Penguins dominate Predators in Game 5 rout

With Mark Stone and Cody Ceci signing one-year deals, the looming free agent crunch awaiting Ottawa has only been underscored.

SAN JOSE – Off of the ice, Joe Thornton is a notoriously chill dude. There isn’t a whole lot that phases the veteran center and future Hall of Famer, who appears to go through his non-hockey playing life with a remarkably even-keeled attitude.  We’re talking about the kind of guy that signs a one-year, $8 million contract sitting on a lawn mower. Just as the latest example. Thornton couldn’t help but admit on Sunday, though, that all of the interest he received as an unrestricted free agent knocked him for a loop. “There was a lot of interest, to be honest. I was kind of shocked that there was the interest that there was,� Thornton said. “It was crazy. Throughout the whole thing I talked to [GM]

Brad Marchand scored 3:36 into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 2-1 Thursday night in Game 3 to take the lead in the second-round playoff series. In the extra period, Charlie McAvoy brought the puck up ice along the left side and passed to Marchand, who skated along the boards and fired a sharp-angle shot into the top right corner past Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov. Craig Smith also scored for Boston, and Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots — including five in overtime, as the Bruins took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.