Alex Newhook scored the series-winning goal 11:22 into overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 7 at KeyBank Center. First period tallies from Phillip Danault and Zach Bolduc gave the Habs an early two-goal lead, but the host Sabres would fight back to tie the tilt. Jordan Greenway was credited with Buffalo’s first goal with 6:19 left in the second period and Rasmus Dahlin’s marker at 6:27 of the third evened it up. Jakub Dobes bounced back from ...
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Alright Florida Panthers fans, the time has come to make your selections for round three of the Litter Box Cats annual playoff predictions contest.
We are down to two series, so for this round, the points will range from 8 to 7 with an additional bonus points for picking the winner in the correct amount of games.
Bonus points will also be awarded if you can hit on the player who scores the winning goal in the series-ending game of both conference finals and the player who scores the ...
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The Buffalo Sabres will host the Montreal Canadiens tonight in a do or die Game 7 that will complete the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Montreal had a chance to win the series on home ice in Game 6 on Saturday, but the Sabres staved off elimination, riddling Jakub Dobes with goals in an 8-3 rout. Buffalo will be looking to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. The Canadiens made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final in 2021 before losing to t...
The Buffalo Sabres will host the Montreal Canadiens tonight in a do or die Game 7 that will complete the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Montreal had a chance to win the series on home ice in Game 6 on Saturday, but the Sabres staved off elimination, riddling Jakub Dobes with goals in an 8-3 rout. Buffalo will be looking to advance the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. The Canadiens made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final in 2021 before losing to the ...
Rasmus Dahlin produced a goal and four assists, Tage Thompson had a goal and three assists, and Jack Quinn notched two power-play goals and had an assist for Buffalo Sabres, who routed the Montreal Canadiens by an 8-3 count at Bell Centre to send the series to a seventh game. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped all 18 shots he faced in relief after replacing Alex Lyon 10:14 into the first, when Jake Evans’ short-handed marker put the Habs up 3-1. Lyon allowed three goals on four shots. Jason Zucker, ...
Anton Lundell scored a power-play goal and collected an assist on Jesse Puljujarvi’s third period game-winner in Finland’s 3-1 victory over Germany at the IIHF World Championship in Switzerland. Aleksander Barkov, who played his first meaningful game since June, 17, 2025, had the secondary assist on Lundell’s first period marker, which came with Germany’s Maximillian Kastner off for tripping. Lundell, named the game’s best player, logged 15:58 of ice time, registered three shots on goal and wo...
The 2026 IIHF World Championship gets underway today in Switzerland and five Florida Panthers will be taking part, including recently recovered captain Aleksander Barkov. Joining Barkov on the Finnish squad will be fellow Cats center Anton Lundell. Matthew Tkachuk will play for last year’s winners, the United States, who struck gold at the tournament for the first time since 1933. Panthers prospects Sandis Vilmanis and Marek Alscher, who both got a taste of NHL action this season, will toil fo...
The Colorado Avalanche rallied from an early deficit before eliminating the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 at Ball Arena by a 4-3 count when Brett Kulak belted Martin Necas’ crossing pass by Jesper Wallstadt 3:52 into overtime. Down three after the first period, Colorado brought Scott Wedgewood into the game and got on the board on Parker Kelly’s deflection goal. Jack Drury and Nathan MacKinnon struck 2:10 apart late in third to send the game to overtime. Marcus Johansson opened the scoring and the ...
Pavel Dorofeyev roofed the rebound of Jack Eichel’s shot for his second goal of the game 4:10 into overtime to lift the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 5 at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday. Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist, and Carter Hart finished with 34 saves for Vegas, who took a three games to two lead in the series. Beckett Sennecke scored in his fourth straight game of the series, and Olen Zellweger tied it for the Ducks with 3:05 remaining in regulati...
Parker Kelly’s first career Stanley Cup Playoff goal at 11:32 of the third period was the game-winner as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-2 at Grand Casino Arena on Monday. Nazem Kadri, Ross Colton, Nathan MacKinnon and Brock Nelson, also lit the lamp, Martin Necas had two assists, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves in his first start this postseason for Colorado, who opened up a three games to one series lead heading back to Denver’s Ball Arena for Game 5...
Florida Panthers center Anton Lundell scored a goal, and Aleksander Barkov had an assist in Finland’s 5-1 victory over Sweden at the Beijer Hockey Games in Ängelholm, Sweden. The Finns won the four-day event with a 2-0-1 record. Finland will open the IIHF World Championship on March 15, versus Germany in Zurich.
Panthers defensemen Mikulas Hovorka and Marek Alscher saw duty in Czechia’s 5-1 loss to Switzerland. The Czechs finished the event in third place. Finland will open the IIHF World...
Jackson Blake scored his second goal of the game at 5:31 of overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes nipped the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 to complete the sweep at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday. Blake also drew an assist on Logan Stankoven’s marker, Taylor Hall had three helpers, and Frederik Andersen made 15 stops for the Hurricanes, who are a perfect 8-0 in the postseason. Tyson Foerster and Alex Bump scored, and Dan Vladar finished with 37 saves for the Flyers.
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal ...
