:21 left in the second period. Then Marchand leaned in and licked Callahan's face. The Lightning forward pushed him away. "He punched me four times in the face," Marchand said. "He just kept getting close. Nothing big."

• “There’s absolutely no place in our game for that,” said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper of Marchand’s licking antics. “I don’t understand it. I don’t. (Then he scratched his head) How would you feel if I walked over to you right now and just gave you one big lick right from the chin all the way up? I’m pretty sure that’s how Callahan feels. There’s just no place in the game for that.”

• Senior vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell spoke to Marchand and Bruins general manager Don Sweeney on the day after this game about Marchand’s actions against Tampa Bay a night earlier. Marchand licked Lightning forward Ryan Callahan on the face during Game 4 of their second-round series after appearing to do the same to Toronto’s Leo Komarov earlier in the playoffs. The league says Marchand has been put on notice that his actions are unacceptable and that similar behaviour in the future will be dealt with through supplemental discipline. He could be fined or suspended by the NHL if he continues to lick players.

Sunday, May 6 1500 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, David Krejci 3 (Charlie McAvoy, Patrice Bergeron) 19:12 PPG Penalties ― McAvoy B 7:09, Backes B 11:52, Marchand B Hedman T 12:04, Girardi T 17:02, Paquette T 18:06

SECOND PERIOD 2. TAMPA BAY, Brayden Point 4 (unassisted) 10:43 3. TAMPA BAY, J.T. Miller 2 (Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos) 14:00 GWG Penalties ― Bergeron B 13:31

THIRD PERIOD 4. TAMPA BAY, Anton Stralman 1 (Victor Hedman) 18:31 ENG Penalties ― McDonagh T 15:42 Shots on goal by BRUINS 9 5 14 28 LIGHTNING 7 7 8 22 BOSTON, Tuukka Rask; TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy Power play: BOS ― 1 for 3 5 for 12 in series 12 for 33 in SCP, TB ― 1 for 3 5 for 19 in series 10 for 38 in SCP Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Michel Cormier 19,092 at Amalie Arena

• G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB, C J.T. Miller TB, C Brayden Point TB game’s three stars

• Lightning reach Conference Final for the fifth time in their history — 2004, 2011, 2015 and 2016.

• Bruins finish series by going 184:02 without scoring a five-on-five goal — Torey Krug in G2.

• "It's good but it will be gratifying if we win two more series," Lightning forward Ryan Callahan said. "We've been here before so the shock and awe of really getting this far really isn't there. We are happy with our first two series, but there is so much more work to do and we realize that."

• "If I'm going to sit there and break it down every game, I think we got away from playing as a group of five, defending, getting back, working in position and attacking as a group of five....If you look at the last two games, we were certainly in a position to win Game 4 right until the end. Today we were right there," said Bruins’ head coach Bruce Cassidy.

• "We won four in a row, I don't think it has anything to do with our mindset other than we got over a hill, we needed to do to beat the Boston Bruins, who I can't say enough that they're an exceptional hockey team. But it just gives us rest. There's some banged up bodies in there. That's what happens when you go through playoff rounds. Anything you get the rest, not only the body but also the mind, it's huge for us," said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.

• "If we're going to look back throughout the whole season, I think there's a lot we can be proud of, there's a lot we can take from this and use it as a positive," Bruins’ defenceman Zdeno Chara said. "A lot of people didn't expect us to be a playoff team, a lot of people didn't expect us to be a 50-win team and we were fighting for first position in our conference."

• Boston lost four straight games once during the regular season (Nov. 8-15).


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2018 EASTERN CONFERENCE SECOND ROUND

1 MET WASHINGTON CAPITALS 105 v. 2 MET PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 100 GM BRIAN MacLELLAN, HC BARRY TROTZ v. GM JIM RUTHERFORD, HC MIKE SULLIVAN


Thursday, April 26 1900 h et on HNIC Ball, Millen, C Simpson

PITTSBURGH 3 @ WASHINGTON 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 5 (Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson) 0:17 Penalties ― None


Penalties ― Wilson W 2:56

THIRD PERIOD 2. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 6 (Tom Wilson, Dmitry Orlov) 0:28 3. PITTSBURGH, Patric Hornqvist 3 (Justin Schultz, Jake Guentzel) 2:59 4. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 7 (Jake Guentzel, Patric Hornqvist) 5:20 5. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 7 (Sidney Crosby) 7:48 GWG Penalties ― Stephenson W 9:40, Guentzel P 10:12 Shots on goal by PENGUINS 9 8 8 25 CAPITALS 6 10 18 34 PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray (2.20 GAA, .911 in 2018 SCP); WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby (1.92, .932) Power play: PIT ― 0 for 2 5 for 27 in SCP, WSH ― 0 for 1 9 for 28 in SCP Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Meier Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Michel Cormier 18,506 at Capital One Arena

• C Jake Guentzel PIT, C Sidney Crosby PIT, LW Alex Ovechkin WSH game’s three stars

• Entering this series, the Penguins and Capitals have played ten previous Stanley Cup Playoff series — with the Penguins winning nine of them. And, every single time the Penguins have won the Stanley Cup — 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016 and 2017 — they have defeated Washington along the way.

• Capitals and Penguins split their season series, with each team winning two games. Washington outscored Pittsburgh, 13-12, over those four games.

• With his 61st career multiple-point game in Stanley Cup Playoffs, Sidney Crosby passes Jari Kurri for third all time. Wayne Gretzky had 108 career Stanley Cup Playoff multi-point games. Mark Messier scored two-or-more points 77 times. Jari Kurri had 60 multiple-point games in his Stanley Cup Playoff career.

• "I just think we complement each other well," said Penguins’ Jake Guentzel about playing with C Sidney Crosby. "We get on the forecheck and we're always around each other. Playing with Sid, it makes it pretty easy and opens up a lot of space for us. Just try to take advantage of it."

• Gsuentzel leads the NHL with 16 points (seven goals, nine assists) in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. He is the 10th player to have at least 16 points through his team's first seven postseason games, third with the Penguins (Mario Lemieux, 1992; Crosby, 2010).

• "Early on especially, you're just focusing on playing. You make adjustments as you go along, and so does the other team. So I think things will tighten up as the series goes along," said Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby.

• "(Capitals’ netminder Braden Holtby) was unbelievable today. You know, one mistake, one bad bounce and they're back in the game. That's it. Nothing you can say. It's over. We have to focus on our next game," said Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin.



FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 7 (unassisted) 1:26 2. WASHINGTON, Jakub Vrana 1 (Lars Eller, Braden Holtby) 14:54 PPG GWG Penalties ― Kuznetsov W 6:57, Crosby P 12:59

SECOND PERIOD 3. WASHINGTON, Brett Connolly 1 (Lars Eller) 2:08 4. PITTSBURGH, Kris Letang 2 (Justin Schultz, Jake Guentzel) 13:04 Penalties ― Hornqvist P Orlov W 11:14

THIRD PERIOD 5. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 3 (Tom Wilson, Lars Eller) 19:53 ENG Penalties ― Oshie W 5:38, Letang P 11:37, Brassard P 14:48, Kuznetsov W 16:19, Hornqvist P Smith-Pelly W 18:17 Shots on goal by PENGUINS 10 16 7 33 CAPITALS 20 6 6 32 PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby Power play: PIT ― 0 for 3 0 for 5 in series 5 for 30 in SCP, WSH ― 1 for 3 1 for 4 in series 10 for 31 in SCP Referees: Chris Rooney, Gord Dwyer Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk 18,506 at Capital One Arena

• G Braden Holtby WSH, LW Jakub Vrana WSH, C Lars Eller WSH game’s three stars

• "They came out flying," said Penguins’ goaltender Matt Murray. "We didn't have an answer for it."

• "We need to have a better start," Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan said. "We need more pushback from the drop of the puck. Listen, we knew they were going to come out hard. We're up 1-0 (in the series) after the first game, we knew they were going to come out hard. We didn't match the urgency."

• "We know that they've got guys that can hurt you. Game One it was tough, we played a really good game and they just kind of found a way to get some breaks and score some timely goals. I think we learned from that this time around, I think we weren't as loose, I think we were a little more solid as the game went on," said Capitals’ forward Brett Connolly on holding onto a two-goal lead.

• Penguins’ defenceman Brian Dumoulin left the game at 4:23 of the second period following a collision with Capitals Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson. No penalty was called on the play and Dumoulin (upper-body injury) did not return.

• "We have to do a better job of being more difficult to play against and limiting some of the chances they get. But having said that, we had a number of quality chances as well. At some point, we have to find a way to score goals. That's something we'll get to work on," said Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan.

• Alex Ovechkin’s goal in the first period was the 53rd of his Stanley Cup Playoff career — tying him with Bill Barber, Daniel Briere, Stephane Richer and Jeremy Roenick for 47th all time.

Thursday, May 3 1900 h et on Sportsnet

WASHINGTON 1 @ PITTSBURGH 3


Penalties ― Carlson W 1:10

SECOND PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 9 (Dominik Simon, Sidney Crosby) 9:21 2. WASHINGTON, T.J. Oshie 4 (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 12:55 PPG 3. PITTSBURGH, Evgeni Malkin 4 (Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel) 17:31 PPG Penalties ― Malkin P 0:37, Stephenson W 3:30, Guentzel P 11:51, Guentzel P 14:17, Oshie W 16:10

THIRD PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 10 (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang) 19:02 PPG ENG Penalties ― Capitals’ bench (served by Stephenson) 18:49, Oshie W Letang P (majors) 19:02 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 7 11 3 21 PENGUINS 9 8 7 24 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray Power play: WSH ― 1 for 3 3 for 11 in series 12 for 38 in SCP, PIT ― 2 for 4 3 for 13 in series 8 for 38 in SCP Referees: Francis Charron, Brad Watson Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, David Brisebois 18,650 at PPG Paints Arena

• C Jake Guentzel PIT, G Matt Murray PIT, C Evgeni Malkin PIT game’s three stars

• "(Jake Guentzel is) doing a great job," Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby said. "I don't think there's any denying that. He works hard. He does a lot of good things with and without the puck. I think he cares more about the wins more than the goals and assists. So he's been a big part of our team's success." Guentzel leads the NHL with 10 goals and 21 points in the playoffs.

• "We feel positive," Capitals’ F T.J. Oshie said. "The game ended about seven minutes ago, so you're still a little upset right now, but we'll regroup here. I'm sure we'll look at some film, see what areas they exploited on us and what areas we can take advantage of on them."

• "I just think (Jake Guentzel) is a real good hockey player. He's competitive. I think he embraces the important moments. … It isn't anything that he hasn't done before," said Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan.

• "There was a lot we liked about our game. They're a puck away from being in the lead or a puck away from getting it tied up. We did a lot of good things," said Capitals’ head coach Barry Trotz.

• Penguins’ forward Carl Hagelin returned after missing three games with an upper-body injury. He had two shots and two blocks in 16:11 of ice time.

• On the day before this game, Bill Torrey, the architect of the New York Islanders’ Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s, passed away at age 83.

Tuesday, May 1 1930 h et on Sportsnet

WASHINGTON 4 @ PITTSBURGH 3


Penalties ― Connolly W 3:56, Hornqvist P 4:39, Oshie W 7:47, Letang P 16:30, Malkin P 18:50

SECOND PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, John Carlson 2 (Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin) 0:48 PPG 2. PITTSBURGH, Jake Guentzel 8 (Justin Schultz, Sidney Crosby) 4:33 3. PITTSBURGH, Patric Hornqvist 4 (Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel) 6:49 PPG 4. WASHINGTON, Chandler Stephenson 2 (T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom) 11:04 5. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 8 (Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang) 16:27 Penalties ― Orpik W 5:36, Ovechkin W Wilson W Oleksiak P 13:15, Kempny W Kuhnackl P 15:55, Penguins’ bench (served by Sheary) 18:58

THIRD PERIOD 6. WASHINGTON, Matt Niskanen 1 (Dmitry Orlov, Tom Wilson) 5:06 7. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 8 (Nicklas Backstrom) 18:53 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by CAPITALS 7 5 10 22 PENGUINS 9 10 3 22 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray Power play: WSH ― 1 for 4 2 for 8 in series 11 for 35 in SCP, PIT ― 1 for 4 1 for 9 in series 6 for 34 in SCP Referees: Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Ryan Gibbons 18,634 at PPG Paints Arena

• LW Alex Ovechkin WSH, C Nicklas Backstrom WSH, C Jake Guentzel PIT game’s three stars

• "I thought it was a pretty tight game for the most part," Penguins’ netminder Matt Murray said. "Not many shots either way, but every shot seemed to be a chance. It was just one of those kind of games where it could've gone either way. So obviously there's room to improve, but I think for the most part we played a pretty solid game."

• "It's a big win. It was tough sledding out there tonight. It was a physical game. We battled hard and showed a lot of character to come back in the third. ... The guys played really hard. We earned that one," said Capitals’ defenceman Matt Niskanen.

• "It's hard to win in the playoffs. No one knows it better than this team. We played a hard-fought game tonight. That game could've went either way. We have to make sure we put it behind us and we look to the next game and try to put our best game forward," said Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan.

• Capitals have now played four road games in these Stanley Cup Playoffs — and won every one.

• Penguins’ forward Zach Aston-Reese left at 9:47 of the second period after a hit from Capitals’ forward Tom Wilson. Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan said Aston-Reese has a broken jaw and a concussion, and will need surgery on his jaw. On the day after this game, Wilson was handed a three-game supension by the NHL.

• Penguins’ defenceman Kris Letang's assist on Sidney Crosby's goal tied him with Larry Murphy for the most assists by a defenceman in Penguins Stanley Cup Playoff history — 57.

Saturday, May 5 1920 h et on Sportsnet


FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Jamie Oleksiak 1 (Derick Brassard, Conor Sheary) 2:23 2. WASHINGTON, John Carlson 3 (Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie) 18:22 PPG 3. WASHINGTON, Brett Connolly 2 (Jakub Vrana, Lars Eller) 18:55 Penalties ― Niskanen W 7:15, Ruhwedel P 10:04, Simon P 17:11, Ovechkin W 19:58

SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Sidney Crosby 9 (Phil Kessel, Justin Schultz) 4:43 PPG 5. PITTSBURGH, Patric Hornqvist 5 (Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel) 7:45 PPG Penalties ― Ovechkin W 4:24, Smith-Pelly W 6:57, Smith-Pelly W 16:39, Crosby P 17:22

THIRD PERIOD 6. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 6 (Jakub Vrana, Matt Niskanen) 0:52 7. WASHINGTON, Jakub Vrana 2 (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 15:22 GWG 8. WASHINGTON, T.J. Oshie 5 (unassisted) 18:29 ENG 9. WASHINGTON, Lars Eller 3 (unassisted) 19:54 ENG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by PENGUINS 13 18 8 39 CAPITALS 13 5 14 32 PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby Power play: PIT ― 2 for 5 5 for 18 in series 10 for 43 in SCP, WSH ― 1 for 3 4 for 14 in series 13 for 41 in SCP Referees: Wes McCauley, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Devin Berg 18,506 at Capital One Arena

• LW Jakub Vrana WSH, C Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH, G Braden Holtby WSH game’s three stars

• Capitals have not reached the Conference Final since 1998.

• "Tonight was one of those games where we needed to earn it from our fans," Capitals’ netminder Braden Holtby said. "They probably think 'Here we go again,' and we're not thinking that. We're thinking we're pushing forward, we're focusing on the moment, and hopefully we gave them belief with that third period because this group in here believes in ourselves."

• "There was a whole lot of this game that we really liked. It might have been our best game of the series and we didn't come out with the result we were looking for. But I know our group is capable and our players know that as well," said Penguins’ head coach Mike Sullivan.

