After missing his team's last game due to a flu bug, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan is expected to return to the lineup for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Callahan told reporters Wednesday morning he feels good, and head coach Jon Cooper added at a press conference that the 31-year-old "should be available" for the game.

"He's a lot better than he was," Cooper said. "He should be available for tonight. That was just an unfortunate situation, because that kid's tough as nails."

Callahan has a goal and two assists in 11 games during the postseason.

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Remember the name Wyatt Nelson.

The 12-year-old from Saskatoon, Sask., got an opportunity to call play-by-play of Game 2 between the St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks for a St. Louis radio station Tuesday.

Wyatt and father, Gerry, who his blind, were invited to the game after being featured on the league's "Day with the Cup" series earlier this month.

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Wyatt got experience calling WHL games as a means of describing them for his father.

He got a call from one of his heroes, legendary broadcaster Mike "Doc" Emrick, after his on-air experience.

"(Emrick) is one of the guys I quite like and want to be when I am calling a game," Wyatt told NHL.com's Shawn P. Roarke. "That was really cool."

He also met venerable hockey voice Bob Cole, who was calling the game for Sportsnet on Tuesday.

Gerry was incredibly proud of his son.

"At 12 years old, I don't think I could have done what he just did, not in front of that many people and on the air," Gerry said.

"Calling a Western Hockey League game is one thing; the NHL is something entirely different. I'm so proud of him. I think he just rocked it."

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Ben Bishop isn't quite ready to return, but he may be getting closer.

The Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender won't be available to play Wednesday in Game 3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Lightning head coach Jon Cooper confirmed after the morning skate.

Bishop skated before Wednesday's optional session, and Cooper said he hopes he'll be able to practice fully Thursday.

Tampa Bay's No. 1 goalie was classified as day to day after being stretchered off following an awkward tumble in the crease in Game 1.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 of 26 shots in relief of Bishop in the opening game of the Eastern Conference final, then gave up three goals on 41 shots in Tampa Bay's Game 2 overtime loss.

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P.K. Subban isn't playing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but he'll be in the spotlight on a different kind of stage this summer.

The Montreal Canadiens star will host a comedy gala at the Just For Laughs festival.

The event promises to feature "a lineup of hilarious comedians," and proceeds will go to the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation by way of Subban's eponymous charity.

The gala will take place Aug. 1 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in Place des Arts.

It won't be the only charitable event for Subban this summer. He'll take on Snoop Dogg and other celebrities in a charity basketball game next month.

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After missing the entire postseason with a groin injury, New York Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak will reportedly have another separate ailment repaired during the offseason.

Newsday's Arthur Staple reports that the 31-year-old requires surgery to repair a sports hernia. It's unclear if he already underwent the procedure, which would require a six-to-eight-week recovery.

Halak was solid in the Islanders' net this season when healthy, posting an 18-13-4 record with a .919 save percentage and 2.30 goals-against average.

Despite a strong 2015-16 campaign, the veteran goalie's future in Brooklyn is uncertain. The team still has Thomas Greiss on a cheap $1.5-million contract next season after an excellent playoff run, and 24-year-old prospect J-F Berube waiting in the wings.

Halak - who has already told the team a three-goalie situation is not ideal - is owed $4.5 million per year over the next two seasons.

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NBC's Mike Milbury was at it again Tuesday.

Talking during the second intermission of Game 2 between the St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks, the former head coach made some rather unfortunate remarks about concussions (and slashing), as he commented on what he thought was an "unsatisfying" penalty taken by Steve Ott.

Now, in Milbury's defense, he did say he didn't mean the comments "obviously too seriously." Here's the clip:

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David Backes kept it simple after the St. Louis Blues' 4-0 loss in Game 2 against the San Jose Sharks.

"They played well. We didn't," the captain said, according to NHL.com's Lou Korac. "We've got to park this one like we've parked every other one in the playoffs and come into San Jose and win a road game."

The Blues are enjoying traveling together. In fact, their five losses at home in the playoffs are the most in one season in club history, Korac added. The previous record was four in 1968.

Though the shots were 26-24 in favor of the Blues, the Sharks were in control most of Tuesday night. St. Louis' power play was abysmal, going 0-for-6, while the Sharks went 2-for-4.

"Obviously we have to be better at retrievals," said Alex Steen about a four-minute power play that was at times difficult to watch. "We were getting pucks in the zone and they're getting more guys to areas.

"I thought we let frustration creep in at certain times in the game. That can't happen at this time of year."

Speaking of this time of year, head coach Ken Hitchcock thinks the solution for his team is rather simple.

"You can either dig in and go the right way or you can become frustrated at times and try freelancing or in our case, take penalties," he said.

"We have played two 'B' games," Hitchcock added. He added rather honestly that he thinks his club's fortunate to be tied heading to California. Forecheck support is an issue, as is the Sharks' speed, and the Blues will look to video to clean up their game.

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Martin Jones isn't playing like a rookie. And he isn't letting the gravity of the Stanley Cup Playoffs affect him.

The San Jose Sharks' No. 1 goalie turned in another stellar performance Tuesday, stopping all 26 shots he faced in Game 2 against the St. Louis Blues, a 4-0 win. It was his ninth victory of the spring, and his second shutout.

Jones has been nothing short of incredible coming off a loss in the postseason. Considering the hole the Sharks would have been in had they fallen behind 2-0 to the Blues, losing two straight on the road, his play is all the more impressive.

His other shutout came in Game 7 against the Nashville Predators in the second round. No big deal.

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You want to talk about depth? Peter DeBoer is down.

After the San Jose Sharks' Game 2 Western Conference finals win - a 4-0 pasting of the St. Louis Blues - their coach said he's heard enough talk that his team isn't as deep as the opposition.

"Had a lot of questions in the last day about how much deeper St. Louis is," DeBoer said, according to CSN's Kevin Kurz. "I think our forward group answered that question (Tuesday)."

Aside from Brent Burns' two goals, Tommy Wingels opened the scoring with his second of the playoffs, while Dainius Zubrus tallied his first of the spring. Zubrus, the 37-year-old veteran, also assisted on Wingels' goal, recording his first multi-point game of the season.

Wingels and his teammates Joonas Donskoi (seven points in the playoffs), Chris Tierney (four points), and Melker Karlsson (three points) have played instrumental roles in the Sharks' run, DeBoer said before Game 2.

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Ken Hitchcock has seen this type of effort before, though last time, it yielded a victory.

The St. Louis Blues fell into an early hole versus the San Jose Sharks in Game 2 on Tuesday night, and weren't able to mount any sort of comeback as the Sharks ran away with a 4-0 victory to tie the series.

San Jose carried play in Game 1 as well, but the Blues got the bounces, barely escaping with a win. Their coach had hoped for a better effort in response, but didn't get it.

"They were much better in probably every aspect," Hitchcock said after the game. "We tried to play the same way we did in Game 1 and didn't get away with it."

"We'll take 1-1 with the way we played," he added.

The series resumes Thursday night in San Jose, which could bode well for St. Louis; the Blues have a record of 5-2 on the road this postseason.

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