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NHL Playoffs Scores
The NHL postseason carried on with the conference quarterfinals, which included the Tampa Bay Lightning taking a 2-0 lead, the Florida Panthers and Chicago Blackhawks making it 1-1 in their series while the Nashville Predators opened their series against the Anaheim Ducks with a win.
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NHL Playoffs Scores
The second night of the NHL postseason has two teams winning on the road – the New York Islanders and San Jose Sharks. Menawhile, the Dallas Stars dominated the Minnesota Wild while the Washington Capitals were stingy in their victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
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NHL Playoffs – First Round Scores
The NHL playoffs begin with three home teams taking the lead in their series: The Pittsburgh Penguins demolishing the New York Rangers; the Tampa Bay Lightning squeaking by the Detroit Red Wings; and the St. Louis Blues, needing an overtime deflection to beat the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Best Regular Season Teams in NHL History
With an impressive 113 points after 75 games, the Washington Capitals are en route to finishing with one of the best records ever in an NHL regular season. However, of the 10 teams posting the most points ever in an NHL regular season, only two actually went on to win the Stanley Cup Finals. The Detroit Red Wings have three different teams in the top 10, the Boston Bruins show up twice and the Capitals are there as well from not too long ago, when a great regular season turned into first round disappointment.
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Top 10 Highest Paid NHL Players in 2015-2016
In the Top 10 of NHL biggest earners, there are two teams with more than one player on the list. The Minnesota Wild with Ryan Suter and Zach Parise, and the Pittsburgh Penguins with Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby.
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Fastest NHL Players to 500 Goals
By making it to 500 career goals, Alexander Ovechkin becomes the 10th player to do it in less than 900 games, joining the Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito and Manuel Richard among others on the prestigious list.
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2016 NHL Winter Classic (15 Photos)
When it comes to the NHL Winter Classic, the score of the game, in this case the Montreal Canadiens beating the Boston Bruins 5-1 on an icy Gillette Stadium field in Foxboro, isn’t as important as the event itself.
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10 Biggest NHL Arenas
Surprisingly, of the 10 biggest arenas in the NHL, only three share it with an NBA team from the same city. Four of the arenas are in Canada (Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Senators, Flames) and three others are in Northern US states (Blackhawks, Wild, Red Wings). St. Paul in Minnesota is the most Western city in the top 10 from South of the border.
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Longest Active NHL Playoff Droughts
Unlike the NFL, it’s rare to find NHL teams that have been away from the playoffs for more than three seasons. However, for the New Jersey Devils, Florida Panthers, Buffalo Sabres and especially the Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers, it’s getting difficult to remember what playing in the postseason feels like.
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NFL Rumors – Hall of Fame Preseason Game Beats Stanley Cup Ratings
Even when it comes to meaningless games, the NFL trumps everything else, as the 6.9 ratings for the hall of fame game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat viewing numbers of the 2015 Stanley Cup finale among other major sporting events.