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 [...]
Alex Lyon got the start again for Buffalo, and without him this year they don’t get nearly this far. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonnen has been the better goalie more often this year, but Lyon is the one in the crease with the season coming down to the wire. He is signed next year as well at a [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Puneet Sharma, and Dobber ___ 1. I was down with a virus last week, so stick taps to Dobber for pinch hitting with his thoughts 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 [...]
With Charle-Edouard D’Astous out, and Victor Hedman ruled out for Round 1, the Lightning turned to Declan Carlile on defence and it went similarly to how it went in the regular season, with Montreal getting the better of him. After going minus-one with one SOG and one Hit last night, Carlile is now minus-three in [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Puneet Sharma, and Dobber ___ 1. Is the first round the best round of the playoffs? I think so. Teams seem to be the most hopped [...]
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 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 [...]
