two of the league's southernmost teams playing for the title in a bubble in the NHL's northernmost arena in Edmonton, have defensemen who provide plenty of points.
Is that defensive offense or offensive defense? Either way, they’ve done that and also been pretty good at what blueline players are primarily expected to do in shutting down the opponent. “In today’s NHL you need that for your team to be successful,” Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh said Friday. “You need that second wave of players joining the rush. ...
It’s something that we stress.”Game 1 of the best-of-seven Stanley Cup is Saturday night, two days after Tampa Bay won the Eastern Conference in Game 6 against the New York Islanders.