• "I don't know if I could tell you exactly what it would mean. None of us have ever been there. We're just looking to get the job done and maybe after we can talk about the feelings. But right now, we've still got a lot of work to do," said Capitals’ forward T.J. Oshie on the Eastern Conference Final.

• Penguins had not allowed six goals in a game in Stanley Cup Playoffs since Game 2 of 2013 Eastern Conference Final against the Boston Bruins (a 6-1 loss).

• On the day of this game, in the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby, ‘Justify’ won by two-and-a-half lengths on a sloppy track, becoming the first horse in 136 years to win the Derby after not racing as a two-year old.

Monday, May 7 1900 h et on Sportsnet

WASHINGTON 2 @ PITTSBURGH 1 OT


Penalties ― Maatta P 4:11, Kempny W 11:25

SECOND PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Alex Chiasson 1 (Nathan Walker, Jay Beagle) 2:13 2. PITTSBURGH, Kris Letang 3 (Brian Dumoulin, Sidney Crosby) 11:52 Penalties ― None


Penalties ― None

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 3. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 7 (Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov) 5:27 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by CAPITALS 7 8 9 6 30 PENGUINS 6 9 5 2 22 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; PITTSBURGH, Matt Murray Power play: WSH ― 0 for 1 4 for 15 in series 13 for 42 in SCP, PIT ― 0 for 1 5 for 19 in series 10 for 44 in SCP Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Matt MacPherson 18,621 at PPG Paints Arena

• C Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH, RW Alex Chiasson WSH, D Kris Letang PIT game’s three stars

• Washington won a Stanley Cup Playoff series against Pittsburgh for first time since the 1994 Eastern Conference QF (2-9 all time).

• Capitals’ forward Nicklas Backstrom did not play with a right-hand injury he sustained in the third period of Game 5. Lars Eller replaced him on the second line. Backstrom is day-to-day.

• Capitals reach their first Conference Final since 1998.

• "This group has been resilient. … The great thing about this is all day I knew we were going to win. I don't know why, but this group has a lot of resiliency. And first of all, there are some great champions in that other room. Great players. What they've done and accomplished the last couple years is pretty remarkable. This is a tough League," said Capitals’ head coach Barry Trotz.

• C Sidney Crosby PIT, who had an assist on D Kris Letang's goal, has 185 career playoff points (66 goals, 119 assists), tying Steve Yzerman for 10th all time.

• "It's hard to get there, regardless of winning two years prior," C Sidney Crosby said. "I know everyone talked about (winning a third straight championship), but just getting in there and how hard it is, especially with the group we have, a lot of the same guys that have been together for a couple of them, that's what you play for. It's the best time of year. Unfortunately, we couldn't get it done."

• "They were just the better team. I thought they played a heck of a game tonight. It didn't feel like we really had many chances at all. They're a great team and they showed it. They deserved to win tonight," said Penguins’ netminder Matt Murray.

• The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins lost for the first time in five games when facing elimination since hiring coach Mike Sullivan on 12 December 2015. "I think sometimes we all learn more from our failures than we do our successes," Sullivan said. "I think this group knows how hard it is to win in the playoffs. All the teams are really good. There's a fine line between winning and losing. We haven't tasted this in a long time, and that's a credit to the group of players that is in that dressing room."


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2018 WESTERN CONFERENCE SECOND ROUND

1 CEN NASHVILLE PREDATORS 117 v. 2 CEN WINNIPEG JETS 114 GM DAVID POILE, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM KEVIN CHEVELDAYOFF, HC PAUL MAURICE


Friday, April 27 1900 h ct on HNIC Hughson, C Simpson, Oake

WINNIPEG 4 @ NASHVILLE 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. WINNIPEG, Brandon Tanev 1 (Bryan Little) 14:51 Penalties ― Ehlers W 7:43

SECOND PERIOD 2. WINNIPEG, Paul Stastny 2 (Patrik Laine, Nikolaj Ehlers) 9:01 GWG 3. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 5 (Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor) 17:51 Penalties ― Enstrom W 0:58, Wheeler W 15:38

Juuse Saros replaced Pekka Rinne in Predators’ net at start of third period

THIRD PERIOD 4. NASHVILLE, Kevin Fiala 2 (Kyle Turris, Ryan Ellis) 1:23 5. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 6 (Blake Wheeler) 19:24 ENG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by JETS 4 12 3 19 PREDATORS 20 16 12 48 WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck (1.94 GAA, .924 sv pct in 2018 SCP); NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne (2.60, .909), Juuse Saros (start of third period) Power play: WPG ― 0 for 0 3 for 13 in SCP, NSH ― 0 for 3 3 for 22 in SCP Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Derek Amell 17,307 at Bridgestone Arena

• G Connor Hellebuyck WPG, C Mark Scheifele WPG, LW Kevin Fiala NSH game’s three stars

• During this regular season, Predators and Jets met five times, with Nashville winning three of the games. The Preds outscored Winnipeg, 22-20, over the five games.

• Jets’ defenceman Toby Enstrom (lower body) played his first game since 23 March

• Predators’ forward Austin Watson left the game after the first period. The Preds provided no update on his injury.

• "Most of what was at our net was a heavy scrum, lots of plays within two or three feet of the net, which we'd like to clean up. But there certainly weren't a lot of odd-man rushes or things like that of a real high-risk nature. We weren't at our best, I'll give you that. We can play better, and I think we will as this series goes on. But we pay our goaltender, too," said Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice.

• "I think you can hang your hat on that sometimes in the regular season when you're talking about a process and a long haul and a big picture. But right now, if you give me two choices on where to be — our game or their win — I'd take the win. It's about winning hockey games right now. We'll look at it and try to get better," said Predators’ head coach Peter Laviolette on if they played their best game of these Stanley Cup Playoffs.

• "We're an upbeat group in here," Nashville defenceman P.K. Subban said. "If I'm being honest, that's the best game we've played probably of the playoffs and maybe one of our best of the year. The bounces didn't go our way. That's one that we're OK (with). We'll all sleep well tonight and we'll be ready to go back at it on Sunday."

• On the day of this game, it was announced that Flames’ President of Hockey Operation Brian Burke would be ‘stepping back’ from the organization on 1 May 2018

• On the day of this game, the NHL announced that the nominees for the Hart Memorial Trophy are F Taylor Hall NJ, F Anze Kopitar LA and F Nathan MacKinnon COL. The NHL’s leading scorer, C Connor McDavid EDM was not nominated.

Sunday, April 29 1800 h ct on HNIC

WINNIPEG 4 @ NASHVILLE 5 DBL OT

FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Ryan Johansen 3 (Filip Forsberg, P.K. Subban) 0:27 2. WINNIPEG, Dustin Byfuglien 1 (Mark Scheifele) 12:47 3. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 7 (Paul Stastny, Patrik Laine) 13:16 PPG Penalties ― Hendricks W 7:08, Hartman N 10:00, Wheeler W 10:52, Arvidsson N 12:33

SECOND PERIOD 4. NASHVILLE, P.K. Subban 1 (Filip Forsberg, Viktor Arvidsson) 5:04 PPG 5. NASHVILLE, Viktor Arvidsson 3 (Filip Forsberg, Ryan Ellis) 18:41 Penalties ― Little W 4:01, Ekholm N 7:46, Hendricks W 13:46, Scheifele W Bonino N Ellis N 20:00

THIRD PERIOD 6. WINNIPEG, Brandon Tanev 3 (Bryan Little) 5:11 7. NASHVILLE, Ryan Johansen 4 (Viktor Arvidsson) 5:45 8. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 8 (Patrik Laine, Dustin Byfuglien) 18:55 with extra attacker Penalties ― None

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― None

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 9. NASHVILLE, Kevin Fiala 3 (Craig Smith, Kyle Turris) 5:37 GWG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by JETS 9 13 14 12 2 50 PREDATORS 9 9 7 13 3 41 WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne Power play: WPG ― 1 for 4 1 for 4 in series, 4 for 17 in SCP, NSH ― 1 for 4 1 for 7 in series, 4 for 26 in SCP Referees: Francois St. Laurent, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Matt MacPherson 17,274 at Bridgestone Arena

• LW Kevin Fiala NSH, C Ryan Johansen NSH, LW Viktor Arvidsson NSH game’s three stars

• "Playoff hockey is fun," F Mark Scheifele WPG said. "It's exciting. You're going to win games, you're going to lose games, you're going to get down in games and you're going to be up in games. There's a lot of adversity that goes through a series and that's the reason they're best four out of seven. We leave this one behind us and focus on Tuesday."

• "I think this is really good for us, you know, this type of adversity this early on in a series is great for us. And we found a way to win and now we've got to go on the road and do what we've done well all year, and that's win. For us right now we've just got to get some rest, get some good food, some good eats, like I said some good rest and get ready for the toughest road trip of the year," said Predators’ defenceman P.K. Subban.

• "It's an important process for us to go through having lost an overtime game. Now we've got to rebound because all of the emotion that goes into tying it late, feeling good about that, losing in double overtime, now you've got to rebound. It's something we have to deal with at some point, it's tonight. We go back with a split. I don't know that home ice has a huge advantage in terms of the matchups because they're probably going to be pretty much the same. The benches are going to get run the same, but there will be a little bit more excitement when (Patrik Laine) rings one off the post," said Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice.

Tuesday, May 1 1900 h ct on HNIC

NASHVILLE 4 @ WINNIPEG 7

FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Mike Fisher 1 (Ryan Hartman, Mattias Ekholm) 4:53 2. NASHVILLE, P.K. Subban 2 (Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen) 10:06 PPG 3. NASHVILLE, Austin Watson 5 (Mattias Ekholm) 17:35 Penalties ― Trouba W 2:15, Wheeler W 8:44, Watson N 12:50, Laine W 13:26

SECOND PERIOD 4. WINNIPEG, Paul Stastny 3 (Jacob Trouba) 2:45 5. WINNIPEG, Dustin Byfuglien 2 (Tyler Myers, Bryan Little) 5:11 6. WINNIPEG, Jacob Trouba 2 (Blake Wheeler, Paul Stastny) 5:29 7. WINNIPEG, Dustin Byfuglien 3 (Patrik Laine, Paul Stastny) 19:15 Penalties ― Watson N Scheifele W 4:31

THIRD PERIOD 8. NASHVILLE, Filip Forsberg 5 (Ryan Johansen, P.K. Subban) 7:40 PPG 9. WINNIPEG, Blake Wheeler 2 (Mark Scheifele, Dustin Byfuglien) 15:01 PPG GWG 10. WINNIPEG, Blake Wheeler 3 (Mark Scheifele) 19:09 ENG 11. WINNIPEG, Brandon Tanev 4 (Adam Lowry) 19:29 ENG Penalties ― Bonino N Trouba W (majors) 1:32, Sissons N 4:25, Roslovic W 6:50, Fiala N 11:54, Subban N 14:01, Rinne N (served by Forsberg) 15:31 Shots on goal by PREDATORS 12 6 12 30 JETS 10 16 19 45 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck Power play: NSH ― 2 for 4 3 for 11 in series, 6 for 30 in SCP, WPG ― 1 for 5 2 for 9 in series, 5 for 22 in SCP Referees: Francis Charron, Brad Watson Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Michel Cormier 15,321 at Bell MTS Place

• D Dustin Byfuglien WPG, D Jacob Trouba WPG, C Paul Stastny WPG game’s three stars

• "We got kicked in the teeth a little bit in the first, and our team has always responded well this year, whether it be a bad game or a bad period," Jets’ forward Blake Wheeler said. "Our goal was just to win the second period and give ourselves a chance."

• "We stopped playing," Predators defenceman Ryan Ellis said. "We didn't play hard, and they really turned it up. So that's exactly what's going to happen when one team quits playing and the other one turns it up. For us, I think we just need to learn from our mistakes, and really it's just about playing the game for the full 60."

• "We stopped moving our legs," Predators’ forward Ryan Johansen said. "We did a lot of things poorly, and they got better. Momentum swings in playoffs, they can be deadly."

• "What makes him unique is he can — I don't know if take over is right — but he can make an impact in a game in just about every single way possible. He can defend, he can play real physical, nobody wants to drop the gloves with him. And then there's an offensive side. It's a perfectly placed shot, quick hands, all the other things that he can do offensively," said Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice on defenceman Dustin Byfuglien.

• "I think in the second period we wanted to do the right things with the puck, but we didn't take care of the puck good enough. We didn't get pucks past their D, we didn't get it in deep, and, you know, in the playoffs it doesn't matter what your system is, you've got to get pucks in and forecheck hard," said Predators’ defenceman P.K. Subban.

• Jets’ forward Mark Scheifele had two assists to become the first player with multiple points in five consecutive team games in a single Stanley Cup Playoffs since Sidney Crosby did it for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2010.

Thursday, May 3 2030 h ct on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Ryan Hartman 2 (unassisted) 17:20 Penalties ― Laine W Josi N 3:46, Smith N 20:00

SECOND PERIOD 2. NASHVILLE, P.K. Subban 3 (Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen) 14:36 PPG GWG Penalties ― Byfuglien W 13:43, Lowry W 18:39

THIRD PERIOD 3. WINNIPEG, Patrik Laine 3 (Paul Stastny) 19:09 PPG with extra attacker Penalties ― Subban N 17:58 Shots on goal by PREDATORS 9 13 7 29 JETS 12 11 10 33 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck Power play: NSH ― 1 for 2 4 for 13 in series, 7 for 32 in SCP, WPG ― 1 for 2 3 for 11 in series, 6 for 24 in SCP Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Michel Cormier 15,321 at Bell MTS Place

• G Pekka Rinne NSH, D Mattias Ekholm NSH, C Bryan Little WPG game’s three stars

• Jets suffered their first home loss since 27 February 2018 — a 6-5 loss to the Predators

• "Something we really focused on (was) playing solid defensively, which we did," Predators’ netminder Pekka Rinne said. "Amazing team effort, we played a really solid game throughout the 60 minutes and obviously big win for us."

• "I think the biggest thing is we had full commitment through our lineup to play defense," Nashville defenceman P.K. Subban said. "In our zone when bounces didn't go our way, we worked the puck out of the zone. We got in the neutral zone, we got pucks deep, we forechecked when we needed to and we paid attention to the details."

• "Your goal on the road is to definitely steal one," Hellebuyck said. "We did our job, they did their job. There's a reason we're 1 and 2 in the West. It's two good teams going at it. You've got to expect this is going to be a battle right to the end."

• "I thought probably first and foremost, I just thought our attitude was right. Kind of feel it this morning in the skate, in the meetings. I thought we just competed a little bit harder. We were a little smarter with our game but competed a little bit harder as well," said Predators’ head coach Peter Laviolette.

• "Nothing, we don't change anything. I think our group has responded all year long, and not for a second did we think coming into this series we were going to breeze through it. We expected it to be a battle, and throughout this whole thing there's going to be learning experiences and ups and downs. It's how you respond to it. We've responded incredibly well all year. It has not been an easy year - a lot of adversity all year - and we've answered the bell every single time, so I'm excited about Game 5,” said Jets’ captain Blake Wheeler.

• Predators’ defenceman Yannick Weber returned after missing 17 games because of an upper-body injury. Jets’ forward Joel Armia returned after missing three games with an upper-body injury.

• On the day before this game, Bill Torrey, the architect of the New York Islanders’ Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s, passed away at age 83.

