OPINION
- KEN CAMPBELL: After forcing Game 7, Maple Leafs will lean on experience of Babcock, Andersen (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: What can the Bruins do when they're winning everywhere but the scoreboard? (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: What's next for the Minnesota Wild with Chuck Fletcher out as GM? (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: How the Capitals flipped the script to advance and send the Blue Jackets packing (The Hockey News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Maple Leafs veterans need no reminder what’s at stake in Game 7 (Sportsnet)
- ALEX PREWITT: After Long, Sweep-Aided Layoffs, Golden Knights and Sharks Can't Wait to Get Started (Si.com)
- EMILY KAPLAN: Third time will be a charm against Penguins for healthy, hungry Capitals (ESPN)
- EMILY KAPLAN: Depth scoring, blueliners give Predators the edge vs. Jets (ESPN)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: Defense and special teams will carry Sharks over Knights (ESPN)
- DAVID SHOALTS: Goaltending and stopping the Bergeron line are key for Leafs in Game 7 (Globe & Mail)
- CATHAL KELLY: In a mourning city, the Leafs have a job to do (Globe & Mail)
- NEIL GREENBERG: Three reasons this Capitals-Penguins series will be different (Washington Post)
- MARK MADDEN: Penguins-Capitals too close to call (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- ED WILLES: Canucks love what they have in Utica (Vancouver Province)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Game 7 is made for dreams and memories (Toronto Sun)
- RON COOK: Penguins' fiercest rival is Washington, not Philadelphia (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Leafs prepare for Game 7 of their lives with clean sheet (Toronto Star)
- TIM BENZ: Penguins' Derick Brassard, Riley Sheahan must pay dividends now (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: Canucks should dangle some vets to dig for draft diamonds in Dallas (Vancouver Province)
- PAUL ZEISE: Goaltending will decide Penguins-Capitals, and Matt Murray has the edge (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: What golden lessons can be taken from the success of Vegas? (Buffalo News)
- THOM LOVERRO: Holtby must keep hot hand if this really is the Capitals’ year (Washington Times)
- BEN KUZMA: Hard to pump the brakes on Elias Pettersson's NHL potential (Vancouver Province)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Bruins … Leafs … doesn’t matter. Lightning’s got this (Tampa Bay Times)
- RON KANTOWSKI: NBC’s Eddie Olczyk says too much rest could slow Knights, Sharks (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Expect chippy series from Jets, Preds (Winnipeg Sun)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: Craig Leipold's next Wild GM should be allowed to do more than tweak (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Peters preaches discipline in impressive way (Calgary Sun)
- JARED CLINTON: Barzal, Boeser and Keller are Calder Trophy finalists, but rookie class leaves long list of snubs (The Hockey News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Leafs even series with Bruins on emotional night in Toronto (Sportsnet)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: Capitals, Penguins square off in second round for third straight year (ESPN)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Poised Leafs hold off Bruins, force Game 7 (Toronto Star)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Dermott and Johnsson surprising game-changers for Maple Leafs (Toronto Star)
- TARA SULLIVAN: Toronto, reeling from van attack, comes together (Boston Globe)
- DOUG BROWN: Fans will make Winnipeg a go-to town for NHL players (Winnipeg Free Press)
- STEVE SIMMONS: In a city full of sorrow, Leafs move on to Game 7 (Toronto Sun)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: Leipold's next Wild GM should be free to do more than tweak (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- ED WILLES: Jonathan Dahlen looked like he belonged Sunday (Vancouver Province)
- DAMIEN COX: A one and a two ... so what if Winnipeg-Nashville is two rounds early? (Toronto Star)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Unconventional approach puts Treliving in hot seat (Calgary Sun)
- TOM JONES: The key to the Lightning’s success (Tampa Bay Times)
- PAUL WIECEK: NHL's absurd playoff system penalizes Jets for finishing second in league (Winnipeg Free Press)
- BEN KUZMA: Gulutzan a good fit to return to Canucks' coaching ranks (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: 25 years later, 'May Day' goal remains signature moment in Sabres' history (Buffalo News)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Games 3 and 5 set the stage for Blue Jackets’ playoff exit (Columbus Dispatch)
- BARRY SVRLUGA: Alex Ovechkin delivers in the clutch, and ‘a huge opportunity’ awaits (Washington Post)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets, Preds should be must-see TV (Winnipeg Sun)
- BRIAN MURPHY: For Wild, letting GM go is the easy part (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- JOE REXRODE: Predators, Jets should not be playing yet — but we'll take it! (The Tennessean)
- RON COOK: Sidney Crosby making another push toward history (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- ED WILLES: Lind bides his time in Comets' press box (Vancouver Province)
- MARCUS HAYES: Flyers' Giroux, Voracek, and Simmonds disappeared in playoffs, but they'll return (Philadelphia Daily News)
- JARED CLINTON: With Peters opting out, who could be next behind the Carolina Hurricanes bench? (The Hockey News)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: Vegas fans ready to cash in 'miracle' Cup wagers (ESPN)
- CATHAL KELLY: What a difference three hours can make, as Leafs clear the 2013 ‘curse’ (Globe & Mail)
- KEVIN ALLEN: Less-than-perfect Pittsburgh Penguins 'embrace the struggle,' find ways to win (USA Today)
- MARCUS HAYES: Flyers shed 'shackles' in final two games against Penguins (Philadelphia Daily News)
- DON BRENNAN: Couturier racks up five points with MCL injury that should have kept him out a month (Ottawa Sun)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Andrei Vasilevskiy and the universal language of playoff hockey (Tampa Bay Times)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Toronto won’t survive another night of Leafs-in-the-box (Toronto Star)
- KEVIN GORMAN: Jake Guentzel's four-goal game jaw-dropping (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- JOE REXRODE: Predators leave no doubt in Denver — bye Avs, bring on the Jets (The Tennessean)
- DON BRENNAN: Guentzel offensive outburst one for the ages (Ottawa Sun)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Relentless? Obsessive? Driven? What makes Mike Babcock tick? (Toronto Sun)
- MIKE SIELSKI: Couturier was the best thing about this series, and this season, for Flyers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- MARK KISZLA: Kiszla: In defeat, Nathan MacKinnon wins Nashville’s respect as MVP on verge of leading Avs to greatness (Denver Post)
- JOE STARKEY: Jake Guentzel, Penguins miracle worker (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- BUCKY GLEASON: In 48-hour period this week, Buffalo sports could take dramatic upturn (Buffalo News)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: There was nothing to fear, the Leafs insist after holding off Bruins (Toronto Star)
- RON KANTOWSKI: Practice makes perfect setting for fans to bond with Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)