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- KEN CAMPBELL: Why the Oilers should keep the No. 1 pick and take Nail Yakupov (The Hockey News)
- BOB McKENZIE: Lidstrom on not, Red Wings to spend in free agency (TSN)
- STU HACKEL: Discipline, goaltending still keys to playoff victory (Si.com)
- STEPHEN BRUNT: Clinging to melting ice (Sportsnet)
- ALLAN MUIR: Predators, Red Wings headed in separate directions after series (Si.com)
- MIKE BROPHY: Rookies on a roll (Sportsnet)
- ADRIAN DATER: Fleury emerges as Penguins stay alive with Game 5 win over Flyers (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Power play continues to be the advantage (ESPN)
- JOHN LOCKMAN: Coyotes focusing on task at hand, not history (Foxsports)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Pietrangelo still bringing the steady (ESPN)
- JON ROSEN: Kings looking for production from second line (Foxsports)
- JAMES MURPHY: Bruins haven't lost confidence (ESPN)
- GREG COUCH: Violence fuels Gary Bettman's NHL (Foxsports)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Preds proved they are the better team (ESPN)
- JOHN MANASSO: Preds finish Wings, believe best is yet to come (Foxsports)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Fleury saves the Pens' season (ESPN)
- ADAM GRETZ: Penguins find a way to fight another day (CBS Sportsline)
- TIM WHARNSBY: Canucks' Luongo puts team first, backs Schneider (CBC)
- DAVID EBNER: Luongo at lonely end of the rink (Globe & Mail)
- JOHN ALLEMANG: Sports violence is within us all (Globe & Mail)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: NHL discipline isn't just about Shanahan (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Marc-Andre Fleury bounces back, Penguins stay alive in tense win over Flyers (National Post)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Red Wings have no answers, only questions (Detroit News)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Pens still in desperation mode: Crosby (Ottawa Sun)
- RON COOK: The Flower refuses to wilt in face of relentless pressure (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- PHIL SHERIDAN: Fleury outplays Bryzgalov (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- TONY MASSAROTTI: Bruins need sense of urgency (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
- JONATHAN McDONALD: NHL playoff Nirvana (Vancouver Province)
- PAT HICKEY: Remparts, Grigorenko disappoint (Montreal Gazette)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Bryzgalov not as sharp as Fleury (Ottawa Sun)
- DAN BICKLEY: Coyotes a game away from new image (Arizona Republic)
- RANDY SPORTAK: Luongo takes his benching with class (Calgary Sun)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets' American players say no thanks to Worlds (Winnipeg Sun)
- TOM GULITTI: Devils rookie Henrique can eye bigger prize than the Calder (Bergen Record)
- MIKE BOONE: Emptiness at the Bell Centre (Montreal Gazette)
- GREG DOUGLAS: Kings exec Hextall doesn't have a taste for Sedinery (Vancouver Sun)
- STEVE SIMMONS: 'Good ol' hockey game' on steroids (Toronto Sun)
- LARRY BROOKS: Sather: Tied-up Rangers built for long playoff haul (New York Post)
- TIM KAWAKAMI: Reeling San Jose Sharks in need of a catalyst (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- BARRY ROZNER: Hawks need to locate Oduya, Stalberg (Chicago Daily Herald)
- STU COWAN: Face it: Fans want violence (Montreal Gazette)
- SCOTT RIED: NHL's Bettman playing role of thug enabler (Orange County Register)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: L.A. Kings' Net Whisperer stifles the snipers (Vancouver Sun)
- DAMIEN COX: NHL trade market could decide Vancouver Canucks goalie battle (Toronto Star)
- DAVID CLIMER: Preds deliver clear message with victory (The Tennessean)
- JOHN FEINSTEIN: Caps may have Bruins where they want them (Washington Post)Subscriber site
- DON BRENNAN: Silfver lining for Senators (Ottawa Sun)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Reality not bad for Bruins (Boston Herald)
- CAM COLE: Canucks poised to unleash 'Mouthketeers' line on L.A. Kings (Vancouver Sun)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Staal's been there (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- KEN WARREN: Calming the Silfverberg expectations (Ottawa Citizen)
- GREGG KRUPA: Wings never got mojo back after late-season injuries (Detroit News)
- RICH HOFMANN: Young Flyers are easy to love (Philadelphia Daily News)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Advantage Senators -- for now (Ottawa Citizen)
- MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Preds' youth the difference; Wings must retool now (Detroit Free Press)
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- ADAM PROTEAU: Hockey closer to having first openly gay player (The Hockey News)
- STU HACKEL: NHL tries to restore order (Si.com)
- BOB McKENZIE: Holtby has busy night but delivers for Capitals (TSN)
