The Montreal Canadiens agreed to terms on a three-year, two-way contract with forward Martin Reway, general manager Marc Bergevin announced Wednesday."We are very pleased to have reached an agreement with Martin Reway," Bergevin said. "A young forward with tremendous offensive skills, Martin has the potential to become a very good player."The 21-year-old was selected by the Canadiens in the fourth round of the 2013 NHL draft. He spent the last two seasons with Sparta Praha in the Czech Republic after a two-year stint with the QMJHL's Gatineau Olympiques.He recently represented Slovakia at the IIHF World Championship, finishing with one assist and a minus-5 rating in seven games.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Nashville Predators general manager David Poile updated the statuses of several pending free agents during his team's end-of-season press conference Wednesday, revealing that negotiations have begun on a contract extension for star forward Filip Forsberg."The goal and intention is there on both sides to get him signed," Poile said, adding that he's already working with Forsberg's agent on a new deal.

The U.S. hockey team's improbable victory over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics was one of the most iconic moments in American sports history. Now, an important piece of memorabilia from the game has hit the auction block.The near-complete set of rink boards, glass, benches, and penalty boxes from the "Miracle on Ice" arena, now known as Herb Brooks Arena, are being auctioned off by Leland's with a reserve price of $25,000.Here's a portion of the description:

After missing his team's last game due to a flu bug, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan is expected to return to the lineup for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins.Callahan told reporters Wednesday morning he feels good, and head coach Jon Cooper added at a press conference that the 31-year-old "should be available" for the game."He's a lot better than he was," Cooper said. "He should be available for tonight. That was just an unfortunate situation, because that kid's tough as nails."

Remember the name Wyatt Nelson.The 12-year-old from Saskatoon, Sask., got an opportunity to call play-by-play of Game 2 between the St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks for a St. Louis radio station Tuesday.

Ben Bishop isn't quite ready to return, but he may be getting closer.The Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender won't be available to play Wednesday in Game 3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Lightning head coach Jon Cooper confirmed after the morning skate.Bishop skated before Wednesday's optional session, and Cooper said he hopes he'll be able to practice fully Thursday.Tampa Bay's No. 1 goalie told reporters Wednesday the injury is to his lower left leg, according to Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times.Bishop was classified as day to day after being stretchered off following an awkward tumble in the crease in Game 1.Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 of 26 shots in relief of Bishop in the opening game of the Eastern Conference final, then gave up three goals on 41 shots in Tampa Bay's Game 2 overtime loss.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

P.K. Subban isn't playing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but he'll be in the spotlight on a different kind of stage this summer.The Montreal Canadiens star will host a comedy gala at the Just For Laughs festival.The event promises to feature "a lineup of hilarious comedians," and proceeds will go to the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation by way of Subban's eponymous charity.The gala will take place Aug. 1 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in Place des Arts.It won't be the only charitable event for Subban this summer. He'll take on Snoop Dogg and other celebrities in a charity basketball game next month.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

After missing the entire postseason with a groin injury, New York Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak will reportedly have another separate ailment repaired during the offseason.Newsday's Arthur Staple reports that the 31-year-old requires surgery to repair a sports hernia. It's unclear if he already underwent the procedure, which would require a six-to-eight-week recovery.Halak was solid in the Islanders' net this season when healthy, posting an 18-13-4 record with a .919 save percentage and 2.30 goals-against average.Despite a strong 2015-16 campaign, the veteran goalie's future in Brooklyn is uncertain. The team still has Thomas Greiss on a cheap $1.5-million contract next season after an excellent playoff run, and 24-year-old prospect J-F Berube waiting in the wings.Halak - who has already told the team a three-goalie situation is not ideal - is owed $4.5 million per year over the next two seasons.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

