GHL 2017/18 Play-offs, Series 1, Games 1 & 2

[Stephen (League Admin)]

Gamefile

--4/10/2018--

Los Angeles 5 - 2 Calgary
Los Angeles: Dwight King [1], Tyler Toffoli [1], Brandon Bollig [1], Justin Abdelkader [1], Darren Helm [1]
Calgary: Mark Scheifele [1], Drew Shore [1]
Shots:31 - 19
Goaltenders:Jonathan Quick -- James Reimer

Vancouver 3 - 1 Phoenix
Vancouver: Jack Eichel [1], Zac Rinaldo [1], Corey Perry [1]
Phoenix: Mark Arcobello [1]
Shots:32 - 16
Goaltenders:Petr Mrazek -- Sebastian Idoff

Detroit 5 - 3 Colorado
Detroit: Yannick Labbé [1][2], Dmitrij Jaskin [1][2][3]
Colorado: Nathan MacKinnon [1][2], Alexis Pépin [1]
Shots:30 - 19
Goaltenders:Magnus Hellberg -- Semyon Varlamov

Minnesota 2 - 3 Chicago
Minnesota: Nolan De Jong [1], Jim O'Brien [1]
Chicago: Jonathan Toews [1], Patrick Kane [1], Sami Niku [1]
Shots:25 - 25
Goaltenders:Tuukka Rask -- Corey Crawford

--4/11/2018--

Carolina 7 - 1 Ottawa
Carolina: Ryan Callahan [1][2], Curtis Glencross [1], Radko Gudas [1], Kirill Petrov [1], Chris Stewart [1][2]
Ottawa: Tye McGinn [1]
Shots:29 - 22
Goaltenders:Cristopher Nilstorp -- Robin Lehner

Buffalo 6 - 1 Florida
Buffalo: Matt Moulson [1], Jake McCabe [1][2], Evander Kane [1], Joel Barnes [1], Derick Brassard [1]
Florida: Jimmy Hayes [1]
Shots:27 - 23
Goaltenders:Matt Hackett -- Jake Allen

NY Rangers 1 - 6 Pittsburgh
NY Rangers: Jesper Fast [1]
Pittsburgh: bluer Ekman-Larsson [1], Sidney Crosby [1], Evgeni Malkin [1][2], Phil Kessel [1], Joffrey Lupul [1]
Shots:21 - 27
Goaltenders:Cam Talbot -- Jonathan Bernier

Atlanta 4 - 3 NY Islanders
Atlanta: Luke Kirwan [1], Curtis McKenzie [1], Auston Matthews [1], Sven Andrighetto [1]
NY Islanders: Leon Draisaitl [1], Tyler Seguin [1], Kyle Okposo [1]
Shots:28 - 22
Goaltenders:Connor Hellebuyck -- Kevin Poulin

--4/12/2018--

Los Angeles 7 - 3 Calgary
Los Angeles: Niklas Kronwall [1], Marc-André Gragnani [1], Justin Abdelkader [2], Tyler Toffoli [2][3], Drew Doughty [1][2]
Calgary: Anthony Mantha [1], Dustin Byfuglien [1], Mark Scheifele [2]
Shots:23 - 28
Goaltenders:Jonathan Quick -- James Reimer

Vancouver 3 - 6 Phoenix
Vancouver: Jeremy Lauzon [1], Jack Eichel [2], Zac Rinaldo [2]
Phoenix: Max Domi [1], Connor McDavid [1][2][3], Sam Gagner [1], Brendan Shinnimin [1]
Shots:26 - 22
Goaltenders:Petr Mrazek -- Sebastian Idoff

Detroit 6 - 2 Colorado
Detroit: Zach Nastasiuk [1][2], Kelvin Topciy [1], David Ullstrom [1], Teemu Pulkkinen [1], Seth Jones [1]
Colorado: Ryan O'Reilly [1], Nathan MacKinnon [3]
Shots:27 - 22
Goaltenders:Magnus Hellberg -- Semyon Varlamov

Minnesota 4 - 2 Chicago
Minnesota: Cody Almond [1], Jim O'Brien [2], Jordan Greenway [1], Zdenek Zizka [1]
Chicago: Jonathan Toews [2], Brandon Saad [1]
Shots:26 - 21
Goaltenders:Tuukka Rask -- Corey Crawford

--4/13/2018--

Carolina 6 - 2 Ottawa
Carolina: Jared Cowen [1], Michael Mersch [1], Linden Vey [1][2], Calle Jarnkrok [1], Antoine Roussel [1]
Ottawa: Milan Michalek [1], Colin Greening [1]
Shots:25 - 25
Goaltenders:Cristopher Nilstorp -- Robin Lehner

Buffalo 6 - 3 Florida
Buffalo: Evander Kane [2], Vladimir Tarasenko [1], Joel Barnes [2], Matt Moulson [2], Marcus Foligno [1], Josh Anderson [1]
Florida: Michael Matheson [1], Dave Bolland [1], Aaron Ekblad [1]
Shots:28 - 22
Goaltenders:Matt Hackett -- Jake Allen

NY Rangers 0 - 6 Pittsburgh
NY Rangers:None
Pittsburgh: Phil Kessel [2], Alexander Semin [1][2], Evgeni Malkin [3], Sidney Crosby [2][3]
Shots:19 - 28
Goaltenders:Cam Talbot -- Jonathan Bernier

Atlanta 6 - 1 NY Islanders
Atlanta: Troy Brouwer [1], Alex Guptill [1], Rico Crooks [1], Markus Granlund [1], Jack Sadek [1], Kevin Lind [1]
NY Islanders: Kyle Okposo [2]
Shots:29 - 20
Goaltenders:Connor Hellebuyck -- Kevin Poulin

[Stephen (League Admin)]

1st play-off games are done and the results are pretty much as expected with the big names taking 2-0 leads in Pittsburgh, Carolina, LA and Buffalo. Phoenix have been known for slow starts and lost their opening game to a strong Vancouver. The Rangers have taken a hammering letting in 12 goals for a single reply and Ottawa suffered a similar opening two games.