The Stanley Cup Final shifts to Washington for Game 3 on Saturday. The Capitals and the Golden Knights are tied 1-1.
The AHL’s Calder Cup Final will begin Saturday when the Toronto Marlies host the Texas Stars.
BLACKHAWKS
**Hawks sign forward Jacob Nilsson to 1-year deal (SCH)
**Former Blackhawk of the Week: Tom Lysiak (SCH)
**From Sikura to Olofsson, it’s time to exhaustively rank the Blackhawks’ top prospects of the 2017-18 season (The Athletic)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Blues sign Finnish defenseman Mikkola to ELC (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
NHL
**Stanley Cup Final schedule (SBN)
**Caps fans ready to ‘Rock the Red’ against Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
**Caps’ Kuznetsov considered day to day with upper-body injury (theScore)
**Lightning’s Callahan expected to be out 5 months after shoulder surgery (Raw Charge)
**Lightning associate coach Rick Bowness will not return next season (Raw Charge)
**Bruins won’t bring back Gionta, 2 other pending free agents (Stanley Cup of Chowder)
**Red Wings open to moving down from No. 6 slot, plus draft combine tidbits (The Athletic)
**Flames add Geoff Ward, Ryan Huska to coaching staff (Matchsticks and Gasoline)
**Canucks ink 2017 draft pick DiPietro to ELC (theScore)
**Hyka, Leslie re-signed to 1-year, 2-way deals (Knights On Ice)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Don Cherry’s favorite ‘sandwich’ is a nauseating salmon concoction (SBN)