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- MATT LARKIN: Penguins smother Rangers to win Game 3. Here’s why New York should be worried (The Hockey News)
- BRIAN COSTELLO: Has the mystery behind Barilko’s Cup-winning puck been solved in Zapruder-like fashion? You be the judge (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Blackhawks don't have their usual depth, and it shows (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Shaw could face discipline for apparent slur (TSN)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Drouin's star turn just what Lightning needed (ESPN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Lightning take commanding series lead on Red Wings with Game 4 win (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Rookie Murray, vet Cullen lead Penguins to solid win (ESPN)
- DAMIEN COX: Orpik won't be easy to replace for surging Capitals (Sportsnet)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Sharks looking for bigger contributions from lines that don't have guys named Joe on them (ESPN)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Murray overcomes his nerves in solid first playoff start (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: On the extinction of coaching gamesmanship (ESPN)Paywall to view
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: When it comes to goaltenders this NHL postseason, it’s play ’em if you got ’em (Globe & Mail)
- PAUL BISSONNETTE: How community values helped players reach NHL (USA Today)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers trailing series due to ‘stubborn’, boneheaded strategy (New York Post)
- DREW SHARP: Game 4 was must-see hockey we wanted (Detroit Free Press)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Vlady has become the Blackhawks’ daddy (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- RON COOK: Sullivan stays hot with his decision to start Murray (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- DAVID HAUGH: Corey Crawford flips the switch for Blackhawks but they can't keep it on (Chicago Tribune)
- MARCUS HAYES: Flyers' postseason an unexpected bonus (Philadelphia Daily News)
- BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks season on brink after failure to launch (Chicago Daily Herald)
- MIKE VACCARO: Islanders on the precipice of washing away 23 years of ugly (New York Post)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: Wild now has full attention from Dallas (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- CAM COLE: Don't feed the animals … or tips for NHL fan giveaways (Vancouver Sun)
- TOM JONES: Don't mess around, Lightning, finish off the Wings (Tampa Bay Times)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Mistakes push Wings to brink of elimination (Detroit News)
- NEIL BEST: Young Pens goalie Murray stifles Rangers (New York Newsday)
- MIKE SIELSKI: Flyers should stick with Mason (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Frederik Andersen and Ducks win the head games in 3-0 victory over Predators in Game 3 (Los Angeles Times)
- JASON GREGOR: Sometimes the right call is just wrong (Edmonton Journal)
- BRIAN MURPHY: Wild's Mikko Koivu wears the 'C.' It's his team, his time (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- ROB ROSSI: Penguins finally find themselves on right side of puck (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MARK HERRMANN: No need for Isles to be history buffs (New York Newsday)
- MITCH ALBOM: Power outage has Wings facing elimination (Detroit Free Press)
- THOM LOVERRO: Ready all season, Capitals’ depth about to be put to playoff test (Washington Times)
- DAVE ISAAC: Fans set reputation back to days of snowballs (South Jersey Courier-Post)
- MARK PURDY: Sharks have opportunity they must take advantage of (San Jose Mercury News)
- JIM SOUHAN: Question now is whether Wild capable of winning streak (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- STU COWAN: IceCaps' Tim Bozon 'lucky' to be pursuing hockey dream (Montreal Gazette)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators likely to take their time with coaching candidates (Ottawa Sun)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Penguins luck out, beat Rangers to take series lead (Toronto Sun)
- BEN KUZMA: Benning confident Demko drama will have happy ending (Vancouver Province)
- DAN BARNES: If you were the Edmonton Oilers' boss, things would be different (Edmonton Journal)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: A coach’s challenge might have changed history for Flyers and Pat Quinn (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: Are the 2016 Sharks different from the 2014 choker Sharks? (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Kings gain new life in Pacific Division showdown (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Capitals put East, NHL on notice with blowout win (TSN)
- ALLAN MUIR: With backs against wall, Wild rally to beat Stars in Game 3 (Si.com)
- MARK SPECTOR: Ott is more than just hockey's mouth of the south (Sportsnet)
- ALEX PREWITT: Fans show frustration with Flyers’ Game 3 struggles (Si.com)
- DAMIEN COX: Capitals assert dominance in Game 3, while Flyers come undone (Sportsnet)
- JOE McDONALD: Capitals ready to make 'history' (ESPN)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Banged-up Rangers-Penguins slowly getting healthy (Sportsnet)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Ducks suffer a poorly timed slump in playoff series against Predators (Globe & Mail)
- DAVID SHOALTS: Canadian viewers have an ironic aversion to Rogers hockey broadcasts (Globe & Mail)
- KEVIN ALLEN: When it comes to NHL coaches, best are in West (USA Today)
- TOM POWERS: Wild suddenly wake with season on the brink (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- MIKE SIELSKI: Way to go, Flyers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- NEIL BEST: Rangers wary of Penguins’ power play (New York Newsday)
- JIM SOUHAN: Remainder of series will tell if Game 3 was a turning point (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- TOM JONES: Revered in Detroit, Steve Yzerman settles in with Lightning (Tampa Bay Times)
- MIKE HEIKA: Stars didn't reciprocate Wild's desperation; Ruff: 'That's probably as bad as I've seen us play in maybe five weeks' (Dallas Morning News)
