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 Blackhawks 3, Predators 2 (triple overtime)
Chicago goalie Scott Darling played like an All-Star, while
defenseman Brent Seabrook's goal exactly one minute into a third
overtime led the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-2 victory over the
Nashville Predators in a four-plus hour game on Tuesday at the
United Center.
The Blackhawks now lead the Predators 3-1 in the best-of-seven first
round Western Conference playoff series.
Even though he played a heck of a game himself, stopping 44 of 47
shots, Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne couldn't stop Seabrook's tally.
Center Antoine Vermette and left winger Brandon Saad scored in
regulation for the Blackhawks while center Colin Wilson and left
winger James Neal scored for the Predators.
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Flames 3, Canucks 1
Rookie left winger Johnny Gaudreau scored his first Stanley Cup
playoff goal as the Calgary Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 in
Game 4 of their Western Conference playoff series.
Right winger Jiri Hudler and center Sam Bennett had the other goals
for the Flames, who lead the series 3-1 and can clinch their first
playoff series since 2004 Thursday night in Game 5 at Vancouver.
Center Henrik Sedin replied for the Canucks, his first goal of the
series, while goalie Ryan Miller made his playoff debut for
Vancouver, replacing Eddie Lack after a shaky first period when he
allowed three goals on seven shots.
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Capitals 2, Islanders 1 (overtime)
Washington's Nicklas Backstrom scored with 8:51 left in overtime to
lift the Capitals to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders and
square their Eastern Conference quarter-finals at two games each.
Game Five of the best-of-seven series returns to Washington, D.C. on
Thursday
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The game-winning goal came after the Capitals won a faceoff in the
Islanders' zone and Backstrom's shot went between the legs of Joel
Ward and past Isles goalie Jaroslav Halak.
Alex Ovechkin scored in regulation for the Capitals while keeper
Braden Holtby recorded 36 saves.
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Red Wings 3, Lightning 0
Goaltender Petr Mrazek made 22 saves for his first career playoff
shutout as Detroit blanked Tampa Bay 3-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the
first-round series.
Pavel Datsyuk, Riley Sheahan and Luke Glendening scored for Detroit
and defenseman Jonathan Ericsson had two assists.
Tampa Bay netminder Ben Bishop made 18 saves.
Datsyuk opened the scoring 8:46 into the first period when Tomas
Tatar's shot deflected in off his ankle.
It was Datsyuk's second goal of the playoffs. (Compiled by Cameron
French; Editing by Peter Rutherford and Julian Linden)
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