NHL playoffs have produced plenty of drama. On Monday, April 21, there were 2 overtime winners and a regulation winner with 42 seconds to go.
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The NHL likes to say there's no better drama in sports than the Stanley Cup playoffs
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and Monday night no one was arguing differently. Three of the four games had fantastic finishes, and it's only the first round
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In Washington, D.C., the top seed Capitals and the newly crowned all-time goal-scoring leader
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Alex Ovechkin had a precarious two-goal lead entering the third period against the upstart
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Canadians. Sure enough, during a five-minute span midway through the final frame, Montreal
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score twice to send the game into overtime. The Capitals haven't won a playoff series since
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winning the Stanley Cup in 2018. Were they going to collapse in game one? Not while Ovechkin
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continues his historic season. He's scored the game winner 2-26 into overtime, his first career
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playoff overtime winner. Two goals and an assist on the night and the Caps have a 1-0 series lead
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He's a beast. He's a machine. He's out there creating energy for our team
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scoring. He does it all. He does everything for us. That's what a leader does. It's one thing to
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be good all season long, but the guys that show up and hit and block shots and lead the team
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that's why he's a legend. About an hour later in Dallas, the Stars had their backs against the wall
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in game two of their series with Colorado. Down 3-2 in the game and 1-0 in the series
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they got a massive boost in the form of a game-tying goal from Yevgeny Dodonov. That sent
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the game into overtime. It nearly took the entire first OT, but the stars are back in the series
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after Colin Blackwell scored the first overtime game winner of his career, putting his own rebound
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past McKenzie Blackwood The fourth line center didn play in game one and was glad to contribute Monday You know I love this group and it been a hell of a year and a lot of fun So I just excited to do whatever I can to help the team win
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And then get a taste of playing the playoffs is what everybody dreams for. To hopefully hoist the cup at the end of this run
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The late game in Los Angeles was a wild affair. The Kings took a four-goal lead on the Edmonton Oilers
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but the player they call Connor McJesus helped his team rally in the third period
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He had a goal and three assists, and the Oilers scored twice in the final two minutes to tie
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all with an empty net at the other end. It was all for naught, however, as they allowed Kings forward Philip Deneau
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to score the game winner with 42 seconds to go. L.A. is just the fourth team in Stanley Cup history to win in regulation
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despite blowing a four-goal lead. Deneau's fluttering shot gave the Kings a 1-0 series lead
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A little bit scary, you know, ups and downs big time, up 4-0, and they come back
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We know they have an offensive machine, but yeah, I mean, we have to learn from this and move on
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But yeah, we'll take the win and yeah, move on. The league also moves on
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Tuesday night is the first game in the Battle of Florida between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers
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and if you thought Monday's games were great, this series is as evenly matched as can be
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The two teams have met four of the last five post-seasons, but more impressively, in the last five seasons
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either the Lightning or the Panthers have represented the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals
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Stay tuned, a long way to go before any of that happens again, and we're almost guaranteed to have more late-game drama
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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Chris Francis
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