2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs Results: April 18th

Welcome to Full Press Hockey‘s 2023 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs coverage. Each day during this first round we give you results of playoff games, along with an analysis. The playoffs start on Monday April 17th. Be sure to stay current with all the action right here.

2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Results

NHL Playoff Schedule For April 18, 2023:

MATCHUP		TIME	TV
New York East 1st Round – Game 1, Series starts 4/18	@  New Jersey	4:00 PM	TBS
Tampa Bay East 1st Round – Game 1, Series starts 4/18	@  Toronto	4:30 PM
Winnipeg West 1st Round – Game 1, Series starts 4/18	@  Vegas	6:30 PM
Seattle West 1st Round – Game 1, Series starts 4/18	@  Colorado	7:00 PM

NHL Playoffs Scores for April 18, 2023:

RANGERS LEAD SERIES 1-0

LIGHTNING LEAD SERIES 1-0

JETS LEAD SERIES 1-0

KRAKEN LEAD SERIES 1-0

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New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils

 Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves, Chris Kreider scored two power-play goals and the New York Rangers stunned the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.

Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan Lindgren and Filip Chytil also scored for the Rangers. Adam Fox had four assists and Artemi Panarin had two in this seventh renewal of this river rivalry in the postseason, the first since 2012.

The Devils, who set franchise records with 112 points and 52 wins in the regular season and beat New York three times in four games, never got their rush game going. When they did threaten, they either missed the net or Shesterkin denied them.

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Brayden Point scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning routed the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 on Tuesday night in the opening game of the team’s first-round playoff series.

Nikita Kucherov and Corey Perry each had a goal and two assists, and Anthony Cirelli and Ross Colton finished with a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored for the Lightning, who scored four goals on the power play. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves in his 100th playoff start.

Ryan O’Reilly, William Nylander and Calle Jarnkrok scored for Toronto. Mitch Marner had three assists and Auston Matthews added a pair. Ilya Samsonov allowed six goals on 29 shots before being replaced by Joseph Woll at the start of the third period. The rookie netminder finished with four stops.

Winnipeg Jets vs Vegas Golden Knights

Adam Lowry scored two goals and Blake Wheeler had a goal and two assists Tuesday night as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-1 in Game 1 of their first-round series.

Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist, Kyle Connor also scored, and Nino Niederreiter had two assists for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck made 16 saves on a night in which the Jets’ defense allowed him to have a fairly stress-free game.

William Karlsson scored for the Golden Knights, who suffered their first regulation loss in nine games. It also was the first regulation loss for Vegas goalie Laurent Brossoit, who went 7-0-3 in the regular season. He stopped 26 shots.

Seattle Kraken vs Colorado Avalanche

 Alexander Wennberg had a goal and an assist, Philipp Grubauer stopped 34 shots and the Seattle Kraken made a successful playoff debut by beating the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Tuesday night.

The second-year Kraken became the 13th expansion franchise to earn a win in their first postseason game, according to NHL Stats. Eeli Tolvanen scored the first playoff goal in team history early in the first period, and Morgan Geekie sealed it with a tally in the third.

Mikko Rantanen had the lone goal for the Avalanche, who saw their streak of 10 straight first-round wins come to a halt. It was a string that included two sweeps and dated to 2020.