Posts About "NHL Playoffs"
Lightning Finding Their Postseason Magic Once Again
August 20th, 2020 If you had told Tampa Bay Lightning fans that the team would eliminate the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 before the start of the 2019 Playoffs, the general response wouldn't have been excitement, but the statement "Wow, the Blue Jackets stole a game..." Now in 2020, after the Lightning eliminated the Blue Jackets in five games, the...
Islanders' Overtime Playoff Goals: Reliving All 34 of Them
July 31st, 2020 Playoff hockey always brings out some of the best moments of the season. Before the start of the 2020 playoffs, the New York Islanders have been to the postseason 25 times and have had some memorable games go into overtime. Throughout, they have some remarkable goals from some of the best players in the sport and some unlikely heroes....
Pros and Cons for St. Louis Blues in Proposed 24-Team Playoff Structure
May 24th, 2020 With the announcement of a 24-team playoff structure on the table, the St. Louis Blues will have a bye in the first round. How it will play out could pose as a good or bad situation. It’s a difficult call. Can the Blues defend the Stanley Cup in this new arrangement? Where We...
Penguins’ 13 Seasons of Playoff Memories: Eastern Conference Final
April 1st, 2020 The Pittsburgh Penguins hold the longest active streak for consecutive playoff appearances in the NHL with 13 seasons. Though they failed to advance to the Eastern Conference Final in the 2019 postseason - as did other favored teams like the Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Vegas Golden Knights - there have been plenty of...
Bruins, Other Top Teams May Not Love Possible Playoff Structure
March 18th, 2020 Obviously, right now no one really knows when or if the 2019-20 National Hockey League season will resume. If it does, and it seems like the league wants to do everything it can to make that happen after the Coronavirus risk passes, it's not clear just what form the resumed season will take. However, on Monday, a possible 2020 NHL...
Maple Leafs Believe, but Game 7 Ghosts Linger
April 23rd, 2019 TORONTO — Connor Brown and the Maple Leafs sent all the right messages ahead of Game 7 last year. He insists this time they actually mean it. Toronto heads into the finale of a back-and-forth Eastern Conference quarterfinal with the Bost...
Maple Leafs & Bruins - Game 7 History Goes Back 78 Years
April 23rd, 2019 Tuesday night's Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs contest marks the fifth Game 7 in history between the Original Six rivals. Like the four previous Game 7s, the 2019 series finale will be played in Boston. All four so far have featured third-period com...
NHL Playoffs: Atlantic Bracket a Brutal Path to East Final
April 9th, 2019 Three of the top seven teams in the NHL are packed into a four-team murderers' row playoff bracket and only one can reach the Eastern Conference final. The Tampa Bay Lightning's reward for finishing 21 points ahead of the rest of the league during the ...
Why the NHL Should Integrate Goal Line Technology
May 1st, 2018 If Game 2 of the Washington Capitals versus Pittsburgh Penguins series taught us anything, it was that there is still no conclusive ruling on what a controversial goal is or is not. Penguins' Controversial No-Call In a game where the Capitals took a quick three-goal lead just minutes into the second period, Pittsburgh’s comeback bid...
In Defense of the NHL Playoff Format
April 5th, 2018 As the 2017-18 National Hockey League season winds down and the Stanley Cup Playoffs approach, it is becoming increasingly apparent the current playoff format, introduced for 2013-14, is widely despised. In an ideal world, there'd be a different format, no question about that. But, considering the current structure of the league and...
Pittsburgh Penguins Playoff Prophecy
January 18th, 2018 From before biblical, to the days of digital, mankind has fretted about the future. The seemingly simple, yet infinitely cryptic question of "What comes next?" perplexes prophets and economists alike. While the hockey world isn’t immune from wondering what’s to come, puck prophecies don’t usually run rampant until the NHL playoff...
Can the Regular Season Predict the Playoffs?
May 28th, 2017 Over the past few years, I’ve looked for clues in the NHL’s regular season that act a strong predictor for the postseason. For those involved in this quest, it’s mostly a case of 'misery loves company.' Before the playoffs, I reviewed this article summarizing three detailed predictions, including the odds for each team. The...
Oilers 2006: The Stanley Cup That Got Away
May 16th, 2017 If you remind any Edmonton Oilers fan that is old enough to remember that epic Cinderella run to the 2006 Stanley Cup Final, they quiver when you mention defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron and his blunderous gaffe in Game 1 of the final against the Carolina Hurricanes. The blunder in question was when he ran Hurricanes forward Andrew Ladd...
