NHL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP Saturday’s games

Red Wings 4, Predators 2

DETROIT — Kris Draper’s tie-breaking goal went off an opponent, Nick Lidstrom scored when one of his teammates could’ve been called for a penalty and Detroit beat Nashville to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.

In Game 1, the Red Wings took advantage of what appeared to be good fortune when offsides wasn’t called just before they scored the game-winning goal.

Detroit’s Dominik Hasek made 25 saves and Dan Ellis had 34 for the Predators in the second playoff game of his career.

Darren McCarty added to his comeback story, putting the Red Wings ahead 1-0 early in the game by scoring off a rebound.

Canadiens 3, Bruins 2, OT

MONTREAL — Alex Kovalev scored a power-play goal 2:30 into overtime to give Montreal the win over Boston and a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.

Montreal has won 13 in a row against Boston, which claimed just one point — a shootout loss — out of a possible 16 in losing eight regular-season games against the Canadiens this season. Game 3 is tonight in Boston.

Roman Hamrlik scored late in the first and Canadiens rookie Sergei Kostitsyn scored his second goal in as many playoff games 1:30 into the middle period to put Montreal up 2-0.

The Bruins tied it at 2 midway through the third on David Krejci’s first playoff goal after Peter Schaefer drew Boston within 2-1 earlier in the period.

Associated Press