This review will cover the successes and failures, as well as the improvements and declines, made both by players and the team. This is a chance to give one last bit of shine to the teams we're not talking about when the season ends. We have covered several of them already with the most recent being the Washington Capitals. The offseason fantasy reviews of each of the non-playoff teams continues. If I were a betting man – and I am – I think we see McCann back on the top line for Game 6 with Seattle's back against the wall. The team did move McCann back to the top trio at times in the third period, but largely stuck with what they had been using since the McCann injury. This was the second rough game in a row for the Kartye-Beniers-Eberle line. Jason Robertson broke out of his postseason production slump with a trio of assists, also managing a couple shots and a couple hits. The Dallas top line did a lot of the damage as Hintz finished with two goals (one in the empty net), while Joe Pavelski managed a marker of his own and added an assist. Seattle goes back to Washington down 3-2 with Game 6 coming Saturday night. A pair of second-period Kraken goals, including Jared McCann's first of the postseason, pushed the score close but they could never find an equalizing tally. Despite being out-shot 14-5 in the first period, thanks to nice passing plays leading to goals from Wyatt Johnson and Roope Hintz. Either way, this team is showing itself to be truly committed to their game, and it's paying off very well.ĭallas has pushed Seattle to the brink of elimination thanks to a 5-2 win on Thursday night. I haven't seen anything about Andrei Svechnikov in a while, but I don't think that's an expectation anyone should have at this point. Teuvo Teravainen may be ready for Game 1 of the ECF, though we'll await official confirmation. More on them in later columns, but it was a very successful season by most measures for the franchise.Ĭarolina awaits the winner of Toronto/Florida. There are some contracts to negotiate (or not) but there are also a bevy of high-end prospects on the way, and this team will be in the mix for years to come. It was the first postseason for Jack Hughes, and it was Jesper Bratt's first real playoff run. It was a great year for a team clearly on the upswing. This isn't to degrade the season New Jersey had, either. Carolina won their other three games by a 14-goal margin in total, so, they needed a lot more from other players, too. ![]() It was two goals in three games for Meier, but even a couple more from him would not have been the difference in this series. They need more of that if they want to go even further in the postseason.īrent Burns and Jaccob Slavin had the other goals while Timo Meier and Dawson Mercer replied for New Jersey. He, along with Jordan Martinook, were excellent for much of this series. That pushed them to a 4-1 series victory over New Jersey and a ticket to the Eastern Conference Final for the second time in five seasons.įast had points in every game against the Devils, posting three goals and three assists in the five games. It took the first overtime period of the series, but Carolina was victorious by a 3-2 margin thanks to a power-play goal on a Jesper Fast deflection. ![]() After the Eberle/Cogliano incident, I've just given up. ![]() "As of right now, it's Joe Woll and Matt Murray that are available … it will be Joe again at this point" Mark Masters May 11, 2023īoth Alex Pietrangelo and Darnell Nurse received one-game suspensions for their actions on Wednesday night in Edmonton's 4-1 win. Sheldon Keefe says Ilya Samsonov hasn't skated since sustaining an upper body injury in Game 3 Playoff Draft List Downloadable interactive spreadsheet.
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