Washington Capitals beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2
As a Toronto native, Tom Wilson grew up dreaming that one day he might score an overtime game-winner for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He was more than happy to be able to do it for the Washington Capitals. Wilson scored 5:15 into overtime to give the Capitals a 3-2 win against the Maple Leafs in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Verizon Center. Wilson used his hand to keep the puck in the zone on a clearing attempt by Toronto and then shot past goalie Frederik Andersen. It was Wilson's first goal in 29 Stanley Cup Playoff games; he is the first Capitals player to score his first playoff goal in overtime. Toronto took a 2-0 lead 9:44 into the first period, but Washington tied it with two goals by Justin Williams. Williams scored a power-play goal to make it 2-1 at 12:24 of the first period and made it 2-2 with 4:00 left in the second period. Mitchell Marner scored 1:35 into his first NHL playoff game to give Toronto a 1-0 lead, and Jake Gardiner put the Maple Leafs up 2-0. The goal was initially waved off for goalie interference but the call on the ice was reversed after a coach's challenge by Toronto. Andersen made 41 saves; Braden Holtby made 35 for Washington.When Kasperi Kapanen scored his first NHL goal a week ago, he said he felt like he could run a marathon. After scoring two goals, including a double-overtime playoff game-winner on Saturday, he still had plenty left in the tank. Kapanen scored 11:53 into the second overtime to give the Maple Leafs a 4-3 win against the Washington Capitals in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Verizon Center. Kapanen took a backhand pass from Brian Boyle from behind the net and scored into the left side with goalie Braden Holtby moving to the opposite side. Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom tied the game 3-3 with 7:21 left in the third period. Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson scored for Washington.
James van Riemsdyk and Morgan Rielly scored for Toronto, which led 3-2 after Rielly scored on the power play with 14 seconds remaining in the second period. Kapanen tied it 2-2 at 14:25 of the second period; the Capitals challenged for offside but the call on the ice was upheld. Van Riemsdyk scored at 17:34 of the first period to put the Maple Leafs up 1-0. Ovechkin tied it 1-1 on the power play at 3:47 of the second, his first goal of this postseason and 42nd NHL playoff goal. Carlson gave Washington a 2-1 lead, its first in-game lead of the series, with his power-play goal at 11:06. Frederik Andersen and Holtby each made 47 saves.
Washington had a two-man advantage for a full two minutes at 6:52 of the second when Matt Hunwick was called for hooking and Matt Martin was assessed a double minor for roughing, but the Maple Leafs killed it off. Toronto killed off another penalty for too many men at 9:48 of the second. The Capitals scored on each of their first two shots to take a 2-0 lead by 4:49 of the first period. Backstrom took a centering pass from Nate Schmidt, who carried the puck deep into the Maple Leafs zone and one-timed a shot past Andersen at 2:43. Alex Ovechkin scored 2:06 later on a one-timer from the top of the left circle.
Four of the five games have gone to overtime, and the other was decided by one goal. Oshie scored a power-play goal in the first period for Washington, and Auston Matthews tied it in the second period for Toronto. Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin left the game with 2:28 remaining in the first period after he was checked by Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri, who was penalized for tripping.
After Ovechkin was helped from the ice, Oshie scored on the power play with 1:45 left for a 1-0 lead. Ovechkin returned to start the second period, and Matthews scored his third goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to tie it 1-1 at 6:00.
Braden Holtby made 24 saves for Washington; Andersen made 26.
Marcus Johansson scored twice, including the winning goal 6:31 into overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 2-1 series-ending win against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 6 at Air Canada Centre. Braden Holtby made 37 saves for the Capitals, who won the best-of-7 series 4-2 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Second Round to face the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Frederik Andersen made 34 saves for the Maple Leafs.After Ovechkin was helped from the ice, Oshie scored on the power play with 1:45 left for a 1-0 lead. Ovechkin returned to start the second period, and Matthews scored his third goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to tie it 1-1 at 6:00.
Braden Holtby made 24 saves for Washington; Andersen made 26.
