The Habs jumped out to a 1-0 series lead Sunday night against the Bolts, is it safe to say Montreal has the more talented team? And after his hat trick powered the Canadiens past the Lightning, is it time to admit that Juraj Slafkovsky is underrated? OverDrive's Bryan Hayes joins SportsCentre to weigh in on a special Montreal Canadiens edition of Montana's 'Hot or not'.
The Senators failed to score a goal in Game 1 against the Hurricanes, the TSN Hockey panel explains why the power play will be critical if they want to even things up before returning home for Game 3.
After a special-team centric Game 1 ended with a power play goal in overtime for the Canadiens, the Lightning say they aren't in panic mode, and that the Habs are a really good team who were going to be swept.
In Game 1, the Canadiens went 3-for-5 on the power play, including scoring with the extra man in overtime, while the Lightning went 2-for-5. Both teams combined for 13 penalties overall, and say that they need to clean things up to not allow their opposition to go to work with the man advantage.
In Sunday's overtime thriller, the Canadiens and Lightning only scored one even strength goal each. Montreal's top line of Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky were being shadowed by Tampa's Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli and Jake Guentzel. While confident of their abilities, the Bolts know the Habs' top unit will get chances, they just have to limit how many 5-on-5 they can get.
Zach Hyman and Adam Henrique talk about the challenges that the Oilers will face in a "young and hungry" Ducks team in the first round of the playoffs, and Kris Knoblauch discusses if he likes any matchups in particular between both groups.
Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch didn't confirm if Leon Draisaitl and Jason Dickinson will be in the lineup for Edmonton in Game 1 of their first round series against the Ducks Monday night. Adam Henrique, Mattias Ekholm and Zach Hyman spoke on Monday about how much of a benefit it would be to have Draisaitl back in the lineup and how well the team played in his absence.
After Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff and head coach Scott Arniel began their Monday media availabilities with statements of heavy disappointment, they both promised to take the next four and a half months to really dive into what went wrong this season. TSN's Jets reporter Danielle Bain has more on Winnipeg's press conference and how Arniel and Cheveldayoff responded to goaltender Connor Hellebuyck's scathing comments about the franchise's complacency.
The Senators are getting set for Game 2 against the Hurricanes tonight and aren't adjusting a ton. Travis Green believes they need to play a 'little' better if they want to earn the series split.
After Jets' goaltender Connor Hellebuyck questioned the organization's ability to build a Stanley Cup contending team Friday in his exit interview, GM Kevin Cheveldayoff and head coach Scott Arniel explain the emotion and drive their star netminder shows on and off the ice and how that fire fuels his elite play.
Edmonton Oilers forward Zach Hyman joins TSN's Ryan Rishaug to discuss the team flipping the switch to finish strong down the final stretch of the season, what kind of challenge the Ducks will be, and what Edmonton's mental state is heading into what they hope will be another deep playoff run.
After winning the President's Trophy one year ago, the Winnipeg Jets failed to reach the Stanley Cup playoffs this season. Head coach Scott Arniel sums up what went wrong this season in Winnipeg and explains what he aims to do in the offseason to right the ship. GM Kevin Cheveldayoff speaks on the expectations and standards that the organization expects and outlines how they plan to meet them moving forward.
The last two seasons had similar looking finishes with Edmonton coming up short in the Stanley Cup Final against the Panthers. With Florida not in the post-season, and the Oilers still in, do they face the most pressure of any other team? TSN Hockey analyst Bruce Boudreau shares his thoughts.
Nic Dowd redirected Noah Hanifin's shot from the point to put Vegas ahead at 7:20 of the third period and the Golden Knights beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Sunday night in Game 1 of their first-round series. VGK leads series 1-0.
Mattias Samuelson scored with 3:24 left and Buffalo overcame a two-goal deficit in the final eight minutes to beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Sunday night in the Sabres’ first playoff game in 15 years. BUF leads series 1-0.
Juraj Slafkovsky scored his third power-play goal 1:22 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in Game 1 of their first-round series on Sunday night. Slafkovsky fired a slap shot from the left circle that beat Andrei Vasilevskiy to the far side for the hat trick. MTL leads series 1-0.
Leon Drasaitl suffered a lower-body injury against the Nashville Predators on March 14th and missed the rest of the regular season, but as TSN's Ryan Rishaug reports, the way Draisaitl was flying around at practice, he sure looked like a player who could get back into the lineup sooner rather than later. Rishaug brings you that, and more on the Oilers lineup ahead of Game 1 against the Ducks.
TSN Hockey analyst Cheryl Pounder joins SportsCentre to break down how the Buffalo Sabres were able to come back and beat the Boston Bruins in the third period of Game 1.
Logan O’Connor scored for the first time in more than a year, Scott Wedgewood stopped 24 shots in his first Stanley Cup playoffs start and the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in Game 1 on Sunday. COL leads series 1-0.
TSN Hockey analyst Cheryl Pounder joins SportsCentre to discuss the Montreal Canadiens' overtime victory in Game 1 of their series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, including Juraj Slafkovsky's power play hat trick, and how the young Habs responded after two quick goals from the Bolts in the second period.
The Habs' power play was firing on all cylinders in Game 1 as Juraj Slafkovsky potted three goals on the man advantage in their Game 1 victory in Tampa Bay. The TSN Hockey playoffs panel reacts to the impressive win.
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