NYR News

8:10PM: Darren Dreger says that Gorton is being targeted for a “very substantial hockey operations position.”

Pierre LeBrun says that Mellanby resigned after conversations first about becoming GM and then President of Hockey Ops and then being told he wasn’t getting the positions. (LeBrun)

7:40PM: The Montreal Canadiens have been granted permission to speak with former Rangers GM Jeff Gorton. (Friedman)

Elliotte Friedman says that it is not for the Montreal GM job,
“but another role.” (Friedman)

Montreal’s assistant GM Scott Mellanby just resigned and current GM Marc Bergevin is in the final year of his contract.

Chicago and Anaheim both have vacant GM positions.

3PM: The NHL has announced that the Islanders games against the Rangers tomorrow and Flyers on Tuesday have been postponed.

The Rangers previously had their game against Ottawa last week postponed.

The Islanders have eight players in Covid protocol.

Gerard Gallant met with the media following the win over Boston and said (NYR):

• On the start, “the start wasn’t great, the first period wasn’t great obviously. I pay no attention to the shot clock, they are marking shots that aren’t shots and we had a couple of extra. It’s just the feel of the game and we didn’t like our first period, obviously.”
• On getting better in the game,“It was a huge goal for Stromer at the end of the period there, that was big for our team and after that I thought we played real good hockey, had a little bit of a slow start in the second, but after the first 3-4 shifts I thought we played great the rest of the way.”

First Period:

• Craig Smith (2) Unassisted
• Ryan Strome (3) Assists: Dryden Hunt (2), Artemi Panarin (16)

Second Period:

• Patrice Bergeron (8) Assists: Brad Marchand (14), Matt Grzelcyk (3)
• Dryden Hunt (2) Assists: Adam Fox (16), Ryan Lindgren (2)

Third Period:

• Artemi Panarin (5) Assists: Ryan Strome (11), Julien Gauthier (2)
• Alexis Lafreniere (5) Assists: Adam Fox (17), Julien Gauthier (3)
• Jacob Trouba (3) Unassisted