WILD WIN IN OVERTIME

Joel Eriksson Ek scored 3:20 into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 1-0 win against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of their first-round, best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas.

Teammate Jordan Greenway handled the puck behind the Vegas net and passed it to the slot, off Marcus Foligno’s stick and to Eriksson Ek. His wrist shot deflected off Golden Knights defenceman Alec Martinez and in.

Cam Talbot made 42 saves for the Wild, who finished third in the West Division. Talbot has five post-season shutouts in his NHL career.

Marc-andre Fleury made 29 saves for Vegas, which finished second in the West.

Fleury was trying for his 16th post-season shutout, which would have moved him into a tie for third with Curtis Joseph on the all-time NHL list.

Game 2 is on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.

Vegas dominated the offensive end in the first period, outshooting the Wild 19-5. William Karlsson hit the crossbar on the second power play for the Golden Knights.

Minnesota also blocked 11 shots in the first period, and both teams combined for 48 hits.

ISLANDERS 4, PENGUINS 3 (OT)

Kyle Palmieri’s second goal of the game at 16:30 of overtime lifted the visiting New York Islanders to a win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday in Game 1 of an East Division playoff series.

Palmieri, from a sharp angle, beat Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry with a high shot.

Jean-gabriel Pageau added a goal and two assists and Brock Nelson also scored for the Islanders.

New York goaltender Ilya Sorokin made 39 saves in his NHL playoff debut. No. 1 goaltender Semyon Varlamov was injured last week but had been expected to be available.

Frederick Gaudreau, captain Sidney Crosby and Kasperi Kapanen scored for the Penguins. Jarry made 37 saves.

Pittsburgh played without centre Evgeni Malkin, who was able to practice last week after tweaking something in the final regular-season game.

New York took a 1-0 lead on Palmieri’s first goal at 7:58 of the first period.

Gaudreau tied it at 11:10 of the first period..

Crosby’s goal gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead at 3:47 of the second.

That gave Crosby 190 career playoff points, tying him with Brett Hull for seventh all-time in playoff scoring.