Jonathan Toews scored two goals in the opening minutes, Corey Crawford made 35 saves and Chicago roared into the Stanley Cup finals with a 5-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night, according to an ESPN.com report.

The Lightning will play for the Stanley Cup, winning their third straight game at Madison Square Garden 2-0 on Friday night to beat the Rangers in the Eastern Conference finals in seven games, according to an ESPN.com report.

Antoine Vermette scored at 5:37 of the second overtime, and the Blackhawks beat the Ducks 5-4 on Saturday night to tie the Western Conference finals at two games apiece, according to an ESPN.com report.

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist reverted to his reliable ways after two subpar performances, and Rick Nash and Martin St. Louis emerged from playoff scoring droughts Friday night to help the Rangers shut down the Lightning 5-1 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Lundqvist stopped 38 shots after allowing 12 goals while losing the previous two games as New York evened the best-of-7 series 2-2 heading back home for Game 5 on Sunday night.

Frederik Andersen made 27 saves, helping Anaheim kill off five power plays, and the Ducks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Thursday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.

The Lightning answered every challenge from the Rangers before taking control of the Eastern Conference finals on Nikita Kucherov's overtime goal.

Kucherov delivered his second winner of the playoffs 3:33 into the extra period Wednesday night, giving his team a 6-5 win and 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series that continues Friday night.

The Blackhawks captured a 3-2 triple-overtime win over the Ducks in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals at the Honda Center on Tuesday night.

Blackhawks forward Marcus Kruger scored the game-winning goal at 16:12 of the third overtime. 

Tyler Johnson scored short-handed, even strength and on the power play in tallying the first hat trick in Lightning playoff history and Tampa Bay got its high-scoring offense in gear and evened the Eastern Conference finals with a 6-2 win over the Rangers on Monday night.

Penguins star Sidney Crosby led Canada to its first hockey world championship title since 2007 on Sunday with a goal and an assist in a dominant 6-1 victory over defending champion Russia in the final, according to an ESPN.com report.

Hampus Lindholm, Nate Thompson, and Jakob Silfyerberg each had a goal and an assist, and the Ducks opened the Western Conference finals with a 4-1 win over the Blackhawks on Sunday, according to an ESPN.com report.