Montreal 4 Toronto 3 Final/OT
Toronto fails to advance to the second round or win their first playoff series since 2004 as the Canadiens send it back to Montreal for Game 6. Joel Armia has two goals (1 and 2), while Nick Suzuki (2) the overtime winner and Jesper Kotkaniemi (2) also scored for the Canadiens. Carey Price made 32 saves in the win. The Canadiens were 0/1 on the power play, and also had 44 hits and 30 shots. Each team had one lineup change for Montreal Erik Gustafsson who made his series debut replaced Brett Kulak and for Toronto Rasmus Sandin replaced Travis Dermott. Jake Muzzin scores twice (1 and 2), William Nylander has two assists, while Zach Hyman (1) also scored for the Maple Leafs. William Nylander has a five game point streak (4G-3A-7P). Jack Campbell made 26 saves in the loss. The Maple Leafs were 0/1 on the power play, and also had 38 hits and 35 shots. My thoughts: Montreal has done better than I thought vs Toronto even after giving up a three goal lead they got the winning goal in overtime and they will need play like this in Game 6. Toronto leads best of seven series 3-2, Game 6 is Saturday at 4:30.
Carolina 4 Nashville 3 Final/OT
Carolina came back from down 3-1 and scored 3 unanswered goals including the overtime winner by Aho to win the series in six. Sebastian Aho scored twice (4 and 5), Brock McGinn (3) and Dougie Hamilton (1) each had a goal and assist, while Jacob Slavin had two assists for the Hurricanes. Alex Nedljkovic made 24 saves in the win. The Hurricanes were 1/3 on the power play (Aho’s first goal was the PPG), and also had 32 hits and 31 shots. The only lineup change was for Nashville as Brad Richardson was back in replacing Elli Tolvanen. Mikael Granlund had a goal (2) and a assist, while Ryan Johansen (3) and Nick Cousins (2) also scored for the Predators. Juuse Saros made 27 saves in the loss. Nashville was 1/4 on the power play (Johansen had the PPG), and also had 28 hits and 27 shots. My thoughts: when I predicted this series I dated that the defense and Saros would steal a game but they ended up stealing two as Nashville showed they are a good team but they are young and still have a way to go. Carolina wins series 4-2.
My Prediction Carolina 4-1
Actually Happened Carolina 4-2
Game 1 Nashville 2 at Carolina 5 Final
Game 2 Nashville 0 at Carolina 3 Final
Game 3 Carolina 4 at Nashville 5 Final/2OT
Game 4 Carolina 3 at Nashville 4 Final/2OT
Game 5 Nashville 2 at Carolina 3 Final/OT
Game 6 Carolina 4 at Nashville 3 Final/OT
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