7:45 AM ET It’s a big day for some recent Stanley Cup champions. The Chicago Blackhawks face elimination, while the Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues look to avoid falling into 0-3 holes. Also, are the Vegas Golden Knights the new Stanley Cup favorites? Check out the ESPN Stanley Cup Playoffs Daily every day of
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12:17 AM ET Marc-Andre Fleury admitted he was nervous Saturday before Game 3 of the Vegas Golden Knights‘ quarterfinal series against the Chicago Blackhawks, saying that he had “a little butterflies before the game, even though I played so many games” in his career. “Really?” asked a surprised Nate Schmidt, the Vegas defenseman sitting next
10:37 AM ET Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is leaving the NHL bubble and opting out of the Stanley Cup playoffs, he announced via a statement from the team on Saturday. “I want to be with my teammates competing, but at this moment there are things more important than hockey in my life, and that’s
7:45 AM ET The Stanley Cup champions from 2018 (Washington Capitals) and 2019 (St. Louis Blues) are both in an 0-2 hole after Friday. The team that won in 2016 and 2017 (Pittsburgh Penguins) has already been eliminated. It sure feels like there’s going to be some new blood winning this summer. We also got
11:53 PM ET One the St. Louis Blues‘ defining traits in their Stanley Cup run last season was an ability to bounce back after losses. They were 8-2 after defeats, including their Game 7 win over Boston on the road for the championship. In this postseason, the Blues lost Game 1 of their Western Conference
7:47 PM ET The Los Angeles Kings announced they’ve suspended Tim Smith, who portrays their mascot Bailey the lion, following a sexual harassment lawsuit recently filed by a former member of the Kings Ice Crew. Along with being the mascot, Smith is senior manager of game presentation and events for the team, overseeing the Ice
9:27 AM ET Canadiens coach Claude Julien was released from the hospital and will return home to Montreal to rest after having a stent inserted into his coronary artery, the team announced Friday. Julien was admitted to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto on Wednesday after experiencing chest pains following his team’s 2-1 loss in Game
6:46 AM ET For many series, this is a critical juncture: Teams with a 2-0 lead in a seven-game playoff series are 324-51 (86.4 percent) in those series. The Vegas Golden Knights are already there. Four more teams — the Colorado Avalanche, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders and Vancouver Canucks — have a chance to
7:00 AM ET Rick Tocchet was disgusted. The Arizona Coyotes, riding high after upsetting the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup qualification round, had squandered a chance to pull another shocker in Game 1 of their quarterfinal series against the Colorado Avalanche. “You gotta be able to make a 5-foot pass and support it. It
12:02 AM ET Boston Bruins star forward David Pastrnak will be a game-time decision on Saturday after being deemed “unfit” to play on Thursday. The Carolina Hurricanes defeated Boston 3-2 in Pastrnak’s absence to even the East first-round series at 1-1. After Thursday’s game in Toronto, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy did not elaborate much on