MONTREAL (AP) - Steven Stamkos scored his first goal of the playoffs and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 on Sunday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Nikita Kucherov scored twice on power plays, Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman and J.T. Brown added goals, and Ben Bishop made 27 saves for the Lightning.
Jeff Petry and Tom Gilbert scored for Montreal. Carey Price allowed the most goals he has all season, finishing with 18 saves.
Game 3 is Wednesday night at Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay went 4 for 8 on the power play, and Montreal was 0 for 3.
Filppula and Hedman also scored with the man advantage as Tampa Bay got its first power-play goals since Game 2 of its seven-game opening series against Detroit.
Montreal is 1 for 26 with the man advantage in the playoffs.
FLAMES-DUCKS
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Frederik Andersen made 30 saves in his first career postseason shutout, Matt Beleskey scored in the first period and Anaheim remained unbeaten in the playoffs with a 3-0 victory over Calgary in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Hampus Lindholm scored his first career playoff goal with 8:45 to play for the Ducks, who have followed up their first-round sweep of Winnipeg with two solid victories over the upstart Flames.
Nate Thompson added an empty-net goal as Anaheim won six straight playoff games for the first time since 2006.
Although Calgary showed more fight after the Ducks' 6-1 win in the opener, the Ducks methodically moved halfway to their first Western Conference finals since 2007, Anaheim's only championship year.
Game 3 is Tuesday night in Calgary.
BLACKHAWKS 4, WILD 1
CHICAGO (AP) - Patrick Kane scored two goals, Corey Crawford made 30 saves and Chicago beat Minnesota Wild to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
Patrick Sharp had a goal and an assist to help Chicago improve to 5-0 at home in the playoffs. Jonathan Toews also scored in the second after a big play by Marian Hossa.
Defenseman Matt Dumba scored for Minnesota, and Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves. The Wild are winless in eight postseason games at Chicago.
Game 3 is Tuesday night in Minnesota.