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href="#(A1)_Florida_Panthers_vs._(WC1)_New_York_Islanders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC1) New York Islanders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-(A1)_Florida_Panthers_vs._(WC1)_New_York_Islanders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-(A2)_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_vs._(A3)_Detroit_Red_Wings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#(A2)_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_vs._(A3)_Detroit_Red_Wings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-(A2)_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_vs._(A3)_Detroit_Red_Wings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-(M1)_Washington_Capitals_vs._(WC2)_Philadelphia_Flyers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#(M1)_Washington_Capitals_vs._(WC2)_Philadelphia_Flyers"> <div 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id="toc-(P1)_Anaheim_Ducks_vs._(WC1)_Nashville_Predators" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#(P1)_Anaheim_Ducks_vs._(WC1)_Nashville_Predators"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-(P1)_Anaheim_Ducks_vs._(WC1)_Nashville_Predators-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-(P2)_Los_Angeles_Kings_vs._(P3)_San_Jose_Sharks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#(P2)_Los_Angeles_Kings_vs._(P3)_San_Jose_Sharks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.4</span> <span>(P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-(P2)_Los_Angeles_Kings_vs._(P3)_San_Jose_Sharks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Second_round" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_round"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Second round</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Second_round-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Second round subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Second_round-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Eastern_Conference_second_round" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eastern_Conference_second_round"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Eastern Conference second round</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eastern_Conference_second_round-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-(A2)_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_vs._(WC1)_New_York_Islanders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">2016 Stanley Cup playoffs</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs_logo.svg/220px-2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs_logo.svg/330px-2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs_logo.svg/440px-2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="329" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tournament details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">April 13–June 12, 2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Teams</th><td class="infobox-data">16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defending champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Chicago_Blackhawks_season" title="2015–16 Chicago Blackhawks season">Chicago Blackhawks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Final positions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Pittsburgh_Penguins_season" title="2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season">Pittsburgh Penguins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runner-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_San_Jose_Sharks_season" title="2015–16 San Jose Sharks season">San Jose Sharks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tournament statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Scoring leader(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (Sharks) (30 points)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> (Penguins)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2015_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2015 Stanley Cup playoffs">2015</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2017_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2017 Stanley Cup playoffs">2017</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2016 Stanley Cup playoffs</b> was the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">playoff tournament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL) for the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NHL_season" title="2015–16 NHL season">2015–16 season</a>. They began on April 13, 2016, and ended on June 12, 2016, with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> winning the cup by defeating the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a> four games to two, for their fourth <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> in franchise history. </p><p>For only the second time in league history (<a href="/wiki/1970_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 Stanley Cup playoffs">1970</a> being the only other time), none of the NHL's seven Canadian-based teams qualified for the postseason.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, for the second season in a row and only the fifth (and most recent) time since joining the league in <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season" title="1979–80 NHL season">1979</a>, all four former <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">WHA</a> teams (the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Coyotes" title="Arizona Coyotes">Arizona Coyotes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a>) missed the playoffs. The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> made the playoffs as the <a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Trophy" title="Presidents' Trophy">Presidents' Trophy</a> winners with the most points (i.e. best record) during the regular season. This was the final season of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a>' 25-season playoff appearance streak, the longest streak at the time and tied for third longest in NHL history.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a> qualified for the playoffs for only the second time since the <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NHL_season" title="1999–2000 NHL season">1999–2000 season</a>—both times winning their division—and fifth time in franchise history.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the fourth time in six years, all three California-based teams made the playoffs in the same season. And, for only the second time ever (<a href="/wiki/1996_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1996 Stanley Cup playoffs">1996</a> being the only other time), both Florida-based teams made the playoffs in the same season. </p><p>For the first time since <a href="/wiki/2006_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2006 Stanley Cup playoffs">2006</a>, and only the third time in league history, all <a href="/wiki/Original_Six" title="Original Six">Original Six</a> teams who made the playoffs (three in total) were eliminated in the first round. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a> won their first post-season series since the <a href="/wiki/1993_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1993 Stanley Cup playoffs">1993 Stanley Cup playoffs</a>, ending the third longest post-season win drought in NHL history. For the seventh consecutive season and eleventh out of thirteen seasons, a team from California was in the Western Conference final.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the first time since <a href="/wiki/2002_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2002 Stanley Cup playoffs">2002</a>, no team lost in a four-game <a href="/wiki/Whitewash_(sport)" title="Whitewash (sport)">sweep</a> in a playoff series.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoff_seeds">Playoff seeds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playoff seeds"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Wings season">Detroit Red Wings</a> – 93 points</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Metropolitan_Division">Metropolitan Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Metropolitan Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Washington_Capitals_season" title="2015–16 Washington Capitals season">Washington Capitals</a>, Metropolitan Division champions, Eastern Conference regular season champions, <a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Trophy" title="Presidents' Trophy">Presidents' Trophy</a> winners – 120 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Pittsburgh_Penguins_season" title="2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> – 104 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_New_York_Rangers_season" title="2015–16 New York Rangers season">New York Rangers</a> – 101 points</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wild_cards">Wild cards</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wild cards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_New_York_Islanders_season" title="2015–16 New York Islanders season">New York Islanders</a> – 100 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season">Philadelphia Flyers</a> – 96 points</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference">Western Conference</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Western Conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_Division">Central Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Central Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Dallas_Stars_season" title="2015–16 Dallas Stars season">Dallas Stars</a>, Central Division champions, Western Conference regular season champions – 109 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_St._Louis_Blues_season" title="2015–16 St. Louis Blues season">St. Louis Blues</a> – 107 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Chicago_Blackhawks_season" title="2015–16 Chicago Blackhawks season">Chicago Blackhawks</a> – 103 points</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pacific_Division">Pacific Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Pacific Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Anaheim_Ducks_season" title="2015–16 Anaheim Ducks season">Anaheim Ducks</a>, Pacific Division champions – 103 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Los_Angeles_Kings_season" title="2015–16 Los Angeles Kings season">Los Angeles Kings</a> – 102 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_San_Jose_Sharks_season" title="2015–16 San Jose Sharks season">San Jose Sharks</a> – 98 points</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wild_cards_2">Wild cards</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Wild cards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Nashville_Predators_season" title="2015–16 Nashville Predators season">Nashville Predators</a> – 96 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Minnesota_Wild_season" title="2015–16 Minnesota Wild season">Minnesota Wild</a> – 87 points</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoff_bracket">Playoff bracket</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Playoff bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). The team with <a href="/wiki/Home_advantage" title="Home advantage">home ice advantage</a> played at home for games one and two (and games five and seven, if necessary), and the other team was at home for games three and four (and game six, if necessary). The top three teams in each division made the playoffs, along with two <a href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)" title="Wild card (sports)">wild cards</a> in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference. </p><p>In the first round, the lower <a href="/wiki/Seed_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seed (sports)">seeded</a> wild card in the conference played against the division winner with the best record while the other wild card played against the other division winner, and both wild cards were de facto #4 seeds. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. In the first two rounds, home ice advantage was awarded to the team with the better seed; in the last two rounds, it was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record. </p> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#First_round">First round</a> </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Second_round">Second round</a> </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Conference_finals">Conference finals</a> </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/2016_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2016 Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">A1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Florida </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">WC </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>NY Islanders</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">WC </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">NY Islanders </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">A2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Tampa Bay</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">A2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Tampa Bay</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">A3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Detroit </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">A2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Tampa Bay </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)" title="Eastern Conference (NHL)">Eastern Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Pittsburgh</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Washington</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">WC </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Philadelphia </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Washington </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Pittsburgh</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Pittsburgh</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">NY Rangers </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">M2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Pittsburgh</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">P3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">San Jose </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">C1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Dallas</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">WC </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Minnesota </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">C1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Dallas </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">C2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>St. Louis</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">C2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>St. Louis</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">C3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Chicago </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">C2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">St. Louis </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NHL)" title="Western Conference (NHL)">Western Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">P3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>San Jose</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">P1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Anaheim </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">WC </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Nashville</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">WC </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Nashville </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">P3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>San Jose</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">P2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Los Angeles </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">P3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>San Jose</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <ul><li><b>A1</b>, <b>A2</b>, <b>A3</b> – The first, second, and third place teams from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NHL)" title="Atlantic Division (NHL)">Atlantic Division</a>, respectively</li> <li><b>M1</b>, <b>M2</b>, <b>M3</b> – The first, second, and third place teams from the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Division" title="Metropolitan Division">Metropolitan Division</a>, respectively</li> <li><b>C1</b>, <b>C2</b>, <b>C3</b> – The first, second, and third place teams from the <a href="/wiki/Central_Division_(NHL)" title="Central Division (NHL)">Central Division</a>, respectively</li> <li><b>P1</b>, <b>P2</b>, <b>P3</b> – The first, second, and third place teams from the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Division_(NHL)" title="Pacific Division (NHL)">Pacific Division</a>, respectively</li> <li><b>WC</b> – Wild Card teams</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_round">First round</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: First round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference_first_round">Eastern Conference first round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference first round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(A1)_Florida_Panthers_vs._(WC1)_New_York_Islanders"><span id=".28A1.29_Florida_Panthers_vs._.28WC1.29_New_York_Islanders"></span>(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC1) New York Islanders</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: (A1) Florida Panthers vs. (WC1) New York Islanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Florida Panthers finished first in the Atlantic Division, earning 103 points. The New York Islanders finished as the Eastern Conference's first wild-card, earning 100 points. This was the first meeting between these two teams. Florida won two of the three games of the regular season series. This was the first time that a Stanley Cup playoff series was played at the <a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a>. The series contained the two teams <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_franchise_post-season_droughts#Post-season_series_win_droughts" title="List of NHL franchise post-season droughts">with the longest playoff win drought in the league</a> (the Islanders had not won a series since <a href="/wiki/1993_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1993 Stanley Cup playoffs">1993</a>, and the Panthers since 1996).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team that both clubs defeated for their last respective playoff series victory were the Pittsburgh Penguins, of which Panthers' right winger <a href="/wiki/Jarom%C3%ADr_J%C3%A1gr" title="Jaromír Jágr">Jaromir Jagr</a> was a member. </p><p>The Islanders defeated the Panthers in six games and won a playoff series for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1993_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1993 Stanley Cup playoffs">1993</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Tavares" title="John Tavares">John Tavares</a> scored a goal and two assists for the Islanders in a 5–4 win in game one.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game two, <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Luongo" title="Roberto Luongo">Roberto Luongo</a> recorded 41 saves in a 3–1 win to help the Panthers tie the series.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Islanders came back from a two-goal deficit in the second period to win game three in overtime on <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hickey_(ice_hockey)" title="Thomas Hickey (ice hockey)">Thomas Hickey</a>'s wrist shot.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game four, <a href="/wiki/Jarom%C3%ADr_J%C3%A1gr" title="Jaromír Jágr">Jaromir Jagr</a> had an assist to reach 200 points overall in the playoffs. The Panthers won the game 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Games five and six both ended in double-overtime with identical scores of 2–1 and New York winning both games. In game five, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Quine" title="Alan Quine">Alan Quine</a> scored the game-winner on a power play 16:00 into the second overtime. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> made 47 saves in the victory.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game six, Tavares scored the first New York goal with 54 seconds left in the third period to send the game into overtime. In the second overtime, Tavares scored his second goal and the series winner.