UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Bruins have climbed back into their Stanley Cup playoff series.
The Bruins are within two games to one in their first-round series following a 4-2 win over the Hurricanes.
Rookie Jeremy Swayman stopped 25 shots in his first career playoff start. Swayman got the call after Linus Ullmark allowed eight goals in the first two games.
Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists for the B’s, while Charlie Coyle and David Pastrnak each had a goal and an assist. Coyle’s was a shorthanded-goal, while Pastnark and Taylor Hall scored on power plays.
Boston stormed back after Vincent Trochek opened the scoring for Carolina.
Game 4 is Sunday in Boston.
The Maple Leafs earned a 5-2 win over the Lightning in Tampa to take a two-games-to-one lead in the opening-round series.
The Leafs took control on goals by Morgan Riely and Colin Blackwell about five minutes apart in the first period. David Kampf made it 3-0 early in the second.
Jack Campbell turned back 32 shots and blanked the Lightning until Ross Colton scored a power-play goal midway through the third period.
The Bolts got within 3-2 before Ilya Mikheyev provided a pair of empty-netters in the final 100 seconds.
The series stays in Tampa for Game 4 on Sunday.
The Wild made it back-to-back wins to go up 2-1 in their first-round series with the Blues.
Karill Kaprizov each had a goal and an assist as the Wild dumped St. Louis, 5-1. Minnesota took control early on goals by Jordan Greenway and Kaprizov in the first 2:18 of the contest.
Mats Zucarello and Joel Eriksson Ek also beat Ville Husso, who stopped 28 shots.
Marc-Andre Fleury handled 29 shots and blanked the Blues until Ryan O’Reilly’s power-play goal 2:17 into the third period.
Game 4 is Sunday in St. Louis.
The Oilers had a blast in their 8-2 thrashing of the Kings, giving Edmonton a 2-1 series lead. Evander Kane led the assault with a hat trick, while Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had two goals and an assist.
Mike Smith made 44 saves to backstop the Oilers’ second straight win since a series-opening loss at home.
The series stays in Los Angles for Game 4 on Sunday.
Injuries plague NHL playoff teams
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ playoff run won’t include goaltender Casey DeSmith. Coach Mike Sullivan said DeSmith underwent core surgery on Friday morning and will miss the rest of the postseason.
DeSmith entered the playoffs as Pittsburgh’s top goaltender with All-Star Tristan Jarry sidelined with a lower-body injury.
Injuries are threatening to tip the balance of a handful of first-round series around the NHL playoffs. The Penguins are down to third-string goaltender Louis Domingue against the New York Rangers.
The Washington Capitals are missing big scoring winger Tom Wilson against the top-seeded Florida Panthers.
The Nashville Predators are now leaning on Connor Ingram against the Colorado Avalanche with starting goalie Juuse Saros out.
