Stanley Cup Playoffs Articles - Page 31

The Edmonton Oilers will be without a key blue liner Saturday in Game 5 against the Vegas Golden Knights. Darnell Nurse has been shockingly suspended by the NHL for apparently instigating a fight late in the third period Wednesday, despite Nic Hague actually asking Nurse before the face-off to drop the gloves, as Mark Stone […]

Sebastian Aho and the Carolina Hurricanes are one win away from being the first time to advance to the conference finals in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs — but the star forward has much higher aspirations ahead of an elimination game against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. “This is a great opportunity to […]

William Nylander and the Toronto Maple Leafs lived to fight another day on Wednesday night, defeating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in a tight Game 4 and avoiding the embarrassment of a sweep at the hands of their Atlantic Division rivals. But Nylander knows there’s still a long way to go if the Leafs want to […]

As expected, Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo is very likely going to be watching Game 5 against the Edmonton Oilers from the press box, and the team’s alternate captain will have a hearing with the league on Thursday. “Vegas’ Alex Pietrangelo will have a hearing today for Slashing against Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl,” the NHL’s […]

The Edmonton Oilers were not at all happy with Alex Pietrangelo’s violent slash on Leon Draisaitl at the end of Game 4 on Wednesday night, and after Connor McDavid called for a suspension, Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said it was a play that doesn’t belong in the game. “If you’re asking my opinion on that […]

The Edmonton Oilers will play the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the Second-Round series. We are in Sin City, sharing our NHL odds series, making an Oilers-Golden Knights Game 5 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Oilers defeated the Golden Knights 4-1 in Game 4 to even the series […]

The Florida Panthers will try to win the series as they face the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of this second-round set. We are in Toronto, sharing our NHL odds series, making a Panthers-Maple Leafs Game 5 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Maple Leafs defeated the Panthers 2-1 in […]

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night. However, Oilers players, including superstar Connor McDavid, were less than pleased. Oilers superstar Leon Draisaitl took a vicious slash from Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo in the third period. Pietrangelo received a five-minute major and a […]

The Edmonton Oilers evened their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. However, fans are hyper-focused on the end of the game. Game 4 between the Oilers and Golden Knights ended in a very violent manner. It all started when Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo slashed Oilers star Leon […]

The Florida Panthers had the chance to sweep the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. However, the Maple Leafs escaped with a 2-1 win, and their second-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs will continue. Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner scored a goal and added an assist in the win on Wednesday. Maple Leafs rookie goalie […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs needed a massive result on Wednesday night, and they got it. Toronto defeated the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to avoid a second-round sweep. For the first time in the series, the team’s stars showed up. Toronto received a two-point night from Mitch Marner and a […]

The Seattle Kraken face off with the Dallas Stars in game five of the second round in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a game five Kraken-Stars prediction pick, and how to watch. The series is not tied at two games each as it heads back to Dallas […]

The New Jersey Devils face off against the Carolina Hurricanes with the Hurricanes leading the series 3-1. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a game five Devils-Hurricanes prediction pick, and how to watch. None of the games in this series have been overly close. Carolina took games one and two by scores […]

Morgan Rielly affirmed to reporters his Toronto Maple Leafs, who trail their second-round series of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers three games to none, will not go down without a fight in Game 4 Wednesday in Florida. “We’re here, we’re fighting,” Morgan Rielly said, via NHL insider for the Toronto Star, […]

New Jersey Devils head coach Lindy Ruff was blunt about his team’s performance in a Game 4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes that put the Devils on the brink of elimination in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. “We had guys that just went rogue. You can’t call that lack of experience. Even the power play turned […]

On the brink of elimination, the Toronto Maple Leafs are turning to 24-year-old goaltender Joseph Woll to try and help save their season. Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed that Woll will start in net in Wednesday’s must-win Game 4 against the Florida Panthers. The move comes after incumbent starter Ilya Samsonov left Game […]

Miro Heiskanen has emerged not only as an elite defenseman for the Dallas Stars, but one of the premier blueliners in the National Hockey League — Game 3 against the Seattle Kraken is a prime example why. Jordan Eberle scored a goal after a shot hit Heiskanen in the face, causing the 23-year-old to leave […]

The Vegas Golden Knights now hold a 2-1 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers as game four is on tap. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a game four Golden Knights-Oilers prediction, pick, and how to watch. In game three, the Golden Knights found domination. No Laurent Brossoit, no problem. Brossoit left with […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are now in an 0-3 hole to the Florida Panthers. It is time to continue our NHL odds series, with a game four Maple Leafs- Panthers prediction, pick, and how to watch. In the history of the NHL, only four teams have come back from 0-3 down. In 204 chances down […]

Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers are just one win away from the franchise’s first trip to the Eastern Conference Final since 1996, the same year they marched all the way to the Stanley Cup Final for the only time in team history. Despite a 3-0 series lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs and widespread […]

