NHL roundup: Penguins take 3-1 series lead

[May 04, 2017]  The Sports Xchange

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins overcame the absence of star center Sidney Crosby to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a pivotal Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal on Wednesday night at PPG Paints Arena.

The victory gave the Penguins a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 5 is Saturday in Washington.

Crosby, who led the NHL with 44 goals in the regular season, missed the game after suffering a concussion early in Game 3.

Pittsburgh built a 2-0 lead on goals by Patric Hornqvist and Jake Guentzel, blew that by giving up quick-strike goals to Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nate Schmidt and took a 3-2 lead into the third period after Justin Schultz scored on a power play.

The Capitals dominated the third but could not beat Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who made 36 saves and became the 15th goaltender in the NHL to reach 60 playoff wins. Washington goalie Braden Holtby stopped 15 shots.

Ducks 4, Oilers 3 (OT)

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Ryan Getzlaf had two goals and two assists, including a helper on Jakob Silfverberg's goal at 45 seconds of overtime, as Anaheim rallied from two goals down to defeat Edmonton.

Getzlaf stole the puck in the Oilers' zone and made a cross-ice pass that Silfverberg ripped into the net past goaltender Cam Talbot. The road team has won all four games in this series.

With his second goal of the contest -- Getzlaf's 36th career playoff marker -- he surpassed Teemu Selanne as the Ducks' all-time leading postseason goal scorer. Anaheim unleashed 21 shots in the second period, when it scored twice to tie the game at 2.

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