sports 2021-22 NHL Thread ?

[JGibson]

  

This thread focuses on the happenings of the 2021-22 NHL season. The Tampa Bay Lightning repeated as defending Stanley Cup champions.  Owen Porter went #1st overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, selected by the Buffalo Sabres. Jérémy Lauzon was selected 1st overall in the Expansion Draft from Boston by the Seattle Kraken.

After a COVID-shortened season of 56 games that were confined to division-only play that necessitated realignment of the divisions due to the US/Canada Border closed to non-essential travel for most of the season, the full 82-game schedule and normal divisional alignments are back. Also, arenas are expected to open to full capacity. Certain arenas could be under mask mandates. Certain arenas will likely have a COVID vaccine and/or negative test mandate to gain entry. 

 

The NHL will have a Winter Olympic pause from February 7th to 22nd in 2022.

 

The NHL All-Star Game, which was cancelled last year due to the COVID pandemic, is back on in Vegas as the last event prior to the Olympic break, to be held on the weekend of February 4th and 5th. 

 

The Winter Classic is back after a one-season hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, with the same opponents that would've played the 2021 game: the St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild at Target Field. 

 

The Seattle Kraken make its debut in the NHL, making it a 32-team league. As a result of the Kraken's arrival, the Arizona Coyotes head to the Central Division, meaning each division has 8 teams. 

 

 

 

Resources

NHL.com 

NBC Sports (NHL)

TSN (NHL)

CBC (NHL)

ESPN (NHL)

Sportrac Salary Cap Tracker

Pro Hockey Rumors (rumors)

Roster Resource (depth charts/line charts)

CBS Sports (NHL)

 

 

2020-21 Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Carolina Hurricanes	56	36	12	8	27	179	136	+43	80
2	x – Florida Panthers	56	37	14	5	26	189	153	+36	79
3	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	56	36	17	3	29	181	147	+34	75
4	x – Nashville Predators	56	31	23	2	21	156	154	+2	64
5	e – Dallas Stars	56	23	19	14	17	158	154	+4	60
6	e – Chicago Blackhawks	56	24	25	7	15	161	186	−25	55
7	e – Detroit Red Wings	56	19	27	10	17	127	171	−44	48
8	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	56	18	26	12	12	137	187	−50	48

 

 

East Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	56	37	16	3	29	196	156	+40	77
2	x – Washington Capitals	56	36	15	5	29	191	163	+28	77
3	x – Boston Bruins	56	33	16	7	25	168	136	+32	73
4	x – New York Islanders	56	32	17	7	24	156	128	+28	71
5	e – New York Rangers	56	27	23	6	24	177	157	+20	60
6	e – Philadelphia Flyers	56	25	23	8	17	163	201	−38	58
7	e – New Jersey Devils	56	19	30	7	15	145	194	−49	45
8	e – Buffalo Sabres	56	15	34	7	11	138	199	−61	37

 

 

North Division (Canada)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	56	35	14	7	29	187	148	+39	77
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	56	35	19	2	31	183	154	+29	72
3	x – Winnipeg Jets	56	30	23	3	24	170	154	+16	63
4	x – Montreal Canadiens	56	24	21	11	20	159	168	−9	59
5	e – Calgary Flames	56	26	27	3	22	156	161	−5	55
6	e – Ottawa Senators	56	23	28	5	18	157	190	−33	51
7	e – Vancouver Canucks	56	23	29	4	17	151	188	−37	50

 

 

West Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	56	39	13	4	35	197	133	+64	82
2	x – Vegas Golden Knights	56	40	14	2	30	191	124	+67	82
3	x – Minnesota Wild	56	35	16	5	27	181	160	+21	75
4	x – St. Louis Blues	56	27	20	9	19	169	170	−1	63
5	e – Arizona Coyotes	56	24	26	6	19	153	176	−23	54
6	e – Los Angeles Kings	56	21	28	7	19	143	170	−27	49
7	e – San Jose Sharks	56	21	28	7	15	151	199	−48	49
8	e – Anaheim Ducks	56	17	30	9	11	126	179	−53	43