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 14 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Islanders</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Florida Panthers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/BB%26T_Center_(Sunrise,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="BB&T Center (Sunrise, Florida)">BB&T Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-defeat-panthers-in-game-1/c-280314378">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brock_Nelson" title="Brock Nelson">Brock Nelson</a> (1) – 06:39<br /><a href="/wiki/Frans_Nielsen" title="Frans Nielsen">Frans Nielsen</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 16:46 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:55 – <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Purcell" title="Teddy Purcell">Teddy Purcell</a> (1)<br />13:51 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jussi_Jokinen" title="Jussi Jokinen">Jussi Jokinen</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Tavares" title="John Tavares">John Tavares</a> (1) – 19:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:31 – <a href="/wiki/Reilly_Smith" title="Reilly Smith">Reilly Smith</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Okposo" title="Kyle Okposo">Kyle Okposo</a> (1) – 02:33<br /><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Strome" title="Ryan Strome">Ryan Strome</a> (1) – 06:01 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:56 – Reilly Smith (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 42 saves / 46 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Luongo" title="Roberto Luongo">Roberto Luongo</a> 21 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 15 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">New York Islanders </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Florida Panthers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/BB%26T_Center_(Sunrise,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="BB&T Center (Sunrise, Florida)">BB&T Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/luongo-helps-panthers-even-series/c-280329378">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:32 – <a href="/wiki/Reilly_Smith" title="Reilly Smith">Reilly Smith</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:17 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bjugstad" title="Nick Bjugstad">Nick Bjugstad</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Tavares" title="John Tavares">John Tavares</a> (2) – 16:27 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:50 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Kulikov_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dmitri Kulikov (ice hockey)">Dmitry Kulikov</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 28 saves / 30 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Luongo" title="Roberto Luongo">Roberto Luongo</a> 41 saves / 42 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 17 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Florida Panthers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Islanders</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-defeat-panthers-game-3/c-280358950">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Reilly_Smith" title="Reilly Smith">Reilly Smith</a> (4) – 02:25 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Barkov_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksander Barkov Jr.">Aleksander Barkov</a> (1) – 01:11<br /><a href="/wiki/Nick_Bjugstad" title="Nick Bjugstad">Nick Bjugstad</a> (2) – 07:23 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:21 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Pulock" title="Ryan Pulock">Ryan Pulock</a> (1)<br />11:48 – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Prince" title="Shane Prince">Shane Prince</a> (1)<br />16:55 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Frans_Nielsen" title="Frans Nielsen">Frans Nielsen</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:31 – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hickey_(ice_hockey)" title="Thomas Hickey (ice hockey)">Thomas Hickey</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Luongo" title="Roberto Luongo">Roberto Luongo</a> 35 saves / 39 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 36 saves / 39 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 20 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Florida Panthers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">New York Islanders </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/panthers-defeat-islanders-game-4/c-280402388">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Teddy_Purcell" title="Teddy Purcell">Teddy Purcell</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 15:18 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:44 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Tavares" title="John Tavares">John Tavares</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Petrovic" title="Alex Petrovic">Alex Petrovic</a> (1) – 09:25 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Luongo" title="Roberto Luongo">Roberto Luongo</a> 26 saves / 27 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 27 saves / 29 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 22 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Islanders</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>2OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Florida Panthers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/BB%26T_Center_(Sunrise,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="BB&T Center (Sunrise, Florida)">BB&T Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-defeat-panthers-game-5/c-280435956">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frans_Nielsen" title="Frans Nielsen">Frans Nielsen</a> (3) – 13:31 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:59 – <a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Barkov_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksander Barkov Jr.">Aleksander Barkov</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Quine" title="Alan Quine">Alan Quine</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 16:00 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 47 saves / 48 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Luongo" title="Roberto Luongo">Roberto Luongo</a> 40 saves / 42 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 24 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Florida Panthers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>2OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Islanders</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-defeat-panthers-game-7/c-280464574">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Huberdeau" title="Jonathan Huberdeau">Jonathan Huberdeau</a> (1) – 18:58 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:06 – <a href="/wiki/John_Tavares" title="John Tavares">John Tavares</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:41 – John Tavares (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Luongo" title="Roberto Luongo">Roberto Luongo</a> 49 saves / 51 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 41 saves / 42 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>New York won series 4–2</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(A2)_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_vs._(A3)_Detroit_Red_Wings"><span id=".28A2.29_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_vs._.28A3.29_Detroit_Red_Wings"></span>(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tampa Bay Lightning finished second in the Atlantic Division, earning 97 points. The Detroit Red Wings earned 93 points to finish third in the Atlantic. This was the second meeting between these teams; their only previous meeting was in last year's <a href="/wiki/2015_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2015 Stanley Cup playoffs">Eastern Conference First Round</a> which Tampa Bay won in seven games. The teams split their four-game regular season series this year. </p><p>The Lightning defeated the Red Wings in five games. Lightning forward <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> scored twice and goalie <a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> made 34 saves in a 3–2 win in Game 1.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tyler Johnson recorded two goals in Game 2 in a 5–2 win for the Lightning.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Game 3, Detroit goalie <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Howard" title="Jimmy Howard">Jimmy Howard</a> was replaced with <a href="/wiki/Petr_Mr%C3%A1zek" title="Petr Mrázek">Petr Mrazek</a>, who stopped all 16 shots in a 2–0 win.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Game 4, Kucherov had two goals and an assist and <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Drouin" title="Jonathan Drouin">Jonathan Drouin</a> assisted on all three goals scored by Tampa Bay in a 3–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the final game of the series, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Killorn" title="Alex Killorn">Alex Killorn</a> scored with 1:43 left in the third period to give the Lightning a 1–0 lead and the series win.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Games 3 and 4 were the last playoff games ever played at <a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis_Arena" title="Joe Louis Arena">Joe Louis Arena</a>. The arena closed after the 2016-17 as the Red Wings moved into <a href="/wiki/Little_Caesars_Arena" title="Little Caesars Arena">Little Caesars Arena</a>. This was the last of 25 consecutive playoff appearances by the Red Wings, and is to date the last time in which they made the playoffs. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 13 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Detroit Red Wings </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/lightning-defeat-red-wings-in-game-1/c-280296528">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:23 – <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Green_(ice_hockey,_born_1985)" title="Mike Green (ice hockey, born 1985)">Mike Green</a> (1) – 02:11<br /><a href="/wiki/Justin_Abdelkader" title="Justin Abdelkader">Justin Abdelkader</a> (1) – 04:07 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:29 – Nikita Kucherov (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:52 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Killorn" title="Alex Killorn">Alex Killorn</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Howard" title="Jimmy Howard">Jimmy Howard</a> 31 saves / 34 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 34 saves / 36 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 15 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Detroit Red Wings </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/lightning-defeat-red-wings-game-2/c-280328250">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:17 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dylan_Larkin" title="Dylan Larkin">Dylan Larkin</a> (1) – 03:30 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:46 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Boyle" title="Brian Boyle">Brian Boyle</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brad_Richards" title="Brad Richards">Brad Richards</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 04:27 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:32 – <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)">Tyler Johnson</a> (1)<br />14:48 – Tyler Johnson (2)<br />17:16 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Killorn" title="Alex Killorn">Alex Killorn</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Howard" title="Jimmy Howard">Jimmy Howard</a> 26 saves / 30 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 30 saves / 32 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 17 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Tampa Bay Lightning </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Detroit Red Wings</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis_Arena" title="Joe Louis Arena">Joe Louis Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/red-wings-defeat-lightning-game-3/c-280357616">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:42 – <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Athanasiou" title="Andreas Athanasiou">Andreas Athanasiou</a> (1)<br />17:22 – <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Zetterberg" title="Henrik Zetterberg">Henrik Zetterberg</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 28 saves / 30 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Petr_Mr%C3%A1zek" title="Petr Mrázek">Petr Mrazek</a> 16 saves / 16 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 19 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Detroit Red Wings </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis_Arena" title="Joe Louis Arena">Joe Louis Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/palat-gives-lightning-game-4-win/c-280385170">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (4) – <i>pp</i> – 05:41 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Nikita Kucherov (5) – <i>pp</i> – 10:31 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:53 – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Helm" title="Darren Helm">Darren Helm</a> (1)<br />19:50 – <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Nyquist" title="Gustav Nyquist">Gustav Nyquist</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ond%C5%99ej_Pal%C3%A1t" title="Ondřej Palát">Ondrej Palat</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 17:01 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 26 saves / 28 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Petr_Mr%C3%A1zek" title="Petr Mrázek">Petr Mrazek</a> 30 saves / 33 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 21 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Detroit Red Wings </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/lightning-defeat-red-wings-to-advance/c-280418270">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">18:17 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Killorn" title="Alex Killorn">Alex Killorn</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Petr_Mr%C3%A1zek" title="Petr Mrázek">Petr Mrazek</a> 23 saves / 24 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 34 saves / 34 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Tampa Bay won series 4–1</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(M1)_Washington_Capitals_vs._(WC2)_Philadelphia_Flyers"><span id=".28M1.29_Washington_Capitals_vs._.28WC2.29_Philadelphia_Flyers"></span>(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Philadelphia Flyers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (WC2) Philadelphia Flyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Washington Capitals earned the <a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Trophy" title="Presidents' Trophy">Presidents' Trophy</a> as the NHL's best regular season team with 120 points. The Philadelphia Flyers finished as the Eastern Conference's second wild-card, earning 96 points. This was the fifth meeting between these teams; with both teams splitting the four previous series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2008 Stanley Cup playoffs">2008 Eastern Conference quarterfinals</a>, which Philadelphia won in seven games. These teams split the four-game regular season series. </p><p>The Capitals defeated the Flyers in six games. Capitals goalie <a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> shut out the Flyers in game one, stopping all 19 shots he faced in a 2–0 win.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game two, Holtby made 41 saves and a fluke goal<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by Capitals forward <a href="/wiki/Jason_Chimera" title="Jason Chimera">Jason Chimera</a> turned to be the game-winning goal in a 4–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Capitals scored a franchise record five power play goals to rout the Flyers 6–1 in game three.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game four, Philadelphia avoided elimination by switching goaltender <a href="/wiki/Steve_Mason_(ice_hockey)" title="Steve Mason (ice hockey)">Steve Mason</a>, who gave up six goals in the previous game, to <a href="/wiki/Michal_Neuvirth" title="Michal Neuvirth">Michal Neuvirth</a> who made 31 saves in a 2–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Flyers forced a sixth game after Neuvirth made 44 saves in a 2–0 win in game five; the Flyers had 11 shots in a playoff win, the fewest ever in franchise history.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nicklas_B%C3%A4ckstr%C3%B6m" title="Nicklas Bäckström">Nicklas Backstrom</a> scored the only goal for the Capitals in game six for his team to move onto the second round.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 14 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Philadelphia Flyers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Washington Capitals</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Arena" title="Capital One Arena">Verizon Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/capitals-defeat-flyers-in-game-1/c-280313136">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">16:21 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Carlson_(ice_hockey)" title="John Carlson (ice hockey)">John Carlson</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">16:36 – <a href="/wiki/Jay_Beagle" title="Jay Beagle">Jay Beagle</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Mason_(ice_hockey)" title="Steve Mason (ice hockey)">Steve Mason</a> 29 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 19 saves / 19 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 16 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Philadelphia Flyers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Washington Capitals</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Arena" title="Capital One Arena">Verizon Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/capitals-defeat-flyers-in-game-2/c-280343658">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:09 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Carlson_(ice_hockey)" title="John Carlson (ice hockey)">John Carlson</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jakub_Vor%C3%A1%C4%8Dek" title="Jakub Voráček">Jakub Voracek</a> (1) – 09:37 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:26 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Chimera" title="Jason Chimera">Jason Chimera</a> (1)<br />17:21 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ovechkin" title="Alexander Ovechkin">Alexander Ovechkin</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:47 – <a href="/wiki/Nicklas_B%C3%A4ckstr%C3%B6m" title="Nicklas Bäckström">Nicklas Backstrom</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Mason_(ice_hockey)" title="Steve Mason (ice hockey)">Steve Mason</a> 19 saves / 23 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 41 saves / 42 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 18 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Washington Capitals</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>6–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Philadelphia Flyers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/capitals-defeat-flyers-in-game-3/c-280370374">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Johansson_(ice_hockey,_born_1990)" title="Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)">Marcus Johansson</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 04:43 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:57 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Raffl" title="Michael Raffl">Michael Raffl</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ovechkin" title="Alexander Ovechkin">Alexander Ovechkin</a> (2) – 08:50 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Evgeny_Kuznetsov" title="Evgeny Kuznetsov">Evgeny Kuznetsov</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 01:58<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Carlson_(ice_hockey)" title="John Carlson (ice hockey)">John Carlson</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 07:37<br />Alexander Ovechkin (3) – <i>pp</i> – 14:58<br /><a href="/wiki/Jay_Beagle" title="Jay Beagle">Jay Beagle</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 18:20 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 31 saves / 32 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Mason_(ice_hockey)" title="Steve Mason (ice hockey)">Steve Mason</a> 21 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 20 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Washington Capitals </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Philadelphia Flyers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/flyers-defeat-capitals-in-game-4/c-280401612">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:51 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Shayne_Gostisbehere" title="Shayne Gostisbehere">Shayne Gostisbehere</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:51 – <a href="/wiki/Andrew_MacDonald_(ice_hockey)" title="Andrew MacDonald (ice hockey)">Andrew MacDonald</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/T._J._Oshie" title="T. J. Oshie">T. J. Oshie</a> (1) – 02:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 23 saves / 25 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Michal_Neuvirth" title="Michal Neuvirth">Michal Neuvirth</a> 31 saves / 32 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 22 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Philadelphia Flyers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–0</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Washington Capitals </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Arena" title="Capital One Arena">Verizon Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/flyers-defeat-capitals-game-5/c-280434540">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_White_(ice_hockey)" title="Ryan White (ice hockey)">Ryan White</a> (1) – 07:52 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chris_VandeVelde" title="Chris VandeVelde">Chris VandeVelde</a> (1) – <i>en</i> – 19:29 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Michal_Neuvirth" title="Michal Neuvirth">Michal Neuvirth</a> 44 saves / 44 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 9 saves / 10 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 24 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Washington Capitals</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–0</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Philadelphia Flyers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/capitals-defeat-flyers-game-6-recap/c-280456932">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nicklas_B%C3%A4ckstr%C3%B6m" title="Nicklas Bäckström">Nicklas Backstrom</a> (2) – 08:59 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 26 saves / 26 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Michal_Neuvirth" title="Michal Neuvirth">Michal Neuvirth</a> 28 saves / 29 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Washington won series 4–2</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(M2)_Pittsburgh_Penguins_vs._(M3)_New_York_Rangers"><span id=".28M2.29_Pittsburgh_Penguins_vs._.28M3.29_New_York_Rangers"></span>(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) New York Rangers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) New York Rangers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Pittsburgh Penguins finished second in the Metropolitan Division, earning 104 points. The New York Rangers earned 101 points in the regular season to finish third in the Metropolitan. This was the seventh meeting between these teams, and the third meeting in three consecutive seasons, with Pittsburgh losing the last two but winning four of the six overall. They last met in last year's <a href="/wiki/2015_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2015 Stanley Cup playoffs">Eastern Conference First Round</a>, which the Rangers won in five games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Penguins defeated the Rangers in five games. Penguins forward <a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> scored a <a href="/wiki/Hat_trick" class="mw-redirect" title="Hat trick">hat trick</a> in a 5–2 win in game one.