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The top-seeded Panthers lead the best-of-seven series 3-2. The
eighth-seeded Capitals will host Game 6 on Friday night, hoping
to stave off elimination.
Verhaeghe has set a team record with five goals in a playoff
series. On his go-ahead goal with 16:56 left in the third,
Verhaeghe's backcheck stripped the puck from Capitals star Alex
Ovechkin. Verhaeghe then passed ahead to Aleksander Barkov
before finishing the 2-on-1 rush.
T.J. Oshie scored twice, and Ilya Samsonov made 33 saves to lead
Washington. Justin Schultz added one goal, and Evgeny Kuznetsov
added two assists.
Rangers 5, Penguins 3
Filip Chytil scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period
on the power play and New York rallied from a 2-0 second-period
deficit to stave off playoff elimination with a victory over
visiting Pittsburgh.
It was the first career playoff goal for Chytil, who was the
21st overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft by the Rangers.
Jacob Trouba and Alexis Lafreniere each had a goal and an assist
and Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren also scored goals for the
Rangers, who still trail the best-of-seven first round Eastern
Conference series, 3-2. Game 6 is Friday night in Pittsburgh.
Vezina finalist Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 of 32 shots.
Flames 3, Stars 1
Andrew Mangiapane scored the winning goal and host Calgary
netted three unanswered third-period tallies to claim a victory
over Dallas in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round
playoff series.
Mikael Backlund and Trevor Lewis also scored for the Flames, who
hold a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Both Mangiapane and
Backlund also collected an assist. Calgary's Jacob Markstrom
made 20 saves to claim another goaltending battle.
Jason Robertson scored for the Stars, while goaltender Jake
Oettinger made 29 saves in a strong outing.
--Field Level Media
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