Ducks tops Predators, even West series 2-2

Nate Thompson and Jamie McGinn scored 1 minute, 52 seconds apart late in the second period to help the Anaheim Ducks defeat the Predators 4-1 in Nashville on Thursday to even the Western Conference first-round series 2-2.

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Ben Bishop stopped 34 shots and Alex Killorn scored with 1:43 left as host Tampa Bay beat Detroit to win the Eastern Conference series 4-1.

Evgeni Malkin had two goals and two assists as visiting Pittsburgh took a 3-1 lead over New York in the East series.

Philadelphia’s Scott Laughton, taken off the ice on a stretcher Wednesday after crashing into the boards, was released from a hospital but won’t travel to Washington for Game 5 of the East series.