David Backes kept it simple after the St. Louis Blues' 4-0 loss in Game 2 against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday."They played well. We didn't," the captain said, according to NHL.com's Lou Korac. "We've got to park this one like we've parked every other one in the playoffs and come into San Jose and win a road game."The Blues' five losses at home in the playoffs are the most in one season in club history, Korac added. The previous record was four, in 1968.Though the shots were 26-24 in favor of the Blues, the Sharks were in control most of Tuesday night. St. Louis' power play was abysmal, going 0-for-6, while the Sharks went 2-for-4."Obviously we have to be better at retrievals," said Alex Steen about a four-minute power play that was at times difficult to watch. "We were getting pucks in the zone and they're getting more guys to areas."I thought we let frustration creep in at certain times in the game. That can't happen at this time of year."Speaking of this time of year, head coach Ken Hitchcock thinks the solution for his team is simple."You can either dig in and go the right way or you can become frustrated at times and try freelancing, or, in our case, take penalties," he said."We have played two 'B' games," Hitchcock added, also saying he thinks his club's fortunate to be tied heading to California.Forecheck support is an issue, as is the Sharks' speed, and the Blues will look to video to clean up their game.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Martin Jones isn't playing like a rookie. And he isn't letting the gravity of the Stanley Cup Playoffs affect him.The San Jose Sharks' No. 1 goalie turned in another stellar performance Tuesday, stopping all 26 shots he faced in Game 2 against the St. Louis Blues, a 4-0 win. It was his ninth victory of the spring, and his second shutout.Jones has been nothing short of incredible coming off a loss in the postseason. Considering the hole the Sharks would have been in had they fallen behind 2-0 to the Blues, losing two straight on the road, his play is all the more impressive.

You want to talk about depth? Peter DeBoer is down.After the San Jose Sharks' Game 2 Western Conference finals win - a 4-0 pasting of the St. Louis Blues - their coach said he's heard enough talk that his team isn't as deep as the opposition."Had a lot of questions in the last day about how much deeper St. Louis is," DeBoer said, according to CSN's Kevin Kurz. "I think our forward group answered that question (Tuesday)."Aside from Brent Burns' two goals, Tommy Wingels opened the scoring with his second of the playoffs, while Dainius Zubrus tallied his first of the spring. Zubrus, the 37-year-old veteran, also assisted on Wingels' goal, recording his first multi-point game of the season.Wingels and his teammates Joonas Donskoi (seven points in the playoffs), Chris Tierney (four points), and Melker Karlsson (three points) have played instrumental roles in the Sharks' run, DeBoer said before Game 2.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Ken Hitchcock has seen this type of effort before, though last time, it yielded a victory.The St. Louis Blues fell into an early hole versus the San Jose Sharks in Game 2 on Tuesday night, and weren't able to mount any sort of comeback as the Sharks ran away with a 4-0 victory to tie the series.San Jose carried play in Game 1 as well, but the Blues got the bounces, barely escaping with a win. Their coach had hoped for a better effort in response, but didn't get it."They were much better in probably every aspect," Hitchcock said after the game. "We tried to play the same way we did in Game 1 and didn't get away with it.""We'll take 1-1 with the way we played," he added.

