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SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 04/26/17 Anaheim Ducks Edmonton Oilers 1061623 Ducks will try to match their shutdown line against NHL 1061661 Few personify Masterton qualities more than Andrew scoring champion Connor McDavid Cogliano 1061624 Ducks know there's a lot more to the Oilers than just youth 1061662 Oilers centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins embraces his two-way and speed (and Connor McDavid) role 1061625 Championship window remains wide open for Ducks as 1061663 The fairy-tale of the Edmonton Oilers, and the re-birth of they get set to open series against Oilers the City of Champions 1061626 Whicker: Oilers’ stars have to go through Ryan Kesler to 1061664 Terry Jones: Wayne Gretzky really gets into these beat Ducks Edmonton Oilers playoff games 1061627 Ducks-Oilers regular-season series summary 1061665 First round NHL playoffs averages 1.3 million TV viewers: 1061628 Ducks Notes: Defensemen nearing full strength going into Sportsnet Game 1 against Edmonton 1061666 Edmonton Oilers prepare to face NHL's No. 1 irritant in 1061629 Ducks vs Oilers: Player breakdowns, series prediction Ducks' Kesler 1061631 Ducks’ defense nearing full strength before Game 1 1061667 Terry Jones: All-orange Edmonton Oilers-Anaheim Ducks 1061633 Oilers stars will have to go through Kesler to beat Ducks NHL playoff series could quickly turn black and blue 1061669 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins embraces new two-way role Boston Bruins 1061670 Terry Jones: Edmonton Oilers legend Wayne Gretzky 1061634 Bruins’ Zdeno Chara wants to sign an extension buys into playoffs-watching fever 1061635 Bruins learned importance of defensive depth in playoffs 1061671 All-orange Edmonton Oilers-Anaheim Ducks NHL playoff 1061636 Patrice Bergeron played all season with groin injury series could quickly turn black and blue 1061637 Zdeno Chara wants another contract, and he hopes it comes from Bruins Los Angeles Kings 1061638 Harris: After enjoying a career year, Bruins winger Brad 1061672 Marian Gaborik could miss start of Kings’ training camp Marchand aims for an even better season in 2017-18 after knee procedure 1061639 Bruins notebook: Patrice Bergeron plays through sports 1061675 Kings’ Marian Gaborik (knee surgery) out several months hernia 1061676 TOFFOLI, MARTINEZ, FORBORT, GABORIK UNDERGO 1061640 BRANDON CARLO 'FRUSTRATED' THAT MEDICAL PROCEDURES; FINANCIALS? CONCUSSION CAUSED HIM TO MISS PLAYOFFS 1061677 NOTEBOOK: STEVENS’ RELATIONSHIPS; 1061641 TOREY KRUG HAD MCL INJURY IN KNEE, 'HAD A LOMBARDI/SUTTER RESPECT; BLAKE ON RFA, UFA CHANCE' TO PLAY IN GAME 7 1061642 PATRICE BERGERON PLAYED SEASON WITH Minnesota Wild SPORTS HERNIA, MAY FACE SURGERY 1061678 Wild GM Chuck Fletcher sidesteps the negatives in season wrap-up Buffalo Sabres 1061679 Wild's Mikael Granlund doesn't blame broken hand for 1061643 After filling the net, Baptiste's next goal is Buffalo playoff struggles 1061644 No teams have yet contacted Kings about Lombardi 1061680 SEASON WRAPUP: Fletcher, Boudreau, Wild players look back and ahead Calgary Flames 1061681 Wild's Staal has concussion from head-first boards crash 1061645 Tkachuk's rookie season a learning experience 1061682 Lucky Eric Staal on head injury: 'Could have been a lot 1061646 Matthew Tkachuk's rookie season a learning experience worse' 1061683 Wild’s Eric Staal knows concussion ‘could have been Chicago Blackhawks worse’ 1061647 Blackhawks fire Rockford coach Ted Dent, continuing 1061684 Wild won’t make wholesale changes, GM Chuck Fletcher organizational overhaul says 1061648 John McDonough on Nashville sweep: ‘We were 1061685 Signs point to the Wild not re-signing Martin Hanzal steamrolled’ 1061686 Wild’s Mikael Granlund played with broken hand in 1061649 Blackhawks fire IceHogs coach Ted Dent playoffs 1061650 Blackhawks' Anisimov recovering from high ankle sprain 1061687 Brian Murphy: Wild fumbled Stanley Cup expectations and 1061651 Chicago Blackhawks fire IceHogs coach Dent have all summer to stew 1061652 BLACKHAWKS MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE, FIRE ROCKFORD COACH TED DENT Montreal Canadiens 1061688 Habs' Lehkonen knows he 'has to get better' despite Columbus Blue Jackets impressive rookie season 1061653 NHL | Tom Reed picks second-round playoff series 1061689 Stu Cowan: Nathan Beaulieu expects to be back in a 1061654 NHL | Blue Jackets management says end-of-season Canadiens uniform review reveals team with hunger to climb higher 1061690 Re-signing Carey Price is main priority for Canadiens GM 1061655 Michael Arace: More bricks needed for Blue Jackets to Marc Bergevin finish the job 1061656 Blue Jackets notebook | Markus Nutivaara to have hip Nashville Predators surgery 1061691 2017 NHL Playoffs: How to watch, stream Predators vs. 1061657 NHL | Patric Hornqvist net-front force for Penguins Blues 1061692 