Forwards Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli and Macklin Celebrini will be part of a young Canadian squad looking to defend its gold medal at this year's world men's hockey championship.
Rick Bowness of the Winnipeg Jets, Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks and Andrew Brunette of the Nashville Predators are the finalists for this season's Jack Adams Award.
William Nylander scored twice and Joseph Woll made 22 saves, as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday to force Game 7 in their first-round series.
Connor Hellebuyck might have looked at times during Winnipeg's first-round NHL playoff series like he was collecting pucks for the Colorado Avalanche, but the Jets goalie sees it differently.
Auston Matthews will miss the Maple Leafs' must-win Game 6 against the Boston Bruins. Head coach Sheldon Keefe said following today's morning skate the star sniper would be unavailable with Toronto down 3-2 in its first-round playoff series.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice for the Oilers Wednesday as Edmonton, for the third straight year, eliminated the Kings from the playoff picture. Evan Bouchard added three assists for the winners.
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper opened his end-of-season news conference Wednesday apologizing for making what he called an inappropriate analogy of putting skirts on goalies.