ST. LOUIS - Brent Burns scored San Jose's first two power-play goals of the Western Conference finals and Martin Jones stopped 26 shots for his second shutout of the postseason as the Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0 Tuesday night to even the series at a game apiece.Tommy Wingels and Dainius Zubrus also scored and Logan Couture had two assists to help the Sharks bounce back from a tight loss in the opener.Game 3 is Thursday night in San Jose.Brian Elliott made 20 saves for St. Louis, which is 4-5 at home and 5-2 on the road in the postseason. Elliott wasn't as sharp as he's been throughout the Blues' run to their first conference final since 2001.Burns' fifth and sixth goals of the postseason both came on one-timers with Troy Brouwer in the penalty box, and were his only shots of the game.The 6-foot-5, 230-pound defenseman made it 2-0 in the second off a nice setup from Joe Pavelski just 16 seconds after Brouwer went off for slashing, and made it a three-goal gap about 12 minutes into the third off a feed from Patrick Marleau 24 seconds after Brouwer was whistled for high sticking.Jones also blanked Nashville in San Jose's second-round victory.Zubrus assisted on Wingels' goal early in the first and added an empty-netter in the final minute.Vladimir Tarasenko led the Blues with six shots at the end of a long day - his wife, Yana, gave birth to a son earlier Tuesday. The Blues' star was looking at the video board when the team announced the arrival to a standing room crowd of 19,586.The Sharks entered the series clicking at 31 percent on the power play, best in the postseason. They were 0 for 3 in the opener and coach Peter DeBoer complained about the lack of calls during the day between games.San Jose also killed off a four-minute high-sticking call against Marleau early in the third period without too much trouble.Wingels scored his second goal 2:07 in, seconds after Jones thwarted Tarasenko on the other end. Tarasenko had pickpocketed Paul Martin in the San Jose slot.Burns is the lone Sharks player with a hat trick against the Blues, doing it on Nov. 13, 2013, in San Jose.NOTES: The Blues flew in a blind father and his 12-year-old son that calls play by play to keep him in the game. Gerry and Wyatt Nelson of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, appeared on a ''Discover Card Day with the Cup'' video and the pair were invited to the radio broadcast booth and some of Wyatt's play-by-play was aired during a break in the second period. ... Neither team made any lineup changes. ... Blues F Patrik Berglund dodged injury when he banged his left leg on the slightly open door to the bench in the second period. Berglund walked it off in the tunnel to the dressing room. ... Sharks F Matt Nieto (undisclosed injury) missed his third straight game.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

It appears as though Joe Thornton has made some new friends.While the San Jose Sharks cruised to a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, Thornton kindly interacted with some young fans with a friendly water bottle spray and an awkward head-bob.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Logan Couture's league-leading playoff scoring pace has put him alone in the San Jose Sharks' record books.With two assists on Tuesday night, Couture tied, then passed Igor Larionov's franchise record of 18 points in a single postseason, set in 1994.

It's not always the players that deliver the heaviest hits.St. Louis Blues forward Patrik Berglund learned this the hard way Tuesday after he fell victim to an open bench door.He was in considerable pain after colliding with the open Blues door, but returned after a brief visit to the dressing room.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Eleven points in 12 playoff games for Jonathan Drouin: who'd have thunk it?Apparently, the Tampa Bay Lightning - although it wasn't easy after the forward's trade request, which engulfed the team in a seemingly never-ending saga."I think in the back of everyone's mind, I'm sure you're not human if you're not a little pissed off at him for (what happened)," Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said of the situation, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston. "And he understands that. I think that's the first step that made the transition easy was he understood he might have not been acting in the best interest of the team and himself, but he manned up."That took a lot to say, 'You know what, maybe I made a mistake. I want to get a chance to come back and play in the minors.' Probably not ever thinking he would get a call back, but just giving himself a chance."Drouin has flourished in his second chance with the club, consistently one of the most noticeable skaters on the team as he showcases the skill that drew Tampa Bay to draft him third overall in 2013.His teammates have noticed the way he's stepped up as they get deeper into the postseason."You always knew he had tremendous talents and he's putting everything together," defenseman Victor Hedman said. "He's a treat to watch. We're just happy to have him because we need him. He's one of those difference-makers that you need on a team if you want to go deep, especially with Stammer missing."Tampa Bay, sitting three wins away from a second consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearance, appreciates what Drouin has provided when it matters most."The beauty of the sport is you never know. Injuries happen, he gets called up and goes through (everything) and trains his ass off for the two months ... and he comes back a machine," Stamkos said.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Sitting outside of the playoffs with Sidney Crosby mired in one of the longest scoring droughts of his career two months into the season, the Pittsburgh Penguins were not living up to expectations.Then management fired Mike Johnston and named Mike Sullivan head coach, and everything started to click.Sullivan led the Penguins to a 33-16-5 record when he took over behind the bench, and Crosby erupted for 66 points as Pittsburgh was the NHL's most dominant team down the stretch.A former assistant with the New York Rangers, Sullivan was familiar with watching Crosby, and once they were on the same side, he used that familiarity to help motivate the captain."This game, it's an emotional game and it's hard to be good in the absence of it," Sullivan told Tom Gulitti of NHL.com. "We have to have controlled emotion, we have to channel it the right way, but emotion is a necessary part of competitive advantage and excelling in this game. And, from my experience coaching against Sid, that's when he's at his best, and some of the early conversations that I had with Sid when I first took the team over was to try to light that fire in his belly that makes him so great."Crosby credited Sullivan's honest approach as one of the reasons for his turnaround in production."When there's a coaching change, especially as a captain you take a lot of responsibility on your shoulders and you expect more," Crosby said. "I wasn't happy with the way I started, and I think he just put me in situations and gave me opportunities to try to work my way back into things. He was just good holding everyone accountable, myself included, and making sure that I got better.""It was pretty clear and he was very honest," Crosby added. "And that's all you can ask for is him to be straightforward like that and tell me what he thinks. ... And it wasn't just me. I think he was very clear with everyone what he expected from each individual guy and, at that point, it was just a matter of us going out and doing that."Crosby experienced a similar situation when former head coach Dan Bylsma was hired in the middle of the 2009 season, which ended with a Stanley Cup Championship.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Finland forward Patrik Laine has no hard feelings towards Canada's Corey Perry.Related: Watch: Perry sweeps out leg to cut down LaineThe 18-year-old - who is projected to be selected in the top-2 at this year's NHL Entry Draft - was the victim of a leg-trip from the Anaheim Ducks forward in Tuesday's contest, but feels he brought the incident on himself with his skill."Maybe they tried to piss me off because I’m young and in my opinion a pretty good player," Laine said, according to Michael Traikos of the National Post.