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/J._T._Miller" title="J. T. Miller">J. T. Miller</a> had three assists to help the Rangers win 4–2 in game two.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game three, Pittsburgh scored three times after New York took a 1–0 lead to win 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Malkin" title="Evgeni Malkin">Evgeni Malkin</a> scored two power play goals and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> made 31 saves in game four for the Penguins in a 5–0 win.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game five, after the Penguins' four-goal second period, of which <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Rust" title="Bryan Rust">Bryan Rust</a> had two goals and an assist, Rangers head coach <a href="/wiki/Alain_Vigneault" title="Alain Vigneault">Alain Vigneault</a> pulled <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist" title="Henrik Lundqvist">Henrik Lundqvist</a>, who had given up six goals on 23 shots. The Penguins ended the series with a 6–3 victory. It was the first time the Rangers were eliminated in the opening round since <a href="/wiki/2011_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2011 Stanley Cup playoffs">2011</a>, snapping a five-year advancement streak. This was also the first playoff series in which two goaltenders on the same team played in and subsequently won their playoff debut, with <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zatkoff" title="Jeff Zatkoff">Jeff Zatkoff</a> winning game one and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> winning game three.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 13 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/c-280297750">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:42 – <a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">18:56 – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Stepan" title="Derek Stepan">Derek Stepan</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 03:10<br />Derek Stepan (2) – 10:11 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:31 – <i>sh</i> – <a href="/wiki/Tom_K%C3%BChnhackl" title="Tom Kühnhackl">Tom Kuhnhackl</a> (1)<br />08:02 – <i>pp</i> – Patric Hornqvist (2)<br />17:10 – <i>en</i> – Patric Hornqvist (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist" title="Henrik Lundqvist">Henrik Lundqvist</a> 10 saves / 11 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Antti_Raanta" title="Antti Raanta">Antti Raanta</a> 16 saves / 19 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zatkoff" title="Jeff Zatkoff">Jeff Zatkoff</a> 35 saves / 37 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 16 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/rangers-defeat-penguins-game-2/c-280339934">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Yandle" title="Keith Yandle">Keith Yandle</a> (1) – 12:38<br /><a href="/wiki/Derick_Brassard" title="Derick Brassard">Derick Brassard</a> (1) – 12:56<br /><a href="/wiki/Mats_Zuccarello" title="Mats Zuccarello">Mats Zuccarello</a> (1) – 16:52 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:21 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kreider" title="Chris Kreider">Chris Kreider</a> (1) – 00:39 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:42 – <i>pp</i> – Phil Kessel (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist" title="Henrik Lundqvist">Henrik Lundqvist</a> 29 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zatkoff" title="Jeff Zatkoff">Jeff Zatkoff</a> 24 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 19 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-defeat-rangers-in-game-3/c-280384608">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 19:18 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:39 – <i>sh</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Nash" title="Rick Nash">Rick Nash</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cullen" title="Matt Cullen">Matt Cullen</a> (1) – 04:16<br /><a href="/wiki/Kris_Letang" title="Kris Letang">Kris Letang</a> (1) – <i>en</i> – 19:47 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 16 saves / 17 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist" title="Henrik Lundqvist">Henrik Lundqvist</a> 28 saves / 30 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 21 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–0</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-defeat-rangers-in-game-4/c-280418826">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Fehr" title="Eric Fehr">Eric Fehr</a> (1) – 01:09<br /><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 07:11<br /><a href="/wiki/Conor_Sheary" title="Conor Sheary">Conor Sheary</a> (1) – 16:12 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Malkin" title="Evgeni Malkin">Evgeni Malkin</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 04:00 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Evgeni Malkin (2) – <i>pp</i> – 03:28 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 31 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist" title="Henrik Lundqvist">Henrik Lundqvist</a> 14 saves / 18 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Antti_Raanta" title="Antti Raanta">Antti Raanta</a> 13 saves / 14 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 23 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–6</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-eliminate-rangers-in-game-5/c-280447060">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Nash" title="Rick Nash">Rick Nash</a> (2) – 01:02<br /><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Moore" title="Dominic Moore">Dominic Moore</a> (1) – 10:35 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:50 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hagelin" title="Carl Hagelin">Carl Hagelin</a> (1)<br />11:39 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:21 – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Rust" title="Bryan Rust">Bryan Rust</a> (1)<br />09:26 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Cullen" title="Matt Cullen">Matt Cullen</a> (2)<br />16:18 – <a href="/wiki/Conor_Sheary" title="Conor Sheary">Conor Sheary</a> (2)<br />19:01 – Bryan Rust (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kreider" title="Chris Kreider">Chris Kreider</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 05:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Lundqvist" title="Henrik Lundqvist">Henrik Lundqvist</a> 17 saves / 23 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Antti_Raanta" title="Antti Raanta">Antti Raanta</a> 5 saves / 5 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 38 saves / 41 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Pittsburgh won series 4–1</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference_first_round">Western Conference first round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Western Conference first round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(C1)_Dallas_Stars_vs._(WC2)_Minnesota_Wild"><span id=".28C1.29_Dallas_Stars_vs._.28WC2.29_Minnesota_Wild"></span>(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (WC2) Minnesota Wild</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: (C1) Dallas Stars vs. (WC2) Minnesota Wild"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Dallas Stars finished first in the Central Division, earning 109 points. The Minnesota Wild finished as the Western Conference's second wild-card, earning 87 points. This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Minnesota's current NHL franchise and its former NHL franchise (then known as the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">North Stars</a>). Dallas won four of the five games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Stars defeated the Wild in six games. <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> scored a goal and two assists and goalie <a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> made 22 saves for the Stars in game one in a 4–0 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jamie Benn scored the game winner in game two in a 2–1 win for the Stars to take a 2–0 lead in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game three, after <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Sharp" title="Patrick Sharp">Patrick Sharp</a> scored two goals in the first period for the Stars, the Wild scored four consecutive goals to take the lead. <a href="/wiki/Jason_Pominville" title="Jason Pominville">Jason Pominville</a> scored two of the Wild goals in a 5–3 win.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Antti_Niemi_(ice_hockey)" title="Antti Niemi (ice hockey)">Antti Niemi</a> made 28 saves to help the Stars take a 3–1 series lead in a 3–2 win in game four.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wild avoided elimination in game five when forward <a href="/wiki/Mikko_Koivu" title="Mikko Koivu">Mikko Koivu</a> scored his second goal of the game at 4:55 of the first overtime period, in a 5–4 win.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Game six, the Stars took a four-goal lead before the Wild attempted a late comeback by scoring three goals in under five minutes during the third period. <a href="/wiki/Alex_Goligoski" title="Alex Goligoski">Alex Goligoski</a> scored the eventual series-winner for Dallas halfway through the third period as the Stars hung on for a 5–4 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 14 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Minnesota Wild </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Dallas Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/stars-win-game-1-against-wild/c-280315596">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:53 – <a href="/wiki/Radek_Faksa" title="Radek Faksa">Radek Faksa</a> (1)<br />12:17 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Spezza" title="Jason Spezza">Jason Spezza</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:16 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Eaves" title="Patrick Eaves">Patrick Eaves</a> (1)<br />16:00 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Devan_Dubnyk" title="Devan Dubnyk">Devan Dubnyk</a> 28 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 22 saves / 22 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 16 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Minnesota Wild </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Dallas Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-minnesota-wild-game-2-kari-lehtonen/c-280345496">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:54 – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Roussel" title="Antoine Roussel">Antoine Roussel</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Marco_Scandella" title="Marco Scandella">Marco Scandella</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 12:42 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:23 – <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Devan_Dubnyk" title="Devan Dubnyk">Devan Dubnyk</a> 26 saves / 28 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 25 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 18 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Dallas Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Minnesota Wild</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/minnesota-wild-dallas-stars-stanley-cup-playoffs-game-3/c-280372490">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Sharp" title="Patrick Sharp">Patrick Sharp</a> (1) – 00:26<br />Patrick Sharp (2) – 04:10 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:10 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Porter_(ice_hockey)" title="Chris Porter (ice hockey)">Chris Porter</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:04 – <a href="/wiki/Erik_Haula" title="Erik Haula">Erik Haula</a> (1)<br />19:13 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Pominville" title="Jason Pominville">Jason Pominville</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Colton_Sceviour" title="Colton Sceviour">Colton Sceviour</a> (1) – 13:45 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:26 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Mikko_Koivu" title="Mikko Koivu">Mikko Koivu</a> (1)<br />18:46 – <i>en</i> – Jason Pominville (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 20 saves / 24 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Devan_Dubnyk" title="Devan Dubnyk">Devan Dubnyk</a> 14 saves / 17 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 20 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Dallas Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Minnesota Wild </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/stars-defeat-wild-in-game-4/c-280405272">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ale%C5%A1_Hemsk%C3%BD" title="Aleš Hemský">Ales Hemsky</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 09:11<br /><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Eaves" title="Patrick Eaves">Patrick Eaves</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 13:24<br /><a href="/wiki/Jason_Spezza" title="Jason Spezza">Jason Spezza</a> (2) – 18:51 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:01 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Pominville" title="Jason Pominville">Jason Pominville</a> (3)<br />10:14 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Coyle" title="Charlie Coyle">Charlie Coyle</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Antti_Niemi_(ice_hockey)" title="Antti Niemi (ice hockey)">Antti Niemi</a> 28 saves / 30 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Devan_Dubnyk" title="Devan Dubnyk">Devan Dubnyk</a> 19 saves / 22 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 22 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Minnesota Wild</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Dallas Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/wild-win-game-5-against-stars-in-ot/c-280438796">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mikael_Granlund" title="Mikael Granlund">Mikael Granlund</a> (1) – 03:32<br /><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Schroeder" title="Jordan Schroeder">Jordan Schroeder</a> (1) – 05:16 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:18 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Oduya" title="Johnny Oduya">Johnny Oduya</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nino_Niederreiter" title="Nino Niederreiter">Nino Niederreiter</a> (1) – 01:50<br /><a href="/wiki/Mikko_Koivu" title="Mikko Koivu">Mikko Koivu</a> (2) – 16:51 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:00 – <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> (3)<br />08:28 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Spezza" title="Jason Spezza">Jason Spezza</a> (3)<br />08:56 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Goligoski" title="Alex Goligoski">Alex Goligoski</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Mikko Koivu (3) – 04:55 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Devan_Dubnyk" title="Devan Dubnyk">Devan Dubnyk</a> 37 saves / 41 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Antti_Niemi_(ice_hockey)" title="Antti Niemi (ice hockey)">Antti Niemi</a> 19 saves / 24 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 24 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Dallas Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Minnesota Wild </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy_Center" title="Xcel Energy Center">Xcel Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/stars-hold-off-wild-advance-to-second-round/c-280460614">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Klingberg" title="John Klingberg">John Klingberg</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 05:56<br /><a href="/wiki/Jason_Spezza" title="Jason Spezza">Jason Spezza</a> (4) – 09:07<br /><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Sharp" title="Patrick Sharp">Patrick Sharp</a> (3) – 18:11 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> (4) – 19:36 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Goligoski" title="Alex Goligoski">Alex Goligoski</a> (2) – 10:28 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:48 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jared_Spurgeon" title="Jared Spurgeon">Jared Spurgeon</a> (1)<br />04:04 – <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Brodin" title="Jonas Brodin">Jonas Brodin</a> (1)<br />08:39 – <i>pp</i> – Jared Spurgeon (2)<br />15:13 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Pominville" title="Jason Pominville">Jason Pominville</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 25 saves / 29 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Devan_Dubnyk" title="Devan Dubnyk">Devan Dubnyk</a> 19 saves / 24 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Dallas won series 4–2</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(C2)_St._Louis_Blues_vs._(C3)_Chicago_Blackhawks"><span id=".28C2.29_St._Louis_Blues_vs._.28C3.29_Chicago_Blackhawks"></span>(C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: (C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The St. Louis Blues finished second in the Central Division earning 107 points. The Chicago Blackhawks earned 103 points to finish third in the Central. This was the twelfth playoff meeting between these two <a href="/wiki/Blackhawks%E2%80%93Blues_rivalry" title="Blackhawks–Blues rivalry">rivals</a> with Chicago winning eight of the eleven previous series. Their most recent meeting was the <a href="/wiki/2014_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2014 Stanley Cup playoffs">2014 Western Conference First Round</a>, which Chicago won in six games. St. Louis won three of the five games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Blues defeated the Blackhawks in seven games after nearly giving up a 3–1 series lead. In game one, neither team scored in regulation; <a href="/wiki/David_Backes" title="David Backes">David Backes</a> scored 9:04 into the first overtime for the Blues as goalie <a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> made 35 saves in the win.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game two, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kane" title="Patrick Kane">Patrick Kane</a> had two assists to help the Blackhawks win 3–2.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Blues recovered in game three, as Elliot made 44 saves in a 3–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Game four saw Blackhawks goalie <a href="/wiki/Corey_Crawford" title="Corey Crawford">Corey Crawford</a> go after Blues rookie forward <a href="/wiki/Robby_Fabbri" title="Robby Fabbri">Robby Fabbri</a> after the forward was bumped into the goaltender by Chicago captain <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Toews" title="Jonathan Toews">Jonathan Toews</a>. Five penalties were assessed and the Blackhawks scored on the power play that followed.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> scored twice for the Blues as they won the game 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blackhawks forward <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Shaw_(ice_hockey)" title="Andrew Shaw (ice hockey)">Andrew Shaw</a> was given a one-game suspension and a $5,000 fine after he used a homophobic slur.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game five, the Blues overcame a 3–1 deficit in the third period to send the game to overtime. In double-overtime, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kane" title="Patrick Kane">Patrick Kane</a> scored the game-winner for the Blackhawks who avoided elimination with a 4–3 win.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Blackhawks came back from a 3–1 deficit in game six, scoring five unanswered goals in a 6–3 victory to force a seventh game.