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Canadiens tie series with Radulov's OT goal

 
Published April 15, 2017

MONTREAL — Alexander Radulov scored at 18:34 of overtime to give the Canadiens a 4-3 victory Friday over the Rangers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference playoff series.

Radulov jammed the puck in from the edge of the crease after a feed from Max Pacioretty to tie the best-of-seven series at a game apiece. The victory was the first for the Canadiens in the playoffs since 2015.

Trailing 3-2 in the third period, Montreal scored with 18 seconds left, with goalie Carey Price pulled for an extra attacker. Tomas Plekanec redirected Radulov's feed past goalie Henrik Lundqvist to force overtime.

Montreal wasted early leads of 1-0 and 2-1. Michael Grabner, Mats Zuccarello and Rick Nash scored for the Rangers.

CROSBY LEADS PENGUINS: Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stayed sharp in his second straight playoff start and the host Penguins pulled away for a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jackets and a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference series. Fleury finished with 39 saves while filling in for the injured Matt Murray. Crosby scored his 50th playoff goal, joining Mario Lemieux (76) and Jaromir Jagr (65) with at least 50 postseason goals with the Penguins.

BRUINS CENTER INJURED: David Krejci will not play for Boston in today's Game 2 at Ottawa. Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy also said defenseman Colin Miller is doubtful for today's game. Krejci did not practice with the team Friday because of an upper-body injury that kept the center out of Wednesday's series opener.