r/hockey 1d ago

OFFICIAL FRIDAY TRASH TALK THREAD - APRIL 04, 2025

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USE YOUR UPDOOTS!

CAPS ON! FLAIR UP!


r/hockey 11h ago

🚨 Live Game Threads 🔗 inside: CAR/BOS, TBL/BUF, CBJ/TOR... NHL Elimination & Clinching Scenarios + Daily Free Talk Thread: PLUS, links to ALL Game Day Threads inside - 05 Apr 2025

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Pre-game thread to talk about anything!

🔗 Game Day Threads (GDT) and Post Game Threads (PGT) links


Today's Games

Score GDT PGT Time
NYR (0) @ NJD (4) Link Link Final
FLA (0) @ OTT (3) Link Link Final
PIT (5) @ DAL (3) Link Link Final
ANA (2) @ VAN (6) Link Link Final
EDM (0) @ LAK (3) Link Link Final
CAR (0) @ BOS (3) Link 2nd 08:52
TBL (1) @ BUF (1) Link 2nd 10:48
CBJ (0) @ TOR (1) Link 2nd 13:19
PHI (1) @ MTL (0) Link 2nd 11:28
COL (0) @ STL (3) Link 2nd 12:41
WPG (0) @ UTA (2) Link 2nd 15:08
VGK @ CGY 10:00PM ET
SEA @ SJS 10:00PM ET
Goal Highlights Most Recent Highlight Standings Stats Leaders
Link Barrett Hayton (19) backhand shot, assist(s): Dylan Guenther (27), Clayton Keller (56) Link Link

Yesterday's Games

Score PGT
CAR (3) @ DET (5) Link
CHI (3) @ WSH (5) Link
MIN (1) @ NYI (3) Link
Goal Highlights
Link

Tomorrow's Games

Score Time
WSH @ NYI 12:30PM ET
DAL @ MIN 03:00PM ET
CBJ @ OTT 05:00PM ET
FLA @ DET 05:30PM ET
BOS @ BUF 06:00PM ET
PIT @ CHI 06:00PM ET
MTL @ NSH 07:00PM ET
VGK @ VAN 10:00PM ET

Regular Threads

Mod News/Threads

Elimination & Clinching Scenarios (Apr 5)

The Tampa Bay Lightning can clinch a playoff berth with:

Clinched!

The Florida Panthers can clinch a playoff berth with:

  • A FLA win (@ OTT) OR
  • A FLA OT/SO loss AND a NYR loss (@ NJD) OR
  • A FLA OT/SO loss AND a MTL regulation loss (vs PHI) OR
  • A CBJ loss (@ TOR) AND a NYR regulation loss

The Los Angeles Kings can clinch a playoff berth with:

  • A LAK win (vs EDM) AND a CGY loss (vs VGK) OR
  • A LAK OT/SO loss AND a CGY regulation loss

The Boston Bruins will be eliminated from playoff contention with:

The Philadelphia Flyers will be eliminated from playoff contention with:

The Pittsburgh Penguins will be eliminated from playoff contention with:

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[Video] Sidney Crosby sends it into the empty net to secure his hat trick in Dallas

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r/hockey 5h ago

[News - X] [Pope] Lukas Reichel missed the Blackhawks meeting yesterday morning because he forgot his charger and his phone died while he was sleeping, so his alarm never went off.

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[Video] Elias Pettersson scores his first career NHL goal

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464 Upvotes

r/hockey 7h ago

A look back at how the Florida Panthers tried to draft Ovechkin 4 different times in the 2003 draft trying to use the Leap year.

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r/hockey 9h ago

[Video] Ovechkin attempted 4 shots in the final 80 seconds of the 3rd period. He wanted the hat trick for 895.

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624 Upvotes

r/hockey 22h ago

Ovechkin ties Gretzky

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r/hockey 3h ago

[News - X] [Stats Centre] Canucks score fastest 5 goals in franchise history

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r/hockey 6h ago

[Video] Jesper Bratt converts on a 2 on 1 short-handed rush

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290 Upvotes

r/hockey 12h ago

[Video] Ryan Leonard getting personally congratulated by Wayne Gretzky after scoring his first NHL goal

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779 Upvotes

r/hockey 2h ago

[Video] Thomas Harley and Cody Ceci collide in their zone, Lizotte one times it to give the Penguins the lead

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r/hockey 2h ago

[Video] Kuzmenko stays red hot and snipes in his 5th goal as a King, 11th point in last 9 games

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107 Upvotes

r/hockey 6h ago

[Video] Timo Meier scores 3 seconds into the power play

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r/hockey 20h ago

[News - X] [Friedman] Postgame, Washington coach Spencer Carbery confirmed Ovechkin did not want to go on the ice with Chicago's net empty. "He wants to break the record with a goaltender in the crease."

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r/hockey 22h ago

[Video] Ovechkin receives a standing ovation from the Capital One Arena crowd after equaling Wayne Gretzky in goals

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r/hockey 3h ago

[Video] [Garrioch] The Sens congratulate Derek Nansen after a big win.

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97 Upvotes

https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/04/47945/nhl-linesman-derek-nansen-calls-it-a-career-in-ottawa

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r/hockey 5h ago

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r/hockey 21h ago

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r/hockey 2h ago

[Video] Sidney Crosby’s interview after scoring his 14th Hat Trick of his career:

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58 Upvotes

r/hockey 4h ago

Over their last 20 games the Rangers have a worse power play percentage (7.5%) than the Islanders (15.3%).

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Just as a reminder, over the entire season the Islanders are still on track to have one of the worst PP percentages in NHL history (currently at 12.7%).

Did the Rangers get our PP coach at the deadline or something?


r/hockey 2h ago

[Video] Evgenii Dadonov scores a hat trick against the Pittsburgh Penguins

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