The Washington Capitals clinched a playoff berth last Thursday night after their overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Reaching the postseason early is relieving, even in defeat. However, when that loss starts a mini-streak of similar results, the team needs to fix some flaws before those issues mean the end of their season. Capitals Suffer
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The Pittsburgh Penguins continued to spring forward in the standings entering the first day of April where they left off in March, with a dominant 4-1 win against the Boston Bruins. Thursday night’s game marked the first of a critical six-game road stretch for the Penguins over the next two weeks. Pittsburgh has been lights
The 2020-21 NHL season has given us plenty of great games and competitive playoff races. The New York Islanders are currently in first place in the MassMutual East Division — arguably the best division in the NHL — looking eager to acquire a star player at the deadline and poised to compete for the Stanley
The New York Rangers have had numerous key players out of their lineup this season but they are starting to get those key players back and now must string together wins to remain in playoff contention. The Blueshirts have fallen behind the top teams in the East Division but still have time to make a
It might seem hard to believe, but with 10 games under their belt, the Buffalo Sabres are already through nearly a fifth of the 2020-21 regular season. With a record of 4-4-2, the team’s performance has been thoroughly average to this point. Sunday’s 5-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils snapped a five-game point streak.
The New York Islanders are going to be playing in the East Division this season, which is shaping up to be arguably the toughest in the NHL. The competition is going to be intense, especially with some of the teams that struggled last season, like the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres, looking poised for