OPINION
- RYAN KENNEDY: Buffalo Sabres win the Rasmus Dahlin draft lottery (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Off-ice passion, on-ice progress made Predators an expansion home run (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Jets comfortable playing rope-a-dope hockey (TSN)
- ERIC ENGELS: A top-3 pick in the 2018 Draft should accelerate Canadiens’ retool (Sportsnet)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: Winners and losers of the 2018 NHL draft lottery (ESPN)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks’ Draft Lottery drop not nearly as painful as previous results (Sportsnet)
- TARA SULLIVAN: Tuukka Rask was sharp, despite losing skate blade (Boston Globe)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: It's a turnaround moment for a bedraggled franchise (Buffalo News)
- RON KANTOWSKI: Knights finally make it to prime time, gain national appeal (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- JOE STARKEY: What makes Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin the consummate winner? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- STU COWAN: Dominique Ducharme a head-coach-in-waiting with Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
- DON BRENNAN: Led by Marchand, Bruins lick Bolts in second round series opener (Ottawa Sun)
- STEVE CONROY: Tuukka Rask bounces back to record dominant, crazy win in Game 1 vs. Lightning (Boston Herald)
- RON KANTOWSKI: Chickens rule the roost in hometown of Knights’ Ryan Carpenter (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- TOM JONES: Why it’s not as bad as it looked for Tampa Bay (Tampa Bay Times)
- STU COWAN: Canadiens don't luck out at NHL Draft Lottery (Montreal Gazette)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Sharks battle back to break even giving the Golden Knights their first playoff loss (Los Angeles Times)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: Canucks are open for business with the seventh pick after dream of No. 1 dies. Again (Vancouver Province)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Laine has flair for the dramatic (Winnipeg Sun)
- KEVIN GORMAN: Working hard not Penguins captain Sidney Crosby's greatest gift (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: How Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin have left their marks as 1-2 picks (Boston Globe)
- ED GRANEY: Golden Knights deserving of Game 2 loss via barrage of penalties (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- ERIC FRANCIS: The side of Brian Burke you need to know about (Calgary Sun)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Vegas Golden Knights offer road map back to playoffs (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- LARRY BROOKS: Long Island Lou Lamoriello? Don't rule out one last rescue (New York Post)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: A lottery ball bouncing the Sabres' way means the pucks finally might, too (Buffalo News)
- PATRICK REUSSE: NHL's expansion gamble paying off in Las Vegas ... Minnesota hasn't been so lucky (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Of VanVleet, Marner, boxing in Toronto and, once again, Lou (Toronto Sun)
- BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks made winning look easy (Chicago Daily Herald)