Grumble Grumble
7-0
Grumble.
7-0
I am an Islanders fan. As such, I have certain duties and responsibilities. One of them is despising the Rangers, which I think I do quite nicely. And after last night’s debacle, I am in a sour mood. I have no choice but to be.
I don’t know what Atlanta was thinking last night, but you can’t play like they did. It’s the playoffs, every game counts, yadda yadda yadda. Here’s the important truth — you CANNOT hand a game over. If you lose, you need to stay competitive. Game four of the series is tonight, and the Rangers will be playing with an incredible high when they skate tonight on home ice. What does Atlanta need to overcome it? They need to score early and often — they need 2 goals in the first ten minutes and they need to keep the Rangers off the board over the same time period. All grumbles aside, the Rangers are a formidable team, and you can’t roll over and die for one game without expecting it to cost you in the future.
Anaheim couldn’t close the deal last night, and now they will have to wait until Thursday before they can end the series. But here’s the thing about the game — the Wild won 4-1. This was the first game in the series that was won by more than a single goal. Does that mean anything for the fate of the series? We’ll have to wait until Thursday to find out.
The rest of last night’s games:
Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1 (Ottawa leads the series 3-1)
Vancouver 2, Dallas 1 (Vancouver leads the series 3-1)
Calgary 3, Detroit 2 (Detroit leads the series 2-1)
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