Roman Polak's season is over.The Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman will miss the rest of the playoffs as a result of the injury he sustained after being hit by Washington Capitals blue-liner Brooks Orpik on Saturday night.Leafs head coach Mike Babcock confirmed the recovery timetable postgame, according to TSN's Mark Masters.Polak came down awkwardly and appeared to be in agony after taking a hit from Orpik late in the second period. He had to be helped off the ice and didn't return.Despite the severity of Polak's ailment, the club would only classify it as being of the lower-body variety, according to TSN's Kristen Shilton.Babcock didn't blame Orpik for the hit."He's a good guy, he didn't mean to hurt him," the head coach told reporters, according to For The Win's Hemal Jhaveri.The Leafs are already playing without defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, who hasn't appeared in their first-round playoff series against the Capitals after being injured last Sunday in Toronto's regular-season finale against the Columbus Blue Jackets.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Kasperi Kapanen's second goal of the night was an enormous one.The Toronto Maple Leafs forward ended a marathon Game 2 against the Washington Capitals in the second overtime period, slipping one past Braden Holtby after a great backhand pass by Brian Boyle to give the Leafs a 4-3 victory.Toronto tied the series at one game apiece and stole home-ice advantage away from the Presidents' Trophy winners, with Game 3 scheduled for Monday night at Air Canada Centre.Kapanen's first playoff goal evened the contest midway through the second period.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Another playoff game, another Pekka Rinne clean sheet.The veteran goaltender kept the Chicago Blackhawks off the board for the second time in as many games as the Nashville Predators earned a 5-0 victory and took a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series Saturday night.Rinne made 30 saves in the contest after holding the Blackhawks scoreless with 29 stops in Game 1 on Thursday night.Chicago made some unwanted history as its offensive struggles continued.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are down another defenseman.With Nikita Zaitsev already sidelined with an injury, Roman Polak was forced to leave Game 2 after a collision with Brooks Orpik of the Washington Capitals that resulted in an awkward and painful-looking landing.Disclaimer: the footage is not for the faint of heart.Polak was helped to his feet and off the ice, but appeared unable to put any weight on his right leg.The veteran defenseman saw almost 24 minutes of ice time in Game 1.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

It was only a matter of time before Alex Ovechkin got on the board in the playoffs.The Washington Capitals star flicked home a low wrist shot from his office in the faceoff circle Saturday night, evening up Game 2 of their first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs at one apiece early in the second period.Ovechkin's first goal of this postseason came only 15 seconds into the man advantage, after Leafs defenseman Martin Marincin was whistled for slashing Capitals forward Lars Eller.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Bruce Cassidy was not looking on the bright side following a Game 2 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators.Instead, the Bruins' interim head coach was lamenting a lost opportunity to take the series back to Boston with a commanding lead."We wanted to make it 2-0," Cassidy said, per Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald. "I'm not going to sit here and tell you I'm satisfied with a split. We were 20 minutes away from being up 2-0. That's the way I look at it."No matter where we're playing, we're a good hockey club, home or on the road, and we go into every game with a game plan to win the game," he added. "So we're disappointed. Plain and simple."The Bruins entered the third period of Game 2 with a 3-1 lead, only to see Ottawa tie it up and force overtime, where Dion Phaneuf ended the festivities.On the other hand, Boston entered the third period of Game 1 trailing after failing to record a single shot in the middle frame, meaning the Senators are also likely unsatisfied with not taking care of business on home ice.Game 3 of what's proving to be a tightly contested series will be played Monday in Boston.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Guy Boucher is a proud coach.While he's only been behind the Ottawa Senators' bench for one season, he's clearly developed an attachment to his players, as evidenced by his reaction to Clarke MacArthur scoring his first goal in almost two years during a Game 2 win over the Boston Bruins."One of the most special moments I've lived as a coach," Boucher said of the goal, according to Brent Wallace of TSN.Boucher added that he had goosebumps, telling Dan Seguin of CBC: "When (MacArthur) raised his arms, the whole city raised its arms."MacArthur's previous goal came during the 2015 playoffs, with a series of concussions largely keeping him out of the lineup since that time.For his part, Boucher did come within a win of the Stanley Cup Final with Tampa Bay back in 2011, but his first postseason with Ottawa has clearly left a lasting impression, due in part to MacArthur's inspiring play.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert has been suspended one game for cross-checking Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tom Kuhnhackl near the end of Game 2, the league has announced.As the video shows, Calvert was assessed a minor penalty for cross-checking Kuhnhackl's arm at the time of the incident.Several factors combined to result in a decision to suspend Calvert, including the play being away from the puck, the force with which the blow was delivered and the fact Kuhnhackl was in a vulnerable position for a subsequent check.The NHL also deemed the incident as "message sending" since it came in the closing minutes of a playoff game that was out of reach.Calvert, therefore, will be forced to miss Game 3 of the series.(Video courtesy: NHL.com)Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

