Dallas advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and will face the winner of the Winnipeg Jets-St. Louis Blues series.

Matt Duchene had two assists and Jake Oettinger made 25 saves for the Stars. Dallas coach Pete DeBoer improved to 9-0 for his career in Game 7s.

Josh Manson and Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche. Mackenzie Blackwood made 15 saves.

Down by two in the third period, Rantanen cut the deficit in half at 7:49. He cut to the middle just inside the blue line, holding the puck before wiring a wrister from the slot past Blackwood's blocker.

Rantanen tied it at 2 on the power play at 13:46. He collected the puck in the neutral zone, carried it up the middle, powering around Ryan Lindgren inside the zone and then looping around the net for a wraparound that went off the skate of Samuel Girard and into the net.

Wyatt Johnston took a cross-crease pass from Duchene and snapped it by Blackwood's blocker side on the power play to make it 3-2 Dallas at 16:04.

Rantanen completed the hat trick with an empty-net goal at 19:57 for the 4-2 final.

MacKinnon put Colorado ahead 2-0 on a delayed penalty just 31 seconds into the third. MacKinnon, who jumped on as the extra attacker, took a feed from Lindgren at the right point and carried it down the right side before cutting the net and snapping under Oettinger's right arm.

Manson scored short-handed to give Colorado a 1-0 lead at 9:50 of the second period. Logan O'Connor created a turnover in the defensive zone and won a race to the puck at the other end, spinning around at the half wall for a centering pass to Manson, who fired a wrist shot from the slot over Oettinger's left pad that hit the post and bounced off Oettinger and into the net.

The Jets won that clash en route to the league final. They hope history repeats itself Sunday when they play host to the St. Louis Blues in a winner-take-all clash for their Western Conference first-round playoff series.

"We're going to have to focus on Game 7," said Jets forward Cole Perfetti. "It's a one-gamer, winner moves on, and we got the home ice and we got our fans behind us and our barn rocking."

The Blues forced Game 7 with a 5-2 victory Friday in St. Louis. The home team has won all six games in this series. That's one reason for the Jets to be confident.

"We've got to go home," said Jets coach Scott Arniel. "Take care of our business at home."

The Jets, winners of the Presidents' Trophy that goes to the regular-season leader in points, finished 20 points ahead of the Blues in the regular season. But they have struggled mightily to dispatch the eighth-seeded upstarts who needed a late winning spree to claim the conference's second wild-card spot.

St. Louis won all three of its home games by at least three goals and chased Winnipeg star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck in each of them.

Winnipeg has one Stanley Cup playoffs Game 7 in its franchise history -- a 5-1 victory over the Nashville Predators in 2018 when Hellebuyck made 38 saves and Mark Scheifele scored twice.

Scheifele missed Friday's Game 6 due to injury, but he skated on Saturday and will be a game-time decision Sunday.

Regardless, the Jets have all the pressure on them.

"We know what we're capable of," Perfetti said. "We know what kind of team we are."

The Blues are well aware they are facing their last chance to beat the Jets in Winnipeg during their matchup. But St. Louis has all the momentum after breaking open Friday's game with four goals in the second period and pushing the series to the distance.

"We're in Game 7 of the playoffs. It's what we've all dreamed of," said Blues coach Jim Montgomery said. "You don't think about winning Game 1 when you're playing in your basement or you're playing street hockey or you're playing knee hockey with your best friend or brother, whatever the case may be. It's Game 7, it's overtime and it's about us seizing an opportunity. It's an opportunity that we've earned and now we have to go seize it."

The Blues have a 10-8 franchise mark in Game 7 clashes, the most recent when they beat the Boston Bruins in the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.

Goaltender Jordan Binnington has won both of his Game 7 opportunity in his career -- including the aforementioned Stanley Cup victory -- and surrendered only one goal in each of those contests.

The Blues also beat the Jets the only other time they met in the playoffs -- in the opening round in 2019.

Now it's time to see whether the Blues can take their successful show on the road and complete the upset.

"It's what you play for," Blues captain Brayden Schenn told NHL.com. "It's one of those things where you have to have the ability to go enjoy the moment and take your work seriously, but enjoy the moment while you're there. It's going to be a tough building to play in, we know that, but we feel like we haven't had our best there yet, and we're looking forward to it."

