OPINION
- ADAM PROTEAU: Screen Shots: Auston Matthews, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Steve Kozari (The Hockey News)
- PATRICK PRESENT: How the Edmonton Oilers Overwhelm the L.A. Kings with Special Teams (The Hockey News)
- CAROL SCHRAM: Goal or No Goal — Could a Coach’s Challenge Have Prevented the Canucks’ Game 5 Loss? (The Hockey News)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: What Matthews, Marner and Nylander Can Learn From Matthew Knies (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: What Does the Off-Season Hold for Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning? (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers' special teams, best players too much for outmatched Kings in Round 1 (Sportsnet)
- CATHAL KELLY: Maple Leafs fans are linked by a long, prideful streak of masochism (Globe & Mail)
- MARK CANNIZZARO: Playoffs about to get real now for Rangers (New York Post)
- NICK KYPREOS: A Maple Leafs love story: Why this NHL playoffs series vs. Bruins defines life as a Toronto hockey fan (Toronto Star)
- MATT CALKINS: Three things that should be on Kraken GM Ron Francis’ to-do list (Seattle Times)
- STU COWAN: Kaiden Guhle is quickly becoming a trusted veteran with the Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
- SEAN KEELER: Avalanche can’t stop scoring. Alexandar Georgiev can’t stop winning. Mea culpa, Georgie (Denver Post)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Matthew Knies a key ingredient in Maple Leafs’ recipe for Game 6 success (Toronto Star)
- TIM COWLISHAW: Despite 2-0 series deficit, Stars kept their cool. Now, they’ve taken control vs. Vegas (Dallas Morning News)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Ottawa Senators step up coaching search, but need to take action quickly (Ottawa Sun)
- ETHAN SEARS: The Islanders got it right with Patrick Roy (New York Post)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Are Boston Bruins thinking: 'Here we go again' against the Maple Leafs? (Toronto Sun)
- MARK MADDEN: The Penguins need a head coach contingency plan (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- ED GRANEY: Graney: Sloppy, undisciplined Knights on verge of elimination (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Nothing rattles Maple Leafs goalie Joseph Woll. With the season on the line, this is his moment (Toronto Star)
- MAC ENGEL: Step aside MLB umpires, the NHL officials ‘shine’ in Stars’ playoff win over Las Vegas (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- PAUL SULLIVAN: A busy May in Chicago includes Craig Counsell’s return to Milwaukee, 2 draft lotteries — and no break from the Bears (Chicago Inquirer)
- NEIL BEST: Isles need to make changes (New York Newsday)
- TIM BENZ: Reported 'power struggle' between Kyle Dubas, Mike Sullivan; theory on why Troy Fautanu fell to Steelers (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- ADAM PROTEAU: Maple Leafs' Joseph Woll Tasked with Saving Toronto's Season (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: What Do Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning Want? (The Hockey News)
- CAROL SCHRAM: Meet Arturs Silovs, the Canucks’ International Man of Mystery (The Hockey News)
- LYLE RICHARDSON: Will the Washington Capitals Retool Or Rebuild This Summer? (The Hockey News)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks lose the hard way in Game 5 as series shifts back to Nashville (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Jets' season ends in familiar fashion, with many questions lingering (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Ceci's style of play is music to the Oilers' ears, no matter what analytics say (Sportsnet)
- GEOFF BAKER: Kraken fired Dave Hakstol because they need to hasten build to relevance (Seattle Times)
- LUKE DeCOCK: The Hurricanes’ first-round playoff series win over the Islanders set a new standard (Raleigh News & Observer)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: With a chance to advance, Bruins fall into an old trap, come out flat in overtime loss to Maple Leafs (Boston Globe)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Mysterious Maple Leafs band together when it mattered most, stay alive in series with Bruins (Toronto Sun)
- JOE ROMANO: Money? Legacy? Stanley Cup? What is it that Steven Stamkos wants most? (Tampa Bay Times)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets can't win a Cup the way they're built (Winnipeg Sun)
- GENTRY ESTES: You can't ever count out these Predators, eh? (The Tennessean)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators' defenceman Thomas Chabot expected to have wrist surgery (Ottawa Sun)
- DAVE FESCHUK: The Maple Leafs were a different team in Boston in Game 5. Now they have some home work to do. (Toronto Star)
- TIM COWLISHAW: Roope Hintz, after sealing Game 4 in Vegas, needs to become key factor in Dallas advancing (Dallas Morning News)
- TARA SULLIVAN: This series has suddenly taken a nightmarish turn — just like last year (Boston Globe)
- SCOTT BILLECK: Jets brought regular-season game to playoff battle (Winnipeg Sun)
- DAVE HYDE: Barkov drops the hammer on Tampa Bay with two goals as Panthers advance (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers fast-tracked to current glory thanks to trio of GMs (New York Post)
- STU COWAN: Kaiden Guhle is quickly becoming a trusted veteran with the Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: For now, Sabres need to forget about titles and get their Andy Dalton moment (Buffalo News)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Are the Hurricanes, coach Rod Brind’Amour at a contract impasse? Here’s what we know (Raleigh News & Observer)
- JACOB STOLLER: Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews 'Trying to Win a Stanley Cup' — Not Break Gretzky's Goal Record (The Hockey News)
- ADAM PROTEAU: Make-or-Break for Leafs' Mitch Marner in Game 4 Against Rival Bruins (The Hockey News)
- SAM BELTON: Jeff Carter and Zach Parise Had Similar NHL Paths That are Now Ending Equally Similarly (The Hockey News)
- ERIC ENGELS: With or without Dillon, Jets must find best selves in Game 4 (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' Boeser looking to make his mark during first real playoff experience (Sportsnet)
- CATHAL KELLY: Boos, dissension and Game 4 annihilation? Frankly my dear, the Leafs just don’t seem to give a damn (Globe & Mail)
- BEN FREDERICKSON: Are the Blues sure they will hire a better coach than Craig Berube? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- LUKE DeCOCK: After Game 4 double-OT loss, Hurricanes must seize next chance to close out Islanders (Raleigh News & Observer)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Sheldon Keefe is running out of time as coach of the puzzlingly listless Maple Leafs (Toronto Sun)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: The best of David Pastrnak returned, and the Bruins benefitted (Boston Globe)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: Sabres alums 'pumped' for Lindy Ruff to get his second chance here (Buffalo News)
- LARRY BROOKS: The Rempe Police will have to keep dealing with Rangers' emerging star (New York Post)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Hasn't Boston kicked sand in the face of Toronto long enough? (Toronto Sun)
- SCOTT BILLECK: Penalty-fest shot down Jets' chances in Game 3 (Winnipeg Sun)
- DAVE HYDE: Tampa Bay takes Game 4, but Panthers return home in control of series (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- JOHN ROMANO: On this night, Lightning remind everyone of the team they once were (Tampa Bay Times)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Throwback Pat Maroon can have a big impact on Bruins-Maple Leafs series (Boston Globe)
- DAVE FESCHUK: The curtain is coming down on another disappearing act by the Maple Leafs offence (Toronto Star)
- BARRY SVRLUGA: John Carlson, ‘sick and tired’ of losing teammates, keeps answering the bell (Washington Post)
- NEIL BEST: Barzal's first goal shows how valuable he is to Isles (New York Newsday)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Why a few of the Carolina Hurricanes’ top prospects are along for the NHL playoff ride (Raleigh News & Observer)
- JOHN ROMANO: A cherished hockey voice is lost, but love affair with a game lasts (Tampa Bay Times)