All square.Dion Phaneuf beat Tuukka Rask with a slap shot from the blue line early in overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 2, evening up their first-round playoff series at one game apiece Saturday.The Bruins killed off a puck over glass penalty to Zdeno Chara that the veteran defenseman took late in the third period, but the Senators kept the pressure on, and Phaneuf's blast ended it just before the two-minute mark of the extra frame.Game 3 goes Monday night in Boston.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Edmonton Oilers recalled defenseman Griffin Reinhart from the AHL's Bakersfield Confors.Reinhart recorded seven goals and 14 assists in 54 games for the Condors, who have been eliminated from AHL playoff contention.Acquired from the New York Islanders - who drafted him fourth overall in 2012 - at the 2015 NHL Draft, Reinhart has appeared in 37 games at the NHL level, with two assists to his credit.The recall comes a day after Oscar Klefbom left Game 2 against the San Jose Sharks upon blocking a shot in the third period.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Craig Anderson might have wanted to stay in the net on this one.Moments after Clarke MacArthur scored to tie Game 2, and with the Ottawa Senators on the power play, the goaltender wandered out of his crease to play the puck, only to quickly see it find its way to the back of the net courtesy of Boston's Tim Schaller.The puck was tracked down by Bruins center Dominic Moore, who beat out Erik Karlsson to set up the goal.The tally is Schaller's first ever in the postseason.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

