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Three Takeaways From Blues' 5-3 Loss In Game 5 Of Western Conference First Round

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Nathan Walker (26) scored twice, but it wasn't enough for the St. Louis Blues, who fell to the Winnipeg Jets in Game 5, 5-3. (Terrence Lee-Imagn Images)

The chance to take hold of a series was there for the taking for the St. Louis Blues.

Instead, it was a case of the home team holding serve once again.

The Winnipeg Jets regained control of the Western Conference First Round series with a 5-3 win against the Blues at Canada Life Centre on Wednesday.

Nathan Walker scored his first and second career playoff goals, Jimmy Snuggerud added his second career playoff goal, but the Blues, who now trail the best-of-7 series 3-2 and will look to stave off elimination in Game 6 on Friday, did not build off the momentum of trouncing the Jets in Games 3 and 4 by a 12-3 difference. Jordan Binnington made 21 saves.

"I thought that was their best game, thought it was our worst game," Blues coach Jim Montgomery said. "We’re onto the next one. We can analyze every part of it. They were better, so, we’re onto the next one."

Let's go straight to Wednesday's Three Takeaways:

* No-shot mentality for first two periods on a fragile goalie -- When I looked at the stat sheet and saw the Blues had just nine shots on goal through 40 minutes and had fewer shot attempts (21) than the Jets had shots on goal (22) through two periods, that was the game for me.

Going into Game 5, the Blues already knew they were facing a fragile goalie in Connor Hellebuyck, who was chased in Games 3 and 4 after getting lit up for 11 goals, so even if the shot attempts weren't going to all be of high quality, you have to think just putting pucks at 'Playoff Hellebuyck' would be the smart thing to do, and when he allowed an absolute stinker to Snuggerud at 6:06 of the second period that tied the game 2-2, the mindset should have been throw pucks from any direction, from all angles of the ice at this guy.

But instead, it took nearly eight minutes -- 7:48 to be exact -- for the Blues to put another puck on the likely Vezine Trophy winner, and it was Alexey Toropchenko. And Faulk's wrister from the blue line with 5:51 to go in the period was handled, that was the extent of testing this goalie.

A robust three shots on goal. THREE. Sure, the Jets had something to do with it, by the way they defended the ice, but the Blues weren't even attempting shots. At least force them to block pucks.

Yes, Hellebuyck made the save he needed to on an Oskar Sundqvist shorthanded chance that should have given the Blues a 2-1 lead, Sundqvist did him a huge favor by missing 98 percent of an empty net.

"Yeah, awesome play by 'Walks,'" Sundqvist said. "If I get 10 of them, nine are probably going in. So it’s one of those nights I guess."

It was too many one-and-done's in the offensive zone, passes weren't crisp, in stride, too many broken plays and there was no flow. And that comes from not playing connected and playing spread out, which is another head-scratcher as to why they would play that way.

"Yeah, we didn't really establish our forecheck and hem them in and get them in three-quarter ice," Faulk said. "They were able to do that to us a little bit, and then obviously got a couple of goals there to pull away with a lead a bit. They were the better team in the second period there."

They finally at least tried to get pucks to the net in the third period, with 10 of their 19 shots. But to have 21 shot attempts through 40 minutes was inexcusable (they at least had 30 in the third period).

Walker's first goal was a perfect storm of executing just what they needed to do. The Blues were shooting pucks on the shift, retrieved it, and without hesitation, Colton Parayko funneled it to the net where Walker was parked for the tip to tie game 1-1 at 3:42 of the first.

It was shot-like mentality that inexplicably disappeared, and may have cost the Blues this series. It surely cost them the stranglehold of this series, which was there to be had.

The Jets finished with 14 blocks, which isn't a lot by any means. That just says the Blues hesitated or refused to shoot pucks, which can't be explained.

"I think the first two periods we didn’t get to our game.," Blues captain Brayden Schenn said. "We didn’t (get to) any forechecks, credit to them. They were better at all lines tonight and you know what, turn the page, move on and we’ll be ready for Game 6.

"... Everything. Shots, traffic, made it too easy on [Hellebuyck] tonight and we know that."

* Lost net front battle -- Walker's goal aside, another ingredient missing was the willingness to get to the net. Some of that had to do with the Jets boxing out better, but there just weren't nearly enough bodies in front of Hellebuyck, who clearly had issues in St. Louis when the Blues were loading up the box.

The Jets, on the other hand, made it a point of getting to the net, and did so with success, and the Blues did not do a good enough job of boxing out.

