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  • Game of the week: February 18-24

    Red alert: the NHL trade deadline is two days away! Take a look at this week’s games that likely shaped every GM’s “buyer or seller” debate. NHL SCHEDULE: February 18-24 TIME (ALL TIMES EASTERN) VISITOR HOST NATIONAL BROADCAST(S)/Result Monday, February 18 4 p.m. Arizona Calgary 2-5 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay Columbus 5-1 8:30 p.m. Ottawa…

  • Game of the week: December 17-23

    The holiday break is so close we can almost taste it, but there’s still a little more work to be done before the NHL begins its three-day break on Monday. Without further ado, this week’s offerings include: NHL SCHEDULE: December 17-23 TIME (ALL TIMES EASTERN) VISITOR HOST NATIONAL BROADCAST(S)/ Result Monday, December 17 7 p.m.…

  • Game of the week: October 22-28

    Week 3 of the DtFR Game of the Week series is due today, so let’s take a look at our options! NHL SCHEDULE: OCTOBER 22-28 TIME (ALL TIMES EASTERN) VISITOR HOST NATIONAL BROADCAST(S)/ Result Monday, October 22 7 p.m. Colorado Philadelphia 4-1 7:30 p.m. Carolina Detroit 3-1 8 p.m. St. Louis Winnipeg 4-5 (OT) 10…

  • 2018-19 NHL Schedule Analysis

    It’s that time of year again – it’s time to analyze the NHL’s schedule for the upcoming season. As mentioned in last year’s edition of this post, these sorts of columns aren’t usually associated with the NHL due in large part to the fact that every team plays every other team at least twice –…

  • Fleury off to third-straight Stanley Cup Final

      The Campbell Bowl is the possession of the Vegas Golden Knights after they beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 at Bell MTS Place in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. Winnipeg did all it could to win this game and prolong its postseason: the Jets matched Vegas in shots on goal (32 apiece), earned…

  • Vegas escapes whiteout with 3-1 victory

      With a 3-1 Game 2 victory at Bell MTS Place, the Vegas Golden Knights have leveled their Western Conference Finals series with the Winnipeg Jets at one game apiece. As would be expected from the Winnipeg Whiteout crowd, all the energy was with the Jets at the opening puck drop. In fact, the fan-power…

  • Jettisoned: Predators bow out in Game 7, Jets punch Conference Finals ticket

      Well there you have it, folks. The second round of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs has come to a close with an almost-fitting end to the series that played out exactly how we thought it would without ever really playing out how we thought it would. Perhaps the most hyped matchup of the postseason,…

  • Preds force Game 7 with 4-0 victory

      With First Star of the Game F Filip Forsberg and Third Star W Viktor Arvidsson splitting the goals and Second Star G Pekka Rinne posting a 34-save shutout, the Nashville Predators took Game 6 4-0 at Bell MTS Place against the Winnipeg Jets to force a winner-take-all Game 7 in three days. Arvidsson wasted…

  • Crashville: Preds crumble after strong start, Jets take 2-1 series lead

      So, uh, which one of these teams is supposedly the one with the roster full of seasoned vets that have been there before and can’t be rattled, again? In a series that was just about as hyped as Avengers: Infinity War, we expected to see plenty of crazy, unexpected stuff. But, much like with…

  • Hellebuyck steals Game 1 for Winnipeg

      With 47 saves from First Star of the Game and Vezina finalist G Connor Hellebuyck, the Winnipeg Jets beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 at Bridgestone Arena in Game 1 of their Western Conference Semifinal. Hockey is a bizarre, incredible game in that one side can absolutely dominate play by out-shooting the opposition 20-4 (yes,…