Tag: Stanley Cup

By The Canadian Press, April 24, 2016  NEW YORK, N.Y. – John Tavares tied it in the final minute of regulation and scored the winner at 10:41 of the second overtime, leading the New York Islanders past the Florida Panthers 2-1 Sunday night and into the second round of the playoffs for the first time… Continue reading Islanders eliminate Panthers in double OT

By The Associated Press, April 22, 2016  Chicago avoids 1st-round elimination, forces Game 6 at home The Chicago Blackhawks finally got a goal from one of their top stars. Patrick Kane’s first of the playoffs saved the defending Stanley Cup champions’ season. Kane scored on a backhander early in the second overtime and the Blackhawks… Continue reading Recap: Patrick Kane scores in double OT as Blackhawks survive Blues

By Frank Seravalli, TSN, April 18, 2016  PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers’ first post-season home game without chairman Ed Snider began with an emotional tribute, a lead in the first 57 seconds and 19,678 LED wristbands twinkling as part of a flashy pre-game show. By the time it ended, hundreds of those wristbands littered the ice… Continue reading Capitals put NHL on notice with blowout win

By Travis Yost, TSN, April 18, 2016   I’ve talked a lot in the past about how the combination of the NHL’s messy regular season point allocation and bizarre divisional playoff format lends itself to unbalanced round-one matchups. As a person who wants to see best versus best above all else, I get a bit… Continue reading How the Capitals cooled off the Flyers

By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press, April 15, 2016  San Jose survives Kings’ final-minute flurry of shots Joe Pavelski circled out from behind the net while holding off Anze Kopitar, and the San Jose captain slipped the tiebreaking goal past Jonathan Quick. He also got the Sharks off to a pretty good start in their… Continue reading Recap: Joe Pavelski scores pair, including GWG, in Sharks' Game 1 win

Source: The Canadian Press, TSN.ca, April 13, 2016  ST. LOUIS – Brian Elliott thwarted the Chicago Blackhawks at every turn. The St. Louis Blues goalie was every bit as good as he was in the regular season, earning his first career playoff shutout in a 1-0 overtime victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions on… Continue reading Backes gets OT winner, Blues beat Blackhawks