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Lightning, Knights, Senators & Avalanche are the Subjugators

Lightning 5 – Panthers 1 (Series 2-1 Florida) Neither team scored on the nine power plays (TB 5 – FL 4) that were handed out during the game, and Florida goaltender Bobrovsky earned an uncharacteristic .810% save percentage by letting in four goals on just 21 SOG from Tampa Bay.

Knights 4 – Wild 3 (OT) (Series tied 2-2) Both teams win big on the road as the Knights escaped Minnesota with the overtime win as Jack Eichel has contributed his first point (secondary assist) in his fourth playoff game.

Senators 4 – Maple Leafs 3 (OT) (Series 3-1 Toronto) Ottawa sends the series back to Toronto with strong goaltending and special teams as the Senators scored on the power play and shorthanded avoiding elimination.

Avalanche 4 – Stars 0 (Series tied 2-2) In his eighth season and third team goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood has played his best GAA regular season in his first year with Colorado and earning his first post-season shutout.

Additionally, Colorado Captain LW Gabriel Landeskog playing in his first game in nearly three years scored the lone goal in the second period for an Avalanche 3-0 lead as well as assisting on the last goal of the game.

SUNDAY’S MATCHUPS

Jets vs Blues 1pm (Series 2-1 Winnipeg)

Hurricanes vs Devils 3:30pm (Series 2-1 Carolina)

Capitals vs Canadiens 6:30pm (Series 2-1 Washington)

Kings vs Oilers 9:30pm (Series 2-1 Los Angeles)

Montreal, New Jersey, and Edmonton First Series Win

Oilers 7 – Kings 4 (2x en) (Series 2-1 Los Angeles) Edmonton planted Los Angeles for Arbor Day as the Oilers win at home and Evander Kane’s return produces his first assist, goal, (each time tying the game) and penalty of the playoffs as the Oilers obtain their first win.

Devils 3 – Hurricanes 2 (2OT) (Series 2-1 Carolina)

Canadiens 6 – Capitals 3 (Series 2-1 Washington)

TODAY’S MATCHUPS (all four games on TBS)

Panthers vs Lightning 1pm (Series 2-0 Florida)

Knights vs Wild 4pm (Series 2-1 Minnesota)

Maple Leafs vs Senators 7pm (Series 3-0 Toronto)

Stars vs Avalanche 9:30pm (Series 2-1 Dallas)

Florida, Toronto, Minnesota & St. Louis are the Vanquishers

Maple Leafs 3 – Senators 2 (OT) (Series 3-0 Toronto) Maple Leafs goaltender Stolarz dating back to last month has won 11 straight games and Toronto dominated the faceoff dots if not the scoreboard in another close game that has the Senators facing elimination.

Both teams scored on the powerplay, had the same number of blocked shots (17), same number of SOG (20), and both netminders played well enough to win, what remains to be seen is if Ottawa can send this series back to Toronto.

Panthers 2 – Lightning 0 (en) (Series 2-0 Florida)

Wild 5 – Knights 2 (en) (Series 2-1 Minnesota)

Blues 7 – Jets 2 (Series 2-1 Winnipeg)

TONIGHT’S MATCHUPS

Capitals vs Canadiens 7pm (Series 2-0 Washington)

Hurricanes vs Devils 8pm (Series 2-0 Carolina)

Kings vs Oilers 10pm (Series 2-0 Los Angeles)

Capitals, Stars, and Kings Triumphant

Capitals 3 – Canadiens 1 (en) (Series 2-0 Washington) This was one of the best 2-1 games I have watched, both goaltenders were brilliant and gave a clinic, Washington took 18 SOG just in the second period, and the Canadiens launched 14 SOG in the third period.

Montreal scored the game’s first goal 76 seconds into the second period and held the 1-0 lead for two and a half minutes until Washington sparkled offensively for 60 seconds, just one quick minute was all it took the Capitals to score twice for the one goal lead and for the only goals scored until the empty net goal with just two seconds remaining in the game.

Stars 2 – Avalanche 1 (OT) (Series 2-1 Dallas)

Kings 6 – Oilers 2 (Series 2-0 Los Angeles)

TONIGHT’S MATCHUPS

Panthers vs Lightning 6:30pm (Series 1-0 Florida)

Maple Leafs vs Senators 7pm (Series 2-0 Toronto)

Knights vs Wild 9pm (Series tied 1-1)

Jets vs Blues 9:30pm (Series 2-0 Winnipeg)

Hurricanes, Maple Leafs, Panthers & Wild’s Success

Hurricanes 3 – Devils 1 (en) (Series 2-0 Carolina) New Jersey out shot Carolina and took a 1-0 lead into the second period, but the Hurricanes scored twice in three minutes with the second goal coming shorthanded during the second period creating a tight 2-1 game all through the third period until with less than a minute to play New Jersey gave up the empty netter.

Maple Leafs 3 – Senators 2 (OT) (Series 2-0 Toronto) Toronto took the dreaded early 2-0 lead in the first period and Ottawa scored once in the second period, once in the third period to tie the game, and in overtime Center Domi crushes a shot through traffic to score his first of the playoffs.

Panthers 6 – Lightning 2 (Series 1-0 Florida) Tampa Bay goaltender Vasilevskiy look horrible as the Panthers scored six times on only 16 SOG, three of the goals were earned on the power play, nevertheless, one of the best modern-day goaltenders had one of the poorest showings of his playoff career.

Wild 5 – Knights 2 (en) (Series tied 1-1) This was a difficult game to watch as the two Referees were horrendous, (not one penalty whistled until near halfway through the third period) and now I understand how Nevada became the least penalized team in the NHL, withstanding obvious slew foot and blatant punch to the face Minnesota pushed on and took a 3-0 lead on just 10 SOG in the first period, scored again on 3 SOG in the second period to go up 4-0 before the Knights could even score.

TONIGHT’S MATCHUPS

Capitals vs Canadiens 7pm (Series 1-0 Washington)

Stars vs Avalanche 9:30pm (Series tied 1-1)

Oilers vs Kings 10pm (Series 1-0 Los Angeles)