- ADRIAN DATER: Capitals take advantage of Bruins' night off, tie first-round series 2-2 (Si.com)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Martin Brodeur: Still chasing records, still chasing Cups (The Sporting News)
- ALLAN MUIR: What we learned from critical Game 4 victories by New Jersey, St. Louis (Si.com)
- JOHN MANASSO: Predators ready for next step in playoffs (Foxsports)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Canucks summer options with Luongo (ESPN)
- JENNIFER FLOYD ENGEL: Calling Crosby a coward misses point (Foxsports)
- MIKE MAZZEO: At 39, Brodeur shows he's still got it (ESPN)
- CRAIG MORGAN: Boedker the hero again in Coyotes' huge win (Foxsports)
- JOE McDONALD: Bruins can't solve Braden Holtby (ESPN)
- SAM GARDNER: Brodeur comes up big for Devils in Game 4 (Foxsports)
- MELISSA ISAACSON: Hawks lack punch in Game 4 loss (ESPN)
- A.J. PEREZ: Semin shows spark (at last) in Caps' win (Foxsports)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Sharks press, but Blues never wilt (ESPN)
- BRIAN STUBITS: Capitals throw block party, Braden Holtby stands tall again to even series (CBS Sportsline)
- ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Patrick Roy's name still linked to Canadiens (CBC)
- ROY MacGREGOR: Senators have the momentum, barely (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Trying to sell hockey to Canadians (Globe & Mail)
- JEFF BLAIR: Brendan Shanahan: hockey's man of the moment (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Flyers' shaky goaltending leaves door open for Penguins (National Post)
- STEVE POLITI: It's Zach Parise, the Devils' captain, who provides tonic for any hangover (Newark Star Ledger)
- BARRY ROZNER: Desperation time for Hawks now (Chicago Daily Herald)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins best not good enough (Boston Herald)
- MARK PURDY: The toughest job in sports? (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- MARCUS HAYES: Bear is on the loose in Pittsburgh (Philadelphia Daily News)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Turris had scored winner ... as Gretzky, Yzerman, Sakic (Ottawa Sun)
- ARTHUR STAPLE: Someone other than Henrik needs to step up (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
- DAMIEN COX: Raffi Torres ruling a chance for Brendan Shanahan to show whoŐs in charge (Toronto Star)
- DAVID HAUGH: Hawks need top scorers to kick it into high gear (Chicago Tribune)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Picking apart Flyers' goalies (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: The problem in front keeps increasing (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Fleury back in his happy place (Ottawa Sun)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Wings have experience, but can they solve Rinne? (Detroit Free Press)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Holtby outduels Thomas (Toronto Sun)
- TIM KAWAKAMI: San Jose Sharks' best might not be good enough against superior St. Louis Blues (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- TIM COWLISHAW: An evening free of brutality showed how exciting hockey can be (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
- DEREK VAN DIEST: Brodeur lets himself off the hook (Edmonton Sun)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers-Penguins no ordinary playoff series (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- CATHAL KELLY: NHL playoff violence and why you canŐt look away (Toronto Star)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Byfuglien goes to court July 23 (Winnipeg Sun)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Kings nagged with doubts after Game 4 loss to Canucks (Vancouver Province)
- DON BRENNAN: Unsung heroes give Sens huge boost (Ottawa Sun)
- JIM SOUHAN: NHL is out for blood (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Flyers still searching for saviour in goal (Toronto Sun)
- BUCKY GLEASON: Crime rate up during Cup quest (Buffalo News)
- DAVID CLIMER: Nashville Predators near signature win (The Tennessean)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: There's NHL playoff mettle -- and then there's the mayhem (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
- JOE STARKEY: Pens-Flyers a true classic (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- JOHN NIYO: Red Wings search for goal-scorer (Detroit News)
- TRACEE HAMILTON: Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby is making a name for himself (Washington Post)Subscriber site
- ED WILLES: Canucks created something to build on with Game 4 victory (Vancouver Province)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers will lose series if they keep getting outmuscled (New York Post)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Overtime heroes are a diverse lot (Ottawa Citizen)
- STEVE ROSENBLOOM: It's desperation time, so the Hawks should feel at home (Chicago Tribune)
