The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs continued on Sunday afternoon with 4 extra video games across the league. Let’s take a look at among the greatest takeaways from Sunday’s motion.
Playoff Connor Hellebuyck is turning into a difficulty for Winnipeg
Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck is without doubt one of the finest goalies on the earth given his common season credentials.
He has received two Vezina Trophies, will most likely have a 3rd this season when the awards are introduced and possibly ought to have been an MVP sooner or later over the previous three seasons. Or least extra concerned within the dialogue.
He is without doubt one of the greatest causes — if not the most important cause — the Jets have had the success they’ve had. He’s sturdy. He’s productive. He’s excellent.
There is only one flaw and narrative that he has not but been in a position to overcome — his playoff efficiency.
Nearly as good as Hellebuyck has been lately, his previous two playoff showings have been disastrous. After Sunday’s 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues in Recreation 4 of their first-round sequence, tying the sequence at two video games every, he’s having one other disastrous sequence.
Via the primary 4 video games of the sequence he has managed solely an .810 save proportion, and because the begin of the 2022-23 playoffs is simply at .866. Among the many 15 goalies which have appeared in at the very least 10 video games throughout that stretch, his .866 save proportion is 15th (last) out of that group.
The Jets not solely depend on him to be a game-changer, they’re paying him some huge cash to win them video games presently of yr. They don’t seem to be going to have a lot of an opportunity so long as he retains getting outplayed by Jordan Binnington.
Frederik Andersen damage might be a difficulty for Carolina
The excellent news for the Carolina Hurricanes is that they took a commanding 3-1 sequence lead over the New Jersey Devils due to a 5-2 win on Sunday. It was highlighted by an Andrei Svechnikov hat trick, and a largely dominant efficiency from everyone throughout the roster.
The one unhealthy information from the sport was the actual fact beginning goalie Frederik Andersen needed to depart the sport with an damage following a heavy collision with Devils ahead Timo Meier.