Game 7 is on Sunday evening in Winnipeg.

Nathan Walker, Brayden Schenn and Cam Fowler also scored and Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for the Blues, who scored four straight goals in a 5:23 span of the second period to pull away.

Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck, the front-runner for the Vezina Trophy this season, did not finish his third straight game in St. Louis. He stopped just 18 of 23 shots before he was replaced at the start of the third period by Eric Comrie, who stopped all four shots he faced.

Cole Perfetti and Nino Niederreiter scored power-play goals for the Jets, who were outscored 17-5 in the three losses in St. Louis in the series.

The Blues scored on their first shot of the game, a one-timer by Broberg from the high slot for a 1-0 lead at 6:05 of the first period.

After getting outshot 8-2 in the first period, the Jets appeared to score 26 seconds into the second period during a delayed penalty, but the Blues successfully challenged for offsides.

St. Louis killed the penalty, but the Jets went back on a power play and Perfetti chipped in a loose puck in the crease 12 seconds into the man-advantage to tie it 1-1 at 5:43.

Walker started the scoring barrage off a feed from below the goal line by Broberg to give St. Louis a 2-1 lead at 11:34.

Schenn scored 53 seconds later with a wrist shot from just above the right circle to make it 3-1.

Fowler notched his 10th point of the series when the defenseman scored on a wrist shot through traffic from above the circles for a 4-1 lead at 13:40.

Toropchenko stretched it to 5-1 at 16:57 with a wrist shot from just above the right hash marks.

Niederreiter scored a rebound on Winnipeg's fourth power play to cut it to 5-2 at 8:54 of the third period.

Blues forward Robert Thomas was called for high sticking with four minutes left and the Jets pulled Comrie for a 6-on-4, but were turned away.

Winnipeg played without center Mark Scheifele, who was injured in the first period of Game 5. Scheifele was second on the Jets in goals (37) and points (87) during the regular season.

The Stars had a chance to close out the series with a win in Game 6 on Thursday in Denver, but the Avalanche benefited from a fluky own-goal by Dallas midway through the third period that stood as the game-winner in Colorado's 7-4 victory to tie the series 3-3.

"I thought we competed to win tonight," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said after the game. "That's what we did. Very similar to Game 4 in our building. Both were must-wins for me, and our team responded. Hopefully, we do it one more time."

The Avalanche won the first game of the series before the Stars claimed the next two. Colorado tied it in Game 4 at home and Dallas went ahead 3-2 with a home triumph of its own in Game 5.

"You're going to have to beat really good teams every single round," Colorado defenseman Cale Makar said. "Dallas is obviously incredibly stacked, and we knew that coming in. It wasn't going to be an easy series regardless of being up or down. I don't think there was a world where this wasn't going to seven."

It had been a quiet series for Makar, with just two points, both assists, through the first five games. He surpassed that production in Game 6 alone, putting up a goal and two assists.

"I just think he's been unlucky," Colorado center Nathan MacKinnon said. "Every night he's creating, he's dynamic. He's going to get real hot here, and it's nice that he scored there at the end. I know it's an empty-netter, but they feel good, puck went in the net for him."

Like his former Avalanche teammate, Stars winger Mikko Rantanen had a slow start, with one assist through the first four games. He now leads the team with eight points (two goals, six assists) after a four-point effort (one goal, three assists) on Thursday.

"It's two good teams, and personally, not surprised it's going to Game 7," Rantanen said. "It's two really good teams. It's good for the hockey world to see this series. Yeah, we've got to be reset now and get ready for Saturday."

The Stars are once again looking to eliminate the Avalanche for a second straight season. Last spring, they dispatched their division foe in six games in the second round.

Game 7s have been a mixed bag for the Stars since moving to Dallas in 1993, going 4-5 in the decisive contest. It's been a better fate more recently, though, as the Stars have won each of their past two and three of the past four, including a victory against the Avalanche in the second round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.

"I think we should just pull from the past," goalie Jake Oettinger said. "For me, personally, I'm just going to try to have fun and have no regrets and play as well as I can and see what happens. That's all you can do and try to soak the moment in and have fun."

Kopitar, who won the award in 2016 and 2023, was joined by Vegas Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brayden Point as finalists.

The Lady Byng is awarded "to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability."

