NHL roundup: Avs put Flames on brink with OT win

The result put the Western Conference's No. 1 seed, Calgary, on the brink of
elimination in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Avalanche
lead the best-of-seven series 3-1. Game 5 will be Friday in Calgary.

Shortly after the Flames failed to convert on a power play, the Avalanche
raced up the ice, and Carl Soderberg fed Rantanen a cross-ice pass that he
one-timed for the winner. Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer made 35 saves,
while Calgary netminder Mike Smith stopped 49 shots.

After a scoreless first period, Calgary's Elias Lindholm broke the deadlock
with a power-play goal 3:25 into the second. Derek Ryan doubled the Calgary
lead at 6:58 of the third period. The Avalanche's J.T. Compher scored 72
seconds later on a rebound, then Rantanen tied the game with a power-play goal
with 2:50 remaining in regulation.

Bruins 6, Maple Leafs 4

David Pastrnak scored twice, Brad Marchand added a goal and two assists, and
visiting Boston held on to defeat Toronto to even the first-round Eastern
Conference playoff series at two games apiece.

Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist, and Zdeno Chara and Joakim Nordstrom
each scored once for the Bruins, who will host Game 5 in the best-of-seven
series on Friday.

Auston Matthews scored twice for Toronto, and Zach Hyman and Travis Dermott
each scored once. Morgan Rielly added two assists for Toronto. Tuukka Rask
made 38 saves for Boston while Toronto's Frederik Andersen stopped 25 shots.

Stars 5, Predators 1

Rookie Roope Hintz scored his first two career postseason goals as host Dallas
cruised to victory over Nashville in Game 4 to even their Western Conference
first-round series.

Alexander Radulov and Mats Zuccarello joined Hintz in scoring on the power
play, and Andrew Cogliano also tallied for the Stars, whose four goals in the
first period were one shy of the franchise record for a single period in the
playoffs.

John Klingberg notched three assists, fellow defenseman Esa Lindell had two,
and Ben Bishop made 34 saves for Dallas, which travels to Nashville for Game 5
on Saturday afternoon. Pekka Rinne, who made 40 saves in a 3-2 win over the
Stars in Game 3 on Monday, yielded four goals on eight shots before being
relieved by Juuse Saros (20 saves).

--Field Level Media