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TORONTO (AP) -- Carter Hart played like the franchise goalie the Philadelphia Flyers needed to earn a piece of playoff history.
Hart stopped 23 shots and Jake Voracek scored to lead the Flyers to a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night and grab a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.
Game 4 is Tuesday.
"Our guys are paying the price," Flyers coach Alain Vigneault said. "It's hard hockey, it's physical hockey out there. Both teams want to win. Both teams are battling hard. Both teams are getting great goaltending."
Hart topped his childhood goalie idol Carey Price for the milestone win. Hart led the Flyers to just their fifth 1-0 postseason victory in franchise history.and first since 2003.
The top-seeded Flyers got another sensational performance from the Hart, who became the youngest Flyers goalie to ever record a shutout at 22 years, 3 days.
ISLANDERS 2, CAPITALS 1, OT
TORONTO (AP) -- Mathew Barzal scored 4:28 into overtime, lifting the New York Islanders to a win over the Washington Capitals in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.
The Islanders are up 3-0 in the series, putting Washington on the brink of being eliminated in the first round for the second straight year after hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2018.
New York's Anders Lee broke a scoreless tie late in the first period. Evgeny Kuznetsov pulled the Capitals into a tie with a power-play goal early in the second.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 shots for the sixth-seeded Islanders. Braden Holtby had 32 saves for the third-seeded Capitals.
Game 4 is Tuesday night.
STARS 5, FLAMES 4, OT
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Dallas scored 16:05 into overtime after Joe Pavelski forced the extra period by completing a hat trick in the final seconds of regulation and the Stars evened their Western Conference playoff series at two games apiece.
Pavelski recorded the first playoff hat trick since the Dallas franchise moved from Minnesota in 1993, and the first of his career on his 53rd career postseason goal.
Tobias Rieder tied an NHL record with his third short-handed goal of the playoffs, and Calgary got one in a third straight game against Dallas, for a 4-3 lead early in the third period.
Game 5 on Tuesday.
BLACKHAWKS 3, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Corey Crawford made 48 saves in a stellar performance, and Chicago avoided a sweep in the first-round playoff series.
Drake Caggiula and Matthew Highmore scored first-period goals for the Blackhawks, and Alex DeBrincat added an empty-netter with 10 seconds left. Chicago handed Robin Lehner his first loss in a Golden Knights uniform since the goaltender was acquired in a trade with the Blackhawks in February.
Vegas suffered its first loss since arriving in Edmonton for the NHL restart. The Golden Knights will have another chance to close out the Blackhawks in Game 5 on Tuesday.