If I didn’t see it with my own eyes…
I would never believe that the Rangers were going to make a real series out of their match-up with Buffalo, but their win last night tied the series. These past two games, they have been absolutely electric and played amazingly well. They need to win game 5 if they want to win the series, but they have fought and earned an absolutely amazing end to their season if it ends this week. The Sabres were 28-10-3 at home this year in the regular season and they won the first two games of the series at home as well. But what they need to do is take a breather and get their act back together. They have not looked nearly as good these past 2 games as they did the first 2 of the series. Can they win? Yes. But they need to win tomorrow night or they’re going to be in a lot of trouble. If the Rangers go back to Madison Square Garden ready to clinch the series, and if Lundqvist continues to play like the Goalie Gods have endowed him with magical powers, then we could see Jagr, Shannahan and Co. in the Eastern finals against the Senators instead of a “Battle of the Border.”
The Ducks overtook the Canucks in overtime to take a 3-1 series lead. Vancouver has not played as well as they had been in the first series and the question is whether or not they are just out-classed. They need to start kicking their game up a bit, and even though this game went into OT, they need to find a way to get the puck into the Anaheim net or they’ll be on the golf course by Monday.
The NHL released its list of finalists for the various trophies yesterday. Tomorrow and Friday, I will break down the finalists and give you my picks for who will win each trophy.
Devils/Senators and Red Wings/Sharks tonight. Both the Devils and the Red Wings need to win tonight in order to even things up, but the Red Wings need to win if they have a chance at moving on to the next round.
Happy Wednesday.
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