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2020 NHL Playoffs Today: Play resumes Saturday with a tripleheader
The NHL paused its schedule the past two days in solidarity with other sports leagues, protesting racial injustices as well as the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. “I’ve got so much more respect for every single player in this league for doing something like this,” said Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri, the […]
Continue readingHow the Tampa Bay Lightning’s new additions are fueling their Stanley Cup drive
The 32-year-old wanted to stay in St. Louis, where, for the first time in his professional career, he was able to live in the same city as his son, Anthony. But the Blues’ salary-cap situation wasn’t conducive to that happening. “My agent and I were kind of waiting for St. Louis to get back to […]
Continue reading2020 NHL Playoffs Today: The return of daytime hockey!
Tuesday night in the 2020 NHL playoffs included a doubleheader that brought the heat — including two of the nicest goals we’ve seen in the playoffs yet. And today, we get a triple threat: the return of afternoon hockey (yay!), the second of a back-to-back, plus a pivotal game for the Colorado Avalanche, the rock […]
Continue reading2020 NHL Playoffs Today: Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders renew hostilities in Game 1
The second round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs is in full swing, and we’ve already got a bit of everything: tight games, blowouts and controversies quelled — and that was all just on Sunday! While the matchup between the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning was still in question until the finish, the Vegas […]
Continue reading2020 NHL playoffs preview: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins matchup, series pick
Tampa Bay won three of four regular-season matchups against Boston, as well as their contest in the round-robin portion of the postseason. Will the Bruins reverse that trend in this series? Note: Advanced stats are from Hockey Reference, Natural Stat Trick and Evolving Hockey More: Check out the full NHL postseason schedule here. What we […]
Continue reading2020 NHL Playoffs Today: Dallas Stars strike first; two more series drop the puck Sunday
The NHL moved up Game 1 of the second round to Saturday night. We’re not sure whether anyone told the Colorado Avalanche. “Dallas is a good team. But a lot of what happened tonight was self-inflicted. We didn’t get up to the standard that we have to play at,” Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog said after […]
Continue readingNHL Playoffs Today 2020: Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks face elimination
This is it. It’s win or go home for the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the defending champions can’t be counted out just yet, as the St. Louis Blues have tied their series at 2. And how about those Boston Bruins? A four-goal onslaught in the third period gave them a crucial […]
Continue reading2020 NHL playoffs preview: First-round matchups, bracket, series picks
The 2020 NHL playoffs officially begin on Tuesday, as the 24-team tournament — with five-game qualification round series and round-robin seeding matchups — has moved on to a more recognizable, 16-team version. This round includes several matchups where revenge will be on the mind of one team (or both, for separate reasons), and based on […]
Continue readingNHL Playoffs Daily 2020: Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Hurricanes, Stars look to strike back
Wednesday didn’t bring us any five-overtime games. But it did bring us brunch hockey, double overtime, two unreal saves, a $25,000 fine and a lot of heat in postgame Zoom calls. Check out the ESPN Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily every day of the postseason until the Cup is handed out in October. All times Eastern. […]
Continue readingBruins’ David Pastrnak ruled ‘unfit’ to play in Game 2, questionable for Saturday
After Thursday’s game in Toronto, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy did not elaborate much on Pastrnak’s condition, but he did say he had been “questionable” since the end of the Game 1 double-overtime win on Wednesday. “He was getting treatment — unfit to participate,” Cassidy said. “We don’t believe it will be long term. That’s a […]
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