TAMPA, Fla. — Tyler Johnson scored a pair of third-period goals Friday night, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.
Ben Bishop had 30 saves for the defending Eastern Conference champions, who took the first two games at home despite playing without injured leading goal scorer Steven Stamkos and defenseman Anton Stralman.
A bloody brawl involving several players capped this one, with 14 penalties called – including a game misconduct on Justin Abdelkader – with 54 seconds left.
Game 3 is Sunday in Detroit, where the Red Wings won both regular-season meetings between the teams.
PANTHERS 3, ISLANDERS 1: Roberto Luongo made 41 saves for his first playoff win in five years, and host Florida evened its Eastern Conference quarterfinal series by beating New York.
Reilly Smith and Nick Bjugstad each had a goal and an assist for Florida, which salvaged a split in the series-opening back-to-back. Dmitry Kulikov added an empty-netter with 9.3 seconds left to clinch the win. Game 3 is in Brooklyn on Sunday.
John Tavares scored with 3:33 left for New York, and Thomas Greiss stopped 28 shots for the Islanders.
BLACKHAWKS 3, BLUES 2: Andrew Shaw stuffed home a rebound on a power play with 4:19 remaining, minutes after Chicago won a coach’s challenge to negate a goal, and the defending Stanley Cup champions pulled even with host St. Louis in their first-round series.
Corey Crawford had a strong game in net and Duncan Keith also scored for Chicago in his first game back from a six-game suspension. Patrick Kane had two assists.
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