Watch: Crosby’s OT snipe ties up Eastern final

Top shelf.

Sidney Crosby has his first career playoff overtime goal - and it was beautiful.

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain rifled a one-timer upstairs, blocker side, past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy 40 seconds into overtime to win Monday's game 3-2, and tie the Eastern Conference Final at 1-1. It was the fastest overtime goal in Penguins playoff history.

Crosby was robbed earlier in the game, but his slump's over. The goal was his first in nine games, since Game 4 of the first round.

Here's another angle of the goal:

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Watch: Clune lifts Marlies to Game 7 win

Canada's team remains alive.

Rich Clune scored the decisive goal in a thrilling Game 7 in Toronto on Monday night, sending the Marlies to the AHL's Eastern Conference Finals, where they'll face the Hershey Bears.

The Marlies won the game and the series 4-3.

With the third period beginning in a 1-1 tie, the two clubs seemed destined for an extra frame. That was before the teams erupted for five goals.

Kasperi Kapanen finished with a goal and an assist, Connor Carrick continued his excellent playoffs, scoring his sixth of the postseason, and William Nylander added an assist.

The Devils' Paul Thompson had two goals, as Albany gave the AHL-best Marlies everything they could handle in a tightly contested series, despite dealing with myriad injuries.

The Western Conference Final will feature the Lake Erie Monsters against the Ontario Reign. The Monsters eliminated the Grand Rapids Griffins in overtime of Game 6 on Monday, with Zach Werenski scoring the golden goal.

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Blues’ Fabbri shares unflattering nose pic from Game 1

Robby Fabbri can take a dig at his own expense.

The St. Louis Blues rookie forward was caught picking his nose during Game 1 of the Western Conference Final against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday, and instead of shying away from it, he took it deeper by supplying an emoji guide for the act.

Nothing wrong with enjoying some boogies with the Blues.

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Former WWE superstar Shawn Michaels endorses Penguins, HBK line

The Pittsburgh Penguins so-called third line has a prominent new fan.

Made aware of the red-hot Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino, and Phil Kessel line, former WWE superstar and current ambassador Shawn Michaels - also known as 'The Heartbreak Kid' - gave his seal of approval to the Penguins Monday night:

Thanks to a Kessel goal in the first period of Game 2, and the fact he started paying attention to the HBK craze, Michaels found himself trending on Twitter in Pittsburgh and couldn't help but tune in for the second period.

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Drouin continues to marvel in playoffs

They're quickly becoming the Jonathan Drouin playoffs.

The Tampa Bay Lightning forward's unlikely renaissance continued on Monday night in Pittsburgh, when he scored for the second time in two games of the Eastern Conference Final against the Penguins.

The goal was Drouin's third of the postseason, giving him 11 points in 12 games. He had 10 points in 21 games during the regular season.

Matt Murray, though, will be the first to admit that he's got to have Monday's goal:

The point is, Drouin is playing the best hockey of his life, and no one would have imagined this would be the case even a few months ago, when he requested a trade and was suspended after leaving the Lightning's minor-league team.

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Watch: Lightning’s Stralman scores in return from fratucred fibula

Welcome back, Anton Stralman.

Out since March 25 with a fractured fibula, the Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman received a pass Monday night from Jonathan Marchessault and roofed the puck past Matt Murray for his fifth career playoff goal.

The goal, Stralman's fifth against the Penguins this season alone, helped make up for some rusty defense displayed earlier in the game on a goal scored by Matt Cullen.

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Stralman returns, Vasilevskiy starts Game 2 for Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning have a key piece on the blue line back in the lineup.

Defenseman Anton Stralman took part in warmups and will play Game 2 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, his first game action since fracturing his fibula on March 25.

Behind him, Andrei Vasilevskiy will make his second career postseason start in the absence of Ben Bishop, who was injured in Game 1 and is considered day to day.

In six playoff appearances, including Game 1 of this series, Vasilevskiy has posted a save percentage of .923.

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Flu knocks Lightning’s Callahan out for Game 2

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan is sitting out Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final.

The 31-year-old will miss the game due to the flu, the club announced. He has a goal and two assists in 11 playoff games.

Callahan made news in Game 1 after he sent Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang into the boards from behind. He picked up a five-minute major penalty, but remained in the game and wasn't suspended.

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