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Senators captain Brady Tkachuk will play in the team's regular-season finale Thursday against the visiting Hurricanes after missing eight games with an upper-body injury.

Panthers forward Jesse Puljujarvi received a two-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Lightning forward Mitchell Chaffee.

The Jets have signed Neal Pionk to a six-year, $42 million contract extension before the defenseman could hit free agency.

The NHL says the Rangers informed the league last year that they were looking into sexual assault allegations by a team employee against Artemi Panarin after a report detailing the situation and settlement payments made to the woman surfaced.

The Original Six are NHL's teams that made up the league from 1942 until it expanded in 1967. Learn more about the history.

The Buffalo Sabres are among the teams in the NHL with the longest active postseason droughts. See which other teams make the list.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have the longest consecutive playoff streaks in the NHL. See which other teams make the list.

No NHL team is perfect, and opponents will be certain to key in on these areas of weakness.

- Kaiden Guhle scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens wrapped up the last Eastern Conference playoff spot with a 4-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night in their regular-season finale.

Dallas forward Jason Robertson sustained a lower-body injury in Wednesday's loss at Nashville.