Nhl playoffs

2022 - 4 - 27

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The Columbus Blue Jackets Fan Bandwagon Guide to the 2022 ... (The Cannon)

Just because the Columbus Blue Jackets aren't in the postseason doesn't mean you can't still root for someone else!

The Avalanche led the league in points for most of the season despite ever star on the roster missing a handful of games at a minimum. A bona-fide start at the number one center position, a multiple-time Norris finalist on defense, depth and savvy moves have led to one of the most well-rounded contenders that you’ll see in this postseason. This is THE chance for this club. Kirill Kaprizov is one of the most electric players in the NHL, Marc-Andre Fleury has solidified a shaky goaltending situation, but most importantly? Ville Husso and Robert Thomas have steadied a franchise that was teetering and led them back to the postseason. Chris Kreider had 50 goals this season without ever scoring 30 in a year before this year, and Igor Shesterkin has a 2.03 GAA and a .936 SV% this year to stake a claim to the Hart Trophy and almost certainly win the Vezina. They were doubted for a long time this year, but have hung around enough to be the Metro’s second seed. Nashville is a Tier 1 building to see a game in, and cheering for that madness is perfectly acceptable. If you like cheering for small market teams without a track record of success, but also want some connection to the Blue Jackets, this is your team. The Rangers were a power play and a goaltender for most of the season, but they’ve somehow developed into a good 5 on 5 team down the stretch, which makes them dangerous. Read on, find the one the lines up most quickly with what you value in a team, and hitch your wagon to them for the next two weeks to two months! You’re mostly cheering for this team because you want to see someone not named Pittsburgh or Washington win the Metro division, which is fine, but you can do better. You are probably related to Brad Marchand, or you have a Tom Brady jersey in the closet.

NHL playoff bracket: Western Conference matchups, seeding, teams ... (DraftKings Nation)

We take a look at how the West matchups are shaping up heading into the 2021-22 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Preds and Stars are both tied in the wild card spots and can swap. The Blues only have one game left, so the Wild have a slight advantage with the game in hand. No. 1 Calgary Flames (110 pts) vs. No. 2 Minnesota Wild (109 pts) vs. No. 3 St. Louis Blues (109 pts) We’re into the final week of the 2021-22 NHL regular season and there’s still a ton that is undecided in the Western Conference playoff picture.

The Stanley Cup playoff picture is becoming clearer | CBC Sports (CBC.ca)

CBC Sports' daily newsletter looks at what's settled and what's still up for grabs in the final three nights of the NHL regular season.

Australia (3-4) and the United States (4-3). The playoffs start Friday, and the final is Saturday. Peterman and Gallant are trying to become the first Canadian team to take the title in the 14-year history of the mixed doubles worlds. The teams that finish second and third in the two groups have to play their way into the semis. Starting this year, the hashmarks will be moved closer to the middle of the field to give offences more of the field to work with. With two games left in their round-robin slate in Switzerland, the Canadians are assured of a top-three finish in Group B and a spot in the six-team playoffs. St. Louis. They'll finish second and third in the Central Division, but the order (and home ice advantage) is still up in the air as these teams are tied in points. Auston Matthews all but sewed up his second straight Maurice Richard Trophy by scoring his 59th and 60th goals in Toronto's 3-0 win over Detroit. The 24-year-old is both the first Maple Leaf and the first U.S.-born player to score 60 in a season. The next three guys in the race are all from Canadian teams: Calgary's Johnny Gaudreau (113), Draisaitl (109) and Matthews (106). If McDavid wins, it'll be the fourth scoring title in six years for the 25-year-old. Draisaitl's teammate Connor McDavid put a stranglehold on the Art Ross Trophy race by racking up four points in last night's 5-1 win over Pittsburgh. With 122 points, McDavid is seven up on Florida's Jonathan Huberdeau, who has only two games remaining. Only three of the seven Canadian teams will be in the playoffs. (If Vegas somehow makes it, they'll be the lower wild card and face Colorado, which has clinched the No. 1 seed.) Toronto will finish second in the Atlantic Division and have home-ice advantage against its first-round opponent. Toronto and Calgary's opponents are still TBD. The Vegas loss ensured the idle Kings will finish third in the Pacific Division. They'll face the Oilers, who clinched second place (and home-ice advantage vs. With three nights left in the regular season, 15 of the 16 playoff entries are now set, while the races for some major individual awards are close to being resolved.

Wake With Elias- April 27, 2022: Canucks Win, Yet Still Lose (Nucks Misconduct)

In a battle for their playoff lives, the Canucks did exactly what they needed to do last night, as they got a three point night out of Quinn Hughes, ...

Instead, we saw that there might be something to build on for the future, as they clawed their way out of the basement and up the Western Conference standings, and showing marked improvement in a number of areas along the way. We’ll have our Eastern and Western Conference playoff previews, as well as the return of Law And Order: SBN as we get playoff teams to argue their cases before the NM jury. Under Bruce Boudreau, they went on a 32-15-8 clip, and have a chance to add two more wins to that total Thursday against LA and Friday as they finish the season in Edmonton. Getting this close to the playoffs just simply wasn’t supposed to happen after a historically bad start, so the coaching staff and the players deserve full credit for refusing to surrender when it would have been easy to just play it out and look forward to next year. In a battle for their playoff lives, the Canucks did exactly what they needed to do last night, as they got a three point night out of Quinn Hughes, and Spencer Martin picked up his 2nd career win, stopping 30 of 32 Seattle Kraken shots en route to a 5-2 win at Rogers Arena last night. After a 4-1 loss to Pittsburgh on December 4th, the Canucks had a record of 8-15-2. You really couldn’t have asked for more than we got out of this team after December 5th, when the team fired GM Jim Benning, Head Coach Travis Green and some of their assistants.

Avalanche or Flames? What to expect from the Dallas Stars ... (Leader-Telegram)

With a 4-3 OT loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday night, the Stars have clinched a playoff spot.

NHL playoff bracket: Eastern Conference matchups, seeding, teams ... (DraftKings Nation)

We take a look at how the East matchups are shaping up heading into the 2021-22 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Historically, you’ve got to think Boston would be thrilled with that matchup, as well as everyone working at the League. No. 1 Carolina Hurricanes (114 pts) vs. As the 2021-22 NHL regular season comes to a close, there’s still a bit that needs to be decided out of the Eastern Conference. Right now, the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes are locked into the top seeds out of the Metro and Atlantic divisions, respectively.