Tuesday, May 28

Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov each won a bronze medal following a 3-2 shootout victory over Team Czech Republic. It marks the ninth medal Ovechkin has won at the World Championship (three golds, two silvers, four bronzes). Ovechkin has registered 64 points (35g, 29a) in 83 career games at the World Championship.

Kuznetsov (2g, 4a) and Orlov (2g, 4a) each led all Capitals participating in the tournament in points, while Jakub Vrana (Czech Republic) led all Capitals with four goals.

By the Numbers will highlight the Red Wings' on-ice accomplishments in the 2018-19 season. Each week during the offseason, By the Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on his statistical highs. This week we focus on forward Jacob de la Rose.

By the Numbers will highlight the Red Wings' on-ice accomplishments in the 2018-19 season. Each week during the offseason, By the Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on his statistical highs. This week we focus on defenseman Niklas Kronwall.

At the beginning of training camp for the 2017-18 season, there was wide speculation the career of Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall could be over.

Lars Eller will represent Denmark at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia.

By the Numbers will highlight the Red Wings' on-ice accomplishments in the 2018-19 season. Each week during the offseason, By the Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on his statistical highs. This week we focus on forward/defenseman Luke Witkowski.

Frederik Andersen committed a robbery on Sunday.

BOSTON -- The most telling sign that Frederik Andersen is tuned into his game is when he's tuning out the fans, the critics and all the white noise around him.

WINNIPEG - Not scoring a single postseason goal a year ago in his first run through the Stanley Cup Playoffs is not weighing on Nikolaj Ehlers' shoulders in 2019.

A confirmation of that fact came in Game 1 of the Winnipeg Jets series with the St. Louis Blues where Ehlers led the team with four shots. Three of them came in the first period and they were really good looks for the Danish forward on Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington. 

"We liked what we did but it wasn't enough," said Ehlers.

"We have to keep doing that and do it more. I don't think there's any goalie in this league that likes when there are two to three guys in front of them. We've got to get some traffic and get some good shots to the net. We had some pretty good chances last game. We have to bury those as well. We're going to start doing that tonight."

Goaltending is an integral part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. To better understand the strengths and weaknesses of each goaltender, the last 100 goals allowed for each goaltender in the regular season were charted, with the help of Apex Video Analysis and Save Review System from Upper Hand Inc., to see what patterns emerge.

DETROIT -- While the Detroit Red Wings performed the arduous task of cleaning out their lockers and coming to grips with another season of not being in the playoffs, a couple veteran players feel the Wings are building toward something good.

"I think a lot of our younger guys took big steps in the right direction. Now let's have a good summer and do it again and keep getting better," defenseman Niklas Kronwall said Monday at Little Caesars Arena. "We have a great group of guys. It was great to see the steps that most of our young guys took, both on the back end but also up front, with Bert (Tyler Bertuzzi), Double-A (Andreas Athanasiou), Moe (Anthony Mantha), (Dylan) Larkin, they all had really good years. Now it's a matter of staying with that and keep pushing yourself to get even better and not just be satisfied with where you're at."