The Pittsburgh Penguins have landed the nation's highest-scoring collegiate defenseman.
Ethan Prow signed a two-year, two-way entry-level contract with the Penguins, beginning next season, the club announced Tuesday.
The 23-year-old will report to the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on an amateur tryout for the rest of this season.
Prow led all Division I blue-liners with 38 points in 37 regular-season games for St. Cloud State, the NCAA tournament's second overall seed that was upset by Ferris State on Saturday.
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"There's a sense of fulfillment that we said we were going to do some things and we accomplished them so far and we've still got some things to accomplish. The season's not over because we wrapped this up."
The Capitals earned home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs and ensured they'll finish with the best record in the league, but defenseman Matt Niskanen knows their work is far from over.
"I think we all knew it was coming," he said. "We're not spraying champagne or anything, but I think guys are happy. It's a marathon. We won the marathon, and now we get to prepare for the seven-game sprints."
The Capitals improved to 54-16-5 and 113 points in the standings with seven games remaining. No other club has reached the 100-point mark.
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Here's what postseason matchups look like after play on Monday, March 28:
Eastern Conference
Team
Team
Season Series
A1 Panthers
W1 Islanders
2-1 Panthers
A2 Lightning
A3 Bruins
2-1-1
M1 Capitals
W2 Flyers
2-0-1 Capitals
M2 Rangers
M3 Penguins
3-1 Penguins
The Panthers, Islanders, Lightning, Bruins, Rangers, and Penguins are all separated by between only three and five points.
If the Flyers make the dance, they have a date with the Capitals. That's rough.
No team wants to play the Penguins in the first round - especially not the Rangers, who've won only one in four against Pittsburgh.
Wild-Card Race
Team
Points
Games Remaining
1. Islanders
89
8
2. Flyers
87
7
Red Wings
87
6
Hurricanes
81
6
The Islanders are by no means safe, and the Hurricanes need a miracle.
The Flyers play the Red Wings on April 6, and close their season on April 10 against the Islanders. Big games.
Western Conference
Team
Team
Season Series
C1 Stars
W2 Wild
4-1 Stars
C2 Blues
C3 Blackhawks
2-2
P1 Kings
W1 Predators
2-1 Kings
P2 Ducks
P3 Sharks
3-1 Ducks
The West is ultra-tight, too. Except for Stars-Wild, the other six teams slated to face each other are all separated by only four points.
Every series could be great, especially considering the way Devan Dubnyk is playing in net for the Wild, and how hot the Predators are. And an all-California battle is most welcome.
Wild-Card Race
Team
Points
Games Remaining
Predators
91
6
Wild
85
6
Avalanche
82
6
The Predators are all but officially in. They can clinch Tuesday in Dallas.
The Avalanche rebounded after a devastating 4-0 loss to the Wild on Saturday, but they need help. All six of Colorado's remaining games are against playoff teams: Blues (2), Capitals, Predators, Stars, and Ducks. It's going to be real tough, especially without Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon.
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T.J. Brodie and Joe Colborne also scored for Calgary, and Mich...
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It took a few tries, but the San Jose Sharks will have a chance to play for the Stanley Cup.
The club officially clinched a playoff berth Monday night when the Arizona Coyotes lost to the Calgary Flames, but San Jose also took care of business on its own. The Sharks registered a 5-2 win over in-state rivals the Los Angeles Kings in a hard-fought game that felt a lot like a postseason encounter.
After missing the playoffs last year, and parting ways with head coach Todd McLellan, the Sharks are headed back to the dance for the 11th time in 12 seasons, and 18th time in franchise history.
Monday night's win was only the Sharks' 17th at home. Peter DeBoer's troops have been road warriors all season, their 25 wins away from the SAP Center tying them with the Washington Capitals for most in the NHL.
The win was goaltender Martin Jones' 36th, in a season in which he's proven he's a No. 1 goalie.
Now the hard part: 16 more wins in the postseason.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was in Phoenix on Monday and, along with Arizona Coyotes president Anthony LeBlanc, met with a number of key players in the region regarding a new arena, Arizona Sports' Craig Morgan reports.
Phoenix mayor and other city officials were also in attendance, Morgan writes.
Sportsnet's John Shannon adds that the "tone of (the) meetings were positive," and "that an early May timeframe for a commitment is real, and someone will meet that timeline."
Sounds like Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale (represented by the Salt River Indian community) and Mesa are all possible sites for the new arena.
The Coyotes currently play at Gila River Arena, with their lease set to expire after next season. The future of the desert-based club is seemingly always in question, but especially so after Glendale voided the club's 15-year lease agreement last year.
At a Coyotes town hall meeting Saturday, LeBlanc said an arena announcement should come down at some point over the next six weeks, Morgan adds.
"I will never say never, but it's highly, highly unlikely," LeBlanc added, about the club staying in Glendale long term.
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Tim Vanstone and Reid Gardiner each scored twice as the Prince Albert Raiders took Game 3 of their Western Hockey League first-round playoff series, beating the Moose Jaw Warriors 7-3 on Monday.
Jesse Lees, Kolten Olynek an...