The
New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime and the Los
Angeles Kings topped the St. Louis Blues 4-2 in the second round of the
National Hockey League playoffs.
Alexei Ponikarovsky scored his first goal of the postseason 17 minutes, 21
seconds into overtime at Prudential Center in Newark,
New Jersey, to give the Devils a
2-1 advantage in their best-of-seven series. Brayden Schenn gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 6:08 into the first period. Patrik Elias tied the game 6:25 later and the Devils moved ahead within 20 seconds on an Ilya Kovalchuk score.
Matt Carle evened it at 2-2 with the only goal of the second period. Zach Parise put the Devils ahead 3-2 in the third and Danny Briere forced the overtime with nine minutes left to play in the third period.
The Devils host the Flyers in Game 4 on May 6.
At Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Kings moved one win away from advancing to the Western Conference finals as they took a 3-0 series lead against the Blues.
Justin Williams put the Kings ahead after 13:33. In the second period, Chris Stewart tied the game for the Blues with the first of his two goals before Dwight King and Mike Richards made it 3-1 for the Kings.
Stewart scored again in the final period before Drew Doughty cemented the win for the Kings, who can sweep the series with a victory on home ice May 6.
Tonight, the Nashville Predators host the Phoenix Coyotes, who lead the series by two games to one.
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