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The Tampa Bay Lightning may have drawn first blood in the inaugural “Battle of Florida” in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs (followed by another series victory in 2022), but since then, the Panthers have had their number. On Wednesday, the Panthers eliminated the Lightning from the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second consecutive season. They […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are heading to the Eastern Conference semifinals after taking down the Ottawa Senators in six games on Thursday night. However, the series could’ve gone to seven after William Nylander nearly didn’t play. The Swede, who had two goals and an assist, didn’t have his name on the official roster before Game […]

The Winnipeg Jets have the St Louis Blues on the ropes in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Even with shaky play from Connor Hellebucyk, Winnipeg can finally win a playoff series for the first time since 2021. They won’t have Mark Scheifele after a few controversial hits in the first period. But the Jets are getting […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the Florida Panthers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It is the third consecutive year the Bolts have been eliminated in the first round. That led to speculation that the Lightning could part ways with coach John Cooper, especially considering his Utah Hockey Club connections. Bolts […]

There might be some bad juju around the Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers. After the Oilers eliminated the Kings on Thursday in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Anze Kopitar feels that it’s a reflection on the season. After going 48-25-9 for 105 total points, the Kings were a premier team […]

The Colorado Avalanche forced a Game 7 on Thursday against the Dallas Stars. For center Nathan MacKinnon, he was transparent about the game. “Super lucky,” MacKinnon said via ESPN. “Hopefully, we get more of those on Saturday.” MacKinnon is referring to the 10:56 mark in the third period. The puck bounced off the shoulder of […]

The New York Rangers have landed their top head coach choice in Mike Sullivan. The two-time Stanley Cup Champion parted ways with the Pittsburgh Penguins after missing the playoffs in three straight years. That was red meat for the fellow Boston University product Chris Drury, who landed him as his third head coach as Blueshirts […]

The Colorado Avalanche will meet the Dallas Stars for Game 7 of their Best-of-7 First-Round Series on Saturday at American Airlines Arena. It’s every child’s hockey dream as we continue our Stanley Cup Playoffs odds series with an Avalanche-Stars Game 7 prediction and pick. The Avalanche defeated the Stars 7-4 in Game 6 to force […]

The Dallas Stars lost to the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday to continue their Stanley Cup Playoffs series. Despite a dominant game from Roope Hintz and Mikko Rantanen, Dallas could not close out the series. Part of the reason was three bounces that went Colorado’s way and past Jake Oettinger. The Stars’ goalie spoke after the […]

The Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Los Angeles Kings from the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fourth consecutive year. After dropping the first two games of the series, Edmonton ripped off four straight wins to end it. Connor McDavid was sensational, with two goals and nine assists in the six games. He spoke about beating the […]

Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but the Los Angeles Kings dropped their first-round series to the Edmonton Oilers. Well, you have heard it before, as this marks the fourth consecutive year where the Kings go golfing at the hands of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and the Oilers. It looked like the Kings had […]

The Los Angeles Kings lost to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After taking a 2-0 series lead behind the power of the Koreatown Senior Center harmonica players. But after that, Edmonton took control, winning the final four games to eliminate Los Angeles. Kings coach Jim […]

The New York Rangers have landed their next head coach. They fired Peter Laviolette after a disastrous season saw them miss the playoffs. Now, they are bringing in a two-time Stanley Cup Champion to run the bench. The Rangers have hired former Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan as the 38th bench boss in franchise history. […]

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars on Thursday to extend their Stanley Cup Playoffs series. They tilted the ice offensively late, scoring on three fortuitous bounces to force Game 7. Broncos quarterback Bo Nix was in the Ball Arena crowd and loved the environment in Denver. Clutchpoints’ Rachel Strand has more on what impressed […]

The Minnesota Wild didn’t have much confidence entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs, considering how they ended the season. It didn’t help that the Wild had to face the Vegas Golden Knights, who beat them all three times during the regular season and had won 10 of 11 games over the past four seasons. However, optimism […]

The Montreal Canadiens lost to the Washington Capitals in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They lost the first two games on the road but took Game 3 at home. A late-game collapse in Game 4 led to a road game with their playoff lives on the line. They could not keep it […]

Marc-André Fleury’s remarkable 21-year NHL journey came to an emotional close on Thursday night as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Minnesota Wild, 6–3, in a series-clinching Game 6. It was a full-circle moment for both Fleury and Vegas, a team he helped transform from an expansion hopeful into an instant contender, as they honored […]

Tom Wilson isn’t hiding how he feels about being left off Team Canada’s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off — and he shouldn’t have to. Fresh off helping the Washington Capitals eliminate the Montreal Canadiens in five games, Wilson made an appearance on ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show and didn’t hold back when asked about watching […]

Given the injuries facing the Dallas Stars entering the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, many fans expected the Colorado Avalanche to breeze through the first round. Assumptions cannot be made during this time of the year, though. Logic ceases to exist on the ice once the quest for The Holy Grail begins. Now, the Avs and […]

Big-name players must step up in big-time moments, and that’s what the Vegas Golden Knights’ stars did in their round one victory over the Minnesota Wild. It might not have happened right away, as there were some struggles for Jack Eichel and Mark Stone early in the series. However, when their team needed them most, […]

