We are now a week into the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Stanley Cup Playoffs continued yesterday with four games. The New York Rangers played the Washington Capitals with the Capitals facing going 0-3 in their series. The Vancouver Canucks played the Nashville Predators with the winner taking the lead in that series. The Winnipeg Jets played the Colorado Avalanche with the winner again taking the lead in that series. The Edmonton Oilers played the Los Angeles Kings with that series also tied. There are four games going on today. The Carolina Hurricanes have a chance to sweep and eliminate the New York Islanders. The Florida Panthers have a chance to sweep and eliminate the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Boston Bruins have a chance to go up 3-1 in their series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Vegas Golden Knights have the chance to go up 3-0 over the Dallas Stars in that series.
The New York Rangers took on the Washington Capitals in game three of their first round series. The Rangers were leading the series going into this game after winning the first two games in New York. This was the first game of the series in Washington. The Capitals scored first six minutes into the game. #74 John Carlson scored with #77 T.J. Oshie and #42 Martin Fehervary getting the assists. Under a minute later, #20 Chris Kreider scored for the Rangers to tie the game. His goal was assisted by #93 Mika Zibanejad and #96 Jack Roslovic. Two minutes later the Rangers took the lead with a goal from #21 Barclay Goodrow. His goal was assisted by #16 Vincent Trocheck and #8 Job Trouba. The score was 2-1 Rangers after the first period.
With under five minutes to go in the third period, the Rangers took a two goal lead with a goal from #16 Vincent Trocheck. His goal was assisted by #93 Mika Zibanejad and #23 Adam Fox. The score was 3-1 Rangers going into the third period.
Neither team scored in the third period. The final score was 3-1 Rangers. The New York Rangers now have a 3-0 series lead.
The Rangers held onto their two goal lead to win this one. The Capitals now face elimination. The Rangers have positioned themselves to get a sweep. The Rangers are not dominating this series. The Rangers are playing good hockey and are not giving up their leads. The Capitals not playing on the same level. The effort the Capitals are giving is not where it needs to be to be competitive in this series. Thats whats going to be remembered about this series. The Rangers right now are taking advantage of a team who is not putting in the effort to reach the other teams level.
Game four of this series will be on Sunday, April 28th. Puck Drop is set for 5:00 PM. That game will be in Washington.
The Vancouver Canucks played the Nashville Predators in game three of their first round series. The series was tied at 1-1 heading into this game. The Canucks won game one 4-2. The Predators won game two 4-1. This was the first game of the series in Nashville. The Canucks opened up the scoring with a goal from #9 T.J. Miller. His goal cam with six minutes left in the first period. His goal was assisted by #43 Quinn Hughes and #40 Elias Pettersson. The score after the first period was 1-0 Canucks.
Five minutes into the second period the Canucks scored again. #6 Brock Boeser scored the goal. #9 T.J. Miller and #43 Quinn Hughes got the assists. The Canucks held onto their two goal lead after two periods.
With three minutes left in the game, the Predators scored. #77 Luke Evangelista scored the Predators goal. #16 Jason Zucker and #45 Alexandre Carrier got the assists. The final score was 2-1 Canucks. The Vancouver Canucks now have a 2-1 series lead.
This was a close game. The Predators just couldn’t get that edge to tie it up. The Canucks were able to hold onto their lead pretty well. Winning a game with only twelve shots is crazy. The Canucks were able to come into Nashville and get the win. Now they lead the series.
Game four of this series will be on Sunday, April 28th. Puck drop is set for 2:00 PM. The game will be in Nashville.
The Winnipeg Jets took on the Colorado Avalanche in game three of their first round series. The series was tied at 1-1 going into this game. The Jets won game one 7-6. The Avalanche won game two 5-2. This was the first game of the series in Colorado. With eight minutes left in the first period, #9 Zac Parise scored the first goal of the game for the Avalanche. His goal was assisted by #42 Josh Manson and #37 Casey Mittelstadt. The score was 1-0 Avalanche after the first period.