- GENE COLLIER: Defense rests in this case (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- PHIL SHERIDAN: Flyers need to keep pressure on Pens (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- RON BORGES: Braden Holtby does anything to stop pucks (Boston Herald)
- MARK PURDY: The face of Sharks' Game 4 defeat is Patrick Marleau (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- TARA SULLIVAN: Brodeur bounce-back game saves the day (Bergen Record)
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- RYAN KENNEDY: Raffi Torres gives Blackhawks a rallying point (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Sedin's return sparks Canucks (Sportsnet)
- BOB McKENZIE: Penguins key three step up in win over Flyers (TSN)
- MIKE BROPHY: Marlies in for a tough test (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Marc-Andre Fleury's baby steps mean the Penguins can climb a mountain (The Sporting News)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: Finding comfort in Ottawa (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: Raffi Torres will be suspended--and it won't matter (The Sporting News)
- STU HACKEL: Will NHL's Spring of Shame continue? (Si.com)
- ALLAN MUIR: Sens fight back, frustrate Rangers (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Pittsburgh's centers far from cowardly (ESPN)
- ADRIAN DATER: Penguins show some life with big victory after Flyers' total collapse (Foxsports)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Which suspensions, injuries hurt most? (ESPN)
- MICHAEL FARBER: Back at full strength, Canucks almost back in series with Kings (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Welcome to the goon show (ESPN)
- JOHN MANASSO: Klein brings Predators unexpected offense (Foxsports)
- KATIE STRANG: Rangers' playoff OT woes persist (ESPN)
- A.J. PEREZ: Talking, tensions heat up off ice (Foxsports)
- JIM MORRIS: Changing of the guard in Vancouver (ESPN)
- JON ROSEN: Focused Canucks earn their bounces in win (Foxsports)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Flyers' fatal flaw reappears in Game 4 (ESPN)
- BRIAN STUBITS: Senators earning pesky tag with another comeback win to even series (CBS Sportsline)
- TIM WHARNSBY: Schneider, Daniel Sedin ride to Canucks rescue (CBC)
- DAVID SHOALTS: New approach to discipline, same old results (Globe & Mail)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Canucks stay alive (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Penguins' talent shines through in Game 4 win over Flyers (National Post)
- CHRISTINE BRENNAN: NHL needs to handle violence with harsh punishment (USA Today)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Raffi Torres just a small part of the NHL's bigger problem (National Post)
- KEVIN CALLAHAN: Nothing funny about Bryz's play (South Jersey Courier-Post)
- CHRIS ERSKINE: At Staples Center, passion for a game played on ice (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
- DON BRENNAN: Win one of Sens' best, says Phillips (Ottawa Sun)
- SAM DONNELLON: A comedy of errors in net (Philadelphia Daily News)
- DAVID HAUGH: Winning is Hawks' best retaliation (Chicago Tribune)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' call means Cory Schneider No. 1 goalie, Roberto Luongo tradable (Vancouver Sun)
- MIKE WISE: Bettman, NHL have it backwards (Washington Post)Subscriber site
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Violent reaction to winning formula (Boston Herald)
- DREW SHARP: It may be time to break up Wings (Detroit Free Press)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: If Fleury is back, so are Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks' Henrik Sedin true Iron Man (Vancouver Province)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Fightin' words fire up NHL fans (Winnipeg Sun)
- MARK PURDY: Sharks look to bolster penalty kill with Joe Thornton (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Crosby cowardly? No way (Toronto Sun)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Crime and punishment (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
- JILL PAINTER: Now it's Kings, not Canucks, feeling pressure (Los Angeles Daily News)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Pens take advantage of stinky Flyers (Ottawa Sun)
- CAM COLE: 'Slightly alive' Canucks to fight another day (Vancouver Sun)
- PAT HICKEY: Stanstead College standout has NHL scouts in frenzy (Montreal Gazette)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Hunter's head-hunting jab has Bruins burning (Toronto Sun)
- MICHAEL ARACE: NHL playoffs É and justice for some (Columbus Dispatch)
- KEN WIEBE: Canucks, Penguins won't go quietly (Winnipeg Sun)
- RON BORGES: Bruins need Tyler Seguin to break out (Boston Herald)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Red Wings almost out of time, and upheaval looms (Detroit News)