Matt Murray is certain he doesn't wear faulty equipment.When Tampa Bay Lighting defenseman Anton Stralman buried a goal on Murray's glove side Monday night, the internet reacted as though the puck may have gone through his trapper, and into the goal.

Finland stayed perfect through preliminary round action Tuesday at the World Hockey Championship with a dominant 4-0 victory over Canada that clinched top seed in Group B.Mikko Koskinen made 21 saves to earn the shutout, while Tommi Kivisto, Leo Komarov, Mike Pyorala, and Jarno Koskiranta scored the unanswered goals on Canadian goalie Cam Talbot, who was markedly out of sorts.Finland, absolutely surging as a hockey power, has put itself in strong position for another medal, having earned a date with Denmark in the next round thanks to its clean 7-0-0-0 record.Meanwhile, Canada, which had its 16-game winning streak at the tournament snapped, will take on a Sweden team with just one loss on its resume.Finland scored 29 goals while allowing just six during the group stage. Canada outscored the competition 34-8 despite the letdown.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The OHL's Flint Firebirds have signed veteran junior hockey coach and executive George Burnett to a three-year contract as the club's new general manager.“The League is entrusting George Burnett with the hockey operations of the Flint Firebirds and we believe his experience will provide the players, parents, billets, and team staff with stability and expertise,” OHL Commissioner David Branch said in a statement Tuesday.“Burnett will be backed by a strong team in hockey operations, including Joe Stefan who is well known to Flint Firebirds players and families.”Stefan was appointed assistant GM and director of player development.The OHL took control of the team's operations in February, and Branch handed owner Rolf Nilsen a five-year suspension in April after Nilsen fired the team's coaching staff twice in the same season, reportedly as part of a dispute over his son's ice time.Burnett spent this season serving as head coach and GM of the OHL's Hamilton Bulldogs after 11 years with the Belleville Bulls.“I am excited to be joining the Flint Firebirds organization and dedicating 100 percent of my time to the management of the team,” Burnett said.“The Flint Firebirds have a bright and promising future and I look forward to being part of the team and the Genesee County community.”Burnett has also spent four seasons with the Oshawa Generals organization, was an assistant coach with the Anaheim Ducks for two seasons in the late 1990s, and served as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers for 35 games in 1994-95.A coaching announcement is expected "imminently", according to the release from the club.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Tampa Bay Lightning remain confident that starter Ben Bishop will be at their disposal during the Eastern Conference Final versu the Pittsburgh Penguins.Coach Jon Cooper relayed that message to the media Tuesday, a day after backup Andrei Vasilevskiy was solid in relief of Bishop, posting 38 saves to nearly anchor an unlikely second straight win on enemy ice.Bishop has been one of the most consistent goalies in the NHL since joining the Bolts, winning more games than any of his peers over the last three campaigns, and shaving his goals-against average down to a minuscule 2.06 this season.He was carted off on a stretcher and replaced by Vasilevskiy 12-plus minutes into the series after suffering an apparent leg injury when he got tangled up with Patric Hornqvist.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Ken Hitchcock continues to oh-so slightly prod at his coaching counterpart Pete DeBoer.The Blues boss told reporters Tuesday that he'd prefer to see veteran winger Patrick Marleau stay put on the San Jose Sharks' second line, rather than shifting down to center the third, as rumoured."We don't like that match. He should stay on the second line. We don't like that one. I'm not telling Pete how to coach. Nor am I telling him how to referee. Just telling him we don't like that match."Hitchcock also employed some old-school gamesmanship to dig at DeBoer on Monday, using the media to let him know that unlike the Sharks, St. Louis will not petition the officiating crew while speaking to reporters.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Vladimir Tarasenko was absent from the St. Louis Blues' morning workout in advance of Tuesday's Western Conference Final Game 2 versus the San Jose Sharks, but is expected to be in the lineup.And with a little something extra to play for.Tarasenko missed the skate to be with his wife, Yana, who gave birth to their son, Aleksandr, the club announced.