Saturday, May 5 2030 h ct on HNIC



Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD 1. WINNIPEG, Paul Stastny 4 (Patrik Laine, Nikolaj Ehlers) 7:44 2. NASHVILLE, Yannick Weber 1 (unassisted) 11:08 3. WINNIPEG, Kyle Connor 1 (Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele) 12:30 4. WINNIPEG, Dustin Byfuglien 4 (Brandon Tanev, Adam Lowry) 14:35 GWG 5. WINNIPEG, Kyle Connor 2 (Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien) 17:01 6. NASHVILLE, Ryan Johansen 5 (unassisted) 17:59 SHG Penalties ― Arvidsson N 17:23

THIRD PERIOD 7. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 9 (Kyle Connor, Blake Wheeler) 0:28 8. WINNIPEG, Mathieu Perreault 1 (Nikolaj Ehlers) 6:23 PPG

Juuse Saros NSH replaced Pekka Rinne in Predators’ net at 6:23 of third period

Penalties ― Morrissey W 2:52, Hartman N 5:45, Ekholm N 9:55 Shots on goal by JETS 7 15 10 32 PREDATORS 11 9 20 40 WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne, Juuse Saros (6:23 of third period) Power play: WPG ― 1 for 3 4 for 14 in series 7 for 27 in SCP, NSH ― 0 for 1 4 for 14 in series 7 for 33 in SCP Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Meier Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Ryan Gibbons 17,513 at Bridgestone Arena

• LW Kyle Connor WPG, C Mark Scheifele WPG, RW Blake Wheeler WPG game’s three stars

• The American National Anthem was sung by Lady Antebellum — and they messed up part of

it. Then they tweeted “Welp. We’re human too y’all We’re still rooting for ya Preds!!! #smashville”

• "Well, 0-0 games, they get tighter and tighter until it breaks," Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice said. "And then when it breaks, you want to make sure that you keep that momentum going. But that's a funny word, and I don't believe in momentum a whole heck of a lot. There's nothing permanent in professional sports. You've got to recapture it every shift. We got a good feeling. At the end of the day I'll say the same thing: We started to skate better."

• "Every time we made a mistake it ended up in our net," Nashville defenceman P.K. Subban said. "... The fact of the matter is, we had to go to Winnipeg anyway. We're going to go there, we're going to win a game, then we're going to come back here. It's that simple."

• "We had to go to Winnipeg anyway, right? … The plane was already booked. They're ready to go. There's no group that I'd rather be with to win one hockey game than this group," said Predators’ head coach Peter Laviolette.

• On the day of this game, in the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby, ‘Justify’ won by two-and-a-half lengths on a sloppy track, becoming the first horse in 136 years to win the Derby after not racing as a two-year old.

Monday, May 7 2030 h ct on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. NASHVILLE, Viktor Arvidsson 4 (Roman Josi, Ryan Johansen) 1:02 GWG Penalties ― Ekholm N 8:54, Watson N 14:58, Weber N 17:26

SECOND PERIOD 2. NASHVILLE, Filip Forsberg 6 (Craig Smith, Ryan Johansen) 8:16 Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD 3. NASHVILLE, Filip Forsberg 7 (Viktor Arvidsson, Roman Josi) 5:55 4. NASHVILLE, Viktor Arvidsson 5 (Filip Forsberg) 15:58 ENG Penalties ― Subban N 2:39, Byfuglien W 15:58 Shots on goal by PREDATORS 10 7 12 29 JETS 10 9 15 34 NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne; WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck Power play: NSH ― 0 for 1 4 for 15 in series, 7 for 34 in SCP, WPG ― 0 for 4 4 for 18 in series, 7 for 31 in SCP Referees: Wes McCauley, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Devin Berg 15,321 at Bell MTS Place

• LW Filip Forsberg NSH, G Pekka Rinne NSH, LW Viktor Arvidsson NSH game’s three stars

• "We knew right after (Game 5) that we're built for this," Predators defenceman P.K. Subban said. "We're built to come on the road and win big games. That's a championship effort tonight. I can't say enough about this group. It's the best group of guys I've ever played with."

• "To be honest with you, it's the most fun you can do," Predators’ forward Filip Forsberg said. "You can never have more fun than playing these elimination games and Stanley Cup Playoffs and just try to enjoy it as much as possible."

• Predators forward Mike Fisher did not play after the first period because of an undisclosed injury.

• "You see the way he gets banged around out there, and he just keeps going. He goes to the hard areas and makes the tough plays, but that's not new. That's not just because it's a big game. I said the other day, it's the makeup of who he is. He plays the game hard and he plays it fearless. That's what makes him special," said Predators’ head coach Peter Laviolette about forward Viktor Arvidsson.

• "This isn't, 'Hey, let's really try hard now. It's Game 7.' I get it. It's frustrating. It's painful. You were right there. It's an elimination game. There have been an awful lot of seven-game series that have happened in the history of the National Hockey League, and somebody was up 3-2 in every single one of them. They were good on the road, we were good in our last game. It's gonna be a (heck) of a game." said Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice.


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1 CEN NASHVILLE PREDATORS 117 v. 2 CEN WINNIPEG JETS 114 GM DAVID POILE, HC PETER LAVIOLETTE v. GM KEVIN CHEVELDAYOFF, HC PAUL MAURICE


Thursday, May 11 1900 h ct on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. WINNIPEG, Tyler Myers 3 (Nikolaj Ehlers, Paul Stastny) 8:41 2. WINNIPEG, Paul Stastny 5 (Brandon Tanev, Ben Chiarot) 10:47 GWG

Juuse Saros NSH replaced Pekka Rinne in Predators’ net at 10:47 of first period

3. NASHVILLE, P.K. Subban 4 (Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg) 15:54 PPG Penalties ― Copp W 3:08, Connor W 14:53

SECOND PERIOD 4. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 6 (Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor) 17:50 Penalties ― Morrissey W 19:00

THIRD PERIOD 5. WINNIPEG, Paul Stastny 6 (Patrik Laine, Dustin Byfuglien) 11:59 PPG 6. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 11 (Kyle Connor) 17:27 ENG Penalties ― Johansen N 11:32 Shots on goal by JETS 8 9 7 24 PREDATORS 10 6 21 37 WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck; NASHVILLE, Pekka Rinne, Juuse Saros (10:47 of first period) Power play: WPG ― 1 for 1 5 for 19 in series, 8 for 32 in SCP, NSH ― 1for 3 5 for 18 in series, 8 for 37 in SCP Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Meier Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Derek Amell 17,523 at Bridgestone Arena

• C Paul Stastny WPG, C Mark Scheifele WPG, LW Nikolaj Ehlers WPG game’s three stars

• The American National Anthem was sung by Sheryl Crow.

• "I knew we had a good team, and I knew that if we were going to do anything, you're going to have to play Nashville in the second round," Jets’ C Paul Stastny said. "I think this is what you knew it was going to be, and we came out on the winning side."

• "I obviously feel very much responsible for our season ending at this point," said Predators’ G Pekka Rinne, who made five saves. "Tough. Tough to swallow. Tough to understand. You know, I can't point on anything. Felt good and no injuries, totally healthy and total ups and downs throughout the playoffs. And obviously, you know, the biggest moment of the season, it's a terrible feeling. You let your teammates down, and that's what happened tonight."

• "It's huge," Jets’ C Mark Scheifele said. "It was an awesome series. They're an unbelievable team. It was a battle until the end, and we're definitely happy that we came out on top."

• "Yeah, we work all year for that home ice. Last year, home ice was everything for us. And obviously, it's difficult. It's a tough pill to swallow that we weren't good enough on home ice," said Predators’ defenceman Ryan Ellis on losing three of four home games in series.

• "I love this group. We have a great group of guys, a lot of great players. Obviously, we're all disappointed right now. But it was such a fun regular season, such a fun year with those guys. I'm really proud of the way we played. We're such a tight group. We're a big family. Right now, it's hard to look forward, but right now we have all the players to be successful. But obviously a little disappointed right now," said Predators’ defenceman Roman Josi.

• "It certainly lived up to the extremes. I thought I would be able to describe the games to you better. If I have to go back and tell you how they went, they're going to seem so unusual. But I thought for us anyway, in terms of how we played Game 2 and this game from kind of a start-to-finish game, were our best games," said Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice.

• On the day before this game, Carolina Hurricanes announced that former Canes player, 47-year old Rod Brind’Amour would be their new head coach (succeeding Bill Peters, who is now in Calgary with the Flames). On 18 February 2011, Brind’Amour had his number 17 retired by the Canes.


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1 PAC VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 109 v. 3 PAC SAN JOSE SHARKS 100 GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC GERARD GALLANT v. GM DOUG WILSON, HC PETER DeBOER

GOLDEN KNIGHTS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 26 1900 h pt on HNIC Randorf, DeBrusk, Murphy

SAN JOSE 0 @ VEGAS 7

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, Cody Eakin 2 (Brayden McNabb, David Perron) 4:31 GWG 2. VEGAS, Erik Haula 2 (Alex Tuch, James Neal) 4:57 3. VEGAS, Jonathan Marchessault 1 (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson) 6:02 4. VEGAS, Alex Tuch 2 (William Karlsson, Reilly Smith) 11:43 PPG Penalties ― Hertl S 1:03, Tuch V 6:49, Labanc S 9:26, Burns S 10:14, Smith V 12:09, Carpenter V 13:29

SECOND PERIOD 5. VEGAS, Shea Theodore 2 (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault) 3:28

Aaron Dell replaced Martin Jones in Sharks’ net at 3:28 of second period

Penalties ― Merrill V 6:10, Fehr S 8:53, Meier S 14:16, Tierney S 18:43

THIRD PERIOD 6. VEGAS, Colin Miller 1 (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault) 4:32 PPG 7. VEGAS, James Neal 2 (David Perron, Erik Haula) 8:09 PPG Penalties ― Pavelski S 1:08, Kane S (major, served by Labanc, game misconduct) Pavelski S 3:25, Bellemare V 13:19 Shots on goal by SHARKS 17 8 8 33 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 9 15 10 34 SAN JOSE, Martin Jones (1.00 GAA, .970 sv pct in 2018 SCP), Aaron Dell (3:28 of second period); VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury (0.65, .977) Power play: SJ ― 0 for 5 6 for 25 in SCP, VEG ― 3 for 10 4 for 22 in SCP Referees: Francis Charron, Brad Watson Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Ryan Gibbons 18,444 at T-Mobile Arena

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG, RW Alex Tuch VEG, RW Reilly Smith VEG game’s three stars

• During the regular season, the Golden Knights won three of the four games they played v. San Jose, outscoring the Sharks, 14-11.

• With this victory, Golden Knights become first team in Stanley Cup Playoff history to win its first five lifetime postseason games — and this win came after a nine-day layoff following their sweep of the Kings in the first round.

• Vegas scored their first four goals on seven shots…after G Martin Jones SJ only allowed four goals in the entire first round. And it marked the fifth time this season that the expansion Golden Knights have scored four goals in a single period.

• It was the 67th win of Golden Knights’ G Marc-André Fleury's Stanley Cup Playoff career, moving him within one of Andy Moog for 10th all-time. It was Fleury’s third shutout of the playoffs and 13th of his Stanley Cup Playoff career, tying Turk Broda for ninth all-time.

• Fleury became the first goaltender since 2004 to have three shutouts in his team's first five playoff games, joining Nikolai Khabibulin (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Ed Belfour (Toronto Maple Leafs). "I try not to think too much," said Fleury, who has a 0.54 goals-against average and .982 save percentage this postseason. "Just get out there and play my best, try to help these guys any way I can. They've been playing great in front of me too. It goes hand-in-hand."

• "We had a laundry list of issues tonight," Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer said. "We weren't good. They beat us. Whether you lose 2-1 or 7-0, they don't get extra points for it. It's not pretty and we know we have to be better across the board."

• "We were ready for the game," Golden Knights’ F Jonathan Marchessault said. "We managed the puck well in the first period and we played well. We didn't want to give them any life."

• "They're going to be a hungry team, they're going to be a lot better. They'll be putting that one behind them pretty quick and looking to be a better hockey team. So we've got to be ready," said Golden Knights’ forward James Neal.

• On the day of this game, it was revealed that F Taylor Hall NJ, F Nathan MacKinnon COL and C Connor McDavid EDM are finalists for 2018 Ted Lindsay Award

Saturday, April 28 1700 h pt on HNIC

SAN JOSE 4 @ VEGAS 3 DOUBLE OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, William Karlsson 2 (Colin Miller, Nate Schmidt) 17:59 Penalties ― DeMelo S Neal V 8:17, Dillon S Perron V 16:04

SECOND PERIOD 2. VEGAS, William Karlsson 3 (Reilly Smith) 0:26 3. SAN JOSE, Brent Burns 2 (Joe Pavelski) 2:00 PPG 4. SAN JOSE, Logan Couture 3 (Tomas Hertl) 11:08 5. SAN JOSE, Brent Burns 3 (Joe Pavelski) 14:07 Penalties ― Perron V 1:56, Carrier V 4:17, Miller V 6:47, Hertl S 7:14, Vlasic S Marchessault V 9:54, Dillon S Perron V 13:24, Merrill V 19:31

THIRD PERIOD 6. VEGAS, Nate Schmidt 1 (Shea Theodore, Erik Haula) 13:28 Penalties ― Miller V 10:18, Dillon S 18:26

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― None

SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 7. SAN JOSE, Logan Couture 4 (Kevin Labanc, Brent Burns) 5:13 PPG Penalties ― Theodore V 1:35, Merrill V 5:05 Shots on goal by SHARKS 9 15 10 8 5 47 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5 8 7 8 1 29 SAN JOSE, Martin Jones; VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury Power play: SJ ― 2 for 7 2 for 12 in series 8 for 32 in SCP, VEG ― 0 for 2 3 for 12 in series 4 for 24 in SCP Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Devin Berg 18,671 at T-Mobile Arena

• C Logan Couture SJ, C William Karlsson VEG, D Brent Burns SJ game’s three stars

• In the third period of Game One, F Evander Kane SJ received a game misconduct for a cross-check on Pierre-Edouard Bellemare VEG. Kane subsequently received a one-game suspension from the NHL, which he served in this Game Two.

• During the second intermisson of this game, via their lottery, the NHL revealed the teams who will receive the top three picks in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. The top three will be 1 Buffalo Sabres, 2 Carolina Hurricanes and 3 Montréal Canadiens. At this point in time, the consensus first overall pick is Sweden’s D Rasmus Dahlin.

• At 16:58 of first overtime period, it appeared Golden Knights’ forward Jonathan Marchessault had scored the game winner…but it was nullified after review for goaltender interference. After the goal, and all during the review, G Martin Jones SJ simply stayed in his net — appearing to know the goal would be overturned. "He clipped me on my blocker side and kind of spun me around," said Jones.

• "My confidence isn't going to get shaken from one bad game; it's not the first time I have a bad game. You put that behind you. That is why you have a routine," said Sharks’ goalie Martin Jones, referencing his performance in Game One of this series.

• "It (stinks); (stinks) for right now. First overtime, we were celebrating, and now we are not. It's disappointing; close game and we were right there," said Golden Knights’ goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, speaking about Jonathan Marchessault's overturned goal in overtime.

• Golden Knights are the fourth team in Stanley Cup Playoff history to play multiple overtimes in each of their first two OT games in the postseason, joining the Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues and New York Americans.

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG allowed three goals in 356:52 to begin the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs before Brent Burns' first of the night.

