NHL-Highlights of Tuesday's NHL playoff games

April 22 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Tuesday's National Hockey League playoff games. - - - Canadiens 4, Lightning 3 Left winger Max Pacioretty scored with 42.6 seconds remaining in the third period as the Montreal Canadiens completed their first playoff series sweep in 21 years with a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Pacioretty pushed Thomas Vanek's shot between Lightning goalie Kristers Gudlevskis's pads to advance Montreal to the second round of the playoffs, where they will face either Boston or Detroit. The 4-0 win in the best-of-seven series marks the first time the Canadiens have reached the second round since 2010. Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman and center Tyler Johnson scored 3:02 apart early in the third period to draw the Lightning level at 3-3 but the visitors were unable to add to the tally and suffered a third one-goal defeat of the series. - - - Bruins 3, Red Wings 0 Goaltender Tuuka Rask made 22 saves for his fourth career playoff shutout and the Boston Bruins blanked the Detroit Red Wings to seize a 2-1 lead in the first round playoff series. Center Patrice Bergeron scored a goal and added an assist and defenseman Dougie Hamilton and right winger Jordan Caron also scored for Boston, the Eastern Conference's top seed. Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard stopped 31 shots in the loss. The Red Wings have only scored two goals in the series, winning Game One 1-0 before losing Game Two 4-1. On Tuesday, the Bruins outshot Detroit 33-23 as they appear to be wrestling back control of the series. Game Four is in Detroit on Thursday with the eventual winners advancing to meet Montreal in the next round. - - - Rangers 4, Flyers 1 Martin St Louis and defenseman Dan Girardi each had a goal and assist, goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves and the New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers in Game Three of their first-round playoff series. Derek Stepan and Daniel Carcillo also scored goals as the Rangers took a 2-1 series lead. Game Four of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series is in Philadelphia on Friday. Defenseman Mark Streit had the only goal for the Flyers. Goaltender Ray Emery made his third straight start for the injured Steve Mason but was pulled after allowing four goals on 20 shots. Mason, who was healthy enough to be the backup for the first time since suffering an upper-body injury on April 12, made three saves in the final 7:15. - - Sharks 4, Kings 3 (OT) Patrick Marleau scored at 6:20 of overtime as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Los Angeles Kings to snatch a commanding 3-0 lead in their first round series. Marleau took possession off a turnover and backhanded a shot toward the Los Angeles net that deflected off Kings' defenseman Slava Voynov's stick and past goaltender Jonathan Quick. In a back and forth clash, San Jose's Tomas Herti sent the game into overtime when he tied the match 3-3 at 9:17 in the third. Quick made 36 saves, while Sharks' goaltender Antti Niemi made 28. Game Four is in Los Angeles on Thursday. (Editing by John O'Brien/Greg Stutchbury)