It started with Connor's goal to open the scoring at 1:23 when Robert Thomas got intercepted on a breakout pass, then Snuggerud's reverse pivot pass was picked off behind the net, so it started with a couple of puck mistakes. But what happened next was baffling because it just seemed like the Blues stopped skating when everyone thought Thomas caught Mason Appleton with a stick to the face but no call was made. But then it just seemed like the Blues stopped playing, including Alexandre Texier, who got puck watching and had the Jets' most lethal shooter right in his sight and gave up the free space in the slot.

And despite getting exactly what they want from the Walker goal, a fourth-line goal, a secondary goal, the Jets went back on top when Nino Niederreiter pitched a tent in front of Binnington and redirected a Dylan Samberg point shot in at 8:39 for a 2-1 lead.

Two veteran defensemen (Ryan Suter and Nick Leddy) were so far out of position leaving Niederreiter open.

Zack Bolduc was also there, and perhaps Suter thought the young forward was picking up the net front man, but that was not the case.

And even on Dylan DeMelo's goal at 11:05 of the second period that gave the Jets a one-goal lead for the third time (3-2), Gabriel Vilardi was trying to get to the net, while Parayko was attempting to box him out, and in Justin Faulk-like fashion when he scored off Neal Pionk in Game 4, DeMelo's shot was going three feet wide but hit Parayko's backside and went past Binnington, but it was all in an attempt to get a puck to the goal while a forward was trying to get to the net front.

Winnipeg made it a point of doing it more so in this game.

* Some of Blues top players were absent -- Quite frankly, the Blues just needed more from their better more skillful, players.

Jordan Kyrou was without a shot attempt through two periods and finished with one shot on goal and was a minus-3. Other than breaking up a couple plays defensively, he has to make an impact on offense and was non-existent.

Thomas had an assist on Snuggerud's goal but did not register a shot on goal on two attempts. But he had too many pass attempts that were off the mark and part of the one-and-done's in this game. For a puck possession skater who's so accurate, he wasn't as clean with it in this game.

Zach Bolduc had no shots on goal and was a minus-2, including giving up the puck late in the second period and not back-checking on the killer goal by Vladislav Namestnikov with 1:09 left in the second that made it 4-2 and for all intents and purposes, closed this game down.

And Pavel Buchnevich, who had a hat trick in Game 3 when he had five shots on goal, had one shot on Wednesday (two attempts) after having zero in Game 4.

Some of the top-end guys just did not produce.

And the Blues had just sis shots on goal, and three of them came from Faulk.

"We’ve got to be more connected," Montgomery said. "I didn’t think our puck support was good enough, I didn’t think we got back quick enough, I didn’t think we won our forecheck, we didn’t establish it. lt's every facet. But you know what, it’s a series. It’s going to happen. Unfortunately, we’re not happy about it but we’re onto the next one. It’s as simple as that. We’ve got to forget about it. we’re in a series."

* Bonus takeaway: fourth line was Blues' best, and it can't be to have success -- The Blues had a trip that came to play in this game, and it was Walker, Radek Faksa and Toropchenko.

The 'WTF' line has a role that it plays. Be responsible, play physical, defend with a purpose and chip in the occasional offense when needed.

Not only did Walker score twice, including this effort goal when the game was already decided in the final minute of regulation, but it also got assists from Faksa and Toropchenko on the goal and a combined 14 hits, including Walker's game-high seven. Each skater was also a plus-2.

Oh by the way, it was Faksa's hit on Jets center Mark Scheifele that knocked him out of the game for good in the first period after Schenn's big hit along the wall at 6:12.

And the Blues couldn't take advantage of Winnipeg's top-line center missing the final 40 minutes. Big miss.

The problem is when this is the team's best line, the Blues are not having a good night. A number of others could have followed the script of these three for this game and now leaves the team scrambling to save it's season on Friday.

"I thought they did a lot of good things," Montgomery said of the 'WTF' line. "Their habits and their game management was excellent. They had a lot of big hits again and they just keep, you know, they keep building our game the right way. So, they’re a good example of what we need to do."

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Three takeaways: Bobrovsky, Panthers shut down Tampa Bay when it counts to close out contentious series

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Apr 30, 2025; Tampa, Florida, USA; Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) makes a save against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of game five of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena. (Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images)

The latest Battle of Florida did not disappoint, other than for fans who were hoping for a longer series.

