After a two-game Monday night time, the Stanley Cup playoffs are again with three contests on Tuesday — together with two potential elimination video games.
The Buffalo Sabres want another victory to win their first collection since 2007, whereas the Anaheim Ducks want to win their first since 2017. However the Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers, respectively, stand of their method.
And within the center recreation, it is Sport 5 of arguably one of the best collection of the primary spherical, because the Dallas Stars host the Minnesota Wild with the collection knotted at 2-2.
Listed here are previews and a finest wager for Tuesday’s video games, scores and highlights from Monday’s contests, and up to date playoff stat leaders.
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Tuesday’s schedule
Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Game 5, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT) | BUF leads 3-1
In Stanley Cup playoff historical past, groups with a 3-1 collection lead have gained 91% of the time, with a 325-32 collection document getting into the 2026 postseason.
Buffalo has by no means misplaced a collection after going up 3-1 (7-0), and the Bruins have by no means gained a collection after trailing 1-3 (0-26).
The Sabres’ 10 third-period objectives this collection is tied for the second most in a playoff collection in franchise historical past, trailing solely the 1985 Adams Division semifinals in opposition to the Quebec Nordiques.
Owen Power is the third defenseman in NHL historical past with an help in every of his first 4 profession playoff video games, becoming a member of Ron Stackhouse (1975) and Joe Micheletti (1981). Fellow blueliner Bowen Byram is the third defenseman in Sabres historical past to attain a aim in three straight video games in a single postseason, becoming a member of Mike Ramsey (1983) and Ken Sutton (1993).
Sean Kuraly was the Bruins’ lone aim scorer in Sport 4, notching his tenth profession playoff aim and second profession short-handed playoff aim.
Previous to Sport 4, Jeremy Swayman had a .931 save proportion this postseason, saving 94 of 101 photographs on aim. After some defensive lapses in Sport 4 led to 6 objectives in opposition to, Swayman’s postseason SV% is now .900.
Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars
Game 5, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN) | Sequence tied 2-2
In Stanley Cup playoff historical past, when a workforce wins Sport 4 to tie a best-of-seven collection 2-2, their document has been 150-151; when that victory occurred at house, their document has been 77-100.
The Stars have an 18-13 collection document in matchups that started 2-2. They’ve a 13-4 collection document when these collection started at house.
Wild ahead Matt Boldy‘s additional time recreation winner in Sport 4 was the primary such aim of his profession, and his second profession playoff game-winning aim general.
Teammate Marcus Foligno scored the game-tying aim within the third interval, which was the primary game-tying playoff aim of his profession.
Jesper Wallstedt‘s 43 saves in Sport 4 tied for the third most in a single recreation in Wild postseason historical past with Manny Fernandez (2003) and Josh Harding (2013).
The Stars now have eight power-play objectives this postseason, which is essentially the most within the 2026 postseason discipline. It’s tied for the second most by means of 4 video games of a postseason collection in Stars/North Stars historical past with 2008, and one behind 1991.
Jason Robertson is using a four-game goal-scoring streak and is simply the second participant in franchise historical past to document that lengthy of a aim streak to start a postseason. (Steve Payne in 1981 is the opposite.)
Dallas’ Miro Heiskanen now has 18 profession playoff objectives, extending his personal franchise lead for profession postseason objectives by a defenseman. (Craig Hartsburg and Sergei Zubov are tied for second, at 15.)
Anaheim Ducks at Edmonton Oilers
Game 5, 10 p.m. ET (TNT) | ANA leads 3-1
The Geese have a 6-0 collection document once they get out to a 3-1 lead; the Oilers have a 2-7 collection document once they have began down 1-3. Their comeback wins had been within the 1990 Smythe Division semifinals and the 1998 convention quarterfinals.
Anaheim now has a 25-15 (.625) document in playoff additional time video games, the second-best OT document in Stanley Cup playoff historical past behind the New York Islanders (41-24, .631).
Ryan Poehling notched the OT winner in Sport 4, which was the primary OT recreation winner of his profession (both common season or playoffs).
Jackson LaCombe has a playoff-leading eight factors by means of 4 video games, which is the second most by means of the primary 4 video games of a defenseman’s profession behind Joe Micheletti’s 9 in 1981.
With two assists, Connor McDavid notched his fiftieth profession multipoint playoff recreation, tying Glenn Anderson for the fourth most in Oilers historical past.
Evan Bouchard additionally had a multipoint recreation, tying Paul Coffey for essentially the most amongst defensemen in Oilers historical past, at 27.
Sport 4 was playoff recreation No. 100 in Ryan Nugent-Hopkins‘ profession, and he scored a power-play aim. He’s the third Oiler to attain in his one hundredth profession playoff recreation, becoming a member of Mark Messier (1987) and Chris Pronger (2006).
Tuesday’s finest wager
The wager: Geese vs. Oilers, First interval over 1.5 objectives (-175)
This collection has been a scoring bonanza from the leap, as all 4 video games have completed over the closing whole, and all 4 video games have featured at the least two first-period objectives. The truth is, all 12 intervals of regulation hockey on this collection have featured a number of objectives scored, and this particular wager has hit in eight straight Geese video games.
With Edmonton trailing 3-1 within the collection and on their house ice, I count on them to lean into their offensive energy to attempt to lengthen the collection. They need to be pushing the tempo to create benefits and possibilities, which in fact, can even create offensive alternatives on the counter for Anaheim. — Tyler Fulghum
Monday’s scoreboard
Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2
Flyers lead 3-2
With no room for error, the Penguins jumped out to an early lead in entrance of a wild crowd, as Elmer Soderblom grew to become the tallest Penguin to ever rating within the playoffs (he is 6-7) to offer Pittsburgh an early lead. Connor Dewar doubled it early within the second on a aim that initially was missed by the on-ice officers, however later confirmed. Alex Bump rapidly answered for the Flyers, and Travis Sanheim scored the game-tying tally at 15:06 of the interval. However simply two minutes after that, Kris Letang scored one of many wackier objectives of the 2026 postseason, as a bizarre bounce off the boards went in off of Flyers goalie Dan Vladar.
The Penguins held on beneath a livid third-period Philly assault, and the collection continues. Sport 6 is Wednesday night time in Philadelphia. Full recap.
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Connor Dewar doubles the lead for Pittsburgh
Connor Dewar offers the Penguins a 2-0 lead vs. the Flyers.
Vegas Golden Knights 5, Utah Mammoth 4 (OT)
Sequence tied 2-2
The Knights got here out like a workforce possessed to start out, and notched one early aim (at 1:12, from Pavel Dorofeyev) and one late aim (at 18:38, from Brett Howden) to complete the primary interval up 2-0. Cole Smith‘s marker at 3:26 of the second made it 3-0. Nevertheless, the Mammoth would rally in entrance of their house crowd, getting two objectives again within the span of 29 seconds — from Nick Schmaltz and Ian Cole — earlier than taking the lead within the third interval because of tallies from Michael Carcone and Clayton Keller.
They may not maintain off the Knights, as Howden notched his second of the sport at 10:25 of the third to knot the rating. After a scoreless remaining 9:35 of regulation and almost a full additional time session, Shea Theodore‘s aim at 19:08 sends the collection again to Vegas tied at two video games apiece. Sport 5 is Wednesday. Full recap.
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Shea Theodore buries OT winner as Golden Knights even collection
Shea Theodore seals a 5-4 victory for the Golden Knights late in additional time in opposition to the Utah Mammoth.
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