Bergeron Wins Game One in Double OT
The Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins renewed NHL Playoff acquaintances in Toronto on Wednesday morning in typical 2020 fashion. It took a Patrice Bergeron snap-shot at 1:13 of the second overtime to break ...
Early Exit Edmonton, Sad but True
If there's one thing that makes me want to call the qualifying round, or round-of-24, part of the actual playoffs and not just the manufactured (albiet entertaining) tournament designated to decide the fate of ...
Leafs Find Own-Comeback Magic to Force Game 5
No, you're not reading the same story from Thursday night. And yes, I'm sure it's not the other way around. Though I understand your skepticism, yet another 3-0 deficit was blown. On back-to-back nights no less...
Canadiens Send Penguins Packing with Stunning Upset
When the Penguins’ season ended Friday, it looked like this. A turnover from normally reliable fourth-liner Brandon Tanev to the stick of Montreal’s Paul Byron, then four white jerseys standing in front of goal...
Panthers Optimistic for Future following Elimination
In the moments that immediately followed the Panthers elimination from the qualifying round, a 5-1 loss to the Islanders, reports of a change at the top started. Dale Tallon, the club's GM and President since 2...
Dubois, Jackets Complete Game Three Comeback
It might've been when Auston Matthews scored the opening goal on Tuesday en route to a 3-0 win to even the series for the Leafs. Or, it could've been at the hotel, when a scroll through Twitter would show what...
Retro Rangers: Remembering Edgar Laprade
Edgar Laprade was considered by many to be the best senior hockey player in Canada during the early 1940s. Laprade began playing junior hockey with his hometown Port Arthur, Ontario, Bruins at the age of 16 in ...
After 3-1 Lead Slips Away, Penguins Face Elimination Friday
For the first time in his career, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will play a meaningful hockey game on his Aug. 7 birthday. It couldn’t be much more meaningful, as it turns out, as his fifth-seeded club now fac...
Panthers Composure Prolongs Season
The Panthers needed an inspired group to play with composure or face elimination on Wednesday. They chose the former, prolonging their playoff hopes and pushing the Islanders to a fifth game on Saturday afterno...
Rangers Eliminated from Postseason
Facing elimination, the Rangers needed to pull out all the stops to get passed Carolina and prolong their season to avoid being the first of 24 teams to exit the bubble. But even with a change in the pipes and ...