Six minutes into the second period, #73 Tyler Toffoli scored for the Jets to tie the game. His goal was assisted by #2 Dylan DeMelo and #27 Nikolaj Ehlers. Halfway through the second period, #44 Josh Morrissey scored for the Jets to give them the lead. His goal was assisted by #55 Mark Scheifele and #23 Sean Monahan. The score was 2-1 Jets going into the third period,
Just over two minutes into the third period, #29 Nathan MacKinnon scored for the avalanche to tie the game. His goal was assisted by #96 Mikko Rantanen and #8 Cale Makar. Two minutes later, #13 Valeri Nichushkin scored to give the Avalanche the lead. his goal was assisted by #96 Mikko Rantanen and #29 Nathan MacKinnon. Halfway through the third period, #62 Artturi Lehkonen scored to give the Avalanche a two goal lead. His goal was assisted by #37 Casey Mittelstadt and #7 Devon Toews. With seven minutes to go, the Avalanche took a three goal lead with a goal from #20 Ross Colton. His goal was assisted by #37 Casey Mittelstadt and #49 Samuel Girard. With just over three minutes to go the Avalanche scored again. #7 Devon Toews scored. #11 Andrew Coglinano got the assist. The final score was 6-2 Avalanche. The Colorado Avalanche now have a 2-1 series lead over the Winnipeg Jets.
The Avalanche came back to win this game. The Jets fell apart in the third period. It was not a good look for the Jets moving forward in this series. The Avalanche have the lead but It’s still anyones series.
Game four of this series will be on Sunday, April 28th. Puck Drop is set for 11:30 AM. That game will be in Colorado.
The Edmonton Oilers played the Los Angeles Kings in game three of their first round series. The series was tied at 1-1 after the first two games. The Oilers won game one 7-4. The Kings won game two 5-4 in overtime. This was the first game of the series in Los Angeles. Seven minutes into the game, #18 Zach Hyman scored to give the Oilers the lead. His goal was assisted by #14 Mattias Ekholm. With under five minutes left in the first period, #29 Leon Draisaitl scored to give the Oilers a two goal lead. His goal was assisted by #91 Evander Kane and #25 Darnell Nurse. With just over a minute left in the first period, #97 Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers. His goal was assisted by #2 Evan Bouchard and #29 Leon Draisaitl. The score was 3-0 Oilers after the first period.
Six minutes into the second period, the Kings got on the board with a goal from #8 Drew Doughty. His goal was assisted by #55 Quinton Byfield and #44 Mikey Anderson. Two minutes laters the Oilers regained their three goal lead. #91 Evander Kane scored. #5 Cody Ceci and #93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins got the assists. The score was 4-1 Oilers going into the third period.
Six minutes into the third period there was a fight. #91 Evander Kane took on #5 Andreas Englund. After a scrum in the neutral zone, they dropped the gloves. #91 Evander Kane got off a couple of hits before being wrestled to the ground. There was five other penalties on the play. According to hockeyfights.com #91 Evander Kane won the fight. Shortly after the fight, the Oilers scored again. #18 Zach Hyman scored his second goal of the game. His goal was assisted by #97 Connor McDavid and #93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The Oilers scored one more time with seven minutes left. #29 Leon Draisaitl scored his second goal of the game. It was assisted by #97 Connor McDavid and #93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The final score was 6-1 Oilers. The Edmonton Oilers now have a 2-1 series lead.
The Kings did not have a response for the Oilers in this game. The Oilers responding in a big way after losing in overtime in their last game. The Oilers offense started up and didn’t stop. The Oilers offense has been pretty consistant so far in this series. The main factor is the Kings. Their defense has not show up for two out of three games. Their offense and defense did not show up in this game. It will be interesting to see what the Kings do moving forward with the Oiler playing fairly consistently. The big news out of this game for me is that Evander Kane got the Gordie Howe hat trick which is when a layer gets a goal, assist, and fight in a single game.
Game four of this series will be on Sunday, April 28th. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM. The game will be in Los Angeles.
The Carolina Hurricanes take on the New York Islanders. The Hurricanes lead the series 3-0. This game is in New York. Puck drop is scheduled for 11:00 AM. Will the Hurricanes sweep the Islanders? Will the Islanders force a game five?
The Florida Panthers take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. the Panthers lead that series 3-0. That game is in Tampa Bay. Puck drop is scheduled for 2:00 PM. Will the Panthers sweep the Lightning? Will the Lightning force a game five.
The Boston Bruins take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in game four of their first round series. The Bruins lead the series 2-1. This game is in Toronto. Puck drop is set for 5:00 PM. Will the Bruins put a choke hold on the Maple Leafs? Will the home crowd help the Maple Leafs win?
The Dallas Stars take on the Vegas Golden Knights in game three of their first round series. The Vegas Golden Knights lead the series 2-0. The game is in Las Vegas. Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM. Will the Knights continue to win? Can the Stars win in Las Vegas?
Zac Electrifly 
Leave a comment