re: NHL Playoffs.

What's odd about the Sharks and Caps series is that the top seeds absolutely dominated those games at home, yet they needed OT to even scrape out one win at home. The Habs' ridiculous goaltending seems to have come back to earth, or maybe it was just one period, but the Avs have continued to get amazing work in net. You can ride a hot goalie a long way, even over a superior team that is outplaying you.

Montreal "won" one period in terms of flow of play this entire series. And it came in period 1 of a game they lost by four goals.

While the Caps first goal was a shorty, they had already started to take the flow of play in period 2. The Caps have absolutely dominated possession in every game, yet don't have a lot to show for it. Game Two was the worst, as the Habs scored on their first two shots (which took over half a period to get).

I've given up on picking the series at it sort of defies logic. By Corsi, the best stat for looking at who controlled the game, the Caps have absolutely dominated this series, yet are only up 2-1 with an OT game being the difference.

B/c their fans do this when they play boston

You know, the Avalanche could hardly even get the puck past the neutral zone, let alone generate many decent shots.
The sharks got every last loose puck, and passed the puck like it was on a rope.

Thats what makes that loss so devastating to the Sharks, they really were the best team, the really did dominate play in every facet (save goaltending).

I really have to wonder if Anderson is SO in their heads that this thing is done.

I guess we find out tonight.

Go AVS !!

The Sharks aspire to be the Buffalo Bills of Hockey, only they haven't got the heart to do it...I am beyond caring what happens to them...

I'm hoping the Pens come out with the same intensity as last game. The temptation to coast could be there since they regained home ice. They need to go ahead and take care of business tonight.

I'm really interested to see how the Sharks respond to that last game. They need something good to happen early. Colorado needs to put as much pressure on Nabokov as possible; he got somewhat of a free pass last game. They can't expect to win with that kind of shot disparity again.

I think NJ-Flyers will be another toss up; I expect the Devils to win out of sheer desperation but am hoping the Flyers can pull it out. Chicago/Nashville is another toss up. If Hornqvist can't go, I'm not sure they have enough offense to win. And Detroit/Phoenix is probably the most interesting game. I'm wondering how long they'll stick with Howard; especially if they fall behind early. I expect Detroit to come out on fire and even things up, but Phoenix has shown that they won't go down easily.

The Habs dominated game 1 and the first 2 periods of game 2 and the first period of game 3. The Caps have finally woken up and Varlamov gave the team a much needed shot in the arm. They'll take out Montreal in 5. That comeback was monumental in the outcome of the series. Hell, Ovie hasn't even been dominant yet. Green has been a no show and Sem hasn't done ANYTHING. Sem is going to score at least 2 in Game 4, he is starting to heat up.

Vancouver..ha geez Luongo, no idea what happens there.
And my upset special is Nashville taking out Chicago in the first round.

Thats also why I like Colorado taking out the Goldfish, Dan Boyle played endlessly on sportscentre from now until Jesus comes back....

NHL=March Madness

All I know is that whoever wins this series is out in 4 games next round...neither can score and goaltending spotty at best....