Predators' Ryan Johansen: Playoffs 'opportunity to make Dallas Stars big name for myself' 1061658 NHL conference semifinals preview: One series will go 1061693 Rexrode: Predators should beat Blues, but that doesn't seven games but all should have some entertaining action mean they will 1061694 Predators vs. Blues: 3 things to watch in Game 1 of playoff Detroit Red Wings series 1061659 Homer 2.0? Red Wings prospect Axel Holmstrom stars in AHL playoffs 1061660 Jimmy Howard's future uncertain, but anxious to return to Red Wings New Jersey Devils San Jose Sharks 1061695 Season in Review: Andy Greene 1061731 Thornton’s knee surgery a success, Sharks say 1061732 Couture played with two fractures in his face: ‘It’s not New York Rangers comfortable’ 1061696 N.H.L. Playoffs: What to Watch in the Second Round 1061733 FACIAL FRACTURES FOR COUTURE; THORNTON 1061697 NO FRIENDS ZONE: Rangers can’t play nice against old UNDERGOES SURGERY friend Derick Brassard 1061734 POWER PLAY AT THE CENTER OF SHARKS' 1061698 Ryan McDonagh key for Rangers, but lacks offensive DOWNFALL IN 2016-17 skillset of Erik Karlsson 1061699 Rangers, Senators slobber over star until he’s literally St Louis Blues God’s gift to world 1061735 Blues will have hands full with Nashville's top line 1061700 Rangers give their valuable ‘old man’ an extra day off 1061736 Blue Notes: Blues' big names have big moments in 1061701 Rangers wary of Zibanejad and trade hanging over this clincher over Wild series 1061737 How the Blues fared against the Predators this season 1061702 For the Rangers, the hits must keep on coming 1061738 Allen, Rinne face off in battle of top goalies 1061704 Rangers’ Mika Zibanejad ready for Senators, his old team 1061739 Blues, Predators meet in playoffs for the first time 1061705 Rangers prepare for Erik Karlsson, Senators' stingy 1061740 Ortiz: Pietrangelo answers call to leadership defense ahead of playoff series 1061741 Blues prepped for Predators in playoff second round 1061706 Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh leads by example 1061707 5 keys for Rangers-Senators playoff series Toronto Maple Leafs 1061708 NBC’s Brian Boucher on overtime hockey and the 1061742 Leafs’ strategy for next season? They’re sticking to the Rangers-Senators series Shanaplan 1061709 Playoff foes Rangers and Senators have a history, sort of 1061743 Whirlwind year raises bar for Maple Leafs: Feschuk 1061744 Maple Leafs’ Mike Babcock has claim on Jack Adams Ottawa Senators Award 1061710 Jeff Brown steps down as 67's GM, head coach after three 1061745 Maple Leafs head into uncertain summer seasons 1061746 Maple Leafs won't stand pat in off-season, Lamoriello 1061711 Dorion and Boucher — the "perfect marriage" that has led vows the Senators to Round 2 1061747 Maple Leafs' Lamoriello feeling re-energized 1061712 Senators need to match the new physical style of the 1061748 Maple Leafs' Babcock for Jack Adams? Better believe his Rangers players think so 1061713 Senators' Karlsson on revealing foot injury: 'I'm not much 1061749 Introduction of Golden Knights may mean longer nights for for secrets' Maple Leafs' Lamoriello 1061714 Success on the ice pays off the ice as well for Senators 1061750 Maple Leafs' Kadri has come a long way since career 1061715 The Senators 'expected to win the first series, and we crossroads expect to win this one' 1061751 Worlds might await Maple Leafs' Rielly, while Matthews, 1061717 Playoff success makes Senators' Melnyk one happy Zaitsev shut it down owner 1061752 Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock embraces 'spectacular' 1061718 Laying the body on Rangers players should be a priority electricity of playoff run for Senators 1061753 ‘It was a treat to watch’: If Auston Matthews was this good as a rookie, what will he do next? Philadelphia Flyers 1061754 Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs rookies shone 1061719 The player named later: T.J. Brennan waits for his chance brighter than many current stars in playoff debut with the Flyers | Mike Sielski 1061720 Anthony Stolarz has surgery; will it affect Flyers' protection Vancouver Canucks plans? 1061773 Iain MacIntyre: Canucks go Green with B.C. boy who 1061721 Flyers' Shayne Gostisbehere uses adversity as learning learned the hard way in NHL tool 1061774 UBC hockey T-Birds drop ‘interim’ tag for men’s coach 1061722 2016-17 FLYERS EVALUATION: PART 1 OF THE Sven Butenschon FORWARDS 1061775 The Pat-cast: A new coach. A fond farewell. 1061723 REPORT: FLYERS SIGN 2015 DRAFT PICK MIKHAIL 1061776 Ben Kuzma: Travis Green the right choice at the right time VOROBYOV TO ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT 1061777 Ed Willes: With Travis Green hiring, this time, it’s different for the Canucks Pittsburgh Penguins 1061779 Five reasons Travis Green will succeed as Canucks head 1061724 Third line's a charm for Penguins' Wilson, Sheary coach 1061725 For the Penguins against the