Writer’s Twitter: @ChrisMottHockey This will be the year that the curse of winning the President’s Trophy will end. The Tampa Bay Lightning are dominant in every phase of the game from offense to defense to goaltending. There are keys to why Tampa will go all the way this season. They have so much depth scoring
As I recover from the high of winning last night’s Draft Lottery and deciding if I should be #TeamHughes or #TeamKaapo, the NHL playoffs commence tonight. Yeah, the New Jersey Devils aren’t in it this year, and that sucks, especially since I placed a few preseason bets that they’d make the playoffs which weren’t some
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are upon us which only means one thing for New Jersey area fans: Ignore the Islanders existence and hop on a bandwagon somewhere else. Fortunately, there’s five new playoff matchups and a lot of underdog potential to root for. I however, am not taking that route. Somewhere between watching Alex Ovechkin
One of the best times of year is finally upon us: the Stanley Cup Playoffs. There are a lot of great storylines entering this year’s edition of the race for the Cup. Robin Lehner’s career-resurrecting year with the surprising Islanders, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s legendary regular season performance, and Alexander Ovechkin’s chance to defend the
It’s only June 17th and already, the wheels of NHL free agency have begun to turn. As we all know, the Devils’ biggest needs are a top-four defenseman, and more depth among their 4th-9th forwards. James Neal of the Vegas Golden Knights is one of the top forwards available this summer, and and could
Matchup Overview The New Jersey Devils and Tampa Bay Lightning will square off in their fourth game of a best-of-seven series tonight at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils won their most recent game in a come-from-behind thriller on Monday night, but the Bolts have a 2-1 lead in the series. Defeat
Game Summary The New Jersey Devils find themselves in a 2-0 hole ahead of their arrival back to Newark. This is courtesy of a 5-3 defeat in game two, where the Devils comeback came up a bit short. Overall, the Devils played a much better first period than they did in game one. However, early
The New Jersey Devils will face the Tampa Bay Lightning in round one of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. We’ve got your series preview ready for you here, but this article will help those Devils fans that are looking to come support Jersey’s team on the road. The Devils will be in the Tampa Bay area
Matchup Overview The New Jersey Devils will begin their six-game road trip tonight in the Music City when they take on the red hot Nashville Predators (44-14-9). With just a three-point lead in the last wild card position, the time is now for the Devils to start putting some wins together if they want to
We’re halfway through the playoffs and down to four teams competing to hoist the Stanley Cup. I think I can safely say not many of our playoff brackets turned out the way any of us expected, but that’s what has been so great about these playoffs. The onslaught of series upsets however, do reflect on
