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In their relentless pursuit of a Stanley Cup three-peat, the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers with ease and advanced to their sixth Eastern Conference Finals in eight seasons. After sweeping their in-state rival, the Bolts now have their sights set on overtaking the New York Rangers or Carolina Hurricanes as they aim to […]

The Edmonton Oilers took a commanding 3-1 series lead in their Western Conference Semifinals series against the hated Calgary Flames Tuesday night, 5-3. In the process, Oilers forward Evander Kane accomplished something that no player in NHL history has ever achieved. Oilers Evander Kane First player in NHL history with 5 multi-goal games within his […]

The New York Rangers entered Tuesday night’s pivotal Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes with a chance to even up the series. The Hurricanes led the Eastern Conference Semifinal series two games to one, with each team winning on home ice thus far. The Rangers once again played very well in front of the Madison […]

The Philadelphia Flyers are coming off very disappointing season. They finished dead last in the Metropolitan Division with a 25-46-11 record. The franchise is still only two years removed from finishing in second place and a playoff berth. But it’s pretty clear that the organization is now in rebuild mode. That was made evident by […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ season came to an end a little over a week ago. They lost Game 7 to the New York Rangers, blowing a 3-1 series lead. The elimination marked the fourth year in a row in which the Penguins have failed to win a playoff series. The reality is the Penguins may be […]

The Edmonton Oilers have jumped out to a 2-1 lead over the Calgary Flames in their second-round NHL Playoffs matchup, and tempers have begun to flare in the Battle of Alberta. With constant skirmishes between two sides, tensions are high between the Flames and Oilers, and it seems some Calgary players may have tried to […]

The Florida Panthers had lofty expectations in the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a remarkable regular season that saw them crowned Presidents’ Trophy winners. After getting past the Capitals in six games in the first round, the Panthers were matched up with the reigning champs in the Tampa Bay Lightning. What was anticipated as being a […]

The Battle of Alberta has been an outstanding series so far, just as fans expected between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers will host game four after winning the last game and putting themselves up 2-1 on the series. The Flames need to find their offense again, which wasn’t a problem in […]

The Colorado Avalanche leads the St. Louis Blues 3-1 in the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Colorado pulled off a showstopping win in Game 4, complete with a stunning hattrick from Nazem Kadri. Unfortunately, Kadri hasn’t been able to fully relish in his team’s accomplishments. Instead, the Avalanche forward is dealing with […]

Game four of this second-round matchup continues tonight as the New York Rangers host the Carolina Hurricanes. The series is now 2-1 in favor of the Hurricanes after the Rangers came up huge with a win in game three to give themselves a chance to win this series. The Hurricanes have had trouble winning on […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning made quick work of the Florida Panthers in the second round of the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, destroying the best team in the regular season in a four-game sweep. That shocking success of the Lightning was mainly due to the incredible netminding of Andrei Vasilevskiy, who reduced the Panthers’ high-flying […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning shredded the Stanley Cup dreams of the Florida Panthers with a second-round sweep of the Presidents’ Trophy-winning squad. And if you ask anyone who the best player was for the Lightning in that series, chances are you’re going to hear the name of goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who had done a sensational […]

Joe Thornton might have just played the final NHL game of his legendary hockey career following the disappointing second-round exit from the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs of the Florida Panthers, who got swept in four games by the reigning league champions, Tampa Bay Lightning. Thornton made his 2022 postseason debut in Game 4 of the […]

Despite exceeding expectations this past season and making the playoffs for the first time since 2018, the Los Angeles Kings still fell to the Edmonton Oilers in seven games during the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. With a hard-fought season in the books that saw them battle through a number of injuries, […]

Colorado Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri has been a target of some vile behavior from angry St. Louis Blues fans following his Game 3 collision with Blues goalie Jordan Binnington that resulted in the latter sustaining an injury that has taken him out for the rest of the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. […]

The postseason is a time where anything is liable to happen, regardless of the sport. Upsets occur all of the time. But many believed that would not be the case with the NHL’s top-seeded Florida Panthers in the 2022 playoffs. But that is exactly what happened. Not only was Florida upset, they were flat-out swept […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs recently re-signed defenseman Mark Giordano to a two-year contract, which carries a cap hit of just  $800,oo0. Giordano is 38 years old and was acquired by the Leafs from the Seattle Kraken at this year’s trade deadline. He scored two goals and 12 points in 20 regular-season games after joining the […]

Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette has fired back at the rumors that several of his players were at a strip club partying in the night before a crucial Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. On Monday, the Panthers were on the headlines for all the wrong reasons after two radio hosts from Tampa […]

The St. Louis Blues are doing their all to limit one of hockey’s most lethal offenses in their second-round matchup against the Colorado Avalanche. Thus far, the Blues have been fighting the Avs without one of their top defenders in Torey Krug, but ahead of Game 4, St. Louis received an optimistic update on their […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to stick the dagger in the Florida Panthers and pull off the stunning series sweep of the Presidents’ Trophy winners. What’s most remarkable about the Lightning’s dominance in the second round has been the fact that Tampa has won three consecutive games without star forward Brayden Point available. The […]

