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At one point, Sidney Crosby could have seen more of himself on an interstate billboard than on a playoff highlight reel for the Penguins.

Only four teams in NHL history have fallen behind 0-3 in a best-of-seven playoff series and rallied to win it. Just six more won three in a row to force a Game 7.

Washington Capitals defenseman Rasmus Sandin underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair an ACL tear that he suffered during the April 11 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, the franchise announced Wednesday.

D.J. Smith felt the pushing from behind and then the glass raining down on him. He didn't have time to duck out of the way.

The Dallas Stars are still without injured top-line center Roope Hintz, who stayed home Tuesday when the team traveled to Minnesota for Game 3 of its Western Conference first-round playoff series.

Right now the Washington Capitals' offseason feels like a big flow chart, with arrows at the top pointing in two very different directions. The front office is just waiting to be told which direction to take.

Juraj Slafkovsky scored his third power-play goal 1:22 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in Game 1 of their first-round series on Sunday night.

Logan O'Connor scored for the first time in more than a year, Scott Wedgewood stopped 24 shots in his first Stanley Cup playoffs start and the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in Game 1 on Sunday.

So much for the Philadelphia Flyers being too inexperienced for all this. Too young for that matter.

Anze Kopitar wrapped up the last regular season of his storied career. The Los Angeles Kings captain wants to prolong his final playoff run for as long as possible.