McNabb scores game-winner for Vegas in Game 1 upset of Dallas
Boston Bruins – Linus Ullmark
The former Vezina Trophy winner played well, making 31 saves in the Bruins 3-2 loss to Toronto in Game 2 on Monday. It is expected that Jeremy Swayman will be in goal for Game 3 on Wednesday.
Colorado Avalanche - Casey Mittelstadt
The Avs evened their best-of-seven series with Winnipeg on Tuesday with a 5-2 victory but did not much of a contribution from Mittelstadt, who went scoreless in 14:43 and had two shots on goal.
Edmonton Oilers – Evander Kane
Kan, who revealed before the start of the Oilers – Kings series that he has been playing through a sports hernia all season, had six shots on goal in the 7-4 Edmonton win on Monday but did not register a point in just over 16 minutes of ice time.
Florida Panthers - Sam Reinhart, Brandon Montour, Evan Rodrigues, Dmitri Kulikov
Reinhart, 24:35 TOI, 6 SOG, -1
Montour, 25:01 TOI, 2 SOG, +2
Rodrigues, 11:24 TOI
Kulikov, 15:51 TOI, 1 SOG
Panthers take a 2-0 lead in the series with a 3-2 overtime win over Tampa
Nashville Predators - Ryan O’Reilly
O’Reilly had an uncharacteristically bad night in the faceoff circle in Game 2, losing 11 of 15 draws, but was.+2 in the Preds 4-1 victory on Tuesday.
New York Rangers – Jimmy Vesey
Vesey 11:50 TOI
Tampa Bay Lightning.- Brandon Hagel, Conor Sheary
The former Sabres draft pick led Tampa forwards with over 23 minutes in the 3-2 overtime loss to the Panthers on Wednesday but was on the ice for two Florida goals, including Carter Verhaeghe’s overtime game-winner. Sheary did not play.
Toronto Maple Leafs - Jake McCabe, Ilya Lyubushkin
McCabe, 20:33 TOI, -1
Lyubushkin, 1 assist, 13:40 TOI, +2
Vancouver Canucks – Tyler Myers, Nikita Zadorov
The former Buffalo first-rounder scored the only goal for the Canucks in their 4-1 loss to Nashville in Game 2 that evened the series going back to Music City. Myers missed the game with the flu and his status for Game 3 on Friday is uncertain.
Vegas Golden Knights – Jack Eichel, Brayden McNabb, William Carrier
The former Sabres played a big part in the Golden Knights 4-3 victory in Game 1 on Monday. Eichel had two assists and McNabb scored the game-winner early in the second period. Carrier played 9:28 with Keegan Kolesar and Nicolas Roy.
Winnipeg Jets – Colin Miller
Did not play
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