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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Sowmya Anantharaman
“I’ve always been really high on this horse,” said a pleased Bob Baffert on Sunday as he watched Goal Oriented work a half-mile in 47.3/5 seconds. With the 150th Preakness Stakes just around the corner, the legendary racehorse trainer seemed quite confident that his colt would give the rest of the lot a hard time on May 17. However, as more information on the upcoming Triple Crown second leg comes to light, Baffert might have his work cut out for him.
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2 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Sowmya Anantharaman
The Washington Capitals came into PNC Arena hoping to halt the Canes’ perfect postseason home record and level the Round 2. Instead, it was Carolina who extended the lead and decimated Spencer Carbery‘s boys 5-2 to maintain its winning ways. The Hurricanes are now 3-1 up in the best-of-seven-game series, and understandably, Coach Carbery is at his wits’ end. “I have always appreciated the fact that our guys are a confident group,” the Caps’ head coach said before Game 4.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Janainah Fazlin Anam
“Winnipeg’s the best defensive team in the League,” Pete DeBoer, the Dallas Stars’ head coach, acknowledged before Game 3 against the Jets. Turns out, he needn’t have worried so much. The Stars wriggled out a massive 5-2 victory over Winnipeg at the American Airlines Center just hours ago to capture the lead in Round 2 of the playoffs. While the defeat was a hard pill to swallow for the visitors, it was Connor Hellebuyck‘s controversial action that shocked the community.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Garima Yadav
Had a good two weeks of rest, horse racing fans? Because the second leg of the Triple Crown is almost upon us! On Saturday, the Preakness Stakes will return to the iconic Pimlico Race Course, marking the 150th edition of the prestigious race. While the Kentucky Derby flagged off a thriller, the upcoming weekend race will be the stage where more heroes will be made, and all eyes will be on Journalism. The Michael McCarthy-trained thoroughbred had a disappointing start to the Triple Crown season.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Saubhagya Mukherjee
How do you feel when you have to leave your buddies after almost two decades together? Maybe Brad Marchand could tell us. After 16 long years with the Bruins, the 26-year-old Canadian was traded after his contract expired. “It’s sad to leave a place I look at as home,” the hockey winger admitted in March. However, thankfully, it does seem like he’s settling into his new shoes rather well. Marchand was a prized asset that gave the Florida Panthers a lot to smile about ahead of the playoffs.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Saubhagya Mukherjee
Transferred to Dallas from the Hurricanes in March, Mikko Rantanen is proving to be a boon for the Stars. The Swede has been a blessing for coach Pete DoBoer with 17 points in the last 6 games. And yet, ahead of Game 3 against the Jets tonight, the coach was eager to see Rantanen’s colleagues stepping up. “Some other guys have to find a way to take a little bit of that load off of him,” DeBoer said. And that’s exactly what Mason Marchment tried to do. But at what cost?
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Sowmya Anantharaman
“You’re always anxious to try it again,” Michael W. McCarthy said after Journalism failed to win the 151st Kentucky Derby despite being the clear favorite to do so. However, the trainer also mentioned that the thoroughbred had a track record of doing well after short breaks. And now, it looks like recess is finally over, and the Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners co-owned horse is ready to get back out there!The horse racing community is in for another treat.
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Sowmya Anantharaman
“They just need a moment or an opportunity to make that play,” Edmonton head coach Kris Knoblauch said after the Oilers picked up a nail-biting OT win against the Vegas Golden Knights on May 8. However, the veteran coach probably didn’t know it would be him on the receiving end of such a blow just two days later. And Stuart Skinner couldn’t do much to help his coach escape the below-the-belt blow to the guts.
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Saubhagya Mukherjee
“We just know the ins and outs of a lot of their systems,” said Spencer Carbery before taking on the Canes in Round 2 of the playoffs. However, after tonight, not everyone would be convinced that the veteran coach of the Capitals was being entirely truthful about the team’s chances of winning their second Stanley Cup. Just moments ago, this year’s Metropolitan Division top seed took a massive 4-0 beating at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena.
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Diptarko Paul |Sowmya Anantharaman
It’s like facing the Blue Jackets all over again. After becoming the first team to qualify for the 2025 playoffs, the Capitals finished the regular season with a nightmarish trail of defeats. Among those losses, the grueling 7-0 loss to Columbus won’t be going away from Washington fans’ minds anytime soon. However, while it was Hunter Shepard guarding the Caps’ net on that fateful day in April, Logan Thompson didn’t fare much better tonight.
