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Summary Defending Stanley Cup champions Boston staved off elimination from the playoffs.
Stanley Cup favorites, the Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins, are knocked out of the playoffs, but the defending champion Boston Bruins stay alive with overtime win to force a Game Seven in their series.Defending Stanley Cup champions Boston staved off elimination from the playoffs with a 4-3 overtime win over Washington on Sunday (April 22) while Philadelphia and Los Angeles advanced with wins over Pittsburgh and Vancouver. Tyler Seguin came to Bostons rescue, storming into the Washington end and using a nifty shoulder deke to fool Capitals rookie goalie Braden Holtby before sliding home the game-winner a little over three minutes into overtime.Seguins goal, his first of the postseason, tied the series at 3-3 and sets up the Game Seven showdown on Wednesday in Boston to determine the winner of their Eastern Conference first-round series.Boston led 3-2 on goals from Rich Peverley, David Krejic and Andrew Ference while Mike Green and Jason Chimera replied for the Capitals.With five minutes remaining in the third period, Washington forced overtime when Nicklas Backstrom won a faceoff that sent the puck to Alex Ovechkin, who coolly kicked the puck to his stick and beat Boston goalie Tim Thomas with a slapshot.The Los Angeles Kings completed a stunning first-round series triumph over Western Conference top seeds Vancouver with a 2-1 overtime win. Jarret Stoll scooped up a turnover in Vancouvers zone and finished a 2-on-1 break himself for the game-winning goal as the Kings took the best-of-seven series 4-1.It was the Kings first postseason series win in 11 years and set up a second-round matchup with the St Louis Blues.
