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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: Canucks edge Oilers in game 5 take 3-2 lead; Game 6 goes back to Edmonton tonight

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Vancouver Canucks JT Miller raises his arms in victory after scoring the game winning goal with just 33 second left in the third period in game 5 of the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Centre on Thu May 16, 2024 (Canadian Press photo via AP)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 With just 33 second left in game 5 of the second round the Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers tied 2-2 in the series, the Canuck’s JT Miller score a late third period goal for the game winner to edge the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 at Rogers Centre in Vancouver on Thursday night.

#2 Carson Soucy and Phillip Di Giuseppe also contributed with goals for Vancouver as both returned to the line up to score two of the three Canuck goals.

#3 The Canucks can wrap up this second round in game 6 Saturday night at Scoitabank Arena in Edmonton. The Canucks rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs has been a sensation in net in game 5 he stopped 21 shots and allowed two goals in the win.

#4 Vancouver head coach Rick Tocchet said after game 5, “Almost every single guy gave us everything they had,” Tocchet said. “Resilient. I thought the guys were terrific tonight. They really came to play. It thought it was obviously one of our best games in the playoffs.”

#5 So Mary, it’s game 6 and the Canucks can eliminate the Oilers to take round two or the Oilers can once again tie up the series and force a game 7. It’s been a tight series as the last two games were decided by one goal. How do you see this one in Edmonton tonight?

Mary Lisa Walsh podcasts the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: Brink of elimination Rangers can put Hurricanes away tonight in Carolina

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Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Dimitri Orlov (7) wrestles with New York Rangers left wing Jimmy Vesey (26) on the ice surface both players were hit with penalties at PNC Arena in Raleigh NC during game 3 in the first period of the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on Fri May 10, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the NHL podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 After winning games 2 and 3 in overtime and taking a series 3-0 lead the New York Rangers are certainly proving their where with all against the Carolina Hurricanes.

#2 The Rangers won their first two games at Madison Square Garden and took the hard task of winning game three in Carolina where the Hurricanes have been tough this season.

#3 We’ve talked about the job that Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin in game 3 saved 45 of 47 shots. The Rangers are seeded number 1 in the post season at 7-0 and are living up to it. The Rangers in the regular season were 4-0 against the Hurricane.

#4 Mary, what can you say about the Rangers Artemi Panarin whose had an incredible series against the Hurricanes. Panarin scored the game winner at 1:43 in the overtime to help the Rangers put the Hurricane on the brink of elimination.

#5 Each game has been close the Rangers have won each of them by one goal. The Hurricanes have their backs to the wall game 4 is once again the life of death for Carolina’s season. Face off tonight 4:00pm PDT.

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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: Canucks advance to second round edge Predators 1-0

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Nashville Predators left wing Jason Zuckers (16) tries to put the puck past Vancouver Canucks goaltender Arturs Silovs (31) in the second period of game 6 in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Fri May 3, 2024 (AP News photo)

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 Mary Lisa, the Vancouver Canucks just edged the Nashville Predators 1-0 to take the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs 4-2 and advance to the next round with a win in Nashville.

#2 The Canucks Pius Suter got the gamer at 1:39 in the third period it was the game’s only goal.

#3 The Predators had a shot to tie up the game at 33.9 seconds in the third when the Canucks Elias Lindholm got hit for cross checking Gustav Nyquist but the Predators couldn’t take advantage as they failed to beat Canucks rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs as time ran out and the Predators Roman Josi threw his stick on the ice.

#4 Silovs got a shutout in the elimination game for the Canucks on Nashville ice stopping 28 out of 28 shots in a tight game. No doubt Silovs was standing on his head in this one for the Canucks to advance to the next round.

#5 The Canucks in the next round will face off against the Edmonton Oilers who finished second behind the Canucks in the Pacific Division. The Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings to advance to the second round. These are both Canadian teams and there is little doubt this will be a big deal in this second round in this series as all of Canada will be paying attention.

Join Mary Lisa for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff playoff podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: Panthers and Hurricanes on verge of moving to next round now just one win away

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The Florida Panthers defenseman Brandon Montour (62) celebrates his goal with teammate defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson (91) scoring against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second period of game 3 of the firs round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena in Tampa FL on Thu Apr 25, 2024 (AP News photo)

On NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 Game three of the Stanley Cup Playoffs puts the Tampa Bay Lightning on the brink as they are down 0-3 against the Florida Panthers. The Panthers took game three 5-3 on Thursday night in Tampa Bay. The Panthers left winger Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and the goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots and allowed three goals in the win.

#2 Panthers head coach Paul Maurice said that he doesn’t feel the 3-0 lead and that he feels all these games are tight. Game 2 was an overtime that the Panthers on in Miami 3-2 on Tuesday just for an example. Maurice said it’s tight and that’s what he’s expecting for the next game on Saturday afternoon for game four.

