8:59 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Fare thee well, Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins. We hardly knew ye. Here’s what happened in the NHL last night (check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+), and what to watch for tonight, in today’s edition of ESPN Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily: Jump ahead: Last night’s games

12:41 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Tampa Bay Lightning will be defined by their failure, swept out of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs in the first round by a Columbus Blue Jackets team few thought had a prayer of hanging with the Presidents’ Trophy winners. That’s one way to look at them.

5:20 PM ET The Los Angeles Kings have hired Todd McLellan to a multiyear contract to be the team’s new coach, it was announced Tuesday. He replaces Willie Desjardins, who served as the interim coach last season and was not retained. McLellan was fired as coach of the Edmonton Oilers in November. He had been

7:03 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN A nasty fight between Alex Ovechkin and Andrei Svechnikov, multiple offensive outbursts and a dazzling rookie debut highlighted Monday night’s action in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here’s a recap of last night’s action (check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+), and what to watch for tonight, in today’s

11:51 PM ET Chris PetersESPN NHL Close Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. Cale Makar became just the fifth rookie in the NHL’s expansion era (1967-68)

6:35 PM ET The NHL suspended Toronto Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri on Monday for the remainder of their first-round playoff series, following his high hit on Boston Bruins winger Jake DeBrusk on Saturday. Kadri received a major penalty for cross-checking and a game misconduct after the incident late in the third period of Game

7:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Look, we know what many of you were up to last night. Arya. Daenerys. Viserion. Winterfell. So as a public service, here’s what happened in the NHL last night (check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+), and what to watch for tonight, in the latest edition of ESPN

2:00 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Vegas Golden Knights are getting reinforcement for their playoff push. Vegas announced it signed KHL leading scorer Nikita Gusev to one-year entry level contract on Sunday. Gusev, a Moscow native, scored a league-high 82 points (17 goals, 65 assists) for SKA St. Petersburg this season, which was eliminated in

12:38 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche are hoping defenseman Cale Makar can do for them what he did for UMass this season. The Avs signed the reigning Hobey Baker Award winner Sunday, and he will join the team immediately for its series against the Calgary Flames. Colorado tied the series 1-1 Saturday night, while Makar,

8:11 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Three games went to overtime. The other was a physical battle that brought drama and a potentially costly suspension. Here’s a recap of last night’s action — check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+ — and what to watch for tonight, in today’s edition of ESPN Stanley Cup