For the first time in almost two years, Clarke MacArthur has scored a goal for the Ottawa Senators.And it was a big one.In his sixth game back after an extended absence due to numerous concussions, MacArthur fired a shot past Tuukka Rask to even the score during the second period of Game 2 against the Boston Bruins.MacArthur's last goal came on April 19, 2015 in a playoff game against Montreal.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Tom Kuhnhackl took a fairly diplomatic approach to a dangerous cross-check and subsequent punch to the head levied upon him by Matt Calvert of the Columbus Blue Jackets late in Game 2."There were a lot of emotions out there. Whatever happened, happened," the Pittsburgh Penguins forward said Saturday, per Sam Kasan of Pens Inside Scoop."That's Game 2. It's another day. We're going to get focused for Game 3."Be that as it may, Calvert faces a hearing and could very well be forced to sit out Game 3 due to suspension. But again, Kuhnhackl wasn't addressing that."That's not up to me. That's up to the league," he said. "We'll see what happens."Physically, Kuhnhackl said his shoulders and neck were sore after the incident, but added that's to be expected due to the physical nature of playoff hockey.Game 3 is set for Sunday in Columbus.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Arizona Coyotes have signed 21-year-old college free-agent goaltender Hunter Miska to an entry-level deal, the club announced Saturday.Miska led the University of Minnesota-Duluth to the Frozen Four this past season, going 27-5-5 with a .920 save percentage, 2.20 goals-against average, and five shutouts in his freshman campaign.Prior to joining Minnesota-Duluth, Miska spent time with the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL and the Penticton Vees of the BCHL.At just 6-foot-1, Miska is considered undersized for a goaltender nowadays.The Coyotes don't appear to have a deep prospect pool between the pipes, and Miska's likely to start with the team's AHL affiliate.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Ottawa Senators will have defenseman Marc Methot back in the lineup for Game 2 Saturday versus the Boston Bruins.Methot's been out of action since March 23, when a slash from Sidney Crosby took off part of his finger, subsequently drawing plenty of attention from around the hockey world.In 68 games this season, Methot recorded 12 assists, and averaged 19:49 of ice-time.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Boston Bruins will be without yet another defenseman for Saturday's afternoon affair with the Ottawa Senators, as Colin Miller has been ruled out with a lower-body injury, according to Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe.Miller left Game 1 after a knee-on-knee collision with Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki.Joe Morrow, a key return in the trade that sent Tyler Seguin to Dallas, will slot into the lineup for Miller, forming a defense corps that is projected to look like this, according to the team:LDRDZdeno CharaCharlie McAvoyJohn-Michael LilesAdam McQuaidJoe MorrowKevan MillerIn addition to Miller, the club is also missing Brandon Carlo (upper body) and Torey Krug (lower body) from the back end. Luckily, the 19-year-old McAvoy shined in his NHL debut in Game 1, logging over 24 minutes of ice time.Dupont also reported that center David Krejci will miss a second consecutive game with an upper-body injury. Ryan Spooner will again serve as the club's second-line center.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert will have a hearing Saturday after cross-checking Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tom Kuhnhackl late in Game 2 on Friday night, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.Here's the play:Unprovoked, Calvert went after Kuhnhackl with a cross-check forceful enough to break his stick, then followed up with a late, unsuspected hit.The Blue Jackets lost the game 4-1, and both teams will now travel to Columbus for Game 3 on Sunday evening.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Dangle, snipe, celly. Well, not all of these celebrations were necessarily preceded by a dangle and a snipe, but all of these goals were meaningful enough to warrant an exuberant reaction. The following celebrations are listed in no particular order.Zack Kassian, Oilers

The Stanley Cup Playoffs present an opportunity for hard-working, under-the-radar players to make a name for themselves on the national stage. Here are five players who have made surprising contributions early in the postseason.Joel Edmundson, BluesEdmundson has played 136 regular-season games and scored four goals. In two playoff games this year, he's scored twice - including a game-winner.In addition to his sudden offensive prowess, the defenseman rounds out a top four that's logged big minutes for the Blues thus far in the postseason. The 6-foot-4, 220-pounder has also chipped in with six blocked shots.(Photo courtesy: Getty Images)Zack Kassian, OilersIf you didn't catch the Oilers-Sharks game on Friday night, you probably missed the best game of Zack Kassian's career. The forward played with tons of energy, delivering bone-crushing hit after bone-crushing hit. These two stuck out the most:Not to bury the lede, but Kassian also notched a shorthanded, game-winning goal in the 2-0 victory. If the former first-round pick continues to wreak that kind of havoc on the ice, he'll make it a very uncomfortable series for the Sharks.Marc-Andre Fleury, Penguins(Photo courtesy: Action Images)Fleury is the lone household name on this list, but certainly nobody expected him to be a playoff hero.After Matt Murray was injured during warmups for Game 1, Fleury stepped in for the Penguins and stopped 31-of-32 shots. He followed up this performance by stopping 39-of-40 shots in Game 2.Fleury experienced his fair share of struggles on the road this season (.887 save percentage, 3.58 goals-against average), so it will be interesting to see if he can continue his playoff heroics as the series shifts to Columbus.Paul Byron, Canadiens(Photo courtesy: Action Images)Byron enjoyed a breakout season for the Canadiens, scoring 22 goals and adding 21 assists. That production has carried over to the postseason, as he has a goal on four shots thus far.Despite his slight 5-foot-9, 160-pound frame, Byron has provided physicality for Montreal. His 15 hits tie him with Boone Jenner for the most in the playoffs.Kris Russell, Oilers(Photo courtesy: Action Images)Russell might be the most unsung of all unsung heroes. He has yet to find the score sheet through two games, but leads all players with 11 blocked shots through two contests - and shot-blocking becomes crucial during the postseason.In addition to his willingness to lay his body on the line, Russell played the third-most minutes among Oilers defensemen in Game 1 and the fourth-most in Game 2.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

