Hockey

LOS ANGELES — Zach Hyman knows people started counting the Oilers out after Edmonton stumbled to start this season's playoff campaign. The team didn't give up and, on Tuesday, that persistence was rewarded with a 3-1 win over the L.A.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — It appeared in the closing two minutes that the Vegas Golden Knights would be heading back to Minnesota on the brink of elimination.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mattias Janmark scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 Tuesday night for their third consecutive victory and a 3-2 lead in their first-round series.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson was replaced after two periods Tuesday night because of an illness, putting Marc-Andre Fleury in net for the Wild to face the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mattias Janmark scored the tiebreaking goal at 7:12 of the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 Tuesday night for their third consecutive victory and a 3-2 lead in their first-round series.

TORONTO (AP) — Linus Ullmark made 29 saves for the first playoff shutout of his career as the Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Tuesday night to cut the deficit in the teams’ first-round NHL series to 3-2.

TORONTO (AP) — Linus Ullmark made 29 saves for the first playoff shutout of his career as the Ottawa Senators edged the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Tuesday night to cut the deficit in the teams’ first-round series to 3-2.

RALEIGH, N.C.

TORONTO — The Senators won't go away in the Battle of Ontario. The Maple Leafs — a team with a painful playoff past — now have 48 hours to regroup. And the questions after another blown opportunity to close out an opponent have already begun.

TORONTO — For a team in true must-win mode, the Ottawa Senators showed no signs of desperation on Tuesday night. They didn't need to.