In perhaps one of the bigger surprises of the first round, the Florida Panthers took out the Tampa Bay Lightning in just five games, capped off by Wednesday’s 6-3 victory at Amalie Arena.

While it may be the second straight year that Florida has knocked out Tampa in a five-game, opening round matchup, the two series’ felt quite different.

Last year featured some intense, tight-scoring games that were full of physicality.

This time, there were several substantial hits, but it was more quality over quantity in that regard, and while last season’s series featured almost all one-goal games, this time there wasn’t a single game that was decided by less than two goals.

Now Florida will wait to see who emerges from the Battle of Ontario.

Let’s get to the final takeaways from the Tampa series:

SHUTDOWN CITY

After allowing Tampa to pepper Sergei Bobrovsky with 13 shots during the second period and keep the puck in his zone for much of the frame, Florida came out for the final 20 minutes with one goal in mind.

It was time to take the Lightning to Shutdown City.

During last year’s playoff run, Florida was unstoppable when it came to holding a third period lead.

So far this season, they’re off to a good start.

With a desperate Tampa group throwing everything they had at the Panthers, Florida held strong and kept Bobrovsky relatively clean considering the situation.

Overall, the Panthers can be pleased with their defensive effort during the third period, but Florida Head Coach Paul Maurice knows that there almost certainly will be more difficult battles ahead.

“We had good goaltending, some good shot blocks,” Maurice said. “I think for a team to continue to grow, we actually have to find a way to be better than we were in the third. It was reasonably smartly played, because in the position the Tampa found itself, with their skill set, then they had to take some chances.”

BIG SAVE SEQUENCE

The biggest test of the game for Bobrovsky came during the early stages of the second period.

Brayden Point entered Florida’s zone with speed and slid a pass to Erik Cernak, who was cutting down the slot straight at the net.

Bobrovsky saw the play develop and attempted to poke check the puck off Cernak’s stick, but Cernak was able to draw the puck to his backhand and fire a shot toward the far post.

Kicking out his right leg, Bobrovsky got his leg pad on the puck while doing the splits, sending the rebound back into the slot.

Following the play, Gage Goncalves found the puck and nothing but space between himself and Bobrovsky. He moved in close before trying to beat the sprawling Bobrovsky toward the opposite post, but Bob pushed off with his right leg and stopped the puck with his glove.

It was an unreal pair of saves that happened in the blink of an eye.

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“Sergei (Bobrovsky) was really good all night, but the two saves in the second period were, if they had happened in the last two minutes of the game, that's all we would talk about. He saved the game,” Maurice said. “But they happened in the second period, and more goals went in, you end up under-appreciating how important that was.”

NASTY RIVALRY SERIES

This was the fourth time in five years that the Panthers and Lightning have met in the postseason, but it was by far the most contentious.

It wasn’t that there were a ton of hits or overly physical play, or even that many post-whistle scrums.

There were just a handful of incredibly violent and borderline hits that will likely end up being what is most remembered about this series.

Bottom line, as Sam Bennett said, these teams are just finding ways to hate each other more and more.

“I would buy season tickets for the four games that will get played next year, on that (series) alone,” Maurice said. “I would have Bruins tickets for when we played Boston, and now Tampa. There's a real similarity, the first Boston series was very heavy, the next Boston series was mean, like, it was nasty. That's kind of what happened here. Two teams right in their prime, very competitive men, Tampa has had success, so it got nasty this year because of the playoffs last year, and the fact that we're rivals, but we're also at the same place with our teams, you know, legitimate teams. It's good to be the ticket sales guy in both cities.”

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Penguins Draft Prospect Profile: Jake O'Brien

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Brantford Bulldogs forward Jake O'Brien. (Credit: Canadian Hockey League)

With the 2025 NHL Entry Draft approaching fast, POHO and GM Kyle Dubas and the Pittsburgh Penguins have their work cut out for them. 

With a total of 30 picks over the next three drafts, including 11 this year - which could reduce to 10 if the conditional first-round pick from the New York Rangers defers to 2026 - there will be plenty of opportunity for the Penguins to add impact players. Of their 11 picks in 2025, six of them are in the first three rounds.

And, as of now, the Penguins will select ninth overall. The draft lottery will take place on Jun. 5th - Pittsburgh has a five percent chance of getting the first overall pick - while the draft itself will be on Jun. 27-28.

Assuming they stay put at ninth, however, we have compiled a list of potential draft prospects that should fall around the Penguins' selection. 

First up? Center Jake O'Brien.

