Friday Recaps: Panthers Lose, Kings Surprise

Friday night is in the books, and the road trips certainly made their presence known in these playoffs, which either means the home teams are struggling to score, or the idea of home-ice advantage is irrelevant. We'll find out in these recaps just who made their presence known and who could be a threat down the stretch. And, by the way, did I happen to mention that one of these teams made their first playoff appearance since 2000? Let's take a look at those recaps:

Devils 3, Panthers 2
The Florida Panthers played in their first game in the playoffs since 2000. However, their first playoff game ended in a loss to the competitive New Jersey Devils and a hot Martin Brodeur, who earned his 100th postseason win Friday night. Patrik Elias, Dainius Zubrus, and Ryan Carter scored in this game for the Devils while Sean Bergenheim and Kris Versteeg scored for the Panthers.

Flyers 8, Penguins 5
Flyers are owning the Penguins now-a-days, and now that they have complete home-ice advantage for the rest of the series, it seems like the Flyers have this in the bag. The Penguins have allowed a leaky defense, breakaways, and goals by the bushel to put them in this hole. Now the Penguins have things to fix and must fix them fast before the Flyers win the series and put the Penguins in a first round exit again.

Red Wings 3, Predators 2
The Red Wings took something from the Nashville Predators last night: Home-ice advantage. After their 3-2 win last night, they have three games at home to try and get past the first round. Ian White, Cory Emmerton, Johan Franzen scored for the Red Wings. Shea Weber and Andrei Kostitsyn scored for the Predators, who blew their chance to keep home-ice advantage. Todd Bertuzzi dropped the gloves with Shea Weber, which proves this rivalry is getting fierce.

Kings 4, Canucks 2
This is the biggest surprise of the playoffs so far. Now that the Kings have taken two on the road in Vancouver, they'll have a chance to seal the deal with two games at home with a chance to knock out the number one seed in the playoffs. Plus, Dustin Brown is looking mighty hot after scoring a hat trick Friday night.

Hope you enjoy the Sunday games! Will the Capitals bounce back in Boston? Will the Sharks take over the Blues? Check out all the games Saturday on NBC, CNBC, and NBC Sports Network. See ya, puckheads!