OPINION
- ADAM PROTEAU: Binnington Injury Shows How Important Goalie Depth is in Playoffs (The Hockey News)
- ERIC ENGELS: Shesterkin leads Rangers' best in pivotal Game 3 win over Hurricanes (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Surprise, surprise: At age 40, Oilers' Smith outplaying Markstrom (Sportsnet)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Just like Gretzky decades ago, Oilers' McDavid causing nightmares for Flames (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Lightning exposing Panthers' lack of playoff experience with series sweep in sight (Sportsnet)
- SALIM VALJI: Flames come out flat in Game 3 as Oilers take series lead (TSN)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Road continues to be Hurricanes’ Garden of nightmares, whether in Boston or New York (Raleigh News & Observer)
- NEIL BEST: Shesterkin shut the door after his slip-up (New York Newsday)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Let's not forget how recently St. Louis was confident in Ville Husso (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: The Leafs’ most intriguing buy-low options will include the guy who ended their season (Toronto Star)
- JOHN ROMANO: Andrei Vasilevskiy is the antidote to every Lightning fan’s postseason fears (Tampa Bay Times)
- SEAN KEELER: Nazem Kadri is innocent. Craig Berube’s a clown. Would St. Louis fans like some cheese to go with their whining over Avalanche’s Game 3 comeback? (Denver Post)
- RON COOK: Penguins are on the right path with Bryan Rust deal (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- BEN FREDERICKSON: 'The Kadri Game' will go down in Blues infamy if tossed trash is strongest response (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Mark Giordano returns to the Leafs defence at a hometown discount, after dropping a few hints (Toronto Star)
- DAVE HYDE: Outworked, outplayed, outclassed — the Panthers record-setting team is exposed by Tampa Bay (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- LARRY BROOKS: Shesterkin's growing confidence is opening things up for Rangers (New York Post)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Beyond Kadri’s hit on Binnington, looking at Blues’ other 59:59 in Game 3 loss (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- TIM BENZ: What Bryan Rust's signing means for Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin, Ron Hextall and other Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)