NHL Bits: Elmont race traffic; Stanley Cup coverage

The Capitals and Golden Knights will do battle in Game 4 tonight in D.C. Washington leads 2-1, as I’m sure you know already. Not a ton of noteworthy items from the hockey world this past Sunday.

Islanders(ish)/NHL News

• 25 buyout candidates listed by how useful they’d actually be. On Greiss: “The key number with Greiss is .918, his save percentage in two seasons as New York’s starter prior to 2017-18. He didn’t get close to that last season [...] ending up at .892 on the year. The thing is that because he wasn’t paid like a real No. 1 goalie, a buyout doesn’t actually open up all that much room.” [The Athletic]
• The group of Elmont residents trying to block the arena in its current form would like to see a traffic impacts report from the upcoming Belmont Stakes, as if the Islanders will actually play a Cup Final home game the same Saturday as the race anytime soon as is our fantasy. [Newsday]
• The Devils are open to trading down in the first round, which is generally a wise thing to do. More darts. [NHL]

Stanley Cup Final

• How the Capitals came through in the city of Washington’s most important sports moment in years. [SBN]
• Alex Ovechkin was ‘on another level’ in Washington’s Game 3 victory. [NHL]
• He and countryman Evgeny Kuznetsov are elite on their own, but together, they’re dominant. And they feed off each other. [SBN]
• And Vegas is in unfamiliar territory, down 2-1 in a series. [NHL]