#Stanley Cup Playoffs

The time to bet the Colorado Avalanche's Stanley Cup championship odds may have passed. After the Avalanche beat the Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the odds of the Avs winning the cup have only gotten better … or worse, if you're a bettor looking for a larger payout. Last week Colorado had -200 odds to win the championship, according…

To mark the halfway point of the 2022-23 regular season, NHL.com is running its third installment of the Trophy Tracker series. Today, we look at the race for the Hart Trophy, given annually to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team as selected in a poll by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. There are two important…

Bob McKeown, the veteran journalist and senior host of "The Fifth Estate," was discussing advertising in sports betting when he was transported back to an old news conference he once covered. It was held in 2006, as Wayne Gretzky was preparing to travel to Italy for the Winter Olympics. The hockey legend and his family were embroiled in a gambling…

Welcome to NHL 99, The Athletic's countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We're ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who's No. 1 - it's the 99 spots behind No. 99 we have to figure out. Every Monday through Saturday until February we'll unveil new members of the list. Brett Hull was just 21 years old and coming…

The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings will meet for the second time this season after colliding in last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. Edmonton got the better of the Kings in their playoff matchup, which didn't carry over into their first regular season contest, with LA posting a 3-1 victory on November 16. Not only did the Kings get the better…

The 2023 NHL Draft is scheduled to take place on June 28 and 29 in Nashville, Tennessee. While we still have a few months before the event, teams are starting to think about their future with the NHL Draft Lottery taking place at the end of the season. The NHL Draft Lottery is held at the end of the regular season with the 16 teams that did not…

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It was a critical offseason for Toronto Maple Leafs general manger Kyle Dubas, who was given a vote of confidence by team president Brendan Shanahan despite yet another failure to advance past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Needless to say, the 2022-23 season for Dubas could have major implications on his future, especially if the…

The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders play Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Second-Round series Monday at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. ET as the first of two Stanley Cup Playoffs games on the day. Below, we look at the Islanders-Flyers betting odds and lines and make our NHL picks and best bets. Semyon…

Be sure to check out NHL betting site Betway for the latest Flames game day odds! The Calgary Flames (18-13-7, 43 points) begin their 2023 portion of their schedule with a game against an old conference foe, the Winnipeg Jets (23-13-1, 47 points). The Jets are comfortably in a playoff spot, for now, while the Flames have worked their way firmly…

After missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for a third consecutive season, the Sharks now look ahead to the 2022 NHL Draft Lottery in hopes of landing a top pick. The postseason drought marks the longest such stretch in San Jose's franchise history and the first time the Sharks have ever gone three straight years without a playoff appearance. With the…

This content was produced in partnership with Gambler Labs. By the time the 2022-23 National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoffs roll around on May 2, 2023, it will have been 20 years since the New Jersey Devils last lifted the trophy. In fact, since the Devils won Game 7 of the 2002-03 finals against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim with a 3-0 shutout,…

The Edmonton Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division for the third season in a row. 2022 is therefore Edmonton's third Stanley Cup Playoff appearance in as many years. Leading up to their Round 1 game against the Las Angeles Kings, Edmonton is+2000 at WynnBET Sportsbook to hoist the Cup at the end of the Playoffs. WynnBET also has the Oilers…

Newer Odds have been released, access them here … Tuesday's NHL playoff action caused some big moves in the updated 2018-19 NHL Stanley Cup Winner Champion odds over night, as the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 7 and the Vegas Golden Knights lost a heart-breaker in overtime at the hands of the San Jose Sharks. While I won't get…

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The Stanley Cup Playoffs is an NHL postseason elimination tournament of four rounds. Each matchup is a best-of-seven series that determines the champion of the league and the team that wins the Stanley Cup. A total of eight teams from each conference will qualify based on their regular-season finish in their respective divisions. The final round is…

The Vegas Golden Knights and Los Angeles Kings open their seasons Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook's lines around the Golden Knights vs. Kings, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions. Coach Bruce Cassidy enters his first year with the Golden Knights who finished…

The last time the Colorado Avalanche and St Louis Blues clashed in the Stanley Cup playoffs, it was over in the blink of an eye. In last season's opening postseason round, Colorado whipped St Louis in the minimum four games. Will it be any different this time around? The optics are suggesting no. St Louis is injury-riddled on the back end. While…

