SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 6/4/2021 Anaheim Ducks Colorado Avalanche 1214901 Why the Ducks’ drop in the 2021 draft lottery might not be 1214931 Avalanche travels to Vegas hoping to smooth out all that bad inconsistencies in Game 2 win 1214932 Near full capacity approved for next rounds of Nuggets, Arizona Coyotes Avalanche playoff games at Ball Arena 1214902 Coyotes, GM Armstrong speaking with coaching 1214933 How Avalanche beat Vegas 3-2 in overtime can be candidates, will narrow list later in June explained in single word: Gruub! 1214934 Vegas coach Pete DeBoer on OT penalty that led to Boston Bruins Avalanche win: “Just a soft call” 1214903 Tuukka Rask shows his mettle when Islanders put the 1214935 LeBrun: How much money could Grubauer make this pressure on offseason? And the fallout from Scheifele’s hit on Evans 1214904 Bruins’ advantage after Game 3 win over Islanders 1214936 Scott Takes: In a game the Avs probably shouldn’t have tempered by Brandon Carlo’s injury won, Grubauer finds a way 1214905 Brad Marchand silenced Nassau Coliseum with his OT winner against the Islanders in Game 3 Dallas Stars 1214906 Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo leaves Game 3 after 1214937 Stars rookie standout Jason Robertson named Calder his head smashes the glass on a hit Trophy finalist 1214907 Mark Scheifele incident is more evidence that NHL has to get tougher on dirty hits Detroit Red Wings 1214908 Bruins could use Kevan Miller’s toughness in this series 1214938 Detroit Red Wings' Moritz Seider zeroes in on medal at against Islanders World Championship 1214909 Craig Smith rejoins Bruins for Game 3 vs. Islanders 1214939 A 'Jeopardy!' clue asked which team Gordie Howe played 1214910 Brad Marchand lifts Bruins again in OT for. No one got it right. 1214911 Bruins notebook: B’s react to Mark Scheifele hit 1214940 After 'pain' of Red Wings' rebuild, goalie Jonathan Bernier 1214912 Highlights: Marchand's OT goal gives Bruins pivotal Game wants to stay for the payoff 3 win 1214941 Steve Yzerman: Red Wings will get ‘good prospect’ at No. 1214913 Bruins' hype video for Game 3 has one message 6 1214914 Bruins star Pastrnak gifts stick to young Islanders fan in 1214942 Red Wings land No. 6 pick in draft lottery; Buffalo No. 1 cool moment 1214915 Talking Points: Boston Bruins, Marchand Pull Things Out Edmonton Oilers In OT 1214943 What a perfect offseason could look like for the Edmonton 1214916 Brandon Carlo Left Game 3 Early With Potential Oilers Concussion 1214917 Boston Bruins Pastrnak With Awesome Fan Moment Florida Panthers During Warmups 1214944 Panthers players weren’t satisfied with how their season 1214918 Game 3: Boston Bruins @ New York Islanders Lines, ended, and that leaves their GM encouraged Preview 1214945 Bill Zito: Florida players are “proud to be Panthers” 1214919 Cassidy Saw No ‘Maliciousness’ In Mark Scheifele’ Hit 1214920 Boston Bruins Miller Ruled Out For Isles Road Games Los Angeles Kings 1214921 Brad Marchand’s long-distance overtime goal gives the 1214946 Kings Seasons In Review – AHL/NHL Split Bruins a 2-1 series lead 1214922 ‘We’re just plumbers’: Bruins’ Charlie McAvoy comes Minnesota Wild home to Islanders territory as a Boston superstar 1214947 Zach Parise still fits with Wild, GM Bill Guerin says 1214948 Wild's top three scorers — Kaprizov, Fiala, Eriksson Ek — Buffalo Sabres need new contracts 1214923 Hamburg's Quentin Musty to go No. 1 to Sudbury Wolves 1214949 Wild's Kirill Kaprizov is a finalist for NHL's Calder Trophy in OHL draft 1214950 Next up for Wild's Kirill Kaprizov: NHL awards season and 1214924 Mike Harrington: Sabres need to be forward-thinking with negotiating new contract this top pick 1214951 Wild GM Bill Guerin facing an offseason to-do list that will keep him plenty busy Calgary Flames 1214952 Wild’s Bill Guerin, Dean Evason on re-signing young stars, 1214925 Giordano named Flames' top defenceman in 2021 Zach Parise, expansion, getting a center, Matt Bold Carolina Hurricanes 1214926 Petr Mrazek, the forgotten goalie, takes his shot to save the Hurricanes’ season 1214927 Jordan Staal’s overtime goal gives Hurricanes first playoff win over Lightning 1214928 Canes’ Alex Nedeljkovic named a Calder finalist. But he’ll back up Petr Mrazek in Game 3. 1214929 The Hurricanes won the last time they were in Tampa. Why not again? Chicago Blackhawks 1214930 Blackhawks to pick No. 11 overall in 2021 NHL Draft Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators 1214953 Jets are spared Habs’ wrath with Mark Scheifele’s 1214987 The Ottawa Senators scouts are doing more homework suspension before sitting down to do their lists for NHL draft 1214954 Canadiens' Jake Evans beat the odds to make it to the 1214988 Senators' chief scout Trent Mann says he's confident the NHL club will get a good player at No. 10 1214955 Mark Scheifele suspension a step in right direction for 1214989 The Senators are drafting 10th. What do they need? And NHL would they consider taking a goalie? 