***** National Hockey League Playoff Game Capsules *****
(Sunday, May 19th)
Final Score: Boston 5, NY Rangers 2
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Johnny Boychuk, Brad Marchand and Milan Lucic
scored in succession to break open a tie game and stake the Boston Bruins to a
commanding lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the New York
Rangers following Sunday's 5-2 Game 2 victory at TD Garden. Boston took a
1-0 series lead with a hard-earned 3-2 overtime triumph on Thursday, but
left little doubt about the outcome of this one after reeling off three
unanswered goals to support a stout effort between the pipes from Tuukka
Rask. Marchand added an assist in the triumph, with Torey Krug delivering a
goal and an assist for Boston and Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci each
contributing a pair of helpers. Rask turned aside 35 shots to outshine
counterpart Henrik Lundqvist, with the reigning Vezina Trophy recipient
stopping just 27-of-32 chances as the Rangers fell to 1-5 on the road in these
playoffs. New York, which also fell into an 0-2 hole before rallying to top
Washington in seven games in the opening round, will attempt to bounce
back when the series shifts to Madison Square Garden for Tuesday's Game 3.
The Rangers did get a goal from Rick Nash, the talented sniper's first of this
year's postseason, with Ryan Callahan also lighting the lamp in the loss.
Final Score: Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1 (2-OT)
Ottawa, ON (Sports Network) - Colin Greening scored the game-winner 7:39 into
double-overtime, as the Ottawa Senators outlasted the Pittsburgh Penguins,
2-1, in Game 3 of this Eastern Conference semifinal series from Scotiabank
Place. Daniel Alfredsson's shorthanded goal with 28.6 seconds left in
regulation forced overtime before Greening buried a rebound in the second
extra session to send the Senators to victory. On the deciding goal, Andre
Benoit fired a shot from the right faceoff dot that Tomas Vokoun fought off,
but Greening was there on the low right side to backhand the rebound into the
back of net. Craig Anderson, who was pulled early in the second period of
Ottawa's Game 2 setback, bounced back with a 49-save performance for the
Senators, who trail this best-of-seven series 2-1. Tyler Kennedy scored the
lone Pittsburgh goal, while Vokoun was handed his first loss of the postseason
despite stopping 46-of-48 shots for the Penguins, who went a woeful 0-for-6 on
the power play.
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