Monday, April 30 1900 h pt on HNIC

VEGAS 4 @ SAN JOSE 3 OVERTIME


Penalties ― Boedker S 14:45

SECOND PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Timo Meier (Chris Tierney, Mikkel Boedker) 6:59 PPG 2. VEGAS, Colin Miller 2 (James Neal, David Perron) 9:40 PPG 3. VEGAS, Jonathan Marchessault 2 (Alex Tuch, Reilly Smith) 13:09 PPG 4. VEGAS, Reilly Smith 1 (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault) 14:26 Penalties ― Smith V 0:39, Fleury V (served by Carrier) 5:28, Dillon S 7:56, Hertl S 12:47, Tuch V 14:46, Boedker S 18:51

THIRD PERIOD 5. SAN JOSE, Evander Kane 4 (Brent Burns, Dylan DeMelo) 7:49 6. SAN JOSE, Tomas Hertl 4 (Justin Braun, Kevin Labanc) 18:03 Penalties ― Merrill V 5:45

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. VEGAS, William Karlsson 4 (James Neal, Jonathan Marchessault) 8:17 GWG Penalties ― Sharks’ bench (served by Labanc) 0:36, Couture S 3:38 Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 10 8 12 3 33 SHARKS 16 16 7 3 42 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; SAN JOSE, Martin Jones Power play: VEG ― 2 for 6 5 for 18 in series 6 for 30 in SCP, SJ ― 1 for 4 3 for 16 in series 9 for 36 in SCP Referees: Wes McCauley, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Devin Berg 17,562 at SAP Arena

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG, C William Karlsson VEG, C Tomas Hertl SJ game’s three stars

• G Marc-Andre Fleury VEG made 39 saves for his 68th career Stanley Cup Playoff victory, tying Andy Moog for 10th place on the Stanley Cup Playoff all-time list.

• "I think we're getting better every game in the series," Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer said. "I think that's a good thing. I think every game our game is building. We're getting better. I think we're realizing what we can do that works against them. There's a lot of hockey left to be played."

• "Probably his biggest yet. He's very clutch. He's a guy with a great shot. I see him every day in practice and I know how hard it's coming," said Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury on William Karlsson's goal in overtime.

• "We're down 2-1. It doesn't matter how you got there or what the score was in any of the games, we're down 2-1 and we've got a big game in a few days," said Sharks’ centre Logan Couture.

• Golden Knights’ Reilly Smith and William Karlsson are the second set of teammates in Stanley Cup Playoff history to each have a point streak of five games or longer in their team's first Stanley Cup Playoff appearance. Smith (goal, eight assists) has a six-game streak, and Karlsson (four goals, five assists) has a five-game streak. Dave Lowry (five goals, five assists in seven games) and Jason Woolley (two goals, five assists in five games) did it in 1996 with the Florida Panthers.

• Earlier today, Toronto Maple Leafs announced that Lou Lamoriello would not return as GM in 2018-19. He will become a senior advisor with Toronto.

Wednesday, May 2 1900 h pt on HNIC

VEGAS 0 @ SAN JOSE 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. SAN JOSE, Marcus Sorensen 4 (Eric Fehr, Brenden Dillon) 15:37 GWG 2. SAN JOSE, Joonas Donskoi 2 (Brenden Dillon) 19:54 Penalties ― Boedker S 16:43

SECOND PERIOD 3. SAN JOSE, Tomas Hertl 5 (Mikkel Boedker, Logan Couture) 5:35 Penalties ― Merrill V 2:41, Burns S 14:30, Couture S 19:23

THIRD PERIOD 4. SAN JOSE, Joe Pavelski 2 (Logan Couture, Brent Burns) 11:43 PPG Penalties ― Schmidt V 0:59, Burns S 5:51, McNabb V 11:16, Meier S 15:22, Carrier V (double minor) Bellemare V Dillon S (10-minute misconducts) Kane S 18:08, McNabb V 19:03 Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 9 14 11 34 SHARKS 11 13 10 34 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; SAN JOSE, Martin Jones Power play: VEG ― 0 for 5 5 for 23 in series 6 for 35 in SCP, SJ ― 1 for 5 4 for 21 in series 10 for 41 in SCP Referees: Dan O’Halloran, Brad Meier Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Matt MacPherson 17,562 at SAP Arena

• G Martin Jones SJ, C Tomas Hertl SJ, LW Marcus Sorensen SJ game’s three stars

• "I know we're getting better every game," Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer said. "So I know we're going to get off the plane in Vegas and we're going to play a good game, and it's going to take a real good game to win in there. We're going to have to win a game in there in order to win the series."

• "We didn't get enough forecheck, we didn't get enough forecheck pressure on their (defencemen). They moved the puck real well and they skated real well. For me, the bottom line was they were a little more competitive than we were tonight. We didn't play a bad game, but we didn't play well enough to win, and they did," said Golden Knights’ head coach Gerard Gallant.

• "I thought we played really well. When we make them come through us, 200 feet through all five guys, we're a lot tougher team to play against," said Sharks’ goaltender Martin Jones.

• Sharks’ centre Joe Thornton was a game-time decision — but was not in the San Jose line-up. He has not played since injuring his knee on 23 January 2018.

• Sharks’ rookie defenceman Joakim Ryan made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut in his first game since March 16, replacing Paul Martin in the lineup and skating with Brent Burns. Ryan played 11:55 and had one blocked shot.

Friday, May 4 1900 h pt on HNIC

SAN JOSE 3 @ VEGAS 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, James Neal 3 (Shea Theodore, David Perron) 19:57 Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD 2. VEGAS, Alex Tuch 3 (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault) 4:52 PPG 3. VEGAS, Erik Haula 3 (David Perron, Ryan Carpenter) 8:59 Penalties ― Miller V 2:07, Hertl S 4:19, Braun S 11:02, Pavelski S 16:40

THIRD PERIOD 4. VEGAS, Alex Tuch 4 (Cody Eakin, Oscar Lindberg) 8:36 GWG

Aaron Dell replaced Martin Jones in Sharks’ net at 8:36 of third period

5. SAN JOSE, Kevin Labanc 1 (Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl) 9:35 PPG 6. SAN JOSE, Tomas Hertl 6 (Mikkel Boedker, Logan Couture) 11:44 7. SAN JOSE, Mikkel Boedker 1 (Logan Couture) 15:44 8. VEGAS, Jonathan Marchessault 3 (unassisted) 18:39 ENG Penalties ― Theodore V 1:24, Theodore V 4:11, Neal V 9:06, Vlasic S (double minor) 19:27, Dillon S Engelland V (10-minute misconducts) 19:48 Shots on goal by SHARKS 7 10 13 30 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 15 13 11 39 SAN JOSE, Martin Jones; VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury Power play: SJ ― 1 for 4 5 for 25 in series 11 for 45 in SCP, VEG ― 1 for 4 6 for 27 in series 7 for 39 in SCP Referees: Chris Rooney, Gord Dwyer Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Scott Cherrey 18,693 at T-Mobile Arena

• RW Alex Tuch VEG, LW David Perron VEG, LW Erik Haula VEG game’s three stars

• "You guys see these guys' (Golden Knights) regular-season record. That's not an accident. They're very good at home. Thirty teams tried to figure that out this year, and no one had success. We have to go back (home), win a game, and then find a way in Game 7," said Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer.

• "I thought we did a great job for two periods. Last period, we were in the penalty box a bit too much and pucks ended up in our own net. Not to say we hit the panic button, but we've got to learn from it," said Golden Knights’ defenceman Luca Sbisa.

• F Logan Couture SJ has 2g, 5a, 7 pts in this series. He blocked a shot late in the third period and left the bench after Vegas scored its empty-net goal.

• G Marc-Andre Fleury VEG made 27 saves for his 69th career Stanley Cup Playoff victory, passing Andy Moog for 10th place on the Stanley Cup Playoff all-time list.

• Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer removed G Aaron Dell SJ for the extra attacker with 2:21 remaining and the face-off to the left of G Marc-André Fleury VEG.

Sunday, May 6 1630 h pt on HNIC

VEGAS 3 @ SAN JOSE 0


Penalties ― Haula V 1:01, McNabb V 9:23, Kane S 11:35

SECOND PERIOD 1. VEGAS, Jonathan Marchessault 4 (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson) 6:33 GWG 2. VEGAS, Nate Schmidt 3 (Erik Haula, David Perron) 15:38 Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD 3. VEGAS, Cody Eakin 3 (Ryan Carpenter, Nate Schmidt) 18:09 ENG Penalties ― None Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 12 5 16 33 SHARKS 11 7 10 28 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; SAN JOSE, Martin Jones Power play: VEG ― 0 for 1 6 for 28 in series 7 for 40 in SCP, SJ ― 0 for 2 5 for 27 in series 11 for 47 in SCP Referees: Kevin Pollock, Brad Watson Linesmen: David Brisebois, Kiel Murchison 17,562 at SAP Arena

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG, C Jonathan Marchessault VEG, D Nate Schmidt VEG three stars

• "It's a bit crazy thinking about it, for sure," Golden Knights defenceman Brayden McNabb said. "But we're here to win. We're not going to get caught up in 'You shouldn't be here' or blah, blah, blah, whatever. We're here to win."

• "I think it's a great accomplishment," G Marc-André Fleury VEG said. "But we're still only halfway, you know?"

• "We just weren't good enough," Sharks centre Logan Couture said. "Throughout the series, we didn't get enough from all 20 who dressed, and that was the issue. To go far in the playoffs, you need everyone, every night, and I don't think we had it in this series. It's very disappointing. It's extra disappointing when you don't play the way you're capable of. So as a team, individually, that's something that's very difficult to take."

• Vegas is 8-2 in these Stanley Cup Playoffs, which is the best record through a franchise's first 10 postseason games in SCP history.

• "We're having a lot of fun in this room. The guys have just been having a blast all year with each other. I think that we've done a lot more than we thought we were capable of, but we continue to set the bar to new heights with our group," said Golden Knights’ defenceman Nate Schmidt.


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2018 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 1 ATL TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 113 v. 1 MET WASHINGTON CAPITALS 105

GM STEVE YZERMAN, HC JON COOPER v. GM BRIAN MacLELLAN, HC BARRY TROTZ


Friday, May 11 2000 h et on HNIC Romanuk, Galley, Bukauskas

WASHINGTON 4 @ TAMPA BAY 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Michal Kempny 1 (Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson) 7:28

Long wrist shot from the point has eyes and beats Vasilevskiy to glove side 2. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 9 (Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie) 19:54 PPG

With 2.9 secs remaining, right off a face off, absolutely blasts a one-timer glove side past Vasilevskiy Penalties ― Niskanen W 17:34, Lightning bench (served by Kunitz) 19:52

SECOND PERIOD 3. WASHINGTON, Jay Beagle 2 (Brett Connolly, Dmitry Orlov) 2:40 GWG

Standing in front, shoves loose puck in front through five-hole on prone Vasilevskiy 4. WASHINGTON, Lars Eller 4 (T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin) 6:42 PPG

On PP, Vasilevskiy makes kick save, but kicks it right onto x stick in front and he buries it Penalties ― Kucherov T 6:01, Kunitz T 14:16

Louis Domingue replaced Andrei Vasilevskiy in Lightning net at start of third period

THIRD PERIOD 5. TAMPA BAY, Steven Stamkos 4 (Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman) 3:45 PPG

On PP, takes pass in circle and one-times it past Holtby’s stick side 6. TAMPA BAY, Onrej Palat 5 (Tyler Johnson, Anton Stralman) 13:03

Palat and Stralman come in two-on-one…Palat looks, keeps and fires one short, stick side past Holtby Penalties ― Chiasson W 3:23, Kunitz T 4:09, Chiasson W 8:59 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 9 16 7 32 LIGHTNING 2 8 10 20 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby (2.04 GAA, .926 sv pct in 2018 SCP); TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy (2.20, .927), Louis Domingue (start of third period) Power play: WSH ― 2 for 4 15 for 46 in SCP, TB ― 1 for 3 11 for 41 in SCP Referees: Marc Joannette, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray 19,092 at Amalie Arena WSH dressed — 2 D Niskanen, 6 D Kempny, 8 LW Ovechkin C, 9 D Orlov, 10 RW Connolly, 13 LW Vrana, 18 C Stephenson, 20 C Eller, 25 RW Smith-Pelly, 29 D Djoos, 39 RW Chiasson, 43 RW Wilson, 44 D Orpik A, 65 LW Burakovsky, 74 D Carlson, 77 RW Oshie A, 83 C Beagle, 92 C Kuznetsov, 31 G Grubauer, 70 G Holtby

TB dressed — 5 D Girardi, 6 D Stralman, 9 F Johnson, 10 F Miller, 13 F Paquette, 14 F Kunitz, 17 F Killorn, 18 F Palat A, 21 F Point, 24 F Callahan A, 27 D McDonagh, 37 F Gourde, 55 D Coburn, 71 F Cirelli, 77 D Hedman, 86 F Kucherov, 91 F Stamkos C, 98 D Sergachev, 70 G Domingue, 88 G Vasilevskiy

• LW Alex Ovechkin WSH, C Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH, C Jay Beagle WSH game’s three stars

• During this regular season, the Lightning and Capitals played three times. On 9 October 2017, Tampa Bay won 4-3, in overtime, at home. On 24 November, in Washington, the Caps won, 3-1. And, on 20 February, also in Washington, the Lightning won on the road, 4-2.

• Entering this series, RW Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning in scoring with 6g, 6a, 12 pts in ten games. C Brayden Point and C Steven Stamkos each have ten points in these Stanley Cup Playoffs.

• Also entering this series, with 8g, 7a, 15 pts, LW Alex Ovechkin is the Capitals’ leading scorer over twelve games in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. C Evgeny Kuznetsov ranks second on the Caps with 7g, 7a, 14 pts in 12 games. With 3g, 10a, 13 pts, C Nicklas Backstrom (who missed the final game of series v. Penguins) is third on the club.

• With 7.1 seconds remaining in the first period, Lightning F Nikita Kucherov scored a highlight-reel goal…only to have it waved off because Tampa Bay had six skaters on the ice. Then, five seconds later, Capitals scored to take a 2-0 lead into the intermission.

• "We just realized we just have to play our way," Capitals’ F Alex Ovechkin said. "It doesn't matter which position we are, which round it is, and you can see the effort in the guys, starting from (Capitlas’ netminder Braden Holtby) and everyone, I think. Everybody was all in and everybody was paying the price."

• “We're in the conference final and we just didn't treat it that way," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. "I'm not taking anything away from Washington. They came out and executed their game plan. They played simple, turned their breaks into power plays and capitalized on them. We didn't. We didn't earn our breaks." Cooper added, "They were playing an Eastern Conference Final, and we were playing Game 38. That's basically what it was."

• Capitals’ forward Andre Burakovsky played for the first time since April 15, after missing 10 games with an upper-body injury.

• On the day of this game, Toronto Maple Leafs named 31-year old Kyle Dubas as their general manager — the 17th in club history.

Sunday, May 13 2000 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Tom Wilson 3 (Matt Niskanen, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 0:28

Lazy, low snapshot from point tipped by Wilson high past Vasilevskiy glove side 2. TAMPA BAY, Brayden Point 5 (Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman) 7:08 PPG

On PP, rebound pinballs to Point in slot and he quickly fires it into open glove side past Holtby 3. TAMPA BAY, Steven Stamkos 5 (Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point) 10:22 PPG

On PP, Stamkos blasts one-timer from circle to right of Holtby Penalties ― Wilson W 6:48, Oshie W 8:26, Orpik W Kunitz T 12:06

SECOND PERIOD 4. WASHINGTON, Devante Smith-Pelly 3 (Alex Chiasson, John Carlson) 2:50

On a quick transition, takes lovely saucer pass from Chiasson and one-times it, from close in, past Vasilevskiy 5. WASHINGTON, Lars Eller 5 (Jakub Vrana) 18:58 GWG

Cutting into slot, takes beautiful pass right on his tape and re-directs it past Vasilevskiy’s stick side 6. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 8 (Alex Ovechkin, Lars Eller) 19:57 PPG

On PP, w/ 2.8 secs remaining, Kuznetsov fires puck into crease and it goes off Vasilevskiy’s right pad and in Penalties ― Beagle W Paquette T 6:33, Gourde T 11:47, Kempny W 15:48, Vasilevskiy T (served by Palat) 19:50

THIRD PERIOD 7. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 10 (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson) 3:34

On a 2-on-1, w/ Girardi back, takes nice pass from Kuznetsov and tucks it smoothly stick side past Vasilevskiy 8. WASHINGTON, Brett Connolly 3 (Lars Eller, John Carlson) 12:57

Takes pass that’s bouncing, near circle, and just smoothly sweeps it almost into net on stick side Penalties ― Kempny W 6:55, Connolly W Killorn T 13:09, Kucherov T 19:03 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 10 13 14 37 LIGHTNING 13 8 14 35 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy Power play: WSH ― 1 for 3 3 for 7 in series, 16 for 49 in SCP, TB ― 2 for 4 3 for 7 in series, 13 for 45 in SCP Referees: Brad Meier, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Ryan Gibbons 19,092 at Amalie Arena WSH changes — None

TB changes — None

• C Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH, C Lars Eller WSH, LW Alex Ovechkin WSH game’s three stars

• Capitals’ forward Nicklas Backstrom (right-hand injury) missed his third consecutive game

• G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB has allowed ten goals on 62 shots in this series thus far

• Strangely, Capitals are 0-2 in series after winning first two games on the road. They lost to Pittsburgh Penguins (1996) and Lightning (2003) in six games in the Eastern QF.

