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Kings knock out top-seeded Canucks

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 4 months AGO
| April 23, 2012 9:00 PM

Jarret Stoll beat Cory Schneider with a wrist shot at 4:27 of overtime to give the visiting Los Angeles Kings a 2-1 victory over Vancouver on Sunday night, knocking out the top-seeded Canucks in five games in the Western Conference first-round series.

Henrik Sedin opened the scoring for Vancouver with a power-play goal in the first period. Brad Richardson tied it for Los Angeles at 3:21 of the third period.

The Kings will play the St. Louis Blues in the second round.

Flyers 5, Penguins 1: Claude Giroux wrapped up a dominant series with his sixth goal, Ilya Bryzgalov had his first outstanding effort in net and host Philadelphia beat Pittsburgh to win their Eastern Conference opening-round series in six games. The Flyers finished off the 108-point Penguins and wait to find out who they play in the next round.

Bruins 4, Capitals 3, OT: Tyler Seguin scored at 3:17 of overtime, Tim Thomas made 36 saves, and visiting Boston beat Washington to tie the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series at three games apiece. Game 7 is Wednesday night in Boston.