The Florida Panthers are making some key changes to their lineup ahead of Monday night as they face elimination against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Down 3-0 and on the verge of a humiliating series sweep, the Panthers are turning to some different faces to provide the offense with a boost. According to the team, Anton […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins just signed Bryan Rust to a multi-year contract extension that will pay him over $30 million throughout the next six years. Now, Ron Hextall is trying to lock down deals for franchise legends and team veterans Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. With both players set to hit free agency, captain Sidney Crosby […]

The Edmonton Oilers have jumped out to a 2-1 series lead against the Calgary Flames after an impressive 4-1 rout on Sunday night. Connor McDavid has used the NHL Playoffs as a platform to erase any doubt regarding his claim as the best hockey player on the planet, and his red-hot play has effectively carried […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have locked up one of their most notable pending free agents, signing forward Bryan Rust to a six-year contract extension, which carries a $5.125 million cap hit. Rust is 30 years old and has spent his entire NHL career with the Penguins, playing 424 regular-season games with the team over eight seasons. […]

The Colorado Avalanche will try and take a commanding 3-1 series lead as they face the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the second-round series. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Blues prediction and pick.    The Avalanche defeated the St. Louis Blues 5-2 in Game 3 on Saturday. St. Louis […]

The New York Rangers won Game 3 of their second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes Sunday at home to the tune of a 3-1 score, and if there’s anyone who had topped the heat of the Rangers’ on-ice performance, it’s got to be their head coach, Gerard Gallant, who ripped the Canes after the contest. […]

The Florida Panthers will try to keep their season alive as they play Game 4 of their second-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a Panthers-Lightning prediction and pick.    The Lightning defeated the Panthers 5-1 in Game 3 on Sunday. Corey Perry started things off […]

Through the first three games of their opening-round series against the Florida Panthers, the Washington Capitals looked like they were in control and about to pull off the ultimate upset. After taking a 2-1 lead in the series, things were looking up in the nation’s capital. Unfortunately for the Capitals, the Panthers led the NHL […]

The Colorado Avalanche went in to St. Louis Saturday night and took back home ice with a 5-2 win in their Western Conference Semifinal series. They now lead the series 2-1 with Game 4 Monday night in St. Louis. Despite leading the series, not everything is peaches and cream for the top-seeded Avalanche. Following their […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs went out and acquired Mark Giordano from the Seattle Kraken at the NHL Trade Deadline in hopes he could help bring a Stanley Cup to the city. While he played well for the Leafs, the team was once again bounced in the first round of the playoffs, this time by the […]

The Florida Panthers are on the precipice of being bounced in just the second round of the NHL Playoffs despite ending the regular season as Presidents’ Trophy winners. It seems their regular season luster has vanished here in the postseason, and they now have their backs against the wall following Sunday’s loss to the Tampa […]

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington was the victim of a dangerous hit from Nazem Kadri in Game 3 against the Colorado Avalanche. Binning sustained a knee injury on the play, and despite Kadri claiming the contact was accidental and that he had been pushed, it seems Blues players don’t exactly believe the Avs forward. […]

The St. Louis Blues were dealt a tough defeat on their home ice against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 on Saturday. The loss was made worse by the injury sustained by starting goaltender Jordan Binnington early in the game. After a collision with Nazem Kadri, Binnington was unable to continue due to an apparent […]

The Battle of Alberta is back once again for game three as the Edmonton Oilers host the Calgary Flames tonight. So far through the first two games, this series has certainly lived up to the hype as the Oilers managed to get a multi-goal comeback in game two after scoring four straight goals to win […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning stole both games on the road in Florida and will return to Tampa Bay with a comfortable 2-0 lead in the series against the Panthers. Looking to further their advantage in the second-round NHL Playoffs series, the Lightning are hoping to earn a win at home in Game 3. Unfortunately, they […]

Game three gets underway in today’s matinee game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Rangers. The Canes currently lead the series 2-0 after winning both games at home, but now the home-ice advantage has shifted to New York for games three and four. The Rangers are desperate for a win here as they […]

The Battle of Florida is back underway as game three will be in Tampa Bay tonight as the Lightning host the Florida Panthers. Earlier in the series, we saw why the Lightning are back-to-back champions as they won the first two meetings on the road before returning home to a friendly crowd. It’s going to […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are keeping one of their best players beyond the 2022-23 NHL season after reaching an extension agreement with forward Bryan Rust. Via the Penguins’ official Twitter account: The Penguins have agreed to terms with forward Bryan Rust on a six-year, $30.75 million dollar contract extension. The deal begins in the 2022.23 season […]

The St. Louis Blues are going toe to toe with the mighty Colorado Avalanche in the second round of the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, but the job could get harder for them, with their no. 1 goalie, Jordan Binnington, apparently suffering an injury in Game 3 of the series Saturday night at home. Ville […]