by Jason Scales | Mar 8, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
Boston, MA – The second meeting in five days between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins, number two and one respectively in the Atlantic Division, was more than just a regular season affair. Tampa outlasted Boston 5-3 in front of 17,850 at TD Garden in a...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 7, 2020 | Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL
Rookie mistakes are part of having a young squad. That was a bit of a theme Saturday afternoon when the Minnesota Wild visited Staples Center for a game against the Kings. First-period examples included Blake Lizotte taking a high-sticking penalty in the offensive...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 6, 2020 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
The Kings have lots to play for, if spoiling other teams’ chances counts. This started a few nights ago as they began a team-high (tie) nine straight home games that stretch through March 20. With 58 points coming into Thursday night and sixteen games to go, a perfect...
by Bob Fina | Mar 6, 2020 | Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries
The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the visiting Carolina Hurricanes by a score of 4-1 during regulation. Three Star Selections: 1st Scott Laughton (#21 PHI) 2nd Ivan Provorov (#9 PHI) 3rd Nicolas Aube-Kubel (#62 PHI)
by George Grimm | Mar 2, 2020 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Rangers
During the NHL’s early years, teams were only required to dress one goaltender. If that netminder was injured he either had to play through the pain and return to the game after being repaired or his team had to scramble for a replacement. Sometimes that meant a...
by Kenneth Cross | Mar 2, 2020 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning were seemingly in control of Thursday night’s matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks as they took a 2-0 lead to the locker room at the end of the second period. They had outshot Chicago, 27-17 to that point, but had failed to convert four power...