2018 PLAYOFFS - scores/sched

When teams are up 3-0 in a series a lot of coaches will rest those players that they know aren't fully 100%. Auston matthews fits into that category, he's 80%, if the leafs were up 3-0 he would be sitting.

 

b0ltz and br00nz with a chance to close out their respective series today.

 

Bolts/devils 3 pm
Craps/blowjobs 3 pm

 

Love elimination games.

 

Bobrovsky is a damn good goalie.

 

Leafs hang on and b0ltz move on. Craps scrape by in OT. Good stuff.

 

Time to seal the fucking deal.

 

How's Malkin? Probably a game-time decision... they need him. And your right... they need to close this series out and stop letting the Flyers hang around. Only bad things can happen when you don't put someone away.

 

Penguins win series, 4-2

 

gudas alone was to blame for 3 of those goals. the flyers allowed 2 2 goal leads to evaporate in less than 30 seconds twice in the same game. defense cost them this series. pens refuse to stay down and beaten. they kept fighting, took full advantage of flyers turnovers and wanted it more. hats off to them. if the flyers won today, I couldn't imagine how ugly it would've been in game 7.

sean couturier announced he played on a torn mcl. now that's a hockey player playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

Time to close this series down.

 

Babcock preaches discipline to Maple Leafs for Game 6 against Bruins

Coach's mantra for extending first-round series: 'Stay out of the penalty box'

Whether they heed them remains to be seen. If they want to survive this series, they'd better.

The Maple Leafs held on to defeat the Bruins 4-3 in Game 5 on Saturday and narrowed Boston's lead to 3-2 in the best-of-7 series. They'll host Game 6 at Air Canada Centre on Monday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVAS, NESN).

The victory certainly came against the flow of play as the Bruins peppered Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen with 45 shots. Any momentum Toronto had accrued by building a 4-1 lead evaporated when the Maple Leafs took the final four minor penalties in the game.

Toronto took a total of eight minors for 16 minutes in the victory; Boston took three for six minutes. In the series, the Maple Leafs have spent 15:11 on the power play; the Bruins 27:25. That means Boston has spent 12:14 more with the man-advantage than Toronto.

Babcock said that trend could foil Toronto's aspirations for a deep run in the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, regardless of whether they play at home.

"We enjoy the atmosphere here and we enjoy the opportunity of continuing to play," Babcock said. "We think we had a real good year, [but] if you get in the playoffs and it does not go as good for you, you can be out fast unless you show some resiliency and dig in.

"I'm proud of our group. Now we have to get playing at the level we are capable of playing at and for the whole 60 minutes.

"And stay out of the box." (in part from; NHL.com)

 

^^^then pray you don't have the refs for game 6 of pens-flyers. hey the flyers lost but 2 key pens goals were not called back due to missed penalties bf the goals were scored.