Tag Archives: Henrik Lundqvist

Bruins Keep Momentum Going with Game 1 Win

17 May 2013

On Thursday night, fans were treated to 60+ minutes of hockey between two teams days removed from a grueling seven-game series in the first round of the 2013 NHL postseason. For the first 40 minutes of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, it was pretty obvious that both the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers were feeling the effects of their Game 7s played on Monday night. It was sloppy hockey from two tired teams in a game that seemed to be headed for irrelevancy, surely not to be remembered in playoff folklore for it’s thrilling moments and edge-of-your seat exciting.

Things changed in the third period, but hey, that’s nothing new–especially for the Bruins.

Looking Back On Round 1 As NY Prepare For B’s

15 May 2013

It was a frightening first round series for New York Ranger fans. Down 2-0 to start the series, and down 3-2 after a game five OT loss, the Rangers found themselves staring elimination in the face before shutting the Washington Capitals out in back to back games to take the series in seven. It was ...

Round One Of The Stanley Cup Playoffs In The Books

14 May 2013

Catch your breath, the Stanley Cup playoffs continue. Before jumping back into the fray though, let’s take a look at some of the more notable happenings around the playoffs in the NHL. What we saw was a first round that produced three series’ that went the distance, two number two seeds go down and one ...

Boston Bruins: What Just Happened? What Happens Next?

14 May 2013

By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent I’m still not 100% certain that actually happened. There’s no way. This team? They’re the ones that blow 3-0 leads. They’re the ones that underachieve, collapse under pressure, that rally late but come up empty. This was the team that was supposed to lose Monday night. But instead, here we are, ...

Forget Vezina, Evgeni Nabokov Is Most Valuable Goalie

8 May 2013

On the same day that Sergei Bobrovsky, Henrik Lundqvist, and Antti Niemi were announced as finalists for the 2012-13 Vezina Trophy, I’m presenting a new kind of goalie award, the Most Valuable Goaltender of the Year, to Evgeni Nabokov of the New York Islanders. This honor is based on a single statistically-driven question: Which starting ...

Keys to Victory For the Washington Capitals in Game 4

8 May 2013

After a total of five goals were scored in the first two games of the series between the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers, each team came out with a vengeance in Game 3. A total of seven goals were scored, as the Rangers notched their first victory of the series by a final ...

Holtby Out-duels Lundqvist, Washington Capitals Take Game 2

5 May 2013

We knew that the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers were not unfamiliar with the task of facing each other in the playoffs. Throughout the past five seasons, the Capitals and Rangers have squared off in four different series in the postseason. The Capitals have taken two of them, while the Rangers got the last ...

New York Rangers’ Three Keys to Victory Against Caps

2 May 2013

This year’s Rangers were supposed to be better than last year’s squad that reached the Eastern Conference Finals. On paper, it looked like they would be… but that’s why they play the games. On the ice, the team failed to meet expectations. Picked by many as Stanley Cup favorites, the Blueshirts battled just to reach ...

Rangers-Capitals: A Playoff History

30 Apr 2013

With the Rangers and Capitals facing off in the postseason for the third time in four years, let’s take a look back at the two teams’ previous playoff meetings: Playoff Statistics: Series Matchups: 7 Rangers: 3 Capitals: 4 Playoff Games: 19-22 Goals For: 105 Goals Against: 120 Playoff History: 1986 – Round 2 ...

2013 NHL Playoff Predictions: Eastern Conference Winners and Losers

30 Apr 2013

NHL Playoff Predictions: Eastern Conference There are 16 teams remaining entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The journey to the Stanley Cup Finals will begin on Tuesday. Every year there are Cinderella stories in each conference. We’ll analyze what teams will be upset and what teams will move on to the Promised Land. If your team has a weakness, ...