Deen’s Daily: Panthers, Leafs Series Gets Nasty; Rantanen, Stars Win at Home; Should Avs Bring In Young Sharks Forward?

The Stars are up 2-1 on Winnipeg after another big game from No. 96. Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs and Panthers series is getting nasty. And there’s a young forward frustrated with his time in San Jose. Should the Avs go after him?

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — May 12.

Colorado Hockey Now

Nathan MacKinnon had another goal, and a loaded Team Canada rolled Team Latvia 7-1 on Sunday. The Canadians improved to 2-0, this time with Marc-Andre Fleury in goal to lead the way.

Read More: Avalanche Mailbag 3.0: Landeskog’s Return, MacKinnon’s Comments, Goaltending, & More

Stanley Cup Playoff Recap

Game 3 — Winnipeg Jets at Dallas Stars: Mikko Rantanen keeps on producing. The leading scorer in the playoffs had a goal and two assists to lift Dallas to a 5-2 victory and a 2-1 series lead in the second round. The Stars have won four straight games at home following the Game 1 loss to Colorado on April 19. And they’ll have a chance to grab a stranglehold of the series in Game 4 at American Airlines Center.

Game 4 — Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers: After three games of struggles, Sergei Bobrovsky locked in for the Florida Panthers and shut down everything Toronto sent his way. Which, admittedly, wasn’t much. The Leafs had their worst performance of the postseason and were shutout 2-0. They were outshot 37-23 and wasted a solid performance from their goalie, Joseph Woll. Suddenly, we’re all tied at 2-2 as the series shifts back to Toronto for a pivitol Game 5.

Tonight’s Schedule

• Game 4: Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes (5 pm MT on TNT & truTV)
• Game 4: Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers (7:30 MT on TNT & truTV)

Around The NHL

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Sidney Crosby teaming up with Fleury to help Canada get the win is still one of my favorite things about this tournament. It would be fun to watch them win Gold together.

Montreal Hockey Now: Habs Wrap: First round draft targets, pick order, Nick Suzuki.

Philly Hockey Now: Ranking the coaching candidates on the Flyers’ radar.

San Jose Hockey Now: Is this the end of Thomas Bordeleau’s time with the Sharks? Could he be a low-cost piece for a team (ahem, the Avs) to take a chance on?

Florida Hockey Now: Max Domi’s hit on Aleksander Barkov angered the Panthers. It’ll add fuel to Game 5 in what’s becoming a must-watch series.