PostedMay 16, 2022, 8:05 p.m.
The New York Rangers ( once morest Pittsburgh) and Calgary ( once morest Dallas) clinched their ticket to the quarter-finals in overtime.
Artemi Panarin and his teammates celebrate the winning New York Rangers goal.
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There are only eight contenders for top honors left in the NHL Championship. And, on the night of Sunday to Monday, the last two teams to have punched their ticket for the quarter-finals did so at the end of the suspense. The New Rangers and the Calgary Flames have indeed passed the pitfall of the quarter-finals of Conferences, in the extension of the seventh and last act.
At Madison Square Garden, the Blueshirts, who were down 2-3 five minutes from the horn, eliminated Pittsburgh in the 65th minute, thanks to a success by Russian left winger Artemi Panarin (4-3).
Swedish center Mika Zibanejad, who scored eleven times in this series once morest the Penguins, had signed the 3-3 in the 55th.
As they faced elimination at the end of Act IV and their opponents had taken a 2-0 lead in the fifth game, Rangers reached the second round of the knockout phase for the first time since 2017. of the season. At this stage of the competition, they will face the Carolina Hurricanes, club with which evolves the Grison winger Nino Niederreiter, the only Swiss still in the running.
A “Battle of Alberta” on the program
In its Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary got rid of the Dallas Stars in the 76th minute when American left winger Johnny Gaudreau beat goaltender Jake Oettinger, dazzling until then, on the 67th shot (!) of the Canadian franchise (3 -2).
At the next level, the Flames will challenge Edmonton in a “Battle of Alberta” in which they will face the “two-headed monster” played by Ontario forwards Connor McDavid and German forwards Leon Draisaitl. The two teams have not met in the playoffs for 31 years.
The other two quarter-finals offer the following displays…The long-awaited Florida derby between the Panthers, the best formation of the 2021-2022 regular season, and Tampa Bay, winner of the Stanley Cup in 2020 once morest the Dallas Stars (4- 2 in the Edmonton bubble) and in 2021 once morest the Montreal Canadiens (4-1).
A Colorado-St. Louis where the Avalanche, who swept the Nashville Predators from Bernese defender Roman Josi in the previous round (4-0), will be the favorite.
NHL. Play off. Conference quarter-finals. Sunday’s matches
NY Rangers – Pittsburgh 4-3 ap. NY Rangers win the series 4-3.
Calgary – Dallas 3-2 ap. Calgary wins the series 4-3.
Order of quarter-finals:
The playoffs are played best of seven matches.
