Expert picks for the postseaon: First-round, Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman doesn’t know how, and he doesn’t know when, but he remains confident the season halted by the COVID-19 pandemic will resume. “I believe that if the right time comes, and the right circumstances, based on all of the options that we’re considering and our ability to execute them, we’ll get this season done,” the San Jose Mercury News reported Bettman as saying at a virtual town hall hosted by the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. The NHL halted play on March 12, as the deadly coronavirus brought sports throughout the United States and the world to a grinding halt.

Calgary, the best team in the West, got off to a good start against Colorado in a Game 1 victory. Now it looks for a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.