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Blue Jackets beat Lightning 3-1, lead playoff series 3-0

By The Associated Press two games by one goal,
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — but got back on track in St.
The Columbus Blue Jackets Louis. Kevin Hayes, Brandon
extended their postsea- Tanev and Dustin Byfuglien
son mastery of the Tampa also scored, and Connor
Bay Lightning, beating the Hellebuyck made 25 saves.
NHL’s best team 3-1 on Sun- Game 4 of the best-of-sev-
day night and moving to en series is Tuesday night
within a game of sweeping in St. Louis. David Perron,
the playoff series. Vladimir Tarasenko and Al-
Matt Duchene, Oliver Bjork- exander Steen scored for
strand and Cam Atkinson the Blues, and Jordan Bin-
scored, and Sergei Bo- nington made 23 stops.
brovsky fended off a des- ISLANDERS 4, PENGUINS 1
perate third-period charge PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordan
to finish with 30 saves for Eberle scored for the third
the Blue Jackets, who took straight game, Robin Leh-
a 3-0 lead in the best-of- ner stopped 25 shots and
seven, first-round series. Co- New York stunned Pitts-
lumbus will try to win a play- burgh to take a 3-0 lead in
off series for the first time in its best-of-seven, first-round
franchise history in Game 4 playoffs series.
at home Tuesday night. Brock Nelson added his
Without their top scorer, the second goal of the play-
suspended Nikita Kucherov, offs, Leo Komarov scored
and injured defenseman the first postseason goal of
Victor Hedman, the Light- his career and Anders Lee
ning, who won a league- also scored for the Island-
best 62 games in the regu- Columbus Blue Jackets’ Cam Atkinson celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning during ers, who have pushed the
lar season, couldn’t find the third period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series, Sunday, April 14, 2019, in star-laden Penguins to the
any momentum until late in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets beat the Lightning 3-1. brink of elimination.
the final period, and then Associated Press Garrett Wilson scored Pitts-
Bobrovsky rose to the chal- GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, SHARKS San Jose. Max Pacioretty Kevin Labanc, Logan Cou- burgh’s lone goal, a first-
lenge. Ondrej Palat scored 3 had a goal and an assist, ture and Tim Meier scored period deflection past Leh-
for Tampa Bay. LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark defenseman Shea Theo- for San Jose, and Martin ner that gave the Penguins
Columbus has command- Stone had three goals and dore had three assists and Jones stopped 34 shots. just their second lead of
ed the series since they fell two assists, and Vegas beat Marc-Andre Fleury made JETS 6, BLUES 3 the series. Matt Murray fin-
behind 3-0 in the opening San Jose to take a 2-1 lead 25 saves. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Con- ished with 32 saves for the
period of Game 1, only to in its first-round playoff se- The Golden Knights and nor scored twice, Patrik Penguins, who need a win
rally to win that one 4-3. ries. Sharks scored 15 times Laine had a goal and an in Game 4 on Tuesday to
They beat the Lightning 5-1 Paul Stastny collected two while splitting the first two assist, and Winnipeg beat avoid being swept for the
in Game 2, and solidly out- goals and three assists as games in San Jose. Game 4 St. Louis to climb back into first time since the 2013
played them for all but a Vegas captured another of the best-of-seven series is its playoff series. Eastern Conference finals
few minutes on Sunday. high-scoring matchup with Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Winnipeg dropped the first against Boston.q

Flyers hire Alain Vigneault as head coach

By DAN GELSTON ed to work with Chuck, the in the regular season under
AP Sports Writer talented group of players, Vigneault, who is third in
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The and the prospects coming regular-season and play-
Philadelphia Flyers have up through the system in off wins in franchise history.
hired Alain Vigneault as order to return Philadelphia Vigneault, who turns 58 in
head coach, hoping the to the top of the NHL land- May, has coached 16 NHL
veteran can help lead scape,” Vigneault said. seasons for the Montreal
them to their first Stanley The Flyers went 37-37-8 for Canadiens, Canucks and
Cup since 1975. 82 points this season and Rangers. His team made
Vigneault has led the New haven’t reached the sec- the playoffs 11 times, and
York Rangers and Vancou- ond round of the playoffs he took Vancouver to the
ver Canucks to the Stanley since 2012. Gordon was 2011 Cup Final. He was
Cup Final and takes over 25-22-4 over 51 games and named NHL coach of the
a Flyers team that missed was offered a chance to year in 2006-2007 with Van-
the playoffs for the sec- return to coach the Flyers’ couver.
ond time in three seasons. AHL team in Lehigh Valley. “He brings a tremendous
Flyers general manager In this Nov. 2016, file photo, New York Rangers head coach Alain The Flyers last played in the amount of success over an
Chuck Fletcher made his Vigneault, top, gives instructions in the third period of an NHL Stanley Cup Final in 2010. extended period of time
first big move since he hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh. The Rangers made the that will prove valuable to
was hired in November af- Associated Press playoffs in four of Vi- our team to take the next
ter Ron Hextall was fired. coach Scott Gordon. Vi- tory they have established gneault’s five seasons as steps in returning the win-
Fletcher fired coach Dave gneault gets a chance to and the passionate fan coach, including a 2014 ning culture to the Philadel-
Hakstol a month later and lead a third team to the base has made this a first- trip to the Stanley Cup Fi- phia Flyers organization,”
replaced him with interim Stanley Cup Final. “The his- class franchise. I am excit- nal. They went 226-147-37 Fletcher said. q