by Neal McHale | Sep 14, 2020 | Dallas Stars, Homepage, NHL
With a commanding 3-1 series lead, the Stars have a chance to make Monday one of the most memorable games in Stars’ history. It’s already, without question, the most important game the franchise has played in nearly two decades. And with a ticket to the...
by Anthony Garofalo | Sep 14, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
That was not the way it was supposed to go. When the Boston Bruins played their final regular-season game back on March 10 (a 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers), they had accumulated 100 points and were the clear-cut favorites heading into the Stanley Cup...
by Neal McHale | Sep 3, 2020 | Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Homepage, NHL
Two magic words: Game Seven. It’s been absent from the bubble vocabulary since it began last month, and while Columbus and Toronto provided an all-or-nothing game five in the qualifiers, the stakes are considerably higher as Friday’s contest in Edmonton...
by Neal McHale | Sep 2, 2020 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, NHL
If there was one thing the Avalanche didn’t need, it was a limping Gabriel Landeskog in the final minutes of the second period. Colorado took a 2-1 lead over the Stars on a Cale Makar snapshot in the second period of a must-win game on Wednesday. But the period...
by Neal McHale | Aug 27, 2020 | Homepage, NHL
Neither of Thursday’s scheduled postseason games in the NHL will be played, according to various reports. This comes following a formal request from the Hockey Diversity Alliance to the National Hockey League to forego playing a pair of games including game...
by Neal McHale | Aug 26, 2020 | Arizona Coyotes, Homepage, NHL
When the Coyotes sent a package of picks and prospects to the Devils for Taylor Hall in December, they hoped they were getting ahead of the trade deadline frenzy and could focus on a push to the playoffs. And while they defeated the Preds in the qualifiers, they...