• Capitals’ defenceman John Carlson had two assists. His 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) are the most by a defenceman in Stanley Cup Playoffs in Capitals’ history. Carlson (2016), Kevin Hatcher (1988), Scott Stevens (1988) each had 12 points.

• Washington also won seven road Stanley Cup Playoff games in 1998, when it went to the Stanley Cup Final.

• "It's huge, but it's not over yet," Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin said. "We're going to come back home and do our thing and take another one. It's going to be hard. They have tremendous players over there and we just have to play the same way and don't give them anything."

• "If there is one thing I can sit here and say about these two games, it's we just played tentative and a little bit slow," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. "We didn't get 113 points by playing that way. We didn't win the first two rounds by playing that way. These first two games, that's the way we've played."

• "I feel like we spend much more time together on the road and it shows up in our game. But overall for us, it doesn't matter where we play, who we play against. It's our game," said Capitals’ forward Evgeny Kuznetsov.

• "Sometimes adversity is gut-check time and let's see who we really are. We haven't had to really deal with that so far in the playoffs, now we are so we'll see what type of team we are," said Lightning captain Steven Stamkos.

• In the conference era (since 1974-75), teams that hold a 2-0 series lead in the Conference Finals/Semifinals own an all-time series record of 39-2.

• On the day of this game, 89-year old Hockey Hall of Fame coach, Clare Drake, passed away

Tuesday, May 15 2000 h et on HNIC

TAMPA BAY 4 @ WASHINGTON 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Steven Stamkos 6 (Victor Hedman, Brayden Point) 13:53 PPG

On PP, absolutely blasts a one-timer, from face-off dot to right of Holtby, high glove side Penalties ― Stralman T 8:58, Holtby W (served by Chiasson) 12:57

SECOND PERIOD 2. TAMPA BAY, Nikita Kucherov 7 (Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos) 1:50 PPG

On PP, almost a mirror image of first goal as Kucherov blasts a one-timer from circle to left of Holtby 3. TAMPA BAY, Victor Hedman 1 (Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat) 3:37 GWG

Takes pass cutting into the high slot and one-times it into wide-open stick side past Holtby 4. WASHINGTON, Brett Connolly 4 (Chandler Stephenson, Matt Niskanen) 10:31

Clearing pass kept in at the line…puck goes to Connolly in circle and he wires one past Vasilevskiy’s stick side 5. TAMPA BAY, Brayden Point 6 (Tyler Johnson, Braydon Coburn) 16:03

Off a scramble in front, wrists a low, partially screened puck past Holtby stick side Penalties ― Eller W 1:34, Eller W 6:44, Callahan T 13:20

THIRD PERIOD 6. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 9 (T.J. Oshie, Lars Eller) 16:58

Takes a pass almost below goalline and snaps one high past flailing Vasilevskiy Penalties ― Killorn T 4:01, Stamkos T Eller W 7:01, Kempny W 7:17, Kuznetsov W 12:03 Shots on goal by LIGHTNING 10 8 5 23 CAPITALS 14 11 13 38 TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby Power play: TB ― 2 for 5 5 for 12 in series, 15 for 50 in SCP, WSH ― 0 for 3 3 for 10 in series, 16 for 52 in SCP Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey 18,506 at Capital One Arena TB changes — None

WSH changes — None

• G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB, D Victor Hedman TB, RW Nikita Kucherov TB game’s three stars

• Barry Trotz head coached his 54th Capitals’ Stanley Cup Playoff game, passing the late Bryan Murray for the most all time behind the Washington bench

• "We believed all along," Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said. "We knew we weren't good enough, and credit to them, they played really good hockey the first two games. We needed to make adjustments. We did that. We worked on it. The players went out there and did what we needed to do."

• D Victor Hedman TB has an eight-game point streak — the longest by a defenceman in the Stanley Cup Playoffs since D Larry Murphy PIT in 1995

• "Nobody said it was going to be easy," said Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin said. "They're not going to give us two wins in a row in our house. We just have to play more desperate and play smarter."

• "We checked. That was it. You've got to check in this league. When you have a really good team like they do across the way, if you're going to give them open ice to make their plays, that team will kill you, and they did it for two games. We had to check tonight, and it helped it go in our favour," said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.

• "You have to have a short memory and get the rest, regroup and have fun, enjoy the game. No one expected 4-0, right? We all know it's going to be a tough series. We just have to relax a little bit and stay positive. It's still fun," said Capitals’ centre Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Thursday, May 17 2000 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Dmitry Orlov 2 (T.J. Oshie, Matt Niskanen) 4:28

Steps in from blueline into circle, takes pass, blasts a one-timer high glove side past Vasilevskiy 2. TAMPA BAY, Brayden Point 7 (Yanni Gourde, Tyler Johnson) 5:38

After takeaway in Caps’ zone, rapid-fire passing leaves Point open at Holty’s stick side for one-timer 3. TAMPA BAY, Steven Stamkos 7 (Brayden Point, J.T. Miller) 8:32 PPG

On PP, with Lightning buzzing around net, Stamkos steps in from circle and fires Point’s pass into stick side Penalties ― Eller W 7:27, Gourde T 11:20, Hedman T 14:31, Kucherov T 17:56

SECOND PERIOD 4. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 10 (Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson) 5:18

Sent in by a beautiful backhanded cross-ice pass from Ovechkin, snaps one five-hole through Vasilevskiy Penalties ― Hedman T 7:08

THIRD PERIOD 5. TAMPA BAY, Alex Killorn 5 (Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachev) 11:57 GWG

Just after PP ended, Killorn takes pass in front and tucks beautiful backhand through Holtby’s legs 6. TAMPA BAY, Anthony Cirelli 2 (unassisted) 19:58 ENG

Grabs loose puck near Caps’ blueline and fires it into empty net Penalties ― Eller W 9:51 Shots on goal by LIGHTNING 7 6 7 20 CAPITALS 15 14 9 38 TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby Power play: TB ― 1 for 2 6 for 14 in series, 16 for 52 in SCP, WSH ― 0 for 4 3 for 14 in series, 16 for 56 in SCP Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Brian Murphy 18,506 at Capital One Arena TB changes — None

WSH changes — 39 RW Chiasson out → 19 C Backstrom in

• G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB, C Brayden Point TB, C Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH game’s three stars

• Capitals’ centre Nicklas Backstrom had four shots on goal, won six of nine face-offs, and was minus-1 in 18:51 in his return to the lineup after missing the past four games with an injury to his right hand

• "Vasy was there to bail us out," Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said. "That's why he's one of, if not the best goalie in the world. He's given us a chance throughout the year when we haven't had our best, and tonight was another example of that."

• "It's a missed opportunity," Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin said. "It is what it is. Nothing we can do. We're not going to look back. We're just going to look forward. This group of guys has been in different situations all year and we fight through it."

• "You love your games when you don't really need your goaltender and your team is playing well in front of you, but when you don't have your 'A' game, you need your goalie to have his 'A' game, and (Andrei Vasilevskiy) sure did," said Lightning coach Jon Cooper.

• "We'll battle through it. This group has been resilient as (heck) all year, and I don't expect anything -- nothing has come easy to this team. Everybody knows that. This team is just used to that, but we're going go to Tampa and I expect us to respond the way we have," said Capitals’ coach Barry Trotz.

• D Victor Hedman TB saw his point-scoring streak ended at eight games


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2018 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 1 ATL TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 113 v. 1 MET WASHINGTON CAPITALS 105

GM STEVE YZERMAN, HC JON COOPER v. GM BRIAN MacLELLAN, HC BARRY TROTZ


Wednesday, May 23 2000 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 12 (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson) 1:02 GWG

Just over the blueline, blasts a one-timer high past Vasilevskiy’s stick side…netminder should have had it Penalties ― Point T 1:59, Wilson W Coburn T 12:59, Wilson W Coburn T (majors) 15:09

SECOND PERIOD 2. WASHINGTON, Andre Burakovsky 1 (unassisted) 8:59

Takes bouncing puck off Girardi inside blueline…moves in alone on Vasilevskiy…snaps one glove side 3. WASHINGTON, Andre Burakovsky 2 (John Carlson) 16:31

Bolts caught on line change…Burakovsky in alone and snaps a beauty five-hole through Vasilevskiy Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD 4. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstrom 4 (unassisted) 16:17 ENG

Beagle fights for it behind net… it squirts in front…Backstrom pokes it into empty net w/ Vasilevskiy on bench Penalties ― Niskanen W 3:23, Kucherov W 19:52 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 9 6 8 23 LIGHTNING 10 12 7 29 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy Power play: WSH ― 0 for 2 4 for 17 in series, 17 for 59 in SCP, TB ― 0 for 1 6 for 18 in series, 16 for 56 in SCP Referees: Wes McCauley, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jonny Murray 19,092 at Amalie Arena WSH changes — None

TB changes — None

• G Braden Holtby WSH, LW Andre Burakovsky WSH, LW Alex Ovechkin WSH three stars

• Washington will make its second appearance in the Stanley Cup Final. They were swept by the Detroit Red Wings in 1998.

• NHL Vice President Bill Daly presented the Prince of Wales Trophy to Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin touched the trophy. And then carried it to his teammates, who posed for a photo with the trophy while it was again sitting on its table on the ice.

• G Braden Holtby WSH ended the game with an active shutout streak of 157:13, not including the 2:14 he missed for an extra skater at the end of Game Five. He has made 60 consecutive saves. "I think our group here really understands what it means to be a team and how to win," Holtby said. "Maybe in the past we've had more skill or were better on paper, but this team, everyone knows their role, everyone pitches in, everyone is comfortable with each other. I haven't been on a team like this where in any situation we're confident in each other, don't get down on each other. It's just a strong group, and that's really hard to come by, something we're going to need to have going forward."

• "What we did to Boston in (the Eastern Conference Second Round) with our 5-on-5 play and not allowing them to create anything, that's what happened to us," said Lightning captain Steven Stamkos, who did not have a point in the final three games of this series. "Washington did that to us."

• "We've been waiting a long time for this," Capitals’ F Nicklas Backstrom said. "So now we're in the Final and we're going to do everything we can do something special here for us, for the team and for the city."

• Capitals are now 5-11 all time in Game Sevens

• F Andre Burakovsky is the second Capitals’ player to score two goals in a Game Seven, joining Dale Hunter, who had two in the 1988 Patrick Division Semifinal against the Philadelphia Flyers

• F Evgeny Kuznetsov extended his point streak to 10 games, a Capitals’ Stanley Cup Playoff record

• Washington is 8-2 on the road in these Stanley Cup Playoffs playoffs and need two wins to tie the record for the most in a single postseason (2012 Los Angeles Kings, 2004 Calgary Flames, 2000 New Jersey Devils, 1995 Devils)

• Capitals’ forward Devante Smith-Pelly didn't play in the third period. He was injured blocking a shot 6:47 into the game but returned late in the first period to play three shifts. He took four shifts in the second.

• Vegas Golden Knights’ general manager George McPhee was Capitals GM from 1997-2014

• "Just know from personal experience, to get this far you need breaks to go your way. I just felt we pressed and pressed and pressed. They got the breaks they needed. We didn't. Over a series, they probably earned those breaks because they've got a (heck) of a team. Obviously, they gave us everything we could handle and more. I congratulate them," said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.

• "I'm emotional right now," Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin said. "We've been waiting for this moment for a long time. First goal was very important, and after that you can see we had all the momentum on our side and (Holtby) was unstoppable today. Our goalie was something special. Everybody was all in, everybody was sacrificing their bodies. That's all it takes."

Saturday, May 19 1925 h et on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. TAMPA BAY, Cedric Paquette 1 (Ryan Callahan) 0:19

Callahan stretches for puck and scoops it to Paquette cutting toward net, and he fires it in 2. TAMPA BAY, Ondrej Palat 6 (Nikita Kucherov) 9:04

Snaps one from high slot, through screen of Niskanen, and beats Holtby stick side Penalties ― Connolly W 11:49

SECOND PERIOD 3. TAMPA BAY, Ryan Callahan 2 (Anton Stralman, Chris Kunitz) 0:33 GWG

Stralman cuts right to net and tries to jam it in…puck goes in the air and bounces in off Callahan’s glove 4. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 11 (Matt Niskanen, T.J. Oshie) 4:21

Niskanen blasts a shot from point and Kuznetsov tips it beautifully past Vasilevskiy’s glove side Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD 5. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 11 (John Carlson, Lars Eller) 18:24 with extra attacker

From top of circle, to the right of Vasilevskiy, just blasts a one-timer over netminder’s right shoulder Penalties ― None Shots on goal by CAPITALS 4 13 13 30 LIGHTNING 13 5 4 22 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy Power play: WSH ― 0 for 0 3 for 14 in series, 16 for 56 in SCP, TB ― 0 for 1 6 for 15 in series, 16 for 53 in SCP Referees: Marc Joannette, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray 19,092 at Amalie Arena WSH changes — 65 LW Burakovsky out → 39 RW Chiasson in

TB changes — None

• RW Ryan Callahan TB, C Cedric Paquette TB, G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB game’s three stars

• The team that wins Game 5 in a best-of-7 NHL series that was tied 2-2 has gone on to win the series 79.6 percent of the time (215-55). However, the Lightning had a 3-2 lead in the conference final against the Pittsburgh Penguins two years ago and lost in seven games.

• "Our whole coaching staff in team meetings, the message was, 'It doesn't really matter how you get there,'" Lightning defenceman Ryan McDonagh said. "That was a good job by us putting behind what wasn't good for us in the first two games and trying to find a recipe for success and trying to go out and execute that plan as close as we could to 60 minutes. We've gotten close to that 60-minute game, and tonight was obviously, I think, the best step in the right direction there, but it's only three-fourths of the way done. Next one is going to be a lot of fun but a huge challenge."

• "A lot of people counted us out when we were down 0-2 (against the Columbus Blue Jackets) in the first round. Things got hard in the last series (against Pittsburgh) and we could have melted, and we just kept playing. So that's what we've got to do again. Bring our best effort for Game 6 at home, win a game, and then we'll go from there. But we're focused on bringing our best game of the season for Game 6, and we'll be ready to go," said Capitals’ defenceman Matt Niskanen.

• The Lightning went to the Stanley Cup Final in 2004 and 2015. They defeated the Calgary Flames in seven games in 2004 after falling behind 3-2 in the series. They lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games in the 2015 Cup Final.

• RW Ryan Callahan TB ended a nine-game point drought dating to Game 5 of the first round against the New Jersey Devils on April 21, when he scored a goal.

• F Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH set Capitals’ record for most points in a single Stanley Cup Playoffs (22; 11 goals, 11 assists). LW Alex Ovechkin WSH had 21 points in 2009.

