Blackhawks switch it up, put Patrick Kane on the penalty kill

There are few situations when the NHL ‘s reigning most valuable player isn’t on the ice during a game, but when the Hawks have been shorthanded is generally when Kane is on the bench. Very few instances during Kane’s nine-plus season career has he killed penalties – the winger was averaging 4 seconds of ice time with the Hawks down a man this season – but that’s where he found himself late in Tuesday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning .

Couture lifts Sharks past Lightning 2-1

Logan Couture scored 22 seconds into the third period and the San Jose Sharks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday night. Jonathan Drouin scored for the Lightning, who fell to 2-6-1 in their last nine games and 2-9-3 over their past 14 road games.