Stanley Cup Playoffs: Monday's Need To Know
The first leg of the Stanley Cup marathon features a pair of Game 7 sprints tonight between the Bruins and Maple Leafs, and the Capitals and Rangers. Here's what you need to know before the puck drops.
Get up to speed before the puck drops on both Game 7s
The path to the Stanley Cup is a marathon, not a sprint.
The Bruins, Maple Leafs, Capitals and Rangers are well aware of this, but they'll need a stupendous kick to finish off the first leg of that journey in their Game 7 matchups on Monday night.
Ahead of those do-or-die scenarios, here's a list of things you need to know, which we'll update throughout the day:
- The Leafs' confidence is high after their Game 6 win, but probably not as high as their fans' confidence.
- And that confidence isn't without merit, as these numbers provided by Tim Wharnsby illustrate.
- There will be no supplemental discipline for Capitals defenceman Mike Green after this cross-check to the mouth of the Rangers' Derek Dorsett.
- Henrik Lundqvist stopped everything that came his way in Game 6, but can (defensive-minded) Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals stay undefeated on home ice?
- Well, a certain wizard (no, not Ray Whitney) doesn't think the Caps can.
- Looking ahead to Round 2, the Jason Spezza watch continues for the Senators as the prepare for the Penguins.
- With the Habs eliminated from the aforementioned marathon, P.K. Subban is heading to join Team Canada at the IIHF hockey worlds.
- Oh, just checking: did you get the memo, Leafs Nation?