1214956 Canadiens Notebook: Jake Evans is out indefinitely with a concussion Philadelphia Flyers 1214957 Scheifele’s sickening hit casts pall on Canadiens’ Game 1 1214990 Flyers sign young goaltender Sam Ersson to three-year win | HI/O Show contract 1214958 See Leafs fans making good on their lost bets 1214991 NHL completes 2021 lottery as Flyers learn their 1st-round 1214959 Valérie Plante bet on the Habs and won ... whatever draft position Toronto calls a sandwich? 1214992 Could Seth Jones be the Flyers’ answer on defense? 1214960 Jets' Scheifele suspended four games for hit on What the stats and eye test say about a potential trade fit Canadiens' Jake Evans 1214961 In the Habs' room: Canadiens' Game 1 win overshadowed Pittsburgh Penguins by charge on Evans 1214993 Ex-Penguins goaltender Brad Thiessen retires 1214962 About Last Night: Scheifele cheap shot overshadows 1214994 U mad, bro: Penguins fans seething about Mike Sullivan, Game 1 win jawing about Tristan Jarry; Pirates fans fed up with B 1214963 Canadiens playoff notebook: Mark Scheifele out 4 games, 1214995 Tim Benz: Penguins' efforts to salvage Robert Morris Jake Evans’ replacement, the moment for Alexander hockey may get some help. Will the university accept it? Roma 1214996 Joe Starkey: Penguins should keep ‘core’ intact — but 1214964 An image of humanity: Behind the viral picture of the Jets’ only for a discount Nikolaj Ehlers protecting the Canadiens’ Jake Evan 1214997 NHL expansion draft: Which Penguins will be protected? 1214965 LeBrun: How much money could Grubauer make this 1214998 Josh Yohe’s final 2021 Penguins report card: Surprises, offseason? And the fallout from Scheifele’s hit on Evans disappointments, coaches and stars 1214999 Mario Got it Right: Hextall Giving Penguins a Better Nashville Predators Approach 1214966 5 bold predictions for Nashville Predators offseason: Which big contracts get exposed? San Jose Sharks 1214967 Rinne leaving all options open, including playing for 1215000 Who might the San Jose Sharks draft at No. 7? Here are another team five potential options New Jersey Devils Seattle Kraken 1214968 Devils might end up with Jack Hughes’ brother after 1215001 Husband and wife Troy and Francesca Bodie team up on finishing 4th in NHL Draft Lottery family business venture — Kraken’s AHL affiliate New York Islanders St Louis Blues 1214969 Bruins spoil Islanders’ homecoming in Game 3, take lead 1215002 Tarasenko, Team Russia finished at World Championship in series 1215003 ‘I wanted to punch walls’: Blues winger David Perron on 1214970 Islanders’ Mathew Barzal finds good time for first goal of his playoff quarantine, his future with the team and m playoffs 1214971 There’s only one way to make sense of Islanders’ loss to Tampa Bay Lightning Bruins 1215004 Lightning-Hurricanes Game 3 report card: Leaving their 1214972 Brad Marchand’s OT goal lifts Bruins to Game 3 win over marks Islanders 1215005 If the Lightning come up short this postseason, it will be 1214973 Kyle Palmieri could follow Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s self-inflicted Islanders path 1215006 Hurricanes hold off Lightning in overtime to get back into 1214974 Islanders find that Bruins' Tuukka Rask is a major step up series the goalie ladder in Game 3 loss 1215007 Second round: Lightning-Hurricanes Game 3 live updates 1214975 Islanders drop Game 3 to Bruins on Brad Marchand's OT 1215008 Lightning face yet another goalie; Carolina switches to goal, trail 2-1 in series Petr Mrazek 1214976 Islanders need to contain the Bruins' No. 2 line, too 1215009 Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman’s postseason has 1214977 Islanders fans, and teammates, quickly learned to been different but still productive appreciate Jean-Gabriel Pageau 1215010 ‘A penalty is a penalty’: Lightning error proves costly in OT 1214978 The Islanders’ ‘perfect meat-and-potatoes guy’ Casey in Game 3, letting Hurricanes into series Cizikas, as told by former teammates 1214979 ‘We’re just plumbers’: Bruins’ Charlie McAvoy comes Toronto Maple Leafs home to Islanders territory as a Boston superstar 1215011 The Leafs have to start looking for No. 2 and, yes, 1214980 Takeaways: Needing Key Save, Islanders Come Up Short Frederik Andersen is a long shot for the job in Game 3 at Coliseum 1215012 TRAIKOS: What happens if Matthews, Marner are not Cup 1214981 New York Islanders Drop Game 3 in OT, Fall Behind in winners by the time their Leafs contracts run out? Series to Bruins 1215013 In decision to keep the Big Four, Maple Leafs GM Dubas 1214982 Islanders Notebook: No Bad Blood Between Mayfield, will be juggling financial balls DeBrusk after Game 2 Cross-Check 1215014 WARMINGTON: Gilmour jersey burning a bet that hurt this 1214983 Playoff Gameday: Islanders Game 3 Lines, Matchups and Maple Leafs fan too Game Notes vs.