Fast-paced, tight and thrilling are words very much synonymous with the quest for the Stanley Cup, and the 2017 NHL playoffs are living up to that billing this spring.
The Western Conference's top two teams, the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild, have already been knocked out, and seemingly every game this postseason is being decided at the wire. The initial round of the 2017 playoffs finished among the closest in league history, per NHL Public Relations:
NHL Public RelationsWith #WSHvsTOR heading to overtime, 18 of the First Round’s 42 contests (42.9%) have gone past regulation – an NHL record.