With Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final set for Tuesday, the Florida Panthers are on the verge of winning their second straight championship. The Edmonton Oilers are once again facing elimination and must win to force a Game 7—just like last year. This article isn’t...
After almost daily NHL postseason hockey action since the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, this past week has been a long one. The Florida Panthers are finally set to face-off against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Here is the series schedule: Game 1: Saturday,...
With four teams remaining, the conference finals are upon us. In the second round, we saw some great hockey with three series going to six games and one going to seven. For full transparency, I did not do well at predicting the outcomes in my series previews for Round...
The Dallas Stars have punched their ticket to the second round after winning a decisive Game 7 on Sunday night, making them the last of eight teams to advance through the opening series. We reviewed the Eastern Conference here, and in this article we will preview the...
The first round of the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs is in the books and featured goaltending controversies and injuries, two Game 7 thrillers, and another heart-breaking ouster for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Now, the hockey world turns its attention to the second round,...
It is time for another playoff update. With 10 games remaining, the Kraken are not mathematically eliminated just yet, but they're closing in on that painful milestone. The Kings, Golden Knights, and Predators need to get more than 93 points for the Kraken to be...
Almost two months have passed since we first outlined the playoff chances for the Seattle Kraken. In that first iteration, we concluded the Kraken would need to hit 93 points to give themselves a 50-percent chance at making the playoffs. They fell three points behind...
With these extra few days between Rounds 2 and 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we thought it would be fun to look at the data behind the scoring to see how it compares to previous playoff years. Let's take a look. Playoff scoring versus the regular season The first...
The boys from the Seattle Kraken have been giving fans the full gamut of Stanley Cup Playoff experiences. After Dallas handed the Kraken two consecutive losses in Games 4 and 5 of the second-round matchup, the Kraken bounced back with a roller coaster of a win in Game...
Now that we are through the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, I thought it would be fun to look at the data behind the rosters and try to evaluate how they were built. Player acquisition type NHL Entry Draft, free agency, trades, and waiver wire acquisitions...
The Kraken find themselves down 2-1 in a best-of-seven series to the Colorado Avalanche heading into tonight’s pivotal Game 4 matchup. As one can expect from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, it has been quite the roller coaster of a series. We got the thrills in Game 1, the...
General manager Ron Francis has made it clear that the goal of the Seattle Kraken is to make the playoffs in 2022-23, which might seem like a stretch goal coming from a team that just finished fourth from last place in the NHL standings. The team will need to be...
