First, it was Paul Stastny converting a Jonathan Marchessault centering feed in front, beating Corey Crawford under the blocker from point-blank range for a 1-0 lead at the 10:44 mark of the period. Less than five minutes later, Tomas Nosek, who drew into Game 2 in the place of Max Pacioretty, walked down the far wall on a 2-on-1 and put a shot over the shoulder of Crawford from the circle for a 2-0 advantage at 15:35 of the first.