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| Because it's the Cup: Playoff hockey is back! |
| A few months later than originally intended, but the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs are finally here. The action begins Tuesday in the hub cities of Edmonton and Toronto. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| First-round back-to-backs favor NHL teams with 2 top goalies |
| Craig Berube remembers playing plenty of back-to-backs in the playoffs and actually likes them. While back-to-backs are no longer common in the NHL postseason, the urgency to finish it this year means each first-round series has one set of them scheduled. ''I think it's a benefit for any team to have it,'' said Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour, who successfully split his qualifying round back-to-back between Petr Mrazek and James Reimer to complete a sweep of the Rangers. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Polar opposites: Big, tough Blues face small, quick Canucks |
| Hockey is trending to look like the Vancouver Canucks, with smaller players and more skill, speed and offense. When Vancouver and defending champion St. Louis meet in the first round, it will be a matchup of opposites. ''We have to establish our physicality right away,'' reigning playoff MVP Ryan O'Reilly said. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Avalanche face Coyotes in dramatic clash of styles |
| The Colorado Avalanche have one of the NHL's most dynamic offenses, led by Hart Trophy finalist Nathan MacKinnon. The Arizona Coyotes play it much closer to the vest, relying on superb goaltending and counterattacking when they have the opportunity. The Avalanche were second in the Western Conference with 94 points when the season was halted by the coronavirus pandemic. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Flyers hope top seed in East leads to Stanley Cup title |
| Alain Vigneault often has a dash of James Bond in him when he closes his news conferences. The Philadelphia Flyers have both shaken and stirred their way to plenty of wins this season in Vigneault's first season on the bench. Here's the twist - the Flyers were the hottest team in the NHL entering the pandemic break and the best team coming out of it, good enough to earn a No. 1 seed and a series with the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference playoffs. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| GM Rutherford looks to retool after "puzzling" Pens exit |
| Jim Rutherford is not ready to blow up the core that's led the Pittsburgh Penguins to three Stanley Cups in a little more than a decade. The issue isn't just that the Penguins have lost nine of their past 10 postseason games. ''You're waiting for the desperation from the drop of the puck and it didn't come in the first period,'' Rutherford said Tuesday. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Yahoo DFS Hockey: Tuesday Picks |
| Chris Morgan looks over Tuesday's slate and thinks Pierre-Luc Dubois will continue to make an impact as the Blue Jackets try to repeat last year's stunning upset of the Lightning. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Preview: Trotz, Islanders face Capitals in first round |
| Barry Trotz famously told the then-defending champion Washington Capitals two years ago any future title runs would go through Long Island. Trotz and the New York Islanders will face the Capitals in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with Game 1 on Wednesday night. Back in 2018, the veteran coach was addressing his former team before facing them for the first time after leading the Caps to the Stanley Cup championship and then leaving in a contract dispute and joining the Islanders. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Hockey makes progress in midst of awakening about racism |
