Overview
- Vegas eliminated Utah with a 5-1 win Friday in Salt Lake City to take the series 4-2 and draw Anaheim next.
- Mitch Marner led Game 6 with two goals and an assist, and Brett Howden scored for the third straight game.
- Vegas rode late-season momentum under new coach John Tortorella and a stingy penalty kill that held Utah to 1-for-16.
- Buffalo closed out Boston 4-1 in Game 6 to earn its first playoff series win since 2007.
- Tampa Bay beat Montreal 1-0 in overtime on Gage Goncalves' rebound, with Andrei Vasilevskiy making 30 saves to set up a Sunday Game 7 in Tampa.