San Jose-Vancouver NHL Playoffs

NHL Analysis: Boston & Ottawa Take Control Of Rivalry Series

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All four playoff teams from the NHL’s Northeast Division are playing each other in the first round of the playoffs and both series are now on the brink of ending. The Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators each got Game 4 wins that gave them 3-1 series leads. TheSportsNotebook’s review of each NHL playoff series will begin with these two matchups

NHL Analysis: Chicago Rolling; Pittsburgh Challenged

Dan Flaherty Uncategorized Anaheim-Detroit NHL playoffs, Chicago-Minnesota NHL playoffs, Los ANgeles-St. Louis NHL playoffs, Montreal-Ottawa NHL playoffs, NHL analysis, NHL articles, Pittsburgh-NY Islanders NHL playoffs, San Jose-Vancouver NHL playoffs, Toronto-Boston NHL playoffs, Washington-NY Rangers NHL playoffs

Chicago and Pittsburgh are the heavy co-favorites for the Stanley Cup and each has responded differently in its first two games. The Blackhawks are in command, the Penguins are facing a challenge and both will be in the NBC spotlight on Sunday afternoon when the postseason’s sequence of Game 3s begins at noon EST. We’ll start with these two teams and then move through the other six NHL playoff matchups.