• On the day of this game, Justify won the Preakness Stakes, and will try and secure the 2018 Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday 9 June

Monday, May 21 VICTORIA DAY 2000 h et on HNIC



Penalties ― Miller T Orpik W (majors) 15:48

SECOND PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, T.J. Oshie 6 (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 15:12 PPG GWG

On PP, from high slot, just blasts a one-timer high glove side past Vasilevskiy Penalties ― Beagle W 0:40, Coburn T 13:49

THIRD PERIOD 2. WASHINGTON, Devante Smith-Pelly 4 (Chandler Stephenson, Jay Beagle) 10:02

Stephenson races after puck to avoid icing…eventually slips puck to Smith-Pelly in front…he scores five-hole 3. WASHINGTON, T.J. Oshie 7 (Nicklas Backstrom) 19:10 ENG

Enters zone with Backstrom in possession of puck…takes pass and fires it into empty net Penalties ― Backstrom W 11:03 Shots on goal by LIGHTNING 6 8 10 24 CAPITALS 8 15 11 34 TAMPA BAY, Andrei Vasilevskiy; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby Power play: TB ― 0 for 2 6 for 17 in series, 16 for 55 in SCP, WSH ― 1 for 1 4 for 15 in series, 17 for 57 in SCP Referees: Brad Meier, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Ryan Gibbons 18,506 at Capital One Arena TB changes — None

WSH changes — 39 RW Chiasson out → 65 LW Burakovsky in

• G Braden Holtby WSH, RW T.J. Oshie WSH, RW Devante Smith-Pelly WSH game’s three stars

• "It's a perfect time," said F Devante Smith-Pelly WSH of G Braden Holtby's first shutout since April 5, 2017. "He's been great all year. Obviously an up-and-down year for him personally, but the way he's bounced back, he's been amazing all throughout the playoffs, and really, really happy for him."

• "We were no good," Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper said. "We didn't play with near the desperation they did. Was it a fairly even game? There's no question. But what were the hits, 39-19? Somebody was engaged and somebody wasn't. That's a choice."

• "They played like it was the last game," Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said. "We played like it might be our last game. The desperation needs to be higher, and I expect it to be."

• "I don't think there's (another) team I've ever had that I'd want to go into a Game 7 with. This team has done a lot of special things this year. It's grown. It continues to do that. What an opportunity going into Tampa. We've won on the road. We've won at home here. We'll see if we can earn the right to keep playing," said Capitals’ head coach Barry Trotz.

• F Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH had an assist on T.J. Oshie's first goal to extend his point streak to nine games (six goals, eight assists), tying F Nicklas Backstrom's Capitals’ Stanley Cup Playoff record (2009).

• "You can sit here and say, 'Look at Tampa, they were down 0-2 and they pushed it to a Game 7.' Or you can say, 'They blew a great opportunity to close this series out.' In the end, there is a Game 7. And it's at home. And if you said to me you only have to go 2-2 at home in this series and you're going to win it, we'll take that. We took two on the road, and now we have to make sure we go home and take care of business. Shame on us if we don't," said Lightning head coach Jon Cooper.




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2018 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

2 CEN WINNIPEG JETS 114 v. 1 PAC VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 109 GM KEVIN CHEVELDAYOFF, HC PAUL MAURICE v. GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC GERARD GALLANT


Monday, May 14 1900 h ct on HNIC

VEGAS 3 @ WINNIPEG 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, Tomas Tatar 1 (Shea Theodore, Ryan Carpenter) 13:23

Tatar hits post with first shot, stays with it, and tucks it past Hellebuyck’s glove side…nice effort 2. VEGAS, Jonathan Marchessault 5 (Reilly Smith) 17:22 GWG

Marchessault breaks in alone after a turnover, and tucks a beautiful backhand through Hellebuyck’s legs Penalties ― Tanev W 1:40, Golden Knights’ bench (served by Marchessault) 2:19, Marchessault V Trouba W 10:49


Penalties ― Wheeler W 0:35, McNabb V 19:58

THIRD PERIOD 3. WINNIPEG, Kyle Connor (Nikolaj Ehlers, Tyler Myers) 7:17 PPG

On PP, from a tight angle to Fleury’s right, snaps one off logo on Fleury’s chest and it trickles into net 4. VEGAS, Jonathan Marchessault 6 (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson) 8:45

Cutting to net, takes a nice pass from Karlsson and quickly dekes backhand to Hellebuyck’s stick side Penalties ― Sbisa V 5:39 Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 13 8 7 28 JETS 11 8 12 31 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck Power play: VEG ― 0 for 2 1 for 4 in series 8 for 44 in SCP, WPG ― 1 for 3 3 for 7 in series 11 for 39 in SCP Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Brian Murphy 15,321 at Bell MTS Centre VEG changes — 24 C Lindberg out → 92 LW Nosek in, 57 LW Perron out → 90 LW Tatar in

WPG changes — None

• C Jonathan Marchessault VEG, G Marc-André Fleury VEG, LW Kyle Connor WPG three stars

• "Definitely satisfied with our effort tonight," Golden Knights’ forward Jonathan Marchessault said. "Every time when you get a big game of our group, we show up, and tonight we definitely showed up. I think we showed the hockey world that we owned the right to be here and we're able to play against a great team."

• "It's a series," Jets’ defenceman Jacob Trouba said. "I don't think anybody is panicking. We've been here before. It's a long series. We're going to go to Vegas. We like our road game. We like where it was in the Nashville series and we're going to try and bring the same effort."

• "There was about 57 minutes of that game that was pretty good for us," Jets’ captain Blake Wheeler said. "Three minutes of it got away from us. They could have scored four goals in three minutes. We just got to stay with it better."

• "I wouldn't say frustrated. It's more that you want to help the team any way you can, and it's just beating you up when you're in the stands and some stuff doesn't go our way. We're here all for one goal. We want to win the Cup and we're all doing everything we can to do it. If that's the choice, you have to respect it and be a good teammate and help motivate the guys as much as you can," said Golden Knights’ forward Tomas Tatar, after being a healthy scratch for three consecutive games.

• "Sometimes it's easier being down a goal because the other team sits back and you get to be more aggressive. Sometimes you're up a goal and it's easier for other guys because they feel like they're playing with house money, different players have less to lose just because you're up a goal. So I just think when good teams have a lead they keep their foot on the gas, they want the next goal. It's the conference final so you're going to have two of the best teams playing each other and both teams are aggressive, both teams don't sit back when they have the lead," said Jets’ forward Paul Stastny.

• Golden Knights are now 3-0 after a loss in these 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Saturday, May 12 1825 h ct on HNIC Hughson, Simpson, Oake


FIRST PERIOD 1. WINNIPEG, Dustin Byfuglien 5 (Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler) 1:05

Wheeler drops it at blueline and Byfuglien just blasts a long one-timer past Fleury’s blocker side 2. WINNIPEG, Patrik Laine 4 (Blake Wheeler, Paul Stastny) 6:49 PPG

On PP, takes cross-slot pass from Wheeler and one-times it high past Fleury’s blocker side 3. WINNIPEG, Joel Armia 2 (Ben Chiarot) 7:35 GWG

Cutting through crease, Armia has puck go in off his right skate…after 6m 50s review, goal is allowed 4. VEGAS, Brayden McNabb 2 (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith) 8:10

Takes puck in circle and fires a quick wrist shot off Hellebuyck’s glove and past the netminder Penalties ― Tuch V 5:44, Haula V 12:24, Trouba W 16:51

SECOND PERIOD 5. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 12 (Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler) 9:54 PPG

On PP, Byfuglien takes waist-high wrister from blueline and Schiefele tips it past Fleury’s glove 6. VEGAS, William Karlsson 5 (Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore) 15:54 PPG

On PP, beautifully tips Marchessault’s low wrist shot from point past Hellebuyck’s stick side Penalties ― Miller V Lindberg V Perreault W Tanev W 5:19, McNabb V 9:11, Chiarot W 15:02


Penalties ― Reaves V 5:09 Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6 7 8 21 JETS 12 10 4 26 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury (1.53 GAA, .951 sv pct in 2018 SCP); WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck (2.24, .927) Power play: VEG ― 1 for 2 8 for 42 in SCP, WPG ― 2 for 4 10 for 36 in SCP Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey 15,321 at Bell MTS Centre VEG dressed — 3 D McNabb, 5 D Engelland A, 6 D Miller, 18 LW Neal A, 19 RW Smith A, 21 C Eakin, 24 C Lindberg, 27 D Theodore, 40 C Carpenter, 41 LW Bellemare, 47 D Sbisa A, 56 LW Haula, 57 LW Perron A, 71 C Karlsson, 75 RW Reaves, 81 C Marchessault, 88 D Schmidt, 89 RW Tuch, 29 G Fleury, 30 G M. Subban

WPG dressed — 7 D Chiarot, 8 D Trouba, 9 C Copp, 13 LW Tanev, 17 LW Lowry, 18 C Little, 25 C Stastny, 26 RW Wheeler C, 27 LW Ehlers, 29 RW Laine, 33 D Byfuglien A, 39 D Enstrom, 40 RW Armia, 44 D Morrissey, 55 C Scheifele A, 57 D Myers, 81 LW Connor, 85 C Perreault, 35 G Mason, 37 G Hellebuyck

• RW Blake Wheeler WPG, D Dustin Byfuglien WPG, C Mark Scheifele WPG game’s three stars

• The last time the two Conference Finalists were there for the first time was in 2003, when the Anaheim Ducks played the Minnesota Wild in the WCF.

• Entering this series, Vegas is 8-2 — the best record through the first 10 postseason games in Stanley Cup Playoff history. Two teams needed fewer than 14 games to win eight playoff games: Florida Panthers won their first two series in 11 games reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 1996, and Buffalo Sabres won eight of their first 13 playoff games from 1973-75.

• During this regular season, the Jets and Golden Knights met three times. On 6 November 2017, on their first-ever trip to Vegas, the Jets lost 5-2. On 1 December, in Winnipeg, the Jets topped the Golden Knights, 7-4. On 1 February, in Winnipeg, the Jets won 3-2 in overtime.

• Entering this series, C Mark Scheifele leads the Jets in scoring with 11g, 5a, 16 pts in twelve games. And Scheifele’s eleven goals lead all playoff scorers. RW Blake Wheeler is one point back of Scheifele, with 3g, 12a, 15 pts in 12.

• Coming into this series, C Jonathan Marchessault (4g) and RW Reilly Smith (1g) lead the Golden Knights with eleven points each in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. C William Karlsson, who has 4g, 6a, 10 pts, ranks third on the club.

• "We didn't have much of a rest, we're still in game mode," Jets’ defenceman Dustin Byfuglien said. "It was just a matter of coming out, playing our game, keeping it simple. We got in moving our feet right away, ice opened up, so we got to move the puck easily, just do simple things."

• "Not the start we wanted, and they just played two days ago, but they were game ready and we weren't," Golden Knights’ forward Jonathan Marchessault said. "We're going to see what kind of team we are. (Game Two) is definitely a must-win game."

• "They don't give up a lot," Golden Knights’ defenceman Deryk Engelland said. "We've got to fight for ice and get more pucks to the net."

• "We were chasing the game all night. They played a real good game. They played a great defensive game. They created offense when they had to and they had a great power play. That was the difference in the hockey game. And they had a great start. We just didn't get enough to the net," said Golden Knights’ head coach Gerard Gallant.

• "We've lost games, and in those losses, we've won the next one. So we were able to maintain the identity. Had we lost here, it would have been an every second game continuation from the last round. What we've done reasonably well is leave the game where it was played, whether it was a win or loss, and moved right on to the next. We've been able to maintain our identity after losses, as well," said Jets’ head coach Paul Maurice.

• Jets’ 25-year old F Mark Scheifele now has 12 goals through 13 games in these 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Stanley Cup record for goals in one postseason is 19 — Reggie Leach PHI in 1976 and Jari Kurri EDM in 1985.

Wednesday, May 16 1800 h pt on HNIC

WINNIPEG 2 @ VEGAS 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, Jonathan Marchessault 7 (Brayden McNabb) 0:35

Marchessault just outskated Trouba to the puck, went in alone and deked Hellebuyck to stick side Penalties ― Haula V 11:10, Morrissey W 14:50, Perreault W 19:35

SECOND PERIOD 2. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 13 (Blake Wheeler) 5:28

From below goalline, Wheeler fires the puck toward net and Scheifele tips it beautifully short side past Fleury 3. VEGAS, James Neal 4 (Erik Haula) 5:40

Hellebuyck just hands puck to Haula behind net and he quickly passes to Neal in front…and he has open het 4. VEGAS, Alex Tuch 5 (James Neal, Nate Schmidt) 8:13

Hellebuyck stops Neal’s initial shot…he grabs his own rebound and slips it to open Tuch in front Penalties ― Scheifele W 9:50, Sbisa V 14:39, Wheeler W Scheifele W Carpenter V Eakin V 17:26

THIRD PERIOD 5. WINNIPEG, Mark Scheifele 14 (Kyle Connor, Blake Wheeler) 0:18

Connor picks up puck and swoops quickly behind net…then fires a great pass right in front to Scheifele 6. VEGAS, Jonathan Marchessault 8 (Brayden McNabb, Marc-André Fleury) 19:57 ENG

With 2.7 seconds remaining, chases the puck down the ice and wraps it around into empty net Penalties ― Lowry W (double minor) Chiarot W Myers W Armia W Copp W Engelland V Sbisa V Carpenter V Reaves V Nosek V 20:00 Shots on goal by JETS 3 16 16 35 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 10 12 8 30 WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck; VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury Power play: WPG ― 0 for 2 3 for 9 in series 11 for 41 in SCP, VEG ― 0 for 3 1 for 7 in series 8 for 47 in SCP Referees: Marc Joannette, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray 18,477 at T-Mobile Arena WPG changes — 27 LW Ehlers out → 52 C Roslovic in

VEG changes — 30 G M. Subban out → 33 G Lagace in

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG, C Jonathan Marchessault VEG, LW James Neal VEG three stars

• Jets lose their second consecutive game for the first time in these 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs

• This game was the eighth time in 13 games these Stanley Cup Playoffs that G Marc-André Fleury VEG has allowed two or fewer goals. "I don't think anybody saw us here," Fleury said. "It's been a long season. It's been a lot of fun to be part of it. Really proud to be part of this team and the way these guys have been working. We deserve to be here."

• "You get Flower as your goaltender, you're going to have chances to win games," Golden Knights’ F James Neal said.

• "It's crazy. I just saw it on the replay. Sometimes you just have to shake your head. You don't really know how he makes those saves. Glad he's on our team. He's been doing it all year," said Golden Knights defenceman Luca Sbisa on Marc-Andre Fleury's saves against Jets’ forward Mark Scheifele in the third period.

• Jets’ F Mark Schiefele leads the NHL with 14 goals this postseason, matching Joe Pavelski of the San Jose Sharks in 2016. The record is 19, held by Reggie Leach of the Philadelphia Flyers (1976) and Jari Kurri of the Edmonton Oilers (1985).

• And Schiefele set a Stanley Cup Playoff record with his 11th goal on the road. Joe Mullen of the Calgary Flames (1989) and Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins (2009) each scored ten.

• "Hockey's one of the most imperfect games there is because you've got a puck bouncing all over the place. They're not playing perfect hockey. They're playing really well because they're a very good team. You put yourself in a tough position when you're down by a couple goals on the road, tough environment against a good team. So the onus is on us to get off to a better start," Jets’ captain Blake Wheeler.

