- CHICAGO: Kris Versteeg scored the go-ahead goal from the left circle with 1:30 left and the Chicago Blackhawks rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Monday night to even the Western Conference semifinals at 1-1.
Patrick Kane added an empty-netter to seal the win with 47.7 seconds left. Patrick Sharptied the game earlier in the third for Chicago with a short-handed goal.
Game 3 will be played Wednesday night in Vancouver.
Vancouver scored twice in the first 5:02 of the game. Mason Raymond had a goal, and Mikael Samuelsson added a power-play tally. Brent Seabrook brought the Blackhawks within a goal in the first.
Chicago’s Antti Niemi finished with 24 saves. Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots for Vancouver.
In Boston, Milan Lucic scored to break a third-period tie with 2:57 left and Boston edged Philadelphia again to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals.
Tuukka Rask made 24 saves for Boston.
Brian Boucher stopped 24 shots for the Flyers, who will host Game 3 on Wednesday night in Philadelphia.
Miroslav Satan had a goal and two assists for Boston, and Johnny Boychuk also scored for the Bruins, who won Game 1 in overtime on Marc Savard’s goal.
Danny Briere scored for the Flyers, and assisted on Mike Richards’goal for his fourth straight multiple-point game of the playoffs.
The Bruins have won seven in a row at home. They won just three of their last 17 in Boston during the regular season after the New Year’s Day Winter Classic against the Flyers at Fenway Park.

