SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 5/24/2021 Anaheim Ducks Colorado Avalanche 1213939 Lukas Dostal, San Diego Gulls lose to Bakersfield 1213967 Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly dubs his series “pretty pathetiC,” says Condors in Game 2 AvalanChe “Clearly the better team” 1213968 On Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon’s mission to win Boston Bruins Stanley Cup, we are all his wingmen 1213940 In winning his first series as captain, Patrice Bergeron’s 1213969 AvalanChe’s Nazem Kadri will appeal his eight-game leadership was on full display suspension 1213941 Credit the Bruins, smaller in size but bigger in heart, for 1213970 Blues-AvalanChe Game 4 QuiCk Hits: Quiet in Game 3, neutralizing the Capitals MaCKinnon line Comes through with three goals 1213942 Bruins are moving on after eliminating Capitals in five 1213971 AvalanChe’s top line all sCore onCe apieCe to lead games in the first round of the playoffs Colorado past Blues for series sweep 1213943 Tuukka Rask still the Clear ChoiCe in the Bruins’ net 1213972 Three keys for Avalanche in Game 4 against St. Louis 1213944 Meeting Zdeno Chara in the handshake line an emotional 1213973 Nathan MaCKinnon, AvalanChe blow past Blues with moment for some Bruins bigger goals ahead 1213945 Bruins oust Capitals with 3-1 viCtory 1213974 John Kelly Q&A: Blues announcer on his days with the 1213946 Bruins Notebook: Jarred Tinordi replaces Kevan Miller AvalanChe, ‘Quoteless Joe’ SakiC, the Cup runs and more 1213947 Bruins eliminate Capitals with Game 5 win, reaCh seCond 1213975 Deen’s List: Presidents’ Trophy-winning AvalanChe sweep round St. Louis Blues in four games 1213948 Pastrnak makes Capitals look silly with amazing goal in 1213976 Sweep: “Yeah, it did” – Landeskog on whether O’Reilly Game 5 victory guarantee motivated Avs 1213949 ProjeCted lines, pairings for Bruins vs. Capitals Game 5 1213977 Avs Game Grades: Mis-souri loves company 1213950 Talking Points: Boston Bruins Eliminate Capitals With Strong Game Columbus Blue Jackets 1213951 Boston Bruins Pastrnak Dazzles With Game 5 Opening 1213978 MiChael AraCe: Jody Shelley gets another Call up to the big Goal leagues, this time from NBCSN 1213952 Game 5: Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals Lines, 1213979 J.D. returns to his home-away-from-home and gives hope Preview to Columbus 1213953 Boston Bruins Ready To Ride Their ‘Sniper’ After 1213980 Blue JaCkets Sunday Gathering: Is Jarmo Kekalainen OK Breakthrough with John Davidson’s return? 1213954 With Miller Out, Boston Bruins Turn To Jarred Tinordi 1213955 Bruins Ready For Game 5: ‘Mindset Is Do Everything It Detroit Red Wings Takes To Win’ 1213981 Why Moritz Seider's buzz is building with Detroit Red 1213956 Bruins advanCe: 5 reasons the season rolls on Wings ahead of 'a huge step up' 1213982 Sunday's NHL playoffs: AvalanChe Complete 4-game Buffalo Sabres sweep of Blues with 5-2 win 1213957 How Bills and Sabres have fared under the Pegulas' 1213983 Red Wings' Danny DeKeyser slowly returns to form, ownership carries momentum into offseason 1213958 How 'drill another well' morphed into just a deep hole for Sabres Edmonton Oilers 1213959 Sabres' bad luCk extends beyond just poor hiring 1213984 CatastrophiC third-period Collapse all but ends Edmonton 1213960 How have the Pegulas gotten things right with the Bills, Oilers' season but so, so wrong with the Sabres? 1213985 Lineup Changes, Zack Kassian’s goal and other Oilers observations on an epiC Game 3 Collapse against the Jets Carolina Hurricanes 1213986 Lowetide: Is Oilers Coach Dave Tippett overreaching in 1213961 The HurriCanes’ big advantage over the Predators in search of goal suppression? upcoming Game 5? The Caniacs. 1213962 If the Hurricanes thought this was going to be easy, it’s Florida Panthers anything but now 1213987 Knight time? Panthers’ 20-year-old goalie is ‘an option’ for 1213963 HurriCanes fall to Predators in double overtime of Game 4 must-win Game 5 vs. Tampa 1213964 Jaccob Slavin’s continuing absence is making things hard 1213988 Panthers inCrease BB&T Center CapaCity to 75 percent for on the HurriCanes must-win Game 5 vs. Lightning 1213965 Rexrode: Predators have Canes on the ropes, assuming 1213989 Could 20-year-old goalie Spencer Knight get a Chance in both have the energy to Continue Game 5 for Panthers? 