Good start for Philadelphia and Colorado, Boston dominates Carolina

Marie Mahé, published on Thursday 13 August 2020 at 09:34

While Boston started their series against Carolina with a success, Philadelphia narrowly dominated Montreal while the Colorado Avalanche did not have any difficulties against the Arizona Coyotes.

Boston Advantage. This Wednesday, the Bruins disposed of the Carolina Hurricanes (4-3 ap), for their first game of the first round of the NHL play-offs, in the Eastern Conference, on the side of the “bubble” of Toronto, at the Scotiabank Arena , behind closed doors. A victory that came after two extra times. Originally, this meeting should have taken place on Tuesday, but it was eventually postponed due to the particularly impressive duration of the first game between Tampa Bay and Columbus. Despite their victory, the Bruins were nevertheless well behind the score, thanks to a goal from Joel Edmundson, after 13 minutes of play, before turning the situation around and even staying ahead (2-1, 3-2), following the achievements of David Pastrnak, Charlie Coyle and David Krejci. 10 minutes from the end of the third period and therefore the match, the Hurricanes ended up equalizing through Haydn Fleury. The two franchises therefore headed for the extension and it was Patrice Bergeron who ended up relieving his family.

Philadelphia resisted against Montreal, Bellemare and Roussel victorious

First in the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia Flyers did not have an easy start in the play-offs. For their first game against the Montreal Canadiens, Sean Couturier’s teammates (4 shots) came out by the smallest of margins. Jakub Voracek opened the scoring on the power-play midway through the first period before seeing Shea Weber equalize five minutes from the end of the second for a Canadiens one more on the ice. The Flyers will have waited only 16 seconds to definitely gain the advantage thanks to Joel Farabee (2-1). Also in the West, the New York Islanders dominated the Washington Capitals (2-4). On the French side, the night was auspicious. Aligned with the Colorado Avalanche, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare took part in the victory against Arizona Coyotes (3-0) which took shape in the last ten minutes. In just over a minute, Nazem Kadri on the power play, then JT Compher and Mikko Rantanen gave the Avalanche victory. More discreet, Antoine Roussel spent seven minutes on the ice during Vancouver’s success against St. Louis (2-5). Bo Horvat opened the scoring for the Canucks before David Perron equalized for the Blues. The second period saw the same scenario with Elias Petterson and Jaden Schwartz responding to each other. It wasn’t until the last 20 minutes that Vancouver made the difference through Troy Stecher, Bo Horvat and JT Miller.

NHL / STANLEY CUP 2020
First round

Eastern Conference (in Toronto)

Philadelphia Flyers (1) – Montréal Canadiens (8) : 1-0
Match 1 –Philadelphia – Montréal : 2-1
Game 2 on Friday August 14
Game 3 on Sunday August 16
Game 4 on Tuesday August 18
Game 5 (if necessary) on Wednesday August 19
Game 6 (if necessary) on Friday August 21
Game 7 (if necessary) on Sunday 23 August

Washington Capitals (3) – New York Islanders (6) : 0-1
Match 1 – Washington – New York Islanders : 2-4
Game 2 on Friday August 14
Game 3 on Sunday August 16
Game 4 on Tuesday August 18
Game 5 (if necessary) Thursday August 20
Game 6 (if necessary) on Saturday August 22
Game 7 (if necessary) on Sunday 23 August

Boston Bruins (4) – Carolina Hurricanes (5) : 1-0
Match 1 :Boston – Carolina: 4-3 ap
Game 2 Thursday August 13
Game 3 on Saturday August 15
Game 4 on Monday August 17
Game 5 (if necessary) on Wednesday August 19
Game 6 (if necessary) Thursday August 20
Game 7 (if necessary) on Sunday 23 August

Western Conference (in Edmonton)

Colorado Avalanche (2) – Arizona Coyotes (8) : 1-0
Match 1 –Colorado – Arizona : 3-0
Game 2 on Friday August 14
Game 3 on Saturday August 15
Game 4 on Monday August 17
Game 5 (if necessary) on Wednesday August 19
Game 6 (if necessary) on Friday August 21
Game 7 (if necessary) on Sunday 23 August

St Louis Blues (4) – Vancouver Canucks (5) : 0-1
Match 1 – St. Louis – Vancouver : 2-5
Game 2 on Friday August 14
Game 3 on Sunday August 16
Game 4 on Monday August 17
Game 5 (if necessary) on Wednesday August 19
Game 6 (if necessary) on Friday August 21
Game 7 (if necessary) on Sunday 23 August

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