Haula delivers for Vegas

Erik Haulascored at the 15:22 mark in the second overtime to give the Vegas GoldenKnights a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings and a 2-0 lead in theWestern Conference first-round series of the Stanley Cup playoffs onFriday night in Las Vegas.Haula took a pass from James Neal insidethe blue line and then came in alone on the right side of the net, wherehe deked Kings goalie Jonathan Quick and fired a shot through his padsfor his seventh career playoff goal.The game was the longest ever played by a team in its inaugural season, and the longest in Kings franchise history. Marc-AndreFleury had 29 saves and Alex Tuch scored his first career playoff goalfor Vegas. It was the 64th career playoff victory for Fleury, whichmoved him past Curtis Joseph into 12th place for all-time playoff wins.Flyers 5, Penguins 1TravisKonecny, Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere, Nolan Patrick and AndrewMacDonald each scored one goal and Philadelphia defeated Pittsburgh toeven the best-of-seven playoff series at one game apiece at PPG PaintsArena.Philadelphia goaltender Brian Elliott, who struggled mightilyin Game 1, allowing five goals on 19 shots, was stellar this time aroundwith 34 saves. The Flyers were soundly beaten 7-0 in Game 1 andresponded in a big way as Ivan Provorov and Couturier each had a pair ofassists.Penguins goaltender Matt Murray scuffled with 15 saves on19 shots, snapping a streak of three consecutive playoff shutouts. Itmarked the most goals that he has allowed in 17 career home playoffgames.Jets 4, Wild 1Goalie Connor Hellebuyck came within aminute of notching a shutout against visiting Minnesota in Game 2 of theWestern Conference quarter-finals. Tyler Myers, Paul Stastny,Andrew Copp and Patrik Laine scored for the Jets, who continued thehome-ice dominance that they displayed during the regular season.TheJets have won the first two games of the series at home. The Wild’sZach Parise scored on a power play with 44.8 seconds remaining forMinnesota’s goal, coming on the team’s third shot of the period. Thatmade the Wild 1-for-4 on power plays.