Sheldon Keefe on William Nylander missing practice:

'He & Bobby McMann both stayed off the ice today, but both are possibilities for tomorrow. That's it. [Treliving's] made it pretty clear there's not going to be any daily injury updates or anything like that.'

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William Nylander is absent from Leafs practice today ahead of Game 1.

An update from Sheldon Keefe is expected after practice.

Jon Cooper confirms Sergachev, who is still wearing that red no contact jersey, will not be available to start this series

Frank Vatrano capped off a career-season with his third hat-trick. He finishes the year with a career-high 37 goals, 23 assists and 60 points to go along with more career-highs in PIMS (85), Hits (156), Blocks (78), PPP (20), SHP (4) and Shots (272). #FlyTogether #FantasyHockey

Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, RNH, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm will NOT be in the lineup tonight according to Edmonton Oilers Head Coach Kris Knoblauch.
They have scored 68% of EDM’s goals this season (198/291).

Blake Coleman is on the ice for warm-up. Based on who's not there, I'm assuming he's slotting in and Dryden Hunt is sitting tonight.

#Canucks Boeser, Miller, Hronek and Cole will sit tonight.

Demko will start vs #NHLJets .

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Sources say #NHL Board of Governors has formally approved #Yotes sale and relocation to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Brock Boeser isn’t on the trip with the Canucks in Winnipeg to finish the regular season. A couple extra days off before the playoffs begin will help. He’s been dealing with something as most players are during this time. Will finish the regular season with 40G 33A and 81GP.

Nikita Kucherov had one objective last night - get an assist. This was the moment it happened. 👀👇 Kucherov became just the 5th player in #NHL history to record 100 assists in a season.

He also finishes with a career-high 44 goals and 144 points. #gobolts #FantasyHockey

#NHL announces Eastern Conference Round 1, Game 1 schedules:

#isles at #causechaos - Sat. April 20 at 5 pm ET
#leafsforever at #nhlbruins - Sat. April 20 at 8pm ET
#gobolts at #timetohunt - Sun. April 21 at 12:30pm ET
#allcaps at #nyr - Sun. April 21 at 3pm ET

Anders Lee is not on the ice for warmups. Neither is Mathew Barzal, Pierre Engvall, or Hudson Fasching.

Sebastian Aho is out there.

#Isles

Victor Hedman will not play tonight due to an illness, #GoBolts announce.

Zach Werenski finished off an impressive season in style. His 4 points last night set a single season points and assist record for a #CBJ defenseman.

Werenski ends the year with 11 goals and 46 assists for 57 points in 70 games. #FantasyHockey

Eastern Conference #StanleyCup playoff bracket set:

#TimeToHunt vs. #GoBolts
#NHLBruins vs. #LeafsForever

#NYR vs. #ALLCAPS
#CauseChaos vs. #Isles

Round 1 home teams listed first. Rangers hold home ice throughout entire playoffs.

The #Canes in warmups ahead of their regular season finale against the Blue Jackets -

Teravainen - Drury - Necas
Nadeau - Kuznetsov - Fast
Comtois - Kotkaniemi - Noesen
Lemieux - Martinook - Blake

Coghlan - Burns
Orlov - Morrow
Chatfield - DeAngelo

Martin
[Backup: Kochetkov]

🎓NHL Debuts
🗓️Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2024.

CAR:
- Jackson Blake
- Bradly Nadeau

CBJ:
- Gavin Brindley
- Luca Del Bel Belluz

MTL:
- Logan Mailloux

#LetsGoBuffalo have relieved Don Granato and two assistants of their duties.