Vancouver staves off elimination; Ottawa wins in overtime
LOS ANGELES — Cory Schneider made 43 saves and stopped Dustin Brown’s penalty shot in his first career playoff victory, Daniel Sedin sparked Vancouver’s power play in his return from injury, and the top-seeded Canucks beat Los Angeles 3-1 to avoid an embarrassing Stanley Cup first-round sweep.
Kevin Bieksa scored the go-ahead goal, and Alex Edler and captain Henrik Sedin scored the first two power-play goals of the series for the Canucks.
Senators 3, Rangers 2OTTAWA — Kyle Turris scored at 2:42 of overtime to lift Ottawa past New York, tying the Eastern Conference series at two games apiece.Turris took a drop pass from Jim O’Brien and snapped a wrist shot past Henrik Lundqvist’s glove.Milan Michalek and Sergei Gonchar scored in the second period for the Senators, who trailed 2-0.