Toronto got a break when Morgan Rielly shot the puck into the Capitals zone from center ice along the glass and it bounced off a stanchion into the slot and on to Auston Matthews stick. He put a shot over Holtby's glove at 7:45 of the third period to put Toronto up 1-0. Johansson tied the game 1-1 at 12:51 when he banked a shot off Andersen from the side of the net. Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Gardiner came close to breaking the scoreless tie when he hit the goal post with a point shot at 7:50 of the second period. It was the first time in the series neither team scored by the second intermission.
Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins 4-2
The odious Brad Marchand scored with 2:33 left in the third period to give the Boston Bruins a 2-1 win against the Ottawa Senators in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference First Round series at Canadian Tire Centre. Frank Vatrano scored, and Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for the Bruins. The winning goal came after Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak had the first real sustained pressure against the Senators line of Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Tom Pyatt and Mike Hoffman. Ottawa had five opportunities to get the puck out of the zone in the sequence leading up to Marchand's goal only to be turned back by Boston. Bobby Ryan scored, and Craig Anderson made 23 saves for the Senators. Vatrano tied it 1-1 at 4:55 of the third period when his shot from the slot went in on Anderson's stick side. It was the Bruins' second shot on goal of the period after having none in the second. Ryan scored at 10:28 of the second period to give the Senators a 1-0 lead. It was the first time Ottawa allowed no shots on goal in a period in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Their previous record was two shots, seven times. The Bruins did not have a shot on a goal in a period once previously, against the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 6, 1939.Dion Phaneuf scored at 1:59 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 win against the Boston Bruins in Game 2. Phaneuf scored on a slap shot from the point 12 seconds after a third-period delay of game penalty to Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara expired. Clarke MacArthur scored his first goal in almost two years, Chris Wideman and Derick Brassard scored, and Craig Anderson made 26 saves for the Senators, who trailed 3-1 in the third period.
Drew Stafford, Tim Schaller and Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins, and Tuukka Rask made 25 saves. The Senators tied the game on goals by Wideman at 5:28 and Brassard at 7:48. Stafford put the Bruins ahead 1-0 at 9:47 of the second period when the puck deflected to him off the skate of Senators forward Viktor Stalberg in the left-wing circle. MacArthur scored on the power play to tie the game 1-1 at 10:57 of the second, his first goal since April 19, 2015. He returned April 4 after missing almost two seasons because of concussions. With the Senators on the power play, Anderson gave the puck away to Bruins forward Dominic Moore and Schaller scored a shorthanded goal to make it 2-1 at 12:39. Bergeron deflected a shot by David Pastrnak at 16:02 of the second period on the power play to put the Bruins ahead 3-1. Chara was penalized with 13 seconds left in the third period when his clearing attempt went over the glass.
Bobby Ryan scored a power-play goal 5:43 into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 win against the Boston Bruins in Game 3. Ryan scored off a pass from Kyle Turris 1:05 after Boston forward Riley Nash was called for roughing Ryan. Mike Hoffman scored twice, Derick Brassard had a goal and an assist, and Craig Anderson made 17 saves for the Senators, who led 3-0 early in the second period. Ryan felt a measure of redemption after scoring because it was his miscue that led to a goal by David Backes, Boston's second of the game, in the second period. John-Michael Liles' chip out of the Boston end bounced over Ryan's stick at the Ottawa blue line, and Backes took the puck to the net and scored. Noel Acciari and David Pastrnak each scored his first career Stanley Cup Playoff goal, and Tuukka Rask made 28 saves for the Bruins, who played without four of their regular defensemen because of injury. Hoffman scored on a breakaway 7:15 into the game to give the Senators a 1-0 lead. Ottawa went ahead 2-0 when Brassard scored from the top of the crease on the rebound of a Ryan shot at 7:40. Hoffman scored his second goal on a power play at 