NHL Postseason Caterwaul: Hurricanes open up commanding lead on Islanders
Stars bounce back to tie up series with Blues
Curtis McElhinney made 28 stops in his first playoff start and Justin Williams scored the go-ahead goal with 9:45 remaining in regulation before Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho tacked on empty-netters, giving the Carolina Hurricanes a 5-2 win over the New York Islanders. The Hurricanes took a commanding three games to nothing lead in the series. Teravainen opened the scoring and Justin Faulk also lit the lamp for the host Hurricanes. Devon Toews and Josh Bailey came up with the goals for New York.
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Centers Tyler Seguin and Roope Hintz switched lines and the move by coach Jim Montgomery paid off in spades for the Dallas Stars, who beat the visiting St. Louis Blues 4-2 to even the series at two games apiece. Hintz scored a goal and Seguin, Jamie Benn and Alexander Radulov each finished with two assists. Jason Dickinson, Jason Spezza and John Klingberg also scored for Dallas, while Vladimir Tarasenko and Robert Thomas found the back of the net for the Blues. Ben Bishop picked up the win with a 27-save performance.
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Tonight’s games
- Boston Bruins at Columbus Blue Jackets 7:30 p.m. NBCSN (Columbus leads series 2-1)
- San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche 10 p.m. NBCSN (San Jose leads series 2-1)/
Panthers news
Aleksi Heponiemi and Karpat will take on HPK in Game 6 of the Liiga final in Hämeenlinna, Finland. Karpat leads the series three games to two so a win will give them the league crown. Heponiemi is still looking for his first point of the final round.
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