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 [...]
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. [...]
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. It was a panicked Friday for the Oilers the day after they were knocked out of the playoffs. Connor McDavid [...]
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 Buffalo Sabres blew this one open, rolling to a 6–1 win over the Boston Bruins and taking firm control of the series at 3–1. Buffalo dropped four goals in the first period and never looked back, forcing Boston to chase the game the rest of the way. Peyton Krebs, Zach Benson, Bowen Byram, and [...]
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 [...]
