The Minnesota Wild avoided a sweep of their Western Conference first-round series and come home primed to put more pressure on the St. Louis Blues when the teams meet for Game 5 on Saturday afternoon. The Wild, who managed three goals in losing the first three games of the series, blanked the Blues 2-0 in Game 4 as Devan Dubnyk turned aside 28 shots.

Madison Square Garden had been a postseason house of horrors for the New York Rangers until they ended a six-game playoff drought at home in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round series. Now, after following that up with a victory in Montreal on Thursday, New York has a chance to eliminate the Canadiens in Game 6 on Saturday night.

The Edmonton Oilers appeared to be on their way to the brink of elimination until David Desharnais received a chance to display his talent. Edmonton now has a chance to advance past the first round when it visits the San Jose Sharks on Saturday for Game 6 of their Western Conference series.