Boychuk took a skate to the face against the Canadiens and went straight off the ice, and he has not returned. I am not posting the video as, from my first look at it, I think Boychuk may have lost an eye.
That's a relief!Colby Cohen
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Johnny Boychuk is a great human being. This hurts to watch. I’m told he has a bad cut but his eyesight is okay
The whole lot of wildcard hopefuls seems pretty weak this year, with maybe an exception of NYR (who lost Kreider recently). Columbus has similarly gone 2-4-4 in their past 10, and are the only team in the playoff picture with a negative goal differential (-5). The Islanders are close (only +1 now), but as you mention have lost three games in regulation in a row and have gone 2-6-2. Carolina's probably the best team of the bunch (+21), but they're dealing with some major injuries (Mrazek and Reimer still out, Vatanen suffering a setback and now Pesce looking like he'll miss a lot of time down the stretch).Isles lose to Ottawa. They are in a free fall.
As Philly won tonight and the Caps lost in OT, they're now at seemingly identical records: 40-20-7. WAS has one more ROW, however, and maintain their first place spot for now because of it.Flyers win, 5-2. One point behind Caps. Penguins three back after losing six straight.
Caps sure commit a lot of penalties. But the amazing thing is Philly held Ovechkin pointless in their four games this year. Philly went 3-0-1 against the Caps.The whole lot of wildcard hopefuls seems pretty weak this year, with maybe an exception of NYR (who lost Kreider recently). Columbus has similarly gone 2-4-4 in their past 10, and are the only team in the playoff picture with a negative goal differential (-5). The Islanders are close (only +1 now), but as you mention have lost three games in regulation in a row and have gone 2-6-2. Carolina's probably the best team of the bunch (+21), but they're dealing with some major injuries (Mrazek and Reimer still out, Vatanen suffering a setback and now Pesce looking like he'll miss a lot of time down the stretch).
As Philly won tonight and the Caps lost in OT, they're now at seemingly identical records: 40-20-7. WAS has one more ROW, however, and maintain their first place spot for now because of it.
This isn't the Rangers' year, and wasn't supposed to be, but damn am I excited about how the rebuild is going. I hope Shesterkin comes back strong and he gets more experience to close this season out, playoffs or not.Mika Zinanejad 5-goal game tonight, Rangers beat the Caps 6-5 in OT. Awesome game.
Edit: Carolina lost and the Islanders are losing to Ottawa with 5:00 left so could be a real good night for the NYR
Someone has clearly never won the Prince William County Mens B League Championship in back to back seasons.It seems pretty likely that there's going to be some important games played in empty arenas, right? It's crazy to imagine playoff hockey without fans, that would be so surreal.
Someone has clearly never won the Prince William County Mens B League Championship in back to back seasons.
Damn SportsNet article didn't mention the honorary partKey word missing is "honorary" EBUG. They'll have a regular EBUG as well. Not sure what that means but it's a nice headline and some PR for Colorado.