(Video courtesy: YouTube/RVPSportsProduction)Kick save pass and a beauty.After losing his stick during a Clark Cup Playoff game, Tarek Baker of the USHL's Sioux City Musketeers channeled his inner Andrea Pirlo to deliver an amazing kick pass to set up his teammate for an easy goal. Give him credit for putting his best foot forward.There is no word as to whether Baker watches English Premier League, Bundesliga, or LaLiga to take notes on how to execute the perfect cross.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Columbus Dispatch is reneging on its attempt to rattle the most prolific hockey player of a generation.The newspaper announced Friday that fans can pick up a crying "Sid the Kid" mask for Game 3 between the Blue Jackets and Penguins, but according to Aaron Portzline, who writes for the publication, the Dispatch has decided to scrap the idea.Here's a look at the attempted jab:

Goaltending - you can't go far in the playoffs without it, and to say Jake Allen has rebounded from a midseason swoon would be an understatement.The St. Louis Blues netminder endured a roller coaster campaign, with the low point coming in January, where Allen was pulled in three consecutive contests and subsequently given a brief leave of absence from the club to clear his head.However, since head coach Mike Yeo replaced Ken Hitchcock and Martin Brodeur took over as the Blues' goalie coach, Allen's transformed into a confident, No. 1 option in goal.Two games into the postseason, Allen has stood on his head, allowing two goals in two road wins over Minnesota, including a 51-save effort in Game 1.Allen's managed to parlay a magnificent final month of the regular season into the playoffs. In his final 10 starts, Allen went 7-2-1, and from March 1 onward, the 26-year-old was tied for second among all goalies in wins (10), save percentage (.942), and goals-against average (1.72).It's fair to infer the Blues' team success goes as far as that of their goaltending, and two games into the postseason, so far so good.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Follow theScore's fantasy feed on Twitter (@theScoreFantasy) for the latest news, features and more. And download Squad Up, theScore's free-to-win-money sports game.Here is a look at the Squad Up daily NHL fantasy picture for Saturday, April 15 (all advanced statistics courtesy of Corsica.Hockey and apply to 5v5 situations):Dynamic Duos

It was probably worth the wait, eh Edmonton?After a dispiriting 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks in Game 1, in which the Oilers were outshot 34-9 in the game's final 43 minutes and change (and 44-19 overall), all eyes were on Rogers Place on Friday night to see how Edmonton would respond.We got our answer: The Oilers won't be pushovers this spring.Here's everything that went right for Edmonton in Game 2:

The first of very, very many.Connor McDavid scored his first career NHL playoff goal Friday night, going five-hole on San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones after streaking down the left wing from his own zone, as only No. 97 can.Oh, and it was a shorthanded goal, the Edmonton Oilers' second while down a man in Game 2.The Oilers beat the Sharks 2-0, sending the series to San Jose tied 1-1.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Holy Zack Kassian.Here's what we know: The guy loves 8:30 p.m. local starts. And he can hit.Kassian scored a shorthanded goal Friday night, his first career playoff marker, but the Edmonton Oilers' forward also had the San Jose Sharks on alert after two thunderous hits in Game 2.Brenden Dillon was Kassian's first victim, and Logan Couture was next.The crowd was chanting Kassian's name after he ruined Couture. Nothing is impossible.Edmonton had a 33-10 hits advantage after 40 minutes, with Kassian accounting for five of them.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Déjà vu.That's what Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau must be experiencing after watching his club drop the first two games of a series with the St. Louis Blues on home ice.The series is far from over, of course, as evidenced by St. Louis winning each game by a one-goal margin. At the same time, however, it's a road Boudreau has gone down before, and never with a happy ending.During his time with both the Washington Capitals and Anaheim Ducks, Boudreau guided his teams to wildly successful regular seasons, finishing atop the division in eight of his nine years behind the bench prior to arriving in Minnesota. In fact, among coaches with at least 200 career games, Boudreau's winning percentage ranks second all time, according to Hockey Reference.For his efforts, Boudreau has seen his teams advance to the Conference Finals only once (2015 Ducks), with first- and second-round exits more the norm. After Friday's loss to the Blues, Boudreau's all-time playoff coaching record stands at 41-41, a .500 record in a regular season's worth of games.The Wild finished second in the Central Division this season and entered the playoffs as a decent bet to at least win a round and perhaps challenge for the Western Conference title. After two games, however, further disappointment looms large.For now, Boudreau's holding onto the belief his team can turn things around."Both games could have gone either way," he said after Game 2, per Brian Murphy of the Pioneer Press. "I don't see any reason we can't go in there and do the same to them as they did to us."Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

