While this game had many inflection points, and at least a few scoring chances, I think the final score was largely determined by this fact: The Rays hitters could not figure out Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Their inability to create any sort of offense for five innings made this a very hard game to win, and they … Read more
The 2025 Braves don’t make much sense offensively — they’ve sometimes had an extremely slappy approach, sometimes they’ve seemingly gone back to what they’ve done for the past half-decade, and sometimes they appear discombobulated or stuck in between. I’m not going to guess at what exactly was going on tonight, but it also doesn’t matter, … Read more
The Carolina Hurricanes have won their first Eastern Conference Final game in 19 years with a 3-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final. For what feels like the 1,000th time this postseason, both teams yet again had a handful of players out due to injuries. The absentees for … Read more
Artūrs Šilovs made 22 saves for his second consecutive shutout and third of the postseason, lifting Abbotsford to a 2-0 win over Colorado in Game 1 of the Pacific Division Finals on Friday night. The teams meet again Sunday for Game 2 of the best-of-five series. Šilovs (6-1), who blanked Coachella Valley in the Canucks’ … Read more
As the series shifted to Raleigh for Game 3, the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals were deadlocked at one game apiece. Following a two-game split in Washington, D.C., the teams were looking to take a 2-1 series lead, as both have been trading body blows. It’s known that the Lenovo Center is the Loudest House … Read more
The Winnipeg Jets shut out the Dallas Stars 4-0 at Canada Life Centre Friday evening in Game 2 to draw the second-round series even at one apiece. Nikolaj Ehlers scored a pair of goals while Gabriel Vilardi and Adam Lowry tallied one each. Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves for his fourth-career playoff shutout and first … Read more
The Washington Capitals announced on Tuesday morning that defenseman Martin Fehervary suffered a right knee injury on April 15 at the New York Islanders and underwent surgery on Monday to repair it. He will miss all of the postseason. The 24-year-old sustained the injury after blocking a shot by Islanders center Bo Horvat in the … Read more
Hey, Royals – where are the home runs indeed? In the bottom of the fourth, Kris Bubic walked Kyle Manzardo to lead off the inning. Jhonkensy Noel reached on a fielder’s choice (throwing error by Jonathan India, playing third base), and Manzardo was safe at second because of the throwing error. Sadly I was cooking … Read more
If you’re facing the Florida Panthers when they’re on their game, you’re often going to have a bad time unless you show up with everything firing on all cylinders. The Toronto Maple Leafs, unfortunately, were not. The Panthers were losers of five straight games heading into Tuesday night’s contest and subject to lighthearted speculation that … Read more
With what the Edmonton Oilers were missing throughout their lineup, this was a game the Los Angeles Kings should have won. The Oilers were without three of their big guns in Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Mattias Ekholm on Saturday afternoon, and the Kings took advantage of that, doing what they do best on home … Read more