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The Blues advance to the second round to face the Colorado
Avalanche, who swept them out of the playoffs last season in the
first round.
Nick Leddy, Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Bozak, Vladimir Tarasenko and
Colton Parayko scored for the Blues. David Perron had two
assists.
Matt Dumba scored for the Wild. Minnesota goaltender Cam Talbot,
making his first start in place of Marc-Andre Fleury, stopped 22
shots.
Bruins 5, Hurricanes 2
Boston forced a deciding Game 7 in its Eastern Conference
first-round series, scoring twice in the second period and three
times in the third to defeat visiting Carolina. Game 7 is
Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.
Brad Marchand and Charlie Coyle each had a goal and an assist,
Derek Forbort, Erik Haula and Curtis Lazar also scored and Tomas
Nosek dished out two assists for Boston. Bruins goalie Jeremy
Swayman made 23 saves in his fourth consecutive start.
Andrei Svechnikov scored both Hurricanes goals, including one on
the power play. Antti Raanta recorded 29 saves in the loss.
Lightning 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
Brayden Point scored at 18:04 overtime and Tampa Bay defeated
visiting Toronto to force a seventh game in their first-round
Eastern Conference playoff series.
Point, who also had an assist, scored his second goal of the
best-of-seven series when he knocked in a rebound during a scrum
around the goal. The tally occurred after Toronto came close at
the other end.
Toronto overcame a 2-0 deficit with three consecutive
second-period goals. Auston Matthews started the surge, and John
Tavares completed it by scoring twice 26 seconds apart in the
final minute.
Oilers 4, Kings 2
Evander Kane scored twice in a three-point game as Edmonton
forced a deciding Game 7 in its Western Conference first-round
playoff series by beating host Los Angeles.
With the score tied 2-2, Tyson Barrie scored the game-winning
goal with 5:10 remaining in regulation when he jumped into a
rush, took a feed from Leon Draisaitl and buried a shot from the
high slot for his first goal of the series. Connor McDavid
collected one goal and two assists for the Oilers, and
goaltender Mike Smith made 30 saves.
Sean Durzi and Carl Grundstrom scored for the Kings, who
received a 33-save performance from goalie Jonathan Quick.
--Field Level Media
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