 

 

2020-21 Playoffs

First Round

Second Round

Stanley Cup Semifinals

Stanley Cup Finals

C1

Carolina

4

C4

Nashville

2

C1

Carolina

1

Central Division

C3

Tampa Bay

4

C2

Florida

2

C3

Tampa Bay

4

1

Vegas

2

4

Montreal

4

E1

Pittsburgh

2

E4

NY Islanders

4

E4

NY Islanders

4

East Division

E3

Boston

2

E2

Washington

1

E3

Boston

4

4

Montreal

1

2

Tampa Bay

4

N1

Toronto

3

N4

Montreal

4

N4

Montreal

4

North Division

N3

Winnipeg

0

N2

Edmonton

0

N3

Winnipeg

4

2

Tampa Bay

4

3

NY Islanders

3

W1

Colorado

4

W4

St. Louis

0

W1

Colorado

2

West Division

W2

Vegas

4

W2

Vegas

4

W3

Minnesota

3

 

 

 

 

 

2021 NHL Draft (1st Round)

#	Player (Pos)	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
1	Owen Power (D)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
2	Matty Beniers (C)	United States	Seattle Kraken	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
3	Mason McTavish (C)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks	EHC Olten (Swiss League)*
4	Luke Hughes (D)	United States	New Jersey Devils	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5	Kent Johnson (C)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
6	Simon Edvinsson (D)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Frolunda HC (SHL)
7	William Eklund (LW)	Sweden	San Jose Sharks	Djurgardens IF (SHL)
8	Brandt Clarke (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Nove Zamky (Slovak Extraliga)*
9	Dylan Guenther (RW)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes (from Vancouver)1	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
10	Tyler Boucher (RW)	United States	Ottawa Senators	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
11	Forfeited pick2		Arizona Coyotes
12	Cole Sillinger (C)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago)3	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
13	Matthew Coronato (RW)	United States	Calgary Flames	Chicago Steel (USHL)
14	Isak Rosén (RW)	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres (from Philadelphia)4	Leksands IF (SHL)
15	Sebastian Cossa (G)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings (from Dallas)5	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
16	Brennan Othmann (LW)	Canada	New York Rangers	EHC Olten (Swiss League)*
17	Zachary Bolduc (C)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
18	Chaz Lucius (C)	United States	Winnipeg Jets	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
19	Fedor Svechkov (C)	Russia	Nashville Predators	HC Lada Togliatti (VHL)
20	Jesper Wallstedt (G)	Sweden	Minnesota Wild (from Edmonton)6	Lulea HF (SHL)
21	Fabian Lysell (RW)	Sweden	Boston Bruins	Lulea HF (SHL)
22	Xavier Bourgault (C)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers (from Minnesota)7	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
23	Wyatt Johnston (C)	Canada	Dallas Stars (from Washington via Detroit)8	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
24	Mackie Samoskevich (RW)	United States	Florida Panthers	Chicago Steel (USHL)
25	Corson Ceulemans (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto)9	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
26	Carson Lambos (D)	Canada	Minnesota Wild (from Pittsburgh)10	Winnipeg Ice (WHL)
27	Zachary L'Heureux (LW)	Canada	Nashville Predators (from Carolina)11	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
28	Oskar Olausson (RW)	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	HV71 (SHL)
29	Chase Stillman (RW)	Canada	New Jersey Devils (from NY Islanders)12	Esbjerg Energy U20 (Danish U20)*
30	Zach Dean (C)	Canada	Vegas Golden Knights	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
31	Logan Mailloux (D)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	SK Lejon (Hockeyettan)*
32	Nolan Allan (D)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay via Columbus)13	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)

 

 

