A no-goal call will be discussed in Toronto all summer, while Vegas’s Game 5 win places the Oilers on the brink of elimination. Panthers 3, Maple Leafs 2 OT (Panthers win series 4-1) Nick Cousins scored the overtime winner at 15:32 to send the Florida Panthers to the Eastern Conference Final for the first time [...]
After a playoff performance that fell short of expectations, the New York Rangers have decided to move on from Gerard Gallant and search for a new head coach. The Rangers had signaled they were all in by trading for Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane at the deadline, but instead ended up losing to the rival [...]
Just one game on Friday, and another game coming up today (Saturday). We’re going to have to get used to nights without much hockey for the next little while. Hurricanes 6, Devils 1 (Hurricanes lead series 2-0) Without Andrei Svechnikov, Teuvo Teravainen, and what was supposed to be Max Pacioretty, the Hurricanes just keep on [...]
On May the 4th (be with you), Game 2 of the second round was played in two of the four NHL playoff series. Panthers 3, Maple Leafs 2 (Panthers lead series 2-0) The difference in this game turned out to be Florida scoring the game-tying and eventual game-winning goals within a minute of each [...]
As the majority of series ended, the playoffs appeared to going perfectly to form as far as the favorites winning (Carolina, Toronto, Dallas, Vegas, Edmonton). Then Sunday hit with the two major Game 7 upsets of Florida over Boston and Seattle over Colorado. A minor upset of the Devils over the Rangers on Monday resulted [...]
Maple Leafs 2, Lightning 1 OT (Leafs win series 4-2) “They’ve finally caught Lightning in a bottle!” That was the call from Chris Cuthbert, one that he had no doubt saved for the occasion of the Toronto Maple Leafs finally lifting their playoff curse. It was bound to happen sooner or later with this group [...]
Hurricanes 2, Islanders 1 OT (Hurricanes win series 4-2) Paul Stastny scored the series-clinching overtime winner at exactly 6:00 of overtime to send the Canes to the second round. The goal was the 37-year-old Stastny’s third career playoff overtime winner, also giving him goals in back-to-back games. https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1652132291055943680 Anytime I can post a stat like [...]
It was the day of overtime with three games finishing beyond regulation on Saturday. We are also guaranteed no first-round sweeps, as every series now sits at 2-1. I’ll run through these games and try to pick out a few fantasy-relevant bits along with some other trivia. Golden Knights 5, Jets 4 – 2OT (Golden [...]
More playoff pucks, with four games on the schedule for Friday. Islanders 5, Hurricanes 1 (Hurricanes lead series 2-1) The final score is a bit misleading, as Kyle Palmieri broke a 1-1 tie with just under four minutes left in regulation on an Islanders power play. The Isles scored four goals in 2:18 late in [...]
Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 2 (series tied 1-1) Leafs fans can exhale (at least for now), as their beloved Buds replied to their Game 1 disaster by flipping the script on the Bolts with a 7-2 win in Game 2. A Mitch Marner power-play goal in the first minute helped calm the nerves of Leafs [...]
