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FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Philadelphia 2, WASHINGTON 0 – WSH leads 3-2
NY Islanders 2, FLORIDA 1 (2OT) – NYI leads 3-2
Minnesota 5, DALLAS 4 (OT) – DAL leads 3-2
San Jose 6, LOS ANGELES 3 – SJS wins 4-1
DON’T MISS A MINUTE
All four of Friday’s games featured thrilling action:
* The Sharks saw their 3-0 lead erased in the second period, but responded with three unanswered goals of their own to eliminate the Kings.
* The Islanders emerged with a double-overtime victory against the Panthers in the second-longest game in franchise history for both clubs.
* The Wild and Stars traded leads in the third period before Minnesota tied the game late and extended the series with an overtime win.
* The Flyers were outshot by a 44-11 margin, but scored the only two goals to stave off elimination for the second straight game.
SHARKS OUTLAST KINGS, MOVE ON TO SECOND ROUND
The Kings erased a 3-0 deficit in the second period, but the Sharks scored three unanswered goals in the final frame to win their first playoff series since the 2013 Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. VAN (4-0 W).
* The Sharks improved 10-1 in 11 all-time best-of-seven series when winning three of the opening four games.
* The Sharks won their second playoff series – in four all-time meetings – against the rival Kings. Their lone other victory came in the 2011 Western Conference Quarterfinals (4-2 W).
* Joonas Donskoi scored his first two career postseason goals, including the tiebreaker at 3:58 of the third period.
QUINE LIFTS ISLANDERS OVER PANTHERS IN DOUBLE-OVERTIME
Alan Quine, who made his NHL debut on April 9, scored with 4:00 remaining in double-overtime to lift the Islanders over the Panthers and to a 3-2 series lead.
* Quine became the third player in Islanders history to register his first career playoff goal in overtime – and the second to do so in the past week. The others: Ken Morrow (Game 3 of 1980 PR at LAK) and Thomas Hickey (Game 3 of 2016 FR vs. FLA).
* Quine also became the first Islanders player to notch a playoff overtime goal on the roadsince May 14, 1993, when Dave Volek scored at 5:16 of overtime in Game 7 of the Patrick Division Final at PIT.
KOIVU, WILD FORCE GAME 6 WITH COMEBACK OVERTIME WIN
Down 4-3 and facing elimination late in the third period, Mikko Koivu (2-0—2) scored the tying goal with 3:09 remaining and winner at 4:55 of overtime to power the Wild past the Stars.
* Koivu, who registered his first career multi-goal game in the postseason, also picked up the first overtime goal of his playoff career. He has scored four such goals in 763 career regular-season appearances.
NEUVIRTH BLANKS CAPITALS TO KEEP FLYERS ALIVE . . .
Michal Neuvirth stopped all 44 shots he faced, including 30 over the final two periods, to help the Flyers defeat the Capitals and stave off elimination for the second consecutive game.
* The Flyers forced a Game 6 when trailing a best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoffs series 3-0 for the second time in franchise history. The only other time they achieved that feat was in the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals (vs. BOS), when Philadelphia became the third team in NHL history to win a best-of-seven series after losing the opening three games.
* Neuvirth, who set a postseason career high for saves in one game, registered his second playoff shutout (also April 15, 2011 vs. NYR: 22 SV w/ WSH). Elias says that Neuvirth established Flyers records for saves in a postseason shutout as well as a playoff regulation win.
. . . DESPITE LARGE SHOT DISPARITY
The Flyers defeated the Capitals despite being outshot 44-11, their lowest shot total forany game in franchise history (regular-season or playoffs).
* Via Elias, the Flyers became the first team to win a playoff game with 11 or fewer shots on goal since May 13, 1998, when the Capitals defeated the Senators, 2-0, despite being outshot 36-11.
POSTSEASON RARITY: TWO PENALTY SHOTS ON SAME DAY
For just the second time in Stanley Cup Playoffs history, two penalty shots were attempted on the same day: Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss stopped Panthers forwardAleksander Barkov at 7:19 of overtime, while Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick denied Sharks forward Patrick Marleau during the second period.
* The only other instance of two penalty shots on the same day in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: April 9, 1988, when Petr Klima (DET) scored on Allen Bester (TOR) and John Tucker (BUF) converted against Andy Moog (BOS).
* Only two other penalty shots have been awarded in overtime in the history of the Stanley Cup Playoffs: Ken Wregget (PIT) denied Joe Juneau (WSH) on April 24, 1996, whileAndy Moog (MTL) stopped Alexei Morozov (PIT) on April 23, 1998. Current Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr also played in both of those games (w/ PIT).
MILESTONES & BENCHMARKS
* Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk (37 SV) registered his sixth career playoff victory (all w/ MIN) to surpass Dwayne Roloson (5) for the most in franchise history.
* Six players scored their first career playoff goals: Joonas Donskoi (SJS), Melker Karlsson (SJS), Alan Quine (NYI), Jordan Schroeder (MIN), Chris Tierney (SJS) andChris VandeVelde (PHI).
LOOSE PUCKS
Road teams won all four games to improve to 23-15 thus far in the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs . . . The Wild improved to 10-6 in 16 all-time postseason games when facing elimination . . . Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss made a career-high 47 saves (regular-season and playoffs) . . . Sharks teammates Brent Burns and Logan Couture each collected three assists . . . Stars captain Jamie Benn (1-0—1) registered at least one point for the 10th time in 11 career playoff games (7-5—12) . . . The NHL announced the start times of Sunday’s three games . . . NHL LiveWire: Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan was mic’d up for Game 4 at NYR.
SNEAK PEEK AT SATURDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
NY Rangers @ Pittsburgh, PIT leads 3-1, 3:00 p.m., NBC, SN360, TVAS
Nashville @ Anaheim, series tied 2-2, 6:00 p.m., NBCSN, SN, TVAS, PRIME, FS-TN
St. Louis @ Chicago, STL leads 3-2, 8:00 p.m., NBC, CBC, TVAS2
BLUES-BLACKHAWKS: DID YOU KNOW?
* Via Elias, the Blues-Blackhawks series has been tied or within one goal for 94.5% of total playing time (313:55 of 332:11).
* Nine of the last 11 playoff games between the Blues and Blackhawks, including all five thus far in the First Round, have been decided by one goal. Six of those nine contests have required overtime, with each team winning three times.
* Including the regular-season, five of the 10 meetings between the Blues and Blackhawks in 2015-16 have required overtime. St. Louis has won four of those contests, with their lone loss coming in Game 5 on Thursday.