- RON COOK: Crosby lets his play serve as answer to his critics (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- DAMIEN COX: NHL's justice system needs total overhaul (Toronto Star)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Just plain ugly (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
- ED WILLES: No discipline or intelligence (Vancouver Province)
- RICH HOFMANN: Test arrives for young Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators still refuse to surrender (Ottawa Citizen)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Goal for Red Wings is to keep peppering Pekka Rinne (Detroit Free Press)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks' Schneider king of crisis management in Game 4 victory over L.A. (Vancouver Province)
- RICK TELANDER: NHL should eliminate 'enforcers,' danger of head trauma too severe (Chicago Sun Times)
- HELELE ELLIOTT: Canucks need stops, so Cory Schneider tends to it (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
- MARK WHICKER: Kings find out it's not that easy (Orange County Register)
- PHIL SHERIDAN: A bad meltdown at a bad time (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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- RORY BOYLEN: Kings would be crazy to trade captain Dustin Brown (The Hockey News)
- STEPHEN BRUNT: Customer is always right (Sportsnet)
- BOB McKENZIE: Torres' hit on Hossa meets all criteria of rule 48 (TSN)
- MIKE BROPHY: Signifigance of goaltending (Sportsnet)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: Family matters (Sportsnet)
- STU HACKEL: Kings' Brown, Rangers' Boyle know how to raise their games (Si.com)
- MARK SPECTOR: Hockey's biggest punk (Sportsnet)
- SARAH KWAK: Panthers take latest momentum swing from Devils in Game 3 (Si.com)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Panthers come back from early three-goal deficit to stun Devils (The Sporting News)
- ALLAN MUIR: Up to 1 man to curb violence after another night marred by dirty play (Si.com)
- JON ROSEN: Questions remain for Vigneault, Canucks (Foxsports)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Shanahan's pivotal postseason role (ESPN)
- CRAIG MORGAN: Coyotes continue to surpass expectations (Foxsports)
- MIKE MAZZEO: No 3-0 lead is safe -- even for the Devils (ESPN)
- SAM GARDNER: Penalty kill lets Devils down vs. Panthers (Foxsports)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Story of Preds' win not in box score (ESPN)
- DANA WAKIJI: Red Wings lose pivotal Game 4 at home (Foxsports)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Mayhem has become story of playoffs (ESPN)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Daniel Sedin: The bad headaches are gone (Globe & Mail)
- ROY MacGREGOR: Senators looking for a playoff hero against Rangers (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Sidney Crosby only hurting himself with his antics (National Post)
- MIKE LOPRESTI: NHL playoffs competitive and combative (USA Today)Subscriber site
- STEVE POLITI: Despite stunning meltdown in Game 3, Devils have time to prove themselves (Newark Star Ledger)
- TOM HOFFARTH: On verge of franchise-changing sweep against Vancouver, uneasy lies the crown (Los Angeles Daily News)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Kings switch-up defence with Daniel Sedin looming for Canucks (Vancouver Province)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators still talking a good game (Ottawa Citizen)
- RON BORGES: Milan Lucic hitting stride gives Bruins an edge (Boston Herald)
- RON COOK: Penguins' crumbling of virtual locks would be legendary (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Predators cash in on mistakes, push Red Wings to brink (Detroit News)
- PAT HICKEY: Emphasis used to be on skill, not fighting (Montreal Gazette)
- CAM COLE: 'Day to day' Daniel Sedin is in for now (Vancouver Sun)
- DAVE FESCHUK: When Sidney Crosby loses his cool, he only harms himself -- and the Penguins (Toronto Star)
- DEREK VAN DIEST: Double pull a head scratcher (Edmonton Sun)
- Tough times for Oil, Renney (Edmonton Journal)
- BOB DUFF: Wings done like dinner for hungry Predators (Windsor Star)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: A confession: Jagr was right (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Capitals dirty like Dale Hunter (Boston Herald)
- JOHN FEINSTEIN: Series is getting chippy (Washington Post)Subscriber site
- PAUL FRIESEN: NHL fashioning own noose (Winnipeg Sun)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Penguins embarrass Lemieux (Ottawa Sun)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks must play Kings one shift at a time (Vancouver Province)
- BARRY ROZNER: Toews furious over Torres hit on Hossa (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
- MARK WHICKER: Can two Sedins net one game? (Orange County Register)
- GENE COLLIER: Despite meltdown, firing Bylsma remains an idea whose time has not come (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- MITCH ALBOM: Im-Pekkable Game 4 has Wings facing elimination (Detroit Free Press)
