| UPCOMING GAMES |
| 5/26 |
LAK at SJS | | 5/28 |
SJS at LAK |
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LAST 10 GAMES
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| 5/23 |
SJS 0 at LAK 3 |
Lost |
F |
| 5/21 |
LAK 1 at SJS 2 |
Won |
F |
| 5/18 |
LAK 1 at SJS 2 |
Won |
OT |
| 5/16 |
SJS 3 at LAK 4 |
Lost |
F |
| 5/14 |
SJS 0 at LAK 2 |
Lost |
F |
| 5/7 |
VAN 3 at SJS 4 |
Won |
OT |
| 5/5 |
VAN 2 at SJS 5 |
Won |
F |
| 5/3 |
SJS 3 at VAN 2 |
Won |
OT |
| 5/1 |
SJS 3 at VAN 1 |
Won |
F |
| 4/27 |
SJS 2 at LAK 3 |
Lost |
F |
| Won-6 Lost-4 OT-0 |
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| NHL Three Stars: James Neal’s hat trick leads Penguins to victory (Puck Daddy) |
| No. 1 Star: James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins
It was epic Neal time in Pittsburgh as the winger scored thrice in the Penguins' 6-2 rout of the Senators , leading his club into the third round of the 2013 postseason. Enjoy this clip of all three goals, unless you're a Senators fan, in which case, maybe just skip ahead:
No. 2 Star: Kris Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins
Letang was all over the ice, setting up the Penguins' second goal from behind the net, scoring the eventual game-winner, and adding another assist on Neal's hat trick goal. With three points on the night, Letang finished the series with 10 points. He's a defenceman. |
| Posted: 05/24/2013 |
| LA Kings' fundamental skills are paying off (The Associated Press) |
| EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Less than three minutes into Game 5, Matt Greene spotted TJ Galiardi loitering in front of the Los Angeles Kings' net. Greene flattened the agitating San Jose forward with a nasty hit, sending Galiardi's stick flying as he fell. |
| Posted: 05/24/2013 |
| Don Cherry backs Alfie; don’t write off Chicago; NHL draft map (Puck Headlines) (Puck Daddy) |
| Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
• Detroit Lions' defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh discovers the difference between the NHL and the NFL in his fair city., At football games, people throw flags. At hockey games, they throw cephalopods.
• Don Cherry stands up for maligned realist Daniel Alfredsson. [ Ottawa Sun ]
• Cam Charron on why it would be unwise to write off the Chicago Blackhawks just yet. I haven't read it or anything, but I'll just assume it says, "because they're really good and stuff." [ Backhand Shelf ]
• Jonathan Toews after Game 4. "Eventually, something's got to give. We're too good a team. We've got too much talent. For as hard as we're working, something's got to go our way." [ MLive ]
• An interactive visualization of the NHL drafts of yore. This is very, very cool stuff from Sarah Connors. [ Stanley Cup of Chowder ]
• The last time the Penguins had a chance to close out an opponent in a Game 5 at home, in 2011, they lost big, both in the game and, eventually, the series. What can they learn from that fiasco, besides "don't let this happen again"? [ Post-Gazette ]
• Logan Couture, on whether he's talked to good buddy Drew Doughty. "“No nothing, nothing. I’ve just talked to our friends. We have a group of mutual friends, about five to six guys, so I’ve texted them. But, I haven’t talked to Drew at all. It’s probably going to hold that way for another week.” [ Mayor's Manor ]
• The San Jose Sharks would prefer that their series with the Los Angeles Kings goes seven games. One suspects they didn't prefer that when the series began, but here we are. [ Mercury News ]
• So the Bruins lost one game. Big deal. Don't panic. It's not like they're going to lose the next three. When has that ever happened before? [ CSNNE ]
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| Posted: 05/24/2013 |
| Liz Habib is back with another classic LA Kings highlights gaffe (Video) (Puck Daddy) |
| Based on the last two seasons, we’re working on a theory about the Los Angeles Kings: Their success in the postseason is in direct proportion with the amount of incredible gaffes and bloopers the local media makes about the team and its players.
