Playoffs Day 7

So yesterday's playoffs had two close games and one not so close. The Rangers beat the Canadiens 2-1 and tied the series at 2. The game was back and forth , but Rick Nash's goal in the 2nd was the game winner. Game 5 will be in Montreal. The Sharks scored a touchdown when they killed the Oilers 7-0 in San Jose. All I can say is once the Sharks started , it was was over and Joe Pavelski got the first goal of the game which was enough to tie the series at 2 and game 5 will be in Edmonton. The Blue Jackets beat the Penguins 5-4 to stay alive in Columbus without Weinberg. The Blue Jackets scored early and always stayed on top the whole game even though the Penguins scored a late goal to make it 5-4. William Karlsson got game winner. The series is now a 3-1 lead for the Penguins who are returning home in Pittsburgh for game 5. Today there are 4 games that are being played so next post will be tomorrow as usual. Can the Rangers take the series lead? Will the Oilers bounce back? Can the Blue Jackets stay alive again? stay tuned.... (photo credit to Puck Daddy)

Playoffs Day 6

Yesterday we had all 4 games go into overtime and two teams go down 3-0 in the series. The Senators took a 2-1 series lead in Boston after they blew a 3-0 lead they had in the second and Bobby Ryan won it in overtime for the 4-3 victory. This series will definitely be close since every game has been a 1 goal game. The Blackhawks got their first 2 goals of the series last night, but of course allowed 2 goals in the third and of course lost in overtime thanks to Kevin Fiala. Looks like my playoff bracket will be completely wrong since the Hawks will most likely be swept in Nashville. The Flames blew a 4-1 lead and lost 5-4 to the Ducks in Calgary to go down 3-0 in the series. The Flames had such an amazing start with all of their goals, but once the smoke came, the fire started as the Ducks just dominated and Corey Perry won it in overtime. The Maple Leafs took a 2-1 series lead when they beat the Capitals in overtime once again 4-1 in Toronto. Auston Matthews scored his first playoff goal like McDavid. The Leafs played an amazing 3rd period and Tyler Bozak deflected JVR's shot for the win. Will the Blackhawks and Flames get swept? Can the Bruins tie the series? Can the Leafs take a 3-1 lead? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 5

Yesterday's action showed us that we have 2 different 3-0 leads for 2 different teams. The Canadiens took a 2-1 series lead when they beat the Rangers 3-1 at Madison Square Garden. They were up 3-0 until the Rangers got one late, but it didn't matter at that point. Shea Weber got the eventual game winning goal in the third period. The Blues took a 3-0 series lead against the Wild when they beat them 3-1 at home. The Wild throughout the series have out shot the Blues every single game, but have only managed 1 goal a game. Jaden Schwartz once again got the game winning goal in the third and the Blues got an empty net goal to seal the deal. Jake Allen has been absolutely amazing since he has saved 114 out of 117 total shots in the series. The Oilers once again shut out the Sharks, but this time it was only 1-0 at SAP Center. San Jose out shot the Oilers 23-22, but couldn't beat Cam Talbot, Zack Kassian scored the lone goal in the third. Of course I saved the best for last, the Penguins took a 3-0 series lead against the Blue Jackets as they made a great comeback down 3-1 and won 5-4 in overtime. The Jackets were up 11 seconds into the game thanks to Cam Atkinson and they took a 3-1 lead, but Zach Werenski took a puck to the face which caused a Penguins goal, and Zach returned to the ice like a boss. Jake Guentzel the rookie for the Penguins got a hat trick and also got the overtime winner. Can the Blues and Penguins sweep their series? Can the Sharks get a goal against the Oilers? Can the Rangers tie the series? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 4

