Hurricanes & Oilers are Road Warriors
Hurricanes 2 – Capitals 1 (OT) (Series 1-0 Carolina) Washington managed only 14 SOG (none in overtime) all evening relying solely on their goaltender and did not appear ready for the game.
The Capitals were forced into 32 blocked shots compared to 9 blocked shots by Carolina and the Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 32 -14 while dishing out 44 hits.
Oilers 4 – Knights 2 (Series 1-0 Edmonton) The Oilers spotted the home team the early first period 2-0 lead then with three and a half minutes remaining Oilers RW Perry recorded his third goal of the playoffs to make the score 2-1 to end the first period.
Edmonton outshot the Knights 12 – 1 in the second period but could not score then one minute into the third period Oilers center Draisaitl tied the game at two before Edmonton scores twice more in 72 seconds for the 4-2 lead with less than two minutes to play to earn the first win of the series.
TONIGHT’S MATCHUPS (SC QTR Finals)
Panthers vs Maple Leafs 7pm (Series 1-0 Toronto)
Stars vs Jets 9:30pm (Series Gm 1)
Buffalo Winter 