Two NHL Round 2 games Monday night. Carolina took a commanding 2-0 series lead over Philadelphia at Lenovo Center after Taylor Hall scored at 18:54 of overtime — the Flyers had blown a 2-0 lead built on Jamie Drysdale (PP) and captain Sean Couturier scoring 39 seconds apart. Out west, Vegas opened its Pacific semifinal vs Anaheim with a tight 1-0 win at T-Mobile Arena: Brett Howden scored midway through the second period (his 5th of the postseason) on a Mitch Marner setup, and Carter Hart made 21 saves for the shutout. Series move to Game 3 Wednesday for CAR-PHI (in Philadelphia) and Game 2 Wednesday for VGK-ANA (Vegas at home). Tonight 5/5: COL-MIN Game 2 at Ball Arena.
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