Yesterdays games had two thrilling overtime games, a close 1 goal game, and......you'll see. The Ducks once again beat the Flames 3-2 and a big reason for that was an unlucky bounce off of Lance Bouma that gave the Ducks the lead late in the third period. The Ducks lead the series 2-0 heading to Calgary The Predators have yet again shut out the Blackhawks in the United Center, but this time it was 5-0. Pekka Rinne has 2 assists which is more points that the entire Blackhawks team for the entire series and he and the Predators have a 2-0 series lead coming back home. The Senators tied the series against the Bruins in a thrilling 4-3 overtime win in Ottawa and Clarke MacArthur scored for the first time in 2 years since getting two concussions. Dion Phaneuf scored off of a bomb from the point. I saved the best for last because the Maple Leafs beat the Capitals in double overtime in Washington to tie the series. My brackets is already wrong thanks to Kasperi Kapanen who received a no looker pass from Brian Boyle to put it home to win it 4-3 for the Maple Leafs. In other news Matt Calvert got suspended for 1 game after breaking his stick on Tom Kuhnhackl's back and checking him when he was hurt. Somehow he only got suspended for 1 game since that play was extremely dirty and the department of player safety is total trash. Can the Flames tie up the series at home? Can the Leafs take the lead? Will the Blackhawks ever score a goal? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 3

So yesterday's games were amazing as usual and we now have two series tied at 1 a piece. The Blues and Wild another close game, but Jaden Schwartz scored with about two minutes left in the third to win it. The Wild came close to tying it at the last second, but time went out when Charlie Coyle put the puck in, 2-1 was the final score and the Blues have a 2-0 series lead. That's especially bad news for the Wild since games 3 and 4 are in St.Louis so the Wild need to at least take 1 in St.Louis. The Oilers tied the series up by beating the Sharks 2-0 and Connor McDavid scored his first playoffs goal to extend their lead to 2. The Penguins took at 2-0 series lead against the Blue Jackets by beating them 4-1 and Sidney Crosby goal a goal and an assist coming off game one where he was pointless. The Rangers and Canadiens played the most exciting game of the night when Tomas Plekanec tied the game at 3 with seconds remaining and Alexander Radulov won it in overtime. The game had an insane amount of shots and a very sweet goal by Michael Grabner while on a breakaway. The other series have their second game tonight so obviously my next post will be on Easter. Can the Wild get back in their series? Will the Blue Jackets get back into it at home? Can the Oilers and Canadiens take the lead in their respective series? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 2

Day 2 of the playoffs had the remaining series start and we had a couple good ones. First off the Predators beat the Blackhawks 1-0 on a goal by Victor Arvidsson even though the Hawks were on offense most of the game. The Capitals beat the Maple Leafs 3-2 on an overtime goal by Tom Wilson. The Caps had to comeback since the Leafs got the first two goals in the first period. The Flames continue to not win in Anaheim as they lost 3-2 in a very exciting game. Tomorrow we have game two of the other series except for the Boston Ottawa one that will be on Saturday along with all the series I just talked about. Can the Blackhawks bounce back? Can the Leafs steal a game in Washington? Can the Flames end their long losing streak in Anaheim? stay tuned....

Playoffs Day 1

So the playoffs are here! Which means I'll be posting a lot now like last year. The Rangers manhandled the Canadiens on the road 2-0 on a game winner by Tanner Glass.The Bruins won 2-1 over the Senators on a late Brad Marchand goal which really makes you hate him even more.The Penguins had o have Marc Andre Fleury start in net when Matt Murray got hurt during warm ups, but it didn't matter since the Penguins won 3-1 even though the Blue Jackets out shot the Penguins 32-29. The Blues ruined the Wild's comeback with a 2-1 overtime victory even though the Wild scored with 30 seconds left in the game to tie it a 1. The Sharks completed their comeback against the Oilers in Edmonton with a 3-2 win with the ot goal being scored by "The Milk Man" Melker Karlsson. The Predators, Blackhawks, Maple Leafs, Capitals, Flames, and Ducks ore on tonight so the next post is tomorrow. Will Matt Murray be able to return to action? CAn the Wild get some more scoring? What will happen tomorrow? stay tuned....