Wednesday s Matchup
Tampa Bay opens the 2020-21 regular season by hosting the Chicago Blackhawks at AMALIE Arena.The Lightning are opening the season against an opponent other than the Florida Panthers for the first time since the 2016-17 opener against Detroit (a 6-4 win).The Bolts are opening the season against the Blackhawks for just the second time in franchise history; the first came in the franchise s first ever game, a 7-4 victory at Expo Hall, powered by a four-goal night by Chris Kontos, still tied for the team record for most goals ever in a game (also: Martin St. Louis, 4 goals 1/18/14 vs. SJS), to start the 1992-93 campaign.The Lightning went 1-1-0 against Chicago during the 2019-20 regular season.The Bolts defeated the Blackhawks 4-2 in Chicago Nov. 21, 2019 in a game they never trailed, Mikhail Sergachev (PP), Anthony Cirelli, Brayden Point and Cedric Paquette (ENG) all scoring for the Lightning and Curtis McElhinney stopping 32-of-34 shots for his third victory of the
Temporary home: A look at the Wild s interim division
For one season only, Minnesota will play in the NHL s makeshift West Division by Dan Myers @mnwildscribe / Wild.com
Last summer, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the NHL to finish its season inside a pair of Canadian bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton.
It was a solid option to wrap up a season that had abruptly ended five months earlier.
But with the pandemic still clinging to every-day life in North America, it has forced the NHL to think outside the box in an effort to play a truncated 2020-21 season.
The most prominent of those ideas is a temporary re-shuffling of its divisions, as restrictions between the United States and Canada have forced the League to limit travel between the two neighbors.
December 20, 2020
New York Rangers better be ready this season for a return to the old battering of the Patrick Division NYR in the Patrick Division (Ebay/O-Pee-Chee)
It may only be for one year, but this guy is all smiles with the news that the playoffs for this year will be divisional. As a kid growing up and falling in love with the sport, there was something special about watching your team butt heads in an elimination format against bitter divisional rivals.
Key details of the 2020-21 NHL Season that are reminiscent of the old days
Here’s a breakdown of some of the key tidbits of the agreement:
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