George Lippman

Three! 3! Three! games tonight! Tampa Bay at NY Islanders Game 3 - Series tied 1-1 7:00 PM NBCSN San Jose at Nashville Game 3 - Sharks lead 2-0 9:00 PM USA Dallas at St. Louis Game 3 - Series tied 1-1 9:30 PM NBCSN .@NYIslanders Pulock

5 Keys → @washcaps at @penguins, Game 3: https://t.co/FL7BvAs8mb #WSHvsPIT #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/oN0qFiozCf — #StanleyCup Playoffs (@NHL) May 2, 2016 Washington's Brooks Orpik suspended three games for interference on Pittsburgh's Olli Maatta. Video: https://t.co/2sM04ITGzZ — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 2,

Here's your discussion/game thread for Sunday. The Blues at Dallas. Nashville at San Jose. The NHL draft. Dirty head shots. Fantastically impossible trades and lineups. Wishful optimism. Fatalistic reality. Bad weather predictions. Free tax advice. Tony insults. Prius jokes. Welcome to Rangerstown. Your Masterton Trophy finalists are.

Ben Bishop is one lucky man. Not that he has a chance, but he's lucky that the Vezina trophy is awarded based on the regular season and not playoff performance. The Islanders exposed him in Game 1 of the ECSF on Wednesday on their way to a 5-3

Tony's "Book It" Blues take on the Stars in Dallas and the upset-minded Preds travel to San Jose. These are the opening games in the Western Conference Semifinals and damned if I'm staying up late again to watch the end of the second game.

Pittsburgh at Washington Game 1 - Series tied 0-0 8:00 PM NBCSN For the first time in seven years Sid the Kid and Alex O meet head-to-head in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. That series was also in the second round. Pittsburgh won four games to three, with Crosby and