Stanley Cup Playoffs Articles - Page 34

On January 28th, the Boston Bruins seemed to be well on their way to picking up another win in their ridiculous regular season campaign over the Florida Panthers. David Pastrnak had scored a go-ahead goal with under a minute left to go in the game, seemingly giving the Bruins a 3-2 win over the Panthers. […]

The greatest regular season in NHL history was all for naught as Patrice Bergeron and the Boston Bruins were absolutely stunned by the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of their first-round series at TD Garden on Sunday night. After leading the series 3-1 heading back to Boston, it looked like the first-round was all but […]

The Seattle Kraken have advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Seattle took down the defending champion Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 to punch their ticket forward. In the process, the Kraken have made a bit of NHL history. They are the first team to win their first-ever playoff series against a […]

The Minnesota Wild suffered yet another early playoff exit, this time coming at the hands of the Dallas Stars. The first round series wrapped on Friday, with the Stars defeating the Wild in six games. It marks eight years since the Wild have made it out of the first round of the playoffs and 20 […]

The Seattle Kraken have done it. In a historic upset, the Kraken have eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. The NHL’s youngest franchise has its first taste of playoff success. Seattle’s victory ensures we will not have back-to-back Stanley Cup champions since 2018 and 2019. Furthermore, it ensures we won’t have the defending […]

Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron may have played his final career game Sunday night. He shared an emotional moment with Brad Marchand after Boston fell in Game 7 to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Beyond the emotional moment, Bergeron wasn’t 100% healthy in this series. In fact, he missed four games in […]

Remember that not-a-failure rhetoric of Milwaukee Bucks superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo after their embarrassing first-round exit at the hands of Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA Playoffs? Well, it’s become a big theme Sunday night in the world of hockey, with fans using that perspective by the Greek Freak to clown […]

Florida Panthers forward Carter Verhaeghe ended the greatest season in NHL history on Sunday night. His wrist shot found its way past Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman in overtime to advance Florida to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It shocked many hockey fans, as Boston was the odds-on favorite to win the […]

The Boston Bruins have nothing to show for their historic 2022-23 regular season. Boston fell in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers, and are going home. With this loss, the attention now turns to the team’s older players. In particular, team captain Patrice Bergeron could have played his last career […]

The Florida Panthers have done it. They are moving on to the second round of the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs after showing the Boston Bruins the door following a 4-3 win on the road in Game 7 of this first-round matchup Sunday night. And it likely would not have been possible without the performance […]

The Boston Bruins lost a stunning Game 7 to the Florida Panthers in overtime, with Carter Verhaeghe scoring the overtime winner to send the Panthers to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The winner by Carter Verhaeghe sets up the Panthers to face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the […]

Patrice Bergeron might have already reached the end of the road of his storied NHL career after the Boston Bruins suffered a painful 4-3 overtime loss in Game 7 of their first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers. There is no official word yet that Patrice Bergeron is going to hang […]

The Florida Panthers had about one minute left in their season as they trailed the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. All of that changed with a massive goal from defenseman Brandon Montour. Montour’s fifth goal of the series, and second of the game, tied the game late in the third […]

David Krejci has been in a ton of wars in the Stanley Cup Playoffs during his successful (and still ongoing) career in the NHL. He added more to his list of achievements in the league Sunday night when he produced a pair of helpers to put himself atop the all-time NHL list for most Game […]

It wasn’t pretty, but the Edmonton Oilers managed to do just enough to pull out a Game 6 victory over the Los Angeles Kings to advance to the second-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Connor McDavid once again had a big game for the Oilers, and after the big victory, he didn’t take too long […]

The Boston Bruins are looking to avoid a complete meltdown in Game 7 against the Florida Panthers after throwing away their two-game series lead with losses in Games 5 & 6. The Bruins two most recent losses have raised some big questions surrounding the team, but easily the biggest one revolves around who will be […]

The New York Islanders fell short in their series against the Carolina Hurricanes, suffering a first-round exit in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. It’s a disappointing result, given the Islanders’ efforts just to get to the postseason. They put together a really strong last few months of the season to squeak in and rebounded after […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs finally managed to break their nearly two decade long drought of winning a playoff series on Saturday night when they pulled off a 2-1 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6. The Maple Leafs were obviously overjoyed to move on to the next round, but there may not […]

The Colorado Avalanche are gearing up for their huge Game 7 matchup against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday night, but they are going to have to find a way to overcome the loss of Andrew Cogliano if they want to win. Cogliano suffered a vicious hit from Jordan Eberle in the Avs Game 6 win, […]

