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Tag: Tyler Bozak

  • St. Louis Blues 2021-22 Season Preview

    St. Louis Blues 2021-22 Season Preview

    2020-21 record 27-20-9, 63 points 4th in the Honda NHL West Division Eliminated in the First Round by Colorado Additions: F Pavel Buchnevich (acquired from NYR), F Matthew Peca, F Brandon Saad, F Nathan Todd, D Tommy Cross, D Calle Rosén, G Charlie Lindgren Subtractions: F Sammy Blais (traded to NYR), F Mike Hoffman (signed…

  • Avs beat Blues, 5-1, and take a strong 3-0 series lead on the road

    Avs beat Blues, 5-1, and take a strong 3-0 series lead on the road

    The Colorado Avalanche are one win away from sweeping the St. Louis Blues and advancing to the 2021 Second Round after winning, 5-1, in Game 3 at Enterprise Center on the road Friday night. Philipp Grubauer (3-0, 1.67 goals-against average, .944 save percentage in three games played) turned aside 31 out of 32 shots faced…

  • MacKinnon’s hat trick gives Avs 2-0 series lead

    MacKinnon’s hat trick gives Avs 2-0 series lead

    Nathan MacKinnon scored a hat trick as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the St. Louis Blues, 6-3, in Game 2 of their 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round series on Wednesday, but that’s not the only big thing to have happened in the matchup. Avalanche forward, Nazem Kadri, is likely to face supplemental discipline from the…

  • What a trip, Blues win, 2-1, can win Cup in Game 6

    The St. Louis Blues are one win away from lifting Lord Stanley’s Cup after a controversial non-call tipped the scales in their, 2-1, victory over the Boston Bruins at TD Garden Thursday night. Jordan Binnington (15-9 record, 2.46 goals against average, .913 save percentage in 22 games played this postseason) stopped 38 out of 39…

  • Krug, Bruins, rout Blues, 7-2, in Game 3

    Torey Krug had a four-point night (goal, three assists)– setting a franchise record for most points in a Stanley Cup Final game– and Patrice Bergeron had a three-point night (goal, two assists) as the Boston Bruins stomped the St. Louis Blues, 7-2, in Game 3 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final on Saturday. Boston improved…

  • 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final Preview

    If you didn’t learn your lesson from the First Round to the Second Round, hopefully you’ve learned it by now, because their is no “Third Chance Bracket”. Yes, it’s time for the Conference Finals in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs, ladies and gentlemen, and this year in the Western Conference it’s a familiar duo going…

  • DTFR Podcast #149- SnapFace with Zach Boychuk

    DTFR Podcast #149- SnapFace with Zach Boychuk

    We’re less than a month away from the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs, so let’s take a gander at how things should shape up for the Central Division. The Tampa Bay Lightning clinched the first postseason berth this season, Quinn Hughes signed his entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks, Shane Wright was granted exceptional status and…

  • Boston’s singing the Blues, lose 2-1 in shootout to St. Louis

    Two red-hot teams collided at Enterprise Center on Saturday afternoon, whereby the home team, St. Louis Blues topped the Boston Bruins, 2-1, in a shootout. The Blues have won 12 out of their last 13 games and the Bruins’ seven-game winning streak was snapped. Jordan Binnington (14-2-1 record, 1.70 goals against average, .934 save percentage…

  • Game of the week: October 15-21

    It’s time for another DtFR Game of the Week! First and foremost, let’s take a look at all the games I neglected earlier this week: NHL SCHEDULE: OCTOBER 15-21 TIME (ALL TIMES EASTERN) VISITOR HOST NATIONAL BROADCAST(S)/ Result Monday, October 15 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Toronto 1-4 7:30 p.m. Detroit Montréal 3-7 7:30 p.m. Dallas…

  • Toronto Maple Leafs 2018-2019 Season Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs 49-26-7, 105 points, third in the Atlantic Division Lost in First Round to Boston, 4-3 Additions: RW Adam Cracknell, F Tyler Ennis, C Josh Jooris, C Par Lindholm, G Eamon McAdam, D Igor Ozhiganov, D Jordan Subban, C John Tavares Subtractions: F Miro Aaltonen (signed with Vityaz Podolsk, KHL), RW Kyle Baun (signed with…