The 7-Eleven Power Rankings: VGK aim to regain home-ice advantage

Vegas was the last team to lose a game in this year’s playoffs. Marc-Andre Fleury’s .967 save percentage is the highest in NHL history for goalies with at least six playoff games in one year.

Vezina Trophy finalist Connor Hellebuyck wasn’t scored on for eight periods before finally allowing one against Nashville in Game 1. Jets scoring leader Mark Scheifele has four goals in his last two games.

Boston’s 6-2 Game 1 victory was the third time in eight games that they’ve scored at least six goals. Rookie Jake DeBrusk, who scored 16 regular-season goals, already has six in the playoffs.

The Preds lost Game 1 despite outshooting the Jets 48-19. They recovered in Game 2 when Kevin Fiala scored in the second OT and Vezina finalist Pekka Rinne made 46 saves in 85:37 of playing time.

Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel both have seven goals in eight games, one behind NHL leader Scheifele. For Guentzel, that’s 20 playoff goals in 33 career games. He had 22 goals in 2017-18.

The Caps lost Game 1 after giving up three late goals in 3:49. They held on to their lead in Game 2 to beat the Pens 4-1 and didn’t have to deal with injured star Evgeni Malkin for the second straight game.

After allowing nine straight goals to the Golden Knights, the Sharks recovered in the second period of Game 2 to score four of the next five goals, including Logan Couture’s overtime winner.

The Lightning got a lickin’ from Brad Marchand (one goal, three assists) in their opener as Boston’s top line combined for 11 points to give Vezina finalist Andrei Vasilevskiy (.783 SV%) headaches all game.

The Leafs held Boston’s big line off the scoreboard for two games, but not the other five. David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron and Marchand combined for 30 total points. Time to reload the blueline?

Four of the six games against Washington went to OT, but after winning the first two of the series the Blue Jackets lost four straight. So much for head coach John Tortorella’s guarantee of a Game 7.

A season in which you improve by 47 points from your 48 points (dead last in the NHL in 2016-17) in the previous year is a success no matter what else happens. Winning two playoff games is a bonus.

Two things stand out in Philly’s playoffs: Claude Giroux was minus-10 after being plus-28 in the regular season; and Sean Couturier carried over his strong play with nine points in five postseason games.

After leading the Devils in regular-season scoring by 41 points, and leading the team in playoff scoring (six points), Taylor Hall was named as one of the three finalists for the Hart Trophy this year.

GM Chuck Fletcher was fired after the Wild’s departure. It turns out that making the playoffs for six straight years isn’t good enough if you get knocked out in the first round four of those six times. 

Anze Kopitar, with two, was the only King to record more than one point in L.A.'s series against Vegas. He still has an opportunity to win something this year, though, as he was named a Hart finalist.

It doesn’t look good for the Ducks that after managing just four goals against the Sharks in four games that San Jose got smoked 7-0 in the opening game of their Round 2 series against Vegas.