Sidney Crosby has scored a bigger one, but his touch finish short side on Andrei Vasilevskiy in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final may one day rank as one of his most important goals as a professional.Here are five of the greatest finishes in Sid's NHL career.Welcome back, SidA celebration over 10 months in the making. Crosby scores one of his prettiest goals - and presumably his most cathartic - slicing through three New York Islanders defenders and finishing with a gorgeous backhand five minutes into his return from almost a full year of inaction.15, and none biggerCrosby scored only once in the Penguins' seven-game triumph in the 2009 Stanley Cup Final. But his go-ahead convert on a 2-on-1 with Evgeni Malkin was the decisive goal in a win that prevented Pittsburgh from going down 3-1 in the series.Legacy gameDespite Crosby leading the postseason in goals in Pittsburgh's Stanley Cup-winning season, the Conn Smythe went to Malkin. But the franchise would not have reached that culminating series had Crosby not put the Penguins on his back in the second round. He collected 13 points in the club's seven-game series win over the Capitals - none more important than the Game 7 icebreaker.Welcome to the Crosby show, CanadaIt doesn't officially count as a goal, and secured merely an extra point, but few finishes can compare to a moment in his first game against Crosby's boyhood club, the Montreal Canadiens. Crosby eviscerates Jose Theodore's water bottle with a backhand that let the hockey world know just how dangerous his secondary weapon is.An OT winner at lastSteadily making a habit of silencing critics this season, Crosby responded to the most recent bit of heavily misguided criticism before it could even enter his consciousness. His first-career overtime goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs rescued the Penguins from consecutive losses on home ice to the Lightning to begin the East final.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Have you ever wanted to hang out in the summer home of a hockey legend? Wendel Clark is hoping you do.The former Toronto Maple Leafs captain has made his cottage available on Airbnb.The listing features plenty of pictures and details of the expansive property, which can be yours for $5,001 Canadian per night.The property includes a main cottage, four guest cottages, six parking spots, and two boat slips. There's also 200 feet of water frontage, fishing rods, a BBQ, pool table, and sofa.Clark won't be there while the summer tenants occupy the space, but he wants others to take advantage of the amenities.

