NHL roundup: Jackets shock Lightning again

Tampa Bay lost each of the first two games of the best-of-seven series at home
after tying the NHL single-season record for wins (62). Nikita Kucherov, who
led the NHL with 128 points this season, was held pointless and had just three
shots on goal.

Kucherov's frustration was apparent, as he was assessed a minor penalty for
tripping, a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct for an incident
involving Columbus' Markus Nutivaara with 4:26 remaining.

The Lightning star will have a hearing Saturday with the NHL's department of
player safety to discuss that hit. Per the NHL, boarding is the grounds on
which the league is considering additional discipline -- which could include a
suspension.

Islanders 3, Penguins 1

Jordan Eberle and Josh Bailey scored fewer than four minutes apart in the
third period of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals for New York,
which beat Pittsburgh in Uniondale, N.Y.

The Islanders, who have home-ice advantage for the first time since 1988, hold
a 2-0 series lead for the first time since they swept the Edmonton Oilers in
the 1983 Stanley Cup. Among NHL, NBA and MLB teams, only baseball's Montreal
Expos/Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates have gone longer without
holding a 2-0 series lead.

The Penguins are down 0-2 in a series for the first time since being swept by
the Boston Bruins in the 2013 Eastern Conference finals.

Blues 4, Jets 3

Ryan O'Reilly's early-third-period goal was the game-winner as visiting St.
Louis beat Winnipeg to claim both road games in the Manitoba capital and stake
a 2-0 lead in their opening-round Western Conference playoff series.

With the score tied in the third period in a back-and-forth affair, O'Reilly
raced up the ice and used the defenseman as a screen when he shot from the
right faceoff dot and hit the mark on the stick side at the 3:46 mark of the
final frame. Taking a lead for the third time was the charm for the Blues.

Oskar Sundqvist scored twice for St. Louis, which also got a goal from Patrick
Maroon. Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler scored for Winnipeg.

Knights 5, Sharks 3

Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist, and William Karlsson and Colin Miller
each scored short-handed goals to lead Vegas past host San Jose to even their
first-round Western Conference playoff series at 1-1.

Mark Stone and Cody Eakin also scored goals, and Paul Stastny added two
assists for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 34 saves for his 76th
career playoff win, one behind Mike Vernon for seventh all-time.

Logan Couture had a goal and an assist, Joe Thornton and Tomas Hertl also
scored goals, and Erik Karlsson had two assists for San Jose, which finished
just 1-for-8 on the power play. Aaron Dell, who replaced Martin Jones at the
6:39 mark of the first period, wound up with 14 saves.

--Field Level Media