Brayden Point, Yanni Gourde and Ryan Callahan
each scored in the second period to lead Tampa Bay over the Philadelphia Flyers 5 - 1 on Thursday night, helping the Lightning head into the All - Star break with the best record in the NHL.
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scored in the second period, only to be denied by the Terriers defence — 7/10
Not exact matches
It then pulled out a much tougher win
in overtime against Creighton as Jeff Hickman
scored a field goal, made a steal and
scored another basket
in the closing
seconds of the extra
period to give Houston its 78 - 77 victory.
Neal opened the
scoring with a nifty deflection 56
seconds into the first, and Schmidt made it 2 - 0 with 3:57 left
in the
period.
... The Lightning have out
scored their opponents 73 - 45
in the
second period.
Only a hot
second period by Gamecock John Roche, who
scored 30 of his 34 points
in the final 20 minutes, prevented Temple from pulling off the upset.
Trailing 3 - 2 after allowing three straight goals
in the
second period, the Canucks tied it two minutes into the third when Sedin
scored his 12th of the season on a 5 - on - 3 power play as he fell to the ice.
The Avalanche defenseman
scored on a breakaway with 9.9
seconds remaining on the clock
in OT, Jonathan Bernier stopped 22 shots after taking over for an injured Semyon Varlamov
in the
second period and Colorado beat the Winnipeg Jets 3 - 2 on Tuesday night.
The Avalanche took one - goal leads when Jost
scored 4:04 into the game and Kerfoot got his 15th with just under seven minutes left
in the
second period.
But Sanchez
scored for Arsenal on the stroke of half - time, and albeit Arsenal were living off the edge,
in the
second period, Besiktas» lack of quality meant that Arsenal went through 1 - 0 on aggregate.
The Avalanche got one goal off a Philadelphia skate and another off a Flyers stick
in the
second period, and then Mikko Rantanen
scored the winner
in the shootout
in a 5 - 4 victory Saturday night.
Gabriel Landeskog
scored twice
in less than two minutes
in the
second period, and Colorado routed the New York Islanders 6 - 1 on Sunday night.
MacKinnon
scored his 17th goal of the season
in the
second period and set up Rantanen's tally 3:47 later to give Colorado a 2 - 0 lead.
Vegas not only weathered the all - out punishment LA gave it, but the Knights
scored three times
in the third
period after absorbing all those hits to improve to just one game from a
second - round berth, its first ever NHL playoff series win, and shockingly, a series sweep
in what was supposed to be a difficult series.
He
scored on the rush with 51
seconds left
in the first
period, giving Chicago a 2 - 0 lead that has been almost insurmountable for the low -
scoring Kings
in these playoffs:
The Heat traded 7 - 0 runs
in the early going
in the
second half, with the
scoring onus finally spread between all of the team's hyper - talented players - James would
score seven points
in the
period, Chris Bosh would hit a big corner three, Dwyane Wade continued
scoring - but Nate Robinson had three threes to finish with 13 points
in the
period, because nothing
in the world makes sense anymore.
With 1:26 to play
in the third
period and an extra attacker on the ice, Chicago Blackhawks forward Michael Frolik
scored his
second goal of the series when he backhanded a loose puck into the net behind Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith to force overtime
in Game 4 of their Western Conference Quarterfinal series.
Landeskog and MacKinnon
scored 2:26 apart midway through the first
period to give Colorado a 2 - 0 lead, and then the Avalanche put it away
in the
second.
Colorado had more than two consecutive minutes of play
in Montreal's end early
in the
second period but didn't
score until Soderberg beat Niemi with a wraparound at 15:55.
Kessel capped a fast - paced flurry of
scoring early
in the
second period,
scoring two goals
in 2 minutes, 14
seconds for his third two - goal game of the season.
Landeskog
scored Colorado's
second goal at 13:02 of the
second period on a scramble
in front of the net.
Tampa Bay made it 4 - 1 with less than a
second left
in the
second period when Point was left all alone
in front and
scored his 24th of the season.
The
score might be tied thanks to a downright silly Derek Morris goal from center ice, but Phoenix has zero chance
in this game if they can't find an answer
in the
second and third
periods.
All three goals were
scored in the final two minutes of
periods (two at the end of the
second period and an empty netter at the end of the game).
