TAMPA, Fla. — Tyler Johnson continues to have postseason success.
Johnson had two goals and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Saturday to even the second-round series at a game apiece.
“That’s one game,” Johnson said. “We need three more.”
Johnson has six career playoff multi-goal games, including two this season. The 5-foot-8 center scored an NHL-leading 13 goals in helping the Lightning reach the Stanley Cup final last season.
Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, a former UMaine player, rebounded after being pulled in the second period of Game 1, making 19 saves. He gave up four goals on 13 shots Wednesday night in a 5-3 loss.
“Game 1, a couple of unlucky bounces there,” Bishop said. “You just come back the same way in Game 2. You don’t change anything. That’s just kind of been the way I do it.”
Jonathan Drouin and Victor Hedman each had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay.
PENGUINS 2, CAPITALS 1: Eric Fehr scored the tiebreaking goal against his former team with about 41/2 minutes remaining, giving Pittsburgh a victory at Washington that tied the Eastern Conference second-round playoff series at a game apiece.
Fehr redirected a pass out of a corner from Evgeni Malkin, sending the puck off the right post and past goalie Braden Holtby. Fehr played parts of nine seasons in Washington across two stints before leaving as a free agent last summer to join Pittsburgh.
Carl Hagelin put Pittsburgh ahead in the second period before Marcus Johansson pulled Washington even on a power play with about 16 minutes to go in the third.
The series shifts to Pittsburgh for Game 3 on Monday night.
NOTES
LADY BYNG: Boston’s Loui Eriksson, Florida’s Aleksander Barkov and Los Angeles’ Anze Kopitar are the finalists for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the NHL player who exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.
DRAFT: Last-place Toronto held firm by winning the draft lottery, putting it in position to take U.S. center Auston Matthews with the first pick.
Winnipeg made the largest jump, moving from the sixth to the second selection. Columbus moved up one spot to third.
The Boston Bruins will draft 14th, the final spot among the lottery positions.
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