The two most beautiful words in sports? Match 7. Fortunately for hockey fans, Saturday will be filled with a lot of excitement, as the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2022 meet in three matches 7 on the same day.
Tampa Bay won an extra game after pushing game 6 in overtime and eventually won 4-3 against the Toronto Maple Leafs thanks to a goal from Braden Point. This series was close, with no team winning two consecutive victories so far. Toronto is coming hungry and has something to prove, as Maple Leafs have not won a playoff series in 18 years. Meanwhile, Lightning is chasing three-peat for the Stanley Cup. Their match winner gets everything scheduled for the 19:00 ET on TNT.
The Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers will close the night with a match at 22:00 ET on ESPN and fuboTV (try for free). There were shots and close games in both arenas, but the main trend is that the team that scored first leaves with the victory. Edmonton made match 7 possible with a 4-2 victory on Thursday. Evander Kane scored two goals in this match and will probably continue to be the key to the Oilers’ offensive, which continues. The left wing has registered seven goals in this series, which connects him with Kiril Kaprizov from Minnesota and Jake Gunzel from Pittsburgh for the leadership in the NHL in this year’s playoffs.
Boston and Carolina opened Saturday’s action at PNC Arena, and like the first six games in the series, the home team won. The Hurricanes broke their ticket to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 3-2 victory over the Bruins. Max Domi led Carolina by three points, including two goals in the second period. The Hurricanes have already won six games in a row 7 and will play the next game against the winner of the Rangers-Penguins series, which will end on Sunday in another game 7.
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