Canucks coach Rick Tocchet defended his decision not to use a coach's challenge to review the Predators' game-tying goal in Nashville's 2-1 Game 5 victory in Vancouver on Tuesday night.

At 7:15 of the third period, with Vancouver's Dakota Joshua in the box for boarding, Predators defenseman Roman Josi went hard to the Canucks net and made contact with goalie Arturs Silovs. The puck ended up behind Silovs, who scrambled to find it.

Both Vancouver forward Teddy Blueger and Nashville winger Gustav Nyquist crashed the crease, and the momentum pushed Silovs into the puck, forcing it over the goal line for a Nashville power-play score.

"I'm sure they took a look at it," said Josi, who scored his first goal of the playoffs. "I tried to go around the goalie. [The puck] just somehow laid there. I don't know what happened after. But I laid there, I saw that it went in. That's all that matters."

Nashville would score the game-winning goal 5:31 later on an Alexandre Carrier shot, cutting Vancouver's series lead to 3-2.

"If we're down 2-1, then maybe [I'd challenge]. But it's 50-50 at that point," Tocchet explained after the game. "We just looked at it. I don't know what the NHL would do on that one. I don't. So, if I don't know 100 percent ... it's a 1-1 game. We thought about it, but I thought it was 50-50, personally."

According to Scouting The Refs, the Canucks issued only one coach's challenge in the regular season for goalie interference.

If Tocchet guessed wrong and the goal stood after review, Vancouver would have been given a minor penalty for delay of game. But some fans felt it would have been worth the gamble in Game 5.

Until Josi's power-play goal on that scoring play, Nashville had one power-play goal on 18 opportunities.

"Our penalty kill did a great job until that goal on that weird play," Canucks forward J.T. Miller said.

The Predators avoided elimination, pushing the series to a Game 6 on Friday.

"I'm proud of the resiliency they showed," Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said. "They stuck with it. The message was that it might take forever but to keep pounding on the door. I think they did a really good job staying true to themselves."

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Mikko Rantanen scored his first two goals of the playoffs in the third period, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night that clinched their opening-round playoff series in five games.

Rantanen, who had an assist, scored twice in a span of just under four minutes early in the third period to snap a 3-3 tie.

Valeri Nichushkin, Yakov Trenin, Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson also scored for the Avalanche, who will play the winner of the series between the Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights.

"We definitely knew they were going to come out hard," Trenin said of the Jets. "We knew they had nothing to save it for."

Nathan MacKinnon and Devon Toews each had two assists, and Alexandar Georgiev made 33 saves for Colorado.

"Georgiev was outstanding all series," Trenin said. "I'm really proud of him, the way he just came back and shut up all of the haters."

Georgiev started all five games and bounced back from a Game 1 loss.

"We had great defense and I thought the first couple of periods were maybe a little too cautious," Georgiev said of Game 5. "But, in the third, we knew they'd try to open it up, and we scored a big goal, and just kept playing smart."

Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 26 shots.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Early goals from Miguel Rodríguez and Nelson Deossa were enough for host Pachuca to beat América 2-1 on Tuesday, completing a 3-2 aggregate victory in the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup.

The Mexican rivals played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the total-goal semifinal series last week at Estadio Azteca.

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Pachuca head to the June 2 final, where they will oppose either the reigning MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew or Monterrey. The Crew hold a 2-1 edge heading into the second leg of their semifinal series on Wednesday in Guadalupe, Mexico.

Pachuca jumped in front in the 12th minute on Tuesday. Salomón Rondón's long-range shot was blocked and skidded into the penalty area. Rodriguez reacted quickest and ran onto the rebound, then fired home a left-footed shot from 14 yards out.

Two minutes later, Pachuca doubled the lead. A counterattack down the right flank led to a shot by Érick Sánchez that was saved. Deossa followed up with a left-footed volley from the top of the box that found its way in through traffic.

A 23rd-minute header from America's Henry Martín off a cross from Alejandro Zendejas sliced the deficit in half.