Kopitar, 37, finished with 67 points (21 goals, 46 assists) and just four penalty minutes in 81 games.

Eichel, 28, is a first-time finalist for the award. He erupted for a career-high 94 points (28 goals, 66 assists) in 77 games while taking just four minor penalties.

Point, 29, totaled 82 points (42 goals, 40 assists) in 77 games with seven penalty minutes and just one minor penalty. He is a two-time finalist for the award.

The award is given to the NHL player who "best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey."

Fleury was 14-9-1 with a 2.93 goals-against average, .899 save percentage and one shutout in 26 games with the Wild. He signed on at age 40 for his 21st and final season to be Filip Gustavsson's backup.

The four-time All-Star is 575-339-97 in 1,051 career games with a 2.60 GAA, .912 save percentage and 76 shutouts from 2003-25. Fleury ranks second in league history in wins, games, starts (1,017) and minutes played (60,669:03). The Vezina Trophy winner in 2021 with the Vegas Golden Knights, he was on three Stanley Cup championship teams in Pittsburgh (2009, 2016, 2017).

Landeskog had not played since Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 26, 2022, missing the entire 2022-23 after knee surgery, and the 2023-24 season and 2024-25 regular season following cartilage transplant surgery.

The Avalanche captain, 32, made his AHL debut on a conditioning assignment with the Colorado Eagle on April 11. He has played in four of Colorado's first-round playoff games against the Dallas Stars and has one goal, three assists and a plus-4 rating.

Monahan signed with the Blue Jackets last July to reunite with Johnny Gaudreau, his teammate in Calgary for nine seasons. Gaudreau and his brother Matthew died last summer after they were struck by a car while riding bicycles in New Jersey.

The 30-year-old has been an inspiration to his team in very difficult circumstances. He finished with 19 goals, 38 assists and a plus-19 rating in 54 games. His 1.06 points per game was the highest for a first-year Columbus player, and his 57 total points were fifth most in that category.

Ehlers missed the last two games of the regular season and the first five of this Western Conference first-round series with a foot injury.

Ehlers, who tallied 63 points (24 goals, 39 assists) in 69 games during the regular season, will take his place on the Jets' second line with Cole Perfetti and Adam Lowry.

The timing of his return is beneficial for Winnipeg with forward Mark Scheifele out of the lineup and considered day-to-day after a hit by Blues center Brayden Schenn in Game 5.

Ehlers, 29, is in his 10th season with the Jets and has 520 points (225 goals, 295 assists) in 674 games. Winnipeg selected the Denmark native with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2014 NHL Draft.

The award is presented annually to the head coach who has "contributed the most to his team's success."

Arniel, 62, guided the Jets to their first Presidents' Trophy in franchise history after finishing his first season as the team's head coach with a 56-22-4 record. He replaced the retired Rick Bowness behind the bench in Winnipeg.

Carbery, 43, led the Capitals to an Eastern Conference-best 51-22-9 record. He is bidding to become the fourth Capitals coach to win the award.

St. Louis, 49, guided the Canadiens back to the playoffs for the first time since 2021. Their 91 points were 15 more than the team recorded last season.

He told reporters not to believe the chatter about possibilities he won't be back, instead saying only he and general manager Julien BriseBois and team owners have the answer.

"The talk should be whatever comes from Julien and I or ownership," Cooper, 57, said. "Tampa has been home for my kids, it's all they really remember.

"For me it's hard to see myself anywhere else."

Cooper has led the Lightning since March 2013 and has a 572-306-83 (.638) record in the regular season, and the team intends for him to add to those numbers.

"Coop will be back next year," BriseBois said.

His contract is believed to run through next season, with BriseBois saying he'd like Cooper to sign an extension.

Cooper is the longest-tenured coach in the NHL and won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2020 and 2021. The Lightning have made the playoffs 11 times under Cooper, who has an 88-67 record (.568) in the postseason.

The Florida Panthers eliminated the Lightning in the first round of this season's playoffs in five games.

Also Friday, BriseBois called it "unlikely" that the Lightning will sign Isaac Howard, whom they selected No. 31 overall in 2022. He won the Hobey Baker Award as the best NCAA men's player in Division I last month while playing for Michigan State.

Speaking last month on the Spittin' Chiclets podcast, Howard said he didn't see the Bolts in his future, making it sound like a foregone conclusion he'd play elsewhere.