3:42 of the second period to put the Senators up 3-0, but the Bruins scored two quick goals to get back in it. Acciari scored on a tip from the high slot at 6:05 to make it 3-1, and Backes cut the Ottawa lead to 3-2 at 6:47. Pastrnak scored with a one-timer on the power play at 13:51 of the second to tie it 3-3. Boston center David Krejci made his 2017 playoff debut after sitting the first two games with an upper-body injury. He had one shot on goal, one hit and a minus-1 rating in 14:38. The Bruins were without injured defensemen Brandon Carlo (upper body), Torey Krug (lower body), Adam McQuaid (upper body) and Colin Miller (lower body). Defenseman Tommy Cross, 27, made his NHL playoff debut after McQuaid was injured in Game 2.Craig Anderson made 22 saves, and Bobby Ryan scored in the third period to give the Ottawa Senators a 1-0 win in Game 4. Ryan scored his third goal of the series at 5:49 of the third period. He also scored the overtime goal for a 4-3 win in Game 3 on Monday. He had 13 goals in 62 regular-season games. The Bruins thought they scored when Noel Acciari tipped a shot past Anderson at 10:49 of the second period. But Ottawa coach Guy Boucher challenged and it was ruled Boston was offside. The Senators outshot the Bruins 8-5 in the third period and held Boston without a shot for 12:58. Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for the Bruins, who got defenseman Colin Miller back from injury but played without three regular defensemen. Adam McQuaid (upper body) was injured in Game 2, and Brandon Carlo (upper body) and Torey Krug (lower body) have not played in this series.Sean Kuraly scored at 10:19 of the second overtime, and the Boston Bruins avoided elimination with a 3-2 win against the Ottawa Senators in Game 5. It was Kuraly's second goal of the game. Tuukka Rask made 41 saves, and David Pastrnak scored. Kuraly was in the lineup after Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy scratched forward Ryan Spooner, who was not 100 percent healthy. Mark Stone and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored, and Craig Anderson made 36 saves for the Senators. Noel Acciari appeared to score the winning goal for Boston at 14:25 of the first overtime but it was disallowed because of goaltender interference on Anderson by Kuraly. The Bruins also had a possible goal reviewed at 15:21 but it was ruled the puck was kept out by Pageau. Tied 2-2, the Bruins killed two penalties in the last five minutes of the third period: a delay of game to Dominic Moore at 14:52 and too many men on the ice at 17:32. Boston came back in the second period after trailing 2-0. Pastrnak shot a puck that came loose after a wraparound attempt by Brad Marchand to make it it 2-1 at 8:40. Kuraly scored his first Stanley Cup Playoff goal when he jammed in a puck off Senators defenseman Chris Wideman from below the goal line to Anderson's right to tie it 2-2 at 17:05. Stone and Pageau each scored on a breakaway. Stone scored at 11:19 of the first period to make it 1-0. Pageau scored 30 seconds into the second with a shot between Rask's pads to give Ottawa a 2-0 lead.Clarke MacArthur scored a power-play goal 6:30 into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a series-ending 3-2 win against the Boston Bruins in Game 6 at TD Garden. MacArthur, who drew the penalty on Bruins forward David Pastrnak, scored his second goal of the series. Ottawa won the best-of-7 series 4-2 and will play the New York Rangers in the second round. Bobby Ryan and Kyle Turris also scored, and Craig Anderson made 28 saves for the Senators, who advanced to the second round for the first time 2013. The Senators won all three games in Boston in this series and went 5-0-0 here this season. Drew Stafford and Patrice Bergeron scored, and Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for the Bruins, who were without center David Krejci because of a lower-body injury sustained in Game 5. Boston was without three regular defensemen (Torey Krug, Brandon Carlo, Adam McQuaid) because of injury. Four games in this series were decided in overtime, and all six were decided by one goal. The Bruins took a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Stafford at 18:13 of the first period. After a return pass from Marchand, Stafford beat Anderson with a slap shot from the right dot. Ryan tipped Derick Brassard's shot past Rask 3:26 into the second period to tie it at 1-1. It was Ryan's fourth goal of the series. Turris put the Senators ahead 2-1 at 8:32 of the second period. Bergeron tied it at 2-2 by stuffing in a rebound of a Marchand shot 1:57 into the third period.
