Canes take on the West winners, if they win tonight......

some of the injured Sabres hope to play, but it's doubtful they can have a real effect on the outcome.

The Oil waits, and watches.

Very loud crowd almost drowns out the pregame stuff. The word is, the Sabres need the PP to come through tonight.

Numminen is going to play for the Sabres.

Crowd chanting "Let's go, Buffalo!"..... 5:00 in, lots of hits.......

Sabres score! Briere, I think.

15:04 left 1st.

Goal was Dumont, from Briere and Campbell.

Same move as the goal, and a great save by Ward...... 12:15 left 1st.

SOGs are 7-1 Sabres so far.

Ward with a couple more terrific saves.....

9:00 in, Numminen has headed for the dressing room (probably done for the night). Got to give the guy points for guts- he probably shouldn't have played at all, but it's do or die, for the Sabres.

Canes go on the PP at 10:30 left 1st.

Now Roy blocks a shot, and went immediately to the bench- it more than stung him.

Good kill by the Sabres.7:45 left 1st.

Canes just need to survive the first per
Buff needs to be up by at least 2 goals at the end of the 1st

More credit- Numminen's back on the ice.

SOGs 11-4 to this point.

More saves by Ward.

Kilkenny
Irish Cream Ale
Is gracing my glass
YUMMY

it's over 90 degrees in Buff
maybe we will have another FOG game !

It was over 90 here today, too.

only the low 70's here
but still warm enough to crack open some cold ones

Car gets a pp

Icing on the PP..... not good.

I have only seen about the last ten minutes and Car has not impressed me .


buff just wasted a 3 on 1

But they get a PP to take into the 2nd.

tsn guys say that Briere embellished that one

And blow it with an interference call of their own.

4 on 4 hockey.

I am iffy on that call against Campbell

Make up call.

Stats after one:

SOGs, 14-5 Buf

hits 16-5 Buf

faceoffs, 58% Buf

blocks are 6-6.

Carolina has weathered the storm, I think.

Bob Mckenzie says that only one team has shown up tonight



Car only being down by a goal bodes well for them
I think Car wins it tonight(although a game 7 would mean more HOLLY).

2nd is on

the jays are up 5-2 over the Red Sox

still 1 diddly in Buff

Commodore almost gave one away there.

Buf didn't do a whole lot on that last PP, either.

Good work by the Canes, a scrum, and Grier should go for that one.

No call.

Future(?) Cappy is being interviewed

Jordan Staal !

Teppo N has had 0 shifts in the 2nd
may be reinjured

Buf to the PP again- I think they need to make this one count. It's getting late in the 2nd, and that 1 goal lead is getting kind of thin.

I agree that Buff needs another
But I am started to wonder if car will get one .


PYATT
The Caps connection .

I am iffy on that call against Wallin

Now Wesley is hurt for the Canes- OLN keeps saying they don't know why, but I thought I saw him block a hard shot from close range while on the PK. For whatever reason, they're speculating on whether he'll be back.

Buf with another PP to end the 2nd, a some of it left to start the 3rd.

nothing mentioned on tsn about wesley

I am starting to think there will be a game 7
Car just looks like they cannot score tonight .

They finally showed a replay where it looked like Wesley hit his head on the glass or the boards.

SOGs, 24-14 Buf

hits, 22-13 Buf

faceoffs, 53% Buf

blocks, 13-7 Buf

and a 1 goal lead after 2.

Shaky, in my opinion.

 

jays are now up 7-4 in the 6th
but they are choking in this inning
bases loaded for the Sox .
Manny R at the plate
2 out

C. Adams miked up on OLN.... "We're right there, boys! Keep going!"

3rd on.

Dare I beat you to saying it?

The next goal will be..... a big one.

jays pitching walked Manny R on 4 pitches
7-5
bases still juiced


back to hockey

(you beat me to it)

OLN just showed Buf is basically going with 4 Dmen now- Numminen hasn't skated since the 1st, and Janik since the 2nd (with a total of 7 shifts for Janik).

3 straight icing calls against the Sabres- I think the Canes are about to even things up.

Staal now double-shifting.....

Buf is playing 4 back on D most shifts.....

most of the play in the 3rd has been deep in the Buf Dzone.

I hope Car gets on and Staal is in on it
To keep his streak alive

IMO
The Canes should just shoot the puck everytime they cross the Sabres blueline.
Drive for the rebounds

If Buff wins tonight
The Finals will not start till JUNE 5 !
Hockey into mid/late June
doesn't seem right

I cannot say that this game has rocked my boat
Car doesn't look like a team that could end it tonight.
best part so far...............the blonde who lives above me just came home.
looking good


oops
car ties it

Hedican scored the goal

I thought the scoreboard "malfunction" was a move to give the Sabres a breather before a faceoff in the Canes' end.

Two more good chances by the Canes.....

that is why they call it Home Ice advantage .
Scoreboard's malfunction at the most opportune time for the home team .

OT will be raising it's sexy head again tonight.
My predict

OLN made the point that, when the Canes tied it up, we were already in OT.

Now, it's official.

Pretty good game, I thought- lots of hitting, not much cheap stuff, a few penalties but no one did anything with them.

The Canes can afford to give up a goal, but the Sabres can't.

I should pay more attention at the clock
I thought we still have a few mins to go


I gots Simon and Garfunkel playing

OT on.....

let's just watch.

Buff gets a pp

nice shiner on Weight

Bettman smiles.

Buff wins


tsn guys say that Briere got away with a pen there

I say that Car wins game 7 easily
4-2