Eastern eliminated teams 2 Western eliminated teams 5

Again.

One of the NHL’s longest playoff streaks has come to an end! They were actually tied with Toronto for the longest at 8 seasons. Also the earliest they have been eliminated since 2007.

A week ago, I made a google poll to see how many people could predict when Ovi would tie and break Gretzky's record this season. This poll closed on April 2nd. I also provided the opportunity to put your name on your prediction if wanted to truly call their shot. Since Ovi has officially broken the record, it is time to reveal the results.

Out of the 106 responses I received, 13 (12.3%) correctly guessed when Ovi would tie the record while only 6 (5.7%) guessed when Ovi would break the record correctly. 5 responses/people guessed both correctly. But I want to give a shoutout to those that predicted correctly and also put their name on it.

u/Gold_Telephone_7092 , u/remington29 , u/CountinElectricSheep all guessed when Ovi would tie the record correctly.

Extra special shoutout to u/Jrewy and u/Atlas_Troll who guessed both correctly.

Ok, so this may be a stupid question and one that probably has been answered many times, but why is Bettman so (almost universally) despised? I've been following the NHL for a couple of years now and I assume it's a combination of officiating, marketing decisions, team relocations, and his never-ending tenure? But I don't know...

Honestly, I’m just impressed. I’m not a fan of the Ducks or Canucks, I’m pretty neutral. But I looked away for a few moments, it was 1-0 when I left, then 5-1 when I got back.

As the season is starting to wind down, what are your matchup predictions for the finals?

This team is on fire !!!

A funny old announcer video. I can’t even remember who, I think it was at a Stars game?? Someone must have the link. I can’t find it anywhere.

Matchups highlighted in same color. Would this be a better format than divisional? I think the 1 vs 8 seeding is so much better because it opens up so many different matches.

Pic 1 and 2 = 1 vs 8 seeding and pic 3 and 4 = Divisional seeding

After scoring the go-ahead goal on the power-play in the 3rd period to give the Caps a 4-3 lead over the Blackhawks tonight (with this goal now tying Wayne Gretzky's all-time regular season goal record of 894), Ovechkin has now scored his 136th game-winning goal, exceeding Jaromir Jagr's 135 goals in a 5-3 victory.

Surprised no one has observed this yet, this actually happened a couple hours ago. I would have posted myself but I got caught up with watching hockey and whatnot.