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NHL Playoffs – New York Rangers Finish the Job, Montreal Canadiens Begin Vacation
In Game 6 of their series with the Montreal Canadiens, the New York Rangers put on their best and most dominant performance. The problem? The puck simply wouldn’t go in, but eventually Dustin Tokarski was beaten with a late second period goal from Dominic Moore, sending his team to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years, taking the series 4-2 with a 1-0 win.
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NHL Playoffs – Chicago Blackhawks Rule Overtime, Los Angeles Kings Can’t Finish
In the first overtime game of the Western Conference finals, we also got a double, in which the Chicago Blackhawks managed to keep this series going a bit longer with a 5-4 win thanks to a goal from veteran Michal Handzus, while the Los Angeles Kings finished on closing things out, still leading 3-2 and headed […]
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NHL Playoffs – Montreal Canadiens Still Alive, New York Rangers Slightly Stunned
Teams with their backs to the wall usually find something extra, and the Montreal Canadiens, constantly outplayed in the Eastern Conference Finals, found that special thing in the form of Rene Bourque, scoring a hat-trick including the two most important goals for his side as they beat the New York Rangers 7-4 to find themselves back in the series, still behind 3-2 but feeling completely different heading into game 6.
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NHL Playoffs – Los Angeles Kings Look Like Champions, Chicago Blackhawks are Anything But
The Los Angeles Kings might not be the defending Stanley Cup champions, but they’re making the ones that are, the Chicago Blackhawks, look like a team that’s a bit in over their head, as the Kings take a 3-1 series lead in the Western conference finals thanks to an early blitz that led them to a 5-2 win and putting the early favorites on the brink of elimination.
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NHL Playoffs – New York Rangers Very Close, Montreal Canadiens Out of Options
We’ve already seen in these NHL playoffs that initial home ice advantage means nothing, and the New York Rangers are close to proving that again as they take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern conference finals, beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 with an overtime goal of non other than Martin St. Louis as they had back to Canada with a chance to finish off the series.
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NHL Playoffs – Los Angeles Kings Look Confident, Chicago Blackhawks Getting Outplayed
Last year this series at the same stage of the playoffs looked completely different. Now? The Los Angeles Kings take a 2-1 lead in the series after beating the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in game 3 thanks to three straight goals in the second and third periods to take over the clash, with Jeff Carter in exceptional form, adding a goal and two assists.
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NHL Playoffs – Montreal Canadiens Getting Physical, New York Rangers Getting Testy
The Montreal Canadiens had nothing to lose as they went into the Madison Square Garden behind by two games. Despite using their replacement in goal, Dustin Tokarski, they did fine under the pressure from the New York Rangers, coming away with the 3-2 overtime win to get their first victory of the series, making it 2-1.
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NHL Playoffs – Los Angeles Kings Thrive Late, Chicago Blackhawks Slightly Stunned
We’ve seen the Los Angeles Kings raise their game countless times with their backs to the wall in recent years, but their 6-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks and especially their performance in the third period, scoring five unanswered goals while Jeff Carter scores a hat-trick in 15 minutes, left quite a few jaws dropped, making it an even series at 1-1.
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NHL Playoffs – New York Rangers Take Promising Lead, Montreal Canadiens Look Clueless
Home court advantage or taking an early lead isn’t helping the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern conference finals as the New York Rangers beat them 3-1 to take a 2-0 lead despite playing away from home and going down early to a Max Pacioretty. Ryan McDonagh, Rick Nash and of course Martin St. Louis had no problem turning the tide, as the Bell Centre “curse” seems to be something in ancient history.
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NHL Playoffs – Chicago Blackhawks & Los Angeles Kings in Familiar Territory
Another Western conference final in the NHL playoffs, and once again the Los Angeles Kings are trying to keep up with the much better Chicago Blackhawks. They couldn’t in game 1, losing 3-1, finding it very difficult to beat Corey Crawford or stop Jonathan Toews when it mattered the most.