Bleacherreport.com - The race for a league championship remains wide open for eight squads still participating in the postseason frenzy. The tournament is especially intriguing this year since no team appears head and shoulders above the fray, leaving the door open for improvement in each locker room.A few teams in particular have seen their efforts limited by shortcomings of different sorts. Rallying and rising abov 58 minutes
Bleacherreport.com - As the conference semifinals of the NHL playoffs are in full swing, there are players in each series that can define its outcome. Whether its quality puck distribution, timely scoring or clutch goalkeeping, each series has a player that possesses one of those attributes, which can set the tone for the series. Here's a look at some of those players: Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Ott 4 hours
Bleacherreport.com - Many of the players who make a strong impact on their team's success during the NHL playoffs are often the guys who don't score a ton of goals or make the highlight reel plays.We don't often give players enough credit for excelling on special teams, blocking shots and playing good defense. But if teams don't get these kinds of contributions on a consistent basis, whether they come from stars or r 20 hours
Sports.yahoo.com - No. 1 Star: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh PenguinsCrosby recorded his second career postseason hat trick during the Penguins' 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators in Game 2. He tallied his first two goals during a three-goal opening period for the Penguins, then completed the trick early in the second period on the power play. Crosby is the fifth player in Penguins franchise history to reach 100 career p 20 hours
Bleacherreport.com - Two otherworldly individual shutout streaks came to an end during Thursday night’s NHL playoff action. Odds are attentive followers are aware that New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist went through 152 minutes and 23 seconds of pristine defense. That was until a Zdeno Chara slapper trickled through him in the second period of his team’s series opener against Boston. But you may not 1 day 6 hours
Bleacherreport.com - There were two second-round playoff matchups on the NHL schedule Thursday night and both of them provided hockey fans with thrilling late-game action.The Boston Bruins defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime on home ice to take a 1-0 series lead. Bruins forward Brad Marchand scored almost 16 minutes into the extra period to help Boston improve to 3-0 in overtime during the postseasonIn the 1 day 8 hours
Bleacherreport.com - As we continue progressing through the NHL's Eastern and Western Conference semifinals, a number of players are making some big names for themselves.That's especially true for players who are competing in the first playoff action of their NHL careers.We've broken down each first-round series, as well as how the second-round slate has gone, and have come up with five players (in no particular orde 1 day 9 hours
Bleacherreport.com - Raffi Torres is on the end of another arbitrary suspension by NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan as he was suspended for "the remainder of the second round of the playoffs," according to the NHL's Department of Player Safety.Torres' questionable hit came against Jarret Stoll of the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Shanahan's video explanation of the hit and susp 1 day 16 hours
