As Sunday night’s games came to a close, well into Monday on the East Coast, the Stanley Cup Playoffs took a much clearer shape than had been there previously.
With each of the three winning teams going 2-0 up in its series, it feels like the conference semifinals aren’t going to provide the drama the first round did. But that doesn’t mean they are without their respective storylines for entertainment.
The Tampa Bay Lightning continued to ride high in the second round against the Montreal Canadiens with a 6-2 victory, spurred by a two-goal performance from Nikita Kucherov and three-point games from Valtteri Filppula and Steven Stamkos, increasing their lead in the series to 2-0.
The Chicago Blackhawks also extended their series lead to 2-0 with a 4-1 win against the Minnesota Wild, the fifth time in seven playoff games that Chicago has scored four or more goals, including both so far in the second-round series.
Not to be one-upped by their Western Conference rivals, the Anaheim Ducks became the third team to extend th ...
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