 The Los Angeles Kings celebrating a win at the Staples Center in LA last night! The Standings in the West: 1st the Vancouver Canucks with 107 points (Y) 2nd the St. Louis Blues with 106 points (Y) 3rd the Los Angeles Kings with 93 points 4th the Detroit Red Wings with 99 points (X) 5th the Nashville Predators with 98 points (X) 6th the Chicago Blackhawks with 98 points (X) 7th the Phoenix Coyotes with 91 points 8th the San Jose Sharks with 90 points |  The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers chirping to each other during a game. What a heated 1st round this could be! The Standings in the East: 1st the New York Rangers with 107 points (X) 2nd the Boston Bruins with 98 points (Y) 3rd the Florida Panthers with 91 points 4th the Pittsburgh Penguins with 102 points (X) 5th the Philadelphia Flyers with 101 points (X) 6th the New Jersey Devils with 96 points (X) 7th the Ottawa Senators with 92 points (X) 8th the Washington Capitals with 88 points |
As of last night this is who would be going to the playoffs. San Jose would be playing Vancouver and ironically these 2 teams met up in the conference finals last year and Vancouver won in 5 games. The two most entertaining series would have to be between the Nashville Predators and the Detroit Red Wings in the west and the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers in the east. All 4 teams are incredibly strong and it would be a fight to the death. Both series could easily go to game 7. The (Y)s at the end of a team mean that that team have clinched (or won) their division meaning they automatically get a playoff spot. There are 6 divisions remember. Three in the west and three in the east. Refer back to episode 7 of Hockey Talk with Courtney if you need. Lane and I run over who plays in what division. The (X)s mean a team has clinched a playoff spot but not their division. Last night was a relaxing night in the NHL with only 2 games being played. One in the east and one in the west.
#1 goalie Jonathan Quick!
The Los Angeles Kings shut the door on the Edmonton Oilers 2-0. Edmonton is out of the playoff run with only 73 points in 80 games but Los Angeles is in that bitter 4 team rotation for the 8th spot. It is almost safe to say that Colorado and Calgary are out but Los Angeles is still fighting with Dallas, Phoenix and San Jose, all in the Pacific Division every night. As of last night Los Angeles leads the Pacific Division with 93 points but has not clinched it. The other 3 teams in the division are hot on their heels, it is still anyone's division title. Los Angeles wants to make playoffs and Edmonton's skaters are wanting jobs next year so everyone is working hard. It was a scoreless game for the 1st and 2nd period. 34 seconds into the 3rd period Slava Voynov scored his 8th goal of the season. Voynov has played 52 games this year and is on defense so 8 goals is pretty good. It was 1-0. Then with a few minutes left in the period Dwight King scored his 5th goal of the year. King who plays left wing has only played 25 games this year so 5 goals is looking good. The night though belonged to Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick who recorded his league league leading 10th shutout of the year!
Steven Stamkos scoring goal 57 & goal 58 1:02 apart!
The other game played last night was between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Washington Capitals. The Tampa Bay Lightning are out of a playoff spot sitting 10th in the east with 81 points but Washington on the other hand is in a fight for 8th place against the Buffalo Sabres. With the Capitals losing last night that opens up the door slightly for the Buffalo Sabres. Again it was a fight with not a single goal scored in the 1st period. Then with nearly 13 minutes gone in the 2nd period Capitals Alexander Semin scored. Tampa came back to scored to goals 25 seconds apart by Teddy Purcell and Victor Hedman. Tampa fought hard in the 3rd period but at the 16:43 mark Washington tied it up with a goal by Jason Chimera. Enter Steven Stamkos. Stamkos in his usual fashion this season started scoring goals. His 57th goal of the season came at 18:57 in the 3rd but why stop there? Stamkos scored his 58th goal of the season at 19:59! Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins might be winning the points race overall but Stamkos has scored 10 more goals then him! Stamkos Stamkos Stamkos! Check out the Stamkos goals below!
Tonight's line up is a bit more busy:
Toronto plays Buffalo at 4:00
New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils at 4:00
New York Rangers and Philadelphia at 4:00
Carolina and Ottawa at 4:30
Winnipeg and Florida at 4:30
Pittsburgh and Boston and 4:30
Minnesota and Nashville 5:00
San Jose and Dallas and 5:30
Anaheim and Vancouver at 7:00
Columbus and Phoenix and 7:00
Results for the Women's Only Fantasy Hockey Draft!
1st place Juliet with 775 points
2nd place Sasha with 768 points
3rd Sam Morris with 767 points
4th Lexine with 738 points
5th Liz with 728 points
6th Mary with 728 points
7th Stacey with 726 points
8th Joanne P with 724 points
9th Roz with 722 points
10th Josie with 714 points
11th Vanessa with 712 points
12th Tanya with 712 points
13th Bonnie with 711 points
14th Courtney with 703 points
15th France with 697 points
16th Sharon with 692 points
17th Amanda with 687 points
18th Amy with 687 points
19th Gina with 677 points
20th Michelle with 676 points
21st Candice with 673 points
22nd Jean with 672 points
23rd Teagan with 669 points
24th Susan with 664 points
25th Jill with 649 points
26th Catrina with 639 points
27th Amie with 620 points
28th Joanne with 614 points! Enjoy X
Toronto plays Buffalo at 4:00
New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils at 4:00
New York Rangers and Philadelphia at 4:00
Carolina and Ottawa at 4:30
Winnipeg and Florida at 4:30
Pittsburgh and Boston and 4:30
Minnesota and Nashville 5:00
San Jose and Dallas and 5:30
Anaheim and Vancouver at 7:00
Columbus and Phoenix and 7:00
Results for the Women's Only Fantasy Hockey Draft!
1st place Juliet with 775 points
2nd place Sasha with 768 points
3rd Sam Morris with 767 points
4th Lexine with 738 points
5th Liz with 728 points
6th Mary with 728 points
7th Stacey with 726 points
8th Joanne P with 724 points
9th Roz with 722 points
10th Josie with 714 points
11th Vanessa with 712 points
12th Tanya with 712 points
13th Bonnie with 711 points
14th Courtney with 703 points
15th France with 697 points
16th Sharon with 692 points
17th Amanda with 687 points
18th Amy with 687 points
19th Gina with 677 points
20th Michelle with 676 points
21st Candice with 673 points
22nd Jean with 672 points
23rd Teagan with 669 points
24th Susan with 664 points
25th Jill with 649 points
26th Catrina with 639 points
27th Amie with 620 points
28th Joanne with 614 points! Enjoy X
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