user: NHL playoffs: What you need to know for Saturday

The Stanley Cup playoffs are on. Each day, we'll keep you updated on the important news involving players, starting lineups, injuries and more. Check back throughout the day to stay in the know.

The Eastern Conference semifinals continue with Game 2 matchups today, the Lightning got the action underway by tying their series with the Islanders, while the Penguins also look for even footing in their series against Washington (8 p.m. ET, CBC, CBC Sports app).

Chris Kunitz is a game-time decision for the Penguins after being struck in the ear with a puck during Game 1 in Washington.

Kunitz told Josh Yohe of DKPittsburghSportsOnline.com about the incident, something the forward says he'd never experienced before.

Pittsburgh's Conor Sheary was also a full participant in the morning skate after suffering a knee-on-knee hit by Capitals' Tom Wilson, who was fined for the play.

The NHL Draft Lottery goes tonight (7 p.m. ET, CBC) with all seven Canadian franchises in the running for the first-overall selection. Take a look back at the first-round hits and misses over the years by Canadian teams.

Despite his firing by the Ducks yesterday, Bruce Boudreau shouldn't be out of work for very long. Take a look at our list of potential suitors of the bench boss with a career 409-192-80 record in the regular season.

Summary: Get up to speed on today's most important news from the Stanley Cup playoffs as the Eastern Conference semifinals continue with a pair of Game 2 matchups.


Why Instagram wants to rule video

FORTUNE — Instagram isn’t content with dominating the photo sharing space. At Facebook’s FB Menlo Park, Calif. headquarters this week, CEO and co-founder Kevin Systrom announced the ability to capture video in an iOS and Android update available for download.

The new video capability lets users shoot clips up to 15 seconds long, apply 13 new video filters like “Helena,” “Dogpatch,” or “Ashby,” and use a video stabilization feature called “Cinema.”

“Instagram is no single thing,” said Systrom of the move. “It’s a collection.” Indeed, when Systrom and co-founder Mike Krieger developed Instagram nearly two-and-a-half years ago, they originally wanted the app to capture both stills and video. But they shelved the latter, arguing smartphones then weren’t capable enough.

Systrom also shared some new numbers. Instagram now has 130 million monthly active users worldwide — up from 100 million this past February — who have shared 16 billion photos to date and “like” images 1 billion times every day.

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Taking video is as simple as snapping photos. Once the app update is installed, tap the camera icon at the bottom right. Select the new video camera icon, then tap and hold the record button. Users can capture between three and 15 seconds of video in one clip, opting to stop and start recording by lifting their finger. (The new Cinema stabilization feature is turned on by default, though users can turn it off.) Afterwards, they can apply one of 13 video filters and choose any frame from the video — or capture a new photo — to serve as the thumbnail.

Videos appear in Instagram’s mobile feeds, as well as the desktop site. And like Instagram photos, videos can also be directly viewed and played back on Facebook’s News Feed and Timeline.

The company’s expansion into video had been speculated about for some time now given the increasing popularity of Vine, the mobile video startup acquired by Twitter, which claimed 13 million users earlier this month. Vine’s busiest users are reportedly tweeting over 14 videos a day. With today’s announcement, the number of Instagram video users could quickly surpass Vine’s given the photo-sharing company’s already large membership. Video may also prove a valuable revenue stream down the line.

Systrom also emphasized Instagram’s 15 seconds of video capture compared with Vine’s 6-second maximum, a decision made after testing different time lengths. Explained Systrom: “It’s an artistic choice.”

Summary: The popular photo-sharing mobile app now lets users capture video and apply filters.


Halloween ladies night on 'SNL' gets real dirty, real fast

Protip: when you're getting dressed up to go out on Halloween, you're probably not going to have a quiet night. That's not what Halloween is for.

Saturday Night Live besties Vanessa Bayer, Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong might have planned to just chill and relax, but things get really real as the wee morning hours creep in. Broken heels, petty fights, pizza vomit... you know, just friends being friends.

Summary: The best laid plans of mice (and cats and cheese).


Mike Pence & Tim Kaine's Big Challenges

With just 35 days until the election, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence are stepping into the spotlight as they prepare for Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate.

While their face-off will almost certainly be less boisterous than last week’s debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both vice presidential candidates have something to prove in the match-up – and each will have to defend the top of his ticket.

Pence, 57, faces a big challenge at the debate. It’s expected he will be forced to defend the Republican nominee’s refusal to release his tax records in the wake of a New York Times story from the weekend outlining a nearly $1 billion loss and suggesting he may not have paid federal income taxes for 18 years beginning in 1995.

He’ll also likely have to explain Trump’s comments on Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe winner whom Clinton brought up at last week’s debate as a way to demonstrate his perceived sexist attitude toward women. The Democratic nominee said Trump had referred to Machaco as “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping.”

The Indiana governor will also have to justify his own actions and views, many of which contradict Trump’s. He’s tweeted about his opposition to Trump’s boycott of Muslims, writing, “Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.” He also voted for the Iraq war, which Trump claimed to oppose in last week’s debate (despite evidence to the contrary), and previously praised NAFTA, which Trump called “the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere, but certainly ever signed in this country.”

While Pence tries to defend his running mate’s many controversies, Kaine, 58, will have to do the same.

“Hillary’s record on foreign affairs alone could literally take up the entire 90 minutes and it wouldn’t be pretty,” Pence told supporters Monday night.

My message to Donald Trump and Mike Pence. #VPDebate https://t.co/UhQUfzIEHu— Senator Tim Kaine (@timkaine) October 04, 2016

The Virginia senator will likely have to answer tough questions about Clinton’s use of a private email server, criticisms of her handling of the 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, and ties between the Clinton Foundation and her tenure as secretary of state.

According to post- debate polls, Clinton has a five-point lead over Trump, which likely means Kaine’s job will be to keep the focus on Trump’s flaws rather than his own ticket.

While Trump and Clinton’s debate was full of interruptions, zingers and fireworks, the vice presidential debate is expected to be less explosive. However, viewers can expect that both candidates will try to convince voters that their running mate is the right choice for the top job.

The vice presidential debate airs Tuesday night at 9 p.m. ET. Check your local listings.

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assistant: Vice presidential candidates Mike Pence and Tim Kaine will face off on Tuesday night