For example: Liz Habib is a sports reporter for FOX 11 in Los Angeles. She occasionally does LA Kings highlights. In the playoffs, they tend to go horribly, horribly wrong.
So with 10 minutes left in the third period of Game 4, Willie Mitchell scored for the Los Angeles Kings to cut the San Jose Sharks’ lead to 2-1.
Except it wasn’t Willie Mitchell, who has three career playoff goals in 71 games. It was Mike Richards, who has 22 in 94 games.
Because Willie Mitchell wasn’t playing in Game 4.
Because Willie Mitchell hasn’t played since Game 6 of the 2012 Stanley Cup Final.
Because Willie Mitchell’s knee is so [expletived] that he’ll likely miss parts of the 2013-14 season.
But we do appreciate Liz’s mathematical explanation concerning what happens when a team in a 2-2 series wins Game 5.
If Liz Habib’s name rings a bell, perhaps the name “Brad Doty” rings one. Yes, she was the sportscaster behind the Greatest Highlights Train Wreck of the 2013 Playoffs.
Please advance, LA Kings. YouTube needs you. |
| Posted: 05/24/2013 |
| NHL Three Stars: Howard, Quick toss shutouts; Rangers survive sweep (Puck Daddy) |
| Tom Cruise watched top gun and legend Anze Kopitar, far and away their best forward, make it rain, man, and help push the Sharks into oblivion as the Kings won this war of the worlds with their eyes wide shut. [ NHL Video ]
No. 1 Star: Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
The Red Wings goalie made 28 saves for his second career shutout, as Detroit won Game 4 over the Chicago Blackhawks, 2-0. He was especially good in the third period as the Blackhawks turned on the offense. Detroit leads the series, 3-1.
No. 2 Star: Derek Stepan, New York Rangers
The Rangers needed someone to make a play. Stepan did, twice. He stripped Zdeno Chara of the puck and scored to tie the Boston Bruins in the third period, 2-2. After Tyler Seguin’s goal gave Boston the lead again, Stepan set up Brian Boyle for another tying goal on the power play, where the Rangers were the worst team left in the postseason. New York won Game 4, 4-3 in overtime, on a Chris Kreider goal. Here’s the Stepan strip-and-score, helping the Rangers stay alive in the postseason. |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| Kings nullify Sharks bite to take 3-2 series lead (Reuters) |
| (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Kings regained control of their Western Conference semi-final against the San Jose Sharks with a convincing 3-0 Game Five victory on Thursday to move one win away from claiming a series triumph. The defending Stanley Cup champions maintained the series theme of home-ice domination to seize a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven set before the teams return to San Jose for Game Six on Sunday. ... |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| NHL-Kings nullify Sharks bite to take 3-2 series lead (Reuters) |
| May 23 (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Kings regained control of their Western Conference semi-final against the San Jose Sharks with a convincing 3-0 Game Five victory on Thursday to move one win away from claiming a series triumph. The defending Stanley Cup champions maintained the series theme of home-ice domination to seize a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven set before the teams return to San Jose for Game Six on Sunday. ... |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| Stanley Cup Beard Watch: The Ginger Beard Edition (Puck Daddy) |
| (Ed. Note: We're proud to welcome back two of our favorite bloggers, Chuck and Pants from What's Up, Ya Sieve? , to the Puck Daddy fold as they author our weekly NHL Playoff Beard Watch every Thursday.)
By Chuck and Pants from What's Up, Ya Sieve?
Never in considering playoff beards or writing this informative and newsworthy weekly feature did we expect to find that so many people share our affinity for ginger beards. You’re all into hockey, that’s enough to make us friends. This common captivation with facial hair takes our relationship to the next level.
Since we’ve made ginger beards a thing, it’s time to give them their due. Last week, we mentioned Daniel Alfredsson and Brian Bickell’s impressive contributions. Here are the rest of The Best 2013 Ginger Beards, from rusty to rosy and everything in between.
