Saturday, April 26, 2014

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs - April 26th Recap

THE KID DOES IT AGAIN: The Avs surround 18-year old Nathan MacKinnon after his 1st career OT goal
Boston Bruins 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 - (Boston wins series 4-1)
Goals:
BOS - Loui Eriksson PPG (1) - from Dougie Hamilton and Tuukka Rask (3:27 1ST)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk PPG (3) - from Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg  (14:41 2ND)
BOS - Zdeno Chara PPG (2) - from Patrice Bergeron and Torey Krug (19:56 2ND)
BOS - Milan Lucic (3) - from Torey Krug (4:27 3RD)  
DET - Henrik Zetterberg (1) - from Justin Abdelkader and Pavel Datsyuk (16:08 3RD)
BOS - Jarome Iginla EN (2) - from Milan Lucic and David Krejci (19:44 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (31 saves on 33 shots) LG - Jonas Gustavsson (29 saves on 32 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Torey Krug (2 assists) - Boston
2. Henrik Zetterberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit
1. Milan Lucic (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - (Pittsburgh leads series 3-2)
Goals:
CBJ - Boone Jenner PPG (3) - from David Savard and Ryan Johansen (12:55 1ST)
PIT - Chris Kunitz PPG (2) - from Sidney Crosby and Matt Niskanen (7:42 2ND)
PIT - Jussi Jokinen (3) - from Brandon Sutter and Lee Stempniak (6:16 3RD)
PIT - Kris Letang EN (1) - from Craig Adams and Chris Kunitz (18:59 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (23 saves on 24 shots) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (48 saves on 50 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Sergei Bobrovksy (48 saves on 50 shots) - Columbus
2. Marc-Andre Fleury (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Pittsburgh
1. Chris Kunitz (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

Colorado Avalanche 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT) - (Colorado leads series 3-2)
Goals:
COL - Cody McLeod SHG (1) - from Ryan O'Reilly (8:04 2ND)
MIN - Matt Moulson (1) - from Jared Spurgeon and Dany Heatley (9:17 2ND)
COL - Nick Holden (1) - from Andre Benoit and Nathan MacKinnon (12:16 2ND)
MIN - Zach Parise (1) - from Jason Pominville and Mikael Granlund (4:34 3RD)
MIN - Kyle Brodziak (2) - from Dany Heatley and Charlie Coyle (6:25 3RD)
COL - P.A. Parenteau (1) - from Paul Stastny and Nathan MacKinnon (18:46 3RD)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon (2) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Ryan Wilson (3:27 OT)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (29 saves on 32 shots) LG - Darcy Kuemper (31 saves on 35 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Zach Parise (1 goal) - Minnesota
2. P.A. Parnenteau (1 goal) - Colorado
1. Nathan MacKinnon (1 goal, 2 assists, OT winner) - Colorado

Los Angeles Kings 3, San Jose Sharks 0 - (San Jose leads series 3-2)
Goals:
LAK - Tyler Toffoli (2) - from Tanner Pearson and Alec Martinez (8:09 1ST)
LAK - Anze Kopitar (1) - from Dustin Brown (12:52 1ST)
LAK - Jeff Carter PPG (2) - from Marian Gaborik and Drew Doughty (0:22 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Quick (30 saves on 30 shots) LG - Antti Niemi (16 saves on 19 shots), Alex Stalock (22 saves on 22 shots in relief of Niemi)
Three Stars:
3. Drew Doughty (1 assist) - Los Angeles
2. Tyler Toffoli (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles
1. Jonathan Quick (30 saves on 30 shots for the shutout) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Milan Lucic - Lucic scored the series-winning goal and added an assist in the Bruins 3-2 win over the Red Wings, beating them 4-1 in the series.
2. Jonathan Quick - Quick looked extremely focused in the Kings 3-0 win over the Sharks, stopping all 30 shots to cut the series deficit to 3-2 heading back to LA.
1. Nathan MacKinnon - MacKinnon came up big yet again for the Avalanche, scoring his first career OT winner and adding 2 assists in the Avs 4-3 win over the Wild. The Avs now have a 3-2 series lead heading back to Minnesota for game 6.

Playoff Schedule Central - Sunday April 27th:
Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York Rangers Game #5: 12:00 PM ET on TSN (In New York)
St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago Blackhawks Game #6: 3:00 PM ET on CBC (In Chicago)
Anaheim Ducks vs. Dallas Stars Game #6: 8:00 PM ET on TSN2 (In Dallas)
QUICK TURNAROUND: Quick stopped all 30 shots in the Kings 3-0 win over the Sharks
-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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