NHL roundup: Bruins nip Hurricanes
in second OT
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[August 13, 2020]
Patrice Bergeron scored 1:13
into the second overtime as the Boston Bruins defeated the Carolina
Hurricanes 4-3 on Wednesday in the first game of their Eastern
Conference first-round series in Toronto -- a contest delayed a day
by one of the longest games in NHL history.
Bergeron shot from the right side just inside the left post past
goaltender Petr Mrazek, after receiving a pass from David Pastrnak
that went through the legs of Hurricanes defenseman Joel Edmundson.
Bergeron's first goal of the postseason gave the Bruins their first
victory since the NHL restart earlier this month.
Pastrnak, Charlie Coyle and David Krejci also scored for the Bruins,
who swept the Hurricanes in last year's Eastern Conference finals.
Boston goalie Tuukka Rask made 25 saves. Edmundson, Brock McGinn and
Haydn Fleury had goals for the Hurricanes, and Mrazek stopped 36
shots.
Game 1 was rescheduled from Tuesday night because the Tuesday
afternoon game between Columbus and Tampa Bay, played on the same
ice in Scotiabank Arena, went into a fifth overtime. Rather than a
late-night start, the NHL pushed Game 1 of the Carolina-Boston
series to an 11 a.m. ET start Wednesday.
Islanders 4, Capitals 2
New York scored four goals in a span of less than 13 minutes
bridging the second and third periods and came back to stun
Washington 4-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at
Toronto.
Jordan Eberle and Anders Lee scored the first two goals for the
Islanders before Josh Bailey and Anthony Beauvillier produced the
go-ahead and insurance goals. Bailey scored the go-ahead
short-handed goal at 6:52 of the third. Goalie Semyon Varlamov made
24 saves.
T.J. Oshie scored a pair of power play goals in the second period
for the Capitals to forge a 2-0 lead. Goalie Braden Holtby recorded
23 saves. Game 2 in the series is Friday night.
Avalanche 3, Coyotes 0
Third-period goals 10 seconds apart by Nazem Kadri and J.T. Compher
broke a scoreless game, and Colorado beat Arizona to claim its
Stanley Cup playoff series opener in Edmonton.
Mikko Rantanen added a third goal just 73 seconds after Compher's
tally for the favored Avalanche.
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Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) celebrates with Bruins left wing
Brad Marchand (63) and Bruins defenseman Torey Krug (47) after
scoring the game-winning goal against the Carolina Hurricanes in the
second overtime in game one of the first round of the 2020 Stanley
Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA
TODAY Sports
Goaltender Philipp Grubauer needed to make only 14 saves for the
shutout victory, his second career playoff goose egg. Darcy Kuemper
finished with 37 saves for the Coyotes.
Flyers 2, Canadiens 1
Joel Farabee's quick-response, go-ahead goal in the second period
lifted Philadelphia to a win over Montreal in the opening game of a
first-round Eastern Conference playoff series in Toronto.
Farabee's rebound goal came 16 seconds after Montreal tied it. Jakub
Voracek also scored for the Flyers, the top seed in the East, and
Carter Hart made 27 saves.
Shea Weber scored for the Canadiens, the eighth seed. Carey Price
stopped 29 of 31 shots.
Canucks 5, Blues 2
Bo Horvat scored twice to lead Vancouver past defending Stanley Cup
champion St. Louis to open their first-round Western Conference
playoff series.
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist, and Elias Pettersson and Troy
Stecher also scored for the fifth-seeded Canucks. Tanner Pearson and
Brock Boeser had two assists, and goaltender Jacob Markstrom stopped
29 of 31 shots.
Jaden Schwartz and David Perron scored for the fourth-seeded Blues,
and Jordan Binnington made 17 saves.
--Field Level Media
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