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Jake O'Brien

Brantford Bulldogs forward Jake O'Brien. (Credit: Canadian Hockey League)

DOB: Jun. 16, 2007
Position: Center
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 170 pounds
Team: Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)

After bursting onto the scene as the Canadian Hockey League's (CHL) Rookie of the Year in 2024, O'Brien followed that up with an impressive sophomore campaign. The 17-year-old two-way center finished eighth in CHL scoring during the regular season, registering 32 goals and 98 points in 66 games. 

The only draft-eligible players more productive this season than O'Brien? Porter Martone and Michael Misa, who are both projected to be drafted in the top-five.

Even though several draft projections still have O'Brien being selected somewhere in the teens, it's also worthwhile to acknowledge how much his draft stock has risen. He's certainly put himself into the conversation to be drafted in the top-10, and what seemed like a far-fetched thing feels more and more like it's going to happen.

O'Brien's playmaking acumen, patience, and hockey-IQ are near the top of this draft class, and there are a lot of details present in his game that should translate well to the NHL level. He's good in the hard and the soft areas of the ice, and his creativity and vision aid in his playmaking and space creation ability.

His passing game is excellent, and his two-way game is strong. OBrien is effective in all three zones with his stick details and puckhandling ability, and he's especially proficient in the offensive zone. He is able to expose the danger areas and has a knack for being in the right place at the right time around the net-front.

Like Penguins top forward prospects Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen, O'Brien's defining characteristic is his hockey sense. He is elusive to defenders, he goes to the net fearlessly, and the deception in his game makes him a threat every time he possesses the puck.

2025 NHL Draft Spotlight: Jake O'Brien's Elite Playmaking Ability Heating Up Down The Stretch2025 NHL Draft Spotlight: Jake O'Brien's Elite Playmaking Ability Heating Up Down The StretchTop prospect for the upcoming NHL draft, Jake O'Brien, has helped push the Brantford Bulldogs up the Eastern Conference standings with his incredible play.

O'Brien's skating is average, and a lot of his production comes on the power play. In fact, 50 of his 98 points in 2024-25 came with the man advantage, so it's fair to question whether his even-strength production is a concern. He also needs to fill out his frame and add some size.

However, O'Brien is arguably one of the most complete players in this draft class. Most of the deficiencies in his game are areas that can be addressed as he develops, his all-around toolset is already impressive, and his details in all three zones

Given the Penguins' glaring need for center depth in their system, O'Brien is certainly a player worth taking a good look at. He has a ceiling as an effective second-line center at the NHL level, and his rise in stock is becoming harder and harder to ignore.

O'Brien will certainly be one to watch as a potential first-round selection by the Penguins in 2025.

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Washington Capitals To Renew Bad Blood With Carolina Hurricanes In Round 2

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Connor McMichael and Jalen Chatfield (James Guillory-Imagn Images)

As the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday, the first second-round matchup of the Stanley Cup playoffs is set. 

The Capitals eliminated the Canadiens and will face the Carolina Hurricanes, which knocked out the New Jersey Devils in five games. 

During the regular season, the Capitals and Hurricanes played each other twice in April, leading up to the playoffs. If those outings showed anything, these two clubs don't like each other. 

On April 2, the Canes beat the Caps 5-1 at the Lenovo Center, with two goals from Carolina rookie Jackson Blake. However, it wasn’t the goal-scoring or the high-flying skills that were highlighted from this contest, but the antics between whistles.

This game had a total of 142 penalty minutes between the teams, 74 for Washington and 68 for Carolina. There were eight misconducts from scrums after stoppages.

The bad blood didn’t stop there. At the end of a fight between Connor McMichael and Jalen Chatfield, Chatfield took down McMichael with what was argued as a slew-foot. Despite the arguments and debate across the hockey world, Chatfield didn’t receive any supplemental discipline.

MMA-Style Takedown In NHL Fight Could Have Ended Very BadlyMMA-Style Takedown In NHL Fight Could Have Ended Very BadlyEverything in Connor McMichael's life is going wonderfully at the moment. At the age of 24, the Washington Capitals winger has established himself as a legitimate scoring power forward on one of the best teams in the NHL and has reached the 25-goal mark for the first time in his career.

Eight days later, these teams faced off again, this time at Washington’s Capital One Arena. The Capitals took down the Hurricanes in a shootout, 5-4. There weren’t nearly as many penalties, but it’s not to say it wasn’t a physical match.

Brandan Duhaime came to McMichael’s defense, fighting Chatfield in the first period.

