Wild beat Blackhawks, climb back into series

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Erik Haula and Mikael Granlund scored goals less than 3 minutes apart early in the
third period, and the Minnesota Wild recovered from a sluggish start for a 4-0 victory over the Chicago
Blackhawks on Tuesday in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series.
Ilya Bryzgalov made 19 saves for his first shutout in the playoffs in eight years, and the Blackhawks had
their lead whittled to 2-1 with their first loss in 2 1/2 weeks.
Zach Parise put the exclamation point on the win with a power-play goal, the first in 25 chances for the
Wild over their last two playoff series against the Blackhawks. Then Granlund tacked on an empty-netter
with 1:17 left.
Game 4 is Friday in Minnesota.
BRUINS 4, CANADIENS 2
MONTREAL (AP) — P.K. Subban, Dale Weise and Lars Eller each had a goal and an assist, Carey Price made 26
saves, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Tuesday night to take the lead in their
NHL Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series.
The Canadiens are up 2-1 with Game 4 set for Thursday in Montreal.
Tomas Plekanec also scored for the Canadiens, who were outplayed for long stretches but made the most of
quick-strike attacks.
Patrice Bergeron and Andrej Meszaros scored for the Bruins, who outshot Montreal 28-26.

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