MONTREAL – Dylan Strome had much more than hockey on his mind Thursday night.

The Washington Capitals centre stepped onto the ice against the Montreal Canadiens knowing his wife, Tayler, was going into labour.

When he returned to the dressing room between the first and second periods, he learned she’d given birth to their third daughter, Sutton Kimberley.

“There was just so many emotions going through my mind,” he said, with tears running down his face. “First of all, you want to make sure everyone’s OK, it’s a pretty scary thing. At the time of the first period, I kind of thought I was going to make it home in time, maybe. Obviously, that didn’t happen.”

Strome said his wife “felt it” two hours before the 7 p.m. ET puck drop and gave birth at 7:30. Visibly crushed to miss the moment,

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