The streak is over! For nearly two decades, the Toronto Maple Leafs were the eternal meme of the NHL. They would make the playoffs almost every time, only to lose in the first round over and over again. Whether they were the favorites or the underdogs, they were unable to break this curse. Now, the […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have finally done it. After not having won a playoff series since all the way back in 2004, they grinded out a 2-1 overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 to advance to the second-round of the postseason. While John Tavares will get a lot of praise, and […]

The Boston Bruins have backed themselves into quite a corner in their first-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers. After taking a 3-1 series lead, the B’s failed to close out the Panthers and Games 5 & 6, forcing them to return to the TD Garden for a do-or-die Game 7. After all this team […]

Toronto Maple Leafs fans can finally rejoice. The Leafs have won a playoff series for the first time in forever, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games with a Game 6 overtime win. The Maple Leafs did it in about as dramatic a fashion as you can imagine, grabbing an overtime winner in Game […]

Statistically speaking, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Justin Holl has been the single worst player in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs — and head coach Sheldon Keefe is finally doing something about it. After Holl replaced Timothy Liljegren at the team’s optional morning skate ahead of Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night, […]

The Winnipeg Jets’ season came to an end Thursday night at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights. It started as a promising year for the Jets, hovering around the top of the Central Division for much of the season. By the end of the year though, they were just fighting for a playoff spot. […]

Seattle Kraken forward Jordan Eberle has avoided a suspension from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety after running Colorado Avalanche’s Andrew Cogliano into the boards from behind in Friday night’s 4-1 loss at Climate Pledge Arena. Cogliano was injured on the play, heading straight down the tunnel after the check while Eberle received only a […]

Rick Bowness absolutely ripped into his team after an embarrassing performance in Game 5 against the Vegas Golden Knights ended the Winnipeg Jets’ season — and a few of his players were not happy with the comments. “I thought Bones had an opportunity to address us as a team. He could’ve been honest with us, […]

The Seattle Kraken and the Colorado Avalanche will battle in an epic Game 7 showdown in the first-round series. We are in Colorado, sharing our NHL odds series, making a Kraken-Avalanche Game 7 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Avalanche defeated the Kraken 4-1 in Game 6 to force an epic […]

The Boston Bruins put together a historic regular season campaign during the 2022-23 regular season, but unfortunately, none of that matters anymore. After an ugly 7-5 loss in Game 6, the Bruins will be forced to return to Boston for Game 7 against the Florida Panthers with their season now on the line. After all […]

The Florida Panthers will meet the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the first-round series, with the winner advancing to the second round. We are in Beantown, sharing our NHL odds series, making a Panthers-Bruins Game 7 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Panthers defeated the Bruins 7-5 in Game 6 […]

The Boston Bruins are on the brink of elimination after their Game 6 loss in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And there could be major changes ahead of Game 7 against the Florida Panthers. One of the biggest roster decisions head coach Jim Montgomery faces is goaltender Linus Ullmark. Ullmark is far and away the favorite […]

The Florida Panthers are one win away from completing the upset of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They can knock out the Boston Bruins on Sunday after their historic 2022-23 NHL season. Florida won Game 6 on Friday by a score of 7-4. This sets up the decisive winner take all Game 7 in Boston. Both […]

The Boston Bruins completed one of the greatest regular season campaigns in NHL history. On Sunday, however, all of that history could be for naught with one more loss. The Bruins lost Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers on Friday. The two teams will now play a winner take all […]

The Colorado Avalanche find themselves in a do-or-die Game 6 on Friday night in a series they were heavily favored to win against the Seattle Kraken — and they remain without Valeri Nichushkin, who has been away from the team since an altercation with a woman in a  Seattle hotel room over the weekend. More […]

The Boston Bruins have another opportunity to close out the Florida Panthers at FLA Live Arena in Game 6 on Friday night, and they could get a huge boost as David Krejci will be a game-time decision for the contest. “David Krejci plans to take warmups,” wrote The Athletic’s Fluto Shinzawa on Friday. Krejci also […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs could not close out the series against the Tampa Bay Lightning in game five. Now they head to Tampa to attempt to do it in game six. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series, with a Maple Leafs- Lightning game six prediction, pick, and how to watch. Andrei Vasilevskiy put […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs were unable to advance to their first Eastern Conference semifinal since 2004 on Thursday night, losing on home ice to the Tampa Bay Lightning and setting up a Game 6 back in Florida on Saturday — and coach Sheldon Keefe was not happy with his team’s defensive effort. Justin Holl has […]

On paper, the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars series is probably the tightest matchup of any in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs — but if the Wild want to force a deciding Game 7, they’re going to need more from Kirill Kaprizov. The Russian superstar hasn’t found the scoresheet since scoring in […]

A week ago, the New York Rangers were up 2-0 on the New Jersey Devils and seemed to be cruising towards the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Friday, they find themselves down 3-2 in the series with a do-or-die Game 6 on tap for Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. If you’re […]