Posts Tagged ‘ St. Louis Blues ’

2001 v DET, 2013 v STL — Kings come back from 0-2 to win in 6

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May 10, 2013

For the second time in franchise history, the Kings came back from an 0-2 series deficit to win in six. For the second time in a calendar year, Dustin Penner scored a series-clinching goal that no Kings fan will forget. The Kings extend their consecutive playoff series winning streak to five. Jonathan Quick stole...
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Points-Blown & Season Series (2013)

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January 17, 2013

KEY Q = my standings, default sorted by points-blown (explanation of points-blown here). NHL = the official standings, via NHL.COM. DIV = Divisional ranking. C is Central; N is Northwest; P is Pacific. R/OT/SO = wins and losses in each of regulation, over-time, and shoot-out. GR = games-remaining. ROW = regulation plus OT (but...
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JARRET STOLL DOES NOT SHOOT HIGH GLOVE (Post-Series Bullets)

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April 22, 2012

  My son had just finished telling me Stoll always shoots high glove. And yet. The boy is 8 years old. It’s his first series win as a Kings’ fan. He jumped up and down for at least 30 seconds. As we all know, 11 years since the last series win. And before that,...
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We know who the 8 teams are in the West

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April 5, 2012

The lucky 8 are: VAN (1st or 2nd) STL (1st or 2nd) NAS (4th or 5th) DET (4th, 5th or 6th) CHI (5th or 6th) LAK (3rd, 7th or 8th) PHX (3rd, 7th or 8th) SJS (3rd, 7th or 8th) Notes: St. Louis has clinched the tie-breaker against Vancouver. And they’re two points behind...
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Tuesday Logjam Report

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April 3, 2012

Points-Blown Standings have their own page now, and have been updated. See the menu above. Last Night The Kings arrived at 93 points. 93 points is good enough to make the playoffs in 2/3 of sportsclubstats’ several million simulations of the last week of the season. 94 points (one more point out of their...
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Kings are 4-8-0 (.333) in their last 12; any Western playoff teams do that last year?

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January 12, 2010

Yes. One team did it last year. The Blues. They went 1-7-1 (.167) in October/November. Vancouver came close: 2-5-5 (.375) in January. Chicago almost did: 3-7-3 (.346), before the Bulin wall took over from Huet for good. Detroit almost did, but only if you look at a shorter run: 2-5-1 (.188) to end the...
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From NHL on Fox: Trade market should heat up sooner

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January 11, 2010

From the most-reliable Spector, emphases mine: The annual trade deadline is less than two months away but this season, business in the market could pick up earlier than usual due to the league’s mid-February shutdown for the 2010 Winter Olympics. A trade freeze will be implemented from Feb. 13-28, leaving only three days following...
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Tonight’s Games Suck

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January 9, 2010

Teams we wanted to lose inĀ bold. Avs/Sabres Isles/Yotes Ducks/Preds Hawks/Wild (Hawks losing is also beneficial) Flames/Nucks (either one is fine; but no 3point games, please) [Calgary won, Nucks half-won,...
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Tonight’s Games

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January 9, 2010

Teams we want to lose in bold. Avs/Sabres Isles/Yotes Ducks/Preds Hawks/Wild (Hawks losing is also beneficial) Flames/Nucks (either one is fine; but no 3point games, please) Blues/Kings Wings/Sharks (Sharks losing is also beneficial) Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from...
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Wednesday’s Standings in Points Blown

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January 6, 2010

The Good: Stars lose, Flames lose, Avs lose, Blues half-lose (OT). The Bad: Sharks win, three-point game. Colorado drops below the Kings for the first time in awhile. Five points separate the 3rd from 9th seed. With the Flames’ loss, Kings are now 2 points from 3rd, 3 points from 9th — 10 points...
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