It apparently wasn't smooth sailing for Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban after being taken to the hospital by paramedics following his March 10 neck injury.

Subban recalled his Montreal ambulance ride following coach Michel Therrien's announcement Wednesday that Subban wouldn't be in the lineup Thursday against the Detroit Red Wings. He is, however, travelling with the team.

"If there's one thing I gotta say, in the ambulance, the ride was bumpy, man," Subban said, according to TSN 690's Amanda Stein. "We hit a couple potholes on the way there and I was just like, 'Geez! I don't know what we're driving over here!' But it felt like it was a couple of bodies we had dropped and drove over, to be honest. Some of the bumps were pretty big."

Subban has not participated in game action since the injury, which came from an awkward collision with teammate Alexei Emelin.

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Patrick Kane is the NHL's best right-winger

Kane's the runaway favorite to win the Hart and Art Ross trophies this season. He put together a 26-game point streak that saw him tally a score in every game from Oct. 17 through Dec. 13 - the longest scoring streak in Blackhawks history. The magic didn't end when the streak did, as he compiled 43 points in the 35 games that followed. He also brings something to the table that Tarasenko doesn't: a championship pedigree. Kane's an integral part of the Blackhawks' nucleus that's won three Stanley Cups in seven seasons, exorcising the demons that came with a 49-year championship drought.

Vladimir Tarasenko is the NHL's best right-winger

Tarasenko may not have a ring, but he's scored 10 goals in 13 postseason games and the Blues are confident enough in his ability to lead them to the promised land that they made him the face of the franchise, inking him to an eight-year, $60-million extension. Tarasenko's great hands and creativity make him one of the NHL's most electrifying players and a nightmare to defend in the offensive zone. At just 24 years of age, we're only beginning to to see the potential of a player who's eclipsed the 30-goal plateau in back-to-back seasons.

Who do you think is the NHL's best right-winger - Patrick Kane or Vladimir Tarasenko? Cast your vote on the banner below.

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The Montreal Canadiens will have to endure at least one more game without defenseman P.K. Subban.

Subban practiced with the club Wednesday, and though head coach Michel Therrien had been hopeful to have the 26-year-old back for Thursday's tilt against the Detroit Red Wings, Subban will remain out of the lineup.

The star will still travel with the team to Detroit, however, and Therrien suggested that forward David Desharnais could return versus the Red Wings.

Desharnais has been out of the lineup since Feb. 15.

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On April 3, 2013, the Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals pulled off a trade that the hockey world might not have believed if they'd announced it two days earlier.

The Predators acquired forward Filip Forsberg from the Capitals in exchange for a package including Martin Erat and Michael Latta.

The deal was a head-shaker at the time, even as then-Capitals general manager George McPhee made it clear he wanted to help his team win now: Why would the Capitals give up on such a talented prospect before he'd even seen NHL ice?

Predators GM David Poile, meanwhile, appeared to have a more accurate forecast of what the young Forsberg could become.

"In Filip Forsberg, we are adding one of the top-rated young forwards in the world; we are excited to have him join our other emerging young talent and solid veterans at the position," Poile said.

The writing was on the wall once the Capitals packed their bags after being eliminated from the 2013 playoffs by the New York Rangers. Erat had failed to show up, providing the team with just one goal and three points in nine regular-season games down the stretch and going pointless in the only four postseason games he participated in.

Forsberg, on the other hand, underwent an incubating period with the Predators and finally burst onto the scene last season, proving to be exactly as Poile had claimed two years prior.

As a 20-year-old, Forsberg put up 26 goals and 63 points in 82 games, finishing third in rookie scoring while adding another six points in six playoff games.

In nearly poetic fashion, Forsberg finished just a point shy of doubling the point production of Erat. The veteran would finish his final season in the NHL with nine goals and 32 points in 79 games with the Arizona Coyotes.

On Monday, Forsberg became the youngest European to hit the 30-goal mark since Evgeni Malkin and Anze Kopitar did so during the 2007-08 season.

He is on pace to lead the Predators in goals and points for the second straight season. Meanwhile, he sits just three goals away from matching the franchise's single-season record.

Forsberg is an incredible talent who, just two seasons in, already appears destined to hit marks unseen by the Predators. There's no question he's become one of the league's elite talents and and is quickly becoming the face of the franchise - a franchise that changed its future by acquiring him.

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Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jared Boll will have a hearing Thursday for interference on Philadelphia Flyers forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced Wednesday.

Boll caught Bellemare with a late, high hit early in the second period of Tuesday's game. Boll received a five-minute major and a game misconduct on the play.

Bellemare appeared to escape serious injury, as he remained in the game.

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The New York Islanders signed goaltender Eamon McAdam to a three-year, entry-level contract Wednesday.

The 21-year-old is coming off his third season with Pennsylvania State University, where he compiled a record of 13-8-1 with a .913 save percentage and a 2.98 goals-against average.

McAdam - who was drafted by the Islanders 70th overall in 2013 - will join the club's American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and finish the season on an amateur tryout.

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Not everyone was celebrating after the Washington Capitals ensured themselves a playoff berth Wednesday night.

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"We weren't the better team tonight, and that was pretty evident," goaltender Braden Holtby told reporters following a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators, according to Isabelle Khurshudyan of The Washington Post.

"Got some goals, finished early. It was kind of the opposite of what we've been doing lately (by having) a good start and (tailing) off (for) the rest of the game. I think we're all kind of sick of the way we've played at times (for) the last couple of months. You can tell it's starting to turn, just everyone's realizing we have kind of hit that bottom. Tonight, you could kind of tell. That's where we turn around now."

The Capitals had allowed the first goal in seven of their previous eight games, but they jumped out to a 3-0 lead by the first intermission Tuesday. The Senators made a game of it in the final 40 minutes, cutting the deficit to one before T.J. Oshie's empty-netter.

"We know we haven't played as well as we've needed to," Washington head coach Barry Trotz said. "We've got some work to do, there's no question. But we haven't played a real meaningful game for a while here."

Securing home-ice advantage doesn't mean much, as far as Nicklas Backstrom is concerned.

"It's nice to be a No. 1 seed in the East, but at the same time, it doesn't really matter, to be honest with you," the center said. "It's nice to start at home, but it's so tough. We've seen many times before that the No. 8 seed is as good as the No. 1 seed. ... We have 10 really important games. We haven't played our best hockey since after Christmas, so we have some areas we have to get better on and make sure we play a full 60-minute game."

The Capitals still hold the NHL's best record and goal differential by a comfortable margin, and haven't lost consecutive games in regulation all season.

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