• Earlier on this day, Kevin Cheveldayoff WPG, George McPhee VEG and Steve Yzerman TB were announced as finalists for the NHL’s GM of the Year Award

Friday, May 18 1715 h pt on HNIC

WINNIPEG 2 @ VEGAS 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, William Karlsson 6 (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith) 2:25 PPG

On PP, Marchessault passes across the slot to Karlsson, who half-fans on a one-timer, but it still goes in Penalties ― Myers W 1:55, Scheifele W 13:33

SECOND PERIOD 2. WINNIPEG, Patrik Laine 5 (Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler) 9:29 PPG

On PP, absolutely blasts a one-timer from circle to Fleury’s right past netminder’s stick side 3. VEGAS, Tomas Nosek 1 (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Luca Sbisa) 10:12

Hellebuyck can’t corral puck…Bellemare wraps it around and Nosek stuffs it in from in front Penalties ― Karlsson V 2:51, Nosek V 8:28, Sbisa V 13:17

THIRD PERIOD 4. WINNIPEG, Tyler Myers 4 (Jack Roslovic) 5:34

Roslovic slips puck to Myers, who fires low one from circle…goes thru Fleury’s legs…and few know it’s in 5. VEGAS, Reilly Smith 2 (unassisted) 13:02 GWG

Byfuglien fans on a point shot, giving Smith a partial breakaway…snaps a beautiful shot just under crossbar Penalties ― McNabb V 0:28 Shots on goal by JETS 10 15 13 38 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 9 13 7 29 WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck; VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury Power play: WPG ― 1 for 4 4 for 13 in series 12 for 45 in SCP, VEG ― 1 for 2 2 for 9 in series 9 for 49 in SCP Referees: Brad Meier, Dan O’Halloran Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Ryan Gibbons 18,697 at T-Mobile Arena WPG changes — 40 RW Armia out → 27 LW Ehlers in, 35 G Steve Mason out → 34 Michael Hutchinson in

VEG changes — 90 LW Tatar out → 57 LW Perron in

• RW Reilly Smith VEG, G Marc-André Fleury VEG, C William Karlsson VEG game’s three stars

• "This is a heartbreaker for us, but we have to move on," said Jets’ netminder Connor Hellebuyck, who made 26 saves. "We now have everything on the line. ..."The stars are aligning for them," he added, "but it's not going to stay that way."

• "I liked a lot of that game," Winnipeg captain Blake Wheeler said. "We win that game nine times out of 10. Tonight was the one. Had some looks where their goalie made some extraordinary saves. You've got to sometimes take your hat off to a good player stealing a game."

• "The last (win) is always the toughest to get," Golden Knights’ netminder Marc-André Fleury said. "I think we've got to keep the same mindset taking it one game at a time and be ready to play that next game because they're going to be coming hard."

• C Jonathan Marchessault VEG has 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists), tying the record for most points by a player in his team's first Stanley Cup Playoffs (Jude Drouin, 1975, New York Islanders; Igor Larionov, 1994, San Jose Sharks).

• "Nothing is stolen until it's over. In our minds, this series is far from over. We're going back home for the next one and we'll focus on that," Jets’ defenceman Tyler Myers when asked if Golden Knights’ goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is stealing the series.

• "Honestly? I honestly was like, 'Come on, please, this would be great.' I think I was almost telling him, 'I would really appreciate this!' I think I was in his head there. What an unbelievable shot, though,” said Golden Knights’ defenceman Nate Schmidt on the winning goal by Reilly Smith.


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2018 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL

2 CEN WINNIPEG JETS 114 v. 1 PAC VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 109 GM KEVIN CHEVELDAYOFF, HC PAUL MAURICE v. GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC GERARD GALLANT


Sunday, May 20 1420 h ct on HNIC


FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, Alex Tuch 6 (Ryan Carpenter) 5:11

Morrissey can’t clear puck and Tuch quickly grabs it and fires it high stick side past a surprised Hellebuyck 2. WINNIPEG, Josh Morrissey 1 (Bryan Little) 17:14

Right off draw, just blasts a rolling puck right over Fleury’s glove-side shoulder Penalties ― Byfuglien W 2:43, Miller V 12:47

SECOND PERIOD 3. VEGAS, Ryan Reaves 1 (Luca Sbisa, Tomas Nosek) 13:21 GWG

On the first shot after Hellebuyck changed his mask, point shot is double deflected and goes in stick side Penalties ― Kulikov W 3:51, Tuch V 9:01, Nosek V 16:01


Penalties ― Marchessault V 0:45 Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 8 15 9 32 JETS 13 11 8 32 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; WINNIPEG, Connor Hellebuyck Power play: VEG ― 0 for 2 2 for 11 in series 9 for 51 in SCP, WPG ― 0 for 4 4 for 17 in series 12 for 49 in SCP Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey 15,321 at Bell MTS Centre VEG changes — None

WPG changes — 39 D Enstrom out → 70 D Morrow in, 7 D Chiarot out → 5 D Kulikov in, 9 C Copp out → 40 RW Armia in, 34 Michael Hutchinson out → 35 G Steve Mason in

• RW Alex Tuch VEG, RW Ryan Reaves VEG, D Josh Morrissey WPG game’s three stars

• At 13:06 of the second period, G Connor Hellebuyck took a shot in the mask. During the stoppage, the officials insisted on not delaying the game while Hellebuyck’s mask was repaired. His back-up mask was unboxed and he put it on. Just 15 seconds later, on the very first shot he saw wearing the back-up mask, Vegas’ Ryan Reaves scored. Hellebuyck immediately asked for his original mask and put it back on before the play started after the goal.

• Without a team captain, D Deryk Engelland accepted the Clarence Campbell Bowl on behalf of the Knights, from NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly. And, Engelland was happy to carry it over to his teammates — much to the concern of superstitious onlookers. However, Golden Knights did not pose for a photo with the trophy, but just immediately skated it into the dressing room.

• "It means a lot to us," Golden Knight defenceman Deryk Engelland said. "This is what you play for all season. After (the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 and injured hundreds more) those first games ... you want to play for the city, the people that were affected by it. To make this run, win this series, it's awesome for us, but it all comes back to the city and the people affected by that."

• Golden Knights become the third team to advance to the Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season, joining the Toronto Hockey Club (1918) and St. Louis Blues (1968). Vegas also became the sixth team to reach the Stanley Cup Final in its first postseason appearance, joining the Montreal Maroons (1926), Boston Bruins (1927) and Florida Panthers (1996).

• "The whole mentality of this team is next man up," Golden Knights’ F Ryan Reaves said. "We've got a deep team, we've got a lot of good players. You look at the season this team had even before I got here, everybody's stepping up. The guys that weren't playing, myself included, we stayed ready. We had fun while we were doing it, but we worked hard so when we were called upon we were ready to go."

• "I still think we did things right, got our chances," Jets’ netminder Connor Hellebuyck said. "Luck was on their side, definitely. I've never seen anything like it. Even their goals tonight were two tips. I don't know. It's tough to swallow."

• "Throughout this whole thing until that buzzer blew tonight, I never thought we were out of it, never thought we wouldn't find a way back into it," Jets’ forward Blake Wheeler said. "It just seemed like every time we grabbed some momentum, they took it. So we can use whatever we want to do, but you have to give them a ton of credit for doing that. It's the sign of a good team."

• Jets’ defenceman Dmitry Kulikov returned to the lineup for the first time since Mar. 8 (31 games) because of a back injury and had one shot in 9:28.

• On the day of this game, Sweden defeated Cinderella Switzerland in a penalty-shot shootout to win the IIHF World Championship in Denmark.


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2018 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

1 PAC VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 109 v. 1 CEN WASHINGTON CAPITALS 105 GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC GERARD GALLANT v. GM BRIAN MacLELLAN, HC BARRY TROTZ


Monday, May 28 MEMORIAL DAY 1728 h pt on HNIC Hughson, Simpson, Oake NBC

WASHINGTON 4 @ VEGAS 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, Colin Miller 3 (Erik Haula) 7:15 PPG

On PP, Miller takes puck at boards, drifts to middle of ice, then blasts a screened shot glove side past Holtby 2. WASHINGTON, Brett Connolly 5 (Michal Kempny, Andre Burakovsky) 14:41

Kempny’s low point shot is tipped beautifully, through his own legs, by Connolly 3. WASHINGTON, Nicklas Backstom 5 (T.J. Oshie, Jakob Vrana) 15:23

Oshie tries to wrap it around from Fleury’s right…loses control, but puck goes right to Backstrom in front 4. VEGAS, William Karlsson 7 (Reilly Smith, Deryk Engelland) 18:19

After missing with two shots, Karlsson picks up off end boards and quickly tucks it glove side on Holtby Penalties ― Burakovsky W 5:53

SECOND PERIOD 5. VEGAS, Reilly Smith 3 (Deryk Engelland, Jonathan Marchessault) 3:21

Marchessault shoots over net…Knights buzzing…Smith takes bouncing puck in front and fires it high glove 6. WASHINGTON, John Carlson 4 (T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom) 8:29

Oshie makes great no-look pass to Carlson in slot, and he has wide open stick side Penalties ― Golden Knights’ bench (served by Perron) 13:55

THIRD PERIOD 7. WASHINGTON, Tom Wilson 4 (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 1:10

Shot goes into Fleury’s feet and, without knowing it, kicks it backwards into his own net 8. VEGAS, Ryan Reaves 2 (unassisted) 2:41

Puck bouncing to Holtby’s left and it comes right to Reaves, who swats it past blocker side 9. VEGAS, Tomas Nosek 2 (Shea Theodore, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare) 9:44 GWG

Nosek is standing all alone to Holtby’s glove side and one-times a beautiful pass 10. VEGAS, Tomas Nosek 3 (David Perron) 19:57 ENG

Ovechkin can’t keep the puck in the zone…Nosek chases puck down and slips it into empty net Penalties ― Wilson W Perron V 5:53 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 10 8 10 28 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 11 14 9 34 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby (2.04 GAA, .924 sv pct in 2018 SCP); VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury (1.68, .947) Power play: WSH ― 0 for 1 17 for 60 in SCP, VEG ― 1 for 1 10 for 52 in SCP Referees: Marc Joannette, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray 18,575 at T-Mobile Arena

WSH dressed — 2 D Niskanen, 6 D Kempny, 8 LW Ovechkin C, 9 D Orlov, 10 RW Connolly, 13 LW Vrana, 18 C Stephenson, 19 C Backstrom A, 20 C Eller, 25 RW Smith-Pelly, 29 D Djoos, 43 RW Wilson, 44 D Orpik A, 65 LW Burakovsky, 74 D Carlson, 77 RW Oshie, 83 C Beagle, 92 C Kuznetsov, 31 G Grubauer, 70 G Holtby

VEG dressed — 3 D McNabb, 5 D Engelland A, 6 D Miller, 18 LW Neal A, 19 RW Smith A, 21 C Eakin, 27 D Theodore, 40 C Carpenter, 41 LW Bellemare, 47 D Sbisa A, 56 LW Haula, 57 LW Perron A, 71 C Karlsson, 75 RW Reaves, 81 C Marchessault, 88 D Schmidt, 89 RW Tuch, 92 LW Nosek, 29 G Fleury, 33 G Lagace

• During this regular season, the Golden Knights and Capitals met twice — with Vegas winning both games. G Marc-André Fleury VEG made 26 saves in his first-ever shutout with Golden Knights. F Alex Tuch, F Oscar Lindberg, F William Karlsson all scored in the first period for Vegas. On 23 December, in Nevada, Vegas shut out the Capitals, 3-0. On 4 February, in Washington, Vegas won 4-3. F Ryan Carpenter and F Alex Tuch each had 1g, 1a.

• Golden Knights are trying to become the first team, since the 1972 Boston Bruins, to win the Stanley Cup withouth a team captain. The Knights are looking to become the first NHL, MLB, NBA or NFL team to win a championship in its inaugural season — excluding the first year of a league’s existence — since the 1950 Cleveland Browns captured the NFL Championship. The NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers (1948-49) and Baltimore Bullets (1947-48) also won the title in their respective first seasons.

• Golden Knights are 7-1 in these 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs when leading after the first period. Knights have been outshot 505-473 over 15 Stanley Cup Playoff games, but have outscored opponents, 43-27.

• G Marc-André Fleury VEG is playing in the Stanley Cup Final for the third consecutive season. And he is trying to become the first netminder in NHL history to win back-to-back Stanley Cups with different teams.

• George McPhee is the first GM in the NHL’s expansion era (since 1967-68), and just the second in League history, to face a former team of which he was GM in the Stanley Cup Final. Tom Gorman turned the trick with the Montreal Maroons and Chicago Black Hawks.

• Last time the Washington Capitals reached the Stanley Cup Final was in 1998 v. Red Wings.

• Only two players from either the Golden Knights or Capitals have won the Stanley Cup. G Marc-André Fleury won three times with Pittsburgh (2009, 2016, 2017), including once while playing with Washington's D Brooks Orpik (2009).

• Entering this series, G Braden Holtby WSH has a shutout streak of 159:27.

• At the end of the first period, Gladys Knight sang a rendition of “God Bless America”.

• LW Tomas Nosek VEG, D Shea Theodore VEG, D Deryk Engelland VEG game’s three stars

• This was the first game in Stanley Cup Final history that featured four lead changes. There had been two in Stanley Cup Playoff history, but none since Game Two of the 1992 Smythe Division Semifinals, an 8-5 win for Los Angeles Kings over Edmonton Oilers.

• "A lot of times you feel like the game is going in one direction, and then they score and we score," Vegas defenceman Nate Schmidt said. "A lot of emotion. You've just got to make sure you keep it in check. It was a pretty emotional game for everybody. The fans got their money's worth tonight."

• "We didn't play our best game. I think we didn't execute the puck in the neutral zone at some points. We're going to watch the video. We're going to watch the highlights and we're going to correct our mistakes. We're going to do better," said Capitals’ captain Alex Ovechkin.

• Golden Knights’ forward Jonathan Marchessault left the game at 5:53 of the third period following a hit from Capitals’ F Tom Wilson that resulted in an interference minor on the Capitals forward. Marchessault, who said he never saw the hit coming and felt it was late, returned with 7:25 remaining in the period.

• Vegas is 7-1 at home in the playoffs and 11-1 when scoring the first goal.

Wednesday, May 30 1722 h pt on HNIC, NBCSN


FIRST PERIOD 1. VEGAS, James Neal 5 (Luca Sbisa, Colin Miller) 7:58

Just a spectacular play by Neal…aside defenceman, takes puck right out of mid-air…snaps a beauty high glove 2. WASHINGTON, Lars Eller 6 (Michal Kempny, Andre Burakovsky) 17:27

Playing four-on-four, Kempny sends perfect pass across slot to Eller, who has wide open glove side on Fleury Penalties ― Oshie W Engelland V 16:43

SECOND PERIOD 3. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 13 (Lars Eller, Nicklas Backstrom) 5:38 PPG

On PP, takes pass right through crease and beats Fleury with a one-timer off blocker and in 4. WASHINGTON, Brooks Orpik 1 (Lars Eller, Andre Burakovsky) 9:41 GWG

Orpik takes shot from circle, and it pinballs off Alex Tuch’s left glove and both posts before going in 5. VEGAS, Shea Theodore 3 (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson) 17:47 PPG

On PP, waist-high wrist shot from point has eyes and beats screened Holtby glove side Penalties ― Orpik W 2:04, Tuch V 5:13, Backstrom W 6:56, Reaves V 10:10, Orlov W 11:42, Oshie W 17:27


Penalties ― Wilson W 3:13, Eller W 4:05 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 11 9 6 26 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 10 14 15 39 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury Power play: WSH ― 1 for 2 1 for 3 in series 18 for 62 in SCP, VEG ― 1 for 5 2 for 6 in series 11 for 57 in SCP Referees: Chris Rooney, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski 18,702 at T-Mobile Arena


VEG changes — None

• G Braden Holtby WSH, C Lars Eller WSH, LW James Neal VEG game’s three stars

• Since the Stanley Cup Final went to the best-of-seven format in 1939, the team that has won Game 1 has gone on to capture the Stanley Cup 78.2% of the time (61 of 78 series) — including each of the past six years. The Bruins were the last team to rally for a series victory after losing Game 1 of the Final, winning in seven games in 2011.

