NHL 2021-22 season Fantasy & Chat thread

[yisman]

Crosby, a three-time Stanley Cup champion and a two-time Hart Trophy winner, was injured in the second period after taking a high hit from Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba. Crosby finished his last shift with 6:50 left in the period and did not return.

[Checkerboard]

PIT down to their third goalie, too.

Domingue had hardly played last 2 seasons

Dominique played adequately in relation to Shesterkin's game for the Rangers, but Penguins came up a goal short + an empty netter.

New York now has to win at Pittsburgh to force a game 7.

[yisman]

truly pathetic from Florida and Edmonton

[mr. leisure]

Blues with a nice win in Minny to take a 3 -2 series lead .

[mr. leisure]

PIT down to their third goalie, too.

Domingue had hardly played last 2 seasons

Good point

[yisman]

PIT down to their third goalie, too.

Domingue had hardly played last 2 seasons

[Checkerboard]

Did anyone pick the Pens in that series ?

It seemed like every talking head loved the Rangers .

Was late regular season surge by Rangers a one and done tease?

[mr. leisure]

Did anyone pick the Pens in that series ?

It seemed like every talking head loved the Rangers .

[yisman]

Yeah of course they would get shut out tonight because I was on them. The Kings aren't going quietly and now this is a series. Edmonton better get it together or else it will be another postseason failure.

ya I also bet them


terrible

LA was already a weak team and now they have been without Doughty and Arvidsson

[hotcross]

Can't be shocked about St.Louis winning on Sunday to tie the series, but it was a much closer game than the final score indicates.

There are a lot of penalties being called overall in this first round.

[Checkerboard]

Tampa's first shot on goal scored and they never looked back. Leafs got killed. Series tied 2-2.

[jrgum3]

The Oilers scored 14 goals in the 2 previous games and got shutout tonight .

Yeah of course they would get shut out tonight because I was on them. The Kings aren't going quietly and now this is a series. Edmonton better get it together or else it will be another postseason failure.

[mr. leisure]

The Oilers scored 14 goals in the 2 previous games and got shutout tonight .

[yisman]

florida and edmonton disappointing.

[Checkerboard]

Toronto even to short dog tonight in bid to take 3-1 series lead.

[mr. leisure]

3 Keys: Wild at Blues, Game 4 of Western First Round

Minnesota looks to stay aggressive; St. Louis may switch to Binnington

by Shawn P. Roarke @sroarke_nhl / NHL.com Senior Director of Editorial

Wild lead best-of-7 series 2-1

Jordan Binnington could be the starting goalie for the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the Western Conference First Round at Enterprise Center on Sunday.
Binnington backed up Ville Husso in each of the first three games for St. Louis, which trails 2-1 in the series following a 5-1 loss Friday.
When asked about the possibility of going with Binnington, the hero of the Blues' run to the 2019 Stanley Cup championship, Berube said it's in his thoughts and he'll make a final decision Sunday.

Husso has allowed a goal on the first shot and two goals within the first three shots in each of the past two games. Since a 4-0 win in Game 1, when he made 37 saves, Husso has allowed nine goals on 59 shots (.847 save percentage).
Berube said he was not upset with the play of Husso per se, but rather the defensive breakdowns of the entire team.
"I think he's done a pretty good job for us," Berube said Saturday. "We allowed them to have some odd-man rushes in the game. That's tough. We've got to do a better job there. We can't give up odd-man rushes like that in the game."
Binnington was 18-14-4 in with a 3.13 goals-against average and .901 save percentage in 37 games this season. He won five of his final six starts in the regular season.
He was 16-10 with a 2.46 GAA and .914 save percentage in 26 games during the 2019 run, but has not won a postseason game since, going 0-9 while allowing 35 goals on 280 shots (.875 save percentage).
Regardless of who starts, St. Louis will look different at defenseman for the fourth straight game.
Torey Krug, who sustained a lower-body injury in Game 3, is out for Game 4. Nick Leddy and Robert Bortuzzo, who have missed two games and one game, respectively, because of an upper-body injury, are possibilities for Game 4. Scott Perunovich, who has yet to play in the series, could also be available. He last played Jan. 15 and had wrist surgery in March.
Minnesota coach Dean Evason does not anticipate making any changes to the Wild lineup.
1. Blues need to stay calm