Dougie Hamilton, Boston Bruins - GBR (Ginger Beard Rookie)
Sure, Dougie is a rookie, and he looks a bit like Beaker from “The Muppet Show,” but his ginger beard is not to be ignored. The 19-year-old Bruins defenseman comes to his first playoff run with the beginning of a epic, day-glo scruff. Somewhere on a golf course, Claude Giroux is wicked jealous.
We’re counting on Dougie to represent the Animal/Elmo beard that few true redheads last long enough in the playoffs to achieve. Should the Bruins make it to the Finals, this beard might require us to invest in new sunglasses. We wouldn’t want to burn out our corneas.
P.S. Imagine if he had the beard PLUS this haircut? Just a suggestion, DH. There’s a BeardWatch Award for this.
Martin Havlat, San Jose Sharks - AYB (All-Year Beard)
Who says that the Irish do ginger best? This Czech winger is not only an originator of the MGB (Mysteriously Ginger Beard), but his copper-colored facial accoutrement has a brogue so thick we have absolutely no idea what it’s saying. This beard has a pint of Guinness and a full Irish Breakfast, complete with blood pudding, before hitting the ice.
This beard’s favorite band? U2.
This beard’s favorite actor? Liam Neeson. This beard has 11 brothers - Patty, Marky, Nicky, Andy, Danny, Joey, Timmy, Tommy, Matty, Scotty...and Brent.
Sure he wears this beard year-round, but Havlat’s been in and out of the lineup with a recurring injury, so we’ll give him a pass.
Dan Cleary, Detroit Red Wings - Red Storm Rising
Red and orange fall next to each other in the rainbow, and Dan Cleary is sporting every shade in between to demonstrate the true nature of ginger. A little bit orange, a little bit rock and roll, this beard has not backed down in the face of the #1 seed. It’s gunning for an upset in the Western Conference.
For once we can see when Pierre wants to stand so close - look at all the pretty colors.
James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins - #Gingerbeard
Our favorite (and oft-cited) beard, we’ve been referring to Neal simply as #Gingerbeard since the playoffs started. We were hoping that saying it three times in the mirror could make it magically appear on the scoresheet (instead of in the penalty box). Last night, we got our wish. Neal had two goals - and zero penalties.
We also uncovered a conspiracy between Neal’s interviews on Root Sports (US) and CBC (Canada). Look at this beard:
WHAT?! It’s ginger either way, but Canada’s RGB - I mean the color model, but this could also stand for Ridiculously Ginger Beard - is cranked all the way up. American TV lighting dims the #Gingerbeard while Canada shines it so brightly you could stick a maple leaf on it and wave it with pride. Are our neighbors to the north intentionally making ginger beards appear even more ginger?
Canada, you’re doing it right.
Matt Greene, Los Angeles Kings - The Once and Future Beard
An honorable mention of sorts, Matt Greene returned to the Kings lineup in Game 4 after missing almost a month of play due to injury. He didn’t spend that hiatus cheating on his beard either. Last year, his red-blond beard was a glorious Game of Thrones tribute by the Final. If LA can bounce back against the Sharks, it shouldn’t take Matt too long to return to his ruddy form. Like an iron heating up, the farther the Kings go, the redder this beard gets. |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| Sharks, Kings dive into embellishment accusations, because it’s the thing to do now (Puck Daddy) |
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Back in Round 1, Kevin Bieksa of the Vancouver Canucks took a moment to suggest that the San Jose Sharks occasionally dabbled in embellishment . It was a fairly transparent bit of gamesmanship, and even moreso after he gave a second performance of the monologue, this time with props.
It didn't work, either. Thereafter, the Canucks won zero games.
But that didn't discourage San Jose Sharks' winger T.J. Galiardi from trying out the tactic himself. On Thursday, Galiardi had a few words to say about LA Kings' goaltender Jonathan Quick.
He's Quick on the ice and quick to the ice, if you catch my meaning. From the Mercury News:
"What kind of bugs me about him, I don't know if I should say it, but a little embellishment every now and then," Galiardi said before the team left for Los Angeles for Game 5 on Thursday at Staples Center. "You skate by and you don't even touch him or you barely even touch him and he's throwing his hands in the air. So that's one of those things.
