Montreal was ready to pop before Game 6 in anticipation of a series win. However, the Sabres silenced the crowd, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7 on Monday night in Buffalo. Buffalo 8, Montreal 3 (series tied 3-3) Rasmus Dahlin opened the scoring just 32 seconds into the game, but then Montreal scored three times before [...]
After news surfaced that the Oilers had asked Vegas about interviewing Bruce Cassidy (and were declined), Kris Knoblauch was officially let go as Oilers head coach on Thursday. Since the Oilers haven’t hired a new head coach yet, we don’t completely know how Connor McDavid and other Edmonton players will be affected fantasy-wise. However, the [...]
The regular season is over but the playoffs are not over. That means the rankings are stuck between players still playing and those into their offseason routines. Offseason moves could mean further changes to the rankings, but these are the rankings as we now know them. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as [...]
Only one of the two undefeated playoff teams entering Saturday’s games is still undefeated. The still undefeated team is off to the next round, while the no longer undefeated team appears to be facing its first true test of the playoffs. Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2, OT (Hurricanes win series 4-0) The Carolina Hurricanes are still [...]
This season’s playoffs have seen many close games. Friday’s two contests were not among those close games. Montreal 5, Buffalo 1 (series tied 1-1) Alex Newhook led the Canadiens with two goals in Game 2. Add in the Game 7 winner from the Tampa series and Newhook has three goals over his past three games. [...]
The first round saw a few unexpected results, as the panel ended up finishing 4-4 on the eight series. See the first-round picks here. The panel’s lifetime record is now 154-100 when it comes to postseason predictions. Without further ado, here are the Dobber writers’ picks for the second round: For the coin toss, heads [...]
Even though the first round hasn’t quite finished yet, the second round began on Saturday. The Carolina Hurricanes, who had a one-week break, showed no rust in picking up right where they left off. Carolina 3, Philadelphia 0 (Hurricanes lead series 1-0) Logan Stankoven is becoming a story of the 2026 playoffs. With two goals [...]
Friday marked the end of two series, with only one first-round series about to go the distance. Tampa Bay 1, Montreal 0 (series tied 3-3) The only goal in Game 6 of Montreal/Tampa Bay was the overtime winner from Gage Goncalves, which means the Habs and Bolts will meet in Game 7 in Tampa on [...]
The Hurricanes are the first team to advance to the second round, while the Penguins prevented the Flyers from joining them there – at least for today. Meanwhile, the Stars and Wild series is tightly contested as we expected. Carolina 4, Ottawa 2 (Hurricanes win series 4-0) Sebastian Aho scored two goals in the third [...]
The home teams won all three of Friday’s Game 3s, meaning that underdogs are now in the driver’s seat for all three of these series. Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2 (Canadiens lead series 2-1) Lane Hutson scored on an absolute bomb early in overtime to give the Canadiens a 3-2 win in Game 3 and [...]
