There will be no mysteries when Tampa Bay and Florida meet in the first round of the playoffs after facing off eight times this season and twice in the past week. Same deal for Montreal and Toronto, who have played 10 times since mid-January.
“I don’t want to say it takes kind of some of the fun out it, but it does because you know a lot more what to expect,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.
A strange NHL regular season has given way to a one-of-a-kind playoff tournament for the Stanley Cup. It will feature an opening two rounds of all divisional play for the first time in almost 30 years and re-seed the final four to crown a champion for the first time in league history.
NHL playoff opponents won’t have many secrets
Under this year s postseason format, division rivals who have already squared off eight or more times this season are matched up again in the first two rounds.
By STEPHEN WHYNOAssociated Press
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The Canadiens and Maple Leafs have already faced each other 10 times this season, and now they’ll play a best-of-seven first-round playoff series.
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There will be no mysteries when Tampa Bay and Florida meet in the first round of the playoffs after facing off eight times this season and twice in the past week. Same deal for Montreal and Toronto, who have played 10 times since mid-January.
By Holger Stolzenberg | Last updated 5/9/21
The Department of Player Safety has been busy since Saturday’s slate of games. It has already announced a hearing for Tampa Bay Lightning forward Pat Maroon, but it was also busy handing out fines as well. Two of the three fines came from the Tampa Bay-Florida showdown, including fines to Florida Panthers defensemen MacKenzie Weegar and Brandon Montour.
Montreal Canadiens’ defenseman Joel Edmundson was handed a fine as well.
Montour received a $5,000 fine, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for spearing Maroon. The incident with Maroon occurred with six minutes remaining in the game, stirring up quite a fight between the two. Weegar also received a $5,000 fine for high-sticking Tampa Bay’s Mathieu Joseph. The infraction happened at the same time as the Maroon/Weegar incident. Weegar did not receive a penalty.
Kansas City Chiefs fan wins helmet signed by multiple Hall of Famers
A Chiefs fan who won Super Bowl tickets got a cool surprise to make up for things he missed out on due to COVID-19.
and last updated 2021-04-27 09:38:23-04
KANSAS CITY, MO â During 41 Action Newsâ coverage of Super Bowl LV in Tampa Bay Florida, viewers saw the story of David Garrett, a Kansas City man who won tickets to the big game.
That prize normally comes with not only tickets, but also some Super Bowl experiences. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, those were not available this year.
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