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game seven, the Blues took a two-goal lead in the first period before the Blackhawks tied the game on goals by <a href="/wiki/Mari%C3%A1n_Hossa" title="Marián Hossa">Marian Hossa</a> and Andrew Shaw. In the third period, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> scored the series-winner as the Blues advanced past the opening round of the playoffs for the first time since <a href="/wiki/2012_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2012 Stanley Cup playoffs">2012</a> with a 3–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 13 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Chicago Blackhawks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/st-louis-blues-top-chicago-blackhawks-in-overtime/c-280301276">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:04 – <a href="/wiki/David_Backes" title="David Backes">David Backes</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Crawford" title="Corey Crawford">Corey Crawford</a> 17 saves / 18 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 35 saves / 35 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 15 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Chicago Blackhawks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blackhawks-defeat-blues-in-game-2/c-280330400">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Keith" title="Duncan Keith">Duncan Keith</a> (1) – 19:55 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:20 – <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Shaw_(ice_hockey)" title="Andrew Shaw (ice hockey)">Andrew Shaw</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 15:41<br /><a href="/wiki/Artemi_Panarin" title="Artemi Panarin">Artemi Panarin</a> (1) – <i>en</i> – 18:34 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:58 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Shattenkirk" title="Kevin Shattenkirk">Kevin Shattenkirk</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Crawford" title="Corey Crawford">Corey Crawford</a> 29 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 26 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 17 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Chicago Blackhawks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-rally-to-defeat-blackhawks-in-game-3/c-280354742">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Colton_Parayko" title="Colton Parayko">Colton Parayko</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 12:11 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:18 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Brent_Seabrook" title="Brent Seabrook">Brent Seabrook</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:04 – <a href="/wiki/Artem_Anisimov" title="Artem Anisimov">Artem Anisimov</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patrik_Berglund" title="Patrik Berglund">Patrik Berglund</a> (1) – 05:15<br /><a href="/wiki/Jaden_Schwartz" title="Jaden Schwartz">Jaden Schwartz</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 13:22 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 44 saves / 46 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Crawford" title="Corey Crawford">Corey Crawford</a> 33 saves / 36 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 19 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Chicago Blackhawks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-defeat-blackhawks-game-4/c-280389054">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> (2) – 14:02 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Vladimir Tarasenko (3) – <i>pp</i> – 17:31 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:12 – <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Shaw_(ice_hockey)" title="Andrew Shaw (ice hockey)">Andrew Shaw</a> (2)<br />13:09 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Keith" title="Duncan Keith">Duncan Keith</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jaden_Schwartz" title="Jaden Schwartz">Jaden Schwartz</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 01:36<br /><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Steen" title="Alexander Steen">Alexander Steen</a> (1) – 04:46 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:40 – Duncan Keith (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 39 saves / 42 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Crawford" title="Corey Crawford">Corey Crawford</a> 16 saves / 20 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 21 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Chicago Blackhawks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>2OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/-blackhawks-top-blues-on-kanes-double-ot-goal/c-280424200">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mari%C3%A1n_Hossa" title="Marián Hossa">Marian Hossa</a> (1) – <i>sh</i> – 11:32<br /><a href="/wiki/Artem_Anisimov" title="Artem Anisimov">Artem Anisimov</a> (2) – 15:24<br /><a href="/wiki/Artemi_Panarin" title="Artemi Panarin">Artemi Panarin</a> (2) – 19:59 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:29 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jaden_Schwartz" title="Jaden Schwartz">Jaden Schwartz</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:57 – <a href="/wiki/Robby_Fabbri" title="Robby Fabbri">Robby Fabbri</a> (1)<br />14:50 – <a href="/wiki/David_Backes" title="David Backes">David Backes</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kane" title="Patrick Kane">Patrick Kane</a> (1) – 03:07 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Crawford" title="Corey Crawford">Corey Crawford</a> 43 saves / 46 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 31 saves / 35 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 23 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–6</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Chicago Blackhawks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blackhawks-defeat-blues-game-6/c-280452450">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Upshall" title="Scottie Upshall">Scottie Upshall</a> (1) – 06:18<br /><a href="/wiki/Alex_Pietrangelo" title="Alex Pietrangelo">Alex Pietrangelo</a> (1) – 08:51<br /><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> (4) – 11:00 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:47 – <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Ladd" title="Andrew Ladd">Andrew Ladd</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:13 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Artem_Anisimov" title="Artem Anisimov">Artem Anisimov</a> (3)<br />12:21 – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_van_Riemsdyk" title="Trevor van Riemsdyk">Trevor van Riemsdyk</a> (1)<br />16:18 – <a href="/wiki/Dale_Weise" title="Dale Weise">Dale Weise</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">16:53 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Shaw_(ice_hockey)" title="Andrew Shaw (ice hockey)">Andrew Shaw</a> (3)<br />17:40 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Mari%C3%A1n_Hossa" title="Marián Hossa">Marian Hossa</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 30 saves / 35 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Crawford" title="Corey Crawford">Corey Crawford</a> 24 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 25 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Chicago Blackhawks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-defeat-blackhawks-game-7/c-280474814">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mari%C3%A1n_Hossa" title="Marián Hossa">Marian Hossa</a> (3) – 18:30 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:00 – <a href="/wiki/Jori_Lehter%C3%A4" title="Jori Lehterä">Jori Lehtera</a> (1)<br />13:43 – <a href="/wiki/Colton_Parayko" title="Colton Parayko">Colton Parayko</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Shaw_(ice_hockey)" title="Andrew Shaw (ice hockey)">Andrew Shaw</a> (4) – <i>pp</i> – 03:20 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:31 – <a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Crawford" title="Corey Crawford">Corey Crawford</a> 23 saves / 26 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 31 saves / 33 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>St. Louis won series 4–3</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(P1)_Anaheim_Ducks_vs._(WC1)_Nashville_Predators"><span id=".28P1.29_Anaheim_Ducks_vs._.28WC1.29_Nashville_Predators"></span>(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: (P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Anaheim Ducks finished first in the Pacific Division, earning 103 points. The Nashville Predators finished as the Western Conference's first wild-card, earning 96 points. This was the second meeting between these teams in the playoffs; their only previous series was the <a href="/wiki/2011_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2011 Stanley Cup playoffs">2011 Western Conference quarterfinals</a>, which Nashville won in six games. Nashville won two of the three games of the regular season series. </p><p>For the fourth straight year, the Ducks were eliminated in a seventh game at home after having a 3–2 series lead. <a href="/wiki/James_Neal_(ice_hockey)" title="James Neal (ice hockey)">James Neal</a> scored 35 seconds into game one and <a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> made 27 saves for the Predators' 3–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game two, Rinne again made 27 saves in another 3–2 win to take their first ever 2–0 series lead.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before game three, Anaheim replaced goaltender <a href="/wiki/John_Gibson_(ice_hockey,_born_1993)" title="John Gibson (ice hockey, born 1993)">John Gibson</a> with <a href="/wiki/Frederik_Andersen" title="Frederik Andersen">Frederik Andersen</a> who stopped all 27 shots he faced in a 3–0 Ducks victory.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Andersen made 30 saves in a 4–1 victory in game four to tie the series.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three players for the Ducks, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Getzlaf" title="Ryan Getzlaf">Ryan Getzlaf</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Perron" title="David Perron">David Perron</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sami_Vatanen" title="Sami Vatanen">Sami Vatanen</a>, had two points in a 5–2 win in game five to stake the Ducks to a 3–2 series lead.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Predators forced their first ever seventh game after Rinne made 26 saves in a 3–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game seven, Rinne stopped 36 shots for the Predators in a 2–1 win to advance to the second round.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 15 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Nashville Predators</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Anaheim Ducks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Honda_Center" title="Honda Center">Honda Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/predators-defeat-ducks-in-game-1/c-280332594">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Neal_(ice_hockey)" title="James Neal (ice hockey)">James Neal</a> (1) – 00:35 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:39 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Getzlaf" title="Ryan Getzlaf">Ryan Getzlaf</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Wilson_(ice_hockey)" title="Colin Wilson (ice hockey)">Colin Wilson</a> (1) – 07:55 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:48 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kesler" title="Ryan Kesler">Ryan Kesler</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Filip_Forsberg" title="Filip Forsberg">Filip Forsberg</a> (1) – 10:25 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 27 saves / 29 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/John_Gibson_(ice_hockey,_born_1993)" title="John Gibson (ice hockey, born 1993)">John Gibson</a> 30 saves / 33 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 17 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Nashville Predators</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Anaheim Ducks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Honda_Center" title="Honda Center">Honda Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/predators-edge-ducks-in-game-2/c-280361956">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mattias_Ekholm" title="Mattias Ekholm">Mattias Ekholm</a> (1) – 19:04 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:20 – <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cogliano" title="Andrew Cogliano">Andrew Cogliano</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Smith_(ice_hockey)" title="Craig Smith (ice hockey)">Craig Smith</a> (1) – 09:55<br /><a href="/wiki/Shea_Weber" title="Shea Weber">Shea Weber</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 19:21 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:18 – <a href="/wiki/Nate_Thompson" title="Nate Thompson">Nate Thompson</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 27 saves / 29 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/John_Gibson_(ice_hockey,_born_1993)" title="John Gibson (ice hockey, born 1993)">John Gibson</a> 24 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 19 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Anaheim Ducks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–0</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Nashville Predators </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Bridgestone Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/ducks-defeat-predators-in-game-3/c-280389052">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_McGinn" title="Jamie McGinn">Jamie McGinn</a> (1) – 10:05 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rickard_Rakell" title="Rickard Rakell">Rickard Rakell</a> (1) – 11:33<br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Stewart_(ice_hockey,_born_1987)" title="Chris Stewart (ice hockey, born 1987)">Chris Stewart</a> (1) – 17:06 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frederik_Andersen" title="Frederik Andersen">Frederik Andersen</a> 27 saves / 27 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 18 saves / 21 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 21 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Anaheim Ducks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Nashville Predators </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Bridgestone Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/c-280419740">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Getzlaf" title="Ryan Getzlaf">Ryan Getzlaf</a> (2) – 01:02 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thompson" title="Nate Thompson">Nate Thompson</a> (2) – 17:04<br /><a href="/wiki/Jamie_McGinn" title="Jamie McGinn">Jamie McGinn</a> (2) – 18:56 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:26 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fisher_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Fisher (ice hockey)">Mike Fisher</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cogliano" title="Andrew Cogliano">Andrew Cogliano</a> (2) – 16:52 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frederik_Andersen" title="Frederik Andersen">Frederik Andersen</a> 30 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 21 saves / 25 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 23 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Nashville Predators </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Anaheim Ducks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Honda_Center" title="Honda Center">Honda Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/ducks-defeat-predators-game-5/c-280449798">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Johansen" title="Ryan Johansen">Ryan Johansen</a> (1) – 14:13 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:35 – <a href="/wiki/David_Perron" title="David Perron">David Perron</a> (1)<br />16:23 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Garbutt" title="Ryan Garbutt">Ryan Garbutt</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Miikka_Salom%C3%A4ki" title="Miikka Salomäki">Miikka Salomaki</a> (1) – 13:29 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:34 – <a href="/wiki/Sami_Vatanen" title="Sami Vatanen">Sami Vatanen</a> (1)<br />16:37 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Cam_Fowler" title="Cam Fowler">Cam Fowler</a> (1)<br />18:14 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kesler" title="Ryan Kesler">Ryan Kesler</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 27 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Frederik_Andersen" title="Frederik Andersen">Frederik Andersen</a> 27 saves / 29 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 25 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Anaheim Ducks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Nashville Predators</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Bridgestone Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/predators-win-to-force-game-7-against-ducks/c-280474126">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kesler" title="Ryan Kesler">Ryan Kesler</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 19:46 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:10 – <a href="/wiki/Mattias_Ekholm" title="Mattias Ekholm">Mattias Ekholm</a> (2)<br />17:45 – <a href="/wiki/James_Neal_(ice_hockey)" title="James Neal (ice hockey)">James Neal</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:50 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Shea_Weber" title="Shea Weber">Shea Weber</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frederik_Andersen" title="Frederik Andersen">Frederik Andersen</a> 23 saves / 25 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 26 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 27 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Nashville Predators</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Anaheim Ducks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Honda_Center" title="Honda Center">Honda Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/predators-hold-off-ducks-in-game-7/c-280498078">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Wilson_(ice_hockey)" title="Colin Wilson (ice hockey)">Colin Wilson</a> (2) – 06:19<br /><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gaustad" title="Paul Gaustad">Paul Gaustad</a> (1) – 15:53 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:45 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kesler" title="Ryan Kesler">Ryan Kesler</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 36 saves / 37 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Frederik_Andersen" title="Frederik Andersen">Frederik Andersen</a> 18 saves / 20 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Nashville won series 4–3</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(P2)_Los_Angeles_Kings_vs._(P3)_San_Jose_Sharks"><span id=".28P2.29_Los_Angeles_Kings_vs._.28P3.29_San_Jose_Sharks"></span>(P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: (P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Los Angeles Kings finished second in the Pacific Division, earning 102 points. The San Jose Sharks earned 98 points to finish third in the Pacific. This was the fourth meeting between these two teams, with Los Angeles winning two of the three previous meetings. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2014 Stanley Cup playoffs">2014 Western Conference first round</a>, which Los Angeles came back from a 3–0 deficit to defeat the Sharks in seven games. San Jose won three of the five games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Sharks defeated the Kings in five games. In game one, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> scored twice including the game-winner to help the Sharks win 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sharks goalie, and former Kings backup goalie, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> allowed one goal on 27 shots in game two in a 2–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Game three in San Jose required overtime with the game tied 1–1 after regulation time, before <a href="/wiki/Tanner_Pearson" title="Tanner Pearson">Tanner Pearson</a> scored the game-winner for the Kings at 3:47 of the first overtime.