Yet the big UFA prize is ... 34-year-old Jake Allen. Other intriguing but ultimately middling options include Anton Forsberg, Alex Lyon, and Dan Vladar (if he doesn't re-sign with Calgary).

Goaltending is very hard to predict. If I had to pick between the UFA goalies of Jake Allen, Ilya Samsonov, Alex Lyon, Anton Forsberg, Vitek Vanecek and Dan Vladar my first choice would be Forsberg.

LIGHTNING 8, UTAH 0 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Guentzel and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored two goals each, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, and Tampa Bay routed Utah.

LIGHTNING 8, UTAH 0 TAMPA, Fla. — Jake Guentzel and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored two goals each, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, and Tampa Bay routed Utah.

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists, while Jake Guentzel scored twice. Brayden Point and Darren Raddysh each had two assists. Mitchell Chaffee also scored for Tampa Bay.

Just when Vancouver Canucks fans had moved on from their dream of Jake Guentzel as a top-six option for Elias Pettersson’s wings, the Kool-Aid man jumped through the door screaming, “Oh Yeahhh ...

Lyon, who played three years of college hockey at Yale, has played 113 career NHL games with Philadelphia, Carolina, Florida and Detroit. He has a 51-38-11 record with a 2.98 GAA and .902 save ...

It’s been nearly 12 months since the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired the rights to forward Jake Guentzel and signed him to a seven-year contract. His rights were acquired from the Carolina ...