The National Hockey League played four games in the first round of the Stanley Cup last night.
The NHL has named its first Stanley Cup quarterfinalists. Confirming their status as regular season winners, they advanced to the second round of the competition Rangers.
The New York club did not leave a chance Washington, winning the series in four games. In the second round Rangers will play against the winner of the confrontation Carolina – islanders. The Hurricanes lead the series 3:1.
NHL. Playoffs. April 29
Pucks: 1:0 – 8 Lehkonen (Mittlestadt), 1:1 – 13 Schmidt (Stanley, Appleton), 2:1 – 31 Nichushkin (McKinnon, Makar), 3:1 – 35 Makar, 4:1 – 39 Nichushkin ( MacKinnon, Lehkonen), 5:1 – 59 Nichushkin (Rontanen)
Series score: 3-1
Nashville – Vancouver – 3:4 (1:1, 1:0, 1:2, 0:1)
Pucks: 0:1 – 2 Boeser (Soucy, Miller), 1:1 – 5 Jankowski (Carrier, Lauzon), 2:1 – 25 Nyqvist (O’Reilly), 3:1 – 41 Forsberg (McDon, Josi) , 3:2 – 57 Bosser (Miller, Lindholm), 3:3 – 59 Bosser (Petterson, Miller), 3:4 – 61 Lindholm (Joshua, Garland)
Series score: 1-3
Washington – Rangers – 2:4 (1:2, 1:0, 0:2)
Pucks: 0:1 – 1 Kakko, 1:1 – 14 Fegervara (Strome, Protas), 1:2 – 19 Trocheck (Panarin, Zibanejad), 2:2 – 27 Lapierre (Alekseev), 2:3 – 43 Panarin ( Fox, Zibanejad), 2:4 – 59 Roslovic (Trumpet, Lafreniere)
Series score: 0-4
Los Angeles – Edmonton – 0:1 (0:0, 0:1, 0:0)
Puck: 0:1 – 31 Bouchard (McDavid, Draisaitl)
Series score: 1-3
Source: korrespondent
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