The season series finished 2-2, with Carolina earning the extra point from the shootout. Now, these teams have another chance at beating each other in the second round.

Despite the Capitals and Hurricanes advancing in five games, it wasn’t as easy as it looked, especially for Washington. The young Canadiens refused to go down without a fight and put together some strong performances, even if they are the youngest team in the NHL, according to eliteprospects.com.

The Capitals had some spirited battles with the Canadiens, including heavy hits, warmup antics at center ice, fights on the bench and more moments.

"We knew that they were gonna play kind of cheap and try and get us off our game," Wilson told reporters after beating the Canadiens. "So it got crazy at times. But that's why hockey's so fun, and that's why we all love the sport and we love playing and love competing. So it was a heck of a physical series, but that's what playoffs is all about."

Washington should be ready for the battle Carolina will bring when their series begins.

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Big night by Marchand line helps Panthers eliminate Lightning with 6-3 win in Game 5

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Apr 22, 2025; Tampa, Florida, USA; Florida Panthers defenseman Nate Schmidt (88) is congratulated by center Brad Marchand (63) and center Eetu Luostarinen (27) after he scored a goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the second period in game one of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena. (Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images)

The Florida Panthers are moving on.

Fueled by Wednesday’s 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5, Florida is heading to the second round for the fourth consecutive postseason.

They’ll face the winner of the series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators.

It didn’t take long for the goals to start coming fast and furious on Wednesday night at Amalie Arena.

First it was Gage Goncalves from the doorstep, picking up a Luke Glendening shot and putting it behind a sprawling Sergei Bobrovsky just 2:33 into the game.

Carter Verhaeghe tied the game less than three minutes later, taking a feed from Matthew Tkachuk and backhanding it past Andrei Vasilevskiy.

A great play by Brad Marchand in the corner led to Florida’s next goal, as Marchand’s centering pass went off the leg of Anton Lundell and into the net at the 10:06 mark.

Florida’s lead lasted just over two minutes.

Connor Geekie stole the puck from Lundell in Florida’s zone and the puck went right to Nick Paul in the slot. He quickly spun around and beat Bobrovsky over the glove, knotting the score at two.

The second period had barely gotten going when Florida took the lead for a second time.

Defenseman Gus Forsling fired a one-timer from the point that was deflected by a screening Sasha Barkov to put the Cats up 3-2 just 52 seconds into the period.

A Jake Guentzel power play goal, Tampa’s first in 15 chances, tied the score at three midway through the middle frame.

The Bolts went right back on the power play when Sam Bennett took his second straight penalty, but it would be Bennett that got the last laugh this time

Immediately after Florida killed off the power play, Bennett took a pass from Lundell and went in all alone on Vasilevskiy, beating him to the blocker side to put the Panthers back in front.

Florida’s third line continued their amazing night, picking up a huge insurance goal for the Cats.

A steal by Lundell in the neutral zone led to Marchand collecting the puck in Tampa’s end.

Marchand sent a perfect feed to a cutting Eetu Luostarinen, whose fourth point of the game put Florida ahead 5-3.

Sam Reinhart added an empty-net goal to seal the victory for the Cats.

On to round two!

QUICK THOUGHTS

Verhaeghe has now scored in consecutive games. He had goals in three straight games and a five-game point streak to close out his regular season.

Also scoring in back-to-back games is Lundell, who has five points over his past two outings.

His buddy Eetu Luostarinen had quite a night, logging a goal and three assists on Wednesday for the first four-point game of his career.

Tkachuk’s assist gave him five points so far during the playoffs.

Barkov is also up to five playoff points after picking up his first goal of the postseason.

Reinhart is also up to six postseason points after logging an assist on Verhaeghe’s goal.

Marchand has picked up assists in back-to-back games and has four so far during the playoffs.

Not one, not two, not three but four assists over his last two games for Eetu Luostarinen after dishing a pair of apples in Game 5.

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The Hockey News Playoff Frenzy Live: Reaction As Capitals Eliminate The Canadiens

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Welcome to The Hockey News Playoff Frenzy Live, streaming nightly during the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs.

After the big game of the night, our experts go live to react to the match that was, break down the key moments and storylines, provide updates on the rest of the night's NHL slate and read your opinions.

On tonight's show, Katie Gaus and Andrew McInnis react to the Washington Capitals beating the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in Game 5 and advancing to the second round of the playoffs.

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They also look at the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning facing off in Game 5.

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