Thursday April 18, we see the first round of the series over for some teams and coming into desperate times for other teams. The Washington Capitals are up 2-1 in the series vs Carolina Hurricanes as they face off for game four tonight. The St. Louis Blues and the Winnipeg Jets are tied 2-2 in the series and now turn the series in a best of 3 playing game 5 tonight. The Vegas Golden Knights lead the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in the series and play tonight and have the opportunity to knock the San Jose Sharks out of the playoffs and the Vegas Golden Knights to move on to the second round. Yesterday, Wednesday, April 17 the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 to tie the series at 2-2. The Nashville Predators lost to the Dallas Stars 1-5 making the series even at 2-2. The Colorado Avalanche won in overtime vs the Calgary Flames leading the series 3-1. The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the league champions the Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 0 sweeping them.