All for not.Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers were 18 seconds away from a 2-0 series lead over the Montreal Canadiens.Tomas Plekanec's game-tying goal forced overtime, where Alexander Radulov won it for Montreal, tying up the series 1-1 as it shifts to Manhattan. And the OT winner wasted a superhuman effort from The King.Lundqvist made a career playoff-high 54 saves through almost four periods of hockey, keeping the Rangers alive until Montreal finally struck. His previous career-best postseason mark was 49 saves in an overtime loss in April 2011 to the Washington Capitals.

The Montreal Canadiens won't be heading to the Big Apple down 2-0 to the New York Rangers.Alex Radulov banged in a rebound for the winner in overtime to give the Canadiens a 4-3 victory in Game 2 of their first-round playoff matchup against the Rangers on Friday night, knotting the series at 1-1.Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec tied the game with just over 17 seconds left in regulation, scoring the latest playoff equalizer in franchise history, and Radulov won it with less than 90 seconds remaining in the first overtime period.Game 3 is scheduled for Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Two losses, zero complaints about his team's play.That's the message Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella espoused after falling into an 0-2 series hole with another loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday."I don’t have one bitch about the team. Not one. I’m anxious to get our suits on again and get at it in our building," he said after Game 2, per Aaron Portzline of the Post-Dispatch.Perhaps it's just a matter of their luck turning around, added captain Nick Foligno.

Frustration may have gotten the better of Matt Calvert near the end of Game 2.In the dying moments of a second straight loss for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Calvert caught Tom Kuhnackl of the Pittsburgh Penguins with a dangerous cross-check from behind, breaking his stick in the process.If that wasn't enough, Calvert gave Kuhnhackl a shove when he was hunched over in pain.Kuhnhackl appeared to have avoided serious injury, but the NHL could very well take another look at the incident ahead of Game 3.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