The 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are down to the final four! The Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers kicked off the Western Conference Final on Tuesday night in a thrilling game. Now, our attention turns to a much lower-scoring series between the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning. Igor Shesterkin is a Vezina Trophy finalist and Andrei…

The Stanley Cup playoffs are right around the corner, so it's worth wondering if a Canadian team is capable of making a run. This content was produced by The Hockey News' sponsor, BetMGM. We are just days away from the start of the NHL's post-season and that means it's time to look at the current Stanley Cup odds, specifically North of the border,…

The Florida Panthers head home, having evened the series with the Washington Capitals at two games. Can the Eastern Conference favorites come out on top? This content was produced by The Hockey News' sponsor, BetMGM. The Florida Panthers head home, having evened the series with the Washington Capitals at two games. Game 4 was both the lowest…

It sounds more like the name of a movie or a book - Waiting for Godot, Waiting for Guffman, Waiting to Begin - but for now, it remains central to this impressive, fascinating and oddly puzzling Blue Jays season. The Jays have found themselves in the standings right about where they were expected to be - among the best teams in baseball. And they've…

The Tampa Bay Lightning are one win away from advancing to the Stanley Cup Final, where they would be looking to win the Cup for the third consecutive year. It seemed like this may not be the case early in the Eastern Conference Final. However, things have quickly turned in the Lightning's favor. After the New York Rangers won Games 1 and 2 on…

At a betting line of -250, the Avalanche are given an 71.43% implied probability in this series. Each team has a win in two previous playoff meetings. The Avs are 3-1 straight up in their past four games against the Oilers and 3-0 SU in the last three games between two teams at Colorado's Ball Arena. Defenseman Sam Girard (broken sternum) is out…

The New York Rangers entered the 2022-2023 NHL season as one of the favorites to hoist the Stanley Cup at the end of the year. After exceeding expectations last postseason, the Blueshirts now have a target on their backs; everyone knows how good they can be, and at the end of the year nobody will want to play them. But forget that for a second:…

The Colorado Avalanche are big favorites to beat the St. Louis Blues and end their second-round series on Wednesday night in Denver. And our expert panel picks the Avalanche to do just that. Avs forward Nazem Kadri got the last laugh on Monday night. He scored a hat trick to lead the Avalanche to a 6-2 win and put the Blues on the brink of…

Last season, divisional races went down to the wire as playoff seeding was up for grabs. There are only 4 divisions in the NHL, with each division winner claiming a #1 seed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In the Western Conference, the Colorado Avalanche won the Central Division and made their way through the playoffs easily, winning their first Cup…

The Toronto Maple Leafs may be the center of the hockey world, but they haven't been able to win a Stanley Cup since 1967. Will that change this year? Stanley Cups haven't been a common occurrence in Canada lately, with the Montreal Canadiens last hoisting Lord Stanley in 1993. As we approach a 30-year drought for Canada, the Maple Leafs remain the…

NASHVILLE, TN - MAY 07: Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi (59), of Switzerland, is shown during Game 3 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche, held on May 7, 2022, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Danny Murphy/Icon Sportswire) It's officially the start of…

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Can the Bruins make a deep run in the playoffs? Can they even make it out of the first round? The Stanley Cup playoffs start Monday night for the Bruins, who have at times played like one of the best teams in the NHL and at others looked like a candidate for an early exit. Their best of seven series against the Carolina Hurricanes starts in…

With the end of the 2021-22 NHL regular season just over one week away, it's time to look ahead to the Stanley Cup playoffs. All eight postseason berths have been clinched in the East Division, while four are still up for grabs in the West. With that in mind, teams like Minnesota and Edmonton are hoping to come out on top in their respective…

The Carolina Hurricanes have the best home record in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, and they will put that dominance to the test on Thursday night when they host the New York Rangers in Game 5 of their second-round series. The Canes were victorious in their first two games against the Blueshirts, winning 2-1 and 2-0 in Games 1 and 2 at PNC Arena.…

