More potential eliminations are on the line Friday with three games on. First up...
The Pittsburgh Penguins host the New York Rangers. Igor Shesterkin and Louis Domingue are in goal. Pittsburgh began in the first period with a Jeff Carter goal, his fourth of the postseason, via Kasperi Kapanen and Marcus Pettersson. The Penguins added on with a Bryan Rust goal, his second of the playoffs, guided in by Jake Guentzel. New York got on the board with a Mika Zibanejad power play goal in the second period, powered by Ryan Strome and Adam Fox. The Rangers tied it on a Zibanejad goal, his second of the game, passed from Fox and Ryan Lindgren. New York pulled ahead on a Chris Kreider power play goal, his third of the postseason, with assists provided by Zibanejad and the goalie Shesterkin. Pittsburgh retied it on an unassisted Evgeni Malkin goal, his third of the playoffs, going in unassisted. The Rangers pulled ahead in the third period with a Kreider goal, his second of the game and fourth of the postseason, made possible by Zibanejad and Fox. New York iced it at 5-3 with an Andrew Copp empty net goal, his fourth of the playoffs, set up by Kevin Rooney and Fox. The three stars were Zibanejad, Kreider, and Fox. The series is tied heading back to New York for Game 7 on Sunday.
In DC, the Washington Capitals welcome the Florida Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky and Ilya Samsonov man the nets. Washington got going in the second period with a Nic Dowd goal, via Garnet Hathaway and Johan Larsson. Florida tied it on a Ryan Lomberg goal, courtesy of Patric Hornqvist and Eetu Luostarinen. The Capitals retook the lead in the third period with a Nicklas Backstrom goal, his second of the postseason, assisted by Justin Schultz and Trevor van Riemsdyk. The Panthers tied it again with a Claude Giroux goal, his third of the playoffs, guided in by Aaron Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe. Florida took the lead with an Aleksander Barkov goal, his second of the postseason, helped along by Giroux and MacKenzie Weegar. Washington tied it again with a T.J. Oshie power play goal, his sixth of the playoffs, powered by Anthony Mantha and Evgeny Kuznetsov. The Panthers won 4-3 in overtime with a Verhaeghe goal, his sixth of the postseason, courtesy of Giroux and Ben Chiarot. The three stars were Giroux, Verhaeghe, and Barkov. The Panthers took the series 4-2 and will play in the second round.
Down in Dallas, the Stars bring in the Calgary Flames. Jacob Markstrom and Jake Oettinger tend the twines. Dallas led off in the first period with a Roope Hintz goal, his second of the postseason, fueled by Joe Pavelski and Jason Robertson. The Stars added on with a Michael Raffl goal, his second of the playoffs, guided in by Joel Kiviranta. Calgary got on the board with a Michael Stone goal, assisted by Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk. The Flames tied it on a Mikael Backlund goal, his third of the playoffs, made possible by Stone and Rasmus Andersson. Dallas retook the lead with a Miro Heiskanen goal, coming off of Radek Faksa and Ryan Suter. The Stars iced it at 4-2 with a Tyler Seguin empty net goal, his second of the postseason, set up by Hintz and Raffl. The three stars were Hintz, Raffl, and Stone. The series heads to Calgary once more tied at 3-3.
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