UNDATED (AP) — The Nashville Predators weren’t given much of a chance to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, but they are two wins away from doing just that.
Luke Kunin scored his second goal of the game at 16:10 of double-overtime to give the Predators a 4-3 win over the Hurricanes. Ryan Johansen and Nick Cousins also scored and Mattias Ekholm and Mikael Granlund had two assists apiece.
Goalie Juuse Saros made a franchise-record 58 saves to help Nashville even the series at two games apiece.
Carolina’s Brock McGinn had his first two-goal playoff game, Vincent Trocheck also tallied and Jordan Martinook added two assists.
Game 5 is Tuesday in Raleigh.
Meanwhile, the Avalanche completed their first four-game sweep in 20 years.
Gabriel Landeskog netted the go-ahead goal in the second period of Colorado’s 5-2 victory over the Blues. Landeskog tipped in a shot from Samuel Girard at 14:53 of the second period to break a 1-1 tie.
Brandon Saad, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin also scored for the Avs, while Philipp Grubauer turned back 18 shots. Grubauer stopped 103 of 110 shots over the four games.
The Avalanche outscored the Blues 20-7 and trailed for only 7:12 over the four games.
The Bruins also advanced to Round 2 by finishing off the Capitals in five games.
Patrice Bergeron scored twice at crucial times after David Pastrnak’s highlight-reel goal as Boston knocked out Washington, 3-1. Bergeron delivered the dagger with 7:35 left to set up a second-round showdown against either the Penguins or Islanders.
Tuukka Rask made 40 saves for the Bruins, who won four straight after losing the opener in overtime. The only shot that beat Rask was Conor Sheary hammering home his own rebound 11 seconds into the third period.
The Jets are on the verge of a four-game sweep after Nikolaj Ehlers scored his second goal of the game at 9:13 in overtime to cap the Jets’ wild comeback in a 5-4 win over the Oilers. Edmonton led 4-1 until Mathieu Perreault, Blake Wheeler and Josh Morrissey each scored for Winnipeg in a stretch of 3:03 of the third to send it to overtime.
Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist for Edmonton.
The Jets can sweep the series Monday night with Game 4 in Edmonton.