NY Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers made the most of a goal from an unexpected source to start the Stanley Cup Playoffs on a winning note.
Lundqvist had 31 saves, and Tanner Glass scored in the first period to lift the Rangers to a 2-0 victory against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Bell Centre. It was Lundqvist's 10th career playoff shutout in his 116th consecutive postseason start for the Rangers. Glass scored one goal in 11 regular-season games for the Rangers after being recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on March 5. Michael Grabner scored into an empty net to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead with 1:10 remaining. It was his first NHL playoff goal since May 11, 2013, for the New York Islanders.
Carey Price made 29 saves for Montreal, which finished in first place in the Atlantic Division. Glass gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead when he scored an unassisted goal 9:50 into the game. Montreal outshot New York 16-5 in the first period.
Alexander Radulov scored 18:34 into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 win in Game 2. Radulov scored on a rebound of Max Pacioretty's shot from the edge of the crease past Henrik Lundqvist. Tomas Plekanec scored for Montreal to tie it 3-3 with 18 seconds remaining in the third period and goalie Carey Price pulled for an extra attacker. Lundqvist set his Stanley Cup Playoff high with 54 saves. His previous high was 49 in a 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on April 20, 2011. Jeff Petry and Paul Byron scored in the first period for the Canadiens, who led 1-0 and 2-1. Price made 35 saves. The Rangers scored twice in the second to take a 3-2 lead despite being outshot 18-12 during the period. Rick Nash tied it 2-2 at 9:58. He took a pass from Jimmy Vesey and put a wrist shot past Price into the top right corner. Mats Zuccarello redirected Brendan Smith's pass at the right edge of the crease at 14:47 to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead. The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead at 4:05 of the first period when Petry scored on Montreal's first shot, a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle past Lundqvist, who had dropped his broken stick. Michael Grabner tied it 1-1 when he took advantage of a turnover by Montreal defenseman Nathan Beaulieu and skated in alone on Price to score an unassisted goal on a breakaway at 13:48. Byron put the Canadiens up 2-1 at 15:42 when he scored from the slot after taking Brendan Gallagher's backhand pass from behind the net. 
Alexander Radulov had a goal and an assist to help the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 win against the New York Rangers in Game 3. Artturi Lehkonen and Shea Weber scored power-play goals and Carey Price made 20 saves for the Canadiens. Brady Skjei scored and Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves for the Rangers, who were 0-for-3 on the power play and are 0-for-10 in the series.
Weber scored what proved to be the game-winning goal with 12:18 remaining. After Mats Zuccarello was given a four-minute penalty for high sticking Andrei Markov, Weber one-timed Alex Galchenyuk's feed past Lundqvist from the left circle to give the Canadiens a 2-0 lead. It was Weber's first goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Radulov scored his second of the series on a brilliant individual effort later in the third. Skjei made it 3-1 with 2:56 remaining when he one-timed Kevin Klein's feed from the point for his first career NHL playoff goal.
Rick Nash broke a tie early in the second period, and Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves to help the New York Rangers defeat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in Game 4. Jesper Fast scored for the Rangers, who had lost six consecutive Stanley Cup Playoff games at home. Torrey Mitchell scored for Montreal, which nearly tied the game when Shea Weber's slap shot from the left point hit the goal post with 1:18 remaining. Carey Price made 30 saves. Fast gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 11:39 of the first period. Brady Skjei sent the puck around the boards and it deflected off the stick of Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov stick in front to Fast, who poked the puck between Price's pads for his first goal of the playoffs.
Montreal tied it 1-1 with 1:23 left in the first period when Mitchell scored his first of the playoffs.
