Brad Marchand was up to Brad Marchand things on Saturday night.

In the closing minutes of the first period between the Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators, Marchand managed to rack up 14 penalty minutes in one play. He was initially called for a high stick on Colton Sissons, even though his stick clearly missed Sissons' face.

Marchand then proceeded to mock Sissons' acting job, which earned him an additional two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct. As he continued, he was eventually handed a 10-minute misconduct.

Boston managed to kill off Marchand's penalties, but the forward's on-ice immaturity continues to be a growing concern for the Bruins.

Ironically, Marchand has been fined for embellishment on numerous occasions.

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Happy Birthday, Pekka Rinne.

The Nashville Predators and their star goaltender have agreed on a two-year, $10 million extension, the team announced Saturday.

Rinne, who turned 36 Saturday, was set to become an unrestricted free agent after this season.

The 2018 Vezina Trophy winner is off to a strong start so far this year. He missed nearly two weeks due to an injury, but owns a sparkling .940 save percentage and 1.91 goals-against average in six games.

The instant analysis of Rinne's contract can be summed up in one word: bargain. When his contract kicks in next season, his $5-million cap hit will rank tied for 13th in the league with Frederik Andersen among the league's highest-paid goaltenders - and that doesn't include pending free agents Sergei Bobrovsky or Semyon Varlamov.

Rinne's contract also includes a 10-team no-trade list, according to The Athletic's Adam Vingan.

Oddly enough, Rinne signed his previous extension - a 7-year, $49-million deal - on his birthday as well.

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Winnipeg Jets forward Brendan Lemieux will have a hearing for an illegal check to the head on Florida Panthers forward Vincent Trocheck, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Saturday.

The incident occurred during the second period of Friday's game as part of the NHL Global Series in Finland, and saw Lemieux receive a match penalty on the play.

Luckily for the Panthers, Trocheck was no worse for wear from the hit as he remained in the game.

No date or time for the hearing has been set. The Jets won't return to action until Friday when they host the Colorado Avalanche.

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Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin was forced from Saturday's game against the Ottawa Senators with an undisclosed injury, the team confirmed.

The 18-year-old blocked a shot in the second period and did not return for the third, according to Sportsnet's John Shannon.

The injury is not believed to be serious and head coach Phil Housley noted postgame that Dahlin will travel with the team to New York for its game against the Rangers on Sunday, but there has been no diagnosis yet, according to Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.

Dahlin, the first overall pick in June's draft, picked up an assist Saturday before exiting, giving him five points in 14 games this season.

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Good luck stopping Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, and Gabriel Landeskog, especially when they're all on the ice with the man advantage.

Late in Friday's game against the Vancouver Canucks, the Colorado Avalanche's red-hot trio connected on the power play, pulling off a flawless passing sequence to take a 6-5 lead with under two minutes to go in regulation.

Let's take a closer look at how they did it.

We pick things up with Rantanen (No. 96) controlling the puck as Colorado sets up with about 20 seconds left in the penalty to Canucks center Bo Horvat.

Rantanen evaluates his options with Landeskog planted down low, Matt Calvert in the slot, Tyson Barrie at the blue line, and with the path to MacKinnon obstructed by two Canucks penalty killers.

Rantanen elects to move into the faceoff circle, drawing in multiple Vancouver defenders in the process. Ben Hutton takes him on directly.

Hutton appears to be playing Rantanen well, but the Avalanche winger feathers a beautiful pass between the blade of Hutton's stick and the Canucks rearguard's skates, and the puck goes by him on the way to Landeskog.

Landeskog stops the puck on his stick for a split-second while sitting on the doorstep and quickly recognizes both that he can't safely get it to Calvert and that MacKinnon is lurking unattended in the other circle.

Landeskog quickly slings it in MacKinnon's direction.

MacKinnon goes down on one knee and rips a one-timer, to which Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom barely has time to react.

It's a perfectly placed shot, and it beats Markstrom short side.

The whole sequence was textbook power-play strategy and execution, carried out about as well as possible.

The awareness and passing ability shown by both Rantanen and Landeskog, plus the finish by MacKinnon, made it a shining example of how and why they've been so dominant this season.

Colorado ultimately gave up the tying goal with 36 seconds left and then lost the game in overtime, but MacKinnon's second marker of the night served as an immaculate illustration of the chemistry the trio has developed.

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Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron missed Thursday's contest against the Washington Capitals due to a lower-body injury. On Saturday, coach Claude Julien announced the ailment will keep him sidelined for at least the next three games.

Byron will not suit up Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning, nor will he make next week's trip to New York to take on the Islanders and Rangers.

An extended absence could be a key loss for Montreal, as Byron is tied for fifth in team scoring with seven points in 11 games.

Byron is in his fourth season with the Canadiens. He inked a four-year, $13.6-million extension during training camp.

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There's always next year for Sebastian Aho.

After picking up at least one assist through the season's first 12 games - a feat that matched NHL legend Wayne Gretzky for most all time - the Carolina Hurricanes forward failed to add another helper in Friday's overtime loss to the Arizona Coyotes.

Aho was held scoreless on the night, and while he won't take sole possession of top spot in NHL history, his showing through the first dozen contests was, naturally, good enough to set a Hurricanes record.

The Finnish forward has registered 17 points across 13 contests this season.

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Elias Pettersson may be the most electrifying player Vancouver Canucks fans have seen since Pavel Bure.

The rookie racked up five points in Friday night's 7-6 overtime victory against the Colorado Avalanche, raising fans to their feet every time he touched the puck. In fact, he became the youngest player in franchise history to reach the five-point mark in one game, according to Sportsnet.

He scored the game-tying goal, and assisted on Derrick Pouliot's OT winner, but his best work of the night may have come on this sensational bank pass to Brock Boeser in the second period.

"His pass on my second goal was something," Boeser said postgame. "That's rare. I was speechless. He's mini-Pavel like I said. He's leading us and helped us get this big win tonight."

The play had many drawing comparisons to another Canucks great in Henrik Sedin.

Expectations were high for Pettersson heading into his rookie season after breaking numerous Swedish Hockey League records for a U20 player a year ago, but it's hard to imagine anyone predicted he'd have nine goals and 15 points in his first nine games.

Pettersson already seems like a runaway favorite for the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie, but if he keeps this up, he may find himself in the Hart Trophy conversation sooner or later.

The Canucks lead the Pacific Division with 18 points, and it's difficult to imagine where they'd be without Pettersson.

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