Mitch Marner registered a natural hat trick and set up Brayden McNabb’s short-handed goal as the Vegas Golden Knights fricasseed the Anaheim Ducks 6-2 in Game 3 at Honda Center on Friday. It was the first hat trick of Marner’s postseason career. Shea Theodore and Brett Howden each had a goal and an assist, and Carter Hart made 31 stops for the Golden Knights, who took a two to one lead in the series. Beckett Sennecke and Chris Kreider scored the goals for Anaheim.
Alex Newhook notched a p...
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov returned to action on Thursday in Finland’s 5-4 loss to Switzerland at the Beijer Hockey Games in Ängelholm, Sweden. Barkov scored Finland’s only goal in the shootout, and Cats teammate Anton Lundell dished out three assists for the Finns, who will open the IIHF World Championship on March 15, versus Germany in Zurich.
Jordan Staal and Andrei Svechnikov each had a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 victory over the P...
Josh Doan and Ryan McLeod each produced a goal and an assist to power the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 at KeyBank Center on Wednesday. Jordan Greenway and Bowen Byram also lit the lamp, Zach Benson had two assists, and former Florida Panthers keeper Alex Lyon made 26 saves for Buffalo, who are playing in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2007. Nick Suzuki and Kirby Dach scored for Montreal, who got 12 saves from Jakub Do...
Following the results of the NHL Draft Lottery, the Florida Panthers now hold the ninth overall pick in the 2026 Draft. The Toronto Maple Leafs won the first lottery and moved from fifth overall to first. The San Jose Sharks bumped the Panthers down a spot in the order by winning the second lottery and moving all the up from ninth to second overall.
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists to power the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild at Ball Arena on Tuesda...
The NHL Draft Lottery will take place tonight, and for the first time in a long time, it will be of the utmost interest to the Florida Panthers and its fans. Florida currently holds the eighth overall pick in first round of the 2026 Draft, however, they can move up to first (6% chance) or second (6.2%) chance overall by winning one of the two lotteries or they can possibly drop to ninth or ten overall if one or two of the teams behind them in the draft order wins. The lottery balls will be dra...
Alex Newhook notched the go-ahead goal with 8:53 remaining in the third period, and the Montreal Canadiens eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 2-1 victory in Game 7 at Benchmark International Arena. Captain Nick Suzuki also scored for the upstart Canadiens, and goaltender Jakub Dobes stopped 28 shots. Dominic James lit the lamp for the Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made seven saves. Montreal will face the Buffalo Sabres starting on Wednesday.
Cale Makar scor...
Logan Stankoven scored twice to extend his postseason goal streak to five games in the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 victory over Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 at Lenovo Center on Saturday. Frederik Andersen made 19 saves to post his second shutout of the playoffs, and Jackson Blake also tallied for the Hurricanes, who are unbeaten. Sean Couturier matched Stankoven with a game-high five shots, and Dan Vladar stopped 20 shots for the Flyers.
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The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 6 at TD Garden on Friday to take the series four games to two. It was Buffalo’s first postseason series win since 2007. Alex Tuch, Tuch, Mattias Samuelsson, Zach Benson and Josh Norris lit the lamp for the Sabres. Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson each had two assists, and former Florida Panthers goaltender Alex Lyon stopped 25 saves. David Pastrnak scored Boston’s only goal, and Jeremy Swayman finished with 22 saves.
Mitch Marner ha...
Alright Florida Panthers fans, the time has come to make your selections for round two of the Litter Box Cats annual playoff predictions contest.
Like the first round, the format for the division finals is a confidence picks set-up. This time the points will range from 8 to 5.
I am going to keep the bonus point in place for picking the series-winner in the correct amount of games to add a little more variance to the scoring.
Remember, the contest is done round-by-round and there...
Quinn Hughes scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, and had an assist, and the Minnesota Wild eliminated the Dallas Stars with a rousing 5-2 victory in Game 6 at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul. It was Minnesota’s first postseason series win since 2015. Former Florida Panther Vladimir Tarasenko and Matt Boldy also scored for the Wild, who got 21 saves from goaltender Jesper Wallstadt. Minnesota will take on the Colorado Avalanche next.
Leo Carlsson, Chris Kreider an...
Alexandre Texier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Jakub Dobes made 38 saves in the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Wednesday. Brendan Gallagher and Kirby Dach also scored for the Canadiens, who took a 3-2 lead in the series. Dominic James scored his first career playoff goal and Jake Guentzel also tallied for the Lightning.
Dan Vlader stopped 42 shots for his second shutout...
Kirill Kaprizov registered a goal and two assists to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 5 at American Airlines Center. Kaprizov had a hand in goals by Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy, and found the empty net to clinch it with two minutes remaining in regulation. Jesper Wallstadt made 20 saves, and Michael McCarron had the game-winning goal for the Wild, who took a 3-2 lead in the series.
David Pastrnak scored on a partial breakway at 9:14 of o...
Kris Letang notched the game-winning goal for the second straight game, and goaltender Arturs Silvos stopped 18 shots as the Pittsburgh Penguins staved off elimination again with a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 at PPG Paints Arena. Elmer Soderblom and Connor Dewar also lit the lamp for the Penguins, who got two assists from superstar Sidney Crosby. Alex Bump and Travis Sanheim scored for the Flyers.
Shea Theodore scored with 52 second remaining in overtime, giving th...