NHL Playoffs Recap: April 19

by Derek Johnson on Monday, April 20th, 2009

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Philadelphia Flyers 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – Three periods of 2-1 scores lifted the Flyers to a 6-3 victory over their in-state rivals on Sunday. A much-needed win for the Flyers as they trail 2-1 in the series to Steel City.

Vancouver Canucks 3 St. Louis Blues 2 – Penalties killed the team from Missouri as the Canucks scored all three of their goals on the power play to take a commanding 3 games to none lead over the Blues. Andy MacDonald and David Backes score goals for the Blues, but it was not enough as the Blues find themselves in a must-win situation heading into game 4.

New Jersey Devils 3 Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT) – Travis Zajac answered Tim Gleason’s OT goal in Game 2 with an OT goal of his own. With this win, the Devils now take a 2 games to 1 lead over Carolina.

Anaheim Ducks 3 San Jose Sharks 2 – The Sharks are on the wrong end of a 2 games to nothing lead as the #1 seed in the West needs to win at least one game in Honda Center to see another game back in HP Pavilion at San Jose.

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