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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…

The thing about the NHL playoffs is that anything can happen. We have seen enough No. 8 seeds upset No. 1 seeds to know that there are no “sure things” when it comes to postseason hockey. Is it possible the…

The Edmonton Oilers and scoring goals just kind of go hand-in-hand. During the regular season, they were one of the best offensive teams in the league, and they certainly set the tone in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff…

Don't look now, but the Toronto Maple Leafs have shifted from "mess" to "slight favourites" in this playoff series. Finding a way to grab a win on the road on Monday, the series shifts to Toronto with the Buds now…

Playoff fever is back in beautiful British Columbia. The Vancouver Canucks finished the regular season as one of the top teams in the NHL but still needed a comeback effort in Game 1 of their first-round playoff matchup with the…

The NHL playoffs are finally here, and hockey fans can look forward to the kind of intensity, speed, and drama that only the race for the Stanley Cup can offer. In this first-round matchup, the Edmonton Oilers, second in the…

The Toronto Maple Leafs didn't get off to the hot start to the playoffs that they wanted on Saturday, dropping Game 1 to the Boston Bruins. On one hand, conventional wisdom is that you're never really in trouble in the…

Excitement is high in British Columbia as the Vancouver Canucks get set to play their first home playoff game since the 2014/15 season. While the team has slightly cooled, the Canucks have made huge strides overall this season, and hopes…

It all starts again tonight, as the Stanley Cup playoffs begin, and along with them, the Toronto Maple Leafs make another attempt to get this thing right. After going on a slightly better run than usual in 2023, fans still…

The Stanley Cup Playoffs get underway on Saturday Night, and there are four Canadian teams still in the mix! Unfortunately, we say goodbye to the Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens, and Ottawa Senators for the remainder of the year, but between…

It's the last game of the regular season for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and their matchup is set. An unexpected shift in the standings has given them a new opponent to plan for, but before they can do that, they'll…

After Tuesday night, we now know the 16 NHL teams that will be competing in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs and that's allowed oddsmakers to open some betting lines for the first round of the playoffs which will begin on…

The Toronto Maple Leafs are just two games away from another shot at the Stanley Cup Playoffs - a chance to rewrite history and shake off the cobwebs of underachievement in their competitive window. To do that, though, they'll have…