1213990 Florida Panthers increase attendance Capacity again for Chicago Blackhawks Game 5 1213966 Even an aging PatriCk Kane makes the ChiCago 1213991 Florida Panthers to increase Capacity (again) for Game 5 BlaCkhawks dangerous. But how Close are they to being a v. Lightning Stanley C 1213992 Steve Gorten: For this kind of money, Panthers need ‘Big Game Bobrovsky’ 1213993 Who is playing dirty: The Panthers or Lightning? How about both 1213994 A Panthers goalie switCh, healing Lightning stars and ‘pride’: What to expeCt in Game 5 Minnesota Wild St Louis Blues 1213995 From faceoffs to finishing, Wild power play isn't Connecting 1214029 Tarasenko shows his old self with two goals, but it's not 1213996 Scoring drought leaves Wild teetering on brink of playoff enough for the Blues elimination 1214030 HoChman: With another Blues playoff loss, the Stanley 1213998 Wild veteran ZaCh Parise: ‘The last thing I want to do is be Cup win seems so far away now a distraction’ 1214031 Avs turn the lights out on Blues season with four-game 1213999 Dane Mizutani: It’s time for Kirill Kaprizov to be the Wild’s sweep best player 1214032 No Bortuzzo, Dunn or Faulk again for Blues 1214033 AvalanChe Complete 4-game sweep of Blues with 5-2 win Montreal Canadiens 1214034 AvalanChe forward Nazem Kadri appealing 8-game 1214000 Jack Todd: It's time for Canadiens to roll dice with Cole suspension Caufield 1214035 ReCent Champs Capitals, St. Louis on brink of elimination 1214001 Habs 'in a good spot' as playoff series shifts to Montreal, 1214036 The Blues’ 10 biggest offseason priorities as an important DuCharme says summer begins 1214002 About Last Night: Leafs power play Comes alive in series 1214037 ohn Kelly Q&A: Blues announcer on his days with the tying 5-1 win AvalanChe, ‘Quoteless Joe’ SakiC, the Cup runs and more 1214003 Canadiens playoff notebook: Living and dying with the cross-check, Cole Caufield’s possible arrival and more Tampa Bay Lightning 1214038 With seCond round in reaCh, Lightning need to remain Cool Nashville Predators under fire 1214004 Luke Kunin earns spotlight in Game 4, but Juuse Saros is 1214039 A Panthers goalie switCh, healing Lightning stars and the Nashville Predators' real MVP ‘pride’: What to expeCt in Game 5 1214005 Game 4 overtime viCtory was Juuse Saros' masterpieCe for Nashville Predators | Estes Toronto Maple Leafs 1214006 Predators and HurriCanes are in rare overtime territory in 1214040 Leafs Can be dominant, as long as they keep their focus NHL Playoff history on the iCe 1214007 Titans OT Taylor Lewan leads second-period standing 1214041 ‘A little extra patience.’ The Maple Leafs show faith in ovation while Chugging a beer shirtless Rasmus Sandin and reap the rewards 1214008 Luke Kunin is only the fifth Predator to sCore in first minute 1214042 Canadiens return home after earning split of first two of a Stanley Cup Playoff game games in Toronto 1214009 Drew and Ellie HolComb sing national anthem before 1214043 The Maple Leafs turn to NiCk Foligno with John Tavares Nashville Predators' Game 4 against the HurriCanes down. It worked in Game 2 1214010 Rexrode: Predators have Canes on the ropes, assuming 1214044 Bogosian on Matthews: 'That's huge, when he plays that both have the energy to Continue intense' 1214045 SIMMONS SUNDAY: Chiarot should’ve been suspended New York Islanders for the hit before the hit 1214011 BroCk Nelson’s peskiness quietly helping Islanders in 1214046 Maple Leafs Klokebook: William Nylander’s ConfidenCe, playoffs Chatham’s mayor endorses T.J. Brodie for offiCe 1214012 Islanders have been containing ‘dangerous’ Sidney Crosby Vancouver Canucks 1214013 Islanders plan to use hostile Pittsburgh crowd to their 1214067 CanuCks: Quinn Hughes intent on improving defending for advantage in Game 5 next season 1214014 BroCk Nelson's determined play for the Islanders is not going unnotiCed Vegas Golden Knights 1214015 Ilya Sorokin a Remedy for Islanders in Pivotal Game Four 1214047 Potential Golden Knights-AvalanChe series already on Win betting board 1214048 Golden Knights get ChanCe to ClinCh series at T-Mobile Ottawa Senators Arena 1214016 The road to the NHL had its bumps, but Josh Norris has 1214049 Golden Knights’ stars outshining Wild’s top players in served notice he's arrived series 1214050 MarC-Andre Fleury leaves Wild players shaking their Pittsburgh Penguins heads again 1214017 Penguins/Islanders notes: BroCk Nelson a pest, series shifts back to Pittsburgh Washington Capitals 1214018 Barry Trotz: Sidney Crosby ‘the gold standard’ among 1214051 The Capitals bowed out early again. Now they have plenty NHL players of questions to answer. 1214019 Sidney Crosby’s Penguins, Barry Trotz’s Islanders no 1214052 Capitals drop Game 5 to Bruins, make another first-round strangers to pressure of series tied at 2 exit from the Stanley Cup playoffs 1214020 Empty Thoughts: Islanders 4, Penguins 1 1214053 Capitals bounced in first round for third straight year as 1214021 Minor league report: Nailers beaten in overtime Bruins take Game 5 1214022 Mark Madden: Penguins Could benefit from Changing up 1214054 Caps lose in first round yet again as offseason questions Sidney Crosby's line loom 1214023 Five things the Penguins need to Change to take back 1214055 How the Capitals lost their first-round series to the Bruins control of series 1214056 As Caps refleCt on series, it's Game 4 loss that haunts 1214024 We Interrupt The Chippiness For Trotz’s Latest Praise Of them Crosby 1214057 OveChkin not ready to talk about his ContraCt after playoff 1214025 Round One Drama: Several Penguins Must Rise to exit Challenge vs.