Playoffs Day 23

We had 2 great games yesterday that had a team take the series lead and a team avoid elimination. First off the Capitals avoided elimination when they beat the Penguins 4-2 in Washington D.C even though Sidney Crosby returned for the Penguins. The game went back and forth until the Capitals scored 3 goals in the 3rd which included 2 in 27 seconds. Evgeny Kuznetsv got the game winner in the 3rd and game 6 is in Pittsburgh where the Capitals will look to force a game 7 which they could not do last year. The Senators beat the Rangers 5-4 in Ottawa which once again has the home team winning every single game. The Rangers got the first few, but the Senators stormed back and tied the game with about a minute left in the game to force overtime. The Rangers scored, but it was ruled off because of a clear high stick. Kyle Turris was the hero for the Senators even though his goal was also reviewed, but it was allowed. Game 6 will be in New York where the Rangers will hope to continue the trend of the home team winning every game. Can the Penguins finish off the Capitals in game 6 again? Can the Rangers continue the home winning trend? Will both these series be over in 6? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 22

Wow, yesterday's games were both good, but 1 game in particular was just unbelievable. The Blues stayed alive by beating the Predators 2-1 in St. Louis. The game was back and forth, but the Blues had more to play for and they clearly played harder. Jaden Schwartz got the game winner in the 3rd period. Game 6 will be in Nashville where the Predators are undefeated so far and they still lead the series 3-2. The Chokers and Ducks played an exciting game that went to double overtime. The Oilers I mean Chokers got 3 goals in the 2nd and looked to have the win in the bag with 4 :30 minutes to go, but nope the Ducks scored 3 goals in those last couple minutes and Corey Perry scored the double overtime winner. The Ducks literally had 64 shots on goal and have out shot the Chokers every game yet they haven't swept the series somehow. Game 6 is in Edmonton where the Ducks will look to finish off the series. Can the Blues stave off elimination again? Will the Ducks finish the series? Can the Oilers (Chokers) stay alive? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 21

We only had 1 game yesterday and it was a bad one. The Rangers beat the Senators 4-1 and it wasn't even close. The Rangers were clearly the better the team the whole time and obviously got the results they wanted. Oscar Lindberg got the game winner and Kyle Turris got a meaningless goal for the Senators in the 3rd. The series is now tied 2-2 heading back to Ottawa. Can the Senators increaese their scoring? Will the Rangers continue to dominate? Who will take the series lead? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 20

Yesterday we had 2 series at 2-1 and we got to see both situations happen last night. The Washington chokers lost to the Penguins 3-2 last night even though the Penguins didn't have Crosby or Rust. Justin Schultz got the game winner for the Penguins even though the Pens got out shot 38-19. The Capitals have never been past the second round in the Ovechkin era and he's past 30 so it looks like the Capitals will once again choke in the 2nd round, but you never know. The Ducks tied the series at 2 when they bet the Oilers again in overtime. It's games like this were experience really is the deciding factor. The game was 4-3 and the Oilers got the first 2 then the Ducks got the next 3, then the Oilers tied it up, and then Jakob Silverberg put a 1 timer on the net and won the game. Can the Capitals get past the 2nd round? Will the Penguins close it out? Will the Ducks take the series lead? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 19

We had 2 games yesterday that we 2 very important ones as usual. 1 team avoid being down 3-0 and the other went up 3-1. The Rangers beat the Senators 4-1 in New York yesterday. The Rangers dominated the game from the start probably because they had more to play for. Pageau the god himself was the only Senator who scored and Michael Grabner of the Rangers was 1 of 4, but his was the game winner in the 2nd period. The Senators lead the series 2-1. The Blues and Predators played a very close game that ended up with the Predators winning 2-1 at once again to take a 3-1 series lead. Both goalies played out of this world throughout the game and made some jaw dropping saves, but Jake Allen was the first to break because Ryan Ellis and James Neal scored in the thrd to make it 2-0. The Blues got a goal with around 3 minute left, but it wasn't enough as the Predators won it and can win the series in game 5 which is at St.Louis. Can the Rangers tie the series? Can the Blues stave off of elimination? Will the goalies keep playing really well? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 18

We only had 1 game yesterday, but that game turned out to be a very important one. The Capitals beat the Penguins 3-2 in over time after allowing the Penguins to score 2 goals with less than 2 minutes left to tie the game. The game was very close throughout and the Penguins played well without Crosby and I'll explain that in a second. Kevin Shattenkirk scored the overtime winner on a shot from the point. Sidney Crosby got injured in the first period when Matt Niskanen cross checked Crosby in the side of the head. Niskanen  got elected and Crosby did not return to the game. The Penguins still lead 2-1 as game 4 is in Pittsburgh again. Who will win game 4? Will Crosby be back this series? Should Matt Niskanen be suspended? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 17

Yesterday's playoff games were good, but not as good as the day before, but both of the 2 western conference playoff series' are now at 2-1. The Predators beat the Blues 3-1 in Nashville. The game was very close as usual and really the Predators got more lucky bounces than the Blues so it wasn't Jake Allen's fault for allowing 3 goals. The Predators lead 2-1 and have the chance to go up 3-1 in Nashville tomorrow. The Ducks got back into their series against the Oilers by beating them 6-3 in Edmonton.These 2 team didn't have a really high scoring game until now and they clearly did last night. Cam Talbot had a bed night because he allowed 6 goals on 28 shots and w know he can do better because he saved 39 out of 40 in game 2. The Ducks went up 3-0 early and the Oilers tied it up in the 2nd, but then Talbot allowed a bad goal and it was all Ducks from there. Chris Wagner scored the bad goal which was the game winner. The Ducks can tie the series up in game 4 or the Oilers can take a 3-1 lead. Can the Predators take a commanding 3-1 lead? Can the Ducks tie the series up? Will Cam Talbot bounce back? stay tuned....