Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves for his fourth shutout of the playoffs and the Vegas Golden Knights made it to the NHL’s final four after blanking the San Jose Sharks 3-0 in Game Six of their second-round series. Former Florida Panther Jonathan Marchessault opened the scoring, defenseman Nate Schmidt added an insurance goal and Cody Eakin sealed it with an empty-netter to help the Golden Knights become just the third team in NHL history to win multiple series in its first season. Vegas will face the winner of the Winnipeg – Nashville series next.
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Brayden Point, J.T. Miller and Anton Stralman scored the goals and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 stops at the Tampa Bay Lightning eked out a 3-1 win to eliminate the Boston Bruins in five games. The Lightning advance to Eastern Conference final and await the winner of the Washington – Pittsburgh series.
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Tonight’s games
Washington at Pittsburgh 7:00 p.m. NBCSN (Capitals lead series 3-2)
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Nashville at Winnipeg 9:30 p.m. NBCSN (Jets lead series 3-2)
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2018 IIHF World Championship
Sunday’s results
Group A
Russia 7, Austria 0
Maxim Mamin scored a goal and registered four shots on goal in 15:09 TOI. Mamin finished the game with a +2 rating.
Evegenii Dadonov assisted on a goal, had one shot and finished +1 in 16:55 of ice time.
Sweden 3, Czech Republic 2
Switzerland 2, Slovakia 0
Group B
Canada 10, South Korea 0
Aaron Ekblad finished with the two assists, four shots and an even rating in 18:21 TOI.
Norway 5, Germany 4 (SO)
Finland 8, Latvia 1
Harri Sateri did not play in the game. He backed up Ville Husso.
Today’s games
Group A
Belarus vs Russia (Dadonov, Mamin) 10:15 a.m.
Sweden vs France 2:15 p.m.
Group B
United States vs Germany 10:15 a.m.
Canada (Ekblad) vs Denmark 2:15 p.m..