"I just feel like with me and Tampa, we didn't see eye to eye the same way I thought we would," he said. "It wasn't a situation where I was demanding to step right into the NHL, it wasn't anything like that. It just didn't necessarily work."

He will become a free agent next year if he does not sign with Tampa Bay.

"He values the opportunity to choose the club that he believes is the best fit for him," BriseBois said.

The award is presented annually to the NHL's top defensive forward as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Barkov, a finalist for the fourth time in five years, is bidding to win the award for the second time in as many years. He also won the award in 2020-21.

The 29-year-old totaled 71 points (20 goals, 51 assists) in 67 games and averaged 20:15 of ice time per game.

Reinhart, 29, led the Panthers with 81 points (39 goals, 42 assists) in 79 games this season.

Cirelli, 27, recorded a career-best plus-30 rating this season to go along with 59 points (27 goals, 32 assists).

Sullivan, who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup titles in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, becomes the 38th head coach for the Original Six franchise.

"Mike Sullivan has established himself as one of the premier head coaches in the NHL," Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury said Friday, ending days of speculation about the partnership. "Given his numerous accomplishments throughout his coaching career -- including two Stanley Cups and leading Team USA at the international level -- Mike brings a championship-level presence behind the bench."

Sullivan replaces Peter Laviolette, who was fired April 19 after New York failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Penguins dismissed Sullivan nine days later as the postseason drought for the Penguins reached three consecutive campaigns.

Pittsburgh's decision was to the Rangers' benefit, Drury said.

"As we began this process and Mike became an available option for us to speak with, it was immediately clear that he was the best coach to lead our team," he said.

Sullivan, 57, spent four seasons (2009-13) as an assistant coach for the Rangers, serving under John Tortorella. The duo served on the staff of Team USA in the recent 4 Nations Face-Off.

Sullivan also will serve as the head coach for the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

"I would like to welcome Mike back to the Rangers organization," said James L. Dolan, the executive chairman and CEO of MSG Sports, which owns the Rangers. "Mike's track record and success in the NHL and internationally speaks for itself, and I look forward to seeing him behind the Rangers bench."

Sullivan, a Marshfield, Mass., native, served as the head coach of the Boston Bruins for the 2003-04 and 2005-06 seasons and was hired by the Penguins midway through the 2015-16 season. His first two squads in Pittsburgh finished second in the Metropolitan Division, but went on to capture the Stanley Cup each time, defeating the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators, respectively.

Sullivan is 21 wins shy of 500 in his 12-year career, with a mark of 479-311-112. He is the winningest coach in Penguins' history with 409.

Adam Henrique also scored and goaltender Calvin Pickard made 23 saves for the Oilers, who will face the Pacific Division-champion Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference semifinals.

Edmonton, which won four straight games to claim the series, eliminated Los Angeles in the opening round of the postseason for the fourth consecutive year.

Quinton Byfield, Brandt Clarke, Jordan Spence and Anze Kopitar tallied for the Kings, who opened the series with a pair of home-ice victories but could not maintain the momentum. Los Angeles goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots and Kevin Fiala and Alex Laferriere each posted two assists.

Golden Knights 3, Wild 2

Jack Eichel was one of three Vegas players to tally a goal and an assist, and the Golden Knights held on to beat Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn., and clinch the Western Conference first-round series.

Shea Theodore and Mark Stone also finished with a goal and an assist for Vegas, which won the best-of-seven series in six games. Brayden McNabb collected a pair of assists. Adin Hill stopped 29 of 31 shots as the Golden Knights advanced to the semifinals for the second time in three seasons.

Ryan Hartman scored both goals for Minnesota, which hasn't won a playoff series since the 2014-15 season. Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves on 23 shots.

Maple Leafs 4, Senators 2

Max Pacioretty's goal with 5:39 left lifted Toronto to a series-clinching victory over host Ottawa in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference first-round matchup.

The 36-year-old forward, who missed the last two months of the regular season and first two games of the postseason with an undisclosed injury, helped the Maple Leafs overcome giving away a 2-0 advantage with his game-winning goal and an assist. Toronto's William Nylander celebrated his 29th birthday with two goals and an assist, and Auston Matthews also scored for the Maple Leafs, who advance to face the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in the next round.

