{"podcast":{"title":"The Athletic Hockey Show","slug":"the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276","podcast_index_feed_id":1370276,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc/1759726975058-4c7afe54-632b-400c-b9d8-0477577978c0.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":1165,"summary":"The Athletic's flagship hockey podcast delivers daily insights, prospect rankings, betting picks, and much more, Monday through Friday, all season long. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:22:43.543058+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276"},"episode":{"title":"Is Habs-Lightning the best series of the first round?","slug":"is-habs-lightning-the-best-series-of-the-first-round","published_at":"2026-04-22T17:00:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/is-habs-lightning-the-best-series-of-the-first-round","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-hockey-show/episodes/is-habs-lightning-the-best-series-of-the-first-round","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818bb89f30c20bff73c9ebc/e/69e8fec26eeb59e2bad9215c/media.mp3","summary":"Brandon Hagel led the charge for the Lightning with a Gordie Howe hat trick and Nikita Kucherov snapped a 16-game playoff goal drought as the Lightning tied their series with the Habs. Sean and Sean recap night four of the Stanley Cup playoffs, including Morgan Geekie’s center ice goal vs. the Sabres, a historic win for the Mammoth, and a glass-breaking overtime win for the Avs over the Kings. The boys welcome Josh Yohe to discuss the Penguins’ sluggish start in the Battle of Pennsylvania and forecast a huge game for Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl in game two for the Oilers vs. the Ducks tonight. Host: Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe With: Josh Yohe Executive Producer: Chris Flannery Producer: Jeff Domet Watch full episodes on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Join our Discord Server:  https://discord.gg/VTm9VjkF Subscribe to The Athletic:  https://theathletic.com/hockeyshow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Brandon Hagel led the charge for the Lightning with a Gordie Howe hat trick and Nikita Kucherov snapped a 16-game playoff goal drought as the Lightning ti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3257,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/episodes/is-habs-lightning-the-best-series-of-the-first-round/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-hockey-show-1370276/is-habs-lightning-the-best-series-of-the-first-round.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}