Loading ...The playoff beard is one of the most recognized signs that the quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup has begun.
In Northern California, the San Jose Sharks stumbling in the playoffs precedes as a close second.
Following San Jose’s latest playoff debacle – a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to the visiting Colorado Avalanche to open up the Stanley Cup [...]
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This season was always going to be about defence for the Boston Bruins, especially after they traded away Phil Kessel to Toronto.
And with their place in the play-offs secured, barely, the game plan against the third-seeded Buffalo Sabres remains the same, defence, defence and some more defence.
Buffalo are the better team and with Olympic silver-medallist [...]
HOCKEY:APR 14 :ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
here is no doubting the offensive talent the No.1 seeded San Jose Sharks possess. But talent alone will not help them win the Stanley Cup, they will need to show some fighting spirit.
The wealth of goal-scoring talent the Sharks have on paper is scary. Centre Patrick Marleau led the team in goal scoring with 44, [...]
HOCKEY:APR 11: ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
The Flyers could have claimed a playoff seed on Friday with a victory in the opener of this home-and-home set, but the Rangers skated to a 4-3 win at Madison Square Garden to alter those plans. With Boston and Montreal having clinched playoff spots on Saturday, that leaves just one left for New York or [...]
HOCKEY:APR 10: ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
The Vancouver Canucks are solid 64.6 percent favorites over the Calgary Flames. The Canucks are favored despite being projected for 27 shots on goal vs 29 shots for the Flames. The Canucks goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at 92% compared to the Flames goalie(s) who have a forecasted save percentage of 88.6%.
Carolina Hurricanes@Boston [...]
HOCKEY:APR 9: ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
The Rangers and Flyers start the front end of a home-and-home series with the Rangers in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, two points behind the Flyers and three in back of Boston and Montreal. The Rangers helped themselves with a 5-1 home win over Toronto on Wednesday; the Flyers are coming off a 2-0 [...]
HOCKEY:APR 8 :ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
The Phoenix Coyotes and Los Angeles Kings are headed to the postseason for the first time since 2002. Their next meeting might not be the last time they’ll square off this season.
Two of the NHL’s biggest surprises conclude their regular-season series Thursday night in a possible first-round playoff preview at Staples Center.
Though the eight playoff [...]
HOCKEY:APR 7:ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
With three games left in the regular season, New York (36-33-10) is ninth in the East, three points back of Boston for the eighth and final playoff spot and four behind seventh-place Philadelphia.
The Rangers might be in ideal position to catch one of those teams, especially with a game in hand on the Flyers.
After facing [...]
HOCKEY:APR 6:ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
The Los Angeles Kings have clinched their first playoff berth in seven seasons. Now they would like nothing better than to eliminate their archrivals, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
The Kings can knock the Ducks from contention when the teams wrap up their season series at Honda Center on Tuesday night.
Anaheim (38-31-9), meanwhile, can be eliminated with [...]
HOCKEY:APR 5:ALL NHL MATCHES LIVE !
With three games remaining, the Wild continue their trip through Western Canada on Monday night looking for their first road victory against the NHL-worst Edmonton Oilers this season.
In its first action since its faint playoff hopes ended with a 3-2 loss to Western Conference-leading San Jose on Friday, Minnesota (37-35-7) rallied from a 3-1 deficit [...]
