“It was a big win for us obviously, but 8-0, 2-1, 3-1, it’s still one game,” Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman said. The Islanders could potentially be playing their final game at Nassau Coliseum, their home from 1972-2015 and again for much of the past three seasons. “We’ve just got to bring our best effort,” […]
“We’d play them twice on a weekend and it was a 120-minute game for four points. “I hated them all,” Red Wings forward Ted Lindsay said. The Final opened at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium, where the Red Wings and Canadiens split the first two games. Montreal then tied the series with a 4-1 win in Game […]
Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has recorded three consecutive series-clinching shutouts, in Game 6 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final against the Dallas Stars, Game 6 of the 2021 Stanley Cup First Round against the Florida Panthers and Game 5 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Second Round against the Carolina Hurricanes. It’s frustrating, and it […]
What impressed Suzuki is the way the Canadiens kept their composure in the third period when the Golden Knights were making a push. “I thought we played a great 60 minutes,” he said. Suzuki was traded with forward Tomas Tatar to Montreal in the deal that brought Pacioretty to Vegas on Sept. Obviously the skill […]
“I think it’s great, I think it’s good for hockey,” Leach, now 71, said Tuesday from his home on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. He’ll try to keep it alive in Game 6 at Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday . Leach, who was nicknamed “The Riverton Rifle” for a shot that helped him score 666 points in 934 […]
“We weren’t playing very well, so maybe we deserved it,” defenseman Brayden McNabb said. And that came from forward Max Pacioretty 4:09 into the third period of Game 5, when they were already behind 3-0. When the Golden Knights are at their best, they come in waves, rolling four lines, forechecking, sustaining pressure in the […]
“You wake up this morning and it’s a new day,” Islanders center Casey Cisikas said Tuesday. “If we were sitting here and we were just sitting in our backyard all the guys just having a cold one, we would be saying, ‘That wasn’t us last night. They are scheduled to begin playing at UBS Arena, […]
During the offseason, the Islanders re-signed defenseman Andy Greene, which allowed them to bring back every key skater from the team that lost to the Lightning in the 2020 Eastern Conference Final and added rookie Ilya Sorokin as the backup goalie to Semyon Varlamov. “I think you look at his track record, it speaks for […]
“Obviously, it’s great that we tied the series yesterday,” forward Jonathan Marchessault said the morning after a 2-1 overtime win in Montreal on Sunday. Marchessault brought up the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season, when the Golden Knights scored 12 goals in their last eight games. We’ve got to find a way and stop … We […]
Rene Robert, best known as the right wing of the Buffalo Sabres’ “French Connection” line of the 1970s, died Tuesday after he had a heart attack in Florida last week. In 1974-75, the Sabres’ fifth season in the NHL, Robert helped them reach the Stanley Cup Final, when they lost in six games to the […]
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Gallant was officially named the Rangers’ new coach, the 36th in team history, last Wednesday, replacing David Quinn, who was fired May 12. I said to my wife, ‘I hope this works out because New York would be a great spot to go.’ It’s a high-market team and it’s a good hockey team. Gallant led […]
“It’s a big win for us, obviously, but 8-0, 2-1, 3-1, it’s still one game,” Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman said Tuesday. The Lightning matched a Tampa Bay record for most goals in a Stanley Cup Playoff game in an 8-0 win Monday. Whether you lose you turn the page, or if you win you’ve got […]
Fleury has started 15 of 17 games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and is 9-6 with a 1.97 goals-against average, .921 save percentage and one shutout. “We’re professional athletes, and we’re all very, very competitive,” Vegas defenseman Nick Holden said. “They want to maybe put on a show for the home crowd,” Richardson said. If […]
Stamkos’ first goal of the Stanley Cup Semifinals came 45 seconds into Game 5 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, on Monday. “We talked about it, our line internally, we wanted to be better and we certainly were tonight. Stamkos had 11 shot attempts through the first four games, uncharacteristic for one of the League’s […]
The Lightning have not lost consecutive postseason games since the 2019 Eastern Conference First Round , including a 4-2 victory against the Islanders in Game 2 on June 15. We focus on the task at hand and the job at hand at that moment in time, so guys do a good job, adjustments are made […]
“I believe they want to be a leader in diversity, whether that’s racial diversity or gender diversity, on and off the ice with their hiring. “I’m working with John Forslund, who I would say is one of the best if not the best,” Brown said. “We are excited to welcome JT to the Kraken,” Seattle […]
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Fleury, who was voted a finalist by NHL general managers for the Vezina Trophy, which is awarded to the best goalie in the regular season, started 15 of the Golden Knights’ first 16 games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But he had not played since May 10, and the Golden Knights had one day to […]
“This is a day we can clear our heads, get away from the rink, get on the plane, enjoy the day, go home with your families and just kind of relax and prepare yourself to be ready for the morning skate on Monday,” Lightning forward Pat Maroon said. “Our group is really good when we […]