Loading ...With a solid team effort, the Pittsburgh Penguins extended their series lead to 2-1 over the Montreal Canadians last night in front of 21,273 fans at the Bell Centre. The Penguins received slap shot goals from Evgeni Malkin and Pascal Dupuis to account for the 2-0 final. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury saved all 18 shots attempted [...]
LIVE HOCKEY ACTION MAY 5 – FLYERS @ BRUINS CANUCKS @ BLACKHAWKS
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many have come to know the third period as winning time for a Bruins team in full control of their playoff series. While Boston hasn’t really kicked out to the most stupendous of starts during their current postseason excursion, the happy endings have left little doubt how strongly [...]
LIVE HOCKEY ACTION – MAY 4 CANADIENS @ PENGUINS SHARKS @ RED WINGS
Of the 8 teams still actively employed, only the Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings have allowed more goals than the Penguins’ 25, but Montreal vaulted into this round on the strength of holding Washington, hockey’s most prolific offense, to one goal in each of the final three games of that first-round series. Detroit, which [...]
LIVE HOCKEY ACTION – MAY 3 FLYERS Vs BRUINS BLACKHAWKS Vs CANUCKS
The Bruins survived Game 1 without Sturm, and in fact turned in one of their better offensive performances in a 5-4, overtime victory over the Flyers despite the absence of their top regular-season goal scorer. Sturm scored 22 – although he had only scored once in his previous 20 games, including playoffs. All in all, [...]
LIVE HOCKEY ACTION MAY 2 PENGUINS @ CANADIENS SHARKS @ RED WINGS
Montreal has had little time to recover from the full-scale blitz Pittsburgh brought to play in Game 1, a 6-3 victory for the defending champions at Mellon Arena. Game 2, a matinee affair, comes a little more than 36 hours after the horn sounded on Friday’s game. The Canadiens need to figure out how to [...]
LIVE HOCKEY ACTION – MAY 1 : FLYERS Vs BRUINS BLACKHAWKS Vs CANUCKS
A pair of first-round underdogs will face each other in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals today, when the Boston Bruins host the Philadelphia Flyers at TD Garden.
The sixth-seeded Bruins hold home-ice advantage at the start of this best-of- seven series, after defeating the Northeast Division champion Buffalo Sabres in six games during the [...]
HOCKEY: APR 30: Montreal vs. Penguins LIVE !
Bring on Round 2! The Montreal Canadiens get no rest. 48 hours after travelling to Washington to upset the Caps in Game 7, the Habs now have to go into Pittsburgh to face an equally dangerous team.
It is almost a miracle that the Canadiens are in the second round while it is no fluke that [...]
HOCKEY : APR 29 : Detroit Red Wings vs. San Jose Sharks LIVE !
There are lots of good reasons to like the Detroit Red Wings over the San Jose Sharks in the second round, notwithstanding the fact that the Sharks are the higher seed and were 11 points better than the Red Wings in the regular season.
The Red Wings have more experience; they were the better team after [...]
HOCKEY: APR 28 : Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals LIVE !
Game 7 – anyone see this coming? The Washington Capitals have fallen victim to slow starts, a poor power play and a hot goaltender en route to a Game 7 showdown on Wednesday night.
The Caps are suddenly a team with a ton of pressure on it. A win on Wednesday would erase memories of their [...]
HOCKEY: APR 27 : ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
Phoenix opened the series with a 3-2 win on their home ice but then got drubbed 7-4 in Game 2 to even the series. With the series shifting to the Motor City it seemed like the Red Wings would have the advantage but the Coyotes came out in Game 3 and secured a 4-2 shocker [...]
