Playoffs Day 1 results (lines in tomorrow by 7 am)

[Jiri Hrdina]

Day 1 1 Montreal Canadiens (5) vs New York Rangers (4)

2 Toronto Maple Leafs (5) vs Philadelphia Flyers (3)

3 Ottawa Senators (1) vs Buffalo Sabres (6)

4 Pittsburgh Penguins (4) vs Detroit Red Wings (3)

5 Nashville Predators (2) vs Minnesota Wild (1)

6 Chicago Blackhawks (3) vs San Jose Sharks (5)

7 Anaheim Ducks (2) vs Edmonton Oilers (6)

8 Phoenix Coyotes (4) vs Colorado Avalanche (2)

[Goffie]

Big win in game 1. The top line really carried the offense in this one. Stone scored two straight goals to seal the deal. Good comeback after being down 3-1.

Lehkonen and Braun both left the game with injuries. Hopefully they are minor.

[MJK]

Both goalies were a little rusty in this one but the Sharks pulled it out with the 2nd and 3rd line doing most of the damage. Kris Letang was great.

3 Stars
1 - Kris Letang (SAN)
2 - Scott Laughton (SAN)
3 - Derek Grant (CHI)

[Jiri Hrdina]

Drop game 1 and get an injury. Sounds about right.

[Cheese]

Balanced scoring and solid goaltending took Game 1.


3 Stars

1 - Brock Boeser (PIT)
2 - Alec Martinez (PIT)
3 - Joel Armia (PIT)

Power Play

Pittsburgh Penguins - 0 on 1 Attempt(s) - 0.00%
Detroit Red Wings - 0 on 3 Attempt(s) - 0.00%
Penalty Kill

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 on 3 Attempt(s) - 100.00% - Score 0 goal in Penalty Kill
Detroit Red Wings - 1 on 1 Attempt(s) - 100.00% - Score 0 goal in Penalty Kill
Team Stat

Pittsburgh Penguins - Hits : 25 - Faceoff Wins : 42 - Blocked Shots : 7 - Penalty Minutes : 6
Detroit Red Wings - Hits : 20 - Faceoff Wins : 40 - Blocked Shots : 8 - Penalty Minutes : 2

[SportsJunky]

The top line of Pacioretty-Getzlaf-Pastrnak rose to the occassion. Pasta with 2G 2A.

The new guys, Vatanen, Duchene and Atkinson all had points. Hopefully that means the team is ready for the playoffs.

[flambers]

Coyotes 4 - Avalanche 2

Good game today, shoots were close.

Goalie Stats
Jacob Markstrom (PHO), 26 saves from 28 shots - (0.929), W, 1-0-0, 60:00 minutes
Jordan Binnington (COL), 31 saves from 35 shots - (0.886), L, 0-1-0, 60:00 minutes


3 Stars
1 - Ryan Lindgren (PHO)
2 - Tyler Toffoli (PHO)
3 - Sebastian Aho (PHO)

[Cambam8]

Nashville 2 - Minnesota 1

Outplayed in this one, shots 31-21 Minny, lucky to scratch out a win.

3 Stars:
1- Ben Bishop(NSH)
2- Patrik Laine(MIN)
3- Alex Ovechkin(NSH)

[Monahammer]

Greatest fear played out in the first game as the team played very well in a tight checking game, but Andersen was pretty brutal... We need Andy at .9% or higher to have a sniff IMO. If he flops again we're going to throw in Forsberg for game 3! On to the next one.

[Hanni]

3 players at -4 and 2 more at -5, ouch.

[Swayze11]

Figured my losing ways to end the regular season would continue.

Major shake up for game two.

[Hanna Sniper]

Meanwhile in Carolina...

[Hanna Sniper]

Go Team!

[Quigz17]

Special teams were the difference as the Leafs pull off the Game 1 upset.

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[simmer2]

I limped into the playoffs. Made a bunch of changes but will see if I can turn this around quickly.

Maybe a bad start will wake the team up, who knows.

[JonDuke]

Leafs came out flying, scoring 3 goals within the first 6 minutes.
The D let us down by taking so many penalties and the remaining D, already missing their #1, couldn't sustain the pressure. Luckily for Philly fans, Ekholm returns for game 2 and we are confident we will get back into this.