- DON BRENNAN: Sens hope to avoid home futility mark (Ottawa Sun)
- GREGG KRUPA: Wings see improvement, but donŐt get desired result (Detroit News)
- TIM KAWAKAMI: San Jose Sharks' Doug Wilson and San Francisco 49ers' Trent Baalke are kindred spirits (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- JOHN NIYO: Jimmy Howard faces a true playoff test (Detroit News)
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- MICHAEL GRANGE: Rowdy, rough and riotous (Sportsnet)
- BOB McKENZIE: Brown set the tone for Kings with hit, goal (TSN)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: Rowdy, rough and riotous (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: With Sid acting like a kid, the Penguins are about to bow out (The Sporting News)
- ALLAN MUIR: Kings capitalize on breaks as Canucks flounder in critical Game 3 (Si.com)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Weber plays role of villain in Detroit (ESPN)
- ADRIAN DATER: Pens merit most blame for Game 3 fisticuffs, but Flyers not off hook (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Pens' collars getting tighter (ESPN)
- DANA WAKIJI: Red Wings lose at home, Preds go up 2-1 (Foxsports)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Why has the line been crossed? (ESPN)
- JON ROSEN: Kings on record run with 3-0 lead on Canucks (Foxsports)
- JIM MORRIS: Brown brings the pain (ESPN)
- ADAM GRETZ: Game 3 in Philadelphia also had some hair pulling (CBS Sportsline)
- ROY MacGREGOR: Temperatures rising between Rangers-Sens as series moves north (Globe & Mail)
- SEAN GORDON: Alfredsson's absence a rallying point (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Flyers take 3-0 stranglehold as Penguins collapse amid chaos (National Post)
- SAM DONNELLON: Giroux a leading force (Philadelphia Daily News)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Desperate days await if Wings' foolish play continues (Detroit News)
- JILL PAINTER: There's no denying playoff atmosphere in L.A. (Los Angeles Daily News)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Sid 'public enemy No. 1' in Philly (Toronto Sun)
- MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Red Wings battling bad luck, bad calls (Detroit Free Press)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Don't bother showing for Game 4 (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- DAVE STUBBS: Bouchard had delicious sense of humour (Montreal Gazette)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Playoffs mean never having to say you're sorry (Ottawa Sun)
- RAJU MUDHAR: Twitter's fun, till someone loses an eye, or job (Toronto Star)
- CAM COLE: Vancouver Canucks' season vaporizing, getting what they deserve (Vancouver Sun)
- DAVE HYDE: Stephen Weiss and the (repaired) smile of a franchise (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins must create better shots to beat CapsŐ Braden Holtby (Boston Herald)
- BOB DUFF: Ellis part of playoff history (Windsor Star)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: A Tale of Two Series (Toronto Sun)
- ED WILLES: You have to give Kings credit (Vancouver Province)
- JASON YORK: Kudos to MacLean the motivator (Ottawa Sun)
- LARRY BROOKS: Like it or not, Blueshirts' toughest test at hand (New York Post)
- MARK WHICKER: Brown helps give Kings 3-0 series lead (Orange County Register)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Pittsburgh Penguins lose wild Game 3 to Philadelphia Flyers (Toronto Star)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Bashing refs is a basic NHL playoff tradition (Columbus Dispatch)
- RED FISHER: Farewell to 'Big Butch' (Montreal Gazette)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Mitchell proves there's more gas in the tank (Vancouver Province)
- DAN BICKLEY: Coyotes must rally after painful loss (Arizona Republic)
- TIM KAWAKAMI: Surprising Sharks trio taking fight to Blues (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- DAMIEN COX: NHL playoffs veer wildly out of control (Toronto Star)
- DON BRENNAN: Sens might need 'C' change for Game 3 (Ottawa Sun)
- ED WILLES: It's open season on heads (Vancouver Province)
- RON BORGES: Alex Ovechkin: Right guy, wrong sweater (Boston Herald)
- TERRY JONES: Yakupov wants to be an Oiler (Edmonton Sun)
- PHIL SHERIDAN: Steel-cage hockey arrives (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Goal must be to score goals (Vancouver Province)
- GREGG KRUPA: Red Wings' resilience canŐt overcome lack of discipline (Detroit News)
- DUSTY SAUNDERS: Altitude announcer Mike Haynes remains upbeat about Colorado Avalanche, his health (Denver Post)
- GREG COTE: Stephen Weiss' smile worth waiting for after Panthers win (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators' true believers gain energy boost (Ottawa Citizen)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings almost have series zip-locked down (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
