The National Hockey League played four games in the first round of the Stanley Cup last night.
The Rangers and Florida made strong bids to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup. Last night, both teams doubled their advantage over their opponents.
The club from New York once again defeated Washington on its own ice in a difficult confrontation.
The battle at Sunraig became more violent. The Panthers just managed to hold off the visitors from Tampa Bay in overtime.
NHL. Playoffs. April 24
Rangers – Washington – 4:3 (2:1, 2:1, 0:1)
Pucks: 0:1 – 5 McMichael, 1:1 – 7 Trocheck (Gustafsson), 2:1 – 14 Zibanejad (Lafreniere, Trocheck), 2:2 – 24 Strome (Pacioretty, Wilson), 3:2 – 32 Roslovic ( Lafreniere, Gustafsson), 4:2 – 36 Miller (Kreider, Zibanejad), 4:3 – 51 Wilson (Carlson, Lapierre)
Series score: 2-0
Florida – Tampa Bay – 3:2 (2:0, 0:2, 0:0, 1:0)
Pucks: 1:0 – 6 Bennett (Verhaeghe, Tkachak), 2:0 – 15 Tarasenko (Ekman-Larsson, Bennett), 2:1 – 21 Point (Hedman, Duclair), 2:2 – 25 Stemkos (Kucherov, Hedman ), 3:2 – 62 Verhaeghe (Lundell)
Series score: 2-0
Winnipeg – Colorado – 2:5 (1:0, 1:4, 0:1)
Pucks: 1:0 – 3 Gustafsson (Pionk, Dillon), 1:1 – 21 Wood (Colton), 2:1 – 28 Scheifele (Connor, Willardi), 2:2 – 34 Lehkonen (Toews, Makar), 2: 3 – 37 Parise (Cogliano), 2:4 – 39 Manson (Lehkonen, MacKinnon), 2:5 – 59 Nichushkin (Rantanen, Makar)
Series score: 1-1
Vancouver – Vancouver Nashville – 1:4 (0:1, 1:2, 0:1)
Pucks: 0:1 – 1 Beauvillier (Forsberg), 0:2 – 26 Forsberg (Nyqvist), 0:3 – 28 Sisons (Zucker, Beauvillier), 1:3 – 35 Zadorov (Di Giuseppe, Cole), 1:4 – 58 Sherwood
Series score: 1-1
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