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Jeremy Roenick knows he should welcome every opportunity to rest his 39-year-old body in the heat of an NHL postseason. He just doesnt believe anybody in teal benefits from an extra day to ponder the San Jose Sharks 147-minute playoff scoring drought.
I hate it. Its driving me nuts, Roenick said after Saturdays practice. One game [...]

BOSTON 5, MONTREAL 1
BOSTON Marc Savard scored two power-play goals and the Boston Bruins moved two wins away from their first playoff series victory since 1999 with a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
Top-seeded Boston took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series over No. 8 Montreal, which will play at home Monday night.
Savard also [...]

The Flyers playoff predicament is a cruelly familiar one.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and the Pittsburgh Penguins lead Philadelphia 2-0 in this playoff series - just like last year in the Eastern Conference finals. This years quarterfinals shifts on Sunday back to Philadelphia for Game 3 with the Flyers looking to make this a competitive series [...]

BOSTON 4, MONTREAL 2
BOSTON Phil Kessel had two goals and an assist, and Zdeno Chara scored with 8:45 left to break a third-period tie and give the Boston Bruins a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in the opener of their first-round playoff series.
Tim Thomas stopped 26 shots for the Bruins, who are the top-seeded [...]

Minnesota Wild forward Andrew Brunette had surgery on his right knee on Thursday.
The team said in a statement that the procedure went well. Brunette is scheduled to begin a rehabilitation program on Friday.
The left wing played on a torn ligament for much of the second half of the season. He missed only two games all [...]

Philadelphia Flyers forward Daniel Carcillo was suspended for one game and coach John Stevens was fined $10,000 by the NHL on Thursday, a day after Carcillo hit Pittsburghs Maxime Talbot in the head in the playoff opener.
With 7 seconds left in the third period in the Penguins 4-1 victory Wednesday night, Carcillo delivered a blow [...]

EASTERN CONFERENCE.
No. 1 BOSTON BRUINS (53-19-10) vs. No. 8 MONTREAL CANADIENS (41-30-11).
2008-09 series record: Boston 5-0-1 (two wins in overtime).
Playoff History: Montreal 24-7. Last meeting: Montreal 4-3 in 2008 conference quarterfinals.
BOSTON: Bruins-Canadiens has occurred more than any other playoff matchup. … Bruins won all three home games against Montreal. The Bruins were swept in the [...]

Nikolai Khabibulin brings playoff experience to the rest of the Chicago Blackhawks, who are searching to add some of their own.
Not only that, the Blackhawks No. 1 goalie also carries a whole lot of success against their first-round foe, the Calgary Flames.
The Blackhawks will hit the ice for their first postseason game since 2002 on [...]

The final result of the New York Islanders worst season in nine years is the opportunity for them to land a player who just might be able to turnaround the beleaguered franchise.
The Islanders won the NHL draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night, giving them the right to take one of [...]

When the New York Islanders trudged off the ice following their NHL-worst 47th regulation defeat, they tried to move forward as quickly as possible.
That applied to everyone, from the fresh-faced rookies at the core of the youth movement to the grizzled veterans who hope to be a part of something good before their careers are [...]