Do or die for Providence.
Welcome to Friday, folks! Last Friday in April. Make it count.
As we all continue to argue about the fallout from Wednesday’s triumvirate press conference, the NHL playoffs roll on without us.
Florida, Toronto, Minnesota, and St. Louis all won last night, with the most surprising result of the night probably being the seven goals the Blues put up on Winnipeg.
Toronto won in overtime again, putting Ottawa on the brink of elimination and the rest of us on the brink of not being able to ask when the last time was that the Leafs won a series.
Tonight, we have:
- Washington at Montreal
- Carolina at New Jersey
- Los Angeles at Edmonton
In all three games, the home team will need a win to avoid going in a 3-0 hole. I’d put my money on Edmonton being the most likely to pull one out, but I am also a terrible gambler, so don’t listen to me.
In organizational news, the Providence Bruins need a win tonight to continue their Calder Cup playoff journey, as they fell to Springfield on Wednesday night, losing by a score of 2-1.
The P-Bruins will journey to Massachusetts (which I know is a separate state from Rhode Island) today for Game 2 tonight; the first round in the AHL is a best-of-three, so it’s do or die for the P-B’s.
Puck drop is at 7:05 PM, with the game streamed on FloHockey again.
Prior to that Game 1 loss on Wednesday, the AHL announced that P-Bruins goalie Michael DiPietro has been named the winner of the Baz Bastien Award as the AHL’s best goalie.
DiPietro, who the Bruins acquired as part of the Jack Studnicka (remember him?) trade, was 26-8-5 for Providence this season with a .927 save percentage and 2.05 GAA.
He also had four shutouts.
What’s on tap for today/the weekend?