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game four, all three Sharks goals came on the power play before the Kings tried to make a comeback cutting the deficit to 3–2, but that was the final score of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game five, the Sharks took a 3–0 lead until the Kings scored three goals to tie the game in the second period. Early in the third period, San Jose rookie <a href="/wiki/Joonas_Donskoi" title="Joonas Donskoi">Joonas Donskoi</a>'s second goal of the game, broke the tie to give the Sharks a 4–3 lead; Joe Pavelski and <a href="/wiki/Melker_Karlsson" title="Melker Karlsson">Melker Karlsson</a> provided insurance goals as the Sharks ended the series with a 6–3 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 14 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Los Angeles Kings </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-edge-kings-in-game-1/c-280317492">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 06:25 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:53 – <a href="/wiki/Jake_Muzzin" title="Jake Muzzin">Jake Muzzin</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brent_Burns" title="Brent Burns">Brent Burns</a> (1) – 06:50<br /><a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Hertl" title="Tomáš Hertl">Tomas Hertl</a> (1) – 17:48 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:30 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Carter" title="Jeff Carter">Jeff Carter</a> (1)<br />17:18 – <i>sh</i> – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Lewis" title="Trevor Lewis">Trevor Lewis</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Joe Pavelski (2) – 00:17 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 21 saves / 24 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Quick" title="Jonathan Quick">Jonathan Quick</a> 19 saves / 23 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 16 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Los Angeles Kings </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-defeat-kings-game-2/c-280348078">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (3) – 03:37 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 08:44 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:59 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Lecavalier" title="Vincent Lecavalier">Vincent Lecavalier</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 26 saves / 27 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Quick" title="Jonathan Quick">Jonathan Quick</a> 21 saves / 23 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 18 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Los Angeles Kings</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-san-jose-sharks-game-3-recap/c-280375080">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/An%C5%BEe_Kopitar" title="Anže Kopitar">Anze Kopitar</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 08:10 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:30 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Thornton" title="Joe Thornton">Joe Thornton</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tanner_Pearson" title="Tanner Pearson">Tanner Pearson</a> (1) – 03:47 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Quick" title="Jonathan Quick">Jonathan Quick</a> 29 saves / 30 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 22 saves / 24 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 20 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Los Angeles Kings </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-defeat-kings-game-4/c-280406382">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:09 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Brent_Burns" title="Brent Burns">Brent Burns</a> (2)<br />09:21 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Lewis" title="Trevor Lewis">Trevor Lewis</a> (2) – 02:49<br /><a href="/wiki/Luke_Schenn" title="Luke Schenn">Luke Schenn</a> (1) – 06:44 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:40 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Marleau" title="Patrick Marleau">Patrick Marleau</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Quick" title="Jonathan Quick">Jonathan Quick</a> 26 saves / 29 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 26 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 22 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>6–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Los Angeles Kings </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-eliminate-kings-in-game-5/c-280439690">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joonas_Donskoi" title="Joonas Donskoi">Joonas Donskoi</a> (1) – 01:08<br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Tierney_(ice_hockey)" title="Chris Tierney (ice hockey)">Chris Tierney</a> (1) – 11:21 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Nieto" title="Matt Nieto">Matt Nieto</a> (1) – 04:05 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:44 – <a href="/wiki/An%C5%BEe_Kopitar" title="Anže Kopitar">Anze Kopitar</a> (2)<br />11:26 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Carter" title="Jeff Carter">Jeff Carter</a> (2)<br />16:36 – <a href="/wiki/Kris_Versteeg" title="Kris Versteeg">Kris Versteeg</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Joonas Donskoi (2) – 03:58<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (5) – 12:24<br /><a href="/wiki/Melker_Karlsson" title="Melker Karlsson">Melker Karlsson</a> (1) – <i>en</i> – 19:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 19 saves / 22 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Quick" title="Jonathan Quick">Jonathan Quick</a> 22 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>San Jose won series 4–1</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_round">Second round</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Second round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference_second_round">Eastern Conference second round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference second round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(A2)_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_vs._(WC1)_New_York_Islanders"><span id=".28A2.29_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_vs._.28WC1.29_New_York_Islanders"></span>(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (WC1) New York Islanders</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (WC1) New York Islanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these teams; their only previous series was in the <a href="/wiki/2004_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2004 Stanley Cup playoffs">2004 Eastern Conference quarterfinals</a>, which Tampa Bay won in five games. This was the first series in the current playoff format in which a wild-card team had more points than its opponent during the regular season and did not have home ice advantage. New York won two of the three games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Lightning defeated the Islanders in five games. The Islanders took game one by a score of 5–3 with two goals scored by <a href="/wiki/Shane_Prince" title="Shane Prince">Shane Prince</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)">Tyler Johnson</a> scored two goals in a 4–1 victory for the Lightning in game two to tie the series.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Games three and four both ended in overtime with Lightning victories as well as <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> scoring the tying goal in the third period. In game three, Kucherov scored with 39 seconds left in the third period to send it to overtime. In overtime, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Boyle" title="Brian Boyle">Brian Boyle</a> scored the game-winner for a 5–4 win.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game four, Kucherov scored 7:49 into the third period to tie the game. <a href="/wiki/Jason_Garrison" title="Jason Garrison">Jason Garrison</a> scored the game-winner for the Lightning 1:49 into overtime in a 2–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Victor_Hedman" title="Victor Hedman">Victor Hedman</a> scored twice and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> stopped all 28 shots for the Lightning in game five to move on to the conference finals for the second season in a row and third in six seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 27 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Islanders</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Tampa Bay Lightning </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-defeat-lightning-in-game-1/c-280495354">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Travis_Hamonic" title="Travis Hamonic">Travis Hamonic</a> (1) – 05:44<br /><a href="/wiki/Shane_Prince" title="Shane Prince">Shane Prince</a> (2) – 17:28<br />Shane Prince (3) – 19:57 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:05 – <a href="/wiki/Ond%C5%99ej_Pal%C3%A1t" title="Ondřej Palát">Ondrej Palat</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Tavares" title="John Tavares">John Tavares</a> (6) – <i>pp</i> – 08:59 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cal_Clutterbuck" title="Cal Clutterbuck">Cal Clutterbuck</a> (1) – <i>en</i> – 19:05 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:41 – <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (6)<br />17:28 – <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Filppula" title="Valtteri Filppula">Valtteri Filppula</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 33 saves / 36 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 9 saves / 13 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> 8 saves / 8 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 30 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">New York Islanders </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-lightning-game-2-recap/c-280525752">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Kulemin" title="Nikolay Kulemin">Nikolay Kulemin</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 15:15 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:03 – <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)">Tyler Johnson</a> (3)<br />11:55 – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Drouin" title="Jonathan Drouin">Jonathan Drouin</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:59 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Victor_Hedman" title="Victor Hedman">Victor Hedman</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:42 – <i>en</i> – Tyler Johnson (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 27 saves / 30 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 19 saves / 20 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 3 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">New York Islanders </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/lightning-beat-islanders-in-overtime-game-3/c-280555050">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Callahan" title="Ryan Callahan">Ryan Callahan</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 19:47 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:55 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Bailey" title="Josh Bailey">Josh Bailey</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Hedman" title="Victor Hedman">Victor Hedman</a> (2) – 08:10 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:50 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Leddy" title="Nick Leddy">Nick Leddy</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vladislav_Namestnikov" title="Vladislav Namestnikov">Vladislav Namestnikov</a> (1) – 03:25<br /><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (7) – 19:21 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:27 – <i>pp</i> – Josh Bailey (2)<br />11:23 – <a href="/wiki/Cal_Clutterbuck" title="Cal Clutterbuck">Cal Clutterbuck</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Boyle" title="Brian Boyle">Brian Boyle</a> (2) – 02:48 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 35 saves / 39 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 36 saves / 41 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 6 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">New York Islanders </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Barclays_Center" title="Barclays Center">Barclays Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/lightning-islanders-game-4-recap/c-280591264">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:20 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Okposo" title="Kyle Okposo">Kyle Okposo</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (8) – 07:49 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Garrison" title="Jason Garrison">Jason Garrison</a> (1) – 01:34 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 27 saves / 28 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 20 saves / 22 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9" title="Jean-François Bérubé">Jean-Francois Berube</a> 2 saves / 2 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 8 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">New York Islanders </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-lightning-game-5-recap/c-280606598">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">13:49 – <a href="/wiki/Victor_Hedman" title="Victor Hedman">Victor Hedman</a> (3)<br />18:41 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Boyle" title="Brian Boyle">Brian Boyle</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:22 – <i>pp</i> – Victor Hedman (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:40 – <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (9) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Greiss" title="Thomas Greiss">Thomas Greiss</a> 21 saves / 25 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 28 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Tampa Bay won series 4–1</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(M1)_Washington_Capitals_vs._(M2)_Pittsburgh_Penguins"><span id=".28M1.29_Washington_Capitals_vs._.28M2.29_Pittsburgh_Penguins"></span>(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: (M1) Washington Capitals vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the ninth playoff meeting between these teams, with Pittsburgh winning seven of the eight previous series. Their most recent meeting was in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2009 Stanley Cup playoffs">2009 Eastern Conference semifinals</a>, which Pittsburgh won in seven games. Pittsburgh won three of the five games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Penguins defeated the Capitals in six games. <a href="/wiki/T._J._Oshie" title="T. J. Oshie">T. J. Oshie</a> scored a hat-trick, his third goal being in overtime, in game one for the Capitals in a 4–3 win.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Capitals forward <a href="/wiki/Eric_Fehr" title="Eric Fehr">Eric Fehr</a> scored the game-winner in the third period for the Penguins to take game two by a score of 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> made 47 saves for the Penguins in game three for a 3–2 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game four, <a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> scored the game-winner for the Penguins in overtime as well as an assist in a 3–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Capitals avoided elimination in game five, with <a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> stopping 30 of the 31 shots he faced in a 3–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game six, Pittsburgh took a 3–0 lead with two goals from <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> before the Capitals tied the game 3–3 late in the third period. In overtime, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bonino" title="Nick Bonino">Nick Bonino</a> scored the series-winner 6:32 into the first overtime period to send the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Eastern Conference Final.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 28 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Washington Capitals</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Arena" title="Capital One Arena">Verizon Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/t-j-oshie-captials-defeat-penguins-in-game-1/c-280509418">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:13 – <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Burakovsky" title="André Burakovsky">Andre Burakovsky</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Lovejoy" title="Ben Lovejoy">Ben Lovejoy</a> (1) – 10:40<br /><a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Malkin" title="Evgeni Malkin">Evgeni Malkin</a> (3) – 11:37 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:10 – <a href="/wiki/T._J._Oshie" title="T. J. Oshie">T. J. Oshie</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Bonino" title="Nick Bonino">Nick Bonino</a> (1) – 08:42 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:23 – T. J. Oshie (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:33 – T. J. Oshie (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 31 saves / 35 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 42 saves / 45 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 30 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Washington Capitals </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Arena" title="Capital One Arena">Verizon Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/fehr-leads-penguins-past-capitals/c-280529516">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Hagelin" title="Carl Hagelin">Carl Hagelin</a> (2) – 07:08 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Fehr" title="Eric Fehr">Eric Fehr</a> (2) – 15:32 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:08 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Johansson_(ice_hockey,_born_1990)" title="Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)">Marcus Johansson</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 23 saves / 24 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 33 saves / 35 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 2 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Washington Capitals </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-defeat-capitals-in-game-3/c-280544876">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:37 – <a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> (4)<br />07:37 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_K%C3%BChnhackl" title="Tom Kühnhackl">Tom Kuhnhackl</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:03 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hagelin" title="Carl Hagelin">Carl Hagelin</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ovechkin" title="Alexander Ovechkin">Alexander Ovechkin</a> (4) – 08:02<br /><a href="/wiki/Justin_Williams" title="Justin Williams">Justin Williams</a> (1) – 19:04 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 20 saves / 23 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 47 saves / 49 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 4 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Washington Capitals </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-capitals-game-4-recap/c-280570438">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Beagle" title="Jay Beagle">Jay Beagle</a> (3) – 02:58 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:16 – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Daley" title="Trevor Daley">Trevor Daley</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Carlson_(ice_hockey)" title="John Carlson (ice hockey)">John Carlson</a> (4) – 16:19 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:07 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Cullen" title="Matt Cullen">Matt Cullen</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:34 – <a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 30 saves / 33 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 34 saves / 36 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 7 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Washington Capitals</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_One_Arena" title="Capital One Arena">Verizon Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/capitals-penguins-game-5-recap/c-280599604">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kunitz" title="Chris Kunitz">Chris Kunitz</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 07:08 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:04 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ovechkin" title="Alexander Ovechkin">Alexander Ovechkin</a> (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:00 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/T._J._Oshie" title="T. J. Oshie">T. J. Oshie</a> (5)<br />09:58 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Williams" title="Justin Williams">Justin Williams</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 16 saves / 19 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 30 saves / 31 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 10 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Washington Capitals </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-capitals-game-6-recap/c-280628750">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:41 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/T._J._Oshie" title="T. J. Oshie">T. J. Oshie</a> (6) – <i>pp</i> – 18:30 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:05 – <i>pp</i> – Phil Kessel (5)<br />07:38 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hagelin" title="Carl Hagelin">Carl Hagelin</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Justin_Williams" title="Justin Williams">Justin Williams</a> (3) – 07:23<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Carlson_(ice_hockey)" title="John Carlson (ice hockey)">John Carlson</a> (5) – <i>pp</i> – 13:01 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:32 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bonino" title="Nick Bonino">Nick Bonino</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a> 37 saves / 41 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 36 saves / 39 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Pittsburgh won series 4–2</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference_second_round">Western Conference second round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Western Conference second round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(C1)_Dallas_Stars_vs._(C2)_St._Louis_Blues"><span id=".28C1.29_Dallas_Stars_vs._.28C2.29_St._Louis_Blues"></span>(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (C2) St. Louis Blues</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: (C1) Dallas Stars vs. (C2) St. Louis Blues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the thirteenth playoff meeting between these teams; the two teams have split the twelve previous series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/2001_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2001 Stanley Cup playoffs">2001 Western Conference semifinals</a>, which St. Louis won in a four-game sweep. St. Louis won four of the five games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Blues defeated the Stars in seven games. In game one, <a href="/wiki/Radek_Faksa" title="Radek Faksa">Radek Faksa</a> scored with 4:44 left in the third period to give the Dallas Stars a 2–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game two, Dallas scored two goals in the third period to tie the game 3–3 after being down 3–1. In overtime, Blues' captain <a href="/wiki/David_Backes" title="David Backes">David Backes</a> scored a power play goal to tie the series at a game apiece.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Steen" title="Alexander Steen">Alexander Steen</a> scored twice and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> scored a goal and two assists to help the Blues rout the Stars 6–1 in game three.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> had two assists in game four as well as the overtime-game-winner by <a href="/wiki/Cody_Eakin" title="Cody Eakin">Cody Eakin</a> for the Stars in a 3–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game five, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Stastny" title="Paul Stastny">Paul Stastny</a> had a goal and an assist and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> made 27 saves in a 4–1 victory to take a 3–2 series lead.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dallas scored three goals in the first period in game six prompting St. Louis head coach <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hitchcock" title="Ken Hitchcock">Ken Hitchcock</a> to replace Elliott who had only stopped four shots. Dallas won the game 3–2 to force a seventh game.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game seven, six different players scored a goal for the Blues in a 6–1 victory to make their first Conference finals since <a href="/wiki/2001_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2001 Stanley Cup playoffs">2001</a>. