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Vegas' Lehner records first career playoff shutout
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Monday, 24 August 2020 00:23
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Robin Lehner recorded his first career playoff shutout, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-0 on Sunday in the first game of their second-round playoff series.Lehner turned aside 26 shots.Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Tuch, Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty scored and chased Vancouver starting goaltender Jacob Markstrom from the net.The Canucks had a…
Golden Knights vs. Canucks: Series preview, and a prediction
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Sunday, 23 August 2020 18:40
The 2020 NHL playoffs roll on to the conference semifinals beginning on Aug. 22 with the Colorado Avalanche taking on the Dallas Stars.The Golden Knights and Canucks played only twice in the regular season, splitting the contests both staged in December. That seems like decades ago in pandemic time, so this series will surely surprise us.Note: Advanced stats are from…
Injured Avs goalie Grubauer ruled out of Game 2
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Sunday, 23 August 2020 14:30
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer has been ruled out for Game 2 of their conference semifinal series against the Dallas Stars after leaving their Game 1 loss with an injury.Coach Jared Bednar said he doesn't "know for how long" his starting goaltender will be out of the lineup. Grubauer tweaked something while trying to make a save at 3:06 of…
Fleury has agent delete critical tweet of team
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Sunday, 23 August 2020 11:30
Vegas Golden Knights star Marc-Andre Fleury had his agent remove a social media image depicting the goaltender being stabbed in the back with a sword engraved with coach Pete DeBoer's name.The Knights have started goalie Robin Lehner, whom they acquired at the trade deadline, in six of their eight postseason games. Allan Walsh, Fleury's agent, published the image on Twitter…
2020 NHL playoffs: Previewing Lightning vs. Bruins
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Sunday, 23 August 2020 05:56
The 2020 NHL playoffs roll on to the conference semifinals beginning Saturday, with the Colorado Avalanche taking on the Dallas Stars.Tampa Bay won three of four regular-season matchups against Boston, as well as their contest in the round-robin portion of the postseason. Will the Bruins reverse that trend in this series?Note: Advanced stats are from Hockey Reference, Natural Stat Trick…
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