Brett Howden scored two goals, including the winner of the third period, and Vegas Golden Knights defeated Minnesota Wild 4-2 in the 1st game of the first round of the Western Conference on Sunday night in Las Vegas.
Tomas Hertl had a goal and help, Adin Hill 18 Savees made and Pavel Dorofeyev scored a goal for Vegas, which rose to 9-2 on the playoff openers in T-Mobile Arena.
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Matt Boldy scored both Wild’s goals and Kirill Kaprizov helped both. Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 out of 26 shots.
Hurricanes 4, demons 1
Logan Stanoven scored two goals in the second period.
Jalen Chatfield scored goals at the beginning of the first period for Hurricanes who won 32th this season. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty goal and Taylor Hall gathered two assists. Carolina Golender Frederik Andersen finished 23 savings.
Nico Hischier, a goalkeeper Jacob Markstrom, who often under siege, made 41 savings.
Maple Leafs 6, Senators 2
Mitch Marner made a goal and two assists for Toronto in a home win against Ottawa in the 1st game of the Eastern Conference first round series.
Each of each of John Tavares and William Nylander had a goal and assistance, Auston Matthews had two assists, and Anthony Stolarz saved 31 for Maple Leafs, the seed 2 of the Eastern Conference.
Drake Batherson and Greig scored and Linus Ulmark saved 18 for senators, the first joker team from the east.
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