Sabres Links: Amerks to face Chicago in playoffs, Jackets get first playoff win, Seabrook facing hearing
Rochester may have dropped their final game to Toronto, but they avoided facing the Marlies in the first round for a third straight season. This time the Chicago Wolves are the team across the ice.
Sabres Links
- The Americans dropped their season finale to Toronto, set to play Chicago in the first round [Amerks.com]
- Zemgus Girgensons was amazed by getting the "A" stitched onto his jersey for the Sabres final game [Buffalo News]
Around The League
- For the second game in a row the St. Louis Blues came back to beat Chicago in OT [NHL.com]
- Matt Calvert scored in double overtime to give Columbus their first ever playoff victory [NHL.com]
- Nathan MacKinnon showed his stuff in Colorado's 4-2 win [NHL.com]
- Brent Seabrook will have a phone hearing after a hit on David Backes [Sportsnet]
- Milan Lucic was fined $5,000 by the NHL for spearing Danny DeKeyser [Boston Globe]
- The Avalanche expect Matt Duchene to miss the entirety of the first round [ESPN]
- Steve Mason won't be ready for game two, meaning Ray Emery will once again be between the pipes for Philadelphia [TSN]