LIGHTING 5, PANTHERS 1

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots and Tampa Bay came back to beat Florida to cut its deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

Tampa Bay’s offense finally came alive, with goals from Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point, Nick Paul and Luke Glendening. Anthony Cirelli added an empty-netter with five minutes left.

Paul gave the Lightning their first lead of the series when he slipped a shot just inside the pad of Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky in the second period. Guentzel made it a two-goal lead just 21 seconds into the third before the Lightning pulled away later in the period.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, WILD 3, OT

Ivan Barbashev scored at 17:26 of overtime and Vegas beat Minnesota to even their first-round playoff series.

Nicolas Roy and Tomas Hertl each had a goal and assist, and Shea Theodore also scored for Pacific Division champion Vegas. Adin Hill made 29 saves.

Marco Rossi, Marcus Foligno and Jared Spurgeon scored for Minnesota. Filip Gustavsson made 42 saves, including a pair of sprawling left pad saves of Reilly Smith’s attempts with 3:49 left in regulation.

Late in the extra period, Roy’s centering attempt deflected off Wild defenseman Jake Middleton and Barbashev knocked in the loose puck off a scramble in front.

It was his first goal of the playoffs after scoring 23 in the regular season.

SENATORS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3, OT

Defenseman Jake Sanderson scored on a long wrist shot from the left boards at 17:42 of overtime and Ottawa beat Toronto to force a fifth game in the first-round series.

Sanderson kept the puck in at the blue line and fired the wrist shot that sailed through traffic and past goalie Anthony Stolarz.

The teams needed extra time for the third straight game, with Ottawa finally breaking though after 3-2 OT losses in Games 2 and 3. Toronto missed a chance for its first sweep since beating Ottawa in the 2001 first round.