by Mike Stern | May 8, 2018 | Dallas Stars, Homepage
When Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill introduced Jim Montgomery as the team’s newest (and the franchise’s 23rd) head coach late last week, it marked the third bench boss that he has hired in five years. The first two coaches were NHL veteran mentors with...
by Angie Carducci | May 8, 2018 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Capitals had burned the Penguins on odd-man rushes early in their second-round series, but Pittsburgh had done a much better job of limiting those chances over the past two games. And now, 5:27 into overtime of Game 6, here was Penguins defenseman Kris Letang...
by Angie Carducci | May 6, 2018 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins might’ve played their most dominant game of the playoffs Saturday night in Washington, but they return home to Pittsburgh facing elimination. The Penguins blew two one-goal leads, including surrendering a third-period lead for the second time in three...
by Heath Whelan | May 5, 2018 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
The Boston Bruins scored six times against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1, and since that offensive explosion they have struggled to find the back of the net, only lighting the lamp a total of 3 times over their next two games. They lost both of those games. The...
by Mike Stern | May 4, 2018 | Dallas Stars, Homepage
For the second time in three years, a college coach will attempt to successfully make the jump behind an NHL bench. General Manager Jim Nill introduced Jim Montgomery as the new head coach of the Dallas Stars less than a month after Ken Hitchcock stepped down after...
by Angie Carducci | May 4, 2018 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
With the Capitals holding a 2-1 lead in their second-round series, Game 4 was as close to a must-win for the Penguins as a non-elimination game can get. The result, too, couldn’t have been much closer. How close, exactly? That goal from Evgeni Malkin at 17:31 of the...