Stanley Cup Playoffs Articles - Page 42

The Pittsburgh Penguins almost always seem to play in some of the longest playoff games in the NHL. It happened once again, as the Penguins defeated the New York Rangers 4-3 in triple overtime, sending Rangers fans home in a sour mood. However, it might prove to be a pyrrhic victory for Pittsburgh. With a […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be down a player against the Tampa Bay Lightning for Game 2 of their first-round matchup in the NHL Playoffs. The NHL Department of Player Safety has decided to suspend Kyle Clifford as a result of his dirty hit on Tampa Bay center Ross Colton in the first period during […]

The number two seed out of the west, the Calgary Flames, will face off against the number one wild card seed in the Dallas Stars for game one in the first round. The Stars had a very close postseason scare when they almost lost to the Golden Knights, but ended up actually pushing into the […]

The number one seed in the West, the Colorado Avalanche, take on the second wild card team, the Nashville Predators for this game one matchup. The Avs come into this series as heavy favorites, as they should be, but these teams have played four games against each other this season and Nashville came away with […]

The Florida Panthers are gearing up for what should be a deep playoff run and they just got a huge boost ahead of Game 1 of their first-round series against the Washington Capitals. Star defenseman Aaron Ekblad, who has been on Injured Reserve since March, is set to be activated and return to the lineup […]

The Metropolitan Division series looks to get started tonight with game one as the second seed New York Rangers take on the third seed Pittsburgh Penguins. These two teams have met four times in the regular season and the Rangers have won three of them. Who is going to get the win in game one […]

Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers were greeted with a loss to the Los Angeles Kings by the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as they fell prey in Game 1 Monday night at home to Phillip Danault and company to the tune of a 4-3 score. The loss was particularly agonizing for the Oilers and their […]

A battle between two Western Conference foes is set for the center stage on Monday night, as the St. Louis Blues will travel to St. Paul to take on the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Vladamir Tarasenko and the Blues will look to advance past the first […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning will make the trip up North to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 1 of their first-round NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup on Monday, May 2. With the stakes raised, two of the best teams in hockey are set to collide for what will be a can’t-miss first-round playoff […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are gearing up for a huge first-round Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning. With Game 1 set for Monday night, the Leafs got a key injury update on a pair of forwards ahead of the series-opening clash. Via Kristen Shilton, Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe revealed that veteran winger […]

The Edmonton Oilers are back in the playoffs. This time, they are looking to exorcise the demons of 2021 by going much deeper in the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Nothing comes easy in the greatest postseason in sports, but at least for the Edmonton Oilers, they have arguably the best player on the planet […]

The New York Rangers are back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs after missing the postseason in 2021. Speaking of returns, Rangers forward Artemi Panarin is also expected to be back on the ice for Game 1 this Tuesday at home versus Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Panarin was not able to take part in […]

The 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs are finally here, with the puck being dropped Monday night in Carolina as the first series to begin. The Stanley Cup Playoffs have always been one of the best spectacles in sports. Unlike the NBA playoffs, in hockey, top seeds are never safe in the first round. The saying “just […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to make a deep run in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs after a strong regular season saw them finish second in the Atlantic Division. After five straight years of failing to advance past the first round of the playoffs in each of the past five seasons, Toronto will look […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning have the chance to make some remarkable NHL history this season, should they manage to run the table en route to their third consecutive Stanley Cup Finals victory. No team in the history of the league has achieved the remarkable feat, and it’s easy to see why. Still, the Lightning have […]

The Washington Capitals are in for a difficult first-round matchup in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, fated to square off with the regular-season champion Florida Panthers. Superstar forward Alex Ovechkin had been battling an injury at the end of the regular season, which forced him to miss Washington’s final three games of the year. While […]

The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are right around the corner, with first-round matchups set to get underway on Monday, May 2. The Florida Panthers finished the regular season with the best record in the NHL, racking up 122 points throughout the season, and are widely expected to make a deep run in the playoffs. Here’s […]

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are set to get underway on Monday, May 2, and the door is truly wide open for any team to make a run for the championship. The Colorado Avalanche figure to be one of the teams best positioned to make a deep postseason run this year, and they certainly have the […]

The Washington Capitals became the eighth team in the NHL’s Eastern Conference this season to reach 100 points. It’s the first time in NHL history that has ever happened that a single conference had eight teams reach triple digits in points. It’s sure to make the playoffs incredibly competitive. In order for the Capitals to […]

The Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin left Sunday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with an upper body injury. Shortly afterward, the Capitals ruled him out for the game, which is not a great sign as the playoffs approach. Alex Ovechkin leaves #AllCaps game vs. Maple Leafs with upper-body injury. Team says he will not […]

The Vegas Golden Knights have not missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs so far in their young existence as an NHL franchise. But they might just be on the verge of experiencing an early vacation for the first time since they arrived in the league as an expansion team in the 2017-18 season. After losing to […]

The Edmonton Oilers currently own the fifth best record in the Western Conference while fielding one of the best one-two punches in the league in last year’s MVP Connor McDavid and the 2020 MVP Leon Draisaitl. Still, Edmonton might not make the list of many as Stanley Cup playoff favorites. That suits Draisaitl just fine. […]

The Florida Panthers have been one of the best teams in the NHL this season and on Sunday, they became the first team to officially clinch a playoff berth with their 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. In the win, Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau set the franchise record, recording his 97th point this season on […]

The Montreal Canadiens are not supposed to be playing this deep in the postseason. They are the NHL team that has drawn the most “what are you even doing here?” reactions the most since the postseason started. Heck, two teams that didn’t even get the chance to play beyond the regular season had more points […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning are trying to avoid a collapse in their semifinals series against the New York Islanders. The Bolts entered the series as the favorites in the matchup and even took  2-1 and 3-2 leads after three and five games. respectively. They had a chance to take out Barry Trotz’s pesky Islanders squad […]

There will be a Game 7 in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs semifinals series between the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning after Isles’ winger Anthony Beauvillier buried the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 6, Wednesday night.  The Isles’ victory spoiled a historic night by Brayden Point, who became the first Lightning […]

Well, it seems like Vegas Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has completely moved on from his major blunder in Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs semis against the Montreal Canadiens. In fact, he’s just made fun of it by recreating that forgettable moment for Vegas during practice ahead of Game 4. Fleury re-did […]

The Vegas Golden Knights have their backs against the wall after three games in their Stanley Cup semifinals series against the Montreal Canadiens. Vegas absorbed a tough 3-2 overtime loss in Game 3 on the road Friday night, with goalie Marc-André Fleury making a crucial mistake in the third period that led to a game-tying […]

With the new season rapidly approaching, it’s only natural to ask: which teams will reach the 2018 NHL Playoffs, and who will drop out? Last week, we took a sneak peak at the Metropolitan Division’s playoff hopes. With the Metro projected to send four teams to the playoffs with the Rangers sitting on the edge, […]