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  • Game of the week: January 14-20

    It’s the final week before the All-Star Break that features all 31 teams in action! Let’s take a look at the schedule: NHL SCHEDULE: January 14-20 TIME (ALL TIMES EASTERN) VISITOR HOST NATIONAL BROADCAST(S)/Result Monday, January 14 7 p.m. Colorado Toronto 6-3 7 p.m. Chicago New Jersey 5-8 7 p.m. Minnesota Philadelphia 4-7 7 p.m.…

  • Game of the week: December 10-16

    With the holiday season and the league’s December 19 roster freeze on the horizon, the NHL schedule rages on with 51 fixtures scheduled for this week. NHL SCHEDULE: December 10-16 TIME (ALL TIMES EASTERN) VISITOR HOST NATIONAL BROADCAST(S)/Result Monday, December 10 7 p.m. Pittsburgh Penguins New York Islanders 2-1 (SO) 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Detroit…

  • Game of the week: October 29-November 4

    As the calendar flips from October to November, the NHL’s powers are beginning to flex their muscles while the league’s less-talented members are already counting the days until April 6. Some of that can be seen in the games already played this week (take a look at what a good Devils team suffered in its…

  • 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 –…

  • Burakovsky and Holtby lead Caps to Cup Finals

      With his second-straight shutout of the Tampa Bay Lightning, First Star of the Game G Braden Holtby lead the Washington Capitals to a 4-0 Game 7 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Capitals entered this game with a 7-2 record away…

  • Vasilevskiy makes ECF a best-of-three series

      By winning Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals 4-2 at Capital One Arena, the Tampa Bay Lightning have reclaimed home-ice advantage from the Washington Capitals by leveling the series at two victories apiece. With Washington out-shooting the visiting Lightning 38-20, no Bolt deserves more credit for the victory than First Star of the…

  • Victor’s Bolts “Heded” in right direction after Game 3 win

      On a dark and stormy night in the District of Columbia, the Tampa Bay Lightning pulled off the Eastern Conference Finals’ third-straight road victory by beating the Washington Capitals 4-2 at Capital One Arena in Game 3. Just like Game 2 was all about the Capitals’ offense, the same can be said about Tampa’s…

  • Caps’ attack too much for Bolts; win Game 1 4-2

      After a 4-2 victory at Amalie Arena over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1, home ice in the Eastern Conference Finals now belongs to the Washington Capitals. Between the actual 2-0 score and the fact that the Caps led 9-2 in shots on goal, we get a rather accurate impression of how the…

  • A (forked) Tale of 3 Periods: Devils drop Game 2 to Lightning, but can build on strong play.

      Often times, hockey games can be looked at as stories. Three separate periods of play strung together as a single narrative, often carrying a common theme among them. Then, there are games like this one. Games where each 20 minute segment is entirely its own, almost entirely unrelated to one another. In a way,…

  • Deal(t) with the Devil: Tampa fends off scrappy New Jersey to take Game 1

      Funny thing, hockey. In one corner we have the Atlantic Division champion Tampa Bay Lightning, a team that for long stretches of the year looked nigh-on immortal, and made ritual of beating basically everyone who dared stand in their path. In the other corner stands a New Jersey squad that just squeaked into the…