SportsLine's Top Weekend Picks: NBA And NHL Playoffs Roll On
With the NBA and NHL Playoffs chugging along, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
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With the NBA and NHL Playoffs chugging along, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
The Golden Knights have won the first playoff series in franchise history thanks largely to the play of goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
The puck drops Wednesday night in three series, and so the NHL's death march to the Stanley Cup begins.
Will this be the Winnipeg Jets' year? They'll be tough to beat with Connor Hellebuyck in the net.
Led by a breakout season from Taylor Hall, New Jersey is looking like a team that could make some noise come playoff time.
Jimmy Howard stopped 31 shots for his first shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Saturday.
The Devils star may be the leader, but Nikita Kucherov and Nathan MacKinnon are hot on his tail in the race for the sport's top individual award.
Luke Glendening scored twice, Darren Helm matched his career high with three points and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Brendan Gallagher scored twice defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Monday night.
The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to a one-year contract with Ndamukong Suh, adding the dominant tackle to their defensive front alongside All-Pro Aaron Donald.
Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves for his third shutout of the season, and Brett Connolly scored the game's only goal on a third-period breakaway to lift the Capitals to a 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Mike Green will have season-ending surgery on his cervical spine.
The Nashville Predators came up just short last year, but could return to win it all this year.
Frans Nielsen scored his NHL-record 22nd shootout winner and the Red Wings edged the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 on Tuesday night to end a 10-game losing streak — their longest since 1977.
"Now we're at the point, I guess in my career, where we didn't win by enough."
As things stand today, the Wings rank 26th overall.
Patrik Laine knows where he stands.
The captain of the Washington Capitals scored twice Monday night against the Winnipeg Jets to reach the milestone in his 990th regular-season game.
Darren Helm and Andreas Athanasiou scored, and Jared Coreau, in just his second start of the season, had 33 stops for the reeling Red Wings, losers of six straight.
Of the Red Wings' top nine forwards Thursday night, six were 24 years old or younger.
This was "Tats" in his element.
"There was no electricity," Svechnikov said.
The 21-year-old right winger posted 20 goals and 51 points in 74 games last season.
The Capitals still hold the lead in the Metropolitan Division, but how good are they this year?
Five former Red Wings earned a salute from today's players.
