Thursday’s other NHL playoff games

Ducks 4, Predators 1

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Nate Thompson and Jamie McGinn scored nearly 2 minutes apart late in the second period, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Nashville Predators to even up their first-round series at 2-2. Ryan Getzlaf and Andrew Cogliano also scored as the road team stayed perfect in this best-of-seven series. Goalie Frederik Andersen picked up his second straight win by making 30 saves and setting a career shutout streak of 91 minutes, 26 seconds. Mike Fisher scored his first goal of the series. Nashville lost a 2-0 series lead despite outshooting the Ducks for a second straight game, this time with a 31-25 edge in shots. But the Predators went 0 of 6 with the man advantage and are 1 of 19 on the power play in this series against the NHL’s best penalty killers in the regular season.

Lightning 1, Red Wings 0

TAMPA, FLA.

Ben Bishop stopped 34 shots and Alex Killorn scored with less than two minutes remaining as the Tampa Bay Lightning advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Killorn’s second winning goal of the series was set up by Ryan Callahan, who retrieved goalie Petr Mrazek’s bad pass behind the Detroit net and centered the puck in the crease for Killorn’s backhander at 18:17 of the third period. Tampa Bay eliminated the Red Wings in the first round for the second straight year. Detroit pushed the defending Eastern Conference champions to seven games a year ago, but could only beat them once in five attempts this time, with Killorn, Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov picking up the offensive slack for Tampa Bay with star Steven Stamkos injured.

Associated Press