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NHL. Edmonton West advances to final, beat Carolina Rangers
The Carolinas and New York Rangers continue to trade home wins. After two successes on the ice for the Rangers, the series returned to the Hurricanes arena, winning 3-1.
Carolina has yet to lose at home in the current playoffs and is one step away from the East final.
But Edmonton has already reached the finals of the Western Conference. The Oilers beat Calgary 5-4 in the first away overtime to win the series 4-1.
Connor McDavid scored the decisive goal and Leon Draisaitl provided four assists.
NHL playoffs. second round
Caroline – New York Rangers 3:1 (1:1, 1:0, 1:0)
Stamps: 12:57 Trochek – 4 (Staal – less) – 1:0, 17:06 Zibanejad – 6 (Panarin, Fox – large) – 1:1, 29:47 Teravainen – 4 (Jarvis, Deangelo – large) – 2:1, 53:01 Svechnikov – 4 (Nekas, Pesci) – 3:1
Goalkeepers: Raanta – Shesterkin
Throw: 34 – 17
Carolina is leading the series 3:2
Calgary – Edmonton 4:5 (first overtime) (1:0, 3:4, 0:0, 0:1)
Stamps: 10:13 Mengipan – 3 (Coleman, Backlund) – 1:0, 25:41 Backlund – 5 (Stone, Coleman) – 2:0, 27:40 Nurs – 2 (Dreiseitl, Hayman) – 2:1, 29:56 Pulujärvi – 2 (Hyman) – 2:2, 34:57 Hyman – 8 (Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl – great) – 2:3, 35:12 Gudro – 3 (Kilington) – 3:3, 35: 28 Jarnkrok – 1 (Zadorov) – 4:3, 36:09 Bouchard – 3 (Dreiseitl, Keith) – 4:4, in first overtime 05:03 McDavid – 7 (Dreiseitl) – 4:5
Goalkeepers: Markstrom – Smith
Throw: 36 – 35
Edmonton won the series 4-1
Source: Sport UA
Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.