It's a good thing hockey is a universal language.Non-Russian players at the World Championship in Moscow and St. Petersburg tried their hand at pronouncing some Russian words and phrases, with amusing results.Canadians Ryan O'Reilly and Max Domi, American Keith Kinkaid, and other players from the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, France, and Germany gave it a shot.It starts with some relatively easy ones, but gets progressively more difficult.Fortunately for these players, they only need their native tongues to communicate with each other on the ice.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski received a huge endorsement Monday in his campaign to be on the cover of EA Sports' NHL 17.

Matt Murray's miracle run could have been through.Fifty seconds prior to the horn sounding to end the first period, and after his team jumped out to a two-goal lead with a furious start that appropriately reflected the urgency sewn through Game 2, the Penguins netminder let a Jonathan Drouin snapper from just inside the right circle slip under his arm, erasing Pittsburgh's early lead.Head coach Mike Sullivan finally had reason to turn to one of the NHL's best goalies and a former Stanley Cup champion in Marc-Andre Fleury - and he would prompt the long-time starter to be ready - but triggering the swap would have meant neglecting one of the aspects he admires most about the emergent 21-year-old."What we've always really liked about Matt is his ability to respond when things don't go the way he wants them to go or expects them to go," Sullivan said in his post-game presser. "He always responded in such a positive way, and that's - you know, that's one of the things we really like about him, and that's what he did."Murray admitted that he was still "fighting it" throughout, but was able to make a few important stops after his coach entrusted him with the second period, eventually leading Pittsburgh to a split on home ice."You're going to have those kind of nights. I kind of battled through it mentally and I thought I made a couple of big saves when I needed to."He needed to make just 13 through the final two periods and into overtime, but his saves weren't cheap. His most important stop came with less than 10 seconds remaining in the second period, when he got the blocker down on a snap shot from Alex Killorn, who dug out a breakaway opportunity down right wing."It could have been a game changer," Sullivan admitted of the key moment.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Again he's wrong in his analysis.Former NHL forward and current NBCSN analyst Jeremy Roenick provided a scalding hot take Monday night in the second intermission of Game 2 between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning.Roenick suggested Sidney Crosby - who hadn't scored in eight games - could learn about work ethic by watching Jonathan Drouin, the 21-year-old Lightning forward who requested a trade and was suspended by his team earlier this season for failing report to an AHL game.Twenty minutes and 40 seconds of game time later, Crosby scored the overtime winner to knot the Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece.Even before Monday's winner, the Hart Trophy finalist (and 2014 recipient) was producing at close to a point-per-game pace in the playoffs, and he's now tied for sixth in postseason points.Roenick's comment is even more amusing when mashed up with the goal.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Bryan Rust wasn't about to deny Sidney Crosby the puck.As the Pittsburgh Penguins depth forward entered the Tampa Bay Lightning zone early in overtime Monday night, he had the look of a player intent on firing a shot.Until Crosby got in in his ear.

Tampa Bay's Game 2 loss was certainly not the fault of goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.The Lightning keeper - filling in for injured No. 1 Ben Bishop - was his team's best player Monday night. He stopped 38 of 41 shots and showed impressive poise in the first and third periods when Tampa Bay was outshot a combined 30-14 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Lightning finished with only 21 shots, and didn't register one during 40 seconds of overtime."You never want to lose your No. 1 guy in Bish," head coach Jon Cooper said, according to the Tampa Bay Times' Joe Smith. "But we've got 1A+ behind him. (Vasilevskiy) was outstanding tonight."He was probably the reason the game went into overtime in the first place."Brian Boyle agreed."(Vasilevskiy) was awesome," the forward said, according to TampaBayLightning.com's Bryan Burns. "He gave us a chance. He was tremendous for us."Anton Stralman enjoyed what he saw from the 'tender, too."He played like he's done nothing else but play in playoff games. It was fun to see."Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Pascal Dupuis no longer takes to the ice in black and gold, but make no mistake, he remains a Pittsburgh Penguin.Forced to retire earlier this season after being diagnosed with a blood clot in his lung in 2014, Dupuis shared a moment with Sidney Crosby on Monday night, after No. 87 tied up the Eastern Conference Final against the Tampa Bay Lightning at 1-1 with a nasty snipe in overtime.Dupuis spent the final eight seasons of his career with the Penguins, winning the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 2009.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Top shelf.Sidney Crosby has his first career playoff overtime goal - and it was beautiful.The Pittsburgh Penguins captain rifled a one-timer upstairs, blocker side, past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy 40 seconds into overtime to win Monday's game 3-2, and tie the Eastern Conference Final at 1-1. It was the fastest overtime goal in Penguins playoff history.Crosby was robbed earlier in the game, but his slump's over. The goal was his first in nine games, since Game 4 of the first round.

