Stanley Cup Playoffs 1st Round

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Eastern Conference

• (1) Philadelphia vs (12) Montreal 
• (2) Tampa Bay vs (9) Columbus
• (3) Washington vs (7) NY Islanders
• (4) Boston vs (6) Carolina

Western Conference

• (1) Vegas vs (12) Chicago
• (2) Colorado vs (11) Arizona
• (3) Dallas vs (8) Calgary
• (4) St. Louis vs (7) Vancouver

It all starts 3 PM on Tuesday with game 1 of the Lightning/Blue Jacket series.

 

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The Tampa Bay/Columbus game 1 is 10 minutes into its 5th overtime, meaning they have played 2 1/2 complete games. Overtime in the playoffs is sudden death and each overtime period is the same as a regulation period, 20 minutes. This game started at 3 this afternoon. 

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Tampa wins. It went so long they moved the Bruins/Hurricanes game to tomorrow morning. 

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Wow. What a game!!! Braydon Point with the game winner. 

 

 

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Lighting 3 Blue Jackets 2 5OT

Tampa Bay leads the series 1-0.

The fourth longest game in NHL history. 

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Flames 3 Stars 2

Calgary leads the series 1-0.

 

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In the Bolts/Jackets game Joonas Korpisalo faced 88 shots on goal from Tampa Bay. Columbus had 63.

Considering that the Jackets had 62 blocks, the Lightning took 150 shots to Columbus' 93. 

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Joonas Korpisalo broke a NHL record for most saves in a playoff game. He made 85, the old record was 73. 

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Golden Knights 4 Blackhawks 1

Vegas leads the series 1-0.

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Bruins 4 Hurricanes 3 2OT

Patrice Bergeron with the game winner 1:13 into the second overtime period.

Boston leads the series 1-0.

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Islanders 4 Capitals 2

New York leads the series 1-0.

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Avalance 3 Coyotes 0

The Avs score 3 goals in a span of 1:25 for all of the scoring.

Colorado leads the series 1-0.

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Flyers 2 Canadians 1

Philadelphia leads the series 1-0.

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Canucks 5 Blues 2

Vancouver leads the series 1-0.

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Blue Jackets 3 Lightning 1

A flash back to last year. 

The series is tied 1-1.