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The all-Canadian series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs got off to a scorching start on Wednesday, pivoting from a sure thing in one direction to a wild comeback in the other. The Vancouver Canucks now find themselves with a head…

While the Stanley Cup Playoffs are receiving the lion's share of focus in the hockey world, they aren't the only way to get your puck fix in the springtime. In fact, they aren't even the only way that's full of…

NorthStar Bets lists the Oilers as a -265 series favourite heading into Game 1 versus Vancouver (+215). The Oilers are currently listed as a co-favourite to win the Stanley Cup at +350, along with the New York Rangers, who are…

With the elimination of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets, there are just two Canadian NHL teams remaining in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. At the end of this second-round series, though, there will only be one, as both the…

The Dallas Stars host the Colorado Avalanche in what is probably the most anticipated matchup of the second round. The last postseason meeting between the Stars and Avalanche was the 2020 second round, which Dallas won in seven games. The…

While many are enjoying the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and others are dissecting what went around in the first round, those whose teams never made it into the dance at all have their eyes peeled on a…

The Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers will meet in a rematch from last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. Florida won the series in seven games in 2023 after the Bruins took a 3-1 series lead. The Bruins went 4-0 against the…

Welcome back to a special edition of HNIC Coast to Coast! With just one game involving a Canadian NHL team this weekend, we'll take a quick look at how the four of seven teams that joined the playoff fray are…

It all comes down to this. In a situation that felt impossible just a week ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs have tied up their series with the Boston Bruins and head to a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday Night. For…

Despite being on the verge of elimination in the opening round of the NHL Playoffs, the Nashville Predators just won’t go away. In what has been a tough, offensively challenging series, the Predators found a way to score when it…

The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes will face each other in the playoffs for the third time in the last five seasons. In 2020, Carolina (-140 series favourite) swept the Rangers in the best-of-5 Stanley Cup Qualifiers. However, in…

After snatching victory from the jaws of defeat on Tuesday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs get another opportunity to prolong their season on Thursday. With a return to home ice and a seed of doubt planted into the Boston Bruins,…

The Edmonton Oilers have an opportunity to punch their ticket into the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night, leading the Los Angeles Kings by a 3-1 margin in their series and now holding the home-ice gauntlet.…

Is this the last stand of the Toronto Maple Leafs as we know them? All signs seem to point to yes, and they're coming in hobbled and hurt. It's not the fact that they're losing this series to the Boston…

The Vancouver Canucks can punch their tickets to the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs with a win in Game 5 of their series with the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. After dropping Game 2 of their best-of-seven…

In case you had started to doubt them, the Oilers have now officially proved that they have what it takes to beat this Kings team, and to do it handily. By the time Leon Draisaitl scored his second of the…

Welcome back to HNIC Coast To Coast, the official weekend NHL breakdown column of Canada Sports Betting. All four Canadian teams that are still in the playoff hunt will be playing across Saturday and Sunday, all looking to either extend…

For the Toronto Maple Leafs, home-ice advantage left as quickly as it came. A tight win from the Boston Bruins on Wednesday restored their grip on the series, putting them just two wins away from eliminating the blue and white.…

The scene now shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 as the Edmonton Oilers take on the Kings in the third game of their opening-round NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs series. Oh, the difference a game can make. In Game 1…