Mika Zibanejad scored 14:22 into overtime to give the New York Rangers a 3-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5. Zibanejad shot past Carey Price on a deflected pass from the left side by Chris Kreider. New York outshot Montreal 10-3 in overtime. Artturi Lehkonen and Brendan Gallagher scored in the first period for Montreal, which led 1-0 and 2-1. Price made 33 saves. Jesper Fast scored a shorthanded goal, and Brady Skjei scored for the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves. Lehkonen gave Montreal a 1-0 lead with his second goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on a wraparound at 12:07 of the first period. Fast tied it 1-1 at 15:56 after Zibanejad intercepted Alex Galchenyuk's pass in the Rangers zone. Zibanejad raced down the left side and cut toward the slot after crossing the blue line before passing ahead to Fast, who shot past Price for his second goal of the series. Gallagher restored Montreal's lead 24 seconds later with a power-play goal at 16:20 to make it 2-1. Skjei scored at 18:28 of the second period to tie it 2-2.
Mats Zuccarello scored two goals for the New York Rangers in a series-ending 3-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 6 at Madison Square Garden.
New York won the best-of-7 series 4-2. Derek Stepan scored an empty-net goal, and Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves for the Rangers, including 10 in the first period. Lundqvist allowed 11 goals in the six games. Alexei Emelin scored for Montreal, which held a 2-1 series lead before losing three in a row, including 3-2 in overtime in Game 5 on Thursday. Carey Price made 20 saves. Zuccarello tied it 1-1 when he scored the Rangers' first power-play goal of the series at 2:26 of the second period. With Jordie Benn in the penalty box for holding, Zuccarello took a shot from the right circle that squeaked past Price short-side. Zuccarello scored his second of the game later in the second period, and Stepan scored an empty-net goal with 18 seconds remaining for a 3-1 lead.
Anaheim Sucks beat Calgary Flames 4-0
The Anaheim Ducks won their 28th straight game against the Calgary Flames at Honda Center, 3-2 in Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round. Ryan Getzlaf and Jakob Silfverberg each had a goal and an assist, Rickard Rakell scored, and John Gibson made 30 saves for Anaheim, which has won 22 consecutive regular-season games and six straight Stanley Cup Playoff games against Calgary at home since a 5-2 loss on April 25, 2006, in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. The Ducks allowed one shot on goal when the Flames had a 5-on-3 power play for 1:13 late in the third period. Gibson made back-to-back saves on Matthew Tkachuk and Johnny Gaudreau as the second penalty expired with 20 seconds remaining. The Flames took their only lead, 2-1, at 9:46 of the second period on a goal by Sam Bennett, but the Ducks scored twice before the end of the period to take a 3-2 lead into the third. Getzlaf and Patrick Eaves broke in 2-on-0 after defenseman Kevin Bieksa caught Calgary on a line change and hit Getlzaf with a stretch pass from behind the Anaheim net. Getzlaf kept the puck and shot from the left faceoff circle, and the rebound came out to Rakell, who was trailing the play and scored high into the net to tie the game 2-2 at 13:53. The Ducks then had consecutive power plays and scored 1:26 into the second man-advantage after keeping the puck in the Flames zone the entire time. Silfverberg had room to bring it into the left circle and shoot it past goalie Brian Elliott for a 3-2 lead at 17:47. Getzlaf and Flames forward Sean Monahan each scored a power-play goal in the first period. Getzlaf made it 1-0 with a shot from the point 52 seconds into the game, five seconds after Flames defenseman Dougie Hamilton was called for tripping. Monahan scored on a redirection at 8:43 to tie it 1-1 with Ducks forward Ondrej Kase in the penalty box for slashing.
