2 seed, they'll get the second-lowest seed to advance past the qualifying round.Here's the latest on the best-of-five qualifying series:Flyers' possible first-round matchups and regular-season results:The Flyers-Lightning round-robin game is Saturday at 8 p.m. That mark was 26th in the NHL and second-worst of any of the 24 teams to make the playoffs (only Columbus scored fewer of playoff teams). Reblog.

Including their exhibition game, Dallas has scored six goals total in their five games in the bubble.
The next eight teams in each conference are seeded based on record and playing a best-of-five series to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The top four teams from the two conferences will play a three-game round robin for the first round standings. Flyers 4, Bruins 1. The NHL round-robin schedule has wrapped up and know the final standings. NHL Round Robin Standings Eastern Conference Round Robin Standings. August 9: Tampa Bay vs Philadelphia, TBD. ET). This is the goal of the day to help the Blue Jackets put the game away against Tampa Bay.Smith gives the Golden Knights the 2-0 series lead with this overtime goal.The Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames wrapped up an exciting Thursday of playoff hockey with what was probably the wildest game of the day.Even though they let a two-goal lead slip away with less than 10 minutes to play, the Stars were able to escape with a 5-4 win to even their series at one game each.It was probably not the type of game you would have expected from these two teams given their offensive struggles throughout the season.Perry also scored a goal of his own earlier in the game.Oleksiak’s goal is a massive one because it helped the Stars avoid what would have been a devastating collapse that would have put them in a two-game hole in the series. The Avalanche entered the hub in Edmonton, Alberta, … Seattle reportedly cut rookie for sneaking female guest into team hotelRumor: Lonzo Ball looked ‘checked out’ with Pelicans in bubblePlayers in Washington finally wear new helmets, and it’s a beautiful sightKey: Rules to stop copycat cars need "a lot of thinking about"NBA announces 1st-round playoff schedule complete with day games

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The Flyers and Golden Knights went undefeated through three games and have clinched the top seeds in their respective conferences.The Bruins may have been a 100-point, Presidents’ Trophy winning team during the regular season, but they went winless and will have to settled with the No. The NHL returned to play on August 1st and the qualifying round and round robin schedule are speeding along. Get all the sports news you need, direct to your inbox.The Flyers have earned at least a point against every Eastern Conference team this season except one:On Saturday at Scotiabank Arena, the Flyers will meet Tampa Bay in what has become the East's round-robin championship of the NHL's return-to-play 24-team tournament.In the round-robin fight for top seeding, the Flyers have set themselves up well with a "I think it's just important to play the right way and keep building on this momentum we're gaining right now," Let's answer four questions heading into Saturday's showdown against the Lightning:The winner of the game will earn the Eastern Conference's No. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. That face off ended up resulting in a prime scoring chance right before the buzzer that Reimer, making his second start of the playoffs, stopped 33 out of 35 shots in the win.The Flames have won four of their five playoff games since entering the bubble. Tampa Bay Lightning (2-0-0, 4 points) Philadelphia Flyers (1-0-0, 2 points) Washington Capitals (0-0 … Brind’Amour challenged the play hoping to get the call overturned arguing that Bruins defense Then, with just a few seconds remaining in regulation, Hamilton made what could have been a costly decision when he went for the empty net in the and was instead whistled for icing, giving the Bruins a late offensive zone face off.

It was at that point that At that point it appeared as if the game was going to overtime, until Oleksiak scored his winning goal.He was not the only Stars defenseman that had a huge game on Thursday.The numbers paint a pretty striking picture as to how dominant he was in this game.
THE QUALIFICATION ROUND . 1 seed will hold home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.