

Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brady Skeji and Jesper Fast also scored for the Hurricanes, who used a swarming effort to take control that took the Devils completely out of any type of first-period flow.

(AP) - Carolina got goals from Brett Pesce and Seth Jarvis alongside a suffocating defensive performance in the opening period to jump quickly on New Jersey in the opener of their second-round playoff series. Zach Whitecloud had two assists.Įvan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm, Zach Lyman and Connor McDavid each had two assists for the Oilers.

Eichel’s goal was an empty netter from deep in his zone, and he and Stone also each had an assist. The Knights also received goals from Chandler Stephenson, Michael Amadio, Mark Stone and Jack Eichel. Teams with a player scoring four goals had been 36-3 before that game in the playoffs, and it had been 30 years since a team had overcome such a performance. Seattle beat Dallas 5-4 on Tuesday even with Joe Pavelski scoring four goals for the Stars. It was the second night in a row a team had won despite allowing an opposing player to score four goals.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ivan Barbashev scored two goals, including one that put Vegas ahead for good, and the Golden Knights overcame Leon Draisaitl’s four goals to beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-4 in Game 1 of the second-round series on Wednesday night.
