Welcome to the2021 Stanley Cup playoffs! The first round gets rolling on Saturday with Game 1 of theWashington Capitals-Boston Bruinsseries. There's plenty of history in many of these matchups, as the NHL is using an intradivisional format for the first two rounds, before re-bracketing the ...
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Sixteen of the 32 league teams make the playoffs, eight from each conference. Per conference, the top three finishers of both divisions and two wildcard teams make the playoffs. This produces 8 first round matchups. There are no first round byes. ...
Cowan (6-2, 186) was 18-20-2 with a 3.59 GAA and .899 save percentage in 43 games for a Spokane team that allowed 283 goals, most among the 16 teams that reached the WHL playoffs. The 18-year-old started three of Spokane's four postseason games in its first-round loss to Prince...
Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis all had a crack at the Central Division title knowing full well that if they didn't win it they would be stuck in a nightmarish first-round matchup against the other runner-up. That's exactly the fate that has befallen the Predators as their prize for ...
Thomas:This might be the series of the first round. Tampa underperformed for the first half of the season but has bounced right back and are only a Wild Card team because of that. They are better than their record suggests and obviously have the roster to go deep in these playoffs. The...
NHL Playoffs: Bruins, Rangers Advance in Very Different Game 7 VictoriesThe first round of the National Hockey League playoffs endedMonday night with a pair of wild...Murphy, Pat
Five things to know about the NHL playoffs The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes put themselves one win away from earning first-round sweeps, while three Canadian teams set out to take the lead in their series on Friday. Nashville Predators goalie Juuse Saros, left, stops Vancouver ...
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The NHL playoffs are missing the close games and comebacks that seemingly come annually with all the postseason intensity. Excluding games with empty-netters increasing the margin, 10 of the 20 first-round games through Friday night have been decided by three or more goals. By comparison, there...