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The Columbus Blue Jackets too care of a few milestones on Saturday night – they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins for the first time in seven games and they also recorded their first franchise payoff win in the process.
The Columbus Blue Jackets will look to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins for the first time in seven games Saturday night when Game 2 of their first round playoff series will be contested. The Jackets played a good game Wednesday night outshooting the Pens 34-32 and outhitting them 47-28 while limiting Sidney Crosby to one secondary assist along the way.
The puck drops on a gritty Original Six match-up on Friday night, as the Red Wings and Bruins do battle in what should be a seven-game series of attrition. Both of these teams are hungry and resilient, but one should be more talented, which may well be the difference.
The Dallas Stars hope to build on the momentum they garnered in the last half of Game 1 when they visit the Duck Pond again; trying to even the series before it shifts back to Dallas for Game 3.
The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Montreal Canadiens on Friday evening in game two of their opening round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Montreal won Game 1 in the series in overtime on Wednesday on a goal by Dale Weise, 5-4.
The Philadelphia Flyers will make the trip out to Madison Square Garden to open their first-round playoff series with the New York Rangers on Thursday.
It will be offense versus defense Thursday night when the Los Angeles Kings begin their journey to a second Stanley Cup in three years. In their way is the San Jose Sharks who had a typical good regular season but have a ton to prove in the postseason. Game 1 will be one to watch – these teams clearly hate each other which makes for one of the more intriguing first round series in this year’s playoffs.
The NHL’s second season is officially upon us – the playoff matchups are set and the playoff beards have already started sprouting.
Many expected that the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks would meet in the playoffs in what would be a fascinating showdown. No one predicted that matchup would occur in the first round.
California rivals – the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks will meet for the third time in four years in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when they kick off their first round series in San Jose.
The Avs’ quick resurgence with a glut of young players – after the Joe Sakic/Milan Hejduk/Alex Tanguay glory years – has been remarkable. Minnesota hopes its fistful of marquee players and overall team cohesiveness are enough to gloss over potentially substandard goaltending.
The Regular season is done, the first round playoff matchups have been set and the razors have been put away for all of the participants in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs! Let the games begin, let the beards commence and let’s enjoy an intense two months of nail-biting hockey!
Two of the more offensively gifted teams in the NHL do battle in what should be a wide open first round playoff series that kicks off in Anaheim Wednesday night.
The puck drops on the NHL postseason on Wednesday night, one of the series features the league’s most storied franchise travelling to sunny climes to tangle with goal machine Steven Stamkos and the Lightning.
NHL Playoffs First Round Preview – Ducks vs. Stars
The Anaheim Ducks enter the NHL playoffs as one of the best teams in the Western Conference for the second year in a row, hoping to erase a disappointing first round exit from last year’s playoffs.
On the surface, the opening round playoff series between Metropolitan Division rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets has the makings of a blowout. The Penguins took all five regular season meetings between the teams by a score of 16-7.
