NHL Roundup: Wild rebound to tie collection vs. Blues

Kirill Kaprizov had a hat trick and Joel Eriksson Ek had two targets and an help to steer the Minnesota Wild to a 6-2 victory over the visiting St. Louis Blues in Recreation 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff collection on Wednesday in Saint Paul, Minn.

The collection is now tied 1-1, with Minnesota bouncing again from a 4-0 shutout loss in Recreation 1. Recreation 3 is about for Friday in St. Louis.

Kaprizov scored on an even-strength play, on the ability play, and on an empty internet for the primary postseason hat trick in Wild franchise historical past. Kaprizov had solely three factors (two targets, one help) in eight earlier profession playoff video games. It was additionally a milestone evening for Eriksson Ek, who had solely 5 factors (three targets, two assists) in his 20 earlier Stanley Cup playoff video games.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 of 34 photographs. It was the 91st playoff win of Fleury’s profession, placing him one victory behind Grant Fuhr for third place on the all-time listing.

Lightning 5, Maple Leafs 3

Victor Hedman had a playoff career-best 4 factors with a aim and three assists and visiting Tampa Bay defeated Toronto in Recreation 2 of the first-round playoff collection.

The perfect-of-seven collection is tied 1-1. Nikita Kucherov added a aim and two assists for the Lightning. Corey Perry, Brandon Hagel and Brayden Level additionally scored. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 photographs for Tampa Bay.

Mitchell Marner had a aim and an help for the Maple Leafs. Michael Bunting and Alexander Kerfoot additionally scored and Auston Matthews added two assists. Jack Campbell made 29 saves.

Hurricanes 5, Bruins 2

Sebastian Aho and Nino Niederreiter every scored twice and third-string goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov made 30 saves as Carolina defeated Boston in Raleigh, N.C.

Jesper Quick additionally scored, Tony DeAngelo had three assists and Jaccob Slavin added two for the Hurricanes, who took a 2-0 lead within the best-of-seven Jap Convention first-round playoff collection. Recreation 3 is scheduled for Friday evening in Boston.

Patrice Bergeron scored twice for the Bruins and Linus Ullmark stopped 29 of 33 photographs. The Hurricanes have outscored the Bruins 10-3 by means of the primary two video games after sweeping the three-game, regular-season collection by a 16-1 margin.

Oilers 6, Kings 0

Evander Kane scored two targets in a three-point recreation and Mike Smith collected the shutout as host Edmonton evened its Western Convention first-round collection with a decisive victory over Los Angeles.

One recreation after his third-period puck-handling miscue led to the game-winning aim within the collection opener, Smith snapped a 10-game playoff shedding streak with a 30-save outing to submit his fifth profession playoff shutout. His final win was a 4-0 playoff-opening victory for the Calgary Flames over the Colorado Avalanche in 2019.

Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse, Ryan McLeod and Jesse Puljujarvi additionally scored for the Oilers. Recreation 3 of the best-of-seven collection will likely be Friday in Los Angeles.

-Area Degree Media

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