Varlamov stopped 37 shots, Tyson Barrie
scored the tiebreaking goal late
in the
second period and the Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 4 - 2
in the teams» opener Thursday night.
Rittich stopped 24 shots, Micheal Ferland and Mikael Backlund
scored in the final minute of the
second period, and the Calgary Flames beat the Colorado Avalanche 3 - 2 on Saturday night.
Brodziak and Pietrangelo blew the game open with goals later
in the
second and Stastny
scored six minutes into the third
period.
Nathan MacKinnon
scored twice during a 58 -
second span
in the first
period, Matt Nieto added a late insurance goal and the Avalanche won their eighth straight by holding off the San Jose Sharks 5 - 3 on Thursday night.
MacKinnon had three goals and five assists
in the previous two meetings and gave the Avalanche a two - goal advantage on Tuesday by
scoring just 11
seconds into the third
period.
Rantanen
scored his 20th goal with 24
seconds left
in the first
period to give Colorado the lead.
The Washington Capitals took Game 1 over the New York Rangers after Joel Ward
scored a goal with a
second left
in the third
period.
This is his
second season
in England, so he won't have any settling
in period, and he will be spelling Costa, so he won't be forced to
score goals every game.
They
scored three points
in the
second quarter, the fewest
in a regulation
period in Final Four history.
The Canucks
scored three goals 2:41 apart to build a 4 - 1 lead
in the
second period.
The San Jose Sharks forward
scored two
second -
period goals
in his playoff debut to lead his team to a 3 - 0 win over the Anaheim Ducks
in Game 1 of a first - round series Thursday at Honda Center.
Reaves had a rare goal and an assist, and the Penguins
scored four times
in the
second period to beat the scuffling Philadelphia Flyers 5 - 1 on Tuesday night.
Not even when Montreal's terrier - quick little Henri Richard stole the puck from Orr and
scored an unassisted goal late
in the
second period.
Three touchdowns were
scored in a
period of 31
seconds in the first quarter, starting with a four - yard touchdown run by Tajh Boyd with 9:29 left
in the
period.
That
score came with less than two
seconds left
in the first
period after the German defense parted through the middle of the ice to give Voynov a clear shooting lane.
While that was a difficult
period for him, it has been a complete contrast
in Spain as he has impressed for Los Che,
scoring three goals and providing an assist
in 12 La Liga appearances, playing a pivotal role
in helping them to
second place
in the standings after 14 games.
Red - hot Boston scorched Detroit 9 - 2 with six goals
in the
second period as Derek Sanderson
scored three and assisted on two others, shut out St. Louis 2 - 0 and blasted Montreal 8 - 5 on five
second -
period goals to gain a two - point lead over New York
in the East.
Frederick Gaudreau had the game - winner after the Predators
scored twice
in 42
seconds in the
second period.
It was Arsenal who pulled the strings away from home after just losing 0 - 2 to Southampton with the host (West Ham) just managing to get on the
score sheet through Andy Carroll's header
in the
second period which seemed to awaken the visitors for more goals as they hit two more on the evening.
Though the New York Rangers
scored early
in the first
period, one could argue the
second was far more exciting, with both teams having opportunity after opportunity to
score but goalies Henrik Lundqvist and the Washington Capitals» Braden Holtby conducting masterpieces
in the nets.
The Los Angeles Kings mounted some additional shots against Corey Crawford, but the Chicago Blackhawks finally
scored on Jonathan Quick to take a 2 - 1 lead late
in the
second period of Game 1
in the Western Conference Final.
The New Jersey Devils, a minute and a half left
in the
second period, were this close to taking a 3 - 2 lead
in Game 6 of their first - round playoff series against the Florida Panthers, and it appears that Panthers right - winger Scottie Upshall didn't take too kindly to Ilya Kovalchuk Steve Bernier almost
scoring his
second goal of the game.
Then came the disastrous third
period for Nashville, which saw Guentzel
score his
second goal of the game just 10
seconds in.
Instead, Predators forward Calle Jarnkrok cashed
in on a rebound by crashing the Penguins net at 14:51 of the first
period,
scoring his
second goal of the playoffs.
James Neal
scored in the dying
seconds of the
period to stake Nashville to a 3 - 1 lead.
Kucherov
scored in the first
period and got his 100th point assisting on Dan Girardi's goal 1:04 into the
second that gave Tampa Bay a 4 - 2 lead.