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Why New York Rangers goalie Alexandar Georgiev has Martin Luther King Jr. on his mask
“I follow the world news daily and obviously the U.S. a lot,” Georgiev said. “And a big theme all over the world was what was going on in the U.S. and the racial issues that were coming up.” While playing for the Rangers the past three years, Georgiev became an adopted New Yorker. He found […]
Continue readingNHL Playoffs Daily 2020: Eliminations already?
The New York Rangers face elimination on Tuesday, and others could be in the same spot after today’s slate of games. Keep this in mind: Teams with a 2-0 lead are 55-1 (98.2 percent) in winning a best-of-five series, which the league had held most recently from 1980 to ’86. The Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, […]
Continue readingHurricanes complete sweep of Rangers, become first team to advance in NHL’s restart
Teuvo Teravainen and Warren Foegele also scored for the Hurricanes, who were unfazed with New York’s goaltender change. After defeating Henrik Lundqvist in the first two games, Carolina fired 30 shots at Igor Shesterkin in completing an especially sweet sweep of a Rangers team that had defeated Carolina four times in the regular season. “I […]
Continue readingNHL Playoffs Daily 2020: Penguins, Rangers, Oilers, Jets look to even up their series
Day 2 of the NHL restart was just as exciting as the opener, as hockey fans were treated to fantastic goaltending performances, more upsets and a buzzer-beater. As we head to Game 2s of the qualification round, let it be known that teams that win Game 1 in a best-of-5 series typically end up winning, […]
Continue readingThe NHL playoffs viewing diary – A timeline of the restart tournament’s opening weekend
The NHL returned this past weekend to restart its season with a 24-team postseason tournament, featuring both a round-robin series for the top seeds and a best-of-five qualification round for the others. The league adopted an “All Day Hockey” approach, with puck drop of the first game on Saturday at noon ET, and start times […]
Continue readingSvechnikov’s hat trick leads Hurricanes past Rangers 4-1
TORONTO — Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov scored three times for the first postseason hat trick in franchise history and the Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Monday for a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup qualifier series. Svechnikov beat Henrik Lundqvist for the game’s first goal less than 5 minutes into the game. He […]
Continue readingStanley Cup Playoffs Daily: Round-robin time
The first day of the NHL’s restarted season produced a few shocking moments, a few controversies and a speech that hockey fans won’t soon forget. Day 2 brings the start of the round-robin games among the top seeds and the rest of the qualification-round series, as the Eastern Conference postseason rolls on in Toronto while […]
Continue readingStanley Cup Playoffs Daily: The NHL postseason begins!
The NHL’s postseason is officially underway with the most unconventional Stanley Cup tournament in the trophy’s 127-year history. With five games staggered throughout Saturday between the hub cities of Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta, we have a March Madness-style buffet of hockey. Here’s a primer of what to look for in this edition of ESPN Stanley […]
Continue reading2020 NHL postseason preview: Qualification-round matchups, series picks
Unlike the traditional playoff format, the league is running a 24-team tournament, with 12 teams from each conference playing in fan-less arenas in Toronto (for the East) and Edmonton, Alberta (for the West). The top four teams in each conference are in the round of 16, and seeds 5 through 12 will square off to […]
Continue readingNHL return-to-play update: Training camp takeaways, goalie decisions, TV broadcast buzz
It has been 130 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the sports world continues to reckon with adjusted schedules around the world, there also have been continuous nuggets of new information regarding the resumption of the NHL season, the draft, the playoffs and […]
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