2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs - April 27th Recap

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Detroit Red Wings 2 (Series tied 3-3)

Goals:

TBL - Tyler Johnson (5) - from Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman (3:47 1ST)

TBL - Jason Garrison (1) - from Steven Stamjos and Nikita Kucherov (11:10 1ST)

TBL - Tyler Johnson (6) - from Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov (9:09 2ND) *GWG*

DET - Tomas Tatar PPG (2) - from Niklas Kronwall (12:26 2ND)

DET - Tomas Tatar (3) - from Pavel Datsyuk (1:39 3RD)

TBL - Alex Killorn (2) - unassisted (14:51 3RD)

TBL - Cedric Paquette SHG/EN (1) - unassisted (19:03 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (22 saves on 24 shots) LG - Petr Mrazek (23 saves on 27 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Nikita Kucherov (3 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Tomas Tatar (2 goals) - Detroit

1. Tyler Johnson (2 goals, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Washington Capitals 2, New York Islanders 1 (Capitals win series 4-3)

Goals:

WSH - Joel Ward (1) - from Brooks Orpik and Alex Ovechkin (18:35 2ND)

NYI - Frans Nielsen (1) - from Thomas Hickey and Ryan Strome (3:13 3RD)

WSH - Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) - from Jason Chimera and John Carlson (12:42 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (10 saves on 11 shots) LG - Jaroslav Halak (24 saves on 26 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Jaroslav Halak (24 saves on 26 shots) - New York

2. Joel Ward (1 goal) - Washington

1. Evgeny Kuznetsov (1 goal, GWG) - Washington

Playoff Schedule Central - Tuesday April 28th:

No games scheduled for tomorrow. 

Wednesday Night: Detroit Red Wings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Game #7 at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff