Alex Ovechkin and Caps  out to BIG  3-0 Lead over Flyers

 

The Flyers scored 57 seconds after the opening face-off but the Capitals responded with six unanswered goals – including a pair by captain Alex Ovechkin (2-1—3) – to push the Flyers to the brink of elimination.

The Capitals hold a 3-0 lead in a best-of-seven playoff series for the first time in franchise history – they lost Game 3 each of the previous seven instances after winning the first two contests of such series.

KINGS SOLVE SHARKS IN ANOTHER GAME 3 OT CONTEST
Tanner Pearson scored his first career playoff game-winning goal at 3:47 of overtime to lift the Kings over the Sharks for their first win of the series.

WILD RALLY, CONTINUE GAME 3 DOMINANCE
Down 2-0 less than five minutes into the game, the Wild scored four straight goals – powered by 2-1—3 from Jason Pominville – to cut their series deficit to 2-1 against the Stars.

MILESTONES AND MUSINGS

• Stars forward Patrick Sharp (2-0—2) has compiled 9-7—17 in 17 career playoff games vs. MIN, compared to 7-10—17 in 41 career meetings during the regular-season
• Wild forward Erik Haula (1-1—2) posted his first career multi-point game in the postseason (17 GP)
• Teammate Mikko Koivu scored his first playoff game-winning goal (42 GP)
• The Wild held the Stars to 17 shots on goal, tied for the fewest by Dallas in 2015-16 (also March 26 at SJS).
• Philadelphia’s Michael Raffl (0:57), Dallas’ Patrick Sharp (0:26) and San Jose’s Joe Thornton (0:30) each scored in the opening minute of their respective games, all in losing efforts.

MONDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Washington 6, PHILADELPHIA 1 – WSH leads 3-0
MINNESOTA 5, Dallas 3 – DAL leads 2-1
Los Angeles 2, SAN JOSE 1 (OT) – SJS leads 2-1

SNEAK PEEK AT TUESDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Tampa Bay @ Detroit Red Wings, TBL leads 2-1, 7:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh @ NY Rangers, series tied 1-1, 7:00 p.m.
St. Louis @ Chicago, STL leads 2-1, 9:30 p.m.
Anaheim @ Nashville, NSH leads 2-0, 9:30 p.m.