Last night's action
Florida Panthers 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 0
T-Bay is getting spanked by the Cats. Who saw this coming?
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Ottawa Senators 2
Turns out jimmi was wrong in his prediction. Again. Maple Laffs are getting the bounces in the game while Green is getting the laughs in the pressers.
Minnesota Wild 5 Vegas Golden Knights 2
Kent will be upset that the Wild are upsetting the favs going into this series. Although not many here would be upset to watch the Nights get bounced in the 1st round.
St. Louis Blues 7 Winnipeg Jets 2
This was a horrible game. For the Jets. For Canada. But mainly for Hellebuyck. Jets need to learn the importance of starting the 1st period in the 1st period.
Today's games
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 3, 7 p.m. ET
Washington leads best-of-7 series 2-0
This is a vital game for the Habs. For Canada. For democracy. No pressure. Just win it, Les Canadiens!
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Beauvillier
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane -- Lars Eller -- Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Taylor Raddysh
Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy
Alex Alexeyev -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Ethen Frank, Dylan McIlrath, Ethan Bear, Clay Stevenson
Injured: Aliaksei Protas (foot), Martin Fehervary (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Patrik Laine -- Alex Newhook -- Ivan Demidov
Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Mike Matheson -- Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle -- Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Michael Pezzetta, Oliver Kapanen
Injured: None
Status report
Protas took part in the morning skate and is a possibility to return. It was the forward's first time skating with the team since he sustained a skate cut to his foot during a 5-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on April 4. … Laine had a maintenance day and did not take part in the morning skate. He played 10:10 in Game 2 on Wednesday, including 3:08 on the power play, and did not play a shift in the third period. … Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said more players will be on the ice for the warmup than normal and lineup decisions will be made before the game. … Kapanen, a forward, could make his Stanley Cup Playoff debut if Laine does not play. … Pezzetta, a forward, and Xhekaj, a defenseman, were the last players off the ice at the morning skate.
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 3 8 p.m. ET
Carolina leads best-of-7 series 2-0
Will this be the sweep series that we don't care about? Could be.
Hurricanes projected lineup
Seth Jarvis -- Sebastian Aho -- Jackson Blake
Taylor Hall -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Logan Stankoven
William Carrier -- Jack Roslovic -- Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Tyson Jost, Mark Jankowski, Alexander Nikishin, Riley Stillman, Ruslan Khazheyev
Injured: None
Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Nico Hischier -- Timo Meier
Erik Haula -- Dawson Mercer -- Jesper Bratt
Paul Cotter -- Cody Glass -- Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar -- Justin Dowling -- Nathan Bastian
Brett Pesce -- Dougie Hamilton
Brian Dumoulin -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Simon Nemec
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nolan Foote, Curtis Lazar, Daniel Sprong, Dennis Cholowski
Injured: Luke Hughes (undisclosed), Brenden Dillon (undisclosed)
Status report
The Hurricanes will dress the same 18 skaters they used in Game 2. … Siegenthaler, who hasn't played since Feb. 4 because of a lower-body injury, is likely to return to the lineup. Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said he is "optimistic," and if the defenseman does play, it will "be in a reduced role with reduced minutes." If he isn't able to play, Cholowski, a defenseman, will play his second straight game. … Hughes and Dillon, each a defenseman, will each miss his second straight game.
Western Conference First Round, Game 3
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, TVAS2, TNT, truTV, MAX, FDSNW
Los Angeles leads best-of-7 series 2-0
This 2-Man Oily team appears to be in a bit of trouble. Last year's series, the Oil had the best PK and top PP. This season, not so much.
Kings projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele -- Phillip Danault -- Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere
Jeff Malott -- Samuel Helenius -- Trevor Lewis
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Jacob Moverare, Akil Thomas, Alex Turcotte
Injured: Tanner Jeannot (undisclosed)
Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Viktor Arvidsson
Evander Kane -- Adam Henrique -- Connor Brown
Trent Frederic -- Mattias Janmark -- Corey Perry
John Klingberg -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Ty Emberson
Brett Kulak -- Jake Walman
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Joshua Brown, Cam Dineen, Max Jones, Kasperi Kapanen, Olivier Rodrigue, Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner
Injured: Mattias Ekholm (undisclosed), Troy Stecher (undisclosed)
Status report
Lewis returns after sitting out in Game 1, when the Kings dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Hyman moves up from the second line, pushing Perry down to the fourth. ... Podkolzin moves up from the fourth line, bumping Kane down to the third and Frederic to the fourth. ... Pickard will make his first start of the playoffs.
GAME HYMNAL
These aren't our playoffs. We're just looking for the summer - signings.
Enjoy the games, fuck fascists at home and abroad!
