NHL Daily – Pushing to the Brink

NHL News and Notes from Sunday, April 27th, 2025

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Back in St. Louis for Game 4, the Blues look to even their series with the Winnipeg Jets, and in the first period the Jets struck first when Kyle Connor scored his third of the playoffs to give them the 1-0 lead, but Jake Neighbours would score to tie the game at one for the Blues. In the second period Tyler Tucker, Brayden Schenn, and Justin Faulk all scored to give the Blues the 4-1 lead. Then in the third period Robert Thomas scored to give the Blues the 5-1 victory over the Jets to even the series at two.

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In New Jersey for Game 4, the Devils look to even up their series as they host the Carolina Hurricanes, and in the first period Andrei Svechnikov and Jaccob Slavin scored to give the Hurricanes the 2-0 lead. In the second period Svechnikov scored his second of the game to grow Carolina’s lead to three, but Nico Hischier’s third of the playoffs and Timo Meier’s tally brought the Devils back within one. Then in the third period Brent Burns scored his first goal of the playoffs and Svechnikov scored an empty netter to complete the hat trick as the Hurricanes defeated the Devils 5-2 to take the 3-1 series lead.

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In Montreal for an important Game 4, the Canadiens host the Washington Capitals with the hopes of evening the series at two, and after a scoreless first period Dylan Strome opened the scoring 85 seconds into the second period for the Capitals to take the 1-0 lead. However, the Capitals found themselves in penalty trouble in the later half of the second period as both Juraj Slafkovsky and Cole Caufield scored on the powerplay to give the Canadiens the 2-1 lead.

Then in the third period the Capitals would break through as Brandon Duhaime scored his first playoff goal as a Capital to tie the game at two. About ten minutes later Andrew Mangiapane scored his first playoff goal as a Capital to give them the 3-2 lead. After taking the lead the Capitals would seal the deal as both Duhaime and Tom Wilson scored empty netters to give the Capitals the 5-2 victory over the Canadiens and the 3-1 series lead.

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In Edmonton for Game 4, The Oilers look to also even up their series as they host the Los Angeles Kings, and in the first period Trevor Moore scored to give the Kings the 1-0 lead. In the second period Warren Foegele scored to grow the Kings lead to two, but moments later Corey Perry scored while on the powerplay to get the Oilers back within one. However, Kevin Fiala would score to retake the two goal lead for the Kings. Then in the third period Evan Bouchard would score a pair of goals to tie the game at three for the Oilers and force overtime. Late in the extra frame while on the powerplay, Leon Draisaitl scored his first career playoff overtime goal to give the Oilers the 4-3 comeback victory over the Kings to tie the series at two.

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