The Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers will decide their second round playoff series on Tuesday night with a winner-take-all Game 7 at the Consol Energy Center. New York has won back-to-back games to force this do-or-die game, winning Game 5 on Sunday night by a score of 3-1.
The MLB season is through its first month, and teams have begun to show us what they have to offer. There’s a long way still to go in a season that’s a marathon, not a sprint, but it’s these early opinions we formulate that will decide whether this season will be a profitable one for us or not.
The Toronto Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night in the fourth game of a four-game set. The Angels will be looking for a series sweep after handling the Blue Jays in each of the first three games of this series.
The Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat continue their Eastern Conference semifinal series at the Barclays Center on Monday night. The Nets finally got on the board with a win on their home court on Saturday, and look for that momentum to carry over into this one.
It’s All Even Again – Kings and Ducks in Best of 3 To See Who Moves On
Game 5 between the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks goes down on Monday night. Surprisingly the road team has won every game in the series thus far – home ice has been a bit of a curse.
Canadiens on the Brink – Hope to Stay Alive in Boston Monday Night
The Boston Bruins can end their second round series with the Montreal Canadiens Monday night but they will have to do so on enemy ground – at the Bell Center where they won Game 4 but have struggled the last couple of seasons.
The Cubbies head to St. Louis with the worst record in baseball. They lost all three of their weekend set against Atlanta and have won only once in their last 8 games.
The Pacers have a lead in the series for the first time in these playoffs. They really put a whooping on the Wizards as the series moved to D.C., reminiscent of a regular season beatdown they laid on Washington well before things went south.
The New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins will make the trip back to Madison Square Garden in New York after the Rangers picked up a victory in a must-win Game 5. The Rangers claimed that game decisively, winning by a score of 5-1 to extend the series.
The Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat will head over to the Barclays Center for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series which shifts to Brooklyn on Saturday. The Heat have yet to hit a speed bump in the postseason, posting a 6-0 record, including wins in each of the first two games in the series.
Ducks Look To Even It Up – Kings Host Anaheim in Game 4
Home ice advantage in the series between the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings has turned out to be a curse so far – the road team has won all three games! The Los Angeles Kings will look to reverse that trend on Saturday night and in turn take a 3-1 stranglehold on the second round Western Conference series.
Habs and bruins Seek 3-2 Series Lead – Game 5 Saturday Night
The series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston bruins has been razor-close thus far – but if either team was able to hold serve on their home ice, we would be looking at a possible elimination game.
The Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers shifts back to the Consol Energy Center for Game 5 on Friday. The Penguins have won three in a row in the series, putting the Rangers on the brink of elimination.
The Toronto Blue Jays welcome the Los Angeles Angels for the first game in a three-game set on Friday night. Toronto is flying high coming off a four-game sweep of Philadelphia, while the Angels are coming off back-to-back losses to the Yankees.
The Boston Red Sox will look to move up above .500 with a win over the struggling Texas Rangers when they open a three-game set in Arlington on Friday night.
Once again the Pacers provided hope for their fans by bouncing back after their series opening loss at home. It was hardly a dominant victory but one that provided some hope for the rest of the series thanks to the fact that they actually got some production from Roy Hibbert.