#3 The Carolina Hurricanes against the New York Islanders got scoring help from Brent Burns in the first period who scored his first goal of the playoffs at 4:46 and the Hurricanes edged out the Isles 3-2 at UBS Arena in Elmont. We mentioned Burns as you saw him for years when he was in San Jose and now he’s on this successful Hurricanes team who leads New York 3-0 in this first round.

#4 Mary Lisa, the Hurricanes also got some good goaltending from Frederik Andersen who stopped 29 out of 31 shots in this close game.

#5 Islanders on are on the brink in game four against the Hurricanes need to win big or go home. The Islanders have lost each of he first three games 3-1, 5-3 and 3-2. The Islanders once again have home ice today and if they ever had to use it to their advantage this game would be it.

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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: A run down for this weekends NHL Playoff games

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Carolina Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho celebrates with teammates after the Hurricanes defeat the Washington Capitals on Fri Apr 5, 2024 in Raleigh NC. The Hurricanes face off against the New York Islanders in game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs in Carolina on Sat Apr 20, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs with Mary Lisa:

#1 Mary, lets take each of the NHL Playoffs games that are coming up this Saturday and Sunday. The first game New York Islanders (39-27-16) and the Carolina Hurricanes (52-23-7). The Islanders Matt Barzal led with 80 points, Brock Nelson 34 goals, Noah Dobson 60 assists. The Hurricanes Sebastian Aho leads in 89 points, 36 goals, and 53 assists.

#2 Next match up are the Boston Bruins with David Pastrnak leading in all three categories with 110 points, 47 goals, and 63 assists. The Toronto Maple Leafs have Auston Matthews leading in points at 107, 69 goals, and Mitch Marner with 59 assists.

#3 The next pairing are the Tampa Bay Lightning with Nikita Kucherov leading with 144 points and 100 assists and Brayden Point leading in goals with 46. The Florida Panthers Sam Reinhart leads in points with 94 and 57 goals and Matthew Tkachuk has 62 assists.

#4 The Washington Capitals Dylan Stronme leads with 67 points, Alex Ovechkin 31 goals, and 42 assists for John Carlson. For the New York Rangers Artemi Panarin leads in all three categories in points 120, goals 49 and assists 71.

#5 Mary, to round it off just to get your picks for these two more playoff games being played on Sunday with the Colorado Avalanche at the Winnipeg Jets and the Nashville Predators @ Vancouver Canucks.

Mary Lisa is an NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Conference Finals podcast with Mary Lisa: Lightning hope for a series tie against Rangers tonight; Aves sweep Oilers 4-0 to advance to Finals

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Colorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Gabriel Landeskog (92) celebrate a third period goal that gets by Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Smith (41) and Cody Ceci (5) couldn’t stop the puck in game four of the Western Conference Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on Mon Jun 6, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Conference Finals podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 Tampa Bay Lightning picked up their first win of the series after being down two games to one. The Lightning came back after being down 2-1 with two goals in the third period scored by the Lightning Steve Stamkos and with just 42 seconds left by Ondrej Palat for a 3-2 win.

#2 The New York Rangers in the first two games won by four goals in game one 6-4 and in game two by one goal 3-2. The Lightning knew their backs were to the wall and couldn’t afford to lose game 3 on their home ice in Tampa Bay.

#3 Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper knew that the Lightning had to regroup how surprising knowing not only the talents of the club but they have Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. It was a surprise for the Lightning and Vasilevskiy when they lost those first two games to the Rangers.

#4 The Colorado Avalanche came away with a 6-5 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers at Ball Arena in Denver to sweep the Oilers four games to none. The Avalanche’s Artturi Lehkonen scored the game winning goal at 1:19 in the overtime stanza to get the Avalanche into the Stanley Cup Finals.

#5 For the Avalanche Cal Maker, Devon Toews, Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen all scored a goal each for the Aves. Colorado goaltender Pavel Francouz saved 30 of 35 shots.

Mary Lisa joins Sports Talk for the NHL Stanley Cup Conference Finals postseason podcast catch all the action at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: Canadiens could wrap up series with Knights in Montreal tonight

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Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson (20) scrambles to reach the puck against Montreal Canadiens defenseman Shea Weber (6) at the T Mobile Center in Las Vegas on Tue Jun 22, 2021 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 After taking a tough loss on Sunday in Las Vegas to the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 to even the series 2-2 the Montreal Canadiens rebounded on Tuesday night with a convincing 4-1 win over the Knights to take a 3-2 series lead and taking the series back to Montreal giving the Canadiens home ice tonight.

