NHL News and Notes from Saturday, August 15th, 2020 News Hours before Game 3, Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask opted out of the NHL's Return to Play. https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1294640030317780992?s=20 As noted by Chris Johnston of SportsNet, Rask's decision to leave is specific to the moment, and will not affect him come next season as … Continue reading The Stanley Cup Daily – A Day of Game Threes
Chicago Blackhawks vs Vegas Golden Knights (VGK leads series 3-0) Game Recap: Since winning in overtime on Thursday night, the Vegas Golden Knights hope to take a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Chicago Blackhawks tonight with a victory. In the first period, the Blackhawks would outshoot the Knights and have more power player opportunities. … Continue reading Knights Push Blackhawks to Brink of Elimination
NHL News and Notes from Thursday, August 13th, 2020 News Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien has been rushed to the hospital after suffering chest pains per General Manager Marc Bergevin. Also per Bergevin, Julien's health issue is not related to COVID-19 Kirk Muller will serve as interim head coach in Julien's absence. https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1293971275434594304?s=20 … Continue reading The Stanley Cup Daily – Game 2 Means Game 5 Guaranteed
Chicago looks to tie up the series at 1-1 after their 4-1 loss Tuesday night to the Vegas Golden Knights. Vegas will be without the services of Max Pacioretty who is unfit to play. Other line changes are as follows. With Vegas missing F Max Pacioretty, there are a couple of changes made … Continue reading Smith Strike in OT to Give Vegas 2-0 Series Lead
NHL News and Notes from Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 News The Hockey Hall of Fame has announced that the 2020 Induction Weekend/Celebration has been postponed. The Board of Directors will address rescheduling plans on October 29th, 2020. https://twitter.com/HockeyHallFame/status/1292838125987868672?s=20 You can read about the HHOF's decision here. The Buffalo Sabres have unveiled their new … Continue reading The Stanley Cup Daily – The First Round Has Begun!
Last night the series between the Chicago Blackhawks and Vegas Golden Knights began. Vegas would take the 1-0 series lead with a 4-1 win thanks to two goals by Reilly Smith. Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines and Defencive Pairings Dominik Kubalik Jonathan Toews Brandon Saad Alex DeBrincat Kirby Dach Patrick Kane Alex … Continue reading Smith’s 2 Goals Guide Vegas to Game 1 Victory
NHL News and Notes from Saturday, August 8th, 2020 News The following First Round matchups have been confirmed: Western Conference Chicago Blackhawks v. Vegas Golden Knights Arizona Coyotes v. Colorado Avalanche Eastern Conference Montreal Canadiens v. Philadelphia Flyers Game Recaps Vegas Golden Knights v. Colorado Avalanche - 3p EST Start Time In Edmonton … Continue reading The Stanley Cup Daily – Determining the Top Seeds
NHL News and Notes from Friday, August 7th, 2020 Game Recaps New York Islanders v. Florida Panthers - 12p EST Start Time To start of the action for the seventh day, we would see our first elimination of the day as the Islanders would route the Panthers 5-1. In the first period Anthony Beauvillier … Continue reading The Stanley Cup Daily – Cue the Eliminations
  GoaltenderGAA / SV%% Games Won of Total GPEdmonton OilersMikko Koskinen.897.585Chicago BlackhawksCorey Crawford.953.514 With Edmonton facing elimination on… wait for it… Elimination Friday… it was imperative for all cylinders to be firing in Game 4 of 5 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Unfortunately for the Oilers, their road to the playoffs ended tonight. The Oilers fell … Continue reading Chicago Cuts Off the Oil(ers) to Advance
GoaltenderGAA / SV%% Games Won of Total GPEdmonton OilersMikko Koskinen4.07 / .840.585Chicago BlackhawksCorey Crawford3.00 / .893.514 The Chicago Blackhawks took a 2-1 series lead the other day over the Edmonton Oilers and will look to close out the series on Friday afternoon. Doing so would be their first post-season series win since the 2014-15 … Continue reading Edmonton Oilers vs Chicago Blackhawks; Stanley Cup Qualifiers Game 4
