Yet it seems as if they have been playing playoff hockey since October.

It's going to be a tough, hard series, but that is playoff hockey.

I would love to win, 3-1, 2-1, get ourselves in position to prepare for playoff hockey.

"We know we've got to play every game like it's playoff hockey," said Sutter.

Mind games are a big part of playoff hockey.

For nearly two weeks of playoff hockey, he has been in a slump.

But that disrespect was soon forgotten in what developed into classic playoff hockey.

They've been playing playoff hockey for a while now.

We've got to turn up the heat, play playoff hockey.

"New Jersey has been built with playoff hockey in mind," he said.