The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread

[aurik]

On 4/19/2025 at 9:41 PM, KarateKen said:

The first day of the 2025 playoffs are in the books.  Jets beat the Blues 5-3 but don't stress yet @aurik the Blues played tough and were ahead for more of the game than they were behind.  Plus, the last two seasons the Jets won the first game then lost the next four.  Long way to go, we are just getting started. 

 

I'm not too worried about my Blues @KarateKen -- they made the mistake of finding themselves up 3-2 and took their foot off the gas.  If they can play all 3 periods like they played the last 2, they should have a really good chance to win this series.

[KarateKen]

Four games on Monday, two game one's and two game twos.  Game 1 went to Washington in OT.  Caps got off to a 2-0 lead, Canadians came back to tie it, and Caps won in OT 3-2. The Kings were also game 1 winners, 6-5 scoring the GW with under a minute left.  LA was up 4-0 and 5-2 before the Oilers came back to tie, but they come up short and LA has a 1-0 series lead. 

Game 2 in Dallas went for the Stars, another OT game 4-3 Dallas wins it and ties that series.  The Jets win against the Blues 2-1 and are up 2-0 in the series as they got to St. Louis.  The old saying is that you are not in trouble in an NHL playoff series until you lose at home.  If the Blues win game 3, they can turn this series around in a hurry, though a loss would put them in serious trouble.  

Four more games coming up on Tuesday, game 1 of the Panthers/Lightning and game 2 of Devils/Hurricanes, Senators/Leafs, and Wild/Golden Knights. 

 

It's that time of year 

 

[sensei8]

My Knights take a lead, 1-0, in their playoff series against the Wild. I’ll remain optimistic but guarded because the Wild are no pushover.

GO KNIGHTS!!

[KarateKen]

6 hours ago, sensei8 said:

My Knights take a lead, 1-0, in their playoff series against the Wild. I’ll remain optimistic but guarded because the Wild are no pushover.

GO KNIGHTS!!

 

It was an exciting game one.  I picked Vegas to win this series and think they will do it in four or five games, I hope the Wild can remain competitive like they did in game one. 

[KarateKen]

Hurricanes beat the Devils and now lead the series 2-0 as they go to New Jersey.  Two games live right now, both 2-1 scores.  Panthers up on the Lighting and Leafs up on the Senators.  I will post when they go final.  Wild and Golden Knights start at 11pm eastern and is unlikely to start on time due to broadcasting the earlier games, so it will be a late night of playoff hockey! We could have live hockey past 2am on the east coast tonight.