Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is under way. Carolina opened the Metropolitan semifinal with a 3-0 shutout of Philadelphia at Lenovo Center on Saturday — Logan Stankoven scored twice (extending his playoff goal streak to five games), Jackson Blake had 1G+1A, and Frederik Andersen made 19 saves for his second postseason shutout. Sunday brought the wildest game of the playoffs so far: Colorado beat Minnesota 9-6 in a 14-different-scorer chaos at Ball Arena, the 10th-ever 15+ combined-goal playoff game and the second since 1994. Cale Makar returned from injury to score twice in the third period after the Wild had clawed to a 5-4 lead; MacKinnon iced it with a late empty-netter. Vegas-Anaheim Game 1 tips at T-Mobile Arena tonight (Monday 5/4) and Buffalo-Montreal opens Wednesday 5/6 in Buffalo (Montreal gets two extra rest days after the Tampa G7 grind).
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