The chase for the Cup begins Monday.
The champs won the Central Division despite playing the entire season without captain Gabriel Landeskog and missing playoff MVP Cale Makar, No. 1 center Nathan MacKinnon and others for long stretches because of injuries.
But the Avalanche still have much of their Cup-winning core together plus coach Jared Bednar. Underestimate them at your own peril because another long run in Denver is distinctly possible.The Bruins set league records with 65 wins and 135 points, skating away with the Presidents’ Trophy and home ice throughout the playoffs. Goaltender Jeremy Swayman said of the wins record, “It’s a feather in our cap, but we have a bigger goal in mind.
Florida finished 30 points lower than a year ago. but thanks to a late surge behind journeyman netminder Alex Lyon, the Panthers got in as the second wild card. Few NHL playoff series are easy to win, but This tantalizing matchup, locked in for some time, is a rematch from the first round last year, when the Lightning rallied from a 3-2 series deficit to win in seven games.
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