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Blackhawks even first-round series, 1-1, with 3-2 win over Blues

Blackhawks right wing Andrew Shaw (65) scores past Blues goalie Brian Elliott, right, during the third period Friday.

Blackhawks right wing Andrew Shaw (65) scores past Blues goalie Brian Elliott, right, during the third period Friday.

(Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)
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Andrew Shaw stuffed home a rebound on a power play with 4:19 remaining, minutes after the Chicago Blackhawks won a coach’s challenge to negate a goal, and the defending Stanley Cup champions pulled even with the St. Louis Blues in their first-round series with a 3-2 victory Friday night.

Corey Crawford had a strong game in net and Duncan Keith also scored for Chicago in his first game back from a six-game suspension for a dangerous high stick to Minnesota’s Charlie Coyle.

Keith assisted on rookie Artemi Panarin’s clinching empty-net goal with 1:34 to go, and Patrick Kane also had two assists.

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The series shifts to Chicago with Game 3 on Sunday.

at Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 2: Tyler Johnson scored a pair of third-period goals, helping the Lightning beat the Red Wings in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.

Ben Bishop had 30 saves for the defending Eastern Conference champions, who took the first two games at home despite playing without injured leading goal-scorer Steven Stamkos and defenseman Anton Stralman.

A bloody brawl involving several players capped this one, with 14 penalties called — including a game misconduct on Justin Abdelkader — with 54 seconds left. Tampa Bay’s Mike Blunden was left with his face bloodied after fighting with Abdelkader.

Game 3 is Sunday in Detroit, where the Red Wings won both regular-season meetings between the teams.

at Florida 3, New York Islanders 1: Roberto Luongo made 41 saves for his first playoff win in five years, and the Panthers evened their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series by beating the Islanders.

Reilly Smith and Nick Bjugstad each had a goal and an assist for Florida, which salvaged a split in the series-opening back-to-back. Dmitry Kulikov added an empty-netter with 9.3 seconds left to clinch the win.

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John Tavares scored with 3:33 left for New York, and Thomas Greiss stopped 28 shots for the Islanders.

It was Luongo’s first playoff win since Game 5 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, snapping a streak of seven consecutive lost postseason starts. And he was victimized by Florida defensive breakdowns in Game 1 on Thursday, a big part of why he yielded five goals on 26 New York shots.

Game 3 is in Brooklyn on Sunday.

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