***** National Hockey League Playoff Game Capsules *****
                              (Tuesday, May 21st)
 
 
                      Final Score: Boston 2, NY Rangers 1
 
 New  York,  NY (Sports Network)  - Daniel Paille's goal  with 3:31 left in the
 game led the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 3 of
 this  Eastern Conference semifinal series. The win gives the Bruins a 3-0 lead
 in  this best-of-seven series with a chance to close things out on Thursday at
 Madison  Square  Garden. Johnny  Boychuk tied  the contest  early in the third
 period  while  Tuukka Rask  turned  away  23 shots  for  Boston,  which got  a
 pair  of  assists from  Shawn Thornton.  Taylor Pyatt had  the lone goal while
 Henrik  Lundqvist  made 32  stops for  the Rangers, who  have dug themselves a
 deep hole thanks to going 0-for-10 on the power play in this series, including
 0-for-2 on Tuesday.
 
 
                     Final Score: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1
 
 San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Antti Niemi made 22 saves to help the San Jose
 Sharks  take  a 2-1 win over  the Los Angeles Kings  in Game 4 of this Western
 Conference  semifinal series.  Thanks  to a  pair  of wins  in  San Jose,  the
 Sharks  were able  to tie  this best-of-seven  set at  2-2 after  dropping the
 first  two games in Los Angeles, where Game 5 will take place on Thursday. The
 Sharks, who swept the Canucks in the opening round, got goals from Brent Burns
 and  Logan  Couture on  Tuesday. Mike Richards  had the only  goal of the game
 for the Kings, who received 21 saves for Jonathan Quick in the setback.
 
 
 05/22 00:53:59 ET

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