Lucky bounce? Reilly Smith’s shot in OT wins for Vegas Golden Knights

Even though Reilly Smith called it a lucky bounce, a whole lot more than luck is working right now for the Vegas Golden Knights.

Smith scored in overtime, Robin Lehner made 22 saves and the Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Thursday in Edmonton, Alberta, to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference first-round series. Vegas is 5-0 since NHL play resumed.

“We’re a pretty resilient group,” said Smith, who has three goals in the series. “We need to bring that for all 60 minutes. … There’s still a lot of things we need to clean up, but we’ll take the win and try to get a little bit better tomorrow.”

Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford stopped 35 shots, including 16 in the third period.

Blue Jackets 3, Lightning 1: Two days after making an NHL-record 85 saves in a five-overtime loss, Joonas Korpisalo stopped 36 more to help Columbus beat Tampa Bay and even the Eastern Conference series in Toronto at a game apiece.

Hurricanes 3, Bruins 2: Dougie Hamilton slapped in the go-ahead goal with 11:30 left in the third period and No. 2 goalie James Reimer stopped 33 shots to lead Carolina in Toronto, tying the East playoff series with Boston at 1-1.

One day after the Bruins won the delayed, double-overtime opener, the Hurricanes also got goals from Teuvo Teravainen and Andrei Svechnikov to beat the Presidents’ Trophy winners.