Former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee and the team are being sued for negligence by a hotel shuttle bus driver who says Lee harassed him last June in Buffalo, N.Y., according to The Associated Press.

The 19-year-old driver said Lee inappropriately touched himself while making lewd comments and rubbing his shoulders while still a member of the Senators.

The lawsuit states that the plaintiff "was injured externally, internally, and permanently in and about the head, body, limbs, and nervous system so that he became and will continue to be disabled and will continue to suffer pain, discomfort, disfigurement, distress, and psychological adjustment, distress, and trauma."

The suit says the Senators should be found liable because the club was aware of Lee's alleged history of lewd behavior and didn't take action to stop it. A bar and grill called 716 is also listed as a defendant, as the suit says the establishment's employees continued to serve drinks to Lee after he was visibly drunk.

An attorney for the Senators said the organization would "vigorously fight" what he called a "frivolous" civil complaint. Lee's lawyer declined to comment, while the owners of 716 didn't provide an immediate comment.

Lee resigned from his position with the organization in August and pleaded guilty in December for a criminal violation stemming from the incident.

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San Jose Sharks star defenseman Erik Karlsson missed 29 games this season with a groin injury, and it doesn't require Sherlock Holmes' work to detect that he's been battling a lower-body ailment throughout the postseason.

However, Karlsson's injury appeared to take a turn for the worst during the Sharks' 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 on Friday night.

With San Jose on the man advantage midway through the third period, there were two instances in which Karlsson was noticeably laboring as he attempted to be first to a loose puck.

After the Blues cleared the zone, Karlsson had a gap on Ryan O'Reilly as he went back to retrieve the puck, but nearly lost the race and had to chop the disc out of harm's way. Later in the shift, Tyler Bozak received a scoring chance after chipping a puck past Brent Burns - a situation in which a healthy Karlsson almost certainly would've been able to cut him off.

Midway through the power play, the Sharks called a timeout. Karlsson left the ice and wouldn't return for over seven minutes until the final two minutes when San Jose's net was empty. Here's his ice-time breakdown, courtesy of ShiftChart:

It's no secret that Karlsson's effectiveness is directly tied with the Sharks' Stanley Cup aspirations. He won't have long to recover before Game 5, however, as it takes place Sunday night in San Jose.

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The Boston Bruins' opponent in the Stanley Cup Final has yet to be determined as the St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks continue to battle for Western Conference supremacy, but the schedule for the final round of the NHL playoffs has been unveiled.

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The Bruins will have 11 days between games leading into the Stanley Cup Final, which is the longest stretch in the salary-cap era, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.

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The Boston Bruins' opponent in the Stanley Cup Final has yet to be determined as the St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks continue to battle for Western Conference supremacy, but the schedule for the final round of the NHL playoffs has been unveiled.

*if necessary

The Bruins will have 11 days between games leading into the Stanley Cup Final, which is the longest stretch in the salary-cap era, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.

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The San Jose Sharks aren't happy with the perception that they've been fortunate in these Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"It irks me when you use words like (lucky) because this team has played four or five elimination games," Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer said Friday, according to ESPN's Greg Wyshynski. "Not moments - games. Twelve-to-15 periods of elimination hockey against Vegas, against Colorado in Game 7, so I think it's a ridiculous statement.

"You know what? We've found a way. And we've faced a lot of adversity. We've had calls go against us and we've had calls go for us, and we're still standing. For anybody to minimize that, I think is disrespectful to our group and what we've done."

The Sharks benefited from an egregious non-call in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night, when all four officials missed Timo Meier's hand pass prior to Erik Karlsson's overtime winner.

NHL executive vice president Colin Campbell later admitted the goal shouldn't have counted.

San Jose also benefited from a coach's challenge that negated a Colorado Avalanche goal in Game 7 of their second-round series, when Gabriel Landeskog was deemed offside while standing by the bench waiting to go off on a line change.

In the first round, the Sharks stormed back to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 7 thanks in large part to the controversial five-minute major assessed to Vegas forward Cody Eakin, a call for which Golden Knights general manager George McPhee said the league later apologized.

"I wouldn't say we're lucky," San Jose forward Gustav Nyquist said. "(Against Vegas) our first-unit power play executed that to perfection. They scored four goals in five minutes. In Game 3, (Logan Couture) comes up clutch and ties the game. We battle through. We know we're never out of a game until it's over."

Tomas Hertl agreed.

"I don't care what everybody's saying," the Sharks center said. "We deserve to win. I don't like 'lucky' overall. If you work for it, you deserve it."

Game 4 of the Western Conference Final goes Friday night in St. Louis.

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John Davidson has left his post as president of hockey operations with the Columbus Blue Jackets after the New York Rangers sought permission to speak with him about serving as their team president, the Blue Jackets announced Friday.

Davidson is joining the Rangers, who are expected to make the move official on Wednesday, The Athletic's Aaron Portzline reports.

More to come.

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