Note: Reminder that if any Stanley Cup Playoff games go to overtime, we will be having our #ICOTpool contest. Similar to the #ICGWG contest in that you pick one player (total) from either team and @ tweet us (@illegalcurve) with your selection as well as the hashtag #ICOTpool. Winner gets IC Gear.
Jets prospect news:
Winnipeg Jets official site: Plays of the Year Showdown. First play of the year has Kane up against Pavelec.
Winnipeg Free Press: Mark Scheifele leads Colts past Knights 6-3. Quite the night for the Jets first round selection in 2011. He went off for five points (two goals, three assists). Barrie now takes a 2-1 series lead and Scheifele is the clear playoff points leader with 34 points (11 g, 23 a) as he sits seven points up on Max Domi.
OHL: Game 3 post game presser (video). Mark Scheifele and Dale Hawerchuk break down a critical game 3 victory (starting at the 1 minute mark).
Stanley Cup news:
Scores: Bruins 5 Leafs 2 | Rangers 4 Capitals 3 | Wings 3 Ducks 2 in OT |Kings 4 Blues 3
Games: Penguins @ Islanders | Canadiens @ Senators | Hawks @ Wild | Canucks @ Sharks
Bruins 5 Leafs 2:
Boston Herald: Bruins offense erupts in victory.
Toronto Star: Bruins crash Leafs’ playoff party.
Rangers 4 Capitals 3:
New York Times: Tortorella said it was close, and he was right.
Washington Post: Capitals power play falls flat late in game.
Winnipeg Sun: Marc Staal’s return an emotional lift for Rangers.
Wings 3 Ducks 2 in OT:
Detroit Free Press: Wings’ offense rises to occasion in must-win Game 4.
Kings 4 Blues 3:
L.A. Times: Kings rally to beat Blues 4-3.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Tarasenko makes his NHL playoff debut.