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The result put the Western Conference's No. 1
seed, Calgary, on the brink of elimination in the opening round
of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Avalanche lead the
best-of-seven series 3-1. Game 5 will be Friday in Calgary.
Shortly after the Flames failed to convert on a power play, the
Avalanche raced up the ice, and Carl Soderberg fed Rantanen a
cross-ice pass that he one-timed for the winner. Avalanche
goalie Philipp Grubauer made 35 saves, while Calgary netminder
Mike Smith stopped 49 shots.
After a scoreless first period, Calgary's Elias Lindholm broke
the deadlock with a power-play goal 3:25 into the second. Derek
Ryan doubled the Calgary lead at 6:58 of the third period. The
Avalanche's J.T. Compher scored 72 seconds later on a rebound,
then Rantanen tied the game with a power-play goal with 2:50
remaining in regulation.
Bruins 6, Maple Leafs 4
David Pastrnak scored twice, Brad Marchand added a goal and two
assists, and visiting Boston held on to defeat Toronto to even
the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series at two games
apiece.
Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist, and Zdeno Chara and
Joakim Nordstrom each scored once for the Bruins, who will host
Game 5 in the best-of-seven series on Friday.
Auston Matthews scored twice for Toronto, and Zach Hyman and
Travis Dermott each scored once. Morgan Rielly added two assists
for Toronto. Tuukka Rask made 38 saves for Boston while
Toronto's Frederik Andersen stopped 25 shots.
Stars 5, Predators 1
Rookie Roope Hintz scored his first two career postseason goals
as host Dallas cruised to victory over Nashville in Game 4 to
even their Western Conference first-round series.
Alexander Radulov and Mats Zuccarello joined Hintz in scoring on
the power play, and Andrew Cogliano also tallied for the Stars,
whose four goals in the first period were one shy of the
franchise record for a single period in the playoffs.
John Klingberg notched three assists, fellow defenseman Esa
Lindell had two, and Ben Bishop made 34 saves for Dallas, which
travels to Nashville for Game 5 on Saturday afternoon. Pekka
Rinne, who made 40 saves in a 3-2 win over the Stars in Game 3
on Monday, yielded four goals on eight shots before being
relieved by Juuse Saros (20 saves).
--Field Level Media
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