Galiardi is speaking, as you'd expect, from experience. He was sent to the box for goaltender interference in the second period of Game 4, and he was almost sent again for the same infraction before he could even get back to the bench. After the Sharks killed off his penalty, he chased Slava Voynov into the LA end on the San Jose's final zone clear, and as he skated by the goal, he clipped Quick's skate.
The goaltender dropped.
But, just like on the ice, the Kings stand up for their goaltender. It was Drew Doughty who rushed to Quick's defense this time around, and he took about the same approach to dismissing Galiardi's observations that the Sharks took in dismissing Kevin Bieksa's: no, you are. |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| Hockey Hugs: Zdeno Chara, single dad; Good morning, Swiss bliss; Patrick loves Marian (Puck Daddy) |
| Hockey Hugs is a feature that celebrates the best in hugging from around the sport of hockey, because who doesn't love a good hug now and then? Have you seen a particularly good hug photo lately? Send it to puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or Tweet it to @HarrisonMooney .
Welcome once again to hockey hugs, the Puck Daddy feature that's all about the love.
We're into the second round of the playoffs, and it's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the hugs just keep getting more and more meaningful the further into the postseason you go. On the other hand, the variety is beginning to dwindle.
Fortunately, many of the teams remaining have characters you can't help but chuckle at. The San Jose Sharks, for instance, have the Wookiee Brent Burns. What's he howling? Why, he's swearing a life-debt to Marc-Edouard Vlasic, just like Chewbacca!
Meanwhile, the Boston Bruins are led by, basically, the Iron Giant in a spoked B, so they're going to produce a lot of great big-guy-little-guy shots. Case in point, this photo, where Brad Marchand looks less like a teammate and more like a troll that rides around on his back.
Coming up: more hugs, unsurprisingly. We've been doing this awhile now. You know how it works. |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
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| GAME STATS |
|
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
| HOME |
28 |
21 |
2 |
5 |
| AWAY |
29 |
10 |
17 |
2 |
| TOTAL |
57 |
31 |
19 |
7 |
| MAY STATS |
|
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
| HOME |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| AWAY |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
9 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
| PACIFIC DIVISION |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
| ANA |
48 |
30 |
12 |
6 |
66 |
140 |
118 |
| LAK |
48 |
27 |
16 |
5 |
59 |
133 |
118 |
| SJS |
48 |
25 |
16 |
7 |
57 |
124 |
116 |
| PHX |
48 |
21 |
18 |
9 |
51 |
125 |
131 |
| DAL |
48 |
22 |
22 |
4 |
48 |
130 |
142 |
| WESTERN CONFERENCE |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
DF |
PTS |
| 1. CHI* |
48 |
36 |
7 |
5 |
53 |
77 |
| 2. ANA* |
48 |
30 |
12 |
6 |
22 |
66 |
| 3. VAN* |
48 |
26 |
15 |
7 |
6 |
59 |
| 4. STL |
48 |
29 |
17 |
2 |
14 |
60 |
| 5. LAK |
48 |
27 |
16 |
5 |
15 |
59 |
| 6. SJS |
48 |
25 |
16 |
7 |
8 |
57 |
| 7. DET |
48 |
24 |
16 |
8 |
9 |
56 |
| 8. MIN |
48 |
26 |
19 |
3 |
-5 |
55 |
| 9. CBJ |
48 |
24 |
17 |
7 |
1 |
55 |
| 10. PHX |
48 |
21 |
18 |
9 |
-6 |
51 |
| 11. DAL |
48 |
22 |
22 |
4 |
-12 |
48 |
| 12. EDM |
48 |
19 |
22 |
7 |
-9 |
45 |
| 13. CGY |
48 |
19 |
25 |
4 |
-32 |
42 |
| 14. NSH |
48 |
16 |
23 |
9 |
-28 |
41 |
| 15. COL |
48 |
16 |
25 |
7 |
-36 |
39 |
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