Stanley Cup Finals: Boston Bruins Even Series With Daniel Paille’s Game 2 Overtime Winner
For the second time in as many games, the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks needed extra time to decide a winner. Three nights after losing Game 1 in heartbreaking fashion, the Bruins battled back to claim a crucial road victory with Daniel Paille‘s OT goal. Tuukka Rask was marvelous once again, making 33 saves to lead […]
2013 Stanley Cup Finals: Players to Watch in Game 2
Three days after a wild Game 1 that required three overtime periods, the Bruins and Blackhawks will square off for a second time at Chicago’s United Center on Saturday night. The Blackhawks came from behind to steal the series opener with more than a little luck, and the Bruins must now prove that they can […]
Are the Pittsburgh Penguins Misusing Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin? Part Two
I’ve posted it many times before but for the newly-initiated, here’s a chart that shows just how predictive Fenwick can be. For this season, there were two teams with at least a 55% Fenwick Close%: the Los Angeles Kings (last year’s Cup winner and 2013 Western Conference Finalist) and the Chicago Blackhawks (the West’s representative […]
2013 NHL Finals: A Statistical Look at How the Chicago Blackhawks Took a 1-0 Series Lead
Game one of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks, in all honesty, was one of the best hockey games I’ve watched in recent memory. For some reason, Keith Primeau’s overtime winner in the 5th overtime of game four from the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals came to mind. This game had […]
Stanley Cup Finals: Blackhawks Steal Game 1 From Bruins in Triple OT
The first three periods of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals were so much fun that the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins decided to play three more. The Bruins put themselves in position to win throughout the marathon battle, but a twice deflected Chicago shot in the third extra session finally stumped Tuukka Rask to send […]
2013 Stanley Cup Finals: A Statistical Preview of the Bruins and Blackhawks
We have reached the apex of the 2013 NHL Playoffs; the Stanley Cup Finals. It seems like it was just yesterday I was going on near-daily rants on Twitter about how childish and selfish the NHL lockout was. How else was I supposed to live vicariously through other adults? Well the time is now here […]
Stanley Cup Finals Preview: Boston Bruins vs Chicago Blackhawks
On Wednesday night the puck will drop on the first Stanley Cup Finals to feature two Original Six clubs since 1979. Each coming off a one-sided conference final the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks look set for a classic battle for Lord Stanley’s hardware. Neither team is a stranger to hockey’s holy grail. The Blackhawks […]
Are the Pittsburgh Penguins Misusing Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin?
In just four games, the Boston Bruins handily dispatched of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2013 NHL Playoffs. The fact that Boston took the series shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to anyone; despite the star-studded lineup Pittsburgh can roll out including former MVPs Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and […]