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NHL 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 readingAdam ‘Pacman’ Jones sets ablaze Joe Haden Steelers jerseys received in mail
Jones pulled one of the jerseys out of the box, poured lighter fluid on it and lit it on fire in his driveway. He continued to burn jerseys from the box, documenting the process in a series of Instagram videos posted Wednesday. “I opened up my mailbox today, and I had these jerseys in my […]
Continue readingNHL Playoffs Daily 2020: No. 1 seeds on the line
The NHL postseason bubble is officially bonkers. Friday featured the completion of three series upsets and a stunning late-game rally by the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Columbus Blue Jackets that pushed their series to a fifth and final game. On Saturday, we’ll find out who the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks will face after […]
Continue readingGrading the best, worst of NHL bubble fashion
“Once you get onto the plane, every team I’ve been on was different,” explains recently retired winger Kris Versteeg, who played for seven teams in his 11-season NHL career. “Whether you can change into jeans and polo, or some teams still make you wear your suit. Some teams still make you wear your suit and […]
Continue readingNHL Playoffs Daily 2020: Winnipeg Jets face elimination, 12-seeds on verge of shockers
The Winnipeg Jets face elimination, while the Toronto Maple Leafs hope to roll on despite the loss of key defenseman Jake Muzzin. And, oh yeah: The NHL’s No. 12 seeds, Montreal and Chicago, have the No. 5 seeds on the brink. We told you this was going to be like March Madness! Check out the […]
Continue readingWhy the Chicago Blackhawks are bullish on Kirby Dach: ‘He has all the potential in the world’
Sure, Dach was viewed as the long-term heir apparent to Jonathan Toews at center, but he also was getting the chance to play with Toews, as well as Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane and Brent Seabrook, respected veterans who knew what it took to win a Stanley Cup (or three). Dach asked Seabrook if he could […]
Continue readingLooking back at the NHL’s first diversity task force
Bryant McBride watched the messages multiply. Blake Wheeler of the Winnipeg Jets on social media, calling for people to “stand with the black community and fundamentally change how the leadership in this country has dealt with racism.” Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks and Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers tweeting “Black Lives Matter.” Well […]
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 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 […]
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