Devils down Rangers, Kraken beat Avalanche to each even series 2-2

Jonas Siegenthaler scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, Akira Schmid had 22 saves in another shutdown start and the visiting New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Monday night to even their first-round playoff series at two games apiece.

Jack Hughes and Ondrej Palat also scored for New Jersey, which got its second straight tight win at Madison Square Garden after a pair of lopsided losses at home.

Vincent Trocheck scored for the Rangers, and Igor Shesterkin stopped 20 shots. New York has totalled just two goals in the last two games after scoring five each in the first two.

Schmid, making his second straight start after Vitek Vanecek allowed nine goals on 52 shots in the first two games, was sensational again for the Devils. The 22-year-old has given up just two goals on 58 shots the last two games.

He had 10 saves in the first period, six in the second and six in the third of this one.

Trocheck tied the score at 1 at 1:42 of the third as he scored in front off a rebound of Chris Kreider's backhand attempt off a pass from Patrick Kane. It was Trocheck's first of the series and ninth career playoff goal.

Siegenthaler regained the lead for New Jersey at 8:22 as he got a cross-ice pass from Nico Hischier and fired a shot from the left circle that went under Shesterkin's glove and in off the right post.

Less than 30 seconds later, Hischier slid into the Rangers' goalie on a driving attempt. Both players were down briefly before getting up.

Vladimir Tarasenko got free down the left side and fired a shot that Schmid turned aside with a right pad save to keep the Rangers off the scoreboard about eight minutes into the second period.

Kraken 3, Avalanche 2 (OT)

As one of the originals from Seattle's difficult opening season, Jordan Eberle found himself joking with some of his teammates of Game 4 against the defending Stanley Cup champions of being the biggest game to date in the brief history of the Kraken.

It will forever be memorable for the Kraken. First overtime playoff game. First overtime playoff win. And an unexpectedly tied series headed back to Denver.

Eberle scored on the power play three minutes into overtime and the Seattle Kraken beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Monday night to even their best-of-7 series at 2-2.

Eberle collected a deflection and buried his first goal of the playoffs past Colorado goalie Alexandar Georgiev. Seattle was on the power play after Josh Manson was called for tripping on Jaden Schwartz on a breakaway attempt in the opening moments of OT.

"We've been kind of the underdog from day one and we're just trying to fight back in this series," Eberle said. "We still have a lot of work ahead of us."

But the Kraken will be shorthanded for Game 5 after Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said leading scorer Jared McCann won't play in Denver. McCann was injured on a questionable hit from Colorado's Cale Makar midway through the first period.

"Late hit, really late, no puck in play. Our 40-goal scorer not available for the rest of the game and is not going to be available going forward here," Hakstol said.

Will Borgen and Daniel Sprong scored in the first period to give Seattle a 2-0 lead. Mikko Rantanen scored twice in the second period for Colorado to pull even.

Rantanen now has five goals in four games, but the rest of Colorado's stars were held in check.

"You knew it was going to be tougher and tougher as the series goes on. Space is going to be less available, and you have to go earn every inch of ice," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. "We didn't do a good enough job early in the hockey game taking care of our side of the ice."