by Angie Carducci | Mar 25, 2018 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
For their past two, Stanley Cup-winning seasons, the March of the Penguins has been more than an Antarctic documentary. It’s marked a time when the NHL’s flightless birds began to, well, take flight. In 2016, from the Feb. 29 trade deadline through the end of the...
by Neal McHale | Mar 25, 2018 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
NEWARK–In sticking with the annual sports sensation that is March Madness, the Devils, a proverbial “underdog,” defeated the first-place Lightning for the third time this season. Saturday’s 2-1 final just might have been a first-round playoff...
by Bob Fina | Mar 23, 2018 | New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries
The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the visiting New York Rangers by a score of 4-3 during regulation. Three Star Selections: 1st Travis Konecny (#11 PHI) 2nd Claude Giroux (#29 PHI) 3rd Jesper Fast (#20 NYR)
by Matthew Dibiase | Mar 22, 2018 | Inside Hockey, Nashville Predators, NHL
Nashville is poised to make franchise history this season. Never before have the Predators won a division title or the President’s Trophy for that matter and yet they are in a great position to do both. Ever since the midway mark on January 6 Nashville has gone 24-3-4...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, NHL
What do you think of the mutual opponent hypothesis? What’s that? The idea that if team A and team B each play team C, then whoever does better against team C would do better against the other, as well. If it’s anything to go by, the Anaheim Ducks are in a sweet spot...
by Bob Fina | Mar 18, 2018 | Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries, Washington Capitals
The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the visiting Washington Capitals by a score of 6-3 during regulation. Three Star Selections: 1st Oskar Lindblom (#54 PHI) 2nd Wayne Simmonds (#19 PHI) 3rd Shayne Gostisbehere (#56 PHI)