Montreal swept Winnipeg on Monday with a 4th consecutive victory (3-2 ap) and qualified for the semi-finals of the NHL play-offs, which approached New York, winner (5-4) at Boston to lead three wins to two in their second round streak.
The Canadians, victorious in the North division, will face Colorado or Las Vegas in the next round, which are in conflict with the West and are currently tied (2-2).
In front of their public, they did not fail to end quickly with the Jets, even if the outcome of this fourth confrontation was undecided for a long time.
Leading 2-0 in the first half, thanks to goals from Erik Gustafsson and Artturi Lehkonen, they let Winnipeg come up to speed after a brace from Logan Stanley in the second period.
The domination of the Canadians redoubled, but it stumbled for a long time on the last bulwark of the Jets Connor Hellebuyck (39 saves). And it is finally Tyler Toffoli who delivered his, at the beginning of the “overtime”.
The Islanders, in search of a 5th Stanley Cup, 38 years after their successful quadruple between 1980 and 1983, will be able to finish it Wednesday on their rink.
Among the Bruins, they were first led (1-0) then were joined in score (2-2) at the start of the second half, before breaking away (5-2). Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey and Jordan Eberle each scored and passed once, with Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson also finding the net.
But Boston didn’t give up. David Pastrnak, who had opened the scoring early in the game closed the gap by taking advantage of a power play, and David Krejci reduced the score to 5-4 with just over five minutes from the siren.
This third period was a one-sided, the Bruins shooting 18 times against three for NY, but they stumbled on a solid goaltender in the face, in the person of Semyon Varlamov, author of 40 saves.
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