Adin Hill made just his second appearance in goal since Mar. 7 in relief on Monday night — and led the Vegas Golden Knights to a commanding 5-1 win over the high-flying Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series. Starter Laurent Brossoit sustained a lower-body injury at 11:44 of the first […]

Jay Woodcroft’s Edmonton Oilers absolutely took it to the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2, dominating from start to finish to even their best-of-seven series at a game apiece — but they looked like a completely different team on home ice in Game 3. “Not good enough. Not good enough in any way,” the Oilers […]

The Dallas Stars visit the Seattle Kraken as they try to avoid going down 3-1 in the Stanley Cup Playoff Western Conference semi-finals. This game will continue our Stanley Cup playoff odds series with a Stars-Kraken prediction and pick while we also let you know how to watch. The Kraken come into game four with […]

Pete DeBoer’s Dallas Stars were blown out by the Seattle Kraken in Game 3 of their best-of-seven series on Sunday night, but hockey seemed secondary after a tragic mass shooting occurred at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, TX on Saturday. Eight people lost their lives in the second-deadliest US mass shooting of the year […]

Just over a week ago, Sheldon Keefe’s Toronto Maple Leafs were fresh off exorcising their demons by advancing past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in nearly two decades. They did that by defeating the most dominant hockey team of the last three years in the Tampa Bay Lightning. […]

The Carolina Hurricanes look to bounce back from a game-three loss as they face the New Jersey Devils. It is time to continue our NHL odds series, with a game four Hurricanes-Devils prediction, pick, and how to watch. It was deja-vu for the Devils after the first two games of the series. For the second […]

The Florida Panthers were not supposed to reach this deep into the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After all, they were huge underdogs against the Boston Bruins in the first round. But no one’s taking the Panthers as a joke now. Not only have they knocked out the Bruins, they have also zoomed to a 3-0 […]

New Jersey Devils forward Tomas Tatar was not happy with a cross check he received from Carolina Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho in Game 3 — and it cost him $5,000 after he recklessly swung his stick at his opponent in retaliation. “New Jersey’s Tomas Tatar has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for […]

New Jersey Devils rookie defenseman Luke Hughes was phenomenal in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, helping his team crush the Carolina Hurricanes 8-4 in Game 3 of their best-of-seven series on Sunday afternoon — and his teammates took notice. “He skates like his brother. It’s elite already,” Devils veteran defenseman Brendan Smith said after the […]

In a must-win Game 3 against the Florida Panthers on Sunday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs absolutely needed their best players to show up — and, in a trend that has become all too familiar in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were nowhere to be found. The two highest paid players […]

The Dallas Stars hoped to ride the momentum of their Game 2 win over the Seattle Kraken into Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, they fell flat on their face and were run out of the building by the Kraken. Seattle picked up the victory in Game 3 in decisive fashion. The team […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a bind. They are still winless through three games in the second round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers following their 3-2 overtime loss on the road Sunday night. On the verge of elimination, Toronto also now has to deal with a new injury to […]

The Florida Panthers are on the verge of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals after their win on Sunday over the Toronto Maple Leafs. And Panthers fans are not letting Toronto fans forget their words from before the series began. Panthers fans rained down chants of “We Want Florida” after Game 3 of the Stanley […]

The Florida Panthers are one win away from moving on to the Eastern Conference Finals. Florida defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday night. Panthers forward Sam Reinhart scored the game-winner, pushing Toronto to the brink of elimination. In the process, Florida made franchise history […]

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov has left Game 3 against the Florida Panthers after a collision with defenseman Luke Schenn in the second period. The injury seemed to happen on a play in which Luke Schenn slid into the net, colliding with Ilya Samsonov. Joseph Woll entered the game to replace Samsonov. There was […]

The series shifts to Alberta as the Vegas Golden Knights face the Edmonton Oilers for Game 3 of the Second-Round series. We’re in Canada, sharing our NHL odds series, making a Golden Knights-Oilers Game 3 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Oilers stomped the Golden Knights 5-1 in Game 2 to […]

Evander Kane stole the show (sort of) Saturday night during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs series between his Edmonton Oilers and the Vegas Golde Knights when he managed to sneak in multiple body shots in a UFC-esque show of ground-and-pound skills on the ice. After the game, Evander Kane did not mince his […]

The Carolina Hurricanes will attempt to take a commanding 3-0 series lead as they face the New Jersey Devils in Game 3. We’re in New Jersey, sharing our NHL odds series, making a Hurricanes-Devils Game 3 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Hurricanes destroyed the Devils 6-1 in Game 2. Now, […]

The Dallas Stars will face the Seattle Kraken in Game 3 in the Emerald City. We are in Seattle sharing our NHL odds series, making a Stars-Kraken Game 3 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Stars defeated the Kraken 4-2 in Game 2 to send the series back to Seattle in […]