NHL News and Notes from Saturday, April 30th, 2022
News
- The NHL named Florida Panthers goaltender Spencer Knight as Rookie of the Month for April.
- NHL Rookie of the Month – Knight Shuts Down Competition
- The NHL named forward Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning as the First Star for the Month of April.
- Mike Smith (EDM) and Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) would round out the rest of the Three Stars of the Month.
- NHL 3 Stars of the Month – Stamkos Takes Top Honor for April
- The Detroit Red Wings announced that they will not renew head coach Jeff Blashill’s contract.
- Along with Blashill, assistant coach Doug Houda and goalie coach Jeff Salajko would also not have their contracts renewed.
- The Red Wings will now begin their search for a new head coach.
- The NHL Department of Player Safety would announce a pair of fines to players of the Colorado Avalanche.
- Forward Logan O’Connor would be fined $1,812.50 for cross checking Minnesota Wild defenseman Dmitry Kulikov.
- Defenseman Kurtis MacDermid would be fined $2,187.50 for kneeing Wild forward Marcus Foligno.
- Both incidents would take place on Friday night, and both fines would be the maximum allowed under the CBA.
Western Conference

- Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs. Nashville Predators (WC2)
- Tuesday, May 3: Predators at Avalanche, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, SNE, SN360 (JIP), TVA Sports)
- Thursday, May 5: Predators at Avalanche, 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT, SNE, SN360 (JIP), TVA Sports)
- Saturday, May 7: Avalanche at Predators, 4:30 p.m. ET (TNT, Sportsnet, TVA Sports)
- Monday, May 9: Avalanche at Predators, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, SN1, TVA Sports)
- *Wednesday, May 11: Predators at Avalanche, TBD
- *Friday, May 13: Avalanche at Predators, TBD
- *Sunday, May 15: Predators at Avalanche, TBD

- Minnesota Wild (C2) vs. St. Louis Blues (C3)
- Monday, May 2: Blues at Wild, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, SN360, TVA Sports)
- Wednesday, May 4: Blues at Wild, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, SN360, TVA Sports)
- Friday, May 6: Wild at Blues, 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT, SN360, TVA Sports)
- Sunday, May 8: Wild at Blues, 4:30 p.m. ET (TBS, SN360, TVA Sports)
- *Tuesday, May 10: Blues at Wild, TBD
- *Thursday, May 12: Wild at Blues, TBD
- *Saturday, May 14: Blues at Wild, TBD

- Calgary Flames (P1) vs. Dallas Stars (WC1)
- Tuesday, May 3: Stars at Flames, 10 p.m. ET (Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports, ESPN2)
- Thursday, May 5: Stars at Flames, 10 p.m. ET (Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports, TBS)
- Saturday, May 7: Flames at Stars, 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT, Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports)
- Monday, May 9: Flames at Stars, 9:30 p.m. ET (TBS, Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports)
- *Wednesday, May 11: Stars at Flames, TBD
- *Friday, May 13: Flames at Stars, TBD
- *Sunday, May 15: Stars at Flames, TBD

- Edmonton Oilers (P2) vs. Los Angeles Kings (P3)
- Monday, May 2: Kings at Oilers, 10 p.m. ET (Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports, ESPN2)
- Wednesday, May 4: Kings at Oilers, 10 p.m. ET (Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports, ESPN2)
- Friday, May 6: Oilers at Kings, 10 p.m. ET (TBS, Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports)
- Sunday, May 8: Oilers at Kings, 10 p.m. ET (TBS, Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports)
- *Tuesday, May 10: Kings at Oilers, TBD
- *Thursday, May 12: Oilers at Kings, TBD
- *Saturday, May 14: Kings at Oilers, TBD
Today’s Games
- SEA v. WIN – 2p ET
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