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Old School Meets New School
For as great as the NHL playoffs have been this year, it is only fitting that we have a pair of Game 7s to work with in the conference finals.The Chicago Blackhawks (59-32-4-3) will put their experience all on the table on the road against the up and coming Anaheim Ducks (62-25-5-5) to decide which team will represent the West in the Stanley Cup Finals on Saturday night....
Hockey hasn't seen a postseason like this one in quite some time, and the New York Rangers (64-28-3-5) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (61-32-3-5) are each a big part of that. These two teams will fight it out in the ultimate duel on Friday night, a Game 7 with a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals at stake....
The Anaheim Ducks (62-25-5-5) and the Chicago Blackhawks (59-32-4-3) are each just one step away from the Stanley Cup Finals. The Ducks are the -120 favorites in this most pivotal of games, but most will believe that the veterans of the NHL playoffs from Chicago will have the upper hand. But who will have the edge in the tricky task of live betting the hockey playoffs?...
It was always going to come down to this. The New York Rangers (64-28-3-5) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (61-32-3-5) have taken a wild ride in the Eastern Conference Finals, and it is only fitting that the two will play in Game 7 with Friday night's winner going on to represent the East in the Stanley Cup Finals....
For the first time in these playoffs, the Chicago Blackhawks (58-32-4-3) have been beaten in overtime.Now, they have their backs up against the wall against the Anaheim Ducks (62-24-5-5), who are one win away from reaching the Stanley Cup Finals for just the second time in franchise history....
The pendulum has officially swung once again. The New York Rangers (63-28-3-5) now have their backs up against the wall in the Eastern Conference Finals, but they certainly aren't out of things going into Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning (61-31-3-5)....
The Chicago Blackhawks (58-32-3-3) just don't know when to say die. They probably should have been dead in the water on Saturday night when they allowed their flurry of goals to the Anaheim Ducks (61-24-5-5). But they were able to persevere in overtime to push this to a de facto best-of-three series beginning Monday night at the Pond....
It was referred to as a "character win" by Bruce Boudreau. Now, he and his Anaheim Ducks (61-24-4-5) will look to rally for a second straight road win against the Chicago Blackhawks (57-32-3-3) to try to move within one step of the Stanley Cup Finals for just the second time in franchise history....
Nikita Kucherov's second overtime winner of the postseason gave the Tampa Bay Lightning (60-30-3-5) a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. They'll look to put the New York Rangers (62-27-3-5) on the brink of elimination on Friday night at home....
You just had the feeling that the deeper Game 2 went into overtime, the more likely it was that the Chicago Blackhawks (57-31-3-3) were going to win the game. They did just that, and they now have home ice advantage back in this series against the Anaheim Ducks (60-24-4-5) heading into Game 3 on Thursday....
Tyler Johnson and the Tampa Bay Lightning (59-30-3-5) fought back on Monday night, winning Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals to move within seven steps of a championship. The New York Rangers (62-27-2-5) are that close as well though, and they will be looking to take back home ice advantage right away from the Bolts in Game 3 Wednesday....
The Anaheim Ducks (60-24-3-5) have run their record to 9-1 here in the postseason heading into Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks (56-31-3-3)....
Yet another gritty effort propelled the New York Rangers (62-26-2-5) past the Tampa Bay Lightning (58-30-3-5) in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday. Now, the two teams will clash once again on Monday in a pivotal Game 2....
The New York Rangers (61-26-2-5) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (58-29-3-5) have both had long and arduous roads to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. The playoffs are only half over for one of these two sides though, as they begin the fight to get into the Stanley Cup Finals on Sunday afternoon....
The New York Rangers are back in the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight season. They'll face a team which battled a lot of adversity to reach this level for the second straight year too, as the Tampa Bay Lightning have reached this juncture for just the third time in their history....
Recovering from over a week away from the ice could end up being an issue for both the Chicago Blackhawks (56-30-3-3) and the Anaheim Ducks (59-24-3-5) heading into Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals at the Honda Center....
The Western Conference was always going to come down to this. The best team in the Pacific Division, the Anaheim Ducks, are going to battle it out with what has been one of the best postseason teams in the last half dozen years or so, the Chicago Blackhawks for the right to play in the Stanley Cup Finals....
In spite of the fact that they nearly let their season get away on Sunday night, the New York Rangers (60-26-2-5) have held on to force a do-or-die Game 7 with the Washington Capitals (52-30-9-4) at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday....
The Tampa Bay Lightning (57-29-3-5) have to feel like they’re starting to choke just a bit. They’ve dropped the last two games to the Montreal Canadiens (56-26-6-5), and if they don't finish off this series in Game 6, they'll be heavy underdogs in Game 7....
The problem with an underdog team winning the first three games of a series is that there isn't much of a safety net when it comes to blowing that series lead....
Few figured at the outset of this series that the New York Rangers (58-26-2-5) were going to find themselves on the brink of elimination here in Game 5 of the Metropolitan Division Finals. Give the Washington Capitals (52-29-8-4) credit though, as they’ve done a fantastic job taking care of business with gritty, hardnosed play....
The Tampa Bay Lightning (57-27-3-5) have all of a sudden gotten a flair for the dramatics. They won Game 3 at 19:59 of the third period with a game-winning goal, and they are hoping to close out this series on Thursday night on a short turnaround time at home against the Montreal Canadiens (54-26-6-5)....
We've said time and time again that the Calgary Flames (50-34-4-3) are the most dangerous team in the NHL when they are behind in the third period. They proved that in Game 3, coming back from the dead to salvage their season, and now, they can knot up their series with the Anaheim Ducks (57-24-3-5) on Friday night with another win at home....
The Chicago Blackhawks (55-30-3-3) have had no troubles getting out to a 3-0 lead against the Minnesota Wild (50-33-5-3) in this best-of-seven series. Minnesota's season will end at the hands of the Blackhawks for the third straight season if it can't win on Thursday night....
The New York Rangers (58-25-2-5) have played eight playoff games in this postseason, and all eight have been decided by exactly one goal.That streak could very easily stay alive in the ninth game of their postseason when they take on the Washington Capitals (51-29-8-4) in Game 4 of the Metropolitan Division Finals....
