The story of Game 7 between Carolina and New York was as it had been for much of the Rangers’ season: the power play and Igor Shesterkin. There were four power plays in the first period, two for each team, but the Rangers went 2/2 where the Hurricanes went 0/2, and Igor shut the door [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes had the run of play in Game 5 and skated out with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers to take a 3-2 series lead. Igor Shesterkin had a very solid game but the skaters struggled to generate much, if any, sustained pressure outside of power plays. That has been the [...]
There were some concerns over the health of Tim Stutzle’s knee after suffering an injury playing for Germany at the World Championships. We got some clarification from Ottawa GM Pierre Dorion and it seems good news: https://twitter.com/SunGarrioch/status/1529481939412955142 Re-injuring the same knee isn’t great, but that the recovery won’t take long, plus having the entire offseason [...]
After having two goals disallowed – one because the puck had hit the netting, another for a hand pass off a face-off – Patrick Maroon batted home a rebound for Tampa Bay that would stand as the game-winner in the 2-0 clincher. It gave his team the 4-0 series sweep, and a trip to the [...]
NHL Awards season, or the announcements of NHL Awards season, is in full swing and yesterday was the Lady Byng’s turn. I am still not sure why the hubbub for an award for players that don’t take penalties when all broadcasters talk about is needing toughness or snarl or [insert punch-y adjective here], but this [...]
As is the case each playoffs after teams are eliminated, we get a lot of information about injuries guys were playing through. Some are more serious than others, but there are always players that have been dealing with some nagging issue, and it’s our chance to find out. Let’s go through some of the notable [...]
The Hart Trophy talk this season was as vibrant as any in recent memory, maybe as far back as the Taylor Hall MVP season. There were many great campaigns across the league, from goalies to defencemen to forwards. It seemed likely Igor Shesterkin and Auston Matthews would get nods, but the third spot was wide [...]
Mason Marchment was missing from Florida’s morning skate on Wednesday and missed the game last night. Maxim Mamin took his place in the lineup, skating on the third line with Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell. Marchment had a great season for the Panthers, but this team should be deep enough to overcome this one injury. [...]
The very big, and very surprising, news that came down Monday morning was that the New York Islanders had fired coach Barry Trotz. The team missed the playoffs this year, but had made the postseason three years running, and had won at least a round in all three seasons. That was the first time the [...]
The big news from Pittsburgh's dramatic overtime win from Game 1 against New York was the health of goalie Casey DeSmith. He left during the overtime, turning the net over to Louis Domingue, as DeSmith appeared to be injured. We got a little clarity - for what that's worth in the playoffs - on both [...]
