Sharks pull even with Kings | The Salt Lake Tribune

NHL playoffs • Home dominance continues in the second-round series.

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San Jose, Calif. • Brent Burns helped San Jose jump off to a fast start with his second goal of the postseason and the Sharks tied their second-round series against Los Angeles at two games with a 2-1 victory over the Kings in Game 4 on Tuesday night.

Logan Couture followed up his overtime game-winner in Game 3 with his fifth power-play goal of the playoffs to add to the lead and Antti Niemi made 22 saves as the Sharks matched the Kings' two home wins to open the series with two of their own.

Mike Richards scored a power-play goal and Jonathan Quick made 21 saves for the Kings, who have lost 10 of 11 road games dating to the end of the regular season.

Game 5 is Thursday night in Los Angeles when the Sharks will look to end a streak of four straight wins by the home team in this series.

After falling behind 2-0, the Kings showed some fight in a dominant third period. They got on the scoreboard on a power play when Burns was sent off for boarding Anze Kopitar.

Los Angeles wore down San Jose's penalty killers in the offensive zone and scored when Richards knocked in a rebound of Jeff Carter's shot.

The Kings outshot the Sharks 14-2 in the third period, holding San Jose without a shot for nearly 13 minutes but couldn't get the equalizer against Niemi.

Couture gave the Sharks a 2-0 lead early in the second period, deflecting a point shot by Dan Boyle past Quick while Colin Fraser was in the penalty box for roughing Andrew Desjardins in the offensive zone.

Bruins 2, Rangers 1 • At New York, Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and Boston put New York on the brink of elimination with a victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Boston leads the best-of-seven series 3-0 and can advance to the conference finals as early as Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Only three teams in NHL history have rallied from an 0-3 hole to advance.

The Bruins trailed 1-0 heading into the third, but defenseman Johnny Boychuk tied it at 3:10 of the period with his fourth of the playoffs. The Rangers hadn't lost in regulation when leading after two periods since Feb. 4, 2010. —

Playoff schedule

Tuesday

• Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1

Boston leads series 3-0

• San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1

Series tied 2-2

Wednesday

• Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m., NBCSN

Pittsburgh leads series 2-1