Brady Tkachuk and David Perron scored for Ottawa, with Thomas Chabot assisting on both. Linus Ullmark finished with 19 saves.

Avalanche 7, Stars 4

Nathan MacKinnon broke a tie midway through the third period when Dallas scored an own goal, and Colorado won in Denver to force Game 7 in their Western Conference quarterfinal series.

Valeri Nichushkin had two goals while MacKinnon and Cale Makar had a goal and two assists each for Colorado. Martin Necas logged a goal and an assist, and Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson also scored. Mackenzie Blackwood had 22 saves for the Avalanche, who will play Game 7 at Dallas on Saturday.

Jake Oettinger finished with 41 saves for the Stars. Roope Hintz had two goals and two assists, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and three assists and Mikael Granlund also scored.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman, Darnell Nurse and Trent Frederic all collected one goal and one assist for the Oilers, who closed out the Kings in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series.

Adam Henrique also scored and goaltender Calvin Pickard made 22 saves for the Oilers, who will face the Pacific Division-champion Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference semifinals.

Edmonton, which won four straight games to claim the series, eliminated Los Angeles in the opening round of the postseason for the fourth consecutive year.

Quinton Byfield, Brandt Clarke, Jordan Spence and Anze Kopitar tallied for the Kings, who opened the series with a pair of home-ice victories but could not maintain the momentum.

Los Angeles goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots and Kevin Fiala and Alex Laferriere each posted two assists.

With the score tied 2-2, Hyman gave the Oilers their first lead at 12:49 of the wild first period with a nifty deflection of Nurse's point shot off a faceoff win.

Nurse made it a two-goal edge at 14:59 of the second period by burying a wide-open chance from the slot for his first goal of the playoffs.

Frederic made it a 5-2 game at 16:35 of the second with a redirect during an odd-man rush for his first tally of the series.

Spence gave the Kings a shot of hope less than two minutes later with a one-timer from the slot during a four-on-two rush up ice. Kopitar made it a one-goal game by blasting home a point shot with 55 seconds remaining in regulation but it was too little, too late.

Brown iced the game with a empty-net goal two seconds from the final buzzer.

Keeping with a theme of the series, the Oilers cued up a comeback for the fourth consecutive game.

Twice the Kings staked a lead and twice the Oilers drew even in a wild opening stretch. Byfield opened the scoring 79 seconds into the clash with a breakaway tally, only to see Henrique respond at the 3:04 mark by deflecting Brown's shot.

Clarke again put the Kings ahead 33 seconds later with a shot off the rush, but Nugent-Hopkins lifted a shot from the left circle at 5:55 for a power-play goal.

Valeri Nichushkin had two goals while MacKinnon and Cale Makar had a goal and two assists each for Colorado, which leveled the best-of-seven set at three wins apiece. Martin Necas logged a goal and an assist, and Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson also scored. Brock Nelson and Gabriel Landeskog each logged two assists.

Mackenzie Blackwood had 22 saves for the Avalanche, who will play Game 7 at Dallas on Saturday.

Jake Oettinger finished with 41 saves for the Stars. Roope Hintz had two goals and two assists, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and three assists and Mikael Granlund also scored.

Colorado trailed 4-3 before Nichushkin tied the game by knocking home the rebound of a Landeskog shot at 6:02 of the third period.

Three minutes later, MacKinnon carried the puck down the left boards and slid a backhander to the front of the net. Dallas' Sam Steel tried to clear the puck to the boards, but it bounced off teammate Colin Blackwell's right shoulder and fluttered by Oettinger at 9:04.

Oettinger went off for an extra skater with 2:31 left, and Manson and Makar scored empty-net goals in the final 1:16.

Colorado took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission after goals by Nichushkin at 6:29 and Lehkonen at 18:40.

Hintz made it 2-1 on a power play at 1:18 of the second, and Granlund tied it when he roofed the puck over Blackwood at 3:41.

Necas gave Colorado the lead again when he tipped in a pass from Makar at 4:34 of the middle period, but Hintz tied it again when he beat Blackwood with a shot to the far post at 7:51.

Rantanen gave the Stars their first lead with a wrister from the slot at 18:35 of the second.

Stars defenseman Lian Bichel appeared to lose an edge as he battled Jack Drury and slid hard into the boards 2:18 into the second period. He was down on the ice for several minutes before getting up and skating slowly to the Dallas bench. Bichel didn't play again the second period but took six shifts in the third.

