TORONTO (AP) – Matt Martin and Leo Komaroz scored at the time and the New York Islanders recovered to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 on Saturday night, taking a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Anders Lee scored and Semyon Varlamov had 26 saves to recover after a three-rock game that saw him on the bench in the first half.
The playoffs resumed after a two-day break to protest racial injustice, the most recent turn in an unprecedented season interrupted by a pandemic. The fourth game will take place on Sunday night.
Tyler Pitlick scored for the Flyers in the first and Carter Hart made 26 saves.
Pitlick’s wristshot from the most sensitive right circle overcame the glove of an armored Varlamov glove to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 5:42 in the game. The game was established through a disc war that the network won through Scott Laughton, who could make his way and pass the pass to Pitlick.
New York’s halfway up.
After some initial failures through Mathew Barzal, the Center of the Islanders made a pass back to a very open Martin at the door for the purpose of tying at 7:12.
Komarov gave the Islanders their first lead when their heavy shot crossed Hart’s pads and crossed the line with 6 seconds by the end of the period.
Lee gave the Islanders a 3-1 numerical merit lead early in the third when his traffic shot bounced off Hart.
LIGHTNING 3, BRUINS 1
TORONTO (AP) – Ondrej Palat scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves and Tampa Bay beat Boston to take a 3-1 lead in the second-round series.
Victor Hedman also scored a pinball machine, with the purpose of bouncing off the purpose Jaroslav Halak, who has started each and every game since starter Tuukka Rask withdrew from the playoffs midway through the first round. Halak, who last retired on Wednesday, allowed three purposes in 26 shots in The Fourth Game.
Tampa Bay has won three in a row since losing in the series. Palat scored 4 goals in this period, adding the winner of the overtime of the time.
Jake DeBrusk scored for Boston.
The fifth game will be played on Monday.