7:51 PM: Lindgren spoke after the first period and said (MSG): “It means a lot, it’s a huge honor for me. What the award represents and the people who’ve won it before me, it’s really special. I couldn’t have been more excited.” “I had no idea it was going to happen, I was just sitting…

Gerard Gallant met with the media following the win over Columbus and said (MSG): Did you get what you wanted out of this game, “exactly what I wanted, it was a good hockey game, we played pretty well, good, solid defensively. Exactly what we needed.” On the fourth line, “They’ve done it all year, they…

First Period: Jimmy Vesey (11) Assists: Tyler Motte (11), Barclay Goodrow (20) Chris Kreider (36) Assists: Mika Zibanejad (49), K’Andre Miller (34) Second Period: Third Period: Niko Mikkola (1) Assists: Mika Zibanejad (50), Patrick Kane (35) Vincent Trocheck (22) Assists: Vladimir Tarasenko (31)

Patrick Kane is on the ice for warmups and is expected to play tonight and skate on a line with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider. (MSG) Igor Shesterkin is in net. (MSG)

Gerard Gallant met with the media following the loss to St. Louis and said (NYR, MSG): On the game, “The power play was good, 2-2 I think it was…It wasn’t a great game, obviously, sort of one of those games where there wasn’t a lot of energy with our group and back to back and…