Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New Jersey Devils

Game 1 - Thursday, 7 PM ET @ Amalie Arena
Game 2 - Saturday, 3 PM ET @ Amalie Arena
Game 3 - Monday, April 16, 7:30 PM @ Prudential Center
Game 4 - Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 PM @ Prudential Center
Game 5 (if necessary) - Saturday, April 21 @ Amalie Arena
Game 6 (if necessary) - Monday, April 23 @Prudential Center
Game 7 (if necessary) - Wednesday, April 25 @ Amalie Arena

Season series: Devils won 3-0

 

Washington Capital vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Game 1 - Thursday, 7:30 PM ET @ CapitalOne Arena
Game 2 - Sunday, April 15, 7:30 PM ET @ CapitalOne Arena
Game 3 - Tuesday, April 17, 7:30 PM @ Nationwide Arena
Game 4 - Thursday, April 19, 7:30 PM @ Nationwide Arena
Game 5 (if necessary) - Saturday, April 21 @ CapitalOne Arena
Game 6 (if necessary) - Monday, April 23 @ Nationwide Arena
Game 7 (if necessary) - Wednesday, April 25 @ CapitalOne Arena

Season series: Capitals won 3-1

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Game 1 - Wednesday, 7 PM ET @ PPG Paints Arena
Game 2 - Friday, 7 PM ET @ PPG Paints Arena
Game 3 - Sunday, April 15, 3 PM @ Wells Fargo Center
Game 4 - Wednesday, April 18, 7 PM @ Wells Fargo Center
Game 5 (if necessary) - Friday, April 20 @ PPG Paints Arena
Game 6 (if necessary) - Sunday, April 22 @ Wells Fargo Center
Game 7 (if necessary) - Tuesday, April 24 @ PPG Paints Arena

Season series: Pittsburgh won, 4-0

 

Combining these threads for Western and Eastern conference series. It's how we usually do it, and it seems a bit cleaner and more consolidated. If anyone has a problem with it, please reach out to The Napkin

 

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The first round isn't the conference semifinals, it is the conference quarterfinals.

 

Good point!

 

Grubauer is starting Game 1 for the Caps.

 

Checked the schedule for tomorrow, and yup, the NHL continues to not stagger games. 2 games start at 7. One of which will be a 6:00pm local start time!

Anyways, Penguins/Flyers is always fun. Looking forward to that game tomorrow.

 

Pens-Flyers...let's go!

 

God damn I love hockey playoffs. What a save by MM.

 

Dominating shift leading to that Pens goal. Awful early but this might be a short series.

 

Holy shit Malkin

 

I already love this series. Please dear god go 7 games.

 

Yeah, I’m freaking thrilled it’s on alternate nights. Gonna be a lot of nasty.

 

Well the Pens are running them out of the building and Crosby scored an insane goal to make it 5-0.

 

I have never seen a puck shatter before

 

This Crosby kid is pretty good

 

Anyone who passed over him in the draft is an idiot.

 

In Washington, John Anderson was given a 5 + Game for boarding, and Kuznetsov made them pay with two on the major. Columbus got one back, but I can't help but get a late-80s Winnipeg vibe from them (a great team stuck behind two legendary teams in their own division).

Tampa's in comfortable shape right now, up 3-1 on New Jersey. In a shocker, Hall has NJ's goal, against goals from Palat, Johnson, and Gourde.

 

So much damn dirty in these playoffs already. Tom Wilson just called for charging Alex Wennberg.

 

Columbus almost just scored an empty net own goal on a delayed penalty, down 1.

Instead Seth Jones pops in the equalizer.

 

OT!

CBJ playing with 10 forwards.

 

And the Caps have 5 D.

 

CBJ!

 

Filthy winner by the bread man

 

Ohhhhhh, Panarin!

 

Holy shit what a move by Panarin

 

HOLY SHIT PANARIN

edit: all caps because that is what I yelled on my couch

 

Wow what a shot by Panarin and the Blue Jackets take Game 1

 

Another season, another Caps home loss in the playoffs.

 

Some really pretty passing on Philly's 2nd goal.

 

nm, wrong thread

 

Bit of a different game tonight in Pittsburgh. Good lesson for the Bruins that 1 game don't mean shit. Not that they need it but still.

 

See ya next season, fuckface.

 

Dear god the AV guy at the Pens arena is earbleedingly awful.

 

Giroux just used his rear end to separate Chris Letang's body from his soul. I'll post a gif when I find it.

Letang's got a nasty hand wound from getting flipped.

Edit:

Grioux was off balance after a hit and Letang wasn't looking.

 

Jesus. That was like a bad version of the butt fumble.

Hope Letang is ok.

 

Philly should definitely keep taking penalties. That's just smart hockey.

 

Beautiful pass by Couturier.

 

Pretty surprised they called the embellishment on Hornqvist there.

 

I don't understand today's schedule. Four games, with two at 3 ET then nothing til 7. Why not stagger the starts.

And yes, I know I'm not the first to whine about this.

 

Cause they're giving everyone an hour and a half window to go eat dinner and smoke a bowl before coming back and watching the second round of games.

I do wish they'd go 3/3:30 and 7/7:30 to stagger the intermissions so only one is on at the same time. About 1/5th of the usual intermission is useful, play that 3 minutes, go to commercial, then show the other game for the rest of the intermission.

 

This is more of a "dammit, I have to move into another room to watch on cable instead of streaming" frustration, but NBCSN's streams of both games right now have their audio swapped.

 

I thought Jersey would give Tampa a series. I'm pretty dumb sometimes.

 

Sometimes?

 

EDIT: never mind

 

Vatanen's own goal is unlike any other own goal I've ever seen.

 

Devils not going away too easily. 5-3 now.

 

Today's games are scheduled much better. 3:00 7:00 7:30 10:30

 

Yeah, that's way better. The half hour stagger is all I'm really asking.