Daily Links Around the NHL

Tyler Johnson's hat trick led the Lightning past the Rangers in Game 2 of the ECF last night [NY Times]

In that game, the rare backup linesman was utilized as one of them was injured during the game [Deadspin]

Russia sure was salty about how the World Champioships ended as captain Ilya Kovalchuk coaxed most of his team off the ice before the Canadian anthem and could face sanctions for their poor sportsmanship [Fox Sports]

It's a bear playing hockey, yo [SB Nation]

Over at BSN we had a Roundtable talking about the viability of the Avs selecting Lawson Crouse [BSN]

Philly made a big-time splash in their head coaching search yesterday. Read about the new guy! [CBS Sports]