The visitors' chances of a comeback were dimmed when Israel Reyes received a red card in the 90th minute for a foul on Deossa.

Pachuca is headed to the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, formerly known as the CONCACAF Champions League, for the sixth time, having never lost the title match.

After their Game 5 victory, Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brady Skjei noted the key difference between his team and the New York Islanders, the team it eliminated Tuesday night.

"Those lucky bounces went our way," he said after the Hurricanes' 6-3 win in Raleigh.

The Hurricanes' Jack Drury and Stefan Noesen scored eight seconds apart in the third period, the fastest two goals in a playoff game in franchise history. That broke their previous record of nine seconds between goals, which was set in the third period of Game 2 against the Islanders.

Drury's goal came on a deflected puck that the Islanders couldn't clear from their zone. Noesen scored eight seconds later on a bounce off the side boards that sailed directly to the Islanders' net.

"It sucks that we're done playing. It's just a tough way to lose a game like that," Islanders captain Anders Lee said. "We were grinding back. Stayed in the fight all night. We believed we were going to win this hockey game. And then two bounces like that. ... It's tough to swallow."

The five-game series was a tough, competitive matchup between the second and third seeds in the Metro Division. But after the Islanders won Game 4 in double-overtime to avoid elimination, the Hurricanes came out strong back at home to try to finish them off.

The Hurricanes built a 2-0 lead in the first 3:13 of the game on goals by Teuvo Teravainen and Andrei Svechnikov, whose power-play tally deflected off the stick of Islanders defenseman Robert Bortuzzo.

Mike Reilly's power-play goal just 41 seconds after Svechnikov's tally made it 2-1, but Carolina increased its lead again on a Evgeny Kuznetsov penalty shot goal that the Hurricanes earned when Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov covered the puck in the crease with his glove. Acquired at the trade deadline from the Capitals, Kuznetsov used his trademark slow-skating approach -- clocking in at 4 mph when he shot the puck -- to outlast goalie Semyon Varlamov.

"The closer he gets to the net, the more comfortable we feel," Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis said. "We know how nasty he is. He's done it to us a few times. To see it work for us in a moment like that is absolutely massive."

But the Islanders rallied in the second period. Brock Nelson scored at 3:47 when his shot deflected off the stick of Carolina defender Jalen Chatfield. They tied the game with 22 seconds left in the period as Casey Cizikas scored his first of the playoffs on a play that saw goalie Frederik Andersen lose his balance and fall near his right goalpost.

"We knew we let them crawl back into it in the second. You never want to do that, especially against a team like that. But we have so many good veterans that kept us calm. We didn't get flustered," said Jarvis, who would add an empty netter before the buzzer.

Then disaster struck for the Islanders in an eight-second span. Drury scored at 4:36 on a broken play in the offensive zone. Noesen scored eight seconds later on a terrible bounce for New York. Off the faceoff, defenseman Skjei fired the puck into the offensive zone. Varlamov went behind the net, anticipating the puck would reach him. Instead, it ricocheted off the side boards and slid toward the crease, where an alert Noesen tucked it home.

"The first one was just a bouncing puck that settled down for their guy on the weak side. The second goal, it's just a s---ty bounce. Not a whole lot you can do," Islanders winger Kyle Palmieri said. "It stings to get put down by two like that. But we battled back from down two earlier in the game. We knew we had our backs against the wall and we battles our asses off to try and find a way to try and win it."

Lee said he's proud of the fight the Islanders showed this season.

"At no point in this season or in this series did anyone take their foot off the gas and stop believing what we're doing," he said. "It's a tight series. We didn't get what we needed. Didn't get that extra bounce. They got two tonight."

The Hurricanes advance to face the New York Rangers in the second round. Coach Rod Brind'Amour said his team will have to improve its game after dispatching the Islanders.

"The Rangers are the best team in the league, right? We know what they're all about: just immense talent, coached really well, good goaltending. What don't they have?" he said. "We're going to have to play better if we expect to win."