- CAM COLE: Coach's challenge a bad idea whose time has come (Vancouver Sun)
- DAVID MURPHY: Flyers' Giroux a nonfactor vs. Capitals (Philadelphia Daily News)
- PAT LEONARD: Things starting to get heated between Rangers and Penguins (New York Daily News)
- JOE STARKEY: Starkey: Fleury, Malkin questions loom large (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Blues know they are a changed team (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- SAM DONELLON: Spent Flyers vs. NHL's best team turns ugly (Philadelphia Daily News)
- BRIAN MURPHY: Wild rally turns Xcel frowns to smiles (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Boyle’s chicken dance only matters if Lightning win series (Tampa Tribune)
- KEN KUZMA: Canucks could lose budding NHL bench boss Travis Green (Vancouver Province)
- RICK GOSSELIN: A cornerstone of Stars' defense returns to Minnesota as a villain (Dallas Morning News)
- MARK PURDY: No surprise: Kings aren't going away quietly (San Jose Mercury News)
- MARK HERRMANN: Isles appreciate fans’ passion (New York Newsday)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers' Achilles' heel is gone: Welcome, Black-and-Blueshirts (New York Post)
- GENE COLLIER: Superstar's comeback necessitates super-sized adjustments (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- TEDDY GREENSTEIN: I didn't grow up with playoff hockey, but now I'm hooked (Chicago Tribune)
- DREW SHARP: Heated Wings playoff series could boil over (Detroit Free Press)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Led by Brian Elliott, Senators still have a presence in the playoffs (Ottawa Citizen)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Kessel's skating and release throwing curveball at Rangers (Toronto Sun)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: Corey Crawford paid his dues, and now he’s getting the respect he deserves (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Don’t be fooled: There’s a method to Brent Burns’ bearded madness (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Blues catch a couple breaks, regain home-ice advantage (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Islanders hope 'Fort Neverlose' spirit follows them to Brooklyn (The Sporting News)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Islanders take step in right direction in gritty OT win (ESPN)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Eric Staal is exactly where he belongs — in the playoffs (Sportsnet)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: 5 reasons you need to be watching Kings-Sharks (ESPN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Red Wings find life, win Game 3 to put dent in Lightning's series lead (Si.com)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Athanasiou's spin-o-rama could change Wings' fate (ESPN)
- JAMES MIRTLE: NHL’s dynasty-killing parity strategy finally drags Chicago back to the pack (Globe & Mail)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Pietrangelo trades pain for gain (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- LARRY BROOKS: Why Skjei's off-side revelation is huge for Rangers, now and later (New York Post)
- MIKE IMREM: Kane's Game 3 penalty costly for Blackhawks (Chicago Daily Herald)
- DREW SHARP: Desperate Red Wings find right balance at right time in Game 3 (Detroit Free Press)
- MARK HERRMANN: What a way to start Barclays playoff era (New York Newsday)
- RICK MORRISSEY: What should have been a big Blackhawks lead very much wasn’t (Chicago Sun-Times)
- JACK TODD: While there's Price, there's hope (Montreal Gazette)
- BEN KUZMA: No comfort zone as Horvat aims to play more significant role (Vancouver Province)
- GREGG KRUPA: Wings' spirited play pays immediate dividends (Detroit News)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: A Kings-Ducks playoff matchup is becoming a longshot (Los Angeles Times)
- MICHAEL RAND: Confidence, it appears, does matter for local teams (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Thornton playing like winner for Sharks now (Columbus Dispatch)
- ED WILLES: Canucks can't afford another air ball in NHL Draft (Vancouver Province)
- PAT LEONARD: As long as Penguins are without Marc-Andre Fleury, Rangers, Henrik Lundqvist hold advantage (New York Daily News)
- SAM DONNELLON: Flyers must make life harder for Caps' Holtby (Philadelphia Daily News)
- RICK GOSSELIN: Long delays and imperfect rulings make replay a frustrating process (Dallas Morning News)
- JEFF MILLER: Ducks now need to find road magic -- and quick (Orange County Register)
- STEVE SERBY: The Islanders have a new home -- with ear-blistering energy (New York Post)
- BOB DUFF: Red Wings shuffle deck for Game 3 against Lightning (Windsor Star)
- JEFF PATERSON: The Canucks' most intriguing draft position might just be fourth overall (Vancouver Province)
- DAVID HAUGH: Different Blues team suddenly putting heat on Blackhawks (Chicago Tribune)
- JIM SOUHAN: A team at risk, the Wild is searching for its soul (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- BARRY ROZNER: Breaks go wrong way for hungry Hawks (Chicago Daily Herald)
- NEIL BEST: Eric Staal could be X-factor for Rangers (New York Newsday)
- STU COWAN: Hockey Night in Newfoundland (Montreal Gazette)
- JOHN NIYO: On home ice, Red Wings hit reset on series (Detroit News)
- ED WILLES: Kings' hits not hurting Sharks (Vancouver Province)
- TOM JONES: Someone needs to step up offensively for Lightning (Tampa Bay Times)
- THOM LOVERRO: Braden Holtby’s coronation underway after spectacular season (Washington Times)
- BOB BROOKOVER: Flyers must help Mason put flub behind him (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- MIKE HEIKA: Antoine Roussel, Stars' French taunter, does more than just tick opposing players, fans off (Dallas Morning News)
- PATRICK REUSSE: 'Wild' doing just fine without 'North Stars' name returning (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- JONATHAN BOMBULIE: Storyline goes off script in series (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Calgary Flames could be adding to talent in a big way with signing of Czech forward Daniel Pribyl (Calgary Sun)
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