Another one bites the dust. After 3 disappointing home performances, the Winnipeg Jets stumble out of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the St. Louis Blues beat them 3-2. The Dallas Stars take an impressive 3-2 series lead back home after a fantastic 5-3 win over the Predators. It was business as usual in Washington […]
The Calgary Flames have been eliminated from the NHL playoffs! That’s two #1 seeds gone, and both showed very brief flashes of dominance then themselves got dominated. The sportsbooks have put the New York Islanders as the slight favourites, with the Jackets, Avs and Knights right behind them. It’s going to be an interesting set […]
An intense night of hockey last night. The Carolina Hurricanes made it 2-2 with an important 2-1 win over the Capitals. Things are going to be interesting in Game 5 as with the way the Hurricanes perform, it’s anyones game. The Blues/Jets series continued to favour the road teams with the Blues coming from two […]
Who would have thought that the headline story after 4 games in the Flames vs Avalanche series was “Mike Smith playing new levels of elite – and it doesn’t even matter”. Mike Smith has been in incredible form the last couple of games. 108 saves made in the two road games. Yet the Flames have […]
2 series are over with already in the NHL playoffs, as the Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins both got eliminated. Both teams were swept. The Tampa one was obviously a big shock but in retrospect, the Penguins one really wasn’t a surprise. While it’s a surprise that they got swept, this was a team […]
An excellent night in the NHL playoffs last night, as all four series end up at 2-1. The Toronto Maple Leafs – minus Kadri for the rest of the series – were able to put a dismal Game 2 behind them as they took the lead hearly in the 2nd and ended up winning 3-2. […]
Two of the strong favourites to make it to the next round of the NHL playoffs are in danger of being eliminated. Tampa Bay lost 3-1 to the Blue Jackets and it just seems inevitable that the Blue Jackets are going to pull off a surprising sweep. Same in the Islanders/Penguins series. That was a […]
Everyone has now played two games in the NHL playoffs and in the latter round of games, we’ve got three great battles. The Hurricanes came up short again against the Capitals. They’re doing what they can and putting in excellent performances – but the Capitals are also performing well and are quite simply a better […]
Ho boy! The headline news coming out of last nights playoffs is of course the Blue Jackets 5-1 thumping of the Tampa Bay Lightning. You could put Game 1 down to complacency and over confidence. You can’t do that with last nights game. Tampa just don’t look like they want it. Of course the Blue […]
Business was mostly restored last night in the NHL playoffs, with two of the three favourites winning. It was a clinical performance by the Capitals who forced Mrazek to make just 14 saves as they won 4-2. The Hurricanes, with a host of players making their playoff debuts, will be happy to get the jitters […]