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 29 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Dallas Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/stars-beat-blues-in-game-1/c-280518136">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:36 – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Roussel" title="Antoine Roussel">Antoine Roussel</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Shattenkirk" title="Kevin Shattenkirk">Kevin Shattenkirk</a> (2) – 11:32 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:16 – <a href="/wiki/Radek_Faksa" title="Radek Faksa">Radek Faksa</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 40 saves / 42 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 31 saves / 32 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 1 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Dallas Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/backes-scores-in-ot-blues-beat-stars/c-280534318">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patrik_Berglund" title="Patrik Berglund">Patrik Berglund</a> (2) – 04:11<br /><a href="/wiki/Joel_Edmundson" title="Joel Edmundson">Joel Edmundson</a> (1) – 07:02<br /><a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 18:40 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:36 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Goligoski" title="Alex Goligoski">Alex Goligoski</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:35 – <a href="/wiki/Mattias_Janmark-Nyl%C3%A9n" class="mw-redirect" title="Mattias Janmark-Nylén">Mattias Janmark</a> (1)<br />17:24 – <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Benn" title="Jamie Benn">Jamie Benn</a> (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Backes" title="David Backes">David Backes</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 10:58 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 31 saves / 34 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 2 saves / 5 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Antti_Niemi_(ice_hockey)" title="Antti Niemi (ice hockey)">Antti Niemi</a> 19 saves / 20 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 3 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Dallas Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–6</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-score-six-unanswered-against-stars-in-game-3/c-280557872">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Colton_Sceviour" title="Colton Sceviour">Colton Sceviour</a> (2) – 04:44 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:41 – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Steen" title="Alexander Steen">Alexander Steen</a> (2)<br />16:10 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/David_Backes" title="David Backes">David Backes</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:34 – <a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> (3)<br />03:50 – <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> (5)<br />18:03 – <i>pp</i> – Alexander Steen (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">18:06 – David Backes (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Antti_Niemi_(ice_hockey)" title="Antti Niemi (ice hockey)">Antti Niemi</a> 9 saves / 12 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 24 saves / 27 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 25 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 5 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Dallas Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/eakin-lifts-stars-to-ot-win-in-game-4/c-280580126">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:17 – <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> (6) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Radek_Faksa" title="Radek Faksa">Radek Faksa</a> (3) – 04:05<br /><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Sharp" title="Patrick Sharp">Patrick Sharp</a> (4) – <i>pp</i> – 05:14 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">13:06 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Stastny" title="Paul Stastny">Paul Stastny</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cody_Eakin" title="Cody Eakin">Cody Eakin</a> (1) – 02:58 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 24 saves / 26 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 25 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 7 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Dallas Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-stars-game-5-recap/c-280595650">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robby_Fabbri" title="Robby Fabbri">Robby Fabbri</a> (2) – 06:00 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:58 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Goligoski" title="Alex Goligoski">Alex Goligoski</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Ja%C5%A1kin" class="mw-redirect" title="Dmitri Jaškin">Dmitrij Jaskin</a> (1) – 10:31<br /><a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> (4) – 17:42 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Stastny" title="Paul Stastny">Paul Stastny</a> (2) – <i>en</i> – 18:20 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 27 saves / 28 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 18 saves / 21 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 9 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Dallas Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-stars-game-6-recap/c-280617260">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mattias_Janmark-Nyl%C3%A9n" class="mw-redirect" title="Mattias Janmark-Nylén">Mattias Janmark</a> (2) – 04:53<br /><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Fiddler" title="Vernon Fiddler">Vernon Fiddler</a> (1) – 05:13<br /><a href="/wiki/Jason_Spezza" title="Jason Spezza">Jason Spezza</a> (5) – <i>pp</i> – 16:49 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:29 – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Steen" title="Alexander Steen">Alexander Steen</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:59 – <a href="/wiki/Patrik_Berglund" title="Patrik Berglund">Patrik Berglund</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 35 saves / 37 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 4 saves / 7 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Jake_Allen_(ice_hockey)" title="Jake Allen (ice hockey)">Jake Allen</a> 7 saves / 7 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 11 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>6–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Dallas Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-beat-stars-game-7/c-280638588">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robby_Fabbri" title="Robby Fabbri">Robby Fabbri</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 05:23<br /><a href="/wiki/Paul_Stastny" title="Paul Stastny">Paul Stastny</a> (3) – 18:22<br /><a href="/wiki/Patrik_Berglund" title="Patrik Berglund">Patrik Berglund</a> (4) – 19:56 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Backes" title="David Backes">David Backes</a> (6) – 03:50<br /><a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> (5) – 15:06 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> (7) – <i>en</i> – 15:20 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:15 – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Eaves" title="Patrick Eaves">Patrick Eaves</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 31 saves / 32 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kari_Lehtonen" title="Kari Lehtonen">Kari Lehtonen</a> 5 saves / 8 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Antti_Niemi_(ice_hockey)" title="Antti Niemi (ice hockey)">Antti Niemi</a> 8 saves / 10 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>St. Louis won series 4–3</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(P3)_San_Jose_Sharks_vs._(WC1)_Nashville_Predators"><span id=".28P3.29_San_Jose_Sharks_vs._.28WC1.29_Nashville_Predators"></span>(P3) San Jose Sharks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: (P3) San Jose Sharks vs. (WC1) Nashville Predators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the third playoff meeting between these teams, with San Jose winning both previous series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2007 Stanley Cup playoffs">2007 Western Conference quarterfinals</a>, which San Jose won in five games. Nashville won two of the three games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Sharks defeated the Predators in seven games. The home team won every game in the series. <a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> scored two goals in game one for the Sharks in a 5–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game two, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> made 37 saves for the Sharks in a 3–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Shea_Weber" title="Shea Weber">Shea Weber</a> scored a goal and an assist and <a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> made 26 saves in a 4–1 win for the Predators in game three.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Predators played in their longest playoff game in game four going 11:12 into triple overtime. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fisher_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Fisher (ice hockey)">Mike Fisher</a> scored his second goal of the game to end overtime and tie the series with a 4–3 win.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> scored twice for the Sharks in game five who took a 3–2 series lead with a 5–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game six, the Predators came back from an early 2–0 deficit, sending the game into overtime. In overtime, rookie <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Arvidsson" title="Viktor Arvidsson">Viktor Arvidsson</a> scored the game-winner to force a seventh game in a 4–3 win.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game seven, Martin Jones stopped all 20 shots and Logan Couture scored a goal and two assists in a 5–0 win to send the Sharks onto the Western Conference Final.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 29 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Nashville Predators </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-predators-game-1-recap/c-280520060">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Fisher_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Fisher (ice hockey)">Mike Fisher</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 04:33 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Johansen" title="Ryan Johansen">Ryan Johansen</a> (2) – 18:11 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:37 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Hertl" title="Tomáš Hertl">Tomas Hertl</a> (2)<br />11:49 – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Ward_(ice_hockey)" title="Joel Ward (ice hockey)">Joel Ward</a> (1)<br />15:40 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (2)<br />18:31 – <i>en</i> – Logan Couture (3)<br />19:10 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Wingels" title="Tommy Wingels">Tommy Wingels</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 33 saves / 36 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 29 saves / 31 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 1 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Nashville Predators </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-defeat-predators-in-game-2/c-280537200">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">18:36 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mattias_Ekholm" title="Mattias Ekholm">Mattias Ekholm</a> (3) – 12:56<br /><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Johansen" title="Ryan Johansen">Ryan Johansen</a> (3) – 19:55 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:20 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (6)<br />19:04 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Thornton" title="Joe Thornton">Joe Thornton</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 22 saves / 24 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 37 saves / 39 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 3 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Nashville Predators</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Bridgestone Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/predators-power-past-sharks-in-game-3/c-280556272">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Marleau" title="Patrick Marleau">Patrick Marleau</a> (2) – 13:13 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:11 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/James_Neal_(ice_hockey)" title="James Neal (ice hockey)">James Neal</a> (3)<br />14:44 – <a href="/wiki/Shea_Weber" title="Shea Weber">Shea Weber</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:55 – <a href="/wiki/Colin_Wilson_(ice_hockey)" title="Colin Wilson (ice hockey)">Colin Wilson</a> (3)<br />15:49 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Filip_Forsberg" title="Filip Forsberg">Filip Forsberg</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 21 saves / 25 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 26 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 5 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>3OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Nashville Predators</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Bridgestone Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/predators-sharks-game-4-recap/c-280582448">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brent_Burns" title="Brent Burns">Brent Burns</a> (3) – 03:08 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:41 – <a href="/wiki/Colin_Wilson_(ice_hockey)" title="Colin Wilson (ice hockey)">Colin Wilson</a> (4)<br />09:50 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fisher_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Fisher (ice hockey)">Mike Fisher</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joonas_Donskoi" title="Joonas Donskoi">Joonas Donskoi</a> (3) – 14:09 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Brent Burns (4) – <i>pp</i> – 06:48 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:39 – <a href="/wiki/James_Neal_(ice_hockey)" title="James Neal (ice hockey)">James Neal</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:12 – Mike Fisher (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 41 saves / 45 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 44 saves / 47 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 7 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Nashville Predators </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-beat-predators-game-5/c-280601904">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Fisher_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Fisher (ice hockey)">Mike Fisher</a> (5) – 15:40 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:47 – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Marleau" title="Patrick Marleau">Patrick Marleau</a> (3)<br />17:21 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (7) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:35 – <a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (5)<br />19:22 – <i>pp</i> – Joe Pavelski (8) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:10 – <a href="/wiki/Melker_Karlsson" title="Melker Karlsson">Melker Karlsson</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 23 saves / 27 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Carter_Hutton" title="Carter Hutton">Carter Hutton</a> 1 save / 2 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 24 saves / 25 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 9 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Nashville Predators</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Bridgestone Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-predators-game-6-recap/c-280618942">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Tierney_(ice_hockey)" title="Chris Tierney (ice hockey)">Chris Tierney</a> (2) – 09:55<br />Chris Tierney (3) – 11:51 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:27 – <a href="/wiki/Roman_Josi" title="Roman Josi">Roman Josi</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:25 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Johansen" title="Ryan Johansen">Ryan Johansen</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (6) – <i>pp</i> – 10:04 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:44 – <a href="/wiki/Colin_Wilson_(ice_hockey)" title="Colin Wilson (ice hockey)">Colin Wilson</a> (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:03 – <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Arvidsson" title="Viktor Arvidsson">Viktor Arvidsson</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 28 saves / 32 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 15 saves / 18 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 12 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Nashville Predators </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/predators-sharks-game-7-recap/c-280651298">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:02 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (9)<br />16:51 – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Ward_(ice_hockey)" title="Joel Ward (ice hockey)">Joel Ward</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:36 – <a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (7) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:32 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Thornton" title="Joe Thornton">Joe Thornton</a> (3)<br />03:54 – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Marleau" title="Patrick Marleau">Patrick Marleau</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Rinne" title="Pekka Rinne">Pekka Rinne</a> 21 saves / 26 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Carter_Hutton" title="Carter Hutton">Carter Hutton</a> 1 save / 1 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 20 saves / 20 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>San Jose won series 4–3</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_finals">Conference finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Conference finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NHL_conference_finals" title="NHL conference finals">NHL conference finals</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Conference_final">Eastern Conference final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Eastern Conference final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(M2)_Pittsburgh_Penguins_vs._(A2)_Tampa_Bay_Lightning"><span id=".28M2.29_Pittsburgh_Penguins_vs._.28A2.29_Tampa_Bay_Lightning"></span>(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these teams. Their only previous series was the <a href="/wiki/2011_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2011 Stanley Cup playoffs">2011 Eastern Conference quarterfinals</a>, which Tampa Bay came back from a 3–1 series deficit to win in seven games. Pittsburgh last made the conference finals in <a href="/wiki/2013_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2013 Stanley Cup playoffs">2013</a> where they were swept in four games by the Boston Bruins. This was Tampa Bay's second consecutive Conference finals appearance; they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Trophy" title="Presidents' Trophy">Presidents' Trophy</a>-winning New York Rangers in seven games in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2015 Stanley Cup playoffs">previous year</a>. Tampa Bay won all three games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Penguins defeated the Lightning in seven games. In game one, Lightning goaltender <a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> suffered a lower-body injury in the first period, requiring him to leave the game on a stretcher.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> made 25 saves in relief to help the Lightning win 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four goals were scored in the first period, two by each team, in game two leaving the score tied going into overtime. <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> scored 40 seconds into overtime for the Penguins to tie the series.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hagelin" title="Carl Hagelin">Carl Hagelin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> both had a goal and an assist for the Penguins in a 4–2 feat in game three.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lightning tied the series in game four in a 4–3 win with both <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Killorn" title="Alex Killorn">Alex Killorn</a> providing two assists each, including the game-winning goal, and the team preventing a third period comeback from the Penguins.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Penguins gave up leads of both 2–0 and 3–2 and lost in overtime when <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)">Tyler Johnson</a> scored for the Lightning 53 seconds into the first overtime period of game five.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although <a href="/wiki/Brian_Boyle" title="Brian Boyle">Brian Boyle</a> scored twice for the Lightning, Pittsburgh forced a seventh game after a 5–2 victory in which Crosby had a goal and an assist.