Referee Rooney leaves Game 7 after stick to face

Kevin Shattenkirk is new to the Capitals-Penguins rivalry. As a trade deadline acquisition, he has only been with the Caps for about two months. He has not built up a lifetime of hatred for Pittsburgh as have most Caps fans, he does not have painful memories of the series in 2009 or 2016, he has not even had a regular season to accept that fact that he now must hate the Penguins instead of the Chicago Blackhawks like he did in St. Louis. Instead, Shattenkirk brings his own rivalry to this second-round matchup, a personal one between himself and Penguins forward Nick Bonino. “We’ve battled for years in many different ways,” Shattenkirk said. “In practices, on the golf course, there’s plenty of

LAS VEGAS – The blender remains out for the Winnipeg Jets, though the speed was reduced from industrial to medium. As the Jets returned to the ice after getting blown out 7-1 by the Colorado Avalanche, head coach Paul Maurice has some familiarity with his lines, but he’s made some significant changes