A little more good puck luck wouldn't hurt, either.

"It's the playoffs. It's one play here or there that makes the difference in the game," Brind'Amour said. "Tonight we were the fortunate ones to get that bounce."

CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley stood just outside the 3-point line and shadowed Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner as he fought through a screen. Once Mobley was the primary defender, Wagner trudged his way downhill toward the basket.

With five seconds left in Game 5 and the Cavs up by two, Wagner went up with his right hand to lay it in. With Mobley's left hand, he tipped the ball away, securing what would be a 104-103 win for Cleveland and a 3-2 edge in the first-round playoff series.

"It was a big play," Mobley said. "The game was on the line. I just went for it. I knew he was going to go for the layup. So, went for it, got a clean block and we got the rebound. So, got us to win. I'm just trying to make game-winning plays and winning plays as much as possible, especially on the stretch. And I feel like I did a good job this game."

Game 6 will be in Orlando on Friday.

With Jarrett Allen out due to a right rib contusion, the Cavs also were without his 13.8 rebounds per game and his crucial interior defense. Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff was unsure if Allen's injury would cause him to miss any more games, and the Cleveland big man is being considered day-to-day.

Preaching its typical "by committee" approach, Cleveland wasn't expecting just one player to pick up all of Allen's slack. However, there was an understanding that Mobley would have to front a lot of the load.

"It was going to come down to the trenches," Bickerstaff said. "It was going to come down to who was going to be able to get a stop in the moment. Evan was phenomenal defensively -- challenging the ball, containing shots, forcing missed shots and rebounding."

The Magic shot just 1-of-6 with Mobley as the defender in the first half. He finished the game with 14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks -- including the one that won Cleveland the game.

Multiple members of the Cavaliers -- Bickerstaff, Mobley and Darius Garland -- all said they knew Wagner was going to try and finish his shot in the final seconds with his left hand. It's what he's done time and time again in this series to great success. What makes Wagner difficult to guard is his size, combined with his footwork and shiftiness.

But this time, Mobley wasn't going to allow that move to work.

"Just when you think you have [Mobley] beat, he's right back there," Donovan Mitchell said. "I told him in the locker room, it's the same thing he did to me before I got traded here in Utah. We were in a close game. I'm driving to the basket, I'm like, 'all right, I got a layup.' And next thing you know here he comes out of nowhere.

"I was able to tell him, 'yo, you don't understand how unique that is.' I've seen it with Rudy Gobert as well. But for him to be able to guard on the perimeter like that and then chase you down and get the switch and then chase you down and go block that, that's next level. So it was great to see that out of him. That's who he is. And we'll need it again."

While Cleveland was prepared to win the game in the trenches -- the saw way both their other wins have occurred this series -- they wanted to have a concerted effort to generate more offense, particularly 3-point shooting.

Mitchell finished with 28 points, but the first half was carried by Garland, who scored 17 of his 23 points in the first quarter.

"Shoot. Shoot. Shoot," Mitchell said of what his message was to Garland. "I don't give a damn. Shoot the ball. At the end of the day, go out swinging and there's a different spark we get when he's like that. You see it. I've set the tones in Games 1 and 2, but there's a different spark too when he's also continuing to go ... He's a guy that's [an] All-Star level player, caliber player, and he's just -- shoot the ball, be you, be aggressive. And that's what you see tonight."

Max Strus, who hasn't shot particularly well this series, finished with 16 points and hit four 3-pointers. Marcus Morris was inserted into the rotation and got 12 points off the bench.

It was Cleveland's most balanced attack of the series so far. It was also the first game this series that didn't end in a blowout and late-game execution was crucial.

Having this kind of game -- responding to Orlando's runs, having to play in crunch time and seeing a group effort lead to a win -- gives the Cavs confidence as they had back to Orlando for Game 6.

