IT IS FINALLY STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS GAMEDAY ‼️
Blues at Jets - 6:00pm ET
Avalanche at Stars - 8:30pm ET
The New York Rangers have fired Peter Laviolette as head coach after two seasons.
The Rangers went from winning the Presidents’ Trophy last season to finishing 11th in the Eastern Conference this season.
Associate coach Phil Housley has also been fired.
Miro Heiskanen is out for Game 1 but is now upgraded to day-to-day status, per Stars head coach Pete DeBoer.
Matthew Tkachuk is skating in a regular jersey and taking part in drills at Panthers practice 👀
(via @JessBlaylock)
The Anaheim Ducks have fired Greg Cronin after two seasons as head coach.
The Ducks were 62-87-15 under Cronin.
Jason Robertson will miss Game 1 against the Avalanche on Saturday and is week-to-week with a lower-body injury, per Stars head coach Pete DeBoer
The NHL has announced a new regular-season attendance record was set this year with 23,014,458 total fans in attendance.
The number makes up 96.9% of capacity.
It’s the first time the NHL has hit the 23-million mark and the third consecutive year a new record has been set 🙌
ZAYNE PAREKH SCORES HIS FIRST NHL GOAL! 👏
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin presented Alex Ovechkin with a Rolex after tonight’s game ⌚️🔥
(via @penguins)