| Anson Carter filled his time in pandemic isolation walking 11 miles a day, sometimes with his dogs, around his Atlanta neighborhood. When video surfaced of another Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, being shot and killed in nearby Glynn County, Georgia, Carter found himself looking over his shoulder. ''It crosses your mind,'' Carter said. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Rangers win the Draft Lottery |
| Michael Finewax looks at the Rangers winning the draft lottery, Rotoworld predictions for Round 1 as well as notes from the hub cities. (Matt Zambonin/HHOF-IIHF Images) |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Lightning face Blue Jackets in 1st-round NHL playoff rematch |
| As if forward Alex Killorn and the Tampa Bay Lightning needed yet another reminder of last year's monumental playoff collapse in preparing to open the first round Tuesday. The ever-stingy, John Tortorella-coached Columbus Blue Jackets are standing in their way once again in the best-of-seven series to be played in the Eastern Conference hub city of Toronto. ''We're not focusing on last year,'' Killorn said, in summing up how most Tampa Bay players have grown tired of discussing how the Presidents' Trophy-winning Lightning were swept in four games by the Blue Jackets in April 2019. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Stars need more scoring in series against Flames |
| Coach Rick Bowness is encouraged by the scoring chances the Dallas Stars had in their most recent game. While Dallas scored only four goals combined in its three round-robin games among the Western Conference's top four seeds, the Calgary Flames averaged four goals per game while beating Winnipeg in four games to wrap up their best-of-five qualifying round series. ''Dominated their series against Winnipeg,'' Stars captain Jamie Benn said. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Rangers win NHL draft lottery, shot at Lafreniere |
| The New York Rangers got a timely assist with their rebuilding efforts. New York won the second phase of the NHL draft lottery, giving the franchise a shot at selecting winger Alexis Lafreniere. ''Luck is on our side,'' Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton acknowledged Monday night. |
| Posted: 08/11/2020 |
| Pacioretty, Golden Knights to take on resurgent Blackhawks |
| Max Pacioretty used some weights and a stationary bike to work out in his room during his quarantine period inside the NHL bubble in Edmonton. Well as ready as he can be to step right into the NHL playoffs. Pacioretty returns to a Golden Knights team aiming for another deep postseason run after it went 3-0 in round-robin play to secure the top seed in the Western Conference. |
| Posted: 08/10/2020 |
| 'Heavy lifting:' West is big, tough, deep and wide open |
| The top of the Western Conference features the defending Stanley Cup champion, a 2018 finalist with even more talent and an MVP front-runner. The Vegas Golden Knights earned the top seed in the West by winning all three of their games in a round-robin tournament against the Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues. ''It's deep,'' Vegas coach Peter DeBoer said. |
| Posted: 08/10/2020 |
| Offseason goals for Wild topped by goaltending improvement |
| The Minnesota Wild returned home from the Western Conference bubble with regret, dismay and another postseason defeat. Despite the spark that was on display after the change in head coaches up until the pandemic put the sport on a four-plus-month pause, their performance in the qualifying round against Vancouver provided more evidence that this is an incomplete if competitive team. The goaltending, so steady for so much of the franchise's 20-year history, has reached the top of the offseason to-do list. |
| Posted: 08/10/2020 |
| So-called 'preseason' over, Bruins prepare for Hurricanes |
