Two NHL Round 2 games Wednesday night. Buffalo opened the Atlantic semifinal with a 4-2 home win over Montreal at KeyBank Center; Josh Doan and Ryan McLeod each had 1G+1A, Zach Benson 2 assists, Bowen Byram a power-play goal, Alex Lyon 26 saves. Two power-play goals (McLeod, Byram) defined the win. It's Buffalo's first second-round playoff game since 2007. Out west, Anaheim evened its Pacific semifinal vs Vegas 1-1 with a 2-1 Game 2 win at T-Mobile Arena: Beckett Sennecke scored at 11:23 of the second, Leo Carlsson at 6:36 of the third, and Lukas Dostal made 24 saves and was 5 seconds from a shutout before Mark Stone's late power-play goal. The Ducks' forecheck dominated all night. Series moves to Anaheim for Game 3 Friday 5/8. Tonight 5/7: Carolina-Philadelphia G3 in Philly (CAR leads 2-0).
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