The regular matches of the first round of the playoff tournament took place in the National Hockey League.
Carolina, Toronto, St. Louis and Los Angeles are their rivals in the next playoff games and just one step away from winning the series.
The victories were especially important for the “Kings” and “Bluesmen”, who beat Edmonton and Minnesota respectively on the road, and had a chance to get into the next round on their ice in the next game.
Meanwhile, the Hurricanes beat Boston 5: 1 at home, and current champion Tampa’s Maple Leaves 4: 3.
NHL. Playoffs. May 11
Caroline – Boston – 5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)
Washers: 1: 0 – 7 Slavin (Aho, Deangelo), 2: 0 – 13 Deangelo (Trochek, Teryaväinen), 3: 0 – 36 Jarvis (Teräväinen, Aho), 4: 0 – 44 Jarvis (Deangelo, Trochek) , 4: 1 – 51 Clifton (Hall, Howla), 5: 1 – 57 Threes (Teräväinen, Nechas).
Series score: 3-2
Toronto – Tampa Bay – 4: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 3: 1)
Washers: 0: 1 – 6 Stamkos (Kucherov, Palat), 0: 2 – 7 Hedman (Killorn, Kucherov), 1: 2 – 24 Tavares (Giordano, V. Nylander), 2: 2 – 44 Reilly (V. Nylander, Tavares), 3: 2 – 45 V. Nylander (Hall, Mikheev), 3: 3 – 49 Macdon (Paul, Colton), 4: 3 – 54 Matthews (Banting, Marner).
Series score: 3-2
Minnesota – St. Louis – 2: 5 (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 3)
Washers: 0: 1 – 5 O’Reilly (Perunovich, Schenn), 1: 1 – 14 Whims (Fiala, Spurgeon), 2: 1 – 18 Whims (Zuccarello -Asen, Fiala), 2: 2 – 36 Saad ( Thomas, Kairu), 2: 3 – 42 Tarasenko (Folk, Buchnevich), 2: 4 – 43 Tarasenko (Folk, Barbashev), 2: 5 – 59 Tarasenko (Buchnevich).
Series quality: 2-3
Edmonton – Los Angeles – 4: 5 OT (0: 1, 1: 2, 3: 1, OT – 0: 1)
Washers: 0: 1 – 4 Stecher (Edler), 1: 1 – 23 Cassian (Kulak, McDavid), 1: 2 – 30 Kempe (Iafallo, Kopitar), 1: 3 – 34 Athanasiou (Brown), 2: 3 – 43 McDavid (Dreiseitl, Hyman), 2: 4 – 52 Dano (Durzi, Kempe), 3: 4 – 53 Draisaitl, 4: 4 – 56 Draisaitl (Nugent -Hopkins, McDavid), 4: 5 – 62 Kempe (Stecher) .
Series quality: 2-3
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