BEN CHIAROT

With the weather set to drive us into hibernation, more time will be available to bundle up and improve fantasy hockey rosters. With Karlsson back alongside Smith and Jonathan Marchessault, he'll keep receiving plenty of minutes and scoring chances. Anton Lundell, FLA (Yahoo: 39%)Lundell came over to North America after excelling as a teenager in the Finnish Elite League. Kirby Dach, MON (Yahoo: 29%)Dach suffered through enough in Chicago, so maybe a change of location was just what he needed. Tristan Jarry starred last season but currently lists a 3.38/.903 line, including two outings in which he allowed six goals.

Johnny Gaudreau leaving Calgary for Columbus headlined a busy offseason of player movement around the NHL.

The Columbus Blue Jackets made the biggest splash in NHL free agency, stunning the league by landing Johnny Gaudreau with a seven-year contract for $68.25 million.

There will be a Presidents’ Trophy banner hanging over the Florida Panthers’ home ice next season.

The New York Rangers will play the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the NHL playoffs.

Marc-Andre Fleury may have been the biggest winner at the NHL trade deadline.

The combination of jumbled standings in the Western Conference and a flat salary cap has stalled much of the trade market around the NHL.

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price cites substance use as his reason for voluntarily entering the NHL’s player assistance program more than a month ago.

The defenseman playing in his 46th playoff game beat Price from the slot off a pass from Ondrej Palat at 6:19 of the opening period. Playoff goals leader Brayden Point also assisted Cernak's goal for Tampa Bay, which had never won Game 1 of a Stanley Cup Final. Price made his Stanley Cup Final debut in his 14th season with the Canadiens. He's the first goaltender in league history to win more than 400 regular-season and playoff games combined before appearing in a Cup Final. The Lightning are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third time since 2015.

He lost a bid for a fifth shutout this postseason when Ben Chiarot scored his first career playoff goal for the Canadiens. Cernak also scored his first career postseason goal for Tampa Bay. Playoff goals leader Brayden Point also assisted Cernak's goal for Tampa Bay, which has never won Game 1 of a Stanley Cup Final. Price is making his Stanley Cup Final debut in his 14th season with the Canadiens. The Lightning are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third time since 2015.

Playoff scoring leader Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 18 saves to outplay Carey Price and lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Postseason experience can be a valuable asset in the NHL playoffs.

John Tavares left the ice on a stretcher Thursday night after a collision with two Canadiens players. He's out indefinitely with a concussion.