PITTSBURGH - Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, Marc-Andre Fleury stayed sharp in his second straight playoff start and the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled away for a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.Jake Guentzel added a goal and an assist for the defending Stanley Cup champions. Evgeni Malkin scored his first goal of the postseason, and Patric Hornqvist pushed in an empty-net goal.Fleury finished with 39 saves while filling in for the injured Matt Murray, and received plenty of help. Pittsburgh blocked 23 shots before they even got to Fleury.Brandon Saad scored for Columbus, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots.Game 3 is Sunday night in Columbus.Fleury admitted to some jitters when he was suddenly thrust into the lineup with barely 20 minutes to prepare after Murray was a late scratch before Game 1 with a lower-body injury - and responded with a 31-save masterpiece. Murray is out indefinitely, returning Fleury to the spot he held for a decade while becoming the winningest goaltender in franchise history.His club-record 102nd playoff appearance looked an awful lot like his 101st, when he held the Blue Jackets in check during an early push then waited for NHL's best offense to find its footing.The awakening came earlier than in the series opener. Crosby turned Pittsburgh's first shot of the game into the 50th playoff goal of his career, though he had the easy part: settling the puck at the doorstep then flipping it into a wide-open net. Sheary did the hard part: poke-checking the puck away from Bobrovsky behind the Columbus net and getting it to Guentzel in front. Guentzel then slid it to Crosby and the Penguins were in control.Saad gave the Blue Jackets a jolt when his wrist shot from the left circle zipped over Fleury's glove 7 minutes into the second.The momentum lasted all of 51 seconds, or as along as it took for Crosby and Guentzel to break in 2-on-1. Crosby fed it to Guentzel and the 22-year-old rookie opted not to give it to back to the league's leading goal scorer and instead sent a shot that Bobrovsky's outstretched left pad couldn't reach and suddenly the Penguins were back in front.Columbus coach John Tortorella stressed his team - which has only scored more than three goals just twice since St. Patrick's Day - needed to find some offenses if it wanted to make the third playoff berth in franchise history more than a cameo.So far that way has been clogged by both Fleury and the guys in black-and-gold in front of him. Columbus' best chance to draw even came late in the second when Pittsburgh defenseman Brian Dumoulin went off for holding. The Blue Jackets produced a handful of chances only to see Cole or another of the Penguins' penalty killers drop to their knees to block shots.Pittsburgh held steady and when Malkin buried a pass from Crosby a second after a Columbus penalty expired 2:01 into the third, the Penguins were in firmly control.NOTES: The Penguins wore a decal on their helmets that featured the logo of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers to honor longtime Steelers owner Dan Rooney, who passed away on Thursday at age 84. The team also held a pregame moment of silence and put together a video tribute that aired in the arena during a first-period stoppage in play. ... Fleury's 55 playoff wins are one behind Tom Barrasso for the most in team history. ... The Blue Jackets have not led at any point during their four games at PPG Paints Arena this season.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Tomas Plekanec may have temporarily saved the Montreal Canadiens' season.The veteran forward came through in the waning moments of regulation Friday night, redirecting a pass from Alex Radulov to tie Game 2 against the New York Rangers with just over 17 seconds left in the third period.It was the latest game-tying goal in Canadiens playoff history, eclipsing Jacques Lemaire's marker that came with 24 seconds remaining in Game 1 of the 1975 semifinal against the Buffalo Sabres.The Rangers entered Friday's game with a 1-0 series lead after winning the series opener at the Bell Centre on Wednesday night.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

A Columbus newspaper is trying to help fans throw Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby off his game when the Blue Jackets host Game 3 on Sunday.The intended method?This mask, which will be given away in a weekend edition of the Dispatch.