• Including this Game Two, Golden Knights have scored the first goal in all nine home games this postseason, with each coming in the first period (including six within the first 8:00).

• At 14:42 of the first period, D Brayden McNabb VEG checked F Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH hard into the boards by the players’ bench, and Kuznetsov left the ice immediately, cradling his left wrist.

• This game marked the first win for the Capitals in a Stanley Cup Playoffs. In 1998, their only other trip to the championship series, they were swept by Scotty Bowman’s Red Wings.

• Capitals’ D Brooks Orpik’s goal was his first in 220 games, including 39 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, dating to 20 February 2016. It was his first goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 21 April 2014, for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a span of 55 games.

• By contrast, Capitals’ F Alex Ovechkin scored 116 goals, regular season and playoffs included, during Orpik's 220-game goal drought.

• "We feel comfortable at any point in a series. That's one of the beautiful things of our group, but this is a tough place to win in Vegas and it's shown throughout the League. To come away with a split, it's good, but now we move forward. We need to take advantage of our own rink, our own familiarity, and focus on Game 3 because this game is gone now," said Capitals’ netminder Braden Holtby.

• "We didn't play our best game, but I thought we had 39 shots and we still created a lot. It's one of those games where Holtby played real well, he was probably the difference in the hockey game," said Golden Knights’ coach Gerard Gallant.

• After the game, many were talking about the defining moment. Washington goaltender Braden Holtby made a sprawling stick save to his right, denying an open Alex Tuch in the slot with 1:59 remaining in the third period. "There's no way that bounces right to them, across the crease and then comes back, across," said Capitals’ F Jay Beagle, who was on the ice during the play, when the puck caromed off the end boards and through the blue paint to the right face-off circle, where Cody Eakin passed in front to Tuch. "And (Holtby) just makes the save of the year, maybe the save of a lifetime."

• Washington head coach Barry Trotz said, "To me, it was the hockey gods. They evened it up from last game. … We played the right way. The hockey gods always sort of even it out. You know I always talk about that. Great save, obviously with 1:59 left. You could see the emotion on our bench. Once he made that save, I knew we were going to win the game."

• Sitting on the bench, Capitals’ F Alex Ovechkin reacted by covering his face with his gloves in a gesture of disbelief. “Thank God he's our goalie," Ovechkin said. "He's over there when we need him and it was probably the save of the year for sure and after that we can't give up a goal. I don't know how to say it. It's incredible. In that moment he made that save, he didn't stop, he didn't quit (on) the play and it's unbelievable. I don't know what to say."

• "It was a strange play because these boards have been really true," said Holtby, who made 37 saves. "… And when it bounces weird at that time of the game, (Eakin) makes a great play to pass it over and I was just trying to get something there, trying to seal where I thought someone would shoot that and luckily it hit me." When it was pointed out to Holtby that the save had created a huge stir on social media, he was not impressed. He may have been the only one. "I try to disconnect myself from social media," Holtby said. "We're a group trying to win hockey games and whoever has to step up to make plays, we're all there as a team to support each other. It's one of those things. It helped us win a game. Now we move forward to the next game because we have a goal in mind that will be a lot bigger than some save on social media."

Saturday, June 2 2025 h et on HNIC, NBCSN

VEGAS 1 @ WASHINGTON 3


Penalties ― Smith-Pelly W 5:04, Smith V 11:21

SECOND PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 14 (John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 1:10

Capitals buzzing all around the net and, on the third rebound, Ovechkin dives and backhands it stick side 2. WASHINGTON, Evgeny Kuznetsov 12 (Jay Beagle, T.J. Oshie) 12:50 GWG

Coming in three-on-one, Kuznetsov keeps, freezes Fleury and snaps one stick side past blocker Penalties ― Haula V 9:55, Smith-Pelly W 18:34, Fleury V (served by Theodore) 19:38

THIRD PERIOD 3. VEGAS, Tomas Nosek 4 (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare) 3:29

Holtby stops the puck behind the net…chooses to send it up middle, and it deflects right onto Nosek’s stick 4. WASHINGTON, Devante Smith-Pelly 5 (Jay Beagle) 13:53

Beagle takes puck off Theodore in corner and sends it to Smith-Pelly in front…snaps one high past Fleury Penalties ― Engelland V 7:35 Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5 8 9 22 CAPITALS 7 14 5 26 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby Power play: VEG ― 0 for 2 2 for 8 in series 11 for 59 in SCP, WSH ― 0 for 4 1 for 7 in series 18 for 66 in SCP Referees: Marc Joannette, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray 18,506 at Capital One Arena

VEG changes — None


• C Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH, C Jay Beagle WSH, G Braden Holtby WSH game’s three stars

• The game’s starting line-ups were announced, from centre ice, by 71-year old Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak.

• At 5:04 of first period, Capitals had a goal disallowed as F Devante Smith-Pelly essentially gave G Marc-André Fleury a hip-check to the head as the puck was going in.

• This was the Capitals’ first-ever win in a Stanley Cup Final game. They were swept by the Red Wings in 1998.

• "The city is excited, fans are excited, but it's only two (wins)," Capitals’ LW Alex Ovechkin said. "We just have to move forward and don't think about it too much."

• "I thought it was sort of the right thing in a playoff game, our first victory in the Final at home, that Alex would score the first goal," Capitals’ head coaach Barry Trotz said. "I thought that was a little bit of poetic justice, if you will, for all the tough times."

• Golden Knights have now lost back-to-back games for the first time in these 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

• You can live with the losses if you're just not getting the bounces, but the way we played isn't good enough for this time of year," Vegas forward Ryan Reaves said.

• "We need to have some poise with the puck. We've got to make the right plays. We've got to make it easier on each other. Once we made a play, we're rushing the next one. We've got to have some poise and settle down a little bit. We've got to get back to what's made us successful," said Golden Knights’ forward James Neal.

• "It's obviously fun for us to see the city like this and bring that kind of energy and enjoyment. The fans have been phenomenal. But in saying that, our group as professionals, you get more out of making that sacrifice so everyone can enjoy it. So we're just putting our head down, focusing on Game Four to keep working toward that big goal," said Capitals’ goalie Braden Holtby.

• When the Stanley Cup Final has been tied 1-1, the winner of Game Three has won the series 77.8 percent of the time (21 of 27) since 1939, when it went to a best-of-7 format.

• This Game Three was the 100th game in Vegas Golden Knights’ history (64-29-7).

• Capitals’ LW Alex Ovechkin became the 34th player to score 60 career Stanley Cup Playoff goals.

• Washington finished with 26 blocked shots and won 39 of 62 face-offs (62.9 percent).

Monday, June 4 2000 h et on HNIC, NBC

VEGAS 2 @ WASHINGTON 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, T.J. Oshie 8 (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom) 9:54 PPG

On PP, Kuznetsov’s shot hits Fleury high, and rebound lands right on Oshie’s stick…he scores glove side 2. WASHINGTON, Tom Wilson 5 (Evgeny Kuznetsov) 16:26

Kuznetsov sends perfect pass, through legs, to Wilson in front…scores glove side on Fleury 3. WASHINGTON, Devante Smith-Pelly 6 (Matt Niskanen, Alex Ovechkin) 19:39 GWG

With 20.5 secs rem. in period, takes pass on his left skate, deftly kicks it to his stick and scores high…a beauty Penalties ― Carlson W 3:58, Miller V 9:22

SECOND PERIOD 4. WASHINGTON, John Carlson 5 (Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie) 15:23 PPG

On PP, Kuznetsov sends a perfect cross-ice pass to Carlson, who blasts a one-timer from circle to Fleury’s right Penalties ― Carlson W 5:21, Wilson W 9:18, Neal V 14:45

THIRD PERIOD 5. VEGAS, James Neal 6 (Erik Haula, Colin Miller) 5:43

Just as PP ends, Neal takes puck down low, to Holtby’s left and shelfs one high blocker 6. VEGAS, Reilly Smith 4 (Jonathan Marchessault, Luca Sbisa) 12:26

Takes pass to Holtby’s left, dekes to his backhand and slips it past Holtby’s glove side 7. WASHINGTON, Michal Kempny 2 (Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie) 13:39

Playing 4-on-4, Backstrom finds Kempny wide open for one-timer to Fleury’s glove side 8. WASHINGTON, Brett Connolly 6 (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 18:51 PPG

Playing five-on-three, Connolly steps into slot and snaps one high stick side past Fleury Penalties ― Tuch V 1:33, Kuznetsov W 3:42, Reaves V Wilson W 13:03, Schmidt V 16:57, Engelland V Oshie W (ten-minute misconducts) McNabb V 17:44, Reaves V (ten-minute misconduct) 19:17 Shots on goal by GOLDEN KNIGHTS 11 11 8 30 CAPITALS 10 5 8 23 VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury; WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby

Power play: VEG ― 0 for 4 2 for 12 in series 11 for 63 in SCP, WSH ― 3 for 5 4 for 12 in series 21 for 71 in SCP Referees: Chris Rooney, Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Derek Amell, Greg Devorski 18,506 at Capital One Arena VEG changes — 57 LW Perron A out → 90 LW Tatar in


• RW T.J. Oshie WSH, C Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH, G Braden Holtby WSH game’s three stars

• "We haven't been getting too high or too low whether the other team scores, we score, we win or they win. We've been pretty level-headed through this whole thing. Seems like everyone is just really excited to go out for their next shift and get the job done. So we'll take that same approach (in Game 5)," said Capitals’ forward T.J. Oshie.

• "They had six goals, they had three power-play goals and made some real nice plays, but we played a lot of the game the way we wanted to play," Vegas head coach Gerard Gallant said.

• "No feeling sorry for ourselves. We'll figure it out and we'll win a game at home," said Golden Knights’ forward James Neal.

• Capitals’ F Evgeny Kuznetsov is the 12th player in Stanley Cup Playoff history to have at least four assists in a Stanley Cup Final game, and the first since Joe Sakic had four with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 (Game 2).

• Kuznetsov leads the League with 31 points (12 goals, 19 assists) in these Stanley Cup Playoffs.

• Capitals’ defenceman John Carlson's goal gave him 54 career points in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (18 goals, 36 assists), tying him with Calle Johansson for the most in the SCP by a Washington defenceman.

• Over the first four games of this Stanley Cup Final, G Marc-André Fleury VEG as a save percentage of .845 and a goals-against average of 4.08 — fairly big drops from his .947 and 1.68 numbers entering this series.

• On the day of this game, former San Francisco 49ers’ receiver Dwight Clark, most remembered for The Catch in the January 1982 NFC Championship game, passed away at the age of 61. He was stricken with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).




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2018 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

1 PAC VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 109 v. 1 CEN WASHINGTON CAPITALS 105 GM GEORGE McPHEE, HC GERARD GALLANT v. GM BRIAN MacLELLAN, HC BARRY TROTZ


Thursday, June 7 1723 h pt on HNIC, NBCSN



Penalties ― Miller V 11:44

SECOND PERIOD 1. WASHINGTON, Jakub Vrana 3 (Tom Wilson, Evgeny Kuznetsov) 6:24

Sent in alone, snaps a beauty high past Fleury’s glove side 2. VEGAS, Nate Schmidt 3 (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault) 9:40

Schmidt harmless, low point shot goes off Niskanen’s right skate and through Holtby’s legs 3. WASHINGTON, Alex Ovechkin 15 (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson) 10:14 PPG

On PP, takes pass in circle to right of Fleury and one-times it past stick side 4. VEGAS, David Perron 1 (Tomas Tatar, Colin Miller) 12:56

Strange play…Tatar tips shot toward net as Perron is falling into it…puck goes off Perron…review allows goal 5. VEGAS, Reilly Smith 5 (Alex Tuch, Shea Theodore) 19:31 PPG

Tuch makes beautiful, no-look pass to Smith, who’s cutting to net…has wide-open stick side on Holtby Penalties ― Theodore V 0:21, Djoos W 3:19, McNabb V 9:51, Ovechkin W 17:46, Orpik W Beagle W Smith V Tuch V 19:31

THIRD PERIOD 6. WASHINGTON, Devante Smith-Pelly 7 (Brooks Orpik) 9:52

Cutting across slot, stops soft shot with his left skate…kicks it to stick and scores glove side…just beautiful 7. WASHINGTON, Lars Eller 7 (Brett Connolly, Andre Burakovsky) 12:23 GWG

Connelly fires shot from circle…Fleury can’t squeeze it and it trickles between his legs…Eller tucks it in Penalties ― Tatar V 5:37 Shots on goal by CAPITALS 9 11 13 33 GOLDEN KNIGHTS 7 13 11 31 WASHINGTON, Braden Holtby; VEGAS, Marc-André Fleury Power play: WSH ― 1 for 4 5 for 16 in series 22 for 75 in SCP, VEG ― 1 for 2 3 for 14 in series 12 for 65 in SCP Referees: Marc Joannette, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jonny Murray 18,529 at T-Mobile Arena


VEG changes — 75 RW Reaves out → 57 LW Perron A in, 40 C Carpenter out → 28 LW Carrier in

• C Lars Eller WSH, RW Devante Smith-Pelly WSH, LW David Perron VEG game’s three stars

• "It's just like a dream," Capitals’ LW Alex Ovechkin said. "I can't explain what I feel. It's unbelievable."

• "Years of heartbreak, years of breaking things down and trying again, breaking things down and trying again," Capitals’ G Braden Holtby said. "This group never gave up, and we finally did it."

• "We never make it easy, do we?" defenceman Matt Niskanen WSH said. "But, man, what a group of guys and what a performance from a lot of individuals. We played together, showed a lot of character. That's something we got criticized for in the past. Boy, we showed a ton of it this spring."

• "You don't want to finish on a note like that, necessarily. But one thing I know: We'll be back," said Golden Knights’ forward Jonathan Marchessault.

• "I just knew once we got the lead this group was not letting go. This group got angry and mean, and they said, 'It ain't happening'," said Capitals’ head coach Barry Trotz.

• "I think people would have said we would have won 20 games this year, so to find ourselves playing for a Stanley Cup, it's pretty special, but just a little bit short," Vegas forward James Neal said. "But proud of the guys."

• "We worked hard tonight, we competed hard, just couldn't beat that team," Golden Knights’ head coach Gerard Gallant said. "They deserved the Stanley Cup."

• The Capitals became the third team to post all four series-clinching Stanley Cup Final victories on the road, joining the 2008 Red Wings and 2009 Penguins.

• The Capitals’ first Stanley Cup came in the franchise's 43rd season of competition and their 3,701st game (regular-season and playoff) since joining the NHL in 1974-75.

• Alex Ovechkin of the Capitals is the 16th player in NHL history to play at least 1,000 career regular-season games before winning his first Stanley Cup — and second to do so with the team for which he has played at least 1,000 games (Steve Yzerman w/ DET).

• Ovechkin is the third player in NHL history to score 600 career regular-season goals before hoisting his first Stanley Cup. The others are Luc Robitaille in 2002 (w/ DET) and Dave Andreychuk in 2004 (w/ TB).

• Capitals are the second team in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup despite trailing in all four playoff rounds. The 1991 Penguins also faced a series deficit in each round, eventually defeating the North Stars in the Final (4-2 W).

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF MOST ROAD WINS, ONE TEAM, ONE PLAYOFF YEAR

RECORD 10 WASHINGTON CAPITALS

EQUALS RECORD ESTABLISHED BY DEVILS 1995,

DEVILS 2000, FLAMES 2004 and KINGS 2012


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