The Anaheim Ducks' coaching search reportedly includes at least one internal candidate.
Ducks assistant coach Paul MacLean will interview for the head coaching position Monday, TVA's Renaud Lavoie reports.
The former Ottawa Senators head coach was re-hired as a Ducks assistant last June after occupying the same role from 2002-04 under Mike Babcock.
Babcock brought MacLean to Detroit, where the 58-year-old Nova Scotian spent eight seasons as an assistant coach with the Red Wings.
He compiled a 114-90-35 record as Ottawa's bench boss, winning the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top head coach in 2013, but the Senators fired him in December 2014.
One win away from his team's second straight trip to the Eastern Conference Finals, Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman is having a monster afternoon in Game 5 against the New York Islanders.
The 25-year-old gave his team a commanding 3-0 lead on a second-period power play, blasting a one-timer past Thomas Greiss for his second goal of the afternoon after a great bank pass off the boards from Jonathan Drouin.
Hedman opened the scoring Sunday with a spinning wrister from the slot, 13 minutes into the first.
The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms on a three-year, entry-level contract with Finnish forward Artturi Lehkonen, the club announced.
"We are very pleased to have reached an agreement with Artturi Lehkonen," general manager Marc Bergevin said. "Artturi is a young forward who enjoyed success at a very young age playing in a highly competitive league in Sweden. He has shown a remarkable attitude since we selected him in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
"Over the past few years, his progression has been excellent, and he has gained valuable experience. We are proud to see him make the jump to another level, we look forward to seeing him compete for a spot with our team at training camp in September."
The 20-year-old represented Finland at the World Junior Championship three times, and was the captain in 2015.
Lehkonen was selected 55th overall by the Habs in 2015, and played with HC Frolunda in the Swedish Elite League this season. He scored 33 points in 49 games.
OTTAWA - Guy Boucher has been hired as the new head coach of the Ottawa Senators.
The 44-year-old Boucher becomes the 12th head coach in Senators franchise history, replacing Dave Cameron who was fired on April 12.
Boucher has spent parts ...
The Ottawa Senators have named Guy Boucher the club's new head coach. The two sides agreed to a three-year deal, but the terms were not disclosed.
The 44-year-old becomes the 12th coach in team history, taking over behind the bench after the dismissal of Dave Cameron last month.
"Over the past three weeks, Pierre Dorion and our hockey operations staff have undertaken a thorough and comprehensive search for our next head coach. Following a detailed evaluation of all coaching candidates, there was overwhelming consensus that Guy was our top candidate," said Senators owner Eugene Melnyk. "We wanted a great coach and this process yielded our top pick. I couldn't be happier. On behalf of the entire Senators organization, the great city of Ottawa and our fans, I want to welcome Guy, his wife Marsha and their three children, Vincent, Mila and Naomi."
Boucher last coached in the NHL back in 2012-13 for the Tampa Bay Lightning, but was fired after 32 games with a record of 13-18-1.
Guy Boucher was extremely close to becoming #leafs coach last May before Mike Babcock accepted the job.
He has since resided in the National League A in Switzerland where he coached SC Bern, accumulating a 44-29-5 record in 78 games in parts of three seasons.
Boucher will be formally introduced during a news conference Monday.
While some NHLers are competing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, others are overseas battling at the World Championships or simply relaxing to start their offseasons. Regardless, the entire hockey world is sharing love for their moms on Mother's Day.
Several players took to social media to pay homage:
Happy Mother's Day to my mom and the rest of the @HC_Men 's moms back in Canada! Sorry for getting you up so early this morning 🙏🏻
After over a century, Gert Friedman was finally able to check an NHL game off her bucket list.
Friedman, who turns 101 on Tuesday, celebrated her birthday by attending Game 5 of the Washington Capitals' second-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. The Capitals and NHL also granted her wish of riding the Zamboni during the first intermission of the Capitals' 3-1 win.
"What a fabulous experience that I've never had before and a perfect way to celebrate my birthday," Friedman told NHL.com.
Friedman was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., but has called Arlington, Va., home since 1940. Her husband, Herbert Friedman, was a renowned astrophysicist who won the U.S. National Medal of Science.
The 18-year-old had his second-consecutive two-goal, three-point game of the World Championship in Finland's 5-1 win over Germany on Sunday.
The latest offensive display moved him into first in tournament scoring, ahead of teammate Mikael Granlund, but more importantly, he kept his promise to his mother that he would score two goals.
Laine's six points in the tournament through two games also gives him a share of the tournament's all-time record for points by an 18-year-old. A record he is almost certain to surpass with five more games remaining before the medal round.
A 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 on Saturday night kept the Caps' season alive, and no one played a bigger role in the victory than all-world goaltender Braden Holtby.
The Vezina Trophy favorite made 30 saves, a big bounce-back performance in his eyes after losing three consecutive starts.
"I wasn't too happy with my performance the game before, and I wanted to make a difference for our team, show that I'd rebound just like us," Holtby told Isabelle Khurshudyan of The Washington Post. "Some nights you can make those saves."
Holtby was rock solid in preserving Washington's lead, and made a pair of crucial saves that caught the eyes of his teammates.
"Those are highlight reel saves," said forward T.J. Oshie, who scored the game-winner. "I think I jumped higher when he made that glove save than when we scored any of our goals out there."
Matt Murray, the goalie on the other end of the ice, has stolen the show in the playoffs thus far, garnering plenty of attention for his surprising performance as a rookie netminder.
Meanwhile, Holtby's teammates don't think he cares where the spotlight shines at this point.
"I think he would actually prefer if nobody said anything to him, just let him do his thing and play the game," defenseman Karl Alzner said. "Holts doesn't need it. He doesn't need anyone to talk about it, he probably doesn't even care if he were to win that Vezina Trophy. He's just happy to do his job, he just wants to win this prize, the Cup. So he doesn't care about that, but obviously he deserves all the accolades in the world right now."
The 31-year-old veteran's latest heroics gave him a share of the postseason goal-scoring lead and more importantly, further cemented himself as one of hockey's premier playoff-performers.
However, in that span you will find that of players with at least 10 playoff games under their belt, only Kane ranks among the most in points per game.
Player
Games
Goals
Points
Points per Game
Jamie Benn
17
9
19
1.12
Ryan Getzlaf
42
11
46
1.10
Joe Pavelski
28
14
30
1.07
Logan Couture
28
11
27
.96
Patrick Kane
72
29
69
.96
While he certainly has not seen as much action in the postseason as the Blackhawks core, Pavelski has proven that when he is involved in the playoffs, he is as dominant as anyone.
The first-year captain now has 34 goals and 68 points in 91 career playoff games, but has accumulated nearly half of those points in the last third of his games played.
Pavelski has been victim of a team that has repeatedly performed well in the regular season to only collapse and falter when the games matter most, in the postseason.
This time around feels different for the Sharks. Pavelski has a stronger supporting cast, the team is playing better around him and if he can continue to produce in the clutch, the Sharks can prove to be among the beasts in the West.