Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- “It’s playoffs, baby!” Josh Anderson says of his altercation on the Washington Capitals’ bench with Tom Wilson. [TVA Sports]
- Brendan Gallagher says he spent much of his Thursday at the dentist’s office. [TVA Sports]
- The NHL Awards finalists will begin to be announced on Monday, with the Calder Trophy final three being revealed on May 5. [NHL.com]
- Photos of the scenes outside the Bell Centre in Friday. [La Presse]
- And a gallery of what went down inside. [La Presse]
- The Quebec government is defending the use of “Go! Habs Go!” signage on its public transit. [Radio-Canada]
- Corey Pronman has the Canadiens selecting Justin Carbonneau with the Calgary Flames’ first-round pick. [The Athletic]
- Individual success from the Montreal Victoire players at the World Championship may serve the team well in the final, brief push toward the PWHL playoffs. [Radio-Canada]
Around the league and elsewhere
- A bad challenge by the Los Angeles Kings allowed the Edmonton Oilers to score a late power-play goal and get back in the series. [Sportsnet]
- Simon Nemec scored in double overtime to give the New Jersey Devils their first win. [Sportsnet]
- Brandon Hagel has been suspended for Game 3 of the series between his Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers after interfering with Aleksander Barkov. [NHL.com]
- Barkov is questionable for this afternoon’s game. [NHL.com]
- Aaron Ekblad will be in the Panthers’ lineup after serving his 20-game suspension for using a performance-enhancing substance. [NHL.com]
- Nick Cousins and the Ottawa Senators were fined for shooting pucks toward Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stollarz in the warm-up ahead of Game 3. [Ottawa Citizen]
- Gabriel Landeskog will have a larger role for the Colorado Avalanche after being eased back into the NHL pace. [NHL.com]
- Tyler Seguin has played a key role in getting the Dallas Stars out to a 2-1 series lead over the Avalanche. [NHL.com]
- Chris Drury was rewarded with a three-year contract extension by the New York Rangers for accomplishing very little of anything. [La Presse]
- The story of mini Seth Jarvis. [The Athletic]
- A mistrial was declared in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case on Friday, resulting in a new jury being selected. [Sportsnet]
