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Avalanche 4, Stars 0
Gabriel Landeskog scored his first goal in nearly three years and added an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 in Denver, evening their Western Conference opening-round series at two games apiece.
Mackenzie Blackwood recorded 23 saves for his first career playoff shutout, while Nathan MacKinnon, Logan O’Connor and Samuel Girard also scored. Colorado dominated, bouncing back after consecutive overtime losses.
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Golden Knights 4, Wild 3 (OT)
Ivan Barbashev knocked in a rebound at 17:26 of overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a dramatic 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild in Game 4.
Tomas Hertl and Nicolas Roy each added a goal and an assist for Vegas, while Shea Theodore also found the net. Adin Hill made 29 saves. The series is now tied 2-2 heading back to Las Vegas.
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Lightning 5, Panthers 1
Nick Paul scored the go-ahead goal and Nikita Kucherov dished out three assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 in Sunrise, Fla.
Tampa Bay’s offense finally came alive, evening the series tension despite Florida still holding a 2-1 lead. Matthew Tkachuk scored Florida’s lone goal.
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Senators 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
Jake Sanderson scored at 17:42 of overtime to lift Ottawa past Toronto, avoiding a sweep in their Eastern Conference first-round series.
Tim Stutzle, Shane Pinto and David Perron also scored for the Senators. Toronto, which still leads the series 3-1, got goals from John Tavares, Matthew Knies and Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
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