After teasing their excited fans with Game 1 victories, both the Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets were playoff losers at home last night.

The Colorado Avalanche rolled the Jets 5-2, while the Nashville Predators pounced on the Canucks 4-1.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 two other playoff teams, the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs, will try not to let their fans down tonight.

The Oilers, fresh off a 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, will be aiming to go up 2-0 at Rogers Place, while the Leafs, who earned a split in Boston, will be aiming to take a 2-1 lead over the Bruins at Scotiabank Arena.

Here are five things to know about the NHL playoffs:

PANTHER BOB ROBS BOLTS

He made a superb save with his mask and then a better one with his arm off a no-look dive without his stick. Thanks to those now-trending highlight-reel moments, the Florida PanthersB次元官网网址� 35-year-old netminder Sergei Bobrovsky became a household name for hockey fans in the Sunshine State.

The Panthers, who beat the rival Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in overtime last night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round series, couldnB次元官网网址檛 say enough good things about B次元官网网址淏obB次元官网网址� after Carter Verhaeghe beat BoltsB次元官网网址� goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy at 2:59 of overtime.

HATS OFF TO OILERSB次元官网网址� OFFENCE

Besides shopping for new hats yesterday, Edmonton hockey fans were still giddy about Connor McDavidB次元官网网址檚 five assists in the OilersB次元官网网址� 7-4 Game 1 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Kings.

After becoming the fourth player in NHL history to reach the 100-assist mark in a season B次元官网网址� and the first since Wayne Gretzky got 122 helpers in 1990-91 B次元官网网址� the OilersB次元官网网址� captain joined Gretzky on another short list. McDavid became the fourth skater to post five assists in his teamB次元官网网址檚 opening game of a playoff year, following Stan Mikita (1973), Geoff Courtnall (1998) and Gretzky (1981).

THE HURTING GAME

Defences around the NHL playoffs have been depleted by existing and new injuries, from Tampa BayB次元官网网址檚 Mikhail Sergachev and ColoradoB次元官网网址檚 Samuel Girard being out long term, to CarolinaB次元官网网址檚 Brett Pesce going down Monday night, the CanucksB次元官网网址� Tyler Myers unable to play last night, and Washington being down to minor leaguers to fill in.

Heading into last nightB次元官网网址檚 action, there had already been 70 goals scored in the first 10 games. ThatB次元官网网址檚 a product of not just hot offence sparked by some of the leagueB次元官网网址檚 top players, but defensive struggles to keep the puck out of the net.

TUNED IN TO WHITE-HOUSE NORTH

ESPN2 was pretty stoked with its numbers from the Winnipeg JetsB次元官网网址� 7-6 victory over the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, according to Greg Wyshynski, the senior NHL writer for ESPN.

Game 1 of the best-of-seven at Canada Life Centre was the most-viewed first-round NHL playoff game in the networkB次元官网网址檚 history B次元官网网址� and the third-most viewed Game 1 of a first-round playoff series in the history of U.S. cable TV, averaging 1.1 million viewers south of the border and peaking at 1.4 million.

PETER AND THE POWER RANGERS

New York RangersB次元官网网址� bench boss Peter Laviolette has coached in 156 playoff games, with six different NHL teams.

But last nightB次元官网网址檚 4-3 win at Madison Square Garden over the Washington Capitals marked the first time heB次元官网网址檚 won the first two playoff games with a new team. The PresidentsB次元官网网址� Trophy-winning Rangers won Game 1 of the series against the wild-card Caps 4-1.

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