The handshake at the end of a hard-fought hockey series is one of the most special traditions in sports. It doesn’t get much more physical than playoff hockey, but the players will always find a way to come together at the end and show each other respect. Brady Tkachuk and Auston Matthews’ connection runs much […]

Don’t let Max Pacioretty’s clutch series-clinching goal distract you from the core four finally showing up in a big game for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Ottawa Senators were seemingly dominating play for the first period, until Auston Matthews put the Maple Leafs on the board with a powerplay goal. William Nylander extended the lead […]

Craig Berube stunned everyone when he moved Max Pacioretty up the Toronto Maple Leafs’ lineup on Thursday morning. Many questioned the reasoning for moving Pacioretty into the top-six, as it seemed more likely he’d be a healthy scratch. However, Berube trusted in his veteran forward, and Pacioretty repaid that trust by scoring the series-clinching goal […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs sure made it interesting, didn’t they? Hockey fans worldwide waited with anticipation as the Maple Leafs slowly started to relinquish their 3-0 stranglehold on the series. After the Ottawa Senators won Games 4 and 5, the consensus was that these perennial chokers in Toronto were about to do it again. However, […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs finally won a clinching game, taking down the Ottawa Senators in Game 6. Toronto’s core entered the game with a 1-13 record in clinching games in the Auston Matthews era, and people were starting to wonder if they were on the cusp of another monumental collapse. However, after a clutch Max […]

Over the last two decades, the Toronto Maple Leafs have found embarrassing ways to lose hockey games. If the referees hadn’t caught a crucial mistake on Thursday night, they might’ve topped any other losses. The NHL doesn’t allow its teams to change the game sheet once the opening puck drops, and shortly before that, William […]

The New York Rangers went into the 2024-25 season as one of the favorites to win the Stanley Cup. However, the season turned into an abysmal failure for the Broadway Blueshirts, and the Rangers ended up firing head coach Peter Laviolette at the conclusion of a season that saw them finish on the outside of […]

The Dallas Stars have the advantage that they hoped for over the Colorado Avalanche, having defeated their rival by a 6-2 final score in convincing fashion in Game 5 of their opening round postseason series. Ahead of Thursday night’s Game 6, the Stars revealed promising news on the injury front. Forward Jason Robertson, who hasn’t […]

It’s déjà vu in all the worst ways for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After being defeated in five games by the Florida Panthers in 2024, the same thing happened on Wednesday night, with the Panthers once again winning the Battle of Florida in just five contests in Round 1. […]

The Vegas Golden Knights have an opportunity to knock out the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night and become the first team in the Western Conference to move onto Round 2 — but they’ll have to do it without their best regular-season goal scorer. Pavel Dorofeyev won’t dress for Game 6, head coach Bruce Cassidy confirmed […]

Going into their Game 6 matchup against the Ottawa Senators, the Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to make changes to their top six, according to The Athletic’s Chris Johnston. “Based on line rushes at morning skate, it looks like Max Pacioretty is being bumped up to play alongside John Tavares and William Nylander,” Johnston wrote […]

The Winnipeg Jets beat the St Louis Blues 5-3 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 series lead. Connor Hellebuyck was solid, which fans hope is a sign of things to come in these playoffs. But the concern is high around Jets center Mark Scheifele, who left the game with an undisclosed injury. Coach Scott […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators are putting together their final preparations for Game 6 of their first-round series. Despite going up 3-0 after two overtime wins to start, Toronto has lost two straight and is back in Ottawa. The Maple Leafs have collapsed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs before, but Craig Berube is […]

The Detroit Red Wings are in the midst of another long offseason after a ninth consecutive campaign without a playoff appearance — and general manager Steve Yzerman could be mulling some significant changes. That includes potentially buying out a couple of veterans in forward Vladimir Tarasenko and defenseman Erik Gustafsson, as Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin […]

The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs are set for a massive Game 6 on Thursday night. After going down 3-0 in the series, Ottawa has won the last two games to get the set back to Canada’s capital. After Game 4, Brady Tkachuk yelled “We’ll be back!” while accepting a Star of the Game […]

The Winnipeg Jets will attempt to advance to the Second Round as they face the St. Louis Blues for Game 6 on Friday at the Enterprise Center. This is a potential elimination game as we continue our Stanley Cup odds series with a Jets-Blues Game 6 prediction and pick. The Jets defeated the Blues 5-3 […]

The Montreal Canadiens lost to the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday to end their season. After a three-year playoff hiatus, the Habs were back in the dance and put a scare into the top-seeded Caps. But the end of their run means the end of a career for one of their blueliners. Canadiens veteran David […]

For the second consecutive year, the Panthers have won the Battle of Florida. And in Game 5 at Amalie Arena on Wednesday night, Eetu Luostarinen was the unlikely hero, recording four points in a 6-3, series-clinching win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. In the process, the 26-year-old made franchise history: “Eetu Luostarinen is just the […]

The Winnipeg Jets beat the St Louis Blues 5-3 on Wednesday to take a 3-2 series lead. With all of the conversation around Connor Hellebuyck’s struggles, their offense took the spotlight in Game 5. The Jets did play the final two periods with center Mark Scheifele due to an undisclosed injury. Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel […]