Round 1 Recap
Monster offensive game in the first game of the playoffs!
Huge bounce back game for
Filip Gustavsson and the Wild in Game 2.
Quick start with a goal in the first 2min by
Auston Matthews, but could not keep the momentum.
After being down 4-1 after 40min, we had an amazing 3rd period to tie the series at 2!
Tough loss in Game 5 and we are on the brink of elimination!
An awesome 2nd period and we've tied the series back up at 3 games a piece.
Karel Vejmelka had a great performance in his most important start of his career, stopping 19 of 20 in Game 7!
Our top line put up some amazing offensive numbers in round 1!
Round 2
Great start to the second round and
Auston Matthews put up 2G & 2A!
Note - Winnipeg is using
Phillip Grubauer in nets over
Connor Hellebuyck (which I found odd).
Solid bounce back for Winnipeg in this one and a weak performance from Vejmelka (pulled in the 3rd period).
Tough loss here in game 3 to fall behind in the series.
Huge win to tie another series at 2 and we are off to Game 5!
SEVEN goals in Game 5 and we have a 3-2 series lead!
Ryan McDonagh had ELEVEN shots on goal and 2 goals!
Axel Jonsson Fjallby was the hero in OT to force a Game 7!
Lots of goals in this series and we have moved on to the Western Conference finals!
Our top line had an awesome performance taking all 3 stars in Game 7.
Western Conference Finals
Strong start to jump out to a 1-0 series lead!
Tough 2nd period after being up 2-0 after 20min and the series is tied at 1.
Vegas absolutely throttled us in this one. Vejmelka was in for all 6 goals.
Good bounce back and Vejmelka shut the door stopping 28 of 29 shots.
Series is tied up at 2!
Back to back strong games and we have a 3-2 series lead!
Vejmelka stopped 42 of 43 shots!!!
We are off to the Stanley Cup Finals!!
Nice perseverance after going down 1-0 after 20min, we fought back to win the series on the road.
STANLEY CUP FINALS
Good start to the series for the Panthers and we are down 1-0.
We were down 4-2 after 40min, but we got goals from
John Farinacci and
Michael McLeod in the 3rd period to tie up the game.
Anthony Duclair was the OT hero and we are down 2-0 in the series!
In a must win game, the offense showed up in this one.
Victor Soderstrom had 2G & 1A and
Auston Matthews had another 2 goal game!
20min from going down 3-1 in the series, but we came out and got goals from Farinacci & McLeod again and
Nick Schmaltz put us ahead with ~4min remaining in regulation.
Series is tied at 2!
Spencer Knight stopped 33 of 34 and we are down 3-2 in the finals!
Last home game of the year and the fans at Mullett Arena went home ecstatic! We outshot Florida 41-29 and force a game 7!
The Florida Panthers are the 2025 Stanley Cup Champions!
Huge congrats to them for going on a crazy playoff run, very nice little team they have.
Note - How about Florida coming back from down 0-3 in the series vs Detroit!!
Extremely proud of the team we have built and look forward to the offseason prior to another deep playoff run next year!!
Here are the playoff stats for our forwards:
Auston Matthews absolutely carried this team on his back scoring
24(!) goals in 27 games!
Here are the playoff stats for our D:
Ryan McDonagh had an awesome playoffs, what a nice pickup he was.
Here are the playoff stats for our goalie(s):
Karel Vejmelka is on an expiring contract and finding a new starting goalie will
(most likely) be our main focus this offseason!
Thanks again for reading this (very extended) dynasty report and your feedback is always appreciated!