Toronto hung on to beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Wednesday night and prevent getting swept in their second-round series.
Mitch Marner and William Nylander both snapped seven-game objective dry spells, while novice netminder Joseph Woll stopped 24-of-25 shots for Toronto.
The Leafs haven’t been swept in a best-of-seven series given that 1979. However, they will need to end up being the 5th group in NHL history to climb up out of a 3-0 series deficit if they wish to keep their post-season run alive.
ALL ALIGNED
The Oilers prevented a 3-1 series deficit by method of an outstanding 4-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his very first post-season objective as Edmonton increased 4-0 with 5:15 left in the 2nd duration.
With the best-of-seven series heading back to Vegas on Friday, the Oilers require another effort such as Wednesday’s to put themselves in the driver’s seat for when in this 2nd round.
TYPHOON SEASON?
The Carolina Hurricanes have actually been dominant throughout their 3 wins over the New Jersey Devils, with their tiniest margin of success being 4 objectives.
Carolina now has the possibility to schedule its ticket into the Eastern Conference finals on home ice Thursday.
A Game 5 win wouldn’t provide a series sweep, with New Jersey having actually taken Game 3 on Sunday, however another dominant Hurricanes success will sure make it feel as near one as might be.
TRADING BLOWS
The Seattle Kraken and Dallas Stars have actually been exchanging wins through the 4 video games of their best-of-seven series.
Seattle had actually taken a 2-1 edge in the second-round series by method of a dominant 7-2 win on Sunday however stopped working to profit from home ice with Dallas making a 6-3 win on Tuesday to even things up.
With the series back in Dallas for Thursday’s Game 5, the concern for the Kraken will be whether they might take another roadway video game to press the Stars to the edge of removal.
MORE HISTORY IN PLAY
Connor McDavid is the only Ted Lindsay Award finalist still in action in the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Oilers star remains in line to possibly declare the award — which is provided to the most impressive gamer as voted on by members of the NHL Players’ Association — for the 4th time in 7 seasons.
The 26-year-old might end up being the 3rd gamer ever to win it a minimum of 4 times, with Wayne Gretzky (5) and Mario Lemieux (4) being the others.
McDavid led the NHL in objectives (64), helps (89) and points (153) in declaring his 5th Art Ross Trophy this year as the league’s leading scorer. He is presently initially in helps (12) and 2nd in points (17) in the post-season going into Thursday.
The other finalists were Boston forward David Pastrnak and San Jose defenceman Erik Karlsson.
This report by The Canadian Press was very first released May 11, 2023.
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