Thirteen seconds in the second period came to decide in the sixth game between the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh.
Until then, the teams had followed each other and scored every other goal, and Pittsburgh led the match 3-2.
Meets Boston
The equalizer came after a beautiful attack, where Brock Nelson got a perfect pass and was able to hit the puck in the open goal.
The Islanders had barely had time to celebrate before Ryan Pulock gave the home crowd reason to shout jubilantly again, now for 4-3.
Barely three minutes later, Brock Nelson scored the 5-3 goal, which was the last of the match and sent the Islanders to the second round of the playoffs.
"It's a disappointment, quite simply," says Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby.
In the next round, Boston, who beat Washington, is waiting.
"Best bet"
Furthermore, Tampa Bay, which beat Florida in the state derby with 4-0, which meant 4-2 in matches.
Pat Maroon, Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point and Alex Killorn scored.
Victor Hedman was noted for an assist at Stamko's goal, the Swedish defender's eighth in the playoffs.
- It was by far our best effort during the playoffs.
That's what an experienced team does on these occasions, that you step forward when it's time.
We did not like how we played in the last match.
We talked about it, and we played extremely well today, says Stamkos.
Andrei Vasilevsky had to keep a clean sheet with 29 saves, and according to Stamkos was responsible for some important in numerical disadvantages, which caused a calm down over the team.
- We have the world's best goalkeeper, he closed again, says Stamkos.
In the quarterfinals, either Nashville or Carolina await.