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game seven, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Rust" title="Bryan Rust">Bryan Rust</a> scored both goals for Pittsburgh in a 2–1 victory to send the Penguins to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since <a href="/wiki/2009_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2009 Stanley Cup Finals">2009</a> and fifth time in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins#Franchise_history" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">franchise history</a> and prevented the Lightning from clinching a <a href="/wiki/2015_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2015 Stanley Cup Finals">second consecutive appearance</a> in the Stanley Cup Finals and <a href="/wiki/2004_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2004 Stanley Cup Finals">third time</a> in franchise history altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 13 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/lightning-penguins-game-1-recap/c-280696686">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Killorn" title="Alex Killorn">Alex Killorn</a> (4) – 18:46 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ond%C5%99ej_Pal%C3%A1t" title="Ondřej Palát">Ondrej Palat</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 02:33<br /><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Drouin" title="Jonathan Drouin">Jonathan Drouin</a> (2) – 18:25 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:05 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> (6) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a> 9 saves / 9 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> 25 saves / 26 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 17 saves / 20 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 16 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Tampa Bay Lightning </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-lightning-game-2-recap/c-280716336">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Anton_Str%C3%A5lman" title="Anton Strålman">Anton Stralman</a> (1) – 16:37<br /><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Drouin" title="Jonathan Drouin">Jonathan Drouin</a> (3) – 19:10 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:32 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Cullen" title="Matt Cullen">Matt Cullen</a> (4)<br />09:37 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> (6) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:40 – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> 37 saves / 40 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 19 saves / 21 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 18 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Tampa Bay Lightning </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-lightning-game-3-recap/c-280744436">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Hagelin" title="Carl Hagelin">Carl Hagelin</a> (5) – 19:50 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> (7) – 05:16<br /><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> (5) – <i>pp</i> – 10:50<br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kunitz" title="Chris Kunitz">Chris Kunitz</a> (2) – 13:12 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:30 – <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)">Tyler Johnson</a> (5)<br />18:16 – <a href="/wiki/Ond%C5%99ej_Pal%C3%A1t" title="Ondřej Palát">Ondrej Palat</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 26 saves / 28 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> 44 saves / 48 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 20 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-lightning-game-4-recap/c-280762906">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:27 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Callahan" title="Ryan Callahan">Ryan Callahan</a> (2)<br />14:28 – <a href="/wiki/Andrej_%C5%A0ustr" title="Andrej Šustr">Andrej Sustr</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:38 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Drouin" title="Jonathan Drouin">Jonathan Drouin</a> (4)<br />17:48 – <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)">Tyler Johnson</a> (6) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> (8) – 01:18<br /><a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Malkin" title="Evgeni Malkin">Evgeni Malkin</a> (4) – 11:13<br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kunitz" title="Chris Kunitz">Chris Kunitz</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 13:08 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 26 saves / 30 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Marc-Andr%C3%A9_Fleury" title="Marc-André Fleury">Marc-Andre Fleury</a> 7 saves / 7 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> 35 saves / 38 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 22 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Tampa Bay Lightning</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/lightning-penguins-game-5-recap/c-280776734">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">19:59 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Dumoulin" title="Brian Dumoulin">Brian Dumoulin</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Killorn" title="Alex Killorn">Alex Killorn</a> (5) – 13:15<br /><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a> (10) – 14:25 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:30 – <a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> (7)<br />19:10 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Kunitz" title="Chris Kunitz">Chris Kunitz</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Nikita Kucherov (11) – 16:44 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)">Tyler Johnson</a> (7) – 00:53 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> 31 saves / 34 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Marc-Andr%C3%A9_Fleury" title="Marc-André Fleury">Marc-Andre Fleury</a> 21 saves / 25 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 24 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Tampa Bay Lightning </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-lightning-game-6-recap/c-280796918">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> (9) – <i>pp</i> – 18:46 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kris_Letang" title="Kris Letang">Kris Letang</a> (2) – 07:40<br /><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a> (6) – 19:34 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Rust" title="Bryan Rust">Bryan Rust</a> (3) – 17:52<br /><a href="/wiki/Nick_Bonino" title="Nick Bonino">Nick Bonino</a> (3) – <i>en</i> – 19:06 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:30 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Boyle" title="Brian Boyle">Brian Boyle</a> (4)<br />12:43 – Brian Boyle (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 29 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> 29 saves / 33 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 26 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Tampa Bay Lightning </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-beat-lightning-head-to-stanley-cup-final/c-280816740">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Drouin" title="Jonathan Drouin">Jonathan Drouin</a> (5) – 09:36 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:55 – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Rust" title="Bryan Rust">Bryan Rust</a> (4)<br />10:06 – Bryan Rust (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a> 37 saves / 39 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 16 saves / 17 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Pittsburgh won series 4–3</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Conference_final">Western Conference final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Western Conference final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(C2)_St._Louis_Blues_vs._(P3)_San_Jose_Sharks"><span id=".28C2.29_St._Louis_Blues_vs._.28P3.29_San_Jose_Sharks"></span>(C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: (C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the fifth playoff meeting between these teams, with both teams splitting the four previous playoff series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2012 Stanley Cup playoffs">2012 Western Conference quarterfinals</a>, which St. Louis won in five games. St. Louis most recently made the conference finals in <a href="/wiki/2001_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2001 Stanley Cup playoffs">2001</a>, when they lost to the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a> in five games. San Jose last made the conference finals in <a href="/wiki/2011_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2011 Stanley Cup playoffs">2011</a>, where they lost in five games to the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a>. San Jose won two of the three games of the regular season series. </p><p>The Sharks defeated the Blues in six games. The Blues won game one 2–1 with help from goalie <a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> who made 31 saves in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sharks bounced back in game two with <a href="/wiki/Brent_Burns" title="Brent Burns">Brent Burns</a> scoring twice and goalie <a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> stopping all 26 shots he faced in a 4–0 win.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In game three, Jones again shutout the Blues, blocking 22 shots; <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Hertl" title="Tomáš Hertl">Tomas Hertl</a> scored twice for the Sharks in their 3–0 victory at home.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Brodziak" title="Kyle Brodziak">Kyle Brodziak</a> scored twice in a 6–3 victory for the Blues to tie the series in game four.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joel_Ward_(ice_hockey)" title="Joel Ward (ice hockey)">Joel Ward</a> both scored twice in the Sharks' 6–3 victory in game five.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sharks were able to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks#History" title="San Jose Sharks">25-year history</a> after game six with Joel Ward scoring the winning goal 3:01 into the third period in a 5–2 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 15 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-sharks-game-1-recap/c-280707366">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Hertl" title="Tomáš Hertl">Tomas Hertl</a> (3) – 15:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:04 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/David_Backes" title="David Backes">David Backes</a> (7) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:15 – <a href="/wiki/Jori_Lehter%C3%A4" title="Jori Lehterä">Jori Lehtera</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 21 saves / 23 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 31 saves / 32 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 17 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–0</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-blues-game-2-recap/c-280734832">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Wingels" title="Tommy Wingels">Tommy Wingels</a> (2) – 02:07 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brent_Burns" title="Brent Burns">Brent Burns</a> (5) – <i>pp</i> – 07:04 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Brent Burns (6) – <i>pp</i> – 11:58<br /><a href="/wiki/Dainius_Zubrus" title="Dainius Zubrus">Dainius Zubrus</a> (1) – <i>en</i> – 19:41 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 26 saves / 26 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 20 saves / 23 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 19 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-sharks-game-3-recap/c-280753766">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:53 – <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Hertl" title="Tomáš Hertl">Tomas Hertl</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:44 – <a href="/wiki/Joonas_Donskoi" title="Joonas Donskoi">Joonas Donskoi</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:09 – Tomas Hertl (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 11 saves / 14 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Jake_Allen_(ice_hockey)" title="Jake Allen (ice hockey)">Jake Allen</a> 2 saves / 2 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 22 saves / 22 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 21 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>6–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/blues-sharks-game-4-recap/c-280768722">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> (6) – <i>pp</i> – 06:14<br /><a href="/wiki/Jori_Lehter%C3%A4" title="Jori Lehterä">Jori Lehtera</a> (3) – 10:11 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Brodziak" title="Kyle Brodziak">Kyle Brodziak</a> (1) – <i>sh</i> – 06:09<br />Kyle Brodziak (2) – 10:11 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Troy Brouwer (7) – <i>pp</i> – 03:55<br /><a href="/wiki/Alex_Pietrangelo" title="Alex Pietrangelo">Alex Pietrangelo</a> (2) – <i>en</i> – 15:39 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:05 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (10)<br />06:57 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Tierney_(ice_hockey)" title="Chris Tierney (ice hockey)">Chris Tierney</a> (4)<br />16:28 – <a href="/wiki/Melker_Karlsson" title="Melker Karlsson">Melker Karlsson</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Allen_(ice_hockey)" title="Jake Allen (ice hockey)">Jake Allen</a> 31 saves / 34 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 15 saves / 19 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/James_Reimer" title="James Reimer">James Reimer</a> 6 saves / 7 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 23 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>6–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scottrade_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottrade Center">Scottrade Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-blues-game-5-recap/c-280786004">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Marc-%C3%89douard_Vlasic" title="Marc-Édouard Vlasic">Marc-Edouard Vlasic</a> (1) – 03:51 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:04 – <a href="/wiki/Jaden_Schwartz" title="Jaden Schwartz">Jaden Schwartz</a> (4)<br />15:08 – <a href="/wiki/Troy_Brouwer" title="Troy Brouwer">Troy Brouwer</a> (8) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Ward_(ice_hockey)" title="Joel Ward (ice hockey)">Joel Ward</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 04:37<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (11) – <i>pp</i> – 18:33 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:58 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Robby_Fabbri" title="Robby Fabbri">Robby Fabbri</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Joe Pavelski (12) – 00:16<br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Tierney_(ice_hockey)" title="Chris Tierney (ice hockey)">Chris Tierney</a> (5) – <i>en</i> – 19:06<br />Joel Ward (4) – <i>en</i> – 19:27 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 18 saves / 21 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Allen_(ice_hockey)" title="Jake Allen (ice hockey)">Jake Allen</a> 21 saves / 25 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 25 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-beat-blues-reach-first-stanley-cup-final/c-280806204">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:57 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (13) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:02 – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Ward_(ice_hockey)" title="Joel Ward (ice hockey)">Joel Ward</a> (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tarasenko" title="Vladimir Tarasenko">Vladimir Tarasenko</a> (8) – 11:39<br />Vladimir Tarasenko (9) – 16:25 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:01 – Joel Ward (6)<br />08:11 – <a href="/wiki/Joonas_Donskoi" title="Joonas Donskoi">Joonas Donskoi</a> (5)<br />19:40 – <i>en</i> – <a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (8) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Elliott" title="Brian Elliott">Brian Elliott</a> 22 saves / 26 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Jake_Allen_(ice_hockey)" title="Jake Allen (ice hockey)">Jake Allen</a> 0 saves / 0 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 24 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>San Jose won series 4–2</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stanley_Cup_Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Stanley Cup Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2016 Stanley Cup Finals">2016 Stanley Cup Finals</a></div> <p>This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Pittsburgh made their fifth Stanley Cup Finals appearance; their most recent appearance was in <a href="/wiki/2009_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2009 Stanley Cup Finals">2009</a>, when they defeated the Detroit Red Wings in seven games. San Jose made their first Finals appearance in their twenty-fifth season since entering the league in <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NHL_season" title="1991–92 NHL season">1991–92</a>. These teams split their two-game regular season series. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 30 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-penguins-game-1-recap/c-280843036">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:46 – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Rust" title="Bryan Rust">Bryan Rust</a> (6)<br />13:48 – <a href="/wiki/Conor_Sheary" title="Conor Sheary">Conor Sheary</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Hertl" title="Tomáš Hertl">Tomas Hertl</a> (6) – <i>pp</i> – 03:02<br /><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Marleau" title="Patrick Marleau">Patrick Marleau</a> (5) – 18:12 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:27 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bonino" title="Nick Bonino">Nick Bonino</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 38 saves / 41 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 24 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">June 1 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-sharks-game-2-recap-stanley-cup-final/c-280861242">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:20 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a> (10) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Justin_Braun_(ice_hockey)" title="Justin Braun (ice hockey)">Justin Braun</a> (1) – 15:55 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:35 – <a href="/wiki/Conor_Sheary" title="Conor Sheary">Conor Sheary</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 28 saves / 30 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 21 saves / 22 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">June 4 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-sharks-stanley-cup-final-game-3-recap/c-280888004">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Lovejoy" title="Ben Lovejoy">Ben Lovejoy</a> (2) – 05:29 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:34 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Braun_(ice_hockey)" title="Justin Braun (ice hockey)">Justin Braun</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> (8) – 19:07 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:48 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Ward_(ice_hockey)" title="Joel Ward (ice hockey)">Joel Ward</a> (7) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:18 – <a href="/wiki/Joonas_Donskoi" title="Joonas Donskoi">Joonas Donskoi</a> (6) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 23 saves / 26 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 40 saves / 42 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">June 6 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-win-stanley-cup-final-game-4/c-280902276">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Cole" title="Ian Cole">Ian Cole</a> (1) – 07:36 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Malkin" title="Evgeni Malkin">Evgeni Malkin</a> (5) – <i>pp</i> – 02:37 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Fehr" title="Eric Fehr">Eric Fehr</a> (3) – 17:58 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:07 – <a href="/wiki/Melker_Karlsson" title="Melker Karlsson">Melker Karlsson</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 23 saves / 24 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 17 saves / 20 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">June 9 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>San Jose Sharks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Consol_Energy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Consol Energy Center">Consol Energy Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-penguins-stanley-cup-final-game-5-recap/c-280926468">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brent_Burns" title="Brent Burns">Brent Burns</a> (7) – 01:04<br /><a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (9) – 02:43<br /><a href="/wiki/Melker_Karlsson" title="Melker Karlsson">Melker Karlsson</a> (5) – 14:47 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:44 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Malkin" title="Evgeni Malkin">Evgeni Malkin</a> (6)<br />05:06 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hagelin" title="Carl Hagelin">Carl Hagelin</a> (6) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a> (14) – <i>en</i> – 18:40 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 44 saves / 46 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 18 saves / 21 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">June 12 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Pittsburgh Penguins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">San Jose Sharks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/SAP_Center" title="SAP Center">SAP Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-win-stanley-cup/c-280948494">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dumoulin" title="Brian Dumoulin">Brian Dumoulin</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 08:16 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kris_Letang" title="Kris Letang">Kris Letang</a> (3) – 07:46 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:27 – <a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a> (10) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist" title="Patric Hörnqvist">Patric Hornqvist</a> (9) – <i>en</i> – 18:58 