WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Ryan Kesler scored twice in the third period and Anaheim beat Winnipeg 5-2 to sweep the Western Conference first-round series.

Andrew Cogliano, Emerson Etem and Sam Vatanen ”“ into an empty net ”“ also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 25 saves. The Ducks are the first team to advance to the second round.

Bryan Little and Mark Stuart scored for Winnipeg.

Anaheim will face Calgary or Vancouver in the second round. Calgary leads that series 3-1.

RANGERS 2, PENGUINS 1, OT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kevin Hayes scored at 3:14 of overtime to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series.

The Rangers lead the series 3-1 heading back to New York for Game 5 on Friday night.

SENATORS 1, CANADIENS 0

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Mike Hoffman scored midway through the third period and Ottawa beat Montreal to avoid elimination.

Craig Anderson made 28 saves to help the Senators’ cut Montreal’s lead to 3-1 in the Eastern Conference first-round series. Carey Price stopped 31 shots for the Canadiens.

Only four teams have come back to win when trailing 0-3 in a series.

BLUES 6, WILD 1

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice and the revived St. Louis Blues sent Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk to an early exit and thoroughly dominated the Wild to even the Western Conference quarterfinal series 2-2.