Highlights of Sunday's NHL games

[April 17, 2017]  April 16 (The Sports Xchange)

Penguins 5, Blue Jackets 4 (overtime)

Jake Guentzel scored his third goal of the game at 13:10 of overtime, and the Pittsburgh Penguins took a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series with a 5-4 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.

Bryan Rust had two goals for the Penguins, who rallied from an early 3-1 deficit to take a 4-3 lead in the third period. Evgeni Malkin contributed three assists, and Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby had two assists each for the Penguins.

Cam Atkinson scored two first-period goals for the Blue Jackets. Zach Werenski and Brandon Dubinsky also had goals, and Nick Foligno added two assists.

Canadiens 3, Rangers 1

Alexander Radulov had a goal and an assist, and Montreal used a suffocating defense to beat New York in Game 3 of their first-round series at Madison Square Garden. The Canadiens hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series that resumes Tuesday night.

Carey Price made 20 saves. He had his shutout spoiled by the Rangers' Brady Skjei with 2:56 remaining and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist (26 saves) on the bench for an extra attacker.

Blues 3, Wild 1

Jaden Schwartz scored a power-play goal late in the second period to send St. Louis to a win over Minnesota and to a 3-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series.

Jake Allen, who stopped 74 of 76 Wild shots in the first two games on the road, made 40 saves, including 19 in the third period, as the Blues once again stymied the high-scoring Minnesota offense that finished second in the NHL in the regular season with 266 goals.

Oilers 1, Sharks 0

Zack Kassian broke a scoreless tie midway through the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers held on for a 1-0 win over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.

San Jose incurred its second consecutive shutout loss to fall into a 2-1 hole in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series that resumes with Game 4 at SAP Center on Thursday. (Compiled by Peter Rutherford)

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