Yes, the stakes are huge in Game 4 for the Blues. They can't afford to lose again and find themselves on the brink of elimination going back to Minnesota for Game 5 on Tuesday.
In the history of the NHL, only 26 teams in the past 80 years have come back from trailing 3-1 in a best-of-7 series. Most recently, the Montreal Canadiens did it last season in the first round against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the San Jose Sharks did it against the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round in 2019.
But if the wounded Blues find a way to win on home ice Sunday, the series becomes a best-of-3.
"That's what we said," Berube said. "We've got to win a game and we're right there."
2. Lesson learned

The Wild were only on the penalty kill three times in Game 3, a far cry from the 11 power plays they faced in the first two games, three of which the Blues converted.
On Friday, the Wild refused to take the bait when the Blues started running around looking for big hits after falling behind 2-0 early in the first period.
"We learned from Game 1 (4-for-6 on penalty kill)," Wild forward Marcus Foligno said. "I think that's the biggest thing. We knew that their excitement level was going to be through the roof and if you could, just weather it and maybe take a shot to the mouth and just move on.
"It's one of those things where we're just ready for it. And it's good to see our team kind of learn lessons."
3. Don't go west, young man

According to Evason, the Wild are playing their best hockey when they play in straight lines and don't turn the puck toward their own net or get fancy with it in the neutral zone.
"We haven't gone east/west, which is when it hurt us during the regular season and maybe in Game 1," Evason said. "We go north, we are a good hockey club. Again, I'm not saying we are a dump-and-chase team. We don't want to be that. We want to be skilled and be able to score goals off the rush too. Our identity is to get in and get after it and we have done that for the most part."

[mr. leisure]

Here it is

[yisman]

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Friday afternoon that goaltender Casey DeSmith will be out for the remainder of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
There is still no update on when Tristan Jarry, the Penguins starting goaltender, may return to the lineup.

[Checkerboard]

If Leafs do stop Tampa's bid to 3peat, they will ride a nice shot of confidence into a second round.

[yisman]

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A celebrating TD Garden crowd quickly went silent Friday night after an injury to an off-ice official.
Fans were banging on the glass after a goal by David Pastrnak gave the Boston Bruins a 3-1 lead against the Carolina Hurricanes with a little more than five minutes left in the second period of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.


That dislodged a large piece of glass, which fell onto the official in the penalty box.
The medical staff was called to the penalty box. The glass was removed from the area and the official was eventually wheeled off the ice on a stretcher.

[mr. leisure]

I like Calgary's chances this year.

Defensive battle in that series .

[Checkerboard]

Might not win another game

Wild short dog tonight.

[yisman]

If three-time Stanley Cup winner Joel Quenneville is looking to return to coaching next season, he hasn't told NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman of that plan.
And Bettman would certainly be in the loop on that news.
Quenneville resigned as Florida's coach in October when specifics of how the Chicago Blackhawks mishandled allegations that a player was sexually abused by an assistant coach there in 2010 during the team's run to the Stanley Cup that season. Quenneville was Chicago's head coach when the abuse occurred.

[mr. leisure]

Rangers tie up their series.

[Checkerboard]

Tampa with a nice rebound tonight .

Leafs never recovered from that very late first period Tampa goal.

[mr. leisure]

Tampa with a nice rebound tonight .

[hotcross]

Blues come out firing

Might not win another game

[Checkerboard]

Uncharictarist a 1-0 win in the great west of Calgary

I like Calgary's chances this year.

[Otters27]

Uncharictarist a 1-0 win in the great west of Calgary

[mr. leisure]

Blues come out firing

Really surprising how they manhandled Minny .

[Otters27]

Blues come out firing

[jrgum3]

With all that's going I almost forgot about playoff hockey. I'll be sure to tune in when I can and of course bet some games now that NHL starts for real. There's nothing like playoff hockey.

[mr. leisure]

Leafs Lightning will be gritty.

Should be a great series , cant wait

[Checkerboard]

Average weight of Tampa players 10 pounds more than average weight of Leaf players.

[hotcross]

As for Washington vs Florida, they have never met in the playoffs, but keep in mind these teams played 3 games early this season, each was decided by one goal with the home team winning:

11-04-21 FLA 5-4 overtime
11-26-21 WSH 4-3
11-30-21 FLA 5-4