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2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Round Three Open Thread- May 22/25

The Oilers became the latest victim of a Dallas Stars third period comeback as they Skinnered their way to a Game One loss in Dallas last night, The Abby Canucks go up 2-1 with a come from behind OT win vs Colorado, and Canada takes on Denmark in the IIHF Worlds in Stockholm.

LAST NIGHT'S ACTION

DALLAS STARS 6 EDMONTON OILERS 3 (Stars lead series 1-0)

The Edmonton Oilers had what they probably felt was a comfortable 3-1 lead heading into the third period of Game One of the Western Conference Finals last night in Dallas. It wasn't. Dallas would use their power play to destroy the Oilers, scoring three straight times with the man advantage and adding two more for a 6-3 win. Tyler Seguin scored twice for the Stars, as their power play continues to terrorize opponents. Looks like the Oilers can't wait to get Calvin Pickard back from injury as Skinner gets lit up yet again.

ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS 3 COLORADO EAGLES 2 (OT) (Canucks lead series 2-1)

Linus Karlsson jammed a puck past Colorado G Trent Miner at 18:47 of OT to give the Canucks a 3-2 win and moving them one victory away from their first Pacific Division title. After trading first period goals, where the Canucks got a timely marker from Victor Mancini, the Eagles took the lead late in the second period. Halfway through the third though, Max Sasson would tie it up to send it to OT. Another strong night from Arturs Silovs, as he stopped 35 of 37 Colorado shots. Game Four goes Friday, a Canucks win will send them to the Western Conference Finals where they would meet either the Milwaukee Admirals, or the Texas Stars.

TONIGHT'S ACTION

CAROLINA HURRICANES (0-1) vs FLORIDA PANTHERS (1-0)

LENOVO CENTER, RALEIGH, NC

5:00 PM PST/ 8:00 PM EST

TV: SPORTSNET, CBC

There's that old saying "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth." And it sure as hell looked like Carolina had no answer for the Panthers in Game One. Given that there was some nastiness, and the fear of getting swept by the same team for the second straight season, you can guarantee there will be some kind of pushback tonight. The question is, will it even work? And if Fredrik Andersen doesn't shut the door tonight, it probably won't.

PANTHERS (3A) at HURRICANES (2M)

Eastern Conference Final, Game 2

8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC

Panthers projected lineup

Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Brad Marchand

A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones

Nate Schmidt -- Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Jesper Boqvist, Jaycob Megna, Uvis Balinskis, Mackie Samoskevich, Nico Sturm

Injured: None

Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Taylor Hall -- Jack Roslovic -- Logan Stankoven

Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- William Carrier

Eric Robinson -- Mark Jankowski -- Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns

Dmitry Orlov -- Sean Walker

Shayne Gostisbehere -- Scott Morrow

Frederik Andersen

Pyotr Kochetkov

Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Tyson Jost, Riley Stillman, Juha Jaaska, Alexander Nikishin, Ty Smith, Spencer Martin

Injured: Jalen Chatfield (undisclosed)

CANADA vs DENMARK

AVICII ARENA, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

11:00 AM PDT/2:00 PM EDT

TV: TSN

After getting through the round robin at the top of the table in Group A, Canada's quest for gold starts with what should be a fairly easy task in Denmark. Look, not at all trying to be disrespectful, but something absolutely nuts would have to happen for this game to go sideways on them. After a frustrating shootout loss to the Finns last week, Canada responded with an outstanding effort against the host Swedes. It's not likely Bo Horvat returns to the lineup after being injured earlier in the week.

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

Felt like a little more old school today, so let's go back to 'Burning Inside' from MINISTRY's 'The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste'. As MINISTRY starts the process of winding down into retirement, this is a classic example of how hard Al Jourgensen and crew could go.

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