Tom Wheatley: It's hard to shake the feeling that the Blues gave up too much. Or, if you prefer, that they didn't get enough.

Wyatt Johnston scored twice, including the winning goal in overtime, as Dallas won a pivotal Game 3 to cut their series deficit against Vegas to 2-1.

All-Star center Auston Matthews did not finish Saturday's Game 4 because of an illness, as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell on home ice 3-1 to the Boston Bruins, placing their season on the line Tuesday in Game 5 of their first-round series at TD Garden.

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, out since fracturing the tibia and fibula in his left leg Feb. 7, made a stunning return to the lineup as his club looked avoided elimination in Game 4 of its series against the Florida Panthers Saturday.