lordstanley

Avs skating circles around the Wings. Lucky to be tied 1-1 with 7 minutes left in the 1st.

What are we waiting for? Start the game!

Darn, I would have been happy getting Hanifin.

I was very high on Byram coming out of junior, maybe I bought into the hype coming from him being a Vancouver Giant. If he can avoid concussions and injuries - like you said a big if - I think there is still quite a bit of upside potential. Good move by the Avs, but to me doesn’t necessarily mean the Sabres got fleeced like some are saying.

Busy Avs.

What’s wrong with Tarasenko’s 41 points (17 goals) in 57 games.

It's a bit frustrating that they had a chance to all but put away the Isles last week at the LCA when they were 10 points up. That late tie-breaking goal by NYI was a big swing. New Jersey (Florida), Pittsburgh (Columbus) and NYI (St. Louis) all play at home tonight.

Standings as of this morning. As it shows in the next to last column, no one at or behind the Wings has more than 12 points in their past 10 games. If teams continue to do that the rest of the way, the Wings are in good shape and averaging a point per game the rest of the way will be enough. Can't count on that though, I expect at least one of NYI, NJD, Wash or Pitt to make a run. I don't know who, but I still think NJ worries me the most.

OT win tonight by St. Louis over the Flyers. OK, I'll take it.

This was what I was afraid of. Devils could get a bump now. https://www.nhl.com/news/lindy-ruff-fired-by-new-jersey-devils Lindy Ruff was fired as coach of the New Jersey Devils on Monday. Associate coach Travis Green was named as his replacement. He will debut when the Devils host the Florida Panthers on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; BSFL, MSG). The Devils (30-27-4) are eight points behind the Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning, who are tied for the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. New Jersey has a .484 points percentage (14-15-2) at home, which is 26th in the NHL.

Go Blues! At Philly tonight, at NYI tomorrow.

Kane was already with the Wings for the first Larkin injury, although Kompher and Perron were out.

I'd say the Wings' playoff chances at the 3/4 mark are roughly where the Lions' division title chances were at the 3/4 mark (just before the Denver game). Remember people were worried that the Lions could lose both games to the Vikings or the Packers could run the table? Sure, that was possible, so is the Wings missing. And I get people being worried when the playoffs haven't happened in years. But 60 games in, we have a good idea of what these teams are. The Wings are virtually safe. True, no one is ready to "book it" though.

Despite Mantha's 20th goal of the season, Caps drop a 5-2 game to Arizona, at home. Big loss for them. No one in the East has played themselves back into or close to a playoff spot recently. Devils are 5-5 in past 10, Pittsburgh 4-5-1, Islanders and Washington not bad at 5-3-2 but that can hardly be deemed a hot streak. Higher up near the Wings, Tampa and Philly have both gone 5-4-1.

Yeah, the Coyotes hanging on to their surprise 4-2 lead midway through the 3rd today would be a nice bonus. Buffalo has moved up to the fringes of the playoff race. 10 pts behind the Wings, same number of games played. Recent wins over Tampa and Vegas. May as well cheer for them to lose today in Winnipeg. But if the Sabres ever become a factor in the race, that would mean the Wings have far bigger problems.

I don't have high hopes for Arizona at Washington today. NJ plays the Kings and Pittsburgh uses another of their games in hand playing Edmonton.

Worst possible day so far. Wings lose. Philadelphia wins. Tampa wins. Toronto wins. NYI wins.

Florida is completely shutting down the Wings.

I’m not aware of a site that breaks down a team’s season performance by period, but it seems the Wings are not a good 2nd period team. 2-0 Florida after 2

Down 1-0, the Wings need to kill off this penalty with 9 minutes left in the 2nd. Nope, Florida scores with 2 seconds left in it.

Bobrovsky lost his stick while the Wings were on a powerplay, but the Wings couldn’t take advantage

Is it true that the Panthers obtained only two players on their roster - Ekblad and Barkov - through the draft?

Not often you see half a period with only one shot on goal each.