Josh Doan, Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs and Bowen Byram each had a goal and an assist, and former Florida Panthers keeper Alex Lyon made 23 saves in the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 rout of the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. The Atlantic Division-winners opened up a 3-1 lead in the series and will go for the knockout blow on Tuesday in Buffalo. The last time the Sabres won a playoff series was back in 2007.
Rocket Richard-winner Nathan MacKinnon potted two goals and added an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche completed a sweep of the Los Angeles Kings with a 5-1 win in Game 4 of at Crypto.com Arena. Cale Makar, Nicolas Roy and Devon Toews also tallied for the Avalanche, Gabriel Landeskog had two assists, and Scott Wedgewood stopped 24 shots.
Ryan Poehling scored at 2:29 of overtime to lift the mighty Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 at Honda Center. Cutter Gauthier, Mikael Granlund and Jeffrey Viel also lit the lamp, Jackson LaCombe and John Carlson each had two assists, and Lukas Dostal made 24 saves for Anaheim, who opened up a 3-1 series lead on Edmonton.
Brandon Hagel scored a pair of third period goals as the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied for a 3-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 at Bell Centre. Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, Nikita Kucherov and J.J. Moser each had two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 stops for the Lightning, who evened the series at two games apiece.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, PA
- SERIES: Philadelphia leads 3-1
- ON THE TUBE: ESPN
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Penguins: Silovs (1-0 .933 / 2.00 0SO) Flyers: Vladar (3-1 .926 / 1.76 1SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Pittsburgh / Philadelphia
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS at UTAH MAMMOTH