Topic: Alexandre Burrows

The NHL announced Sunday the available and protected lists for the 30 teams who will provide players to the Vegas Golden Knights in this week's expansion draft.

Peter Chiarelli of the Edmonton Oilers, Pierre Dorion of the Ottawa Senators and David Poile of the Nashville Predators are the three finalists for the 2016-17 NHL General Manager of the Year Award.

Bobby Ryan scored at 4:59 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

BOSTON -- The Ottawa Senators accomplished all kinds of things Thursday night, and they did it without their best player.

OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre, but they might have paid a big price for the victory.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota got a pair of goals by Zach Parise in the third period to overpower a tired Detroit team.

BOSTON -- David Pastrnak was glad to have a chance to be out on the ice in the closing minutes of a tie game on Saturday.

The best part of the NHL after the all-star break is how the caliber of play noticeably ramps up a notch.

The calendar has turned to December, which means the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping is done, often in the hopes of nailing down some or all of the Christmas presents.

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues came into Friday night's game against the Vancouver Canucks well aware of what was at stake.