Rogers Centre in Edmonton sits empty as the NHL Players Association and the NHL have stood down NHL games on Thursday and Friday nights out of respect for shooting victim Blake Jacob and racial injustice in America (nhl.com photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast with Matt:

#1 A lot of professional athletes are pretty fed up and rightfully so regarding racial injustice and the NHL was no different taking a stand and walking out of the rinks in Toronto and Edmonton to protest the recent shooting of Jacob Blake.

#2 The NHL released a statement saying “After much discussion, NHL players believe that the best course of action would be to take a step back and not play tonight’s (Thursday) and tomorrow’s (Friday) games as scheduled.”

#3 NHL action does resume today and let’s take a look at the three games scheduled the puck drops at 9 AM for the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins at Scotiabank in Toronto. The Lightning lead the series 2-1.

#4 The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders are tied at 1-1 with a 4:00 pm puck drop tonight in game 3 at Scotiabank.

#5 The Vegas Golden Knights who have struggled against the Vancouver Canucks face off at 6:45pm at Rogers Centre in Edmonton for game 3 with the series tied at 1-1.

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