Oliver Kapanen scored his first North American professional aim with 4:38 left in regulation to ship Laval to a 5-4 highway win over Rochester in a back-and-forth Recreation 1 of the groups’ North Division Finals on Wednesday night time.
Recreation 2 is Friday in Rochester earlier than the collection shifts to Laval.
Kapanen, a second-round decide by Montreal within the 2021 NHL Draft, deflected some extent shot by Logan Mailloux previous Devon Levi for the ultimate aim in a sport that noticed each groups come again from one-goal deficits on two completely different events.
Kapanen and Mailloux every completed with a aim and an help within the contest. David Reinbacher, Brandon Gignac and Alex Barré-Boulet additionally scored for the Rocket, and Owen Beck and Sean Farrell notched two assists apiece.
Defenseman Kale Clague scored for the fourth consecutive sport for Rochester, and in addition picked up an help to present him seven factors this postseason. Konsta Helenius, Josh Dunne and Isak Rosén additionally scored, and the Amerks received two assists every from Lukáš Rousek and Jiří Kulich.
Cayden Primeau (1-1) made 23 saves for Laval. Levi (3-1) stopped 29 of 34 pictures whereas struggling his first lack of the postseason for Rochester.
The Rocket have gained all 5 of their visits to Blue Cross Area this season.
(Laval leads collection, 1-0)
Recreation 1 – Wed., Could 14 – Laval 5, ROCHESTER 4
Recreation 2 – Fri., Could 16 – Laval at Rochester, 7:05
Recreation 3 – Wed., Could 21 – Rochester at Laval, 7:00
*Recreation 4 – Fri., Could 23 – Rochester at Laval, 7:00
*Recreation 5 – Solar., Could 25 – Rochester at Laval, 4:30
*if crucial… All instances Japanese
