TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Ryan Callahan will miss Game 6 of the team's playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.
The team said Monday night that Callahan, who has no goals and three assists in 12 postseason games, was sent to Tampa General Hospital after experiencing abdominal pain earlier in the day.
Team spokesman Bill Wickett said Callahan's return to the ice is "undetermined" at this time.
The Lightning lead the series against Montreal 3-2. Game 6 is Tuesday night.
Blackhawks: Timonen could see more ice time
With Blackhawks defenseman Michael Roszival out for the playoffs with a fractured ankle, Flyers fans may see more of a familiar face during the Western Conference finals.
Kimmo Timonen, whom the Blackhawks acquired from the Flyers on Feb. 27 in exchange for a pair of draft picks, could spend more time on the ice once Chicago's series against the Ducks begins.
"If I get more, I get more. If I don't, I don't," Timonen told the Chicago Sun-Times (via ProHockeyTalk.com). "That’s my role and I’m happy to do it. If it’s seven, eight, 12 minutes — that’s more than I was supposed to play this year anyway."
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Timonen has appeared in all 10 of the Blackhawks' playoff games so far, but has averaged only 9:25 of ice time per contest. He's taken six shots in the playoffs but has not recorded a point.
Chicago will need Timonen to be at his best to contain an Anaheim team that swept the Jets in the first round and disposed of the Flames in five games to reach the conference finals.
And the 40-year-old insists that he'll be up for the challenge.
“I’m probably in the best shape I’ve been in years," Timonen said. "I feel great."
Capitals: Trotz OK with Ovechkin's guarantee
ARLINGTON, Va. — Alex Ovechkin certainly can talk the talk, from his "All series, baby" jab aimed at Henrik Lundqvist during Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal, to his assertion that the Washington Capitals will eliminate the New York Rangers in Game 7.
And Capitals coach Barry Trotz is absolutely fine with his captain's bravado.
"His whole career, he's said stuff," Trotz said Monday. "Every year, he says stuff that (is) bold -- and he backs it up, usually."
After New York beat Washington 4-3 Sunday night to force a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Ovechkin said: "We're going to come back and win this series."
The three-time NHL MVP added: "We're going to play our game and we're going to come back and we're going to play Montreal or Tampa," a reference to the possible opponents in the conference final.
"That's what leaders do," Trotz said. "I think leaders say, `This is what we need to do. This is what we're going to do.' I have a lot more respect for someone who will be bold enough to say, `I'm the leader of the hockey team. We're going to go there and give our best game and we're going to win the hockey game.'"