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Yahoo
05-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Ex-Sabres Stayin Alive After First Round
Sunday's Game 7 between the St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets puts an end to the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which did not see any shocking upsets, but did see clubs like Los Angeles and Tampa Bay, who had home-ice advantage, go down to division foes Edmonton and Florida. A number of former Buffalo Sabres moved on to the second round, which will open with the Panthers taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Monday. Here are the ex-Sabres who survived the first round: Carolina Eric Robinson GP - 5, G - 0, A - 1, PTS - 1, +/- -1 Taylor Hall GP - 5, G - 1, A - 2, PTS - 3, +/- -1 William Carrier GP - 5, G - 0, A - 0, PTS - 0, +/- +1 The Canes took care of the New Jersey Devils in five games, who went into the series without top center Jack Hughes and lost a sizable chunk of their blueline to injury. Dallas Ilya Lyubushkin GP - 7, G - 0, A - 2, PTS - 2, +/- -5 Lyubushkin went -5 in the Game 6 loss in Denver, but the Stars rallied in the third period of Game 7, with former Av Mikko Rantanen scoring a hat trick in a 4-2 victory. Edmonton Evander Kane GP - 5, G - 2, A - 1, PTS - 3, +/- -1 Jeff Skinner GP - 1, G - 0, A - 1, PTS - 1, +/- -2 Skinner never got back in the lineup after a poor Oilers performance in Game 1. Kane returned after missing the entire regular season and was a difference-maker with his physicality and key goals, as Edmonton rallied from being down 2-0 and defeating the LA Kings in six games. Other Sabres Stories Is Peterka In Prime Position For Big Payday? Sabres Ownership Ranked Worst In NHL By Survey In The Athletic Florida Sam Reinhart GP - 5, G - 2, A - 4, PTS - 6, +/- +2 Dmitri Kulikov GP - 5, G - 0, A - 2, PTS - 2, +/- 0 Evan Rodrigues GP - 5, G - 0, A - 1, PTS - 1, +/- 0 The Panthers surprisingly dominated Tampa Bay and eliminated the Lightning in five games, playing the prototypical Florida rough and dirty style. Reinhart led them in scoring with six points. Toronto Jake McCabe GP - 6, G - 0, A - 1, PTS - 1, +/- +1 The Leafs were given a scare by Ottawa, who rallied from down 3-0 to make the series close before Toronto won Game 6 on Thursday. McCabe was an important part of the Leafs success, as part of their shutdown pairing with Chris Tanev. Vegas Jack Eichel GP - 6, G - 1, A - 4, PTS - 5, +/- -4 Brayden McNabb GP - 6, G - 0, A - 3, PTS - 3, +/- 0 Victor Olofsson GP - 4, G - 0, A - 1, PTS - 1, +/- -2 The Golden Knights had a tougher time than expected with the Minnesota Wild, topping them in six games. Eichel struggled defensively early in the series, but made up for it by tying for the club scoring lead with five points. Follow Michael on X, Instagram, and Bluesky @MikeInBuffalo
CBS News
04-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Colorado Avalanche lose to Dallas Stars, eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoffs
The Colorado Avalanche lost to the Dallas Stars 4-2 in Game 7 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday. DENVER, COLORADO - MAY 01: Mikko Rantanen #96 of the Dallas Stars controls the puck against Devon Toews #7 of the Colorado Avalanche during the first period in Game Six of the First Round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Ball Arena on May 01, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. / Getty Images Game 7 started out tight, with not much action in the first period. But Josh Manson's shorthanded goal gave the Avs a 1-0 lead in the second. Nathan MacKinnon beat Jake Oettinger 31 seconds into the third period, doubling their lead. Dallas finally scored in the third when former Av Mikko Rantanen buried a shot off the pipe. He scored against his former team again, banking a wraparound shot and tying the game at 2-2. The Stars pulled ahead with less than three minutes left in the game when Matt Duchene made a cross-crease pass to Wyatt Johnston, who buried the shot. The Avs couldn't recover, and with three seconds left, Rantanen pulled off a hat trick with his third goal of the game. The Avs have now failed to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Dallas will move on to play whoever wins between the Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues in their Sunday matchup.
