Golden goalie: Expansion Vegas picks Fleury

If Jeff Glass’ thick red beard ever turns white, it won’t be hard to imagine him as a department-store Santa Claus. Not that he has the belly for it, but the 33-year-old goalie’s cheery disposition remains off the charts. Blackhawks fans first got wind of Glass during the 2017-18 season when

Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand each scored twice and assisted in another goal to help spark Boston’s offense to life vs. the Flyers.

Nikita Kucherov had the primary assists on two power-play goals for Tampa Bay after taking some early hits, and the Lightning led the Dallas Stars 3-1 after two periods in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night. Tampa Bay had failed to score on its previous 14 chances with the man advantage, since Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finale, until the Kucherov-assisted goals. Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat had the power-play goals, with Victor Hedman picking up the secondary assist on each one.