"The biggest thing is just the effort we had tonight," Mitchell said. "Understanding that those shots we hit, those runs we make, there's no loudness, there's nothing coming for us [Friday]. We got to stick together as a group. And I think going down there and knowing what's to come, knowing who they are down there as a team, we got to be locked in. We got to stay together. And I have no doubt we will."

NEW YORK -- After the New York Knicks completed a miraculous comeback in Game 2 of their epic first round series against the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden last week, Tyrese Maxey vowed to make up for his turnover and missed shot in the closing moments that helped cost his team that game.

Tuesday night, with Philadelphia's season seemingly over, Maxey not only made up for it -- he somehow did something even more absurd.

Thanks to his seven points in the final 28.9 seconds of regulation - back-to-back 3-pointers, the first of which he was fouled on by Mitchell Robinson, and made the ensuing free throw - the 76ers erased a six-point lead inside the final 30 seconds, and went on to claim a 112-106 overtime victory, and somehow sent this series back to Philadelphia for a Game 6.

"What was going through my mind was trying to survive," said Maxey, who had 46 points in 52 minutes. "Our season is on the line. I trust my work. I trust what I've done all my life, and I just tried to get to a spot, raise up and knock that shot down."

What made this game all the more remarkable -- in a series that's been chock full of wild moments and crazy momentum swings through five games -- is that it was the absolute inverse of what happened in Game 2, when the Knicks stormed back from down five inside the final 30 seconds to win the game in regulation.

Before these playoffs, there had been only three games in the last 25 years that had seen a team recover from a deficit of at least five points inside the final 30 seconds and win the game. But after Maxey's heroics Tuesday night, it's now happened twice in the same series in a 10-day span.

"Just a tough way to lose a ballgame," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. "We had a lead. We've got to play tougher with the lead. We fouled in a situation that we didn't want to foul in, and then Maxey makes a big shot.

"So, we've got to do better."

Just like it was for the 76ers in Game 2, for 47 minutes and 30 seconds, it seemed like the Knicks had done more than enough to close this series out, and advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. New York hasn't closed out a series on its home floor in 25 years - since Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals in 1999 - and hasn't won a series in back-to-back playoffs since advancing to the Eastern Conference finals in 2000.

And, when Deuce McBride hit a jumper with 28.9 seconds to go to put New York up by 6, Nick Nurse called a timeout and for the next three minutes the sellout crowd here was making so much noise the press box was actually shaking.

"It was tough," Nick Nurse told ESPN, when asked what the mood in the huddle was at the time. "Other than I just said, 'It's still a two possession game. We had a play called to try to get Tyrese a three, and they ran it.

Then, Nurse smiled.

"Everything was cool after that, right?"

One could say that.

Still even after all of the insanity inside those final 30 seconds - Maxey getting fouled by Mitchell Robinson on the three, and making the free throw; Josh Hart splitting a pair of free throws; Maxey pulling up from just inside halfcourt and burying a triple to tie the game; and then Jalen Brunson's potential game-winning shot being blocked by Nicolas Batum, causing Maxey to let out a roar as both teams trudged back to their benches -- there were still five minutes of overtime left to be played.

And while Brunson scored all nine points for New York in overtime, finishing with 40 points on 15-for-32 shooting in just under 51 minutes, it was the combination of Maxey and Embiid - who, despite finishing with the first triple-double of his playoff career was unhappy with his personal performance, made three big defensive plays in the final 90 seconds of overtime to close things out.

But on a night when Embiid -- who missed shootaround with a migraine, is playing through Bell's palsy, a neurological condition that's impacted the left side of his face, and still getting back on his feet after returning from knee surgery earlier this month -- shot 7-for-19 from the field and had nine turnovers in what he called a "terrible" performance, he said he was thrilled Maxey could step up and deliver Philadelphia a win.

"Tonight, obviously based on the circumstances and knowing what was needed, based on what was happening and me not being able to be myself, he just had to do it," said Embiid, who finished with 19 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists and four blocked shots, "and he did it. That's why he is such an amazing basketball player."

