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The Avs have doubled their hits per game rate from the regular season. Fellow Stanley Cup contenders should be very concerned.

Pavel Dorofeyev scored his second goal of the game at 4:10 of overtime to give Vegas a 3-2 victory over the Ducks to take a 3-2 series lead.

A freakish bounce off the boards turned Tage Thompson's routine play into the most pivotal goal of Buffalo's Game 4 win, which evened the playoff series at 2 on Tuesday night in Montreal.

Ducks center Ryan Poehling was helped off the ice after being checked hard into the boards by Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb nearly midway through the first period of their Game 5 meeting Tuesday night.

Zach Benson broke a tie on a third-period power play on his 21st birthday and the Sabres beat the Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday to even the series at 2-2.

The PWHL's upcoming draft class is made up of a 235-player pool and, as highly anticipated, headed by five members of the U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning team, including defender Caroline Harvey.

Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy received a six-game suspension for slashing Buffalo's Zach Benson in Game 6 of their first-round series.

Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson was fined $5,000 on Tuesday, the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement, for hitting Wild center Michael McCarron with the blunt end of his stick Monday night.

Penguins star Sidney Crosby is joining Team Canada ahead of its run at the men's world hockey championships. This will be Crosby's fourth appearance in the tournament.

Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas said Tuesday that he would "love" to have longtime center Evgeni Malkin back for a 21st season with the franchise.