Shea Theodore and Mark Stone also finished with a goal and an assist for Vegas, which won the best-of-seven series in six games. Brayden McNabb collected a pair of assists.

The Golden Knights advanced to the semifinals for the second time in three seasons. They won the Stanley Cup title in 2023 but were bounced out of the first round last season.

Ryan Hartman scored both goals for Minnesota, which hasn't won a playoff series since the 2014-15 season.

Vegas goaltender Adin Hill stopped 29 of 31 shots to earn the victory.

Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves on 23 shots.

Vegas opened the scoring on the power play 3:30 into the first period. Theodore handled the puck in the high slot and ripped a wrist shot through traffic and into the back of the net.

The sequence marked Theodore's second goal in the past three games of the series. The 29-year-old defenseman finished with seven goals in 67 games during the regular season.

The Wild pulled even on Hartman's goal with less than four seconds left in the first. Marcus Foligno had the puck along the boards and slid a pass to Hartman, who fired a one-timer from the high slot.

Eichel put the Golden Knights back on top 2-1 with 3:48 remaining in the second. He sprinted toward the net on a breakaway and turned to his forehand for a shot that zipped past Gustavsson's glove side.

Vegas made it 3-1 with 3:58 left in the third. Stone stood near the front of the crease and batted a puck out of midair and into the net.

Thirty-one seconds later, the Wild responded to trim the deficit to 3-2. Hartman recorded his second goal of the game as he came from behind the net and stuffed the puck across the goal line.

The Penguins parted ways with the 10-year coach on April 28, nine days after the Rangers dismissed coach Peter Laviolette. Both teams missed the playoffs as the postseason drought for the Penguins reached three consecutive campaigns.

The Rangers, a preseason favorite in the Eastern Conference, missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2020-21 season. Their next coach will be the 38th in franchise history.

Sullivan spent four seasons (2009-13) as an assistant coach for the Rangers, serving under John Tortorella. The two could work together again, as Tortorella left his post as coach of the Philadelphia Flyers late this season. The duo served on the staff of Team USA in the recent 4 Nations Face-Off.

Sullivan, a Marshfield, Mass., native, served as the head coach of the Boston Bruins for the 2003-04 and 2005-06 seasons and was hired by the Penguins midway through the 2015-16 season. His first two squads in Pittsburgh finished second in the Metropolitan Division, but went on to capture the Stanley Cup each time, defeating the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators, respectively.

Sullivan is 21 wins shy of 500 in his 12-year career, with a mark of 479-311-112. He is the winningest coach in Penguins' history with 409.

The 36-year-old forward, who missed the last two months of the regular season and first two games of the postseason with an undisclosed injury, helped the Maple Leafs overcome giving away a 2-0 advantage with his game-winning goal and an assist. Toronto's William Nylander celebrated his 29th birthday with two goals and an assist, and Auston Matthews also scored.

Goalie Anthony Stolarz stopped 20 shots for the Maple Leafs, who closed out the best-of-seven series and advanced to face the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in the next round.

Brady Tkachuk and David Perron scored for Ottawa, with Thomas Chabot assisting on both. Linus Ullmark finished with 19 saves.

After being blanked 4-0 at home on Tuesday, the Maple Leafs came out as the aggressors on Thursday, and then they took the game back late to advance to the second round of the playoffs for just the third time since 2004.

Toronto jumped ahead thanks to a couple Senators mistakes. Tkachuk was called for interference with 1:59 left in the first period after hitting Brandon Carlo at center ice.

Matthews responded with a goal on a sliding shot from the point that found the narrow gap between the post and Ullmark's skate with 1:10 remaining in the opening period. Mitch Marner and Nylander got the assists.

Nylander doubled the lead in the opening minute of the second by taking advantage of a turnover Pacioretty caused on Nick Jensen at the blue line.

Tkachuk got one back for the Senators with 12:32 left in the second. Ottawa won the faceoff after an icing call against the Leafs. The Senators captain managed a midair tip of Chabot's shot from the left point that got past Stolarz.

Perron equalized on a goal that bounced in off Stolarz's back with 7:20 left in regulation. However, Toronto's oldest active player put his team back up less than two minutes later when the Senators failed to clear the puck after a Toronto two-on-one attack.