Both teams will now spend the next 48 hours preparing themselves for Game 6 Thursday night back in South Philly, after three Knicks eclipsed 50 minutes Tuesday and four 76ers played at least 47.

And after Philadelphia bounced back from its demoralizing loss in Game 2 by having Embiid go for 50 in Game 3, both teams also know that in a series that, through five games, has seen Philadelphia outscore New York by a grand total of two points, there is bound to be another tense, taut finish in that one.

"it sounds cliche but, like, I'm trying to flush the game," Maxey said. "I know what we have to do in 48 hours, and we can't let this roll over. We have to watch this like a whole new game. Our season is back on the line again come Thursday."

Connor Bedard, Brock Faber and Luke Hughes are this year's finalists for the Calder Trophy, the NHL announced Tuesday.

The Calder Trophy is awarded to "the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition" and is determined through voting by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Bedard, who was the first pick of the 2023 NHL draft, has long been considered to be the league's next great generational talent. His first season with the Chicago Blackhawks only added to those expectations, as the 18-year-old showed he could handle the demands of playing as a top-line center, tying for the team lead with 22 goals in 68 games and leading the Blackhawks with 39 assists and 61 points.

Despite missing 14 games with a fractured jaw, Bedard led all rookies in goals, points and was tied for first in assists.

Faber, who was a second-round pick in 2020, played his first full season for his hometown Minnesota Wild. Already in a top-four role, the 21-year-old defenseman took on additional importance as the team was battling injuries on the back end.

Faber finished with 8 goals, 39 assists and 47 points while averaging just under 25 minutes of ice time -- leading all first-year players as well as the Wild -- over 82 games. He finished tied with Bedard for the most rookie assists and was tied for second in points.

Hughes, a first-round pick by the New Jersey Devils in 2021, also played his first full campaign this season. The 20-year-old defenseman's role continually grew throughout the season as he finished with 9 goals, 38 assists, 47 points and averaged 21:28 of ice time over 82 games. Hughes led all rookies in power-play points, was tied for second in points with Faber, finished third in assists and was second in ice time among newcomers with more than 20 games.

Hughes also led the Devils in ice time while finishing fifth on the team in points.

Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel has said it's "important we believe" after Real Madrid got the edge in their Champions League semifinal with a 2-2 draw at the Allianz Arena.

The Spanish giants will head back to Madrid for the second leg as favourites to reach the final, but Tuchel insists the tie remains wide open ahead of the game at the Bernabeu next week.

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"It's important we believe," said Tuchel. "Of course it's possible [to win in Madrid]. It's still a 50-50 match and I think we will be able to great chances there. The goal is absolutely clear, we need to win.

"We need to be brave and full of confidence and very clinical in our game."

Afterwards, Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti claimed his team were not at their best despite watching Vinícius Júnior score two vital goals either side of half-time.

Bayern went 2-1 up with quick goals after half-time, but Tuchel was left frustrated at what he believed were a number of missed chances to score a third.

"The result is the result, it doesn't make any sense to discuss to spend much time about it," he said. "Real Madrid have done it before, scoring two goals out of two chances. We are not first team to which it happens. They are clinical and have the patience to wait for it. Real Madrid does this to teams so we should not be disappointed for too long.

"We could have scored a third but we weren't clinical enough. We had enough chances to score the third and committed some errors. The situation is clear, we go there and the winner takes it all."

Tuchel also repeated his pre-match predication that Serge Gnabry will score against Real Madrid. Gnabry was named on the bench for the first leg and only played the final 10 minute.

But asked again about his claim, Tuchel said the forward will score in Madrid: "We have the second half in the Bernabeu and he will score."

Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain face each other in the other semifinal on Wednesday.

MUNICH, Germany -- When manager Thomas Tuchel was asked this week to assess Bayern Munich's challenge against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League semifinal he paused for a second before explaining they would not just be facing a team, but also a "myth."

