Over the ocean in the hundredth season in NHL history ended the second round of the playoffs for the Stanley Cup.
The confrontation between “Washington” and “Pittsburgh” was considered by many as an early Stanley Cup finals. “Capitals” in the course of the series was lost 1:3, but managed to get to the decisive match. Having the home ice advantage, Ovechkin and company tried for the first time since 1998 to reach the final of the conference.
Pittsburgh has relied on counter-attacks and twice successful in this Growing and Hornqvist once struck the defense of “Washington,” and at his gate more reliably operated than the goalkeeper Fleury, who at such a crucial moment to register the shutout.
Anaheim two years later returned to the conference finals – “DAX” in the seventh match of the series snatched victory from the hands of the less experienced similar matches “Edmonton”, played in the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
The winning goal in the opening stages of a crucial period scored Nick Ritchie, completing the comeback “Anaheim”, who had to fight back after a missed attack from Drake Cagily.
The results of the matches of the day:
Anaheim — Edmonton 2:1 (0:1, 1:0, 1:0), the account in a series 4:3
Washington — Pittsburgh 0:2 (0:0, 0:1, 0:1), the account in a series 3:4
So, in the final of the East “Pittsburgh” waiting “Ottawa”, and “Anaheim” for an exit in the Stanley Cup finals will compete with the sensational “Nashville”. The third round of the playoffs starts in the night from Friday to Saturday, may 13.
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