Alex Ovechkin is entering his 18th season in the NHL. But unlike most other players who have reached this stage of a career, Ovechkin is still expected to legitimately play a critical role in a Stanley Cup contender. He's going to be more than just a future Hall of Famer ornament on the roster of the Washington Capitals who are coming off yet…

It was expected that Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Blues and Avalanche would be ornery after what transpired between Nazem Kadri and Jordan Binnington, but nobody could have expected St. Louis to completely lose its cool. Rather than focusing on knotting up the series, the Blues spent a majority of the game chasing Kadri around the…

It wasn't too long ago that the Tampa Bay Lightning's quest for a third straight Stanley Cup title, something that hasn't happened since the New York Islanders won four in row from 1980-84, was on the verge of ending. After winning two elimination games against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay has won the first three games against the Florida…

The Buffalo Sabres are one of pro hockey's rising teams, having built a strong core of young talent over the past four seasons. While the Buffalo Sabres can definitely sneak into the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season, the odds remain stacked against them. And while I have written a few articles over the past month-and-a-half about why they can earn…

The New York Rangers look to take a two-game series lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday in Game 2 of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs' Eastern Conference Final. New York got multi-point efforts from four different players as a strong second period propelled the Rangers to a 6-2 victory in Game 1. But Steven Stamkos and the Bolts aren't going…

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers play Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round series Tuesday. Puck drop is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla. Below, we analyze the Lightning-Panthers odds and lines, with NHL picks and predictions. The Lightning won a seesaw affair against the Panthers in Game 1, edging…

The Colorado Avalanche are one game away from winning the Stanley Cup, but they didn't get to this spot without some controversy. Nazem Kadri's overtime winner in Game 4 gave the Avalanche a 3-1 series lead and gave the Tampa Bay Lightning plenty to talk about. The Avalanche had too many men on the ice, but it didn't get called and could not be…

The eyes of the hockey world will be on Amalie Arena on Wednesday evening. The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Colorado Avalanche in a pivotal Game 4 matchup of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final. Colorado won the first two games, highlighted by a blowout Game 2 victory. Tampa Bay returned the favor in Game 3 by scoring six goals and avoiding a 3-0 series…

The Tampa Bay Lightning find themselves in a familiar spot after Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Colorado Avalanche. The Bolts are trailing in another playoff series. It's a weird trend for a team that has won its last 11 playoff series, but the Lightning are only 6-6 in Game 1s during that run, including this Stanley Cup Final.…

I have covered the Maple Leafs for 16 straight seasons and have yet to see them make it past the first round. At first I thought it was me. They had been fairly successful prior to me being around regularly. I joined the beat for the 2006-07 season and they kept just missing the playoffs. It was always something: The Muskoka Five. Wade…

This was only a matter of time coming for the Winnipeg Jets. With the Vegas Golden Knights beating the Washington Capitals 4-3 in overtime last night, the Jets have been eliminated from contention for the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Jets sit ten points behind the Dallas Stars who are in the second Western Conference Wild Card playoff spot with…

Carolina's perfect home record in the playoffs remained intact with a Game 5 win against the New York Rangers. The Hurricanes' winless road record in the playoffs will again be put to the test in Game 6 Saturday in Madison Square Garden. Will we see a Game 7 or will Carolina book a place in the conference finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning? The…

The Tampa Bay Lightning are favored in Game 1 of the 2022 Eastern Conference Final that is a rematch of the 2015 Eastern Conference Final. Tampa Bay beat the Rangers 2-0 in Game 7 at Madison Square Garden. The two teams went in opposite directions after that game with the Rangers entering a rebuild and the Lightning winning two Stanley Cups. Let's…

The 2021/22 NHL regular season has been completed and we head to round two of the Stanley Cup playoffs. General managers of teams out of the playoffs have begun their offseason with the NHL Entry Draft and free agency right around the corner. This is also the time when fans get their predictions ready to determine what their teams will do this…

I went a remarkable 12-3 last year in my NHL Stanley Cup playoff predictions. The team that tripped me up? Montreal. Simply didn't believe in them for two rounds. I chose Toronto's and Winnipeg's goal-scoring ability over Carey Price. Finally picked them in the third round, and got it right. Then of course it was easy to pick Tampa in the final.…