Gallant, Maurice took long road to lead Golden Knights, Jets

Washington’s Alex Ovechkin and Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby were teammates at the All-Star game, but on Friday they’ll be foes.

Montreal won the first two games of its trip at Arizona and Vegas before falling flat in Dallas on Saturday. The Canadiens dropped a 4-1 decision to the Stars, with the home side scoring twice on the power play and once on a penalty shot while killing all five of Montreal’s man-advantage opportunities

When Barry Trotz’s Washington Capitals knocked out Jon Cooper’s Tampa Bay Lightning on the way to the Stanley Cup in 2018, the two coaches talked that summer about how it all went down. A similar conversation happened last fall after Cooper and the Lightning went through Trotz’s New York Islanders to win the Cup. “You don’t usually get that with a ton of coaches, but Barry is a pretty open guy and for the most part I guess I am too, and we’re not afraid to share stuff with each other.”