| The Bruins earned the Presidents' Trophy with 100 points before the NHL season was shut down in March. ''I mean, let's call it what it is: They're exhibition games for the playoffs,'' Marchand said. ''It's hard to have the same mentality as a playoff series. |
| Posted: 08/10/2020 |
| 2020 NHL Draft: Winner of No. 1 pick revealed at Phase 2 of NHL Draft Lottery |
| After the No. 1 pick went to a placeholder team - that would be eliminated in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers in the NHL's 24-team postseason under the Return to Play program - in Phase 1 of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery in June, the top pick for the 2020 NHL Draft was awarded to an actual team in Phase 2 of the lottery on Monday. |
| Posted: 08/10/2020 |
Yahoo!Sports
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| EASTERN CONFERENCE |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
GD |
PTS |
| 1. BOS |
70 |
44 |
14 |
12 |
53 |
100 |
| 2. TBL |
70 |
43 |
21 |
6 |
50 |
92 |
| 3. WSH |
69 |
41 |
20 |
8 |
25 |
90 |
| 4. PHI |
69 |
41 |
21 |
7 |
36 |
89 |
| 5. PIT |
69 |
40 |
23 |
6 |
28 |
86 |
| 6. TOR |
70 |
36 |
25 |
9 |
11 |
81 |
| 7. CAR* |
68 |
38 |
25 |
5 |
29 |
81 |
| 8. CBJ* |
70 |
33 |
22 |
15 |
-7 |
81 |
| 9. NYI |
68 |
35 |
23 |
10 |
-1 |
80 |
| 10. NYR |
70 |
37 |
28 |
5 |
12 |
79 |
| 11. FLA |
69 |
35 |
26 |
8 |
3 |
78 |
| 12. MTL |
71 |
31 |
31 |
9 |
-9 |
71 |
| 13. BUF |
69 |
30 |
31 |
8 |
-22 |
68 |
| 14. NJD |
69 |
28 |
29 |
12 |
-41 |
68 |
| 15. OTT |
71 |
25 |
34 |
12 |
-52 |
62 |
| 16. DET |
71 |
17 |
49 |
5 |
-122 |
39 |
| WESTERN CONFERENCE |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
GD |
PTS |
| 1. COL |
70 |
42 |
20 |
8 |
46 |
92 |
| 2. STL |
71 |
41 |
19 |
10 |
30 |
92 |
| 3. VGK |
71 |
39 |
24 |
8 |
16 |
86 |
| 4. EDM |
71 |
37 |
25 |
9 |
8 |
83 |
| 5. DAL |
69 |
37 |
24 |
8 |
3 |
82 |
| 6. CGY |
70 |
36 |
27 |
7 |
-5 |
79 |
| 7. WPG* |
71 |
37 |
28 |
6 |
13 |
80 |
| 8. VAN* |
69 |
36 |
27 |
6 |
11 |
78 |
| 9. NSH |
69 |
35 |
26 |
8 |
-2 |
78 |
| 10. MIN |
69 |
35 |
27 |
7 |
0 |
77 |
| 11. ARZ |
70 |
33 |
29 |
8 |
8 |
74 |
| 12. CHI |
70 |
32 |
30 |
8 |
-6 |
72 |
| 13. ANA |
71 |
29 |
32 |
9 |
-37 |
67 |
| 14. LAK |
70 |
29 |
35 |
6 |
-34 |
64 |
| 15. SJS |
70 |
29 |
36 |
5 |
-44 |
63 |
| ATLANTIC |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GD |
GA |
| BOS |
70 |
44 |
14 |
12 |
100 |
227 |
174 |
| TBL |
70 |
43 |
21 |
6 |
92 |
245 |
195 |
| TOR |
70 |
36 |
25 |
9 |
81 |
238 |
227 |
| FLA |
69 |
35 |
26 |
8 |
78 |
231 |
228 |
| MTL |
71 |
31 |
31 |
9 |
71 |
212 |
221 |
| BUF |
69 |
30 |
31 |
8 |
68 |
195 |
217 |
| OTT |
71 |
25 |
34 |
12 |
62 |
191 |
243 |
| DET |
71 |
17 |
49 |
5 |
39 |
145 |
267 |
| METROPOLITAN |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GD |
GA |
| WSH |
69 |
41 |
20 |
8 |
90 |
240 |
215 |
| PHI |
69 |
41 |
21 |
7 |
89 |
232 |
196 |
| PIT |
69 |
40 |
23 |
6 |
86 |
224 |
196 |
| CAR |
68 |
38 |
25 |
5 |
81 |
222 |
193 |
| CBJ |
70 |
33 |
22 |
15 |
81 |
180 |
187 |
| NYI |
68 |
35 |
23 |
10 |
80 |
192 |
193 |
| NYR |
70 |
37 |
28 |
5 |
79 |
234 |
222 |
| NJD |
69 |
28 |
29 |
12 |
68 |
189 |
230 |
| CENTRAL |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GD |
GA |
| COL |
70 |
42 |
20 |
8 |
92 |
237 |
191 |
| STL |
71 |
41 |
19 |
10 |
92 |
222 |
192 |
| DAL |
69 |
37 |
24 |
8 |
82 |
180 |
177 |
| WPG |
71 |
37 |
28 |
6 |
80 |
216 |
203 |
| NSH |
69 |
35 |
26 |
8 |
78 |
215 |
217 |
| MIN |
69 |
35 |
27 |
7 |
77 |
220 |
220 |
| CHI |
70 |
32 |
30 |
8 |
72 |
212 |
218 |
| PACIFIC |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GD |
GA |
| VGK |
71 |
39 |
24 |
8 |
86 |
227 |
211 |
| EDM |
71 |
37 |
25 |
9 |
83 |
225 |
217 |
| CGY |
70 |
36 |
27 |
7 |
79 |
210 |
215 |
| VAN |
69 |
36 |
27 |
6 |
78 |
228 |
217 |
| ARZ |
70 |
33 |
29 |
8 |
74 |
195 |
187 |
| ANA |
71 |
29 |
32 |
9 |
67 |
186 |
223 |
| LAK |
70 |
29 |
35 |
6 |
64 |
178 |
212 |
| SJS |
70 |
29 |
36 |
5 |
63 |
182 |
226 |
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