The St. Louis Blues can advance to the Stanley Cup Finals on Tuesday night with a win over the injury-plagued San Jose Sharks. St. Louis is up 3-2 in the Western Conference Finals, and the Blues are looking to make it to the Stanley Cup for the first time in 49 years. Earning a trip to the finals at home would be especially glorious given the franchise’s hard luck over the last five decades.
Game 6. #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/tO1NyXkeIB
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 21, 2019
The St. Louis Blues are favorites to win tonight, but they have not performed well at home this postseason. They are 4-5 on home ice, so San Jose has to feel good about its chances in a must-win even though the Sharks are likely to be without three of their best players.
St. Louis Blues become 'Saskatchewan's team' as Stanley Cup Final approaches https://t.co/XA9r5Rj1q1
— CBC Saskatoon (@CBCSaskatoon) May 21, 2019
Canada hasn’t had a Stanley Cup winner since the Montreal Canadiens lifted the greatest trophy in all of professional sports in 1993, but at least one Canadian province is rooting for a tangential title. The St. Louis Blues have three players that hail from Saskatchewan in Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn, and Tyler Bozak, and the province is hoping to see those three bring the cup to the prairie province.
Italy 🇮🇹 and Great Britain 🇬🇧 each win their first and final games, secure spots at #IIHFWorlds 2020. pic.twitter.com/ggnusmoKH6
— KHL (@khl_eng) May 20, 2019
Despite being the two weakest teams for much of the Group Stage, Italy and Great Britain won their last games to avoid relegation and earn a spot at the 2020 IIHF World Championship. Italy and Great Britain were terrible for much of this year’s Worlds, and the Italians came into the last game with a -44 goal differential, while Great Britain had a -31 goal differential. Neither side had even earned a point prior to the last game, but Italy beat Austria in a shootout to send the Austrians to relegation, while Great Britain scored in overtime to best France and send the French down a division.
Brind’Amour says he hopes he doesn’t have to get involved with Justin Williams decision to keep playing or retire pic.twitter.com/6t3JPDb4ye
— Mary Dunleavy (@Mary_Dunleavy) May 21, 2019
Carolina Hurricanes’ captain Justin Williams was great for the first two rounds of the playoffs, but he continually let himself get baited by the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference Finals and he committed several penalties in a Bruins sweep. Williams is now considering returning to the Hurricanes rather than retiring after 18 seasons in the NHL.
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