NHL - Playoffs - Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars 5-4 OT - Friday, April 22, 2016 - Game 5

Mikko Koivu scored 4:55 into overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a series-extending 5-4 win against the Dallas Stars in Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round at American Airlines Center on Friday. Koivu redirected a Ryan Suter wrist shot from the left point for his second goal of the game. He scored the tying goal with 3:09 remaining in the third period. Minnesota trails the best-of-7 series 3-2 with Game 6 at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday.
Dallas, looking to advance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2008, took its first lead, 4-3, on a goal by Alex Goligoski with 11:04 remaining in the third. Johnny Oduya, Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza scored for Dallas. Spezza and Goligoski scored 28 seconds apart in the third period. John Klingberg had two assists. Granlund, Jordan Schroeder and Nino Niederreiter scored for the Wild. Devan Dubnyk made 37 saves. Jason Pominville, Jared Spurgeon and Suter had two assists; Granlund had a goal and an assist.
The Stars trailed 2-1 to start the third period, but Benn's third goal of the series at 1:00 tied it. Minnesota regained the lead 50 seconds later when Niederreiter scored off a backhand. Spezza scored his third goal of the series at 8:28, slipping the puck inside the far post and around an outstretched Dubnyk for a 3-3 tie. Goligoski, who had a turnover that led to the first Wild goal, scored with a wrist shot from the left point that deflected in off Marco Scandella's back.
Granlund gave the Wild a 1-0 lead when he scored off that turnover 3:32 into the first period. Goalie Antti Niemi denied Granlund's initial shot at the near post with a pad save, but Granlund never gave up on the play and poked in a free puck. Schroeder, playing his first game in the series, made it 2-0 when he scored his first NHL playoff goal off a rebound at 5:16 of the first period.
Oduya made it 2-1 with 2:42 remaining in the first period when he beat Dubnyk far post with a slap shot from the left point. It was Oduya's first playoff goal in 29 games, since May 28, 2014 when he scored for the Chicago Blackhawks against the Los Angeles Kings. Dallas played without injured center Tyler Seguin (Achilles), second on the Stars with 73 points this season, for a third straight game.

Stars Quotes

Lindy Ruff: "I don't like the mistakes, but I think we had over 90 attempts and we had the puck most of the night. We made some really big mistakes. We made some big mistakes on goals that we haven't been making and we've got to clean them up."
Alex Goligoski: "It was a tough play by me, obviously, on the first goal. You would like to jump on them at home. That kind of takes the wind out of your sails. We can't have mistakes like that."
Jamie Benn: "We knew they were going to bring a strong effort. Their lives were on the line. They came out pretty hot. It was back and forth in the third. It was a tough one to lose."
Antti Niemi: "We don't want to think about what happened tonight. We'll probably get over it tonight, have a good travel day tomorrow and be ready to go [for Game 6]."

Wild Quotes

Mikko Koivu: "All the goals tonight and the whole game kept us alive here, and now we have another chance to go home and play in Game 6. Now the preparing starts for that one."
Mikael Granlund: "We were up, they were up, and everything happened so quickly. I'm just really glad we got the win and we get to go back home next game."
Devan Dubnyk: "That's what we talked about coming into this game, was to get one here and then get back home. We will work to use the crowd and work hard to give them a good game in Game 6. We love playing in our barn and have a great feeling about it. That was the next step for us."
John Torchetti: "It's fun. That's playoff hockey. You have to be ready for it. I can't even believe they pay me for this job because it's so much fun."