- JACK TODD: NHL discipline worse under Shanahan (Montreal Gazette)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Flyers make Pens pay for circus act (Ottawa Sun)
- MITCH ALBOM: Wings had shots but Pekka is a wrecka (Detroit Free Press)
- JOHN NIYO: Just when Wings have Pekka Rinne beat ... they donŐt (Detroit News)
- RICH HOFMANN: Rookies unfazed by cheap shots (Philadelphia Daily News)
- RON COOK: Fleury hasn't made big saves to cover mistakes (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: Butch Bouchard a cherished captain in Montreal Canadiens history (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Karma for Canucks (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Shanahan, NHL must act before Stanley Cup playoffs spiral into disaster (The Sporting News)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: Engaging the reptile brain (Sportsnet)
- SEAN GENTILLE: Capitals, Backstrom punch back in 2OT win over Bruins (The Sporting News)
- SARAH KWAK: Senators show they have some fight, square series with Rangers (Si.com)
- ANDREW ASTLEFORD: Blues defend home ice in Game 2 win (Foxsports)
- JOE McDONALD: Bruins getting pushed around (ESPN)
- TYLER LOCKMAN: Never-say-die Blackhawks steal 'huge' Game 2 (Foxsports)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Bad blood boils over in St. Louis (ESPN)
- SAM GARDNER: Sens get physical, get even with Rangers (Foxsports)
- KATIE STRANG: There will be blood ... and stitches (ESPN)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Penguins live and die with team identity (National Post)
- STEVE POLITI: Newark mayor Cory Booker is wrong in his attacks at Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek (Newark Star Ledger)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Time to stick a fork in the Penguins? (Ottawa Sun)
- RON BORGES: Winner will be good till last drop (Boston Herald)
- ED WILLES: Canucks now have to dig deep (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE VACARRO: Rangers find themselves in the Garden of Beaten (New York Post)
- FILIP BONDY: Ottawa Senators change tone of playoff series with NY Rangers, winning fight-filled Game 2 at Madison Square Garden (New York Daily News)
- DAN SHAUGHNESSY: It was a good scrap, but a loss (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
- DREW SHARP: Silence is golden for Wings' Howard (Detroit Free Press)
- DAVE MOLINARI: Inspiring words: Penguins must cope with more than Flyers today (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers aren't satisfied (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- STEVE ROSENBLOOM: Keep the ending, but change the script (Chicago Tribune)
- DAVE HYDE: Stephen Weiss and the (repaired) smile of a franchise (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- BRAD TOWNSHEND: Months after tragic crash, Karlis Skrastins' family still trying to heal (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
- DON BRENNAN: Slap Shot mentality suits Sens (Ottawa Sun)
- MIKE ZIESBERGER: Backstrom sports a smile, not a shiner (Toronto Sun)
- JOE STARKEY: In Pens' favor, a road-ice advantage (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Playoff time can be taxing for Red Wings (Detroit Free Press)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Kings have thrown together a tough team (Vancouver Province)
- PHIL SHERIDAN: Flyers depending on young guns (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- BUCKY GLEASON: Lundqvist deserves Vezina (Buffalo News)
- RANDY SPORTAK: Patience will be a virtue (Calgary Sun)
- MIKE ZIESBERGER: Backstrom has the last laugh (Toronto Sun)
- MIKE HEIKA: Unset salary cap leave Stars in sticky situation heading into off-season (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
- MARK WHICKER: Fear factor could be motivating Kings (Orange County Register)
- PAOLA BOIVIN: Coyotes have plenty of fuel for series (Arizona Republic)Subscriber site
- GREGG KRUPA: Work-in-progress Red Wings in a tough spot (Detroit News)
- GENE COLLIER: It's time for Penguins to hit the road (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- STEVE SIMMONS: No justice for Canucks (Toronto Sun)
- MARK PURDY: Sharks, Blues take turns pounding on each other -- some of it questionably (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- ERIC FRANCIS: What would Iggy fetch? (Calgary Sun)
- LARRY BROOKS: Bettman latching onto Crosby (New York Post)
- SAM DONNELLON: How Lavi shaped the Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Whither Pens' young talents? (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: For Capitals, itŐs a buyer's market (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
- MIKE VACARRO: Rangers crowd noisy, but city has seen more boisterous days (New York Post)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Tim Thomas tough to beat, but Capitals do it twice (Boston Herald)
- MARK SUTCLIFFE: CBCŐs nightmare scenario? Senators, Canucks bounced early (Ottawa Citizen)
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