Road teams are now 6-2 to start the playoffs after the Rangers, Lightning, Jets, and Kraken take Game 1.
Are you a lower seed on the road to start your series and looking to make a statement to your opponent? Look no further than the action from the second set of Game 1s in this intense first round.Many thought this series would be one of the closest of the first round, but if Game 1 is any indication, that may not be the case, or at least on a game-to-game basis.
As expected, Igor Shesterkin played a big role in the win, stopping 27 of 28 shots in the win with the lone goal coming on a penalty shot from Jack Hughes, so all around it was a solid night for the netminder. Adam Fox led the way on the scoresheet with four assists, while Kreider had two goals as the Rangers would take Game 1 with a 5-1 win.
That won’t be good news for the Lightning in the long-term, who were out three players with both Victor Hedman and Michael Eyssimont already out, but that didn’t slow them down in the game. They scored two more goals on that power play to take it into blowout territory, and they kept it that way in the third, ending with a 7-3 win. Corey Perry and Nikita Kucherov both had a goal and two assists, while Brayden Point had two goals of his own as the Lightning take Game 1 in dominant fashion.
The Jets were plotting and meticulous, as they also didn’t generate a ton of chances at just 1.9 5v5 expected goals themselves, but they slowed down the game and allowed nothing for the Golden Knights. Kyle Connor and Pierre-Luc Dubois got the Jets off to a 2-0 lead with two goals within 1:02 early in the second, and when a William Karlsson goal looked to make it close for Vegas, Blake Wheeler put the game out of reach again early in the third.
The Avs ran into some injury trouble before the game started as has been tradition this season, with Jack Johnson and Erik Johnson, but the real problem would be a former Avalanche. Philipp Grubauer had a solid revenge game, stopping 34 of 35 shots and saving 2.25 goals above expected in the game in all situations.
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