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Thursday 19 april 2018
Expansion Golden Knights sweep Kings to advance to 2nd round

By The Associated Press in OT, this time on the Blue seconds left in the first peri-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackets' home ice, to pull od and tacked on an emp-
Brayden McNabb scored to 2-1 in the best-of-seven ty-netter with 11 seconds
against his former team in series. remaining, pushing the Wild
the second period, lifting On the winner, Eller tapped to the brink of elimination.
Vegas to a 1-0 victory over a rebound past Sergei Bo- Devan Dubnyk stopped
the Los Angeles Kings on brovsky for his first goal in 26 shots for the Wild, who
Tuesday night that made the playoff series. played without star left
the Golden Knights the first Tom Wilson and John wing Zach Parise because
expansion team in NHL his- Carlson also scored, and of a broken sternum suf-
tory to sweep its first playoff Braden Holtby stopped 33 fered in Game 3. After a
series. shots for the Capitals. six-goal outburst in their
Marc-Andre Fleury turned Game 4 is Thursday night last appearance, the Wild
in another stellar perfor- back here with Game 5 set had trouble generating the
mance, stopping 31 shots for Washington on Satur- same kind of relentless at-
as the Knights finished off day. tack and simply couldn't
their fourth one-goal vic- Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez, right, competes Pierre-Luc Dubois and Ar- slide any pucks past Helle-
tory of the series. It was his for the puck with Vegas Golden Knights left wing William Carrier, temi Panarin scored for buyck.
second shutout of the se- center, and left wing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, left, of France, Columbus, and Bobrovsky Now the series shifts back
during the third period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey first-round
ries. playoff series in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. finished with 42 saves after to Winnipeg, with Game 5
The Knights poured into the Associated Press getting 54 in the Game 2 on Friday night.q
net to hug Fleury at the fi- on Sunday.
nal horn. Vegas fans in the managed just three goals into the second overtime JETS 2, WILD 0
crowd chanted the goal- in this series and lacked of- and Washington beat Co- ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mark
ie's name in celebration. fensive punch from center lumbus to tighten up the Scheifele scored both goals
The Knights became the Anze Kopitar (one goal) first-round playoff series. for Winnipeg and Connor
second team to win their and wings Brown and Tyler The Capitals won at Na- Hellebuyck made 30 saves
first four playoff games, Toffoli (no goals). tionwide Arena after Co- for his seventh shutout this
joining the 1970 Pittsburgh CAPITALS 3, BLUE JACKETS lumbus won the first two season, as the Jets took a
Penguins. 2, 2OT games — both in overtime 3-1 lead in the first-round
Jonathan Quick made 20 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — — in Washington. It was playoff series.
saves for the Kings. who Lars Eller scored 9 minutes the Capitals' turn to prevail Scheifele scored with 28