Sidney Crosby had to wait a little bit longer.The Pittsburgh Penguins captain went into Game 2 without a goal in eight games, and Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy used his glove hand to stone Crosby, doing his best to extend the streak to nine.Crosby would get his revenge in overtime, scoring the game-winner on a nasty one-timer to tie the series up at 1-1.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Pittsburgh Penguins so-called third line has a prominent new fan.Made aware of the red-hot Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino, and Phil Kessel line, former WWE superstar and current ambassador Shawn Michaels - also known as 'The Heartbreak Kid' - gave his seal of approval to the Penguins Monday night:

They're quickly becoming the Jonathan Drouin playoffs.The Tampa Bay Lightning forward's unlikely renaissance continued on Monday night in Pittsburgh, when he scored for the second time in two games of the Eastern Conference Final against the Penguins.The goal was Drouin's third of the postseason, giving him 11 points in 12 games. He had 10 points in 21 games during the regular season.Matt Murray, though, will be the first to admit that he's got to have Monday's goal:The point is, Drouin is playing the best hockey of his life, and no one would have imagined this would be the case even a few months ago, when he requested a trade and was suspended after leaving the Lightning's minor-league team.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have a key piece on the blue line back in the lineup.Defenseman Anton Stralman took part in warmups and will play Game 2 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, his first game action since fracturing his fibula on March 25.

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan is sitting out Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final.The 31-year-old will miss the game due to the flu, the club announced. He has a goal and two assists in 11 playoff games.

San Jose Sharks head coach Pete DeBoer is contemplating a significant line shuffle in advance of Game 2 of the Western Conference Final.Patrick Marleau started Game 1 on the left wing of the second line with Logan Couture and Joonas Donskoi, but could be bumped to a third-line center role in an attempt to match the forward depth of the St. Louis Blues."It's game to game," DeBoer said of Marleau's line assignment, according to Lou Korac of NHL.com. "Two Patrick Marleaus, one plays center, one on the third line ... I think we've been effective with three centers down the middle, Couture, Marleau, and (Joe) Thornton. We've also been very effective with him on the wing.

Connor McDavid could soon become only the fourth teenage captain in NHL history.In an interview with TSN's Darren Dreger, the 19-year-old was asked if he felt ready for the responsibility, having already been called the de facto leader of the Edmonton Oilers by Taylor Hall at the end of his rookie season."I think it’s a better question for my teammates," McDavid began. "I mean, I think if you have their respect and they’re behind you and they’re backing you in everything you do, then I think that makes that job very easy."But for me, I’m looking to have a good summer, come into training camp, and whether or not that happens, that’s a different story. But I think I want to come to camp and show everyone that I’m not some young 19-year-old anymore, and I’m ready to take a bigger role."McDavid made an impact immediately upon hitting the NHL stage, recording 48 points in 45 games during his injury-shortened rookie campaign.If he is indeed chosen to wear the "C," he would join Gabriel Landeskog, Sidney Crosby, and Vincent Lecavalier as players to do so prior to their 20th birthdays.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

The NHL's motion to dismiss class action lawsuits filed by former players dealing with concussions has been denied by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, Darren Heitner of Forbes reports.The league argued that the class action could be preempted by labor law, but this was not accepted by the court. The former players - diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) - can now continue with their lawsuits.After courts upheld a $1-billion plan to settle concussion lawsuits between the NFL and former players in April, Heitner suggests the NHL may have to begin considering a settlement option of their own.Copyright © 2016 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.