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Hockey. NHL. Playoffs . Conference quarter finals. Eastern Conference . "Buffalo" - "Boston" - 3:5. The series score is 1--1. “Washington” – “Montreal” – 6:5 OT – Ovechkin “B” (1+3). The series score is 1--1. Western Conference . “Vancouver” – “Los Angeles” – 2:3 OT. The series score is 1--1.
Washington took revenge for its defeat at the start of the playoffs. During the meeting with Montreal, Alexander Ovechkin scored four points, and Nicklas Backstrom scored a hat-trick.
Having started the game poorly and conceded two goals, Washington coach Bruce Boudreau decided to replace goalkeeper Jose Theodore with Semyon Varlamov, who ended up stopping 19 shots. Although in the second period, Washington's gap became more impressive - 1:4. However, this circumstance did not discourage the hosts - a minute and a half before the final siren, Capital defender John Carlson equalized the score. Overtime lasted 31 seconds thanks to Backstrom's accurate shot.
Los Angeles also tied the series with Vancouver with a victory in overtime. The hero of the meeting was the Slovenian center forward of the American club Anze Kopitar, who converted the majority in the fourth period. The score is equal in the series between Buffalo and Boston. Boston players, thanks to doubles by Michael Ryder and Zdeno Haara, won an away victory. In addition to the defeat, the Buffalo hockey players lost their best sniper Tomas Vanek in the first period, who received a leg injury.
Garnett may miss next game
Basketball. NBA. First round. Cleveland - Chicago - 96:83, Atlanta - Milwaukee - 102:92, Boston - Miami - 85:76, Denver - Utah -- 126:113.
The NBA playoffs started with four matches. Cleveland, Boston and Atlanta achieved predicted victories. The Jazzmen from Utah lost to Denver. The home team was led by Carmelo Anthony, who scored 42 points. Deron Williams scored for Utah with 26 points and 11 assists.
Utah's Russian legionnaire Andrei Kirilenko did not participate in the match. During training on Thursday, the Russian suffered a repeated calf muscle strain. However, the team's troubles did not end there. During the match with Denver, Utah center Mehmet Okur suffered a second injury to his Achilles. According to the player, he felt pain in his ankle.
Among other matches, it is worth highlighting the match between Boston and Miami. Only in the fourth 12 minutes did the home team break the resistance of their opponents, winning it with a difference of “plus 11”.
However, 40 seconds before the end of the meeting an incident occurred, in the center of which was Boston forward Kevin Garnett (pictured). Garnett was ejected from the court for elbowing Quentin Richardson and received two technicals. According to Garnett, the reason for this was an unpleasant episode involving his teammate Paul Pierce, who injured his injured shoulder. At that moment, when Pierce intended to call the doctor, Richardson began making disrespectful remarks towards his opponent. Garnett stood up for his colleague. “Of course, I had to control myself, but all I was thinking about was that Pierce was lying with an injury,” Garnett said. Boston's leader may be suspended for the next match.