The Spanish giants have been so successful in Europe's premier club tournament, he said, that it couldn't simply be a case of talent and experience, but also something almost supernatural. Whatever it is that takes over Real Madrid in this competition was in evidence again at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday.

On a night of fine margins, Bayern edged the game by nearly every statistical measure. But yet when the second leg kicks off at the Santiago Bernabeu in eight days' time, it will be Real Madrid in pole position to reach the final at Wembley in June thanks to a 2-2 draw secured in Munich. There's no other team in the world that knows how to get over the line like Real Madrid in the Champions League and from here it would be a surprise if they didn't finish the job in Spain next week and give themselves a chance of a record-extending 15th title.

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Afterwards, Tuchel was left frustrated, but he's seen it all before. "Real Madrid have done it before, scoring two goals out of two chances," he said in his post-match news conference.

"We are not the first team to which it happens. They are clinical and have the patience to wait for it. Real Madrid does this to teams so we should not be disappointed for too long."

Delicately poised, this tie is not over and Bayern still have 90 minutes to turn it around. But as their players joined hands in front of the still-bouncing Sudkurve at the final whistle, they looked like a group contemplating what might have been. They outplayed Real Madrid for the first 20 minutes but couldn't score.

Then, leading 2-1 early in the second half, they passed up opportunities to get a third. It's been another bruising week for Tuchel -- accused by Bayern honorary president Uli Hoeneß of not being able to "develop" players -- but he can be satisfied that his tactical tweak to bring on Raphaël Guerreiro at half-time and stretch the game with wingers Leroy Sané and Jamal Musiala injected his team with enough impetus to score two quick goals.

But in the end, the story was about Real Madrid, the aura of a champion team and that mythical presence that nobody can quite put their finger on. Often the build-up to these games -- two European heavyweights going head-to-head at the business end of the most prestigious club competition in the world -- is dominated by talk of pressure.

But Real Madrid have players like Vinícius Júnior. In the third minute, he was charged down on the touchline by four Bayern defenders only to dissect them all with a casual flick of the ball to a teammate as if he was having a kick-about with his friends on the street. Pressure? What pressure?

There was no panic either when, after 40 seconds, Bayern sliced through with three passes from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to Sané and Andriy Lunin was forced into an early save. The 75,000 home fans roared with approval, but it barely seemed to make an impression on the slow heart rates of Vinícius, Nacho, Antonio Rüdiger and Toni Kroos.

Kroos used to play for Bayern and was booed mercilessly as he meandered over to take a first-half corner. The German midfielder is the epitome of this team, with the experience to slow the game down when it's needed but also the quality to quicken it up when the opportunity presents.

Spotting Vinicius darting behind Kim Min-Jae midway through the first half, he threaded a precise pass through for the Brazilian to score with Real Madrid's first shot of the night. The Brazilian has joined a prestigious group -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Jari Litmanen are the only other players to score in three consecutive Champions League semifinals. After Tuchel's changes had helped Bayern to score two goals in four minutes early in the second half from Sane and a Harry Kane penalty it looked as if maybe for once Real Madrid's stardust had been lost on the flight. Not quite.

Presented with a penalty in the dying minutes after Rodrygo had been tugged down by Kim following a rare move forward, Vinicius tucked it away to send his team back to Madrid with momentum and the promise of yet another final.

It was their seventh goal in the last 15 minutes of Champions League games this season, a record no other team can match, manager Carlo Ancelotti summed it up perfectly in his post-match press conference; Real Madrid did enough and there won't be many now betting against them doing the same at the Bernabeu.

"Bayern showed their best qualities and us only part," said Ancelotti, another with that necessary experience as he took charge of a record-equalling 10th Champions League semifinal. "We play against a great opponent and it's all still open. We need the best version of Real Madrid and we didn't see it today. Still, we have a great chance to reach the final."

And there, in a nutshell, is Real Madrid. Not at their best, but still right there in the Champions League. Again.