The Bruins, who broke the NHL’s record for most wins and points in a single regular season this year, were upset by the Panthers in the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday.
It was a disappointing end to a season brimming with promise, and the loss prompted an eyebrow-raising call from play-by-play commentator Jack Edwards, who compared Boston’s playoffs defeat to the Hindenburg disaster.
“[Carter] Verhaeghe wins the series for Florida, and this joyride ends in an Hindenburg-like ending,” said Edwards.
Author: Michael
The Bruins crashed out of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday night, stunned in overtime of Game 7 by the Panthers, 4–3. Captain Patrice Bergeron, who missed the first five games of the series, returned to Boston’s lineup for Games 6 and 7, for what were potentially the final games of his career in the NHL.
The Bruins had lofty expectations following their historic regular season, during which they registered the most wins and points by a team in league history.
The No. 1 seed Bruins, who switched goaltenders, choosing to go with backup Jeremy Swayman in a must-win situation, saw their historical run end on Sunday, when the the Panthers rallied to win Game 7 in OT, setting up a Round 2 date with the Maple Leafs.
The Warriors are through to the second round of the NBA playoffs, slated to face the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals. For the first time ever, Stephen Curry and Golden State will face off against a LeBron James-led team prior to the NBA Finals.
The significance of matching up against James and Los Angeles isn’t lost upon Draymond Green, who is eagerly awaiting the showdown against his close friend.
Ahead of the matchup against the Lakers, Green indicated he wouldn’t be taking the moment for granted, and urged fans to act similarly.
At 35, Stephen Curry isn’t slowing down. Far from it. With 50 points in Sunday’s Game 7 win over the Kings, he showed he’s a man on top of his craft.
The Panthers have stunned the best regular-season team in NHL history thanks to a 4-3 overtime win in Game 7.
Hopefully the electronics guy in Toronto opted to buy the warranty plan.
Blue Jays starting pitcher Chris Bassitt snapped in the first inning of Sunday’s game against the Mariners after reviewing a missed call by the home plate umpire. Bassitt was watching a replay of his first-inning performance, giving up four runs in the period, in the Blue Jays’ dugout.
After turning in a 50-point masterclass in the Warriors’ huge Game 7 win over the Kings, Stephen Curry was asked to answer a question that has stumped the NBA for over a decade.
“So, who can stop Steph Curry?”
On Sunday in Sacramento, the answer, clearly, appeared to be no one as Curry set the record for the most points in a Game 7 in NBA history with another game for the ages to keep his team’s season alive.
The obituaries were written. For Bob Myers. For Draymond Green. For the Warriors dynasty as we know it. Nine years, four championships with a 73-win season mixed in and this is where it would end: in Sacramento, against the upstart Kings, who rolled into San Francisco and blew out Golden State on Friday and would assuredly find a way to win again in front of 20,000 frothing fans at home on Sunday
“Do these championship Warriors still have what it takes to win a Game 7 on the road?” asked ABC broadcaster Mike Breen.
Answer: They did.
Correction: Stephen Curry did.
With a single fourth-quarter sequence, the smashmouth Eastern Conference series that kept being framed from a 1990s perspective suddenly looked a whole lot like one straight out of 2023. And it was because of yet another star player injury that threatens to turn the tide.
With just over five minutes to go in Game 1 Sunday between the Heat and Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Miami star Jimmy Butler drove to his right and rose for a shot as he drew contact from New York swingman Josh Hart.