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 [...]
The Stanley Cup playoffs kicked off on Saturday with three games. For predictions on each series and for the Stanley Cup Final, check out our writers’ picks here. Carolina 2, Ottawa 0 (Hurricanes lead series 1-0) Frederik Andersen was perhaps a surprise starter for Game 1, but he turned out to be the right choice [...]
The puck is about to drop on the Stanley Cup Playoffs! As is the case every season, the panel is weighing in with predictions for each of the eight playoff series, the Stanley Cup finalists and winner, and Conn Smythe Trophy winner. The panel will return for more predictions at the start of every round. [...]
The Canucks announced on Friday that they have let go of GM Patrik Allvin. After finishing with the league’s worst record and 14 points below the league’s second-worst team after starting the season with playoff hopes, the Canucks simply cannot run it back with the same crew next season. I would think that a new [...]
The last Saturday of the regular season was just completed. As well, the playoff picture has become much clearer with several more teams clinching. Let’s break it all down. Brandon Hagel returned to the Lightning lineup on Saturday, scoring his career-high 36th goal of season in a 2-1 win over Boston. Darren Raddysh missed this [...]
First off, there were no NHL games to report on Friday. That means we’ll dive right into the weekend. This weekend represents the final weekend of the regular season. Maybe it’s not relevant if your fantasy league has called it a season and declared a winner, but we still serve those out there who are [...]
With just four games remaining in the regular season, the New York Islanders have replaced head coach Patrick Roy with Peter DeBoer. The hiring reportedly includes term, so DeBoer is expected to serve as head coach beyond this season. https://twitter.com/NYIslanders/status/2040830030545072464 This is the second surprise coaching announcement in the past week, with John Tortorella taking [...]
