NHL Starting Goalies & NHL Line Combinations | LEFT WING LOCK http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles Fantasy Hockey Intelligence Fri, 17 May 2013 17:32:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Teams That Swept and Then Got Swept http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/teams-that-swept-and-then-got-swept/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teams-that-swept-and-then-got-swept http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/teams-that-swept-and-then-got-swept/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 17:25:18 +0000 Mike http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/?p=1104 If you’ve ever wondered if a playoff team has achieved a sweep in one playoff round only to be swept in the following round, the answer is yes. It has happened four times during the period of 1980 through the present.

  1. 1980*: Chicago sweeps St. Louis in Round 1 and then gets swept by Buffalo in Round 2.
  2. 1983: Edmonton sweeps Chicago in Round 3 and then gets swept by New York (Islanders) in Round 4.
  3. 1992: Boston sweeps Montreal in Round 2 and then gets swept by Pittsburgh in Round 3.
  4. 1993: Buffalo sweeps Boston in Round 1 and then gets swept by Montreal in Round 2.

*Round 1 in 1980 was a best-of-five series.

Currently, the San Jose Sharks are down 2-0 to Los Angeles in Round 2 after sweeping the Vancouver Canucks in Round 1.

Here are the number of playoff sweeps by season and by round since 1980 (Round 1 was best-of-five through the 1986 playoffs):

Playoff Sweeps by Season & Round
Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
1980 4 1 0 0
1981 5 0 1 0
1982 1 0 1 1
1983 3 0 1 1
1984 4 0 1 0
1985 4 1 0 0
1986 6 0 0 0
1987 2 1 0 0
1988 0 1 0 1
1989 2 1 0 0
1990 0 1 1 0
1991 0 0 0 0
1992 0 2 2 1
1993 2 1 0 0
1994 2 0 0 0
1995 0 3 0 1
1996 1 0 0 1
1997 0 1 0 1
1998 1 1 0 1
1999 3 0 0 0
2000 2 0 0 0
2001 2 1 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0
2003 1 0 1 0
2004 0 1 0 0
2005 - - - -
2006 1 1 0 0
2007 1 0 0 0
2008 1 1 0 0
2009 3 0 1 0
2010 0 0 1 0
2011 1 2 0 0
2012 0 1 0 0
2013 1 - - -

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]]> http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/teams-that-swept-and-then-got-swept/feed/ 1 Raffi Torres Suspended for Hit on Jarret Stoll http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/raffi-torres-suspended-for-hit-on-jarret-stoll/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raffi-torres-suspended-for-hit-on-jarret-stoll http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/raffi-torres-suspended-for-hit-on-jarret-stoll/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 22:27:02 +0000 Mike http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/?p=1100 The San Jose Sharks will be without Raffi Torres for the remainder of the 2nd round of the playoffs as he has been suspended for his illegal hit on Jarret Stoll of the Los Angeles Kings.

Source: NHL.com

Torres is no stranger to trouble having missed the first eight games of the 2012-2013 shortened season following a 25-game suspension (reduced to 21) for his illegal hit on Marian Hossa during the 2012 playoffs.

]]> http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/raffi-torres-suspended-for-hit-on-jarret-stoll/feed/ 0 Eric Staal Suffers Knee Injury at World Championships http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/eric-staal-suffers-knee-injury-at-world-championships/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eric-staal-suffers-knee-injury-at-world-championships http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/eric-staal-suffers-knee-injury-at-world-championships/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 21:13:43 +0000 Mike http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/?p=1090 The Carolina Hurricane’s Eric Staal was on the receiving end of a vicious knee-on-knee hit from Vancouver’s Alex Edler during today’s match between Canada and Sweden at the World Championships. The extent of the injury is unknown at this time, but Staal was writhing in pain on the ice for some time after the hit. He left the ice with help (putting no weight on his right leg) and did not return to the game.

Eric Staal knee-on-knee Alex Edler

Eric Staal Suffers Knee Injury at World Championships

Check back for updates on Eric Staal’s condition.

]]> http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/eric-staal-suffers-knee-injury-at-world-championships/feed/ 0 Flames’ Roman Cervenka Signs Three-Year Deal in KHL http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/flames-roman-cervenka-signs-three-year-deal-in-khl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flames-roman-cervenka-signs-three-year-deal-in-khl http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/flames-roman-cervenka-signs-three-year-deal-in-khl/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 18:35:05 +0000 Mike http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/?p=1087 Roman Cervenka’s NHL experiment has come to an end. The Czech Republic native has signed a three-year deal with SKA of the KHL. Cervenka put up 17 points (9G, 8A) in 39 games with the Flames this season while averaging just over 13 minutes of ice-time per game.

Source: Igor Eronko

]]> http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/flames-roman-cervenka-signs-three-year-deal-in-khl/feed/ 0 Pekka Rinne Out Four Months After Hip Procedure http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/pekka-rinne-out-four-months-after-hip-procedure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pekka-rinne-out-four-months-after-hip-procedure http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/index.php/pekka-rinne-out-four-months-after-hip-procedure/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 20:19:29 +0000 Mike http://www.leftwinglock.com/articles/?p=1080 According to Joshua Cooper of The Tennessean, Pekka Rinne underwent hip surgery on his left hip Wednesday (May 8). The procedure is similar in nature to the surgery that both Niklas Backstrom and Tim Thomas have had performed.

The recovery time is anticipated to be four months.

Source: Joshua Cooper

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