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Apr

MRAZEK AND THE RED WINGS TRIM SERIES DEFICIT AT JOE LOUIS ARENA

Petr Mrazek and the Red Wings stopped all 16 shots he faced in his first start of the postseason to help the Red Wings earn their first win of the series at Joe Louis Arena – which is hosting the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 25th consecutive season.

Mrazek, who established a career high with four shutouts in 2015-16 (54 GP), registered his third career playoff shutout – all against the Lightning. His others came in Games 3 and 5 of the 2015 First Round.

MILESTONES & MUSINGS

  • Six players registered their first career postseason goal: Red Wings forward Andreas Athanasiou (GWG), Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov, Blues defenseman Colton Parayko and Islanders teammates Ryan Pulock, Shane Prince and Thomas Hickey (GWG).
  • Brent Seabrook scored his 20th career playoff goal (all w/ CHI) to move past Doug Wilson and Bob Murray (both w/ 19) for the most by a defenseman in franchise history.
  • The Ducks scored late to pull within one, but Shea Weber’s goal with 38.8 seconds remaining in the second period held up as the game-winner as the Predators took a 2-0 series lead for the first time in franchise history.
  • Brian Elliott established a playoff career high with 44 saves, including 23 in the second period, and the Blues overcame a one-goal deficit in the third period to take a 2-1 series lead against the Blackhawks.
  • The Islanders – who rallied from a trio of one-goal deficits to win Game 1 – trailed 2-0, 2-1 and 3-1 before Thomas Hickey scored his first career postseason goal at 12:31 of overtime to lift the club to victory in the first ever Stanley Cup Playoffs game at Barclays Center.

SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
St. Louis 3, CHICAGO 2 – STL leads 2-1
DETROIT RED WINGS 2, Tampa Bay 0 – TBL leads 2-1
NY ISLANDERS 4, Florida 3 (OT) – NYI leads 2-1
Nashville 3, ANAHEIM 2 – NSH leads 2-0

SNEAK PEEK AT MONDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Washington @ Philadelphia, WSH leads 2-0, 7:00 p.m.
Dallas @ Minnesota, DAL leads 2-0, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles @ San Jose, SJS leads 2-0, 10:30 p.m.

Complete Stanley Cup first round schedule HERE

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