Nylander's empty-netter with 19 seconds left ensured the Maple Leafs' victory.

Mark Scheifele was injured in the first period of a 5-3 win by Winnipeg in Game 5 on Wednesday. He took a thunderous hit from Blues center Brayden Schenn about six minutes into the game, resulting in an interference penalty on Schenn, followed by matching roughing penalties on Schenn and Brandon Tanev of the Jets.

Scheifele finished out the first period but did not return for the second. He is considered day-to-day.

The top-line center was second on the Jets in goals (39) and points (87) during the regular season and has six points (two goals, four assists) in five playoff games.

Teams are especially guarded with their injury information during the postseason, and Jets coach Scott Arniel was no exception. When asked Thursday if Scheifele was in concussion protocol, Arniel said, "I'm not going down that road."

Vladislav Namestnikov took Scheifele's place on the top line in Game 5 and produced a goal and an assist in the second period.

"It's not one guy that needs to fill the shoes of Mark. It needs to be everybody," Jets forward Kyle Connor said. "Vladdy, he's been great for the whole series, and a couple chances here or there and he could have some better results. You see it (in Game 5). He drives hard to the net, plays all hard areas very well, defends well and, obviously, is a key contributor on two of those goals."

The Blues are hoping a return to St. Louis will provide the same boost it did for Games 3 and 4.

St. Louis dropped two close games in Winnipeg to start the series, then erupted for 7-2 and 5-1 wins back home.

"They got the better of us (in Game 5), but we've got Game 6 at home and a job to do," St. Louis defenseman Justin Faulk said.

The Blues will undoubtedly attempt to put more pucks on net. They had just nine shots on goal through the first two periods of Game 5, hurting their odds of getting one past Connor Hellebuyck, the likely Vezina Trophy winner this season.

St. Louis coach Jim Montgomery said the team also needs to play more connected, support the puck better, get back on defense quicker and forecheck harder.

"It's every facet, but you know what, it's a series. It's going to happen," Montgomery said. "Unfortunately, we're not happy about it, but we're onto the next one. It's as simple as that. We've got to forget about it. We're in a series."

The Jets hope to continue defending well, forechecking with intent and getting in the eye line of St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington.

"Obviously, now we put ourselves in the driver's seat to go to St. Louis," Jets forward Mason Appleton said. "Hopefully, we close this series out, but we know how good they are at home and what we have to do. That was our best game of the series (in Game 5), and we've got to duplicate that."

Scheifele absorbed a couple big hits during the first period of Winnipeg's 5-3 win in Game 5 on Wednesday. The Jets hold a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.

"I'm not going down that road," Arniel said Thursday when asked if Scheifele was in concussion protocol. The coach said he is considered day-to-day.

Scheifele, 32, was second on the Jets in goals (37) and points (87) during the regular season. He has six points (two goals, four assists) in five playoff games.

Vladislav Namestnikov replaced Scheifele on the top line to start the second period on Wednesday.

An original member of the Flyers, Van Impe wore the "C" from 1968-69 until ceding the role to rising star Bobby Clarke during the 1972-73 season. The Saskatchewan-born defenseman helped Philadelphia capture back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1973-74 and 1974-75.

"Ed was an invaluable leader on the blue line, known for his determined play and hard-hitting style that helped the Broad Street Bullies captivate a city and its fans," the Flyers said in a statement. "He will always hold a special place in the hearts of the Flyers organization. We offer our deepest condolences to his teammates, who had the privilege to play beside him, and his family and friends who were close to him during his difficult time."

After arriving from the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1967 expansion draft, Van Impe spent nine seasons with the Flyers before finishing his NHL career with Pittsburgh.

Van Impe played a pivotal role when the Flyers hosted the Soviet Union's Red Army team at the Spectrum on Jan. 11, 1976. He delivered a huge hit to Russian star Valeri Kharlamov in the first period, prompting the Soviets to leave the ice in protest. They eventually returned but Philadelphia skated to a 4-1 victory.

A three-time All-Star, Van Impe recorded 153 points (27 goals, 126 assists) with 1,024 penalty minutes in 703 games for the Blackhawks (1966-67), Flyers (1967-76) and Penguins (1976). He was inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame in 1993.