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NHL Three Stars: Ducks, Penguins pick up Game 4 wins

Josh Cooper
EDMONTON, AB - MAY 3: The Anaheim Ducks celebrate after winning Game Four of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers on MAY 3, 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB – MAY 3: The Anaheim Ducks celebrate after winning Game Four of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers on MAY 3, 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images)

No. 1 Star: Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks

Getzlaf scored two goals and added two assists in a 4-3 Game 4 win over the Edmonton Oilers. This was his first career multi-goal playoff game. He also surpassed Teemu Selanne (35) for the all-time franchise lead in playoff goals (36). With the victory, the Ducks tied their series at 2-2. This is the fourth time in eight instances that the Ducks have tied a series after losing the first two games.

No. 2 Star: Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins

Fleury stopped 36 of 38 Washington Capitals shots on goal in a 3-2 Game 4 win. With the victory, the Penguins went up 3-1 on the Capitals. Fleury improved to 7-2 this playoff with a 2.40 goal-against average and .935 save percentage. The Penguins have now gone up 3-1 in a series 17 times and are a combined 13-3 in the previous 16 times they’ve gone up 3-1. Pittsburgh went up 3-1 on the Capitals last season and won that series in six games.

No. 3 Star: Jake Guentzel, Pittsburgh Penguins

The Penguins rookie scored a goal and added an assist in the victory over the Caps. Guentzel now has eight goals in nine games this postseason. Only Maurice Richard, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux have scored more goals in their first nine postseason games than Guentzel. His eight goals are now second-most by a U.S. born rookie in NHL history.

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Honorable Mention: Pittsburgh defenseman Justin Schultz fired the game-winner. … Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist scored a goal. … Pittsburgh forward Evgeni Malkin notched an assist. … Washington got one goal each from forward Evgeny Kuznetsov and defenseman Nate Schmidt. … Capitals forwards Justin Williams and T.J. Oshie along with defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk each notched one assist. … Anaheim forward Jakob Silfverberg scored the overtime winner 45 seconds into the extra session. … Ducks forward Corey Perry notched an assist and was a plus-3. … Anaheim forward Rickard Rakell scored a goal. … Oilers forward Connor McDavid scored a goal. … Edmonton also got one goal each from forwards Milan Lucic and Drake Caggiula. … Oilers forwards Patrick Maroon and Leon Draisaitl each notched two assists.

Did you know? Both the Capitals and the Ducks erased multi-goal deficits to tie their games. This has now happened 20 times this postseason.

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Dishonorable Mention: The Oilers won 37 percent of their faceoffs. Their 43.9 faceoff percentage is tied for last place in the postseason with the St. Louis Blues. … Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby allowed three goals on 18 shots on goal. He has an .867 save percentage this round. … The skate of Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov helped Guentzel score.

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