Cam York scored at 17:32 of overtime, propelling the Philadelphia Flyers into the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 on Wednesday.
After winning the first three games of the best-of-seven series, the Flyers lost Games 4 and 5 and struggled to find their offensive footing for much of Game 6. However, York’s first career playoff goal came at the perfect time, sending Philadelphia into a second-round matchup with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Following a faceoff win in the offensive zone, York unleashed a wrist shot from the right point that got through traffic, hit off the right post, and skipped past Arturs Silovs. The Pittsburgh goalie finished with 31 saves, while Dan Vladar turned aside 42 shots for his second shutout of the series.
Late in overtime, a shot by Philadelphia’s Porter Martone toward an open net was somehow stopped by Silovs’ stick that was lying on the ice. However, the Flyers won the game less than a minute later.
Golden Knights 5, Mammoth 4 (2 OT)
Brett Howden scored a short-handed goal at 5:28 in the second overtime as Vegas took a 3-2 lead in its Western Conference first-round playoff against Utah in Las Vegas.
The Golden Knights’ Pavel Dorofeyev scored a hat trick, including a 6-on-5 goal with 52.7 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist and Jack Eichel logged two assists for Vegas. Carter Hart finished with 34 saves.
John Marino, Lawson Crouse, Dylan Guenther and Michael Carcone scored goals and Clayton Keller had two assists for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 31 saves.
Canadiens 3, Lightning 2
Alexandre Texier netted a tiebreaking goal early in the third period as visiting Montreal took control of its Eastern Conference first-round playoff series by holding off Tampa Bay in Game 5.
The Canadiens grabbed a 3-2 edge in the best-of-seven series, and they head home to Montreal for Game 6 on Friday.
Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes wound up with 38 saves. Brendan Gallagher and Kirby Dach also scored for Montreal. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves for the Lightning, who got goals from Dominic James and Jake Guentzel.
