UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles Kings were able to knot their respective Stanley Cup first-round series at two games apiece.
Brad Marchand was the catalyst as the Bruins knocked off the Hurricanes, 5-2. Marchand provided two goals and three assists, giving him eight points in the two games in Boston. The Bruins trailed 2-1 until Marchand scored consecutive power-play goals bridging the second and third periods.
Patrice Bergeron chipped in a goal and two assists. David Pastrnak scored for the B’s, and rookie Jeremy Swayman handled 23 shots.
Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy was scratched after being placed in COVID-19 protocol an hour before the opening faceoff.
Brett Pesce and Jordan Staal did the scoring for the Hurricanes, who host Game 5 on Tuesday.
The Blues also earned a 5-2 win as Jordan Kyrou and David Perron each scored twice. The game was tied 1-1 until Kyrou and Perron scored 54 seconds apart in the second period.
Jordan Binnington made 28 saves in his first start this postseason. Ryan O’Reilly added a goal and two assists, and Perron also had an assist for St. Louis.
Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy scored for Minnesota, where Game 6 will be played on Tuesday.
Steven Stamkos, Pierre Edouard Bellemare and Pat Maroon scored in the first eight minutes of the Lightning’s 7-3 win against the Maple Leafs.
Ross Colton scored twice and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves for the two-time defending champs. Vasilevskiy improved to 17-0 in games following a playoff loss over the past three postseasons.
Jack Campbell gave up five goals on 16 shots before being replaced in the second period by Erik Kallgren, who stopped all 10 shots he faced.
William Nylander scored twice for the Leafs, who travel to Tampa for Game 5 on Tuesday.
The Kings came away with a 4-0 win over the Oilers as Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots in his 10th career playoff shutout and first since the 2014 Stanley Cup Final.
Trevor Moore and Troy Stecher scored six minutes apart in the first period. Carl Grundstrom added the third goal and an empty-netter after setting up Moore’s game-winner.
Mike Smith made 42 saves for the Oilers, who will be the home team for Game 5 on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Washington’s Evgeny Kuznetsov and Jamie Benn of Dallas have been fined $5,000 for high sticking on a pair of incidents that didn’t get penalized.
Kuznetsov’s play against Florida’s Noel Acciari came in the first period of the Capitals’ 6-1 victory in Game 3 Saturday.
Benn’s infraction against Calgary’s Andrew Mangiapane was in the middle of the second period of the Stars’ 4-2 victory in Game 3.