The heat's been turned up in Montreal.Steve Ott's massive, late hit on Mats Zuccarello ignited a line brawl in the second period of Friday night's Game 2 between the Canadiens and the New York Rangers.Rangers forward J.T. Miller fought Canadiens defenseman Shea Weber in response.Zuccarello was given a double minor for roughing, and Montreal blue-liner Jordie Benn got a roughing minor as well.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Now that's how you get the better of one of the best goalies in the world.New York Rangers forward Michael Grabner went head-to-head with Carey Price on a breakaway opportunity in Game 2, and dropped a series of dekes the Montreal Canadiens star netminder simply could not handle.The goal was Grabner's second of the postseason.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Make these kinds of mistakes against the high-flying Pittsburgh Penguins, and they'll ensure you pay.Sidney Crosby put one past Sergei Bobrovsky on the Penguins' first shot of the game after the Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender coughed up the puck behind his net midway through the opening period of Game 2 on Friday night.Conor Sheary stole it away from Bobrovsky on the forecheck and quickly shoveled it to Jake Guentzel, who slid it over to Crosby for the finish.It was Crosby's first goal of these playoffs and the 50th postseason marker of his career.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Montreal Canadiens are on the board, thanks to Henrik Lundqvist missing a key piece of equipment.The New York Rangers goaltender found himself without a stick as the Canadiens entered the offensive zone, giving a patient Jeff Petry some space through which to find the back of the net.The goal was Petry's first since Dec. 23, and third in 13 career playoff games.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Kenny Agostino has an impressive new qualification to add to his hockey resume in advance of NHL free agency, as the the 24-year-old has been awarded the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL's most valuable player this season.Agostino has appeared in 65 games for the Chicago Wolves, recording 24 goals and 59 assists to lead the league in total points with 83, 16 clear of the next most productive player."He has put up the numbers with the scoring, but he’s more than that," said Wolves head coach Craig Berube. "Night-in and night-out, look at the effort that he puts in. Then there’s his work ethic and just how competitive of a guy he is."Originally drafted by Pittsburgh out of Yale University in 2010, Agostino was sent to Calgary as part of the Jarome Iginla deal in 2013. He only squeaked into the lineup on 10 occasions with the Flames, and signed with the St. Louis Blues - the Wolves' parent club - on a one-year, two-way deal last summer.Agostino did score a goal and add two assists in seven appearances with the Blues, but barring a postseason call up, he's set to choose his next NHL destination as an unrestricted free agent beginning July 1.Based on his play at the AHL level and the MVP honors, he'll likely command greater attention this time around.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Edmonton Oilers are reportedly expected to add some offensive punch to their playoff roster as soon as their AHL affiliate's campaign concludes.Jesse Puljujarvi is likely to be summoned by the Oilers when the Bakersfield Condors' season comes to an end, according to TSN's Darren Dreger.The fourth overall pick in last year's draft has 28 points in 37 games with the farm club.Edmonton gave Puljujarvi an extended look at the start of the season, but the 18-year-old rookie didn't look ready, posting a lone goal and eight points in 28 contests.The Condors are in must-win territory ahead of the penultimate game on their regular-season slate. They need a regulation win against the Stockton Heat on Friday night, then a win in any fashion over the San Jose Barracuda on Saturday and a win in regulation by the Tucson Roadrunners over the Heat that same night just to qualify for the Calder Cup playoffs.Game 2 of the Oilers' first-round series against the San Jose Sharks goes Friday, and Game 3 is scheduled for Sunday night.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Ken Hitchcock wants Tyler Seguin to become a permanent top-line center, and to say the Dallas Stars' points leader is looking forward to attaining his new head coach's goal is an understatement."It gets me giddy. It gets me giddy," Seguin told Mark Stepneski of the club's official website."Since I've come to Dallas, I've wanted to be a number-one centerman," he added. "I still want to be. I want to be a number-one centerman and a two-way guy."Hitchcock, who was re-hired by the Stars on Thursday, already has a list of responsibilities he hopes Seguin will eventually be able to fulfill full time."I've got to work hard in the summer to get Tyler to start thinking like a (number-one center)," the veteran bench boss said."That means he's got to be out there in critical spaces all the time. That means he's got to kill penalties, he's got to play against the other team's top players, he's got to be out there at the start of games, and he's got to be out there at the end of games. He's got to take key faceoffs. He's got to do everything to become a (number-one center). That's what a (number one) does."There's no doubting Seguin's offensive gifts. He scored 37 goals in each of the two seasons before this one, averaging more than 80 points. The 25-year-old had his worst campaign in the last four from a production standpoint in 2016-17, but still tied Jamie Benn for the team lead in goals (26) and edged him by three for the club lead in points (72).It's on the defensive end that Seguin acknowledges he still needs improvement."I am a goal scorer, and I'd be lying if I didn't say I know when I have a goal or a couple of assists. That's human nature," he said. "But ultimately I am big into if we are winning or losing and I know I need to improve the two-way side."Hitchcock agreed that his star forward has to bring more to the rink than his scoring and playmaking abilities."I need him to act, think, and behave like a number one," the coach said. "That means he is going to have to set the competitive direction, not the skill direction. There's a big difference. His skill level and his talent get us to the floor, but it's going to be his compete and his character that's going to take us to the ceiling."Despite boasting two of the NHL's most productive offensive players, Dallas missed the playoffs for the second time in four seasons under Lindy Ruff, who was fired Sunday.Hitchcock led the Stars to a Stanley Cup championship in 1999, and spent parts of seven campaigns with Dallas in his first NHL head-coaching stint from 1995-96 to 2001-02.Copyright © 2017 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Solidarity in the Pittsburgh sports community.In light of the passing of Steelers chairman Dan Rooney on Thursday, the Penguins will wear special helmet decals in his honor during Game 2 against the Columbus Blue Jackets.