Stanley Cup Playoff Recap April 15, 2017

OILERS EVEN SERIES WITH FIRST PLAYOFF WIN IN 11 YEARS
Connor McDavid and Zack Kassian each scored shorthanded goals and Cam Talbot (16 saves) registered his first career playoff shutout as the Oilers evened their series with the Sharks.

CANADIENS USE LATE HEROICS TO EVEN SERIES AGAINST RANGERS
Tomas Plekanec (1-1—2) tied the game with 17.3 seconds remaining in regulation and Alexander Radulov (1-2—3) scored at 18:34 of overtime as the Canadiens evened their series with the Rangers.

CROSBY POWERS PENGUINS TO 2-0 SERIES LEAD
Sidney Crosby (1-2—3) collected a point on each of Pittsburgh’s first three goals to post his 11th career three-point playoff game and lead the Penguins to victory.

BLUES LEAVE MINNESOTA WITH PAIR OF WINS
After notching the overtime winner in Game 1, defenseman Joel Edmundson opened the scoring on Friday before Jaden Schwartz tallied the go-ahead goal with 2:27 left in regulation to help the Blues leave Minnesota with a 2-0 series lead.

MUSINGS

  • Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (39 saves) recorded his 55th career playoff victory to surpass Terry Sawchuk for sole possession of 16th place on the NHL’s all-time list. Fleury (102 GP) also surpassed Tom Barrasso (101 GP) to become the all-time franchise playoff leader in games played by a goaltender
  • Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made a career-high 54 saves (regular-season and playoffs)

FRIDAY’S STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
MONTREAL 4, NY Rangers 3 (OT) – series tied 1-1
PITTSBURGH 4, Columbus 1 – PIT leads 2-0
St. Louis 2, MINNESOTA 1 – STL leads 2-0
EDMONTON 2, San Jose 0 – series tied 1-1

SATURDAY’S STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF ACTION
All Times Eastern
Boston @ Ottawa, BOS leads 1-0, 3 p.m.
Toronto @ Washington, WSH leads 1-0, 7 p.m.
Nashville @ Chicago, NSH leads 1-0, 8 p.m.,
Calgary @ Anaheim, ANA leads 1-0, 10:30 p.m.