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Philadelphia @ Washington 2-0 - Caps Lead Series 3-2
Michal Neuvirth has played in big games at Verizon Center, but this time was different. The goalie was going to play against the team that traded him in 2014, and the Philadelphia Flyers' season was on the line. Neuvirth made 44 saves, and the Flyers shut out the Washington Capitals 2-0 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round on Friday. Neuvirth set Flyers records for saves in a Stanley Cup Playoff shutout and regulation playoff win. Washington leads the best-of-7 series 3-2, with Game 6 at Wells Fargo Center on Sunday. Ryan White and Chris VandeVelde scored for the Flyers. Philadelphia's 11 shots on goal were its fewest in any regular season or postseason game. Neuvirth made his first start of the series in Game 4 on Wednesday, with a 2-1 win keeping the Flyers afloat. Goalie Braden Holtby made nine saves for Washington. The Capitals challenged Neuvirth early in a scoreless first period and led in shots on goal 14-6 despite four penalties, three called against Justin Williams, including a double-minor for high sticking at 1:08. Jay Beagle had a scoring chance shorthanded but was stopped by Neuvirth. Wayne Simmonds had one of the Flyers' best scoring chances during the double-minor, but was stopped by Holtby. Philadelphia had two power plays in the second period but did not score and finished the game 0-for-6. White scored at 7:52 of the second period shortly after a Williams penalty expired. White's shot deflected off the skate of Capitals defenseman Taylor Chorney to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead. VandeVelde scored into an empty net with 31 seconds remaining. Neuvirth made 16 saves in the second, including two on Alex Ovechkin late in the period. The Flyers went 10:19 without a shot on goal and 10:11 without attempting a shot. Shot attempts were 30-8 in Washington's favor. It was the first time in Flyers history they led a postseason game after two periods with as few as eight shots on goal.
NY Islanders @ Florida 2-1 2OT - Isles Lead Series 3-2
Two weeks after making his NHL debut, Alan Quine gave the New York Islanders a huge Stanley Cup Playoff victory. Quine scored a power-play goal at 16:00 of the second overtime, and the Islanders defeated the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round at BB&T Center on Friday. New York leads the best-of-7 series 3-2. Game 6 will be at Barclays Center on Sunday, when the Islanders can win a playoff series for the first time since 1993. With Panthers forward Derek MacKenzie in the penalty box for slashing, Quine scored on a one-timer from the top of the right circle after taking a feed from defenseman Marek Zidlicky. The puck bounced in off the right post. The Islanders won a Game 5 for the first time since 1987, snapping a streak of 11 defeats. The team that wins Game 5 in a series tied 2-2 is 189-52 (78.4 percent), according to Elias Sports Bureau. The Panthers lost their sixth consecutive overtime playoff game, a streak that includes Game 3 of this series (4-3 on Sunday). Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov had a penalty shot at 7:19 of the first overtime, but Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss stopped his backhand off a deke. The penalty shot was awarded after it was ruled Islanders defenseman Calvin de Haan closed his hand on the puck in the crease.
It was the third overtime penalty shot in Stanley Cup Playoff history, the first since 1998. All three attempts were unsuccessful. Washington Capitals forward Joe Juneau was stopped by Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Ken Wregget in 1996, and Andy Moog of the Montreal Canadiens stopped Penguins forward Aleksey Morozov in 1998. Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr played in all three games.
The Islanders failed to score on a power play early in the second overtime after Jagr was called for tripping. Frans Nielsen scored his third goal of the series for the Islanders, and Greiss made 47 saves. Barkov scored for the Panthers, and Luongo made 40 saves. Florida trailed 1-0 going into the third period before Barkov tied it at 1:59. He redirected a cross-ice pass from defenseman Alex Petrovic, who scored the go-ahead goal in a 2-1 victory in Game 4. Jagr had the second assist; his streak without a goal in the postseason is 35 games dating to 2012. The Islanders challenged Barkov's goal for offside, but the play was upheld after review. Nielsen scored at 13:31 of the first after Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo made a blocker save on his wrist shot. Defenseman Thomas Hickey stopped a clearing attempt by Matheson and shot, but it was blocked in front. The puck came to Nielsen at the side of the net and he put it past Luongo. Panthers center Vincent Trocheck made his playoff debut. He had been out since March 29 when he injured his foot blocking a shot against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Trocheck began the game at center on the third line between Jiri Hudler and Teddy Purcell before being reunited with Reilly Smith and Jussi Jokinen midway through the second period. Florida center Nick Bjugstad left the game early in the second overtime after his face hit the boards. The Islanders were without rookie defenseman Ryan Pulock, who will miss the rest of the series with an upper-body injury. He was replaced by Zidlicky. Quine, 23, made his NHL debut April 9 and played two regular-season games. He had an assist in Game 1.