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Ice turns at home in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs on Friday with four 3 games on the roster. The Carolina Hurricanes We’re looking forward to a 3-0 lead in the series when they travel to Boston to take the Bruins. The other three groups tied 1-1 after the losing teams on Monday scored a decisive victory on Wednesday. Tampa Bay won its 15th consecutive playoff after losing the game before.

The Wild And oiled Both bounced back from their first game loss with blast wins at home.

There is one thing to watch: will recording continue at this crazy pace? In Wednesday’s games, the lowest number of goals was six scored by the Oilers in their 6-0 win. Only the Flames-Stars game scored fewer than six goals on Tuesday night.

Friday National Hockey League Schedule:

• The third game: Carolina Hurricanes in Boston Bruins – 7 PM ET – TNT, SN360
• The third game: Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning – 7:30 PM ET – TBS, CBC, SN
• The third game: Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues – 9:30 PM ET – TNT, SN360
• The third game: Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings – 10pm ET – TBS, CBC, SN

Each day during the Stanley Cup playoffs, Athletic writers will pick their picks straight up. We put our picks, TV broadcast schedule, coverage of all series, as well as the latest possibilities, all in one place so it’s easy for fans to understand and follow. Our in-depth NHL coverage is linked below the selections. For live NHL odds from BetMGM, click here.

Hurricanes in the Bruins

Game 2: Hurricanes 5, Bruins 2 | Carolina leads 2-0

Who was the man? On the second night in a row, a third-series goalkeeper appeared – as if by magic – and went up big. Carolina Peter Kochetkov took to You are Rantawas injured in a superficial collision with David Pasternak, with 7:47 remaining in the first period. From there, he made 30 saves on 32 shots (0.86 saved over expected). Not bad for a 22-year-old who was playing fourth NHL Game.

He also had a big, memorable moment, which we’ll talk about shortly. That’s what hurricanes do, with no credit given to Kochetkov. For the past two seasons only, Alex NdeljkovicAnd Peter MarazekAnd James ReimerAnd Frederic AndersenAnd Raanta and now Kochetkov have stepped in and achieved real success. Credit Rod Brind’Amour, the goalkeepers themselves admitted, call it a group – whichever you choose, it’s impressive.

Hurricane Anxiety Scale (on a 1-5 scale with corresponding emoji): 🤠… After the match, Brind’Amour was salty because he thought the Bruins were targeting his goalkeepers, given the incidents with Raanta and Kochetkov. Concept. Other than that, everything is fine.

Bruins concern meter: 🤪🤪🤪🤪… On top of all that other stuff, the supreme defender man Humpus Lindholm Not working well after strong and clean blow Andrei Svechnikov. I don’t like coming out of this for Bruins.

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Lightning in the Maple Leafs

Game 2: Lightning 5, maple leaves 3 | 1-1 . tie series

Who was the man? If Lightning wants to have a chance in this series, they need Victor Hedman At its best. On the score sheet, there is his first goal in the period as well as three assistants. But the 5 on 5 play alone was notable. With it on the ice, Tampa Bay has generated more than 62 percent of the shot share, according to Natural Stat Trick, and when quality accounts for more than 79 percent of the projected goal share. Hedman led all skaters in this game with a score of 5.89 games.

What was the key? In fact, Lightning made the Maple Leafs pay for their fines in this game. In the first game, Toronto’s force was strong, taking the wind out of Tampa Bay should She had an advantage in those situations. Last night, the successive champions had seven chances and took advantage of Hedman’s goals, Nikita KucherovAnd Brayden Point.

Match moment: Brandon Hagel goal in the third half. Leading 4-1 early in the third set, Lightning seemed to be doing enough to separate himself from the Maple Leafs — at least, for now. But Toronto is one of the best teams at playing from behind, and they did their best to close the gap. This made Hagel’s score the match winner. It was an important target for that reason alone, and the fact that two major acquisitions by the deadline have fizzled out. First with Nick Paul’s pass blocked in the defensive zone, then Hagel’s shot which ended up in the net.

maple leaf anxiety meter: 😬😬😬…Something, the Maple Leafs are dealing with adversity in the playoffs.

Lightning Anxiety Scale: 😬😬😬… Tampa Bay Act Let this game approach the third place.

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Blues in the Wild

Game 1: The Blues 4, Wild 0 | St. Louis leads 1-0

Game 2: Wild 6, blues 2 | 1-1 . tie series

Who was the man? Like the Minnesota Wild franchise itself, Joel Erickson Eck She’s better known for being defensive stalwarts rather than offensive electric. Ericsson Eck finished fourth in last year’s Selke Trophy vote, and the Wild could have had a Selke Trophy anthropomorphic for the past 20 years. But this is not the wilderness of your older brother. This wilderness (this wild? This wild? These Wildlings?) is fun as hell, and Ericsson Eck has emerged as an offensive powerhouse. Eriksson EK scored two goals and a key assist in the first 21 minutes of Match 2, including a special ball goal that we will reach shortly. (He had a hat-trick for a while and was honored with the usual streak of hats, but his third-half goal was flipped by Marcos Foligno He was an intruder. bummer for Kirill Kaprizovwho only got a little bit of hate when he scored his third goal of the game.

What was the key? Like Tampa Bay, Minnesota underperformed playing the force in the first game. Like Tampa Bay, Minnesota experienced an immediate and dramatic transformation in Game 2. Frederic Goudreu Kaprizov scored the Power of Play’s goals by six minutes in the first period to put Wilde 3-0 ahead.

Basic stats: goalkeeper jerseys Phil Hoso He stopped all 37 shots he faced in the first match. The Wild scored on his first two shots in Match 2 (although it took half a period to finally put one in the net), and Husso managed only 22 saves with 27 shots. may see Jordan Bennington In game 3?

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Kings at Oilers

Game 2: oiled 6, kings 0 | 1-1 . tie series

Who was the man? nurse darnell The Oilers emerged early, saving a goal first after a shot went through Mike Smith (We’ll get there) Then he scored a brief tally to move ahead 2-0 in the second half. In general, in five out of five according to the Natural Stat Trick, Oilers . are created A 71.7 percent payout share was posted with him, along with a 68.3 percent expected goal share.

What was the key? Match match was upsetting for LA when this series opens Leon Drystel And Conor MacDavid They were on the ice with Philip Danault And Anzi Copetar. Last night, it wasn’t about ensuring they weren’t on the ice together – it was about getting over them. The Oilers outscored the Kings 14-9 in 10 minutes McDood went up against Kopetar, and 9-5 in 9:34 Drystel was on the ice with Danault. This is important before Los Angeles gets the final change over the next two home games.

Basic stats: The Kings had an overall xG of 1.8 against the Oilers in Game 2. First, there’s the inability to finish, something that has haunted them throughout the regular season as he scored a worst-than-expected 25.1 goal at five against five in the league, according to Evolution Hockey, as well as Another -15.4 in the power game. To their credit, they scored nearly two goals between Azni Kopetar’s shot past Smith and Alex Yavalo’s chance to play. So along with their ultimate woes, there’s also the fact that they only mustered shots that are worth their estimated collective value of 1.8 goals. That has to change, or it’s going to be a short chain.

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