News about Jordan Eberle

Outdoor hockey has a tendency to be losing its appeal among NHL fans. On New Year's Day, the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Vegas Golden Knights at the Mariners' T-Mobile Park, with the league's annual Winter Classic hitting a record low in Nielsen ratings. The game was sold out, more or less, and it praised the reigning Stanley Cup champions in the Golden Knights, but the 2024 Winter Classic saw only 1.1 million viewers, according to the Toronto Maple Leafs or Boston Bruins. In 2022, when the Blues-Wild matchup from Minneapolis' Target Field averaged just 1.36 million viewers, the all-time low was set. A year ago, the Penguins-Bruins game at Fenway Park in Boston averaged 1.78 million. The matchup on Monday, like previous Winter Classics, saw fierce competition from college bowl games, especially the first of two national semifinals matchups, which began during the third period of the hockey season.

On Saturday night, the Seattle Kraken defeated the Dallas Stars 6-3 to advance to a deciding Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series. Jordan Eberle scored twice and Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and two assists to help the Kraken win in a goalfest of a Game 6. Seattle led by Tolvanen's goal in the first minutes of the second period. Rookie Tye Kartye scored his third game of the playoffs after defeating Jake Oettinger with a wrist shot less than three minutes later, and the Kraken with several attempts by the Stars to bring the series back to Texas.

Consider the Toronto Maple Leafs as the most complete NHL elite to be completely confounded by the eighth-seeded Florida Panthers. The Panthers defeated the Leafs 3-2 in Toronto on Thursday, giving them a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals following their first-round upset of the top-seeded Boston Bruins. Sheldon Keefe, the Leafs' head coach, was particularly worried about the Panthers' second-period results, in which the Panthers scored two unanswered goals. 'Disappointing' Keefe said, 'Baffling.' We didn't make those mistakes one time in the last series [first round against Tampa].'