Ryan Getzlaf scored a power-play goal at 15:14 of the third period to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory against the Calgary Flames in Game 2. It was Anaheim's 29th straight home victory against Calgary. The Ducks have won 22 straight in the regular season and seven in a row in the Stanley Cup Playoffs since a 5-2 loss on April 25, 2006, in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. After Flames defenseman Dougie Hamilton was called for holding Corey Perry's stick at 14:33, Getzlaf was attempting a cross-ice pass to Jakob Silfverberg from the top of the right faceoff circle, but the puck hit Calgary forward Lance Bouma's skate at the top of the right hash marks and went past goalie Brian Elliott to make it 3-2. It was Getzlaf's second goal of the series. Getzlaf, Silfverberg and Rakell scored all three Ducks goals for the second straight game, and John Gibson made 35 saves. Flames center Sean Monahan scored his second power-play goal of the series at 7:01 of the second period to tie the game 2-2. Ducks defenseman Kevin Bieksa went to the penalty box for slashing Johnny Gaudreau, and late in the power play, Gaudreau took a pass from TJ Brodie and quickly centered it to Monahan, who scored on a one-timer from the slot. Flames forward Alex Chiasson thought he scored at 9:47 of the second when he banged in the rebound of a Sam Bennett redirection. The NHL Situation Room initiated a review to determine if the puck crossed the goal line, but it was not a reviewable play after referee Brian Pochmara waved off the goal on the ice because of goaltender interference. The Ducks scored two goals in the first 6:44 of the game. Silfverberg retrieved a loose puck along the boards and shot it past Elliott from a difficult angle at 3:21 to put Anaheim up 1-0. Rakell scored on a wraparound at 4-on-4 to make it 2-0 at 6:44. Flames forward Mikael Backlund scored shorthanded with 1:36 left in the first to cut the Ducks lead to 2-1.
Corey Perry scored 1:30 into overtime to help the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-4 win against the Calgary Flames in Game 3 at Scotiabank Saddledome. Perry threw the puck on net from the boards, and it deflected off Michael Stone in front and past Brian Elliott. Shea Theodore had two goals, and Nick Ritchie and Nate Thompson also scored for the Ducks. Jonathan Bernier made 16 saves in relief of John Gibson, who was pulled after allowing four goals on 16 shots. Stone, Sean Monahan, Kris Versteeg and Sam Bennett scored for Calgary. Elliott made 22 saves. Theodore scored twice after the Ducks trailed 4-1. He scored his first career Stanley Cup Playoff goal to make it 4-2 with 48.2 seconds remaining in the second period, and Thompson deflected Hampus Lindholm's point shot past Elliott at 11:14 of the third. Theodore scored again with 4:21 remaining in the third to make it 4-4. After surrendering the first goal early in Games 1 and 2, the Flames took a 1-0 lead 2:10 into the first period when Monahan scored his third power-play goal of the series. Versteeg made it 2-0 at 9:18 with the Flames' second power-play goal of the period. Ritchie made it 2-1 at 15:33 when he drove to the net and scored on a rebound of Antoine Vermette's initial shot. Stone's slap shot 4:34 into the second period gave the Flames a 3-1 lead, and Mark Giordano's point shot deflected off Bennett's skate and in for a third power-play goal to make it 4-1 at 8:33. The goal prompted Ducks coach Randy Carlyle to pull Gibson for Bernier.
The Anaheim Ducks became the first team to advance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when they swept their Western Conference First Round series against the Calgary Flames with a 3-1 win at Scotiabank Saddledome. Getzlaf, Patrick Eaves and Nate Thompson scored, and John Gibson made 36 saves for the Ducks, who swept a best-of-7 series for the fifth time in their history. They will play the winner of the first-round series between the Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks, which is tied 2-2. Sean Monahan scored and Chad Johnson made 20 saves for the Flames, who were eliminated by the Ducks in their previous appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in five games (Western Conference Second Round, 2015). Eaves scored on Flames starting goalie Brian Elliott from a sharp angle along the boards just below the hashmarks on the Ducks' third shot of the game to take a 1-0 lead 5:38 into the first period. The goal prompted Flames coach Glen Gulutzan to pull Elliott for Johnson. Elliott, who finished with two saves, allowed five goals on 27 shots in Game 3 and entered Game 4 with a 3.67 goals-against average and .887 save percentage in three playoff starts. Thompson scored on a rebound to make it 2-0 at 6:46. It was the second shot Johnson faced. Monahan made it 2-1 at 16:07 of the second period, and Johnson stopped Corey Perry's initial shot from the slot and rebound attempt by Chris Wagner two minutes into the third. Gulutzan pulled Johnson for an extra attacker with 2:39 remaining, but Gibson stopped two shots before Getzlaf scored to make it 3-1 with 6.7 seconds left.
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