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a> 18 saves / 19 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a> 24 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Pittsburgh won series 4–2</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Player statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skaters">Skaters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Skaters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are the top ten skaters based on points. </p> <table style="padding:3px; border-spacing:0; text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:12em">Player </th> <th style="width:12em">Team </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Goals">G</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Assists">A</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th data-sort-type="number" style="width:4em"><abbr title="Plus/minus">+/–</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Penalties in minutes">PIM</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Couture, Logan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Logan_Couture" title="Logan Couture">Logan Couture</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>10</td> <td>20</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>+5</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Burns, Brent"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Brent_Burns" title="Brent Burns">Brent Burns</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left">San Jose Sharks</td> <td>24</td> <td>7</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>+11</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Pavelski, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pavelski" title="Joe Pavelski">Joe Pavelski</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left">San Jose Sharks</td> <td>24</td> <td>14</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>+1</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Kessel, Phil"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Kessel" title="Phil Kessel">Phil Kessel</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td><b>22</b></td> <td>+5</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Thornton, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Thornton" title="Joe Thornton">Joe Thornton</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left">San Jose Sharks</td> <td>24</td> <td>3</td> <td>18</td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td>+2</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Kucherov, Nikita"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Kucherov" title="Nikita Kucherov">Nikita Kucherov</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>+13</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Crosby, Sidney"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Crosby" title="Sidney Crosby">Sidney Crosby</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left">Pittsburgh Penguins</td> <td>24</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>–2</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Malkin, Evgeni"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Malkin" title="Evgeni Malkin">Evgeni Malkin</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left">Pittsburgh Penguins</td> <td>23</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td><b>18</b></td> <td>+1</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Bonino, Nick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Bonino" title="Nick Bonino">Nick Bonino</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left">Pittsburgh Penguins</td> <td>24</td> <td>4</td> <td>14</td> <td><b>18</b></td> <td>+9</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Tyler"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)">Tyler Johnson</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left">Tampa Bay Lightning</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td>+9</td> <td>12 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Goaltenders">Goaltenders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Goaltenders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on <a href="/wiki/Goals_against_average" title="Goals against average">goals against average</a> and the top five goaltenders based on <a href="/wiki/Save_percentage" title="Save percentage">save percentage</a>, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. </p> <table style="padding:3px; border-spacing:0; text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:12em">Player </th> <th style="width:12em">Team </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Wins">W</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Losses">L</abbr> </th> <th style="width:5em"><abbr title="Shots against">SA</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th style="width:5em"><abbr title="Goals against average">GAA</abbr> </th> <th style="width:5em"><abbr title="Save percentage">SV%</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em"><abbr title="Shutouts">SO</abbr> </th> <th style="width:5em"><abbr title="Time on ice (minutes:seconds)">TOI</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Holtby, Braden"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Braden_Holtby" title="Braden Holtby">Braden Holtby</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>363</td> <td>21</td> <td><b>1.72</b></td> <td><b>.942</b></td> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="731-32" style="display:none;"></span> 731:32 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Bishop, Ben"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bishop" title="Ben Bishop">Ben Bishop</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>297</td> <td>18</td> <td><b>1.85</b></td> <td><b>.939</b></td> <td>2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="582-26" style="display:none;"></span> 582:26 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Luongo, Roberto"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Luongo" title="Roberto Luongo">Roberto Luongo</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>227</td> <td>15</td> <td><b>2.05</b></td> <td><b>.934</b></td> <td>0</td> <td><span data-sort-value="438-20" style="display:none;"></span> 438:20 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Murray, Matt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Murray_(ice_hockey,_born_1994)" title="Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)">Matt Murray</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>15</td> <td>6</td> <td>575</td> <td>44</td> <td><b>2.08</b></td> <td><b>.923</b></td> <td>1</td> <td><span data-sort-value="1267-16" style="display:none;"></span> 1267:16 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Jones, Martin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Jones_(ice_hockey)" title="Martin Jones (ice hockey)">Martin Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>684</td> <td>53</td> <td><b>2.16</b></td> <td><b>.923</b></td> <td>3</td> <td><span data-sort-value="1473-18" style="display:none;"></span> 1473:18 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Vasilevskiy, Andrei"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Vasilevskiy" title="Andrei Vasilevskiy">Andrei Vasilevskiy</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left">Tampa Bay Lightning</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>267</td> <td>20</td> <td>2.76</td> <td><b>.925</b></td> <td>0</td> <td><span data-sort-value="434-25" style="display:none;"></span> 434:25 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television">Television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This marked the fifth postseason under <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports" title="NBC Sports">NBC Sports</a>' 10-year contract for American television rights, and the second under <a href="/wiki/Sportsnet" title="Sportsnet">Sportsnet</a> and <a href="/wiki/TVA_Sports" title="TVA Sports">TVA Sports</a>' current 12-year contract for Canadian television rights. In the United States, all playoff games were nationally televised by either <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBCSN" title="NBCSN">NBCSN</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NHL_Network_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL Network (United States)">NHL Network</a>. During the first round, these national telecasts co-existed with those of the regional rightsholders, after which NBC had exclusive rights to the remaining games.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Canada, all games were aired in English during the second postseason coverage of <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogers Media">Rogers Media</a>'s 12-year contract of exclusive NHL rights, through its <a href="/wiki/Sportsnet" title="Sportsnet">Sportsnet</a> channel and <a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC</a> (as part of <i><a href="/wiki/Hockey_Night_in_Canada" title="Hockey Night in Canada">Hockey Night in Canada</a></i>), and in French by <a href="/wiki/TVA_Sports" title="TVA Sports">TVA Sports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With all seven of the NHL's Canadian teams out of the playoffs, media sources predicted that Rogers would take a massive decline in viewership.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the regular season, the Sunday-night <i><a href="/wiki/Hometown_Hockey" title="Hometown Hockey">Hometown Hockey</a></i> games saw ratings drop 34 percent, while <i>Hockey Night in Canada</i> fell 18 per cent, culminating in the season closer on April 9 that attracted just 721,000 viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To cut production costs, Rogers only employed three full-time play-by-play crews, along with a fourth on spot duty, during the first round.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second round, Rogers only sent a crew for games broadcast on CBC, while simulcasting NBC's feeds for all other games (which aired on Sportsnet). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hockey_News" title="The Hockey News">The Hockey News</a></i> estimated that Rogers saved <a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">CA$</a>100,000 per game if they simulcasted a U.S. feed instead of producing their own separate broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ratings were also down in the United States, with the conference finals down by 9%, and ratings for the finals down to an average of 4 million viewers, making it the third-lowest-rated finals since 2006. The decline was credited to multiple factors, including the lack of Original Six teams or teams from key media markets such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, and heavy competition from the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NBA Playoffs">2016 NBA Playoffs</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Game_of_Thrones" title="Game of Thrones">Game of Thrones</a></i> (which aired against the series-ending game 6).<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Stanley_Cup_playoffs&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFStubbs2016" class="citation web cs1">Stubbs, Dave (March 31, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/news/no-canadian-nhl-teams-in-stanley-cup-playoffs/c-279984346">"Woe Canada. 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Stanley Cup playoffs">1931</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1932_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1932 Stanley Cup playoffs">1932</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1933_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1933 Stanley Cup playoffs">1933</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1934_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1934 Stanley Cup playoffs">1934</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1935_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1935 Stanley Cup playoffs">1935</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1936_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 Stanley Cup playoffs">1936</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1937_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1937 Stanley Cup playoffs">1937</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1938_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 Stanley Cup playoffs">1938</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1939_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1939 Stanley Cup playoffs">1939</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1940_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 Stanley Cup playoffs">1940</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1941_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1941 Stanley Cup playoffs">1941</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1942_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 Stanley Cup playoffs">1942</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1943_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1943 Stanley Cup playoffs">1943</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1944_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 Stanley Cup playoffs">1944</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1945_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1945 Stanley Cup playoffs">1945</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1946_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 Stanley Cup playoffs">1946</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1947_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1947 Stanley Cup playoffs">1947</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1948_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1948 Stanley Cup playoffs">1948</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1949_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1949 Stanley Cup playoffs">1949</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1950_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 Stanley Cup playoffs">1950</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1951_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1951 Stanley Cup playoffs">1951</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1952_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 Stanley Cup playoffs">1952</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1953_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1953 Stanley Cup playoffs">1953</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1954_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 Stanley Cup playoffs">1954</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1955_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1955 Stanley Cup playoffs">1955</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1956_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 Stanley Cup playoffs">1956</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1957_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1957 Stanley Cup playoffs">1957</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1958_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 Stanley Cup playoffs">1958</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1959_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1959 Stanley Cup playoffs">1959</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1960_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1960 Stanley Cup playoffs">1960</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1961_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1961 Stanley Cup playoffs">1961</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1962_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 Stanley Cup playoffs">1962</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1963_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1963 Stanley Cup playoffs">1963</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1964_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 Stanley Cup playoffs">1964</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1965_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1965 Stanley Cup playoffs">1965</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1966_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 Stanley Cup playoffs">1966</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1967_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1967 Stanley Cup playoffs">1967</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1968_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1968 Stanley Cup playoffs">1968</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1969_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Stanley Cup playoffs">1969</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1970_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 Stanley Cup playoffs">1970</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1971_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 Stanley Cup playoffs">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1972_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Stanley Cup playoffs">1972</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1973_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 Stanley Cup playoffs">1973</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1974_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 Stanley Cup playoffs">1974</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1975_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 Stanley Cup playoffs">1975</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1976_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 Stanley Cup playoffs">1976</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1977_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1977 Stanley Cup playoffs">1977</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1978_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 Stanley Cup playoffs">1978</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1979_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1979 Stanley Cup playoffs">1979</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1980_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1980 Stanley Cup playoffs">1980</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1981_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1981 Stanley Cup playoffs">1981</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1982_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1982 Stanley Cup playoffs">1982</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1983_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1983 Stanley Cup playoffs">1983</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1984_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1984 Stanley Cup playoffs">1984</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1985_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1985 Stanley Cup playoffs">1985</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1986_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1986 Stanley Cup playoffs">1986</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1987_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1987 Stanley Cup playoffs">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1988_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1988 Stanley Cup playoffs">1988</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1989_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1989 Stanley Cup playoffs">1989</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1990_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1990 Stanley Cup playoffs">1990</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1991_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1991 Stanley Cup playoffs">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1992_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1992 Stanley Cup playoffs">1992</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1993_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1993 Stanley Cup playoffs">1993</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1994_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1994 Stanley Cup playoffs">1994</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1995_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1995 Stanley Cup playoffs">1995</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1996_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1996 Stanley Cup playoffs">1996</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1997_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1997 Stanley Cup playoffs">1997</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1998_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1998 Stanley Cup playoffs">1998</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1999_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="1999 Stanley Cup playoffs">1999</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2000_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2000 Stanley Cup playoffs">2000</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2001_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2001 Stanley Cup playoffs">2001</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2002_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2002 Stanley Cup playoffs">2002</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2003_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2003 Stanley Cup playoffs">2003</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2004_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2004 Stanley Cup playoffs">2004</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#aaa">2005</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2006_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2006 Stanley Cup playoffs">2006</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2007_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2007 Stanley Cup playoffs">2007</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2008_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="2008 Stanley Cup playoffs">2008</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a 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