DENVER (AP) — Tyler Seguin and Logan Stankoven scored two goals each and goaltender Jake Oettinger thwarted Colorado's high-powered offence, stanching the Avalanche's third-period comeback prowess in a 4-1 win Saturday night that gave the Dallas Stars the upper hand in their Western Conference second-round series. “I don't think a coach has ever seen a perfect game, but I'll tell you that's as close to a perfect road game as you can play, in my mind, in this situation," Stars coach Peter DeBoer

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. Skjei’s shot from the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with the puck zipping past Igor Shesterkin to catch the post and bang into the net. That was Carolina’s first goal with the man advantage in 17 attempts in the series, and it finally pu

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs Second Round Carolina 4 N.Y. Rangers 3 (Rangers lead best-of-seven series 3-1) Dallas 4 Colorado 1 (Dallas leads best-of-seven series 2-1) --- PWHL Playoffs Semifinals Boston 2 Montreal 1 (3OT) (Boston leads best-of-five series 2-0) --- IIHF World Hockey Championship Group Stage At Prague Canada 4 Britain 2 Denmark 5 Austria 1 Czechia 6 Norway 3 At Ostrava, Czechia Kazakhstan 3 France 1 Latvia 5 Poland 4 (OT) United States 6 Germany 1 --- AHL Playoffs Division

Based on the Rangers’ season-long penchant for resiliency and their terrific record at Madison Square Garden, Saturday night’s loss in Carolina seems more like a blip than anything else in their second-round series in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Carolina Hurricanes finally scored on the power play and it was enough to extend their second-round playoff series against the Rangers after a 4-3 win on Saturday night.

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