2021 Expansion Draft (Kraken)

#	Player	Pos	Drafted from
1	Jérémy Lauzon	D	Boston Bruins
2	Will Borgen	D	Buffalo Sabres
3	Dennis Cholowski	D	Detroit Red Wings
4	Chris Driedger	G	Florida Panthers
5	Cale Fleury	D	Montreal Canadiens
6	Joey Daccord	G	Ottawa Senators
7	Yanni Gourde	C/LW	Tampa Bay Lightning
8	Jared McCann	LW/C	Toronto Maple Leafs
9	Morgan Geekie	RW/C	Carolina Hurricanes
10	Gavin Bayreuther	D	Columbus Blue Jackets
11	Nathan Bastian	RW	New Jersey Devils
12	Jordan Eberle	RW	New York Islanders
13	Colin Blackwell	C	New York Rangers
14	Carsen Twarynski	LW	Philadelphia Flyers
15	Brandon Tanev	LW	Pittsburgh Penguins
16	Vítek Vaněček	G	Washington Capitals
17	Tyler Pitlick	C	Arizona Coyotes
18	John Quenneville	C	Chicago Blackhawks
19	Joonas Donskoi	RW	Colorado Avalanche
20	Jamie Oleksiak	D	Dallas Stars
21	Carson Soucy	D	Minnesota Wild
22	Calle Järnkrok	RW	Nashville Predators
23	Vince Dunn	D	St. Louis Blues
24	Mason Appleton	C	Winnipeg Jets
25	Haydn Fleury	D	Anaheim Ducks
26	Mark Giordano	D	Calgary Flames
27	Adam Larsson	D	Edmonton Oilers
28	Kurtis MacDermid	D	Los Angeles Kings
29	Alexander True	C	San Jose Sharks
30	Kole Lind	RW	Vancouver Canucks

 

 

2020-2021 Thread:   https://atrl.net/forums/topic/324712-2020-21-nhl-thread-?/?do=findComment&comment=17550565

 

 

 

 

 

[JGibson]

Looks like the St. Louis Blues will make the playoffs.

[dabunique]

Go Panthers 

[JGibson]

The Blues made the playoffs.

 

 

The 8 Eastern Conference teams have locked in the playoff spots, with the only thing left to play for is seeding. 

[JGibson]

The Blues 16-game point streak ended in a 4-3 loss to the Avs last night.

[JGibson]

Final 2021-22 NHL Standings (Wild Card):
 

Eastern

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1  y-Carolina	82	54	20	8	116	.707	47	53	278	202	+76	29-8-4	25-12-4	1-2	8-2-0	W6
2  x-NY Rangers	82	52	24	6	110	.671	44	48	254	207	+47	27-10-4	25-14-2	4-3	6-4-0	W1
3  x-Pittsburgh	82	46	25	11	103	.628	37	43	272	229	+43	23-13-5	23-12-6	3-7	5-4-1	W1

Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1  p-Florida	82	58	18	6	122	.744	42	55	340	246	+94	34-7-0	24-11-6	3-4	7-3-0	L1
2  x-Toronto	82	54	21	7	115	.701	45	51	315	253	+62	31-8-2	23-13-5	3-1	7-2-1	W3
3  x-Tampa Bay	82	51	23	8	110	.671	39	49	287	233	+54	27-8-6	24-15-2	2-5	7-3-0	W1

Wild Card	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1  x-Boston	82	51	26	5	107	.652	40	49	255	220	+35	26-13-2	25-13-3	2-2	6-4-0	L1
2  x-Washington	82	44	26	12	100	.610	35	39	275	245	+30	19-16-6	25-10-6	5-3	4-4-2	L3
3  NY Islanders	82	37	35	10	84	.512	34	35	231	237	-6	20-16-5	17-19-5	2-6	3-6-1	L1
4  Columbus	82	37	38	7	81	.494	26	33	262	300	-38	21-15-5	16-23-2	4-3	4-5-1	L1
5  Buffalo	82	32	39	11	75	.457	25	29	232	290	-58	17-18-6	15-21-5	3-3	6-4-0	W1
6  Detroit	82	32	40	10	74	.451	21	29	230	312	-82	18-16-7	14-24-3	3-2	4-6-0	W1
7  Ottawa	82	33	42	7	73	.445	26	30	227	266	-39	15-22-4	18-20-3	3-2	7-2-1	W1
8  New Jersey	82	27	46	9	63	.384	19	24	248	307	-59	16-20-5	11-26-4	3-5	2-5-3	L2
9  Philadelphia	82	25	46	11	61	.372	20	24	211	298	-87	14-21-6	11-25-5	1-4	2-8-0	L3
10  Montréal	82	22	49	11	55	.335	16	19	221	319	-98	11-26-4	11-23-7	3-2	2-8-0	W2

