The Maple Leafs took revenge and the Rangers took charge during a wild night of playoff hockey.
Jared Bednar may have used Tanev’s theatrics to put a scare into his troops; when they took the ice for the second period at the Ball Arena, the champs looked determined to remind Seattle of the order of things in the Western Conference. After several minutes of pressure, Artturi Lehkonen tipped home a Cale Makar blast just seconds before Valeri Nichushkin converted on the rush. Suddenly, it was the visitors who were stunned.
Game 2 was Vegas’s chance to prove their return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs was not too big for them. The Jets, meanwhile, sought to make their opponent’s impending trip from balmy Nevada to frozen Winnipeg even more bitter with a goose egg. With the cards down in the third period, the Knights were just too good for Winnipeg on the night, pulling out of the 2-2 stalemate with a goal from Chandler Stephenson and another two from Stone.
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