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NHL Playoff Roundup: Bruins Stay Alive, Wild Beat Stars, Oilers Stave Off Elimination

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Bruins avoid elimination 

Bruins win 2-1 in OT to force Game 6 vs Sabres. Wild beat Stars 4-2 for 3-2 lead. Oilers beat Ducks 4-1 behind Draisaitl’s two goals. 
  

David Pastrnak scored in OT as the Bruins beat the Sabres 2-1 to force Game 6. The Wild took a 3-2 series lead over Dallas, and Edmonton stayed alive...


The Boston Bruins forced a Game 6 in the NHL playoffs on Tuesday, beating the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in overtime. The Minnesota Wild also won, topping the Dallas Stars to take a 3-2 series lead, while the Edmonton Oilers took care of the Anaheim Ducks.


The Bruins, outscored 15-9 through the first five games of the series, were looking for their second straight road win against the Sabres.


Things started rough for Boston, though, as Mark Kastelic went to the penalty box for roughing just two minutes in. They paid for it on the ensuing power play when Rasmus Dahlin fired a shot from the Boston faceoff zone that went straight in.




Down again, the visitors had no margin for error. They closed the opening period with nine shots on goal compared to Buffalo’s five.


But the Bruins answered midway through the second. Shooting from a tight angle, Elias Lindholm’s first attempt was stopped by Sabres goalie Alex Lyon. The puck popped into the air, and the Swede beat everyone to it, turning and firing it into the net to tie the game.



  
The home crowd went quiet as the Bruins celebrated a much-needed equalizer.


The score stayed 1-1 through the rest of regulation, with both teams trading chances to find the go-ahead goal. For the first time in the series, overtime was needed.


Boston had won both regular-season games that went past regulation against Buffalo, and kept that streak alive when David Pastrnak finished a stretch pass from Lindholm 9:14 into overtime to seal the win.




The series shifts back to Boston on Friday as the Bruins try to force a decisive Game 7.




 

Wild Top Stars 4-2 in Dallas to Move One Win From Second Round

In Dallas, the Stars dropped a 4-2 decision to the visiting Minnesota Wild as the guests took a 3-2 series lead.


The opening goal came quickly. Mats Zuccarello took a pass right in front of the net from Kirill Kaprizov and buried it to put the Wild ahead.



  
The Stars didn’t panic, tying it five minutes later on the power play. Miro Heiskanen fired a shot from just inside the blue line past Jasper Wallstedt to make it 1-1.




Matthew Boldy thought he’d put the Wild back in front just before intermission, but a successful coach’s challenge kept the score level at the break. The forward wasn’t denied long, though. With 32 seconds left in the second, he got too much space and ripped a shot from point-blank range to put the guests back ahead.




It became 3-1 in the third when Marcus Johansson beat everyone to the puck, broke in on goal and slipped it past Jake Oettinger to double Minnesota’s lead.




Dallas, after dropping the last two games, risked falling behind in the series for the first time. They pulled a goal back with 3:21 left to give themselves hope. Jason Robertson capitalized to set up an exciting finish.

 
It didn’t matter in the end, as Kaprizov scored an empty-netter shortly after to close out the scoring and give Minnesota a chance to clinch the series on home ice.






Game 6 is Thursday at Grand Casino Arena, with the Colorado Avalanche waiting for the series winner.


Draisaitl Scores Twice as Oilers Force Game 6, Trim Ducks' Series Lead to 3-2

Edmonton cut Anaheim’s series lead to 3-2 and avoided elimination with an impressive 4-1 win in Game 5.


Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Evan Bouchard added three assists as the Oilers dug deep to keep their season alive.






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