Western

Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1  z-Colorado	82	56	19	7	119	.726	46	52	312	234	+78	32-5-4	24-14-3	4-2	4-5-1	L1
2  x-Minnesota	82	53	22	7	113	.689	37	48	310	253	+57	31-8-2	22-14-5	5-4	8-1-1	W2
3  x-St Louis	82	49	22	11	109	.665	43	47	311	242	+69	26-10-5	23-12-6	2-3	7-2-1	L2

Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1  y-Calgary	82	50	21	11	111	.677	44	48	293	208	+85	25-9-7	25-12-4	2-2	6-2-2	L1
2  x-Edmonton	82	49	27	6	104	.634	38	44	290	252	+38	28-12-1	21-15-5	5-1	7-2-1	W3
3  x-Los Angeles	82	44	27	11	99	.604	35	40	239	236	+3	21-16-4	23-11-7	4-4	6-3-1	OT1

Wild Card	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1  x-Dallas	82	46	30	6	98	.598	31	41	238	246	-8	27-10-4	19-20-2	5-2	5-3-2	W1
2  x-Nashville	82	45	30	7	97	.591	35	41	266	252	+14	25-14-2	20-16-5	4-2	4-4-2	L1
3  Vegas	82	43	31	8	94	.573	34	39	266	248	+18	22-15-4	21-16-4	4-4	4-2-4	W1
4  Vancouver	82	40	30	12	92	.561	32	37	249	236	+13	20-14-7	20-16-5	3-5	6-2-2	OT1
5  Winnipeg	82	39	32	11	89	.543	32	37	252	257	-5	23-15-3	16-17-8	2-4	6-4-0	W4
6  San Jose	82	32	37	13	77	.470	22	29	214	264	-50	18-18-5	14-19-8	3-3	3-4-3	L1
7  Anaheim	82	31	37	14	76	.463	22	27	232	271	-39	17-19-5	14-18-9	4-5	3-5-2	L1
8  Chicago	82	28	42	12	68	.415	16	22	219	291	-72	14-21-6	14-21-6	6-2	4-5-1	OT1
9  Seattle	82	27	49	6	60	.366	23	24	216	285	-69	16-22-3	11-27-3	3-1	4-6-0	L1
10  Arizona	82	25	50	7	57	.348	18	24	207	313	-106	11-27-3	14-23-4	1-4	3-5-2	W3

 

 

 

 

2022 NHL Playoffs Bracket:

First Round

Second Round

Conference Finals

Stanley Cup Finals

A1

Florida

0

WC

Washington

0

A2

Toronto

0

A3

Tampa Bay

0

Eastern Conference

M1

Carolina

0

WC

Boston

0

M2

NY Rangers

0

M3

Pittsburgh

0

C1

Colorado

0

WC

Nashville

0

C2

Minnesota

0

C3

St. Louis

0

Western Conference

P1

Calgary

0

WC

Dallas

0

P2

Edmonton

0

P3

Los Angeles

0

 

 

 

 

 

[JGibson]

Toronto just cannot hold a series lead to save their life. 

[JGibson]

Blues blow yet another 1-0 lead and lose 6-3 to fall into a 3-1 series hole against the Avs. The Blues better win Wednesday, or their season is done. 

As for Nazem Kadri, he scored a hat trick. I REALLY f**king hate that guy with a fiery passion. 

Jordan Binnington's injury changed the series. 

[JGibson]

The Blues kept the series alive, after falling to a 3-0 hole and a 4-3 one with less than a minute to go against the Avs, manage to go to OT and win it 5-4. 

[JGibson]

The Blues had their hearts broken, as they conceded the series winner with 5 seconds left in regulation, as Darren Helm scored it to give the Avalanche a 3-2 win to wrap it up in 6. 

