National Hockey League clubs Boston Bruins and Avalanche Colorado on Wednesday overcame the first round of the Stanley Cup, winning their series 4-1.
The Boston Bruins celebrated their fourth success in the series over Carolina’s Hurricanes 2: 1, winning the series 4-1.
At the Boston club goal, Jaroslav Halaks blocked 23 opponents’ throws, but David Pastrņāk had two assists.
Czech striker Pastrņāks released the last three games of “Bruins” due to undisclosed illness or injury.
“I felt a little better with each shift,” said the Czech. “It was good to return to the square with the other guys. It is always difficult to watch the game from the stands. I’m really happy to be back in line and help make an important victory. ”
David Krečič and Patriss Bergeron each scored a goal and a pass, with Bergeron scoring four seconds before the end of the second third.
Haydn Flener scored in favor of the Carolina team, which beat Boston 4-0 in the final of the 2019 Eastern Conference, and Petr Mrazek stopped 25 opponents in the goal.
Colorado’s Avalanche defeated Arizona’s Coyotes 7: 1, marking the second round of the Stanley Cup with a 4-1 victory.
The Colorado team defeated their opponents 7: 1 in the second match in a row.
In favor of the winners, Neitan McKinon scored four (2 + 2) points, and five more Colorado hockey players scored two points, with Nazem Kadri standing out with two goals.
At the goal, Philip Grubauer handled 23 Arizona hockey shots.
The Philadelphia Flyers, which lost to Montreal’s Canadiens 3: 5, failed to finish the series on Wednesday.
In the Flyers series, he is still in the lead with 3-2.
Nick Suzuki, who also scored on Wednesday, scored the winning goal in the middle of the third period, with the Montreal Canadiens avoiding leaving the tournament in the first round.
Joels Armia scored two goals for the winners, but Jakubs Vorāčeks took part in the creation of all three goals – two goals and a pass.
The St. Louis Blues Championship team, which conceded the 3: 4 advantage of the Vancouver Canucks, also failed to advance to the next round.
In the series, the “blouses” are led by 3-2.
In Edmonton, the main protagonist of the Canucks from a two-goal deficit was Tyler Mot, who scored the first and last goal of the game, helping to play back 1: 3.
It has already been reported that “Blue Jackets”, represented by Latvian goalkeepers Elvis Merzlikkin and Matiss Kivleniek, in the tournament match taking place in Toronto with 4: 5 in the first extension gave way to Tampabeja “Lightning”.
In the quarter-finals of the Eastern Conference, Lightning was 4-1 ahead with four wins.
Jonas Korpisalo repelled 20 shots in the Blue Jackets goal in this match, but Vasilevskis dealt with 37 broadcasts in the opposite.
Merzlikkin was left out of the application due to injury in the Stanley Cup series, so Kivlenieks was entered as the second goalkeeper for the matches. Weini Wehvileinen had arrived in Toronto to have another puck catcher available to the team.
The Blue Jackets had previously beaten the Stanley Cup qualifiers, beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a series of up to three. In this series, Merzlikkin went on the field in two games.
A 24-team elimination tournament is taking place in Toronto and Edmonton, with 16 units continuing the fight for the Stanley Cup. First, the teams played the series up to three wins in the play-off qualifying round, but then switched to the traditional series format with up to four wins.
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