#2 The Habs on Tuesday night executed a successful offensive plan against the Knights at the T Mobile Center on the Las Vegas strip with a goal in the first period, scoring twice in the second period unanswered making it 3-0 after two periods getting the Canadiens off to a quick start.

#3 Scorers in game five for the Canadiens in the first period at 8:45 Jesperi Kotkaniemi, second period Eric Staal scored his second goal of the playoffs at 6:32 and Cole Caufield at 9:49 scored his third goal of the playoffs for the Habs quick 3-0 lead. Mary Lisa talk about the contribution of these players they really kept the Canadiens in it in this tight series.

#4 Mary Lisa, talk about the job that Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has done between the pipes he certainly kept the Knights out of this one allowing one goal and stopping 26 shots on Tuesday and the Canadiens will be dependent on his performance in game 6 in Montreal if their going to get by the Knights.

#5 Game 6 is the big one for the Knights its win big or go home their going to need some offense from their top skaters that they lacked in game 5 and for goaltender Marc Andre Fluery to keep busy between the pipes in Vegas and the Canadiens will look to their some of their top scorers Josh Anderson, Nick Suzuki, and Tyler Toffoli and goalie Carey Price just to set up tonight’s game for you.

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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: Habs squeak by to even series with Knights with 3-2 win

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The Vegas Golden Knights defenceman Alec Martinez (23) tries to put one on net but Montreal Canadien goalie Carey Price (31) is in front of the net to deflect the shot in the second period of game 2 at the T Mobile Center in Las Vegas Wed Jun 16, 2021 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The Montreal Canadiens opened game 2 with three straight unanswered goals that stood up as the Vegas Golden Knights could only answer back with two goals for a 3-2 win to tie the series 1-1.

#2 Mary Lisa how important is it for the Canadiens to strike early with two quick goals in the first period to grab the early game lead.

#3 One the goals that was scored was from Tyler Tiffoli who has been a difference maker in these playoffs for the Canadiens he scored the Habs first goal of the game.

#4 Canadiens goalie Carey Price stopped 29 shots faced 31 and allowed two goals. The Knights scored one in the second period and one in the third but just couldn’t pull off a third goal on home ice to tie it up.

#5 Game 3 moves to Montreal on Friday night at the Belle Centre with the series tied at 1-1 the Canadiens have had a lot of luck at home how important is home ice for the Habs going into game 3 against a team like the Knights?

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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Islanders advance to Eastern Conference Finals in 4-0 win over Flyers

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The New York Islanders Andy Greene (4) goes air borne after getting checked behind the gaoltender net by the Philadelphia Flyers right wing Nicolas Aube-Kubel (62) in the first period in game 7 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (Canadian Press photo)

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The New York Islanders got to work right away on the Philadelphia Flyers in game 7 in a 4-0 shutout.

#2 The Islanders Scott Mayfield scored in the first period at 9:27 for his first goal of the playoffs. The Islanders added more when Andy Greene scored his second goal of the playoffs goal at 13:12 for a 2-0 Islanders lead going into the intermission.

#3 The Islanders Brock Nelson has been the deal breaker for New York this post season lighting the lamp again for his seventh goal of the post season in the second period which turned out to be the only goal for the second period Isles up 3-0.

#4 Third period the Islanders put the frosting on the cake when Anthony Beauvillier scored his eighth goal of the playoffs at 13:42 for a 4-0 score.

#5 The Islanders advance to the next round of the playoffs against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night Mary Lisa who do you like in that series there is no doubt it’s the best versus the best.

Join Mary Lisa every other Sunday for the NHL Stanley Cup podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Qualifiers podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Post season starts Aug 1st; NHL telecasts with latest technology; plus more

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Contractors at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto lay down tarp over the many empty seats before Aug 1st’s qualifier and round robin games as no fans will be attending the NHL Stanley Cup post season (photo from nhl.com)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Qualifier podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 August 1st around the corner and the NHL Stanley Cup Qualifiers drop the puck in the post season bubble of Edmonton and Toronto

#2 The league will have all the latest technology in coverage for this post season as they will be introducing LED screens, microphones on the ice level, new camera angles and the NHL promises it should be a real new experience that gives you that in person feel.

#3 Another new experience 24 teams 12 in the Eastern Conference and 12 in the Western Conference no fans in the stands and all employees by Covid-19 protocols must bring face masks and their own bag lunches another new experience.

#4 Mary Lisa talk about how the top four qualifiers will play in the round robins to get seeded for the playoffs.

#5 How much concern is there regarding the safety of the players playing a game that’s a contact sport that is known to swap sweat during hits and locker rooms that see wet sweaters after each game?

Mary Lisa does the NHL Stanley Cup podcasts every other Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com