11:46 AM ET Whether you love the NHL’s playoff format or not, you have to admit the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs was filled with sheer entertainment from start to finish. From shocking upsets to sweeps to seven-game series, it was everything hockey fans love about the postseason. But after so many
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11:11 AM ET NHL InsidersESPN The second round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs are set to begin on Thursday, April 25. Our writers, analysts and editors weigh in with their predictions for each series: ESPN experts panel: Sean Allen, NHL fantasy columnist; Ben Arledge, associate editor; Pierre Becquey, deputy editor; John Buccigross, SportsCenter anchor,
10:43 AM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman is expected to miss the start of the 2019-20 season following ACL surgery, the team announced Thursday. The team said Hyman, 26, tore his ACL during the first round against the Boston Bruins, though he appeared in all seven games of the series. Surgery is scheduled
11:49 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN As we clear the rubble from millions of busted brackets, and survey the surprising entrants in the second round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, we begin to get a sense of the playoff MVP race and the players currently on track for the Conn Smythe Trophy. Please keep in
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Boston Bruins extended their ownership of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening round, rallying from a 3-2 series deficit to eliminate them in seven games. The Bruins used a familiar formula: clutch defense and goaltending, dynamic play from their top-line players and the inevitability of Nazem Kadri doing
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Consider where these teams were in January. New Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery told reporters that his team suffered from “a culture of mediocrity,” and that’s not long after the Stars weathered the Christmas storm of the team’s CEO calling out the two highest-paid players in an expletive-laced rant. The
10:31 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Welcome to Round 2. You’ll notice there are no division champions here. That has not happened since the 1967 expansion. It has been that kind of postseason. Here’s what happened in the NHL last night (check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+) and what to watch for tonight,
2:11 AM ET Clinton Yates WASHINGTON — The Capitals never lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in the regular season, and they never faced a series deficit in the team’s first-round matchup — until it was over. By the time Hurricanes winger Brock McGinn netted the series-clincher in a 4-3 double-overtime victory in Game 7 on
7:32 PM ET Emily Kaplan Chris Peters Close ESPN staff writer Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. As each NHL team is eliminated from the postseason,
7:52 PM ET Associated Press NHL players and coaches were split Wednesday on whether changes are needed to video review protocol a day after a major penalty played a dramatic role in San Jose’s Game 7 victory over Vegas. Cody Eakin was assessed a major penalty for cross-checking and injuring Joe Pavelski in the third