OPINION
- ADAM PROTEAU: NHL Playoffs: As Canadian Pride Rises, More Fans Want Any Team To End Canada's Cup Drought, Poll Suggests (The Hockey News)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Battle Of Ontario Has Turned Into The Battle Of The Big 4 — And So Far, The Senators' Stars Have Gone M.I.A. (The Hockey News)
- ADAM PROTEAU: Toronto Maple Leafs' Simon Benoit Is Their Unlikely Hero: How He Earned His Role (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: No Matter How You Say 'Go Habs Go,' Canadiens Must 'Allez' Or Be 'Fini' (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Kings' Quinton Byfield Shows The Value Of NHL Teams Being Patient With A Slow-Burning Youngster (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: NHL Rumor Roundup: Bruins Plan To Be Busy This Off-Season (The Hockey News)
- ERIC ENGELS: Anderson sets tone as Canadiens punch back in series (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers take advantage of Kings' failed challenge, jump back in series (Sportsnet)
- RICK WESTHEAD: New jury selected in London hockey case (TSN)
- CATHAL KELLY: Whatever the verdict, the benefits of hockey are diminished (Globe & Mail)
- ROY MacGREGOR: Ottawa Senators go into Game 4 determined not to be skunked by Leafs (Globe & Mail)
- TARA SULLIVAN: The Bruins seem to be saying that no big changes are needed. If not now, then when? (Boston Globe)
- LA VELLE E. NEAL III: Wild center Marco Rossi is easy to root for (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- ED GRANEY: Golden Knights need more from top line to overcome Wild (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- JACK TODD: Canadiens should play Arber Xhekaj so he gains playoff experience (Montreal Gazette)
- LYNN WORTHY: Blues must keep applying pressure, put Connor Hellebuyck’s playoff demons in play (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- DAVE FESCHUK: The Senators are beating the Maple Leafs in the shenanigans game, if nothing else (Toronto Star)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Blues demolition crew testing Jets' very foundation (Winnipeg Sun)
- NEIL BEST: Isles made the wrong call on radio broadcast (New York Newsday)
- DANE MIZUTANI: If Kirill Kaprizov keeps playing like this, the Wild are true Stanley Cup contenders (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- RICK VAIVE: In praise of the blue line's unsung heroes and Leafs excellent work in faceoff circle (Toronto Sun)
- JOHN ROMANO: For an MVP candidate, Nikita Kucherov’s off to a slow playoff start (Tampa Bay Times)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Blues’ Pavel Buchnevich nets a hat trick. So what do they do with the hats? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- STU COWAN: Resilient Canadiens confident they can bounce back (Montreal Gazette)
- ADAM PROTEAU: NHL Playoffs: Can The Oilers, Senators, Canadiens, Blues And Devils Pull Off A Comeback? (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Boom Boom Bennett: Panthers' Bang-And-Crasher Plays Up To The Moment (The Hockey News)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Skinner Or Pickard: Who Should The Oilers Start In Game 3? (The Hockey News)
- JIM PARSONS: Edmonton Oilers Don't Surprise Anyone By Scratching Jeff Skinner, But It Was A Mistake (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: NHL Rumor Roundup: Who Will Be The Kraken's Next Coach? Will Utah Make A Splash? (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: How optimistic Oilers can change tide in series vs. Kings (Sportsnet)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Conroy prioritizing Flames' homegrown talent over pricey free agents (Sportsnet)
- LUKE DeCOCK: How Andrei Svechnikov and the Hurricanes are winning mental battle with Devils (Raleigh News & Observer)
- JIM ALEXANDER: Kings hold serve, but now comes the hard part (Los Angeles Daily News)
- BRENDAN KELLY: The Habs might be down 2-0, but fans are keeping the faith (Montreal Gazette)
- DAVE FESCHUK: How Craig Berube and the Maple Leafs cracked the Stanley Cup playoff code (Toronto Star)
- TIM COWLISHAW: Stars’ vets Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin still getting it done as Dallas takes series lead (Dallas Morning News)
- ED GRANEY: Pressure shifts to Knights goaltender after Game 3 benching (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- THOM LOVERRO: Capitals have little room for error — but it’s still an improvement on recent history (Washington Times)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: The more things stay the same, the more the Bruins need a new coach — from outside the organization (Boston Globe)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Lenovo Center renovations begin during Canes playoffs — under cover of darkness (Raleigh News & Observer)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: The Wild’s young players are growing up, and we get to watch (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Craig Berube is the new Pat Quinn, the new Pat Burns, with the Maple Leafs (Toronto Sun)
- JOHN ROMANO: It’s not yet over for the Lightning. It just feels that way (Tampa Bay Times)
- STU COWAN: Canadiens’ Cole Caufield willing to pay price in playoffs (Montreal Gazette)
- BRUCE DEACHMAN: The Sens Army storms the gates for Game 3 (Ottawa Citizen)