The Blues had a pair of 2 1-goal leads and coughed them up. Colton Parayko's delay of game call was very costly. 

[JGibson]

Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-peat bid is being seriously tested, as they are trailing 2-0 to the New York Rangers. Colorado Avs are one win away from clinching a Stanley Cup final spot. 

[JGibson]

The Western Conference representative for the Stanley Cup Final is set, as the Colorado Avs swept the Edmonton Oilers. This keeps the trophy drought intact for Canadian-based teams that stretches back to 1993.

They await the 2x-defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers series winner. 

[JGibson]

The Pat Maroon 4-peat bid is on, as the Lightning come back from a 2-0 series hole to win in 6. The Lightning's Threepeat bid is still on.

 

As a Blues fan, I say go Tampa Bay threepeat (and Pat Maroon 4-peat)! Hope Brian Elliott gets his ring too.

[JGibson]

The Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-peat bid is over, as the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 6 games. The Avs lost just four games all postseason (2x to the Blues and 2x to the Lightning). 

 

 

[Miles.]

Thank god Colorado won  

[JGibson]

The 2022 NHL Draft took place tonight.

 

Full First Round results:

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
1	Juraj Slafkovský (LW)	Slovakia	Montreal Canadiens	HC TPS (Liiga)
2	Šimon Nemec (D)	Slovakia	New Jersey Devils	HK Nitra (Tipos Extraliga)
3	Logan Cooley (C)	United States	Arizona Coyotes	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4	Shane Wright (C)	Canada	Seattle Kraken	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5	Cutter Gauthier (LW)	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
6	David Jiříček (D)	Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago)1	HC Skoda Plzen (Czech Extraliga)
7	Kevin Korchinski (D)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa)2	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8	Marco Kasper (C)	Austria	Detroit Red Wings	Rogle BK (SHL)
9	Matthew Savoie (C)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Winnipeg Ice (WHL)
10	Pavel Mintyukov (D)	Russia	Anaheim Ducks	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
11	Conor Geekie (C)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose)3	Winnipeg Ice (WHL)
12	Denton Mateychuk (D)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
13	Frank Nazar (C)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks (from NY Islanders via Montreal)4	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
14	Rutger McGroarty (LW)	United States	Winnipeg Jets	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
15	Jonathan Lekkerimäki (RW)	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	Djurgardens IF (SHL)
16	Noah Östlund (C)	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres (from Vegas)5	Djurgardens IF (SHL)
17	Joakim Kemell (RW)	Finland	Nashville Predators	JYP Jyvaskyla (Liiga)
18	Lian Bichsel (D)	Switzerland	Dallas Stars	Leksands IF (SHL)
19	Liam Öhgren (LW)	Sweden	Minnesota Wild (from Los Angeles)6	Djurgardens IF (SHL)
20	Ivan Miroshnichenko (RW)	Russia	Washington Capitals	Omskie Krylya (VHL)
21	Owen Pickering (D)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
22	Nathan Gaucher (C)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks (from Boston)7	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
23	Jimmy Snuggerud (RW)	United States	St. Louis Blues	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
24	Danila Yurov (RW)	Russia	Minnesota Wild	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
25	Sam Rinzel (D)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto)8	Chaska Hawks (USHS-MN)
26	Filip Mešár (RW)	Slovakia	Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary)9	HK Poprad (Tipos Extraliga)
27	Filip Bystedt (C)	Sweden	San Jose Sharks (from Carolina via Montreal and Arizona)10	Linkoping HC (SHL)
28	Jiří Kulich (C)	Czech Republic	Buffalo Sabres (from Florida)11	Karlovy Vary (Czech Extraliga)
29	Maveric Lamoureux (D)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton)12	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
30	Brad Lambert (C)	Finland	Winnipeg Jets (from NY Rangers)13	Lahti Pelicans (Liiga)
31	Isaac Howard (LW)	United States	Tampa Bay Lightning	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
32	Reid Schaefer (LW)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado via Arizona)14	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)