The last five teams alive are also the last five cup winners: 2008 – Detroit Red Wings 2009 – Pittsburgh Penguins 2010 – Chicago Blackhawks 2011 – Boston Bruins 2012 – Los Angeles Kings And if the Blackhawks win tonight, it will be the last four cup-winners in the Conference Finals. Also, it guarantees that…
Tag Archive for St. Louis Blues
2001 v DET, 2013 v STL — Kings come back from 0-2 to win in 6
by Quisp • • 8 Comments
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 99.9%…
Points-Blown & Season Series (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 not…
JARRET STOLL DOES NOT SHOOT HIGH GLOVE (Post-Series Bullets)
by Quisp • • 15 Comments
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, 1993.…
We know who the 8 teams are in the West
by Quisp • • 1 Comment
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 the…
Tuesday Logjam Report
by Quisp • • 18 Comments
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 last…
Kings are 4-8-0 (.333) in their last 12; any Western playoff teams do that last year?
by Quisp • • 1 Comment
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 season.…
From NHL on Fox: Trade market should heat up sooner
by Quisp • • 2 Comments
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 the…
Tonight’s Games Suck
by Quisp • • 0 Comments
Teams we wanted to lose in bold. Avs/Sabres [Avs won] Isles/Yotes [Yotes half-lost] Ducks/Preds [Preds lost, which is good; but still, cheering for Anaheim is wrong] Hawks/Wild (Hawks losing is also beneficial) [Wild won in OT, points for all, that sucks] Flames/Nucks (either one is fine; but no 3point games, please) [Calgary won, Nucks half-won, whatever,…
Tonight’s Games
by Quisp • • 2 Comments
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)