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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series.

Skjei’s shot from the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with the puck zipping past Igor Shesterkin to catch the post and bang into the net. That was Carolina’s first goal with the man advantage in 17 attempts in the series, and it finally pushed Carolina ahead for good on a night when the Hurricanes squandered a two-goal lead.

No matter, though. The Hurricanes survived to fight another day in the NHL playoffs.

The Rangers get another closeout chance Monday night with the 3-1 lead when the series returns to Madison Square Garden for Game 5.

Elsewhere in the NHL on Saturday:

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STARS 4 AVALANCHE 1

DENVER (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and added an empty-netter in the third, and Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made it all hold up, powering them to a 4-1 win over Colorado for a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference second-round series.

The Avs pulled goaltender Alexander Georgiev with just under two minutes remaining and Seguin scored an empty-netter with 1:37 to go to make it 3-1, and Logan Stankoven, who scored Dallas’s first goal, added a second empty-netter at with 28 seconds remaining.

With their second straight win, the Stars regained home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven series by throttling Colorado’s high-powered offence that entered the night having averaging five goals a game in these playoffs, where they hadn’t scored fewer than three goals in a game.

Game 4 is Monday night at Ball Arena, where the Avalanche are now 33-10-1, including 2-1 in the playoffs.

• There are two playoff games in the N-H-L today, including one in Edmonton where the Oilers host the Vancouver Canucks in the third game of their second-round, best-of-seven series. The series is tied 1-1. The Boston Bruins, trailing Florida 2-1 in their series, host the Panthers at T-D Garden. The Panthers have outscored the Bruins 12-3 in the past two games.

CENTENNIAL CUP in Oakville, ON

Saturday Scores:
Melfort 6 Winkler 5
Calgary 5 Longeuil 1
Oakville 5 Sioux Lookout 5-2

Sunday Sked:
Navan vs Sudbury
Sioux Lookout vs Miramachi

MLB

Vladimir Guerrero Junior had four hits and drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied past the Minnesota Twins 10-8. The Blue Jays reeled off seven unanswered runs in today’s comeback. Danny Jansen had a two-run homer, while Bo Bichette and Davis Schneider each had a solo shot in Toronto’s offensive surge.

NBA

DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 22 points, including a running left-hander in the lane in the final minute to help Dallas hold on, and the Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-101 on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in the NBA’s best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Jaylen Brown added 28 and Boston looked more like themselves after stumbling at home, beating Cleveland 106-93 in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals.