NHL 2024-25

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Can you believe people are ready to talk hockey?  It’s actually time as the first puck drops will be tonight in Dallas and Buffalo, N.Y.  This will be your place to discuss all things NHL.  Have fun and be sure to be respectful.

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And the regular season starts today!  Technically.  While today’s first game will be a regular season game played in the Czech Republic, the rest of today’s games will be preseason games.  Hey, they should still be fun.  Here’s today’s schedule.

New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres today at 1 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes tonight at 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at New York Islanders tonight at 7 p.m.
Ottawa Senators at Detroit Red Wings tonight at 7 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks tonight at 8:30 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Calgary Flames tonight at 9 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks tonight at 10 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks tonight at 10 p.m.

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We are finally getting hockey on North American ice!  We have a trio of games today, including a banner ceremony and a new team being born out of the ashes of an old team.  The Blues are playing the Kraken now.  The Bruins will play the Panthers at 7 p.m.  The Blackhawks will play Utah at 10 p.m.  Updates to come.

The Blues beat the Kraken, 3-2.
The Panthers beat the Bruins, 6-4.
Utah beat the Blackhawks, 5-2.

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Let’s blow the dust off this thread and tell people to get to a TV.  The United States is playing Canada as one of hockey’s greatest rivalries is reignited in this 4 Nations showdown.  Updates to come.

UPDATE:  Welcome back to old time hockey!  Players fought three separate times in the first nine seconds of the United States vs. Canada 4 Nations showdown.

The United States beat Canada, 3-1.

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The rivalry is on again!  Canada and the United States are squaring off in the championship game of the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off.  Updates to come.

UPDATE:  This is anybody’s game.  Canada and the United States are tied, 2-2, with the 4 Nations Face-Off title up for grabs.  The third period is beginning now.

UPDATE 2:  Three periods was not enough.  Canada and the United States are battling 5-on-5 in overtime tied, 2-2, to cap the 4 Nations Face-Off.  The next goal wins.

UPDATE 3:  What a thriller tonight in Boston!  The United States lost the rematch, 3-2, as Canada claimed the first 4 Nations Face-Off title on Connor McDavid’s overtime goal.

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Start buying new record books.  The Capitals’ Alexander Ovechkin scored his 894th career goal to tie Wayne Gretzky for the most in NHL history.  Updates to come.

The Capitals beat the Blackhawks, 5-3.

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The GR8 Chase is over.  The Capitals’ Alexander Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal from his favorite spot in the left circle to pass Wayne Gretzky and become the NHL’s all-time leader.  Updates to come.

The Capitals lost to the Islanders, 4-1.

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What a thriller tonight in Dallas!  The Canucks came up with the comeback of the year and stunned the Stars by scoring three goals in the final minute of regulation and went on to win, 6-5, in overtime.

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It’s been a big day in sports with the Masters Tournament, UFC 314 and Der Klassiker, but the future of the NHL made history in the men’s Frozen Four title game.  No. 4 Western Michigan beat Boston University, 6-2.

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What a thriller tonight in Washington!  Alexander Ovechkin scored his first career overtime playoff goal to deliver a 3-2 Capitals win over the Canadiens and a 1-0 series lead.

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This game has entered winning time.  The Stars’ Mikko Rantanen’s second goal of the game tied the Central rival Avalanche, 2-2, with under six to go in the third period of Game 7.  Updates to come.

The Stars beat the Avalanche, 4-2.

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It does not get much closer than this.  Reilly Smith scored a buzzer-beating goal with less than a second remaining as the Golden Knights beat the Pacific rival Oilers, 4-3, to cut the series deficit to 2-1.

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Correct me if I am wrong, but the game does not end with a bell ringing, right?  The Oilers and Stars went at it as the horn sounded in the Stars’ 6-3 comeback win in Game 1.

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The champs have a shot to repeat.  The Panthers beat the Hurricanes, 5-3, to become the ninth franchise to make three consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances.

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The rematch is on!  The Oilers defeated the Stars, 6-3, in Game 5 to book a Stanley Cup Final rematch against the Panthers beginning on Wednesday in Edmonton, Alberta.  That was the third straight loss in the Western Conference Final for the Stars.