The Capitals killed off all five power plays by the Devils, who had scored man-advantage goals in each of their previous three games.
The Bruins netted two of their three power-play goals in the third period and have scored six man-advantage goals in their last two games.
Ricci and Brad Stuart scored on the power play for San Jose, which has five man-advantage goals in the series.
That has been especially true of the Vancouver power play this spring, with Daniel Sedin alone scoring as many man-advantage goals as the entire Bruins team.
WILD 6, BRUINS 1: Lubomir Sekeras and Maxim Sushinsky each scored twice and Minnesota broke out of a road power-play slump with four man-advantage goals as the Wild beat host Boston.
Roberts's second goal was also on the power play, giving Carolina three man-advantage goals in a game for the first time since a 4-2 victory at St . Louison Dec. 7.
The Minnesota Wild, a team not noted for its power play, converted three Rangers penalties into three man-advantage goals in the first 13 minutes 34 seconds tonight en route to a four-goal first period.
The Rangers, 29th in the N.H.L. with a 14.1percentt power-play rate, broke a 1-1 tie with man-advantage goals by Antropov and Drury within a span of 1 30 midway through the period.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Daniel Sedin scored his second power-play goal of the game, and Chris Higgins and Mason Raymond added man-advantage goals in the third period for the Vancouver Canucks, who routed the San Jose Sharks 7-3 on Wednesday night and took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
The Red Wings have given up a man-advantage goal in a franchise-record 10 straight playoff games.
Mellanby tied it on a power play, St . Louiss third man-advantage goal in 41 tries since defenseman Al MacInnis was sidelined by an eye injury last month.
