Coyotes beat Blackhawks in overtime, 3-2

Coyotes beat Blackhawks in overtime, 3-2

Mikkel Bødker accrue overtime for a second straight game and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2, Thursday night in Chicago to take 3-1 lead in Western Conference first round playoff series.

Cooper skating in front of defenseman Nick Leddy and shovel the puck over the goalie Corey Crawford 2 minutes 15 seconds of overtime. All four games the series has gone to overtime.

Michael Frolik tap-in from the left side with 1:26 remaining tied to regulation and the score marked the third time in four games, Blackhawks gathered to force overtime after pulling Crawford an extra attacker.

Shane Doan and Taylor Pyatt made a 44-second intervals, so that Coyotes 2-0 lead in the third. But Brendan Morrison, in which case his first appearance in the series, was made 2-1 and send what has been a quiet United Center, the audience will frenzy.

Phoenix dominated the play last season. After being outshot 23-10 through the first two cycles, coyotes eight shots only one objective is to Blackhawks in the first 10 minutes. But Morrison scored the fight a long shot from the right circle that seemed to hit the Coyotes’ whip before you fly by Mike Smith’s glove and into the goal.

Blackhawks played without star right wing Marian Hossa, who took the ice on a stretcher and transported to the Game 3 after a shoulder- to-head hit, Coyotes total Raffi Torres.

Torres was suspended until further notice on Wednesday and was to be hearing on the league on Friday. Blackhawks were already without rookie forward Andrew Shaw, who produced a five-game suspension for knocking Smith with their Game 2 And there is no timetable for a return to Hossa, who led the team in regular season and 77 points

in Washington 2, Boston 1. Playoff rookie Braden Holtby was followed by a painful ride a great one by making 44 saves and Alexander Semin made a go-ahead goal Capitals, who tied the Eastern Conference series 2-2.

Marcus Johansson put the puck past Tim Thomas less than 1 1/2 minutes after the opening faceoff, but the Bruins’ Rich peverley bound to score later in the first period. Semin put Washington ahead a good 1:17 remaining in the second period is a power-play goal, his second score series.

Washington was 25-0-1 in the regular season when leading two-time and Holtby continued this trend, inspiring songs repeated, “Holt-bee! Holt-bee!” From the red-clad spectators. After things got rowdy Game 3, Capitals did that discipline Sunday:. They were invited to only one punishment

Blues 2, Sharks 1: Brian Elliott made 24 saves, BJ Crombeen and Andy McDonald scored and the St. Louis Blues moved to profit from the second round of the playoffs and 3-1 series management.

Patrik Berglund and David Perron each assisted both goals Blues, who could win the first playoff series since 2002 by beating Sharks Game 5 at home on Saturday night.

San Jose played in a very long, especially in the second and third period, but again struggled to score against St. Louis’ tight defense that allowed the least goals ever 82-game season. Joe Thornton broke the shutout with 1:07 left, but the Sharks did not got the equalizer.

Sharks are at risk of falls in the first round after making the Western Conference finals the previous two seasons. They have to win three consecutive games against a team they have won once on eight occasions this season

New Jersey 4 , Florida 0:. Martin Brodeur returned to the shortest postseason performance records in the twenty-fourth playoff shutout and the Devils offset to the Eastern Conference series 2-2.

Brodeur made 26 saves to take over sole possession of the post-season shutout mark Patrick Roy. 39 the long-term goal of adding his second bid to help the series, where he was 10 his career four behind all-time leader Grant Fuhr.

trouble came two days after Brodeur had been raised after scoring three goals and 22:18 4-3 loss.

Zach Parise, Steve Bernier, Travis Zajac and Ilya Kovalchuk did in New Jersey.

Brodeur made at least six unique one hundred saves to win his first career postseason games.