by Angie Carducci | May 16, 2021 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
If the Penguins are going to get past the New York Islanders, they’re going to need Tristan Jarry to be a whole lot better. Playing in just his second NHL playoff game, the 26-year-old netminder had fans invoking the name of his predecessor Matt Murray as he missed...
by Angie Carducci | May 15, 2021 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
If you’re a Penguins fan, it probably feels like your team has faced the New York Islanders far too often in the Stanley Cup playoffs. In reality, though, this is just the sixth meeting between the two clubs. It’s just that four of the previous five have been brutal...
by Neal McHale | May 15, 2021 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Homepage, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, New York Islanders, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knights, Washington Capitals
Predicting the Playoffs? You read it right. I can’t recall a time at this publication in which I went through the first round of the playoffs and wrote my predictions ahead of puck drop. I can’t exactly recall why I’ve decided to take myself out of...
by Neal McHale | May 13, 2021 | Homepage, NHL
Though it’s been said that you don’t know what the Stanley Cup Playoffs are like, til you’ve lived the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Which might mean, as the NHL’s playoffs are upon us, there’s even more value in Wayne Gretzky. That experience,...
by Anthony Garofalo | May 12, 2021 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
For the fifth consecutive season, the Boston Bruins are heading to the playoffs. Although this particular year was a slight step backwards compared to the 2019-20 Presidents’ Trophy-winning campaign, the B’s accomplished a lot in 2021. To kick things off, Boston had...
by Brian Kennedy | May 11, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, St. Louis Blues
Monday night the St. Louis Blues came to LA to play a game that is like the others remaining